Healing Grace for Hurting People

DMin Wright H. Norman

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Many Christians live in the misery of bitterness, unforgiveness, and trauma caused by spouses, parents, grandparents, or others who have sinned against them. Although the pain can seem unending, there is hope for those who seek healing grace to cover the sins of those who have wronged them. Dr. H. Norman Wright and marriage and family therapist Larry Renetzky give readers specific practical steps to release God's grace to forgive and to lay the foundation for building bridges of reconciliation. Some who read Healing Grace for Hurting People will relate to the stories of those needing healing grace, such as overachieving Mark who could not give his family love and intimacy, which he never received while growing up. Find out what happened to Mark and his family when Mark learned about the secret of the universe. God's grace saves us and sustains us. And He expects us to pass it on in our relationships. Learn how God's reconciling grace and power can resolve conflicts, revitalize marriages heading for divorce, and restore broken relationships in families, extended families, and the broader community.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 04 septembre 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441267627
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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P R A I S E F O R
Healing Grace for Hurting People

This book is like having a Master’s Degree in counseling at your fingertips! The Christ-centered approach used in this book is accompanied in a powerful way by true-life illustrations that prove that through Christ there is always hope. The authors have written a book that should be in the hands of pastors, Christian counselors and lay people alike. God’s grace not only saves us but also heals us of the hurts of the past, as we forgive, and it also heals our relationships past, present and future.
Dr. Stan Coffey
Senior Pastor, The Church at Quail Creek Amarillo, Texas
This book gives scripturally based, practical ways to overcome rejection, abuse, hurt and discouragement with hope and grace. Principles of God’s Word are used to illustrate how to get rid of hostile and negative thinking by giving and receiving grace/forgiveness, which leads to healing and restoration of failed relationships.
Anna L. Foley, M.Ed, L.PC.
Pastoral Counselor/Wedding Coordinator Trinity Church Lubbock, Texas
The authors of this book have presented a practical working truth to the devastations of sin in our lives and have given us examples of how God’s healing grace can be applied for healing and restoration. The Spirit, working through the authors, has not only revealed the deception and lies of the enemy in real life circumstances but also the solutions to the devastation of the deceptions. Instead of living in fear, we can live in hope. There is no hope or help apart from God’s amazing grace!
Lynda Hunter
Women’s Ministry Amarillo, Texas
According to the new Webster’s dictionary, an axiom is a universally received principle. Are you familiar with this axiom: “There is no way out but through”? In effect, we can’t dodge, avoid or escape life’s struggles. Facing problems can be scary for even the bravest among us. We are hurting, and we need help. In your hands, you have a blueprint for your battle. By God’s grace, this book will guide you and bless you into and through your storm. As a coach who always wants and needs a competitive edge, I see this work as a tool. It will teach you how God’s miraculous grace can mysteriously minister healing right where you are. So dig in. It’s the only way out!
Bill McCartney
Founder, Promise Keepers
Larry Renetzky has been on our radio stations for more than 10 years. The heart he has to help people find grace to help in time of need shines through on and off the air. His passion for people has endeared him to us. That same loving compassion saturates this book.
Ricky and Diana Pfeil
Kingdom Keys Network KJRT, KASV, KPDR
Mr. Renetzky and Dr. Wright are incredible communicators, and their eloquence is evidenced in this profound book, Healing Grace for Hurting People . They use their gifts to minister emotional healing and hope through the grace and love of Jesus Christ to those imprisoned in the past as well as to hurting marriages, families, churches and other significant relationships. This book is for every person who needs the refreshment of God’s healing grace in his or her life.
Trent Sisemore
Worship Pastor
The Church at Quail Creek
Amarillo, Texas

© 2007 Dr. H. Norman Wright and Larry F. Renetzky
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
Other versions used are:
AMP —Scripture taken from THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE, Old Testament copyright © 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament copyright © 1958, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
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C ONTENTS



Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 There Is Hope for You
Chapter 2 What Is Healing Grace?
Chapter 3 Who Is on the Throne of Your Life?
Chapter 4 Are You Ready for Change?
Chapter 5 How God’s Word Changes Your Thoughts
Chapter 6 From Anger to Forgiveness—Grace in Action
Chapter 7 Communicating Grace
Chapter 8 The Secret of the Universe
Chapter 9 Building Bridges of Reconciliation
Chapter 10 Preparing for the Return of the King
Endnotes
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS



I (Larry) wish to praise and thank God for my precious wife, Carol, and for her love, patience, encouragement, help and prayers, as well as for my children, Brian, Lisa and Laura.
I praise and thank God for the prayer warriors and friends who prayed and encouraged me to write this book: Dr. Harold Olesen (Ginger), J. D. Davenport (Renate), Dr. David Timm (Paula) and Jerry Chenault. I praise and thank God especially for Dr. David Timm, who is not only a prayer warrior and friend but who also greatly contributed to the writing of the book by giving his time and his thoughts and for typing emails for me.
I praise and thank God for my coauthor, Dr. Norm Wright, who said to me two to three years ago, “How is the book coming?” When he found out that it wasn’t coming along, he offered to help me write this book. Through his interest, motivation, loving concern and overall contribution, the book has been completed. His involvement, along with Dr. David Timm, has made all the difference.
I wish to express special appreciation to all the patients I have seen in counseling who have lived out successfully the principles of Healing Grace for Hurting People . They really made this book possible. It is a living testimony to them and a real encouragement and blessing to the readers of this book.
I am truly most thankful to God and the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
It is the hope and prayer of Dr. Wright, myself and the others mentioned above that this book will bless every reader and further the kingdom of God in his or her life.
P REFACE



Praise God this book has already blessed several people. One very special Christian who was blessed was my daughter-in-law, Tami Renetzky, age 36, who read chapter 9 of this book before her death from cancer on December 17, 2006. She came from a dysfunctional family where anger reigned more than love. After reading chapter 9, Tami called me and said, “Dad, I need to forgive my parents, and I want to do that now.” This was just one month before her death. Three days before her death, she said, “I’m so glad that I have forgiven Mom and Dad. I’m at peace now and ready to be with Jesus.”
Another person who was blessed was a man with whom I shared a synopsis of the book. His response was, “I need to forgive my brother and sisters and I want to do that now.” I prayed with him right then and there and led him through the steps to receive God’s grace in order to pass it on in forgiveness to his siblings. When I briefly summarized the book to a doctor friend of mine, this friend discovered that he needed to forgive his father and proceeded to do so.
Hopefully, as you read this book, you too will be able to incorporate healing grace in your life and relationships and be set free from sin, hurts and rejections of the past and present, as well as those that will come in the future. Truly, God’s grace not only saves us, but it also heals us at the point we need healing. God’s grace heals us whether it involves healing us of the past and the way others have hurt us, or whether it involves healing all our relationships so that reconciliation can take place. The only way we can have closure of our anger is to forgive even as we have been forgiven through Jesus Christ. Yes, just as we are reconciled to God the Father through Jesus Christ, we can be reconciled to one another by that same marvelous grace.
As the hymn says:
Grace, grace, God’s