Encouragement and Lay Counseling
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When Religion Hurts You
$19.99Add to cartReligious trauma is something that happens far more often than most people realize.
In When Religion Hurts You, Dr. Laura Anderson takes an honest look at a side of religion that few like to talk about. Drawing from her own life and therapy practice, she helps readers understand what religious trauma is and isn’t, and how high-control churches can be harmful and abusive, often resulting in trauma. She shows how elements of fundamentalist church life–such as fear of hell, purity culture, corporal punishment, and authoritarian leaders–can cause psychological, relational, physical, and spiritual damage.
As she explores the growing phenomenon of religious trauma, Dr. Anderson helps readers embark on a journey of living as healing individuals and finding a new foundation to stand on. Recognizing that healing is a lifelong rather than a linear process, she offers markers of healing for those coming out of painful religious experiences and hope for finding wholeness after religious trauma.
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Here Today Ghosted Tomorrow
$6.99Add to cartGet the practical tools, psychology, and hope to deal with ghosting and the tumultuous emotions that follow in this easy-to-read handbook by Dr. Gregory Jantz! With Here Today, Ghosted Tomorrow, you will learn:
*What ghosting is and why it matters
*Why people “ghost” (and why it hurts so much)
*The 7 damaging effects of ghosting (betrayal, rejection, mental health issues, and more)
*How to regain hope and heal any pain and abandonmentWas it something I said? What did I do wrong? How can I fix this? If a friend or loved one has ever ghosted you, the pain can sting like deep wound. But you can overcome this grief, even without the closure you might think you need. Enjoy having:
*Real, relatable stories
*Definitions, statistics, and easy-to-understand summaries
*Tried and tested psychological and spiritual advice
*Encouraging scriptures to healHas someone in your life cut off all communication with you, abruptly and without explanation, leaving you feeling hurt, abandoned, and perplexed? Without a word, they just stopped responding to your phone calls or texts? Maybe you’ve been blocked on social media or no longer see them at church or the office? Ghosting hurts, and it casts a showdown of doubt and uncertainty upon your sense of self-worth. But there’s hope in resilience and healing.
Get Practical Advice on What To Do If You’ve Been Ghosted
Featuring helpful checklists and research in an easy-to-read format, Jantz’s Here Today, Ghosted Tomorrow doesn’t just give you basic, one-size-fits-all explanations. This handy resource gives you detailed, step-by-step tools and encouragement to grow stronger and more resilient in your current and future relationships. Gain practical tips like:
*10 ways to deal with rejection
*What to do if a ghoster reappears in your life (what to say, and how to protect yourself)
*How to evaluate whether or not you should reconnect
*Know if there are ever healthy reasons to ghost someone
*And more!Enjoy Having the Tools to Grow and Become More Resilient
You don’t have to just move from one toxic relationship to another! You can gain the skills and tools to find friendships that are healthy, nurturing, and positive. When you leave the negativity behind, you will also be equipped with simple tools to build safe and trusted relationships built on mutual support. Some of these tools include:
*5 steps to recover from a toxic relationship
*10 signs someone has a good heart
*7 ways to invest in h -
Deep Waters Of The Disciple
$12.99Add to cartDo you feel as if you’re drowning? As if between waves of doubt, despair, and grief, you’re struggling to stay afloat? Perhaps it’s a crisis in your marriage, the loss of a loved one, or financial problems that threaten to sink you. Maybe you’re facing shame or a scary illness. You’re clinging to life in desperation and tempted to ask: where is God in this?
You’re not alone. When Peter started to sink in deep waters, he called out to Jesus. Jesus’s strong hand held him fast. He was in control of the storm all along.
With pastoral compassion, Michael Cassidy comforts people facing deep waters of many kinds. He has lived through over 85 years of life’s ups and downs, including battling Leukemia. He shares stories of colleagues and people he has counselled who testify to God walking them through unimaginable trials.
Michael provides insight into specific types of suffering, including:
*Disease and Illness
*Doubt
*Despair and Depression
*Marriage Troubles
*BereavementWhen everything is shaken, you can ground yourself in the biblical wisdom of Deep Waters of the Disciple. Not only will this volume help you with your own challenges, but it will equip you to understand and help others with theirs.
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Como Enfrentar Momentos Difici – (Spanish)
$8.99Add to cartTodos enfrentamos y enfrentaremos momentos dificiles. La adversidad, muchas veces, se presenta de manera inesperada, y puede ser temporal, o nos acompaa por largos periodos de tiempo. La adversidad podria alterar el proyecto de vida que teniamos planeado o producir cambios inmediatos en nuestro estilo de vivir. Sin embargo, siempre deja lecciones maravillosas y conocemos a Dios de una forma diferente, profunda y personal. Toda adversidad tiene solo una ruta: la de ser superada.
Como enfrentar momentos dificiles le ayudara a convertir la adversidad en oportunidades. Sus recomendaciones son claras y sencillas, entre otras: enfrente los pensamientos negativos; piense bien la situacion y sus posibilidades; no se detenga, avance; rodeese de personas que lo animen; admita sus limitaciones; desarrolle estrategias; y descubra las oportunidades de la vida.
We all face and will face difficult times. Adversity often occurs unexpectedly. It can be temporary, or accompany us for long periods of time. Adversity could alter the life project we had planned or produce immediate changes in our lifestyle. However, it always leaves wonderful lessons, and we know God in a different, deep, and personal way. All adversity has only one route: we are to overcome it.
How to Face Difficult Moments will help you turn adversity into opportunities. Sixto Porras’s recommendations are clear and simple; among others, he suggests: face negative thoughts; think well about the situation and its possibilities; don’t stop, move forward; surround yourself with people who encourage you; admit your limitations; develop strategies; and discover life’s opportunities.
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Finding Hope In A Dark Place
$16.99Add to cart“When you’re in a dark place, it is also a sacred place because God is there with you.”
In this refreshingly candid book, author, life coach, and conference speaker Clarence Shuler shares his own story of depression and how, by God’s grace, he learned how to effectively manage it. Shuler’s story will help you receive grace in your own struggles.
Joining Clarence is Monique Gadson (affectionately known as “Dr. Mo”), a licensed counselor who helped Clarence escape a very dark place in his life. Learn from Dr. Mo as she offers counseling insights and expertise woven throughout Clarence’s story, bringing clarity and wisdom to anyone desperate for hope. In the “Your Journey” section at the end of each chapter, you will be guided to reflect on your own walk in darkness and find ways back to joy.
Finding Hope in a Dark Place part memoir, part mentorship, part workbook will help you recognize your own story in Clarence’s and remind you that hope is possible and worth pursuing. Even in the darkness, God is with you in that sacred space.
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Cuando La Soledad Duele – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartLa soledad que duele es un enemigo silencioso, y destructor. Se oculta y ataca desde las sombras en el momento mas impensado. Es melancolia, es tristeza en el alma que sale por los poros, deforma la cara, y entristece los ojos. La soledad que duele, una vez que se afinco en una persona no se ahuyenta rodeandose intencionalmente de gente, o sumergiendose en una voragine de actividades, y mucho menos con el alcohol, las drogas, o compaias eventuales. La soledad que duele puede ser fisica, emocional, espiritual y hasta virtual. Hay soledad en la vejez, pero la hay tambien en la juventud. Duele en la falta de pareja, en el abandono, en la viudez y en la solteria. Duele por las noches, y los domingos por la tarde. Duele, aunque se oculte detras de exitos eventuales. Duele y dolera hasta encontrar la conexion por donde fluye la compaia perfecta, la “pieza faltante” en la vida que cambia el entorno, pero lo hace desde el individuo. La pieza faltante que completa el alma, cubre el dolor y lo deshace.
En este libro revelaremos cada area de la soledad que duele, y la aislaremos tratandola desde la perspectiva biblica con el auxilio del Espiritu Santo, hasta que desaparezca.
The loneliness that hurts is a silent and destructive enemy. It hides and attacks from the shadows at the most unexpected moment. It is melancholy, it is sadness in the soul that comes out through the pores, deforms the face, and saddens the eyes. The loneliness that hurts, once it has settled in a person, cannot be warded off by intentionally surrounding yourself with people, or immersing yourself in a maelstrom of activities, much less with alcohol, drugs, or occasional company. Loneliness that hurts can be physical, emotional, spiritual and even virtual. There is loneliness in old age, but there is also loneliness in youth. It hurts in the lack of a partner, in abandonment, in widowhood and in singleness. It hurts at night, and on Sunday afternoons. It hurts even if it hides behind eventual successes. It hurts and will hurt until you find the connection through which the perfect company flows, the “missing piece” in life that changes the environment but does so from the individual. The missing piece that completes the soul, covers the pain and undoes it.In this book we will reveal each area of loneliness that hurts, and we will isolate it, treating it from the biblical perspective with the help of the Holy Spirit, until it disappears.
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Dont Give Up
$4.99Add to cartThe idea of quitting and giving up may be just a passing thought or it may have festered to the point that you feel like you’re at the end of your rope and have lost all hope. You may have experienced a life-altering event or betrayal of a close friend or alienation from family and friends. You may have an addiction you cannot kick or repeated failures that destroyed your self-confidence. Regardless of what brought you to the brink of hopelessness, there is still hope – if you will grab hold of it. Don’t Give Up was written to help heal the hurt, restore your heart and strengthen your resolve with Scriptures, prayers, and insights. Don’t give up! God is not a million miles away and He has not given up on you!
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Psalm 91 : Gods Umbrella Of Protection (Reprinted)
$15.99Add to cartPsalm 91 is one of the most comforting and encouraging of the Psalms. It offers protection from our greatest fears.
Do the latest statistics on heart disease, cancer, or other life-threatening illnesses send a chill down your spine? Do thoughts of terrorist attacks and chemical warfare cause your heart to skip a beat? What about natural disasters that are striking in unexpected places? Do you sometimes wonder if there is any safe place in the world to hide?
The answer to all your fears is found in Psalm 91. Peggy Joyce Ruth explains, in a comprehensive fashion, how the verses in Psalm 91 constitute God’s Covenant of Protection. This covenant can be applied to you, your family, and your loved ones. This book could be one of the most important messages you will ever read!
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Handbook To Happiness (Revised)
$13.99Add to cart1. Experiencing The Cross Of Christ
2. How Spirituotherapy Works
3. What Spiritual Maturity Really Means
4. When Life Is Like A Wilderness
5. Intellectual Understanding-Then What?
6. The Great Exchange
7. The Anatomy Of A Downer And The Way Back To Victory
8. Testimonies Of GFI-God’s Faithful Intervention
9. Counseling At The Century’s End176 Pages
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1. Experiencing The Cross Of Christ
2. How Spirituotherapy Works
3. What Spiritual Maturity Really Means
4. When Life Is Like A Wilderness
5. Intellectual Understanding-Then What?
6. The Great Exchange
7. The Anatomy Of A Downer And The Way Back To Victory
8. Testimonies Of GFI-God’s Faithful Intervention
9. Counseling At The Century’s End176 Pages
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Memory Loss : Quick Reference Guide What To Day And Do How To Help
$4.99Add to cartIts difficult for many people to know what to say or do when someone is suffering from a memory-related illness. This easy-to-read pamphlet equips readers to care for and comfort those who are experiencing memory loss. The Help a Friend pamphlet on Memory Loss includes a simple overview on how to care for those suffering from this type of illness and the struggles those going through this difficulty will likely face. A Quick Tips section covers things to avoid saying and suggested further resources, and this 20-panel resource equips readers with biblical wisdom and practical, time-tested advice from Joni Eareckson Tada. The Help a Friend pamphlet series focuses on the first response by a caring friend to bad news about a loved one. Friends gain the confidence to reach out rather than avoid, equipped with biblical wisdom and practical, time-tested advice from Joni Eareckson Tada.
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What To Do When Your World Is Falling Apart
$12.99Add to cartNo one goes through life unscathed. Jesus said, In this world you will have trouble. So what can you do? What to do when your world is falling apart provides Biblical answers and practical counsel for these uncertain times. Drawing on the wisdom of scripture and more than forty years of experience, Dr.Richard Exley will help you find real answers for the challenges you are facing in these uncertain times. Have you lost your job? Are you facing foreclosure or bankruptcy? Is your teenager on drugs or pregnant? Is your marriage coming apart? If so, What to do when your world is falling apart is for you.
