Beauty for Ashes Receiving Emotional Healing

by Meyer, Joyce

• ISBN13: 9780446692595
• ISBN10: 044669259X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: FaithWords

Summary

Bestselling author Joyce Meyer explores the true path to emotional healing through God's love. Many people seem to have it all together outwardly, but inside they are falling apart,crushed and wounded by their past. But God has a plan to heal the broken-hearted and the victims of abuse. For over 30 years, Joyce Meyersuffered the devastating effects of verbal, sexual, and physical abuse. Today, she has a worldwide ministry of emotional healing for others like herself. In BEAUTY FOR ASHES, she outlines the major truths that brought healing to her life and describes how other victims of abuse can also experience this healing, including 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, and the importance of God's timing in working through painful memories. By sharing her personal story, Joyce Meyer wants to help others find inner peace through their belief in God.

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

Introduction	ix
Part One: I ONCE WAS BOUND
1 Trophies of Grace	3	(5)
2 The Ashes of Abuse	8	(5)
3 The Fellowship of Fear	13	(12)
4 Behavior Addictions Caused by Abuse	25	(11)
5 Rescued by Love	36	(11)
6 Follow the Holy Spirit	47	(6)
7 The Two Kinds of Pain	53	(10)
8 The Only Way Out Is Through	63	(7)
9 Let Go of the Past	70	(13)
10 Redeemed and Made Righteous	83	(13)
11 Self Rejection or Self Acceptance	96	(11)
12 Rejection's Effect on Relationships	107	(7)
13 The Confidence to Be Yourself	114	(11)
14 Forgiveness Frees You to Live Again	125	(10)
Part Two: BUT NOW I AM FREE
15 Forgiving Your Abuser	135	(6)
16 Blessing Your Enemies	141	(12)
17 Vengeance Is the Lord's	153	(6)
18 Free to Rejoice with Others	159	(10)
19 Emotional Stability	169	(5)
20 Intimacy and Trust	174	(9)
21 Ask and Receive	183	(11)
22 Strengthened Within	194	(8)
23 Free at Last	202	(9)
24 Build Bridges-Not Walls	211	(6)
25 Nothing Will Be Wasted	217	(9)
26 Double for Your Trouble	226	(9)
27 Shake It Off	235	(12)
28 Miraculous Reward	247	(6)
Notes	253	(2)
Bibliography	255