Counseling Through Your Bible Handbook

Hunt June

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"June shows us how to use biblical truth to change minds, hearts, and lives."--Dr. Mark L. BaileyPresident, Dallas Theological SeminaryBestselling author June Hunt's Biblical Counseling Handbook is now available as an ebook! This powerful resource is based on many years of careful research, thousands of counseling phone calls, and countless hundreds of pages of written resources produced by Hope for the Heart. This handbook brings together the very best of June's extraordinary counseling ministry, which has offered Christ-centered hope and guidance to people around the world. The 50 chapters deal with the most pressing issues people face today, and offer practical solutions firmly based on Scripture. Among the topics are... anger & adultery fear & phobias alcohol & drug abuse guilt & grief codependency & cults rejection & rape depression & divorce self-worth & suicideReaders will want to keep this life-changing resource handy alongside their Bibles.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie

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• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780736932363
• Langue: English

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For anyone feeling overwhelmed in helping a friend or family member through abuse, an addiction or any other challenging problem, now you can feel much more confident. The Counseling Through Your Bible Handbook is a handy, practical and, best of all, biblical guide that will lead you to God s solutions. It s about time!
-D R . W OODROW K ROLL , President, Back to the Bible International
June s Handbook includes everything of importance to me for counseling. It emphasizes the sufficiency of Scripture, the pre-eminence of Christ, and it is a treasury of practical help to those in distress.
-L EE L E F EBRE , President, Exchanged Life Ministries, Denver, Colorado
June Hunt has been addressing the root issues for hurting hearts for as long as I have known her. God has given her an insightful sensitivity not only to identifying human problems but also to uncovering biblical solutions. She has done it for me more than once! All who have hurting hearts or who minister to wounded spirits need this resource, which is efficiently arranged and ready to provide answers and tools for healing. No human resource has more hope for the heart !
-D R . D OROTHY K ELLEY P ATTERSON , Professor of Theology in Women s Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX
The Counseling Through Your Bible Handbook provides a virtual lab in biblical counseling. Through practical application, June shows us how to use biblical truth to change minds, change hearts, and change lives in the power of the Spirit.
-D R . M ARK L. B AILEY , President, Dallas Theological Seminary
You hold in your hands a treasury of biblical hope and practical help. While it won t equip you to change people (that s God job), it will help you handle the Word of Truth accurately and speak its timeless wisdom into the lives of others.
-D R . T IM C LINTON , President, American Association of Christian Counselors
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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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COUNSELING THROUGH YOUR BIBLE HANDBOOK Copyright 2008 by Hope for the Heart, Inc. Published by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.harvesthousepublishers.com
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hunt, June.
Counseling through your Bible handbook / June Hunt.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7369-2181-7 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7369-2818-2 (Deluxe)
1. Pastoral counseling-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Bible-Psychology-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Title.
BV4012.2H8335 2008
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Periodically I ve felt like that proverbial ox in the ditch stuck and unable to free myself. I ve had times when I needed a helping hand to pull me out. For over 30 years I ve been part of a uniquely fun and fascinating group of friends who have faithfully met with each other cared for each other prayed for each other.
Thank you, TMMC
- Randy and Lana Dodgen
- Tom and Rita Smith
- Precious prayer partner Eleanor Briley
for the times you have pulled me up with your strong hands. Your friendship reminds me of Ecclesiastes 4:9-10: Two are better than one If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Acknowledgments
As I look back on the beginnings of this Handbook , I see a tiny path-a footpath so small that it wasn t on anyone s map except God s. It was 1989 and I was leading conferences and Bible studies. People were asking question after question about problems in their lives, wanting biblical answers. But where would I take them? The Bible isn t organized topically so I began searching the Scriptures, piecing together topical guidance.
As I felt my way along this uncharted path, a host of hardworking, talented, and persevering sojourners came alongside me-the staff of Hope for the Heart. Together, we designed our Biblical Counseling Keys on 100 topics. For this Counseling Handbook , we have distilled 50 of them down into chapters.
With a heart of deepest respect and gratitude, I especially acknowledge the following for their contribution:
From the beginning:
- Beth Stapleton and June Page, who, in the early days, researched and poured their lives into the Biblical Counseling Keys , and
- Kay Deakins, who for years has kept the ox out of the ditch.
For this Handbook:
- Elizabeth Gaston and Angie White, who took turns guiding this project along a twisting path
- Jill Prohaska, Carolyn White, Mary Peppers, Barbara Spruill, and Ginger Swann, whose editorial input was indispensable at every turn
- Connie Steindorf, Jeanne Sloan, Laura Lyn Benoit, Karen Williams, and Bea Garner, who painstakingly keyed and proofed countless drafts along the journey
- Titus O Bryant, whose diligent research will keep the mud from flying
- Steve Miller of Harvest House, whose patient leadership ensured we arrived at our destination with 50 chapters to help even the most road-weary traveler, and
- Above all, the Shepherd of my soul, who-even when I ve strayed-has put me back on the path (sometimes the same path again and again), and has kept me on the road of inner freedom and fulfillment-the Road to Transformation.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
A Helpful Note from June
1. COUNSELING:
How to Give Biblical Hope with Practical Help
2. ABORTION RECOVERY:
Healing and Restoration After an Abortion Decision
3. ADULTERY:
The Snare of an Affair
4. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE:
Breaking Free and Staying Free
5. ANGER:
Facing the Fire Within
6. ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA:
Control that Is Out of Control
7. CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE:
The Secret Storm
8. CODEPENDENCY:
Balancing an Unbalanced Relationship
9. CRISIS INTERVENTION:
Caring Enough to Confront
10. CRITICAL SPIRIT:
Changing the Heart of a Critic
11. CULTS:
The Truth Twisters
12. DATING:
The Delights and Dangers of Dating
13. DECISION MAKING:
Discerning the Will of God
14. DEPRESSION:
Walking from Darkness into the Dawn
15. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
Assault on a Woman s Worth
16. DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY:
Making Peace with Your Past
17. EVIL AND SUFFERING WHY?:
Is God Fair?
18. FEAR:
No Longer Afraid
19. FINANCIAL FREEDOM:
The Dollar Dilemma
20. FORGIVENESS:
The Freedom of Letting Go
21. GRIEF RECOVERY:
Living at Peace with Loss
22. GUILT:
Getting Rid of Guilt for Good
23. HABITS:
Success in Self-Control
24. HOMOSEXUALITY:
A Case of Mistaken Identity
25. HOPE:
The Anchor for Your Soul
26. IDENTITY:
Do You Know Who You Really Are?
27. ILLNESS-CHRONIC AND TERMINAL:
God s Peace in the Midst of Pain
28. LYING:
Stopping Truth Decay
29. MANIPULATION:
Severing the Strings of Control
30. MARRIAGE:
To Have and to Hold
31. THE OCCULT:
Demystifying the Deeds of Darkness
32. OVEREATING:
Freedom from Food Fixation
33. PARENTING:
Steps for Successful Parenting
34. PHOBIAS:
No Longer Terribly Afraid
35. PREGNANCY UNPLANNED:
I m Pregnant?
36. PREJUDICE:
Pulling Up the Roots of Pride
37. PREMARITAL COUNSELING:
Are You Fit to Be Tied?
38. RAPE RECOVERY:
Rescued and Restored
39. RECONCILIATION:
Restoring Broken Relationships
40. REJECTION:
Healing a Wounded Heart
41. SALVATION:
The Cornerstone of Counseling
42. SELF-WORTH:
Discovering Your God-given Worth
43. SEXUAL ADDICTION:
The Way Out of the Web
44. SEXUAL INTEGRITY:
Balancing Passion with Purity
45. SINGLENESS:
How to Be Single and Satisfied
46. STRESS MANAGEMENT:
Beating Burnout Before It Beats You
47. SUICIDE PREVENTION:
Hope When Life Seems Hopeless
48. VERBAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE:
Victory over Abuse
49. VICTIMIZATION:
Victory over the Victim Mentality
50. WORRY:
The Joy Stealer
Notes
About the Author
More books by June Hunt from Harvest House Publishers
Before You Begin
A HELPFUL NOTE FROM JUNE
Dear Friend,
Oddly enough, when we ve been heading in the wrong direction, the painful result of being on the wrong road can be the most persuasive motivator to get us on the right road .
But what do we do if we don t know what to do?
At times, I ve been stuck, stymied, and totally stumped not knowing what to do or which way to turn. How I longed for wise counsel-someone to pull me out of the ditch, to pivot me toward the right path, to put me on the right road. But sometimes that specia