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Meg Wilson watched her world fall apart when her husband confessed years of sexual addiction. She has an intimate knowledge of all you may have felt-and she's lived to tell about it. With honesty and hopefulness, Meg uses her own story, along with other examples and Scripture, to help women cope and find their way out of the darkness of their husbands' sexual compulsions. She wants you to know that God's first concern is for your relationship with Him - not your circumstances.  

Are you willing to do whatever it takes to have the marriage you dreamed of? Interestingly, this is the question Clayton and Ashlee ask young couples before they get married and married couples in crisis. If they answer yes, then there is hope for the couple. If they are willing to commit to the hard work ahead, they have a very good shot.

While on a three-month-long tour, Jeremy met and built a friendship with the lead singer of another band. In a beautiful and inspiring story, their love unfolded taking them both by surprise. After 16 years of marriage, Jeremy and Adrienne have experienced devastating losses and incredible joy and have grown alongside each other. They continue to strengthen their friendship as they juggle life and frequent separations, due to tour schedules, with the demands and stressors of parenting their three kids. 

We all face seasonal changes. The passing years take us on journeys of change - whether we want it or not. In Courage for the Unknown Season, Jan Silvious acts as a wise guide for those who find themselves in new seasons of life, offering perspective and practical insights to encourage the soul and offer hope. Anyone facing an unexpected change in life or relationship will be drawn to this book as a guide for walking through the shifting seasons. They can make it through this time with courage, strength, and yes, even joy!

Having helped thousands move from anger, distrust, apathy, and heartache to safely reengaging in their faith—and local church—Pastor Joe Dobbins offers compassion, wisdom, and practical advice to help you understand why church hurt is so potent and hard to address; break free from bad beliefs, self-defeating patterns, and cycles of pain; discover the way to inner healing; release your pain and reframe your story; find the courage to reengage in a faith community; and protect yourself in the future.

Jim was the guy who did everything “right.” He was a spiritual leader in one of the largest congregations in the Northeast, the go-to guy when others needed advice. Yet he nearly destroyed his marriage by having an affair with one of his wife’s best friends. But Hope Is Where the Heart Is is about much more than the demise of Jim’s marriage and how he and his wife, Shannon, discovered how to put it back together. It is a roadmap for overcoming hardships, for finding strength to face another day.

When someone leaves an abusive marriage, life isn't instantly fixed. Women who have experienced domestic violence feel shattered. Because of the trauma they've been through, a bond with their abuser has formed that keeps them tied together long after they've physically left. Karen DeArmond Gardner understands these difficulties all too well. And she intimately knows what women in this situation need in order to gain freedom from the lies of abuse - to be reborn as the people God longs for them to be.

It is one thing to live with the consequences of your own choices, but what happens when your life is changed because of someone else's? This insightful and uplifting guide will comfort, support and encourage you through whatever situation you must face. Cynthia Ruchti, who has walked this road herself, assures readers that God is ever present, and his love never wavers. There is hope, grace, and a future in every situation, especially those we did not cause.

You fell in love with him. But over time you've come to realize he's in love with himself - and you feel trapped. His needs, his problems, and his plans always seem to take precedence over yours. Dr. David Hawkins, director of the Marriage Recovery Center, offers a guide to help you identify signs of narcissism, understand how your loved one's issues are affecting you, and prepare a biblical game plan for freeing yourself to live courageously in light of God's love.

Great for individual or group use Includes provocative discussion questions and practical action steps Features four-color art plates and literary quotesIt’s not easy being an Artist in the church.But whatever your passion—music, visual art, drama, dance, writing, technical...

“I wish there were something I could do to ease the pain.” How often do women see a friend in distress or crisis, but feel helpless to really make a difference? Hopelifter:Creative Ways to Spread Hope When Life Hurts takes the mystery out of how to be the hands and feet of Jesus to anyone in...

You can do relationships right! Regret-Free Living takes the focus from what was and what might have been and shines a bright light onto the path of what is and what is to be. Christian counselor Stephen Arterburn speaks honestly and forthrightly about what it takes to build strong, healthy relationships. Drawing on his own positive and negative experiences, he offers specific steps to rid yourself of relationship regrets, open your heart to healing, and move forward in love.

People are looking for assurance that someone hears them when they cry out in their despair, loneliness, or frustration. The last thing they need is another book telling them how to pray or what to say, holding out religion like a good-luck charm. So instead of theorizing or preaching, Johann Christoph Arnold tells stories about real men and women dealing with adversity. Cries from the Heart answers a specific spiritual hunger millions share - a longing for a personal connection to the divine.

In Mission-Ready Marriage, Ashley allows you to peer into her service-induced marriage challenges and shares the secrets that brought her healing and joy. Applying God’s truths to all areas of military marriage, Ashley helps spouses, from brand new to seasoned, unearth hope in this arduous journey.

The loss of a loved one is devastating, and the grief that follows is often crippling. While modern Western culture has adopted an aren't-you-over-it-yet? attitude toward death and the grief it brings, the grieving process can take years. Weeks and months go by with no visible improvement. We...

Everett Worthington, PhD is a world-leading expert on relationship research and forgiveness research, as well as a seasoned clinical psychologist and husband of almost 50 years. He is the ideal guide for this comprehensive 15-lecture series that shows you how to strengthen your relationship.

Diese kurze Biografie über Susannah Spurgeon (1832 - 1903), die Frau des berühmten »Predigerfürsten« Charles H. Spurgeon, ist warmherzig geschrieben, von Liebe zum Herrn geprägt und eine Ermutigung, Ihm zu dienen. Es ist die Geschichte einer Frau, die sowohl in ihrem Charakter als auch in ihren Werken viel Frucht hervorgebracht hat. Im Zentrum steht die Gnade Gottes, die Susannah Spurgeons Denken prägte und durch die sie auch trotz einer schweren chronischen Krankheit imstande war, dem Herrn zu dienen. Besonders herausgestellt wird der Bücherfonds, den Susannah gründete und leitete.