Freedom from Fear : Overcoming Anxiety Through Faith

by ALBORGHETTI MARCI

• ISBN13: 9780879462314
• ISBN10: 0879462310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

"Freedom from Fear: Overcoming Anxiety Through Faith" contains forty faith-based reflections for people troubled by unresolved fear. Each reflection addresses one aspect or manifestation of chronic worry by presenting a situtation from everyday life and noting how a change in attitude--coupled with a practical course of action undergirded by faith--can be the first step to overcoming anxiety.

Author Biography

Marci Alborghetti is the author of Aids Compassion: Meditations for Compassionate Christians and the children's book, The Miracle of the Myrrh

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Decidedly Not in Control	p. 5
"I Leave You Peace"	p. 8
The Fine Line	p. 11
Everyday Anxiety	p. 14
Godzilla	p. 17
Be Not Afraid	p. 20
The Still, Small Voice	p. 23
Why Are You Complaining?	p. 27
Things to Do	p. 30
The Best Medicine	p. 32
The Prayer Warrior	p. 35
Sweating the Small Stuff	p. 39
Faith vs. Freud	p. 43
Do Something Scary	p. 47
Parental Surrender	p. 50
Spilling Over	p. 53
Solitary Containment	p. 56
He Bore Our Infirmities	p. 59
Healing Fear	p. 62
Stacking the Deck	p. 65
A Most Vicious Cycle	p. 69
Open to God's Respite	p. 72
Love [not equal] Worry	p. 75
Imaging the Divine	p. 79
What If...Faith?	p. 83
Antidote to Fear	p. 86
Carol	p. 89
The Rock	p. 92
What, Me Worry?	p. 95
Almost as Hard as Despair	p. 98
No More Vegetables First	p. 101
The Bright Side	p. 104
Love an Optimist	p. 107
There You Are	p. 110
A Day in the Life	p. 113
Everything Has Changed	p. 117
Always and in All Ways	p. 120
Choose to Change	p. 123
24/7/365/Eternity	p. 126
Faith Isn't Easy	p. 129
Acknowledgments	p. 133
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