Authors: Joyce Meyer
ISBN-13: 9780446692595, ISBN-10: 044669259X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faith Words
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: REV
Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than eighty inspirational books, including Never Give Up!,The Secret to True Happiness, 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny,and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings, as well as a complete video library.
Many people seem to have it all together outwardly, but inside they are a wreck. Their past has broken, crushed, and wounded them inwardly. They can be healed. God has a plan, and Isaiah 61 reveals that the Lord came to heal the brokenhearted. He wants to heal victims of abuse and emotional wounding. Joyce Meyer is a victim of the physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Yet today she has a nationwide ministry of emotional healing to others like herself. In Beauty for Ashes she outlines major truths that brought healing in her life and describes how other victims of abuse can also experience God's healing in their lives. You will learn:
• How to Deal with the Emotional Pain of Abuse
• How to Understand Your Responsibility to God for Overcoming Abuse
• Why Victims of Abuse Often Suffer from Other Addictive Behaviors
• How to Grab Hold of God's Unconditional Love
• The Importance of God's Timing in Working Through Painful Memories.
Introduction | ix | |
Part 1 | I Once Was Bound | |
1 | Trophies of Grace | 3 |
2 | The Ashes of Abuse | 8 |
3 | The Fellowship of Fear | 13 |
4 | Behavior Addictions Caused by Abuse | 25 |
5 | Rescued by Love | 36 |
6 | Follow the Holy Spirit | 47 |
7 | The Two Kinds of Pain | 53 |
8 | The Only Way Out Is Through | 63 |
9 | Let Go of the Past | 70 |
10 | Redeemed and Made Righteous | 83 |
11 | Self-Rejection or Self-Acceptance | 96 |
12 | Rejection's Effect on Relationships | 107 |
13 | The Confidence to Be Yourself | 114 |
14 | Forgiveness Frees You to Live Again | 125 |
Part 2 | But Now I Am Free | |
15 | Forgiving Your Abuser | 135 |
16 | Blessing Your Enemies | 141 |
17 | Vengeance Is the Lord's | 153 |
18 | Free to Rejoice with Others | 159 |
19 | Emotional Stability | 169 |
20 | Intimacy and Trust | 174 |
21 | Ask and Receive | 183 |
22 | Strengthened Within | 194 |
23 | Free at Last | 202 |
24 | Build Bridges--Not Walls | 211 |
25 | Nothing Will Be Wasted | 217 |
26 | Double for Your Trouble | 226 |
27 | Shake It Off | 235 |
28 | Miraculous Reward | 247 |
Notes | 253 | |
Bibliography | 255 |