Beauty for Ashes Receiving Emotional Healing

by Meyer, Joyce

• ISBN13: 9780446691154
• ISBN10: 0446691151
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: FaithWords

Summary

Learn how God's grace can help you heal from emotional wounds and abuse in this spiritually uplifting guide to living a beautiful, healing, and fulfilling life.

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.

Author Biography

Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. Her daily broadcast, Enjoying Everyday Life, airs on hundreds of television networks and radio stations worldwide.

Joyce has written nearly 100 inspirational books. Her bestsellers include Power Thoughts; The Confident Woman; Look Great, Feel Great; Starting Your Day Right; Ending Your Day Right; Approval Addiction; How to Hear from God; Beauty for Ashes; and Battlefield of the Mind.

Joyce travels extensively, holding conferences throughout the year, speaking to thousands around the world. Joyce resides in St. Louis, MO.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Abuse	9	(4)
Fellowshipping With Fear	13	(10)
Addictive Behavior Caused by Abuse	23	(10)
Loved at Last	33	(10)
Learn To Follow the Holy Spirit	43	(6)
Pain	49	(10)
The Only Way Out Is Through	59	(4)
Guilt and Shame	63	(12)
Self-Rejection and Self-Hatred	75	(8)
The Root of Rejection and Its Effect on Relationships	83	(8)
Confidence To Be an Individual	91	(10)
Forgiveness	101	(6)
Forgiving Your Abuser	107	(6)
Praying for and Blessing Your Enemies	113	(10)
Back Pay for Past Hurts	123	(6)
Jealousy	129	(8)
Emotional Addictions	137	(6)
Intimacy and Trust	143	(8)
Free at Last	151	(8)
Walls or Bridges?	159	(6)
Miraculous Conclusion	165	(4)
Bibliography	169