Real Struggles, Real Hope
Real Struggles, Real Hope

Author: Kimberly Gibson Johnson

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2013-03-29

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1449789838

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In my minds eye, a little girl crouches in a dark and cluttered hallway closet. Mountains of stuff fill this tiny room, where she remains hidden from everyone and everything. Besides the stuff of anger and doubt in this small space, the walls have writing on them that names the fears, insecurities, and reasons for shielding herself from the unfamiliar and the unknown. Many times, the little girl tries to exit her safe place. With a mask of self-prescribed extroversion, she determinedly leaves the four walls of her secret domain to be good at things and peoplea good student, wife, even a mother. Hesitantly, she tells herself that hope and joy are within reach. But after a short stay away from the security of the hallway closet, the little girl goes back inside and continues hiding from life. I was that young girl. I did not want to live this way any longer, so I cried out to Godwho had been with me all along. He knew my pain, insecurities, anger, and fear. Bigger than any wall of self-protection I built, God would bring down these walls if I let him. My crying out was the first step.

The Struggle Is Real
The Struggle Is Real

Author: Nicole Unice

Publisher: NavPress

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1496427491

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“It just shouldn’t be this hard!” Raise your hand if you’ve ever had a day where everything that could go wrong does go wrong—you lock your keys in the car while it’s running, lose control with your kids, make a mistake at the office that results in hours more work. And just when you think not one more thing could possibly happen . . . well, fill in the blank. The struggle is real, friends. It may not be major stuff. Lives are not on the line here. But it makes us feel awful . . . and then we feel guilty for stressing when other people have “real” problems that are so much more serious. Yet the fact remains: We live in a world that often feels harder than we think it should be. And so it can be easy to believe the stories we tell ourselves—that we’re doing it wrong, that we’ll be stuck in this place forever, that God doesn’t love us. We struggle to practice gratitude, to make godly choices, and to live our daily lives with confidence and contentment. So what can we do? Join popular Bible teacher and counselor Nicole Unice to discover why the struggle is real . . . and what to do about it. Nicole offers practical tools to help you navigate the daily ups and downs, and ways to rewrite your struggle into a new, God-centered life story. The Struggle Is Real is an invitation to take the hard, hurtful, and confusing moments and turn them into opportunities to grow in wisdom, strength, and joy. Includes access to free online video streaming for 90 days!

Real Hope, True Freedom
Real Hope, True Freedom

Author: Milton S Magness

Publisher: Central Recovery Press

Published: 2017-02-20

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1942094310

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Real Hope, True Freedom covers a wide variety of topics on sex addiction and the process of recovery. It addresses the different manifestations of sex addiction, how sex addiction impacts the brain, sex addiction risk factors, when sex addiction co-occurs with other mental health disorders, barriers to getting help/treatment, information and resources specific to the needs of the partners of sex addicts, the process of treatment, the process of recovery for both individuals and couples, relationship rebuilding, re-establishing intimacy, healthy sexuality, and relapse prevention tools and strategies. Milton Magness, D. Min., MA, LPC, CSAT, is the founder and director of Hope & Freedom Counseling Services. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, he served five terms as the president of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), the international professional organization for sexual addiction therapists. Prior to becoming a therapist he was a pastor for twenty years. He has a Doctor of Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary, a Master of Arts in Psychology from Houston Baptist University, and Master of Arts in Religious Education from Southwestern Seminary. Dr. Magness is the author of Stop Sex Addiction: Real Hope, True Freedom for Sex Addicts and Partners, and Thirty Days to Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts: the Essential Guide for Daily Recovery and Relapse Prevention. Marsha Means, MA, a trained Marriage and Family Therapist, as well as the founder and director of A Circle of Joy Ministries, an organization designed to help women impacted by sexual addiction and address the needs created by this growing problem. In 2000, she gained international recognition through Prodigals International, an organization she and her husband founded in the Seattle area to train and equip therapists, churches, and lay people in providing help, hope, and healing to those touched by the pain and shame of sex addiction. Ms. Means is the author of Living With Your Husband’s Secret Wars, and the co-author of Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal.

Hope Against Hope
Hope Against Hope

Author: Sarah Carr

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-03-25

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1608195139

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A moving portrait of school reform in New Orleans through the eyes of the students and educators living it.

Defeating Depression
Defeating Depression

Author: Leslie Vernick

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0736923446

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"Leslie Vernick is a wise counselor... She is an experienced and thorough trainer who shares clearly and practically the necessary steps for getting into shape spiritually, emotionally, and physically in order to contend with depression. This is a wonderful, comprehensive guide..." --Cynthia Heald, international speaker and author One in five women will experience clinical depression in her lifetime. Christian counselor and author Leslie Vernick offers words of hope and encouragement as she helps women understand the symptoms of depression, what causes depression, and what steps they can take to get better and grow stronger. Employing godly wisdom and surprising insights, Leslie shares on vital topics, such as these: Depression is revealing something about you. Listen to it. Growth takes time and practice. Things are not hopeless; you are not helpless; and you are not worthless. Defeating Depression is a timely resource for women battling depression or for family and friends who love them and want to understand what they are going through. Formerly titled Getting Over the Blues

Enticing Love
Enticing Love

Author: Sabrina Walters

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9780990511809

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When we say that hope can heal, we say it from hard experience. We started our lives together with a terminal illness staring us in the face; a trusted advisor even counseled us to plan a funeral before we ever planned our wedding. Years later, an affair rocked our marriage. We survived it and, over time, emerged out of the darkness to become whole again. These experiences give us an uncommon perspective that has helped many others to find their own wholeness. We have seen how hope can heal, even in the most hopeless of situations.This book is an introduction to our relationship and our work with couples. In sharing these stories, we?d like to show you how hope builds resiliency to help you envision the best future; it teaches you a new dance, which leads to a hope-filled relationship. Sabrina is a Marriage and Family Therapist and Eric is an educator and Life Coach. Together we passionately usher couples into a new kind of hope-filled relationship, one that creates deeper understanding and intimacy.

When Your Teen Is Struggling
When Your Teen Is Struggling

Author: Mark Gregston

Publisher: Heartlight Ministries Foundation

Published: 2016-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780997834734

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You've tried everything you know to do. Mark Gregston offers this encouragement: Don't lose hope. This groundbreaking book offers a system for helping kids work through their pain and offers hope and direction to parents looking for help. It will help you uncover and deal with the real issues causing your teens' troublesome behavior and offers tools for rebuilding healthy relationships.

Traumas and Suicide Prevention
Traumas and Suicide Prevention

Author: Charles "Chuck" Wright

Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.

Published: 2021-08-10

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1649527098

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The collection of testimonies you are going to read contains the real stories that were written and submitted by each of the courageous men and women. Some are ordinary people who experienced extraordinary traumas and loss. Others are stories of veterans who served in conflicts from Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The common denominator in these testimonies is trauma which does not distinguish between military or civilian. Many of the stories describe thoughts of doing personal harm or harm to others. They describe their struggling with alcohol and drugs and drawing into cocoons of solitude. The common link in each story is endurance and survival and how they returned to a less tumultuous and difficult existence. Resources are in the book to aid veterans, families, caregivers, spouses, and others suffering from the effects of trauma in ways to get help. It is our greatest wish that this book will provide hope to endure for those who are suffering. Use this as your guidebook to help overcome your stressors.

Healthy Human Life
Healthy Human Life

Author: James K. Bruckner

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2012-06-18

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1610979478

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Health is God's original created intent: whole persons, healthy relationships, a thriving environment, and ongoing interaction with himself. In the Bible, human health is body-based, community-based, and deeply integrated in a relationship with God's creating Spirit. The Pentateuch, prophets, writings, Gospels, and epistles all are deeply, if not primarily, concerned with the ongoing and ultimate health of God's good creation. Scripture also has a wide perspective on the disruption of human health. It deals with the human tendency to violence, corruption, and self-destructive behaviors. The recently renewed interest in health, vitality, and spirituality of all kinds has led to this articulation of a biblical spirituality in relation to human health. Surprisingly, when we look for spirituality in the Bible, we find real and embodied relationships. Everyone is for health and for the restoration of health. But what are health and healing? How does the Bible describe or define them? Here is the result of ten years of conversations with health care professionals in a master's course on biblical perspectives on health and healing. The biblical witness can transform the way we practice the healing arts. This book provides a biblical foundation for health and its restoration.

Turning the Tide
Turning the Tide

Author: Charles F. Stanley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-06-12

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1451626401

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A "New York Times"-bestselling author shares how to turn the tide of our nation's present destructive course through civic action and fervent prayer.