This workbook for victims and survivors of domestic violence offers healing and empowering exercises to facilitate processing the abuse, providing clarity about one's relationship, and evaluate true change. Healing exercises to move forward and embrace a new abuse-free future are empowering. This is an excellent resource for healing retreats and workshops for victims. The supportive materials in this workbook are intended to be used in conjunction with reading the book The Power to Break Free: Surviving Domestic Violence.
Do you find that you are living in a spiritual cage, unable to get out, repeating the same sin over and over again? Perhaps, you are living out the sinful tendencies of your parents, instead of the destiny God has prepared for you. If you are tired of taking two steps forward and three steps backwards in your spiritual life, then Holy Spirit will use “Break Free” as a key to get you out of that cage of limitation and stagnation, and into a life of freedom! Break Free will… - Remove the scales from your eyes about the reality of the spiritual world, and give you the tools to stop simply dealing with the symptoms of your problems, but remove the roots of those problems. - Challenge the belief that curses and demons are only problems in third world countries. - Show that demons come to build strongholds in the minds, as well as destroy a person’s life. - Define, once and for all, what freedom really is. - Teach you the practical steps of how to stay free, and never return to a life of bondage. Through powerful, vulnerable, and unforgettable storytelling, Vladimir shares incredible moments in ministry and his personal life experiences, that taught him how to find freedom, and live in it. What he has discovered, as God has taken him through a journey of spiritual growth, is truly life changing.
Leading readers through self-diagnosis and step-by-step through the stages of recovery, Russell Willingham reminds us of all the resouces Christians have at their disposal for dealing with sexual addiction.
For any survivor of domestic violence who has asked herself "How did this happen to me?" this groundbreaking book provides the answers. The 5 sequential stages that systematically create an abuser are outlined along with the 9 progressive steps a woman must undergo to surrender her power and become conditioned to accept violence. The psychology of abuse is simplified here for victims and their family members to identify the signs of various types of abuse at each of the 5 stages in the newly revised cycle of violence. How community inadvertently plays a role in enabling the abuser provides insight into how the network of therapists, advocates, medial caregivers, legal representatives, and law enforcement can better support and facilitate a victim's process to ultimately break free. The dynamics of abuse within the subset of the Indian Hindu community are explored to shed light on the ramification of cultural biases and the history of the domestic violence movement within the larger South Asian community. The author also shares her own gripping personal story as a survivor of a 7 year abusive marriage and the riveting accounts of other Indian women in their journey to find freedom and overcome the cultural taboo of divorce. This empowering book helps to inspire all victims...freedom is around the corner. Every woman possesses the power to be free. Please refer to the website www.Power2BreakFree.com for additional information and resources.
If you've freed yourself from an abusive relationship but still suffer from its effects, this program of trauma recovery techniques can help you take back your peace of mind. Based on a clinically proven set of techniques called cognitive trauma therapy (CTT), the exercises in this workbook will help you address feelings of guilt, anger, depression, anxiety, and stress. You'll learn how to break down the negative thoughts that might be cycling in your mind and how to replace them with positive, constructive affirmations. Later in the program, you'll be guided through controlled exposure to abuse reminders, which will enable you to face the fears you might otherwise spend a lifetime avoiding. The program begins and ends with techniques for becoming your own best advocate -- an informed, confident person with all the strength you need to create the secure, fulfilling life you deserve. Book jacket.
Asserting that spiritual abuse in the church is more common than we realize, Ken Blue examines the causes of spiritual abuse, identifies abusive patterns, offers healing to those who have suffered abuse and describes how leaders should model the gospel of grace.
Life-changing healing can be yours. And you can make it happen in only 90 seconds a day. Each of the 52 devotions in More Power to You by Bible teacher Margaret Feinberg examines a popular lie in our culture and invites you to replace that lie with a biblical affirmation of truth that will bring joy to your soul. In a culture that constantly tells us we're not good enough, not beautiful enough, and not doing enough, it's easy to feel as if we have nothing to offer. Lies about who we are and how we are failing slip into our thinking until we believe they are reality. But that's not what God intends for us. In More Power to You, Margaret Feinberg: exposes these false beliefs shows you that the places of your deepest hurts can become wellsprings of your greatest healing shares the daily practice that has been so life changing for her: Daily Declarations You'll launch into each day by reading the 90-Second Daily Declaration aloud, paying attention to what the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you. Then you'll read through the weekly devotion, exploring the what and the why behind those biblical truths. These brief but powerful devotions are designed to unleash the true you and remind you of who you really are. More Power to You equips men and women to: embrace your true identity every day find power in knowing you are already worthy in God's eyes break free from the negative thoughts that hold you hostage Try the 90-Second Daily Declaration Challenge and experience the joyous life God wants for you.
Breaking Free: The Journey, The Stories leads you through a study of the Scriptures to discover the transforming power of Christian freedom. Based on Isaiah 61:1-4, this in-depth Bible study draws parallels between the captive Israelites. Teacher Beth Moore uses Scripture to help identify spiritual strongholds in your life, no matter how big or small. She explains that anything that hinders us from the benefits of knowing God is bondage. Breaking Free is Beths life message that she wants to share with you. First released in 1996, this updated version of Breaking Free includes 11 new video teaching messages taped live at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, along with reedited Bible study content and testimonies of how women like you have found freedom and been delivered from their personal captivity. No matter what life stage youre in or struggles youre going through, Breaking Free is the essential study for you. Sessions: 11 video sessions with 10 weeks of print study; Product Description (chapters, topics, etc): Week 1: Untying the Cords of the Yoke, Week 2: That You May Know, Week 3: Removing the Obstacles, Week 4: Rebuilding the Ancient Ruins, Week 5: Binding Up the Brokenhearted, Week 6: Beauty from Ashes, Week 7: The Potter and the Clay, Week 8: Gods Unfailing Love, Week 9: The Steadfast Mind, Week 10: The Display of His Splendor;
Context and Beliefs - What are they? Where do they come from? Can they be changed?Kellan Fluckiger, author of the #1 Bestselling book Tightrope of Depression, is the ultimate catalyst to help you discover, develop and deliver your divine gifts and talents.Coming through decades of depression, the swamps of addiction and attempted suicide, and finally a near-death experience, he has written a manifesto attesting to the reality of your divine origin and opportunity.The Book of Context affirms that nothing is beyond your reach and that the future you imagine is within your grasp.
