Lord, I Want To Be Whole

by Omartian, Stormie

• ISBN13: 9780785267034
• ISBN10: 0785267034
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-02
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

When Stormie Omartian was a child, her mother would lock her in a closet and say, "You are worthless, and you'll never amount to anything." How did a young girl who grew up in an abusive home learn to overcome her past pain to find emotional wholeness as an adult? Lord, I Want to Be Whole offers seven steps that helped Stormie overcome clinical depression and live a more fulfilling life. She shows readers how prayer and the encouragement of Scripture can help them come to terms with their past. She also tells how to find deliverance from spiritual oppression and negative influences, learn to receive God's gifts and believe the good things God says about us, become aware of deceptions and misconceptions, and maintain emotional health by taking care of our bodies and being sensitive to what is happening inside us. Lord, I Want to Be Who helps those who are troubled by depression find emotional wholeness and become all God made them to be

Author Biography

Stormie Omartian is a popular writer, accomplished songwriter, speaker, and author of ten books. Her other books include Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On, the bestselling 1998 Gold Medallion finalist The Power of a Praying Wife, The Power of a Praying Parent, Praying God's Will for Your Life, Praying God's Will for Your Life Workbook and Journal, Greater Health God's Way, Child of the Promise, and Stormie, the story of her journey from the brokenness of being an abused child to becoming a whole person. A popular media guest, Stormie has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including The 700 Club, Parent Talk, Homelife, Crosstalk, and Today's Issues. Stormie speaks all over the United States in churches, women's retreats, and conferences. For twenty years Stormie has been encouraging women to pray for their families. She desires to help others become all that God created them to be, to establish strong family bonds and marriages, and to be instruments of God's love. Stormie has been married to Grammy-winning record producer Michael Omartian for nearly thirty years. They have three grown children, Christopher, Amanda, and John David. You can contact Stormie through her Web site: [e-mail].

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Steps to Emotional Health	1	(2)
What Is Emotional Health?	3	(1)
Seven Steps to Emotional Health	4	(2)
What You Should Expect	6	(4)
What the Bible Says	9	(1)
Step One: Release the Past	10	(18)
The Foundation of Confession	12	(5)
The Weight of Unconfessed Sin	16	(1)
The Foundation of Ongoing Forgiveness	17	(11)
Stairway to Wholeness	19	(2)
Forgiving the Abuser	21	(2)
Confronting the Abuser	23	(1)
Forgiving Yourself and God	24	(3)
What the Bible Says	27	(1)
Step Two: Live in Obedience	28	(47)
Live in Obedience by Taking Charge of Your Mind	30	(8)
What Is Your State of Mind?	33	(3)
Tactics of War	36	(1)
What the Bible Says	37	(1)
Live in Obedience by Renouncing the Occult	38	(5)
Aligning with a Winner	40	(1)
What the Bible Says	41	(1)
Act Immediately	42	(1)
Live in Obedience by Saying No to Sexual Immorality	43	(7)
Sex As a Soul Tie	44	(1)
When It Wasn't Your Fault	45	(2)
Building a Relationship That Lasts	47	(1)
What the Bible Says	48	(2)
Live in Obedience by Cleaning Out Your House	50	(5)
Discerning the Negative	52	(1)
What the Bible Says	53	(1)
Spiritual Cleaning	54	(1)
Live in Obedience by Taking Care of Your Body	55	(8)
What the Bible Says	56	(2)
Greater Physical Health God's Way	58	(5)
Live in Obedience by Watching What You Say	63	(5)
What the Bible Says	66	(1)
Look Who's Talking!	67	(1)
Live in Obedience by Fasting and Prayer	68	(7)
Who, Me? Why Should I Fast?	69	(2)
How Should I Fast?	71	(1)
The Fasting God Chooses	71	(1)
Twenty Reasons to Fast	72	(2)
What the Bible Says	74	(1)
Step Three: Find Deliverance	75	(16)
Nothing to Fear	76	(2)
What Deliverance Really Is	78	(1)
Can a Christian e Demon Possessed?	79	(1)
How a Person Can Be Demon Oppressed	80	(2)
The Flesh or the Devil?	82	(1)
How to Tell If You Need Deliverance	83	(2)
Seven Basic Steps to Deliverance	85	(6)
What the Bible Says	90	(1)
Step Four: Seek Total Restoration	91	(13)
New Levels of Deliverance or the Same Old Bondage?	93	(2)
Is It Possible to Find Deliverance Without a Counselor?	95	(1)
Counselors for His People	96	(3)
The Reluctance to Seek Counseling	99	(1)
Call on God First	100	(4)
What the Bible Says	103	(1)
Step Five: Receive God's Gifts	104	(22)
The Opening Act	104	(2)
Receive God's Gift of Love	106	(5)
Food for the Soul	107	(1)
God's Love Shows No Favoritism	108	(1)
What the Bible Says	109	(1)
Believing Is Receiving	110	(1)
Receive God's Gift of Grace	111	(4)
Not As We Deserve	112	(1)
What the Bible Says	113	(2)
Receive God's Gift of Power	115	(5)
Receiving Miracle Power	117	(1)
The Keys of the Kingdom	117	(1)
Opening Up to God's Power	118	(1)
What the Bible Says	119	(1)
Receive God's Gift of Rest	120	(6)
Resting in Him	122	(1)
Sabotaging Your Own Rest	122	(3)
What the Bible Says	125	(1)
Step Six: Reject the Pitfalls	126	(73)
Stepping over the Line	128	(2)
Reject the Pitfall of Anger	130	(4)
Blaming God	130	(1)
Dealing with Our Anger	131	(1)
What the Bible Says	132	(2)
Reject the Pitfall of Confusion	134	(5)
Confusion and the Worldly Perspective	136	(1)
What the Bible Says	137	(1)
How Do I Open Myself Up to Confusion?	138	(1)
How Do I Get Rid of Confusion?	138	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Criticism	139	(3)
Crowding Out a Critical Spirit	140	(1)
What the Bible Says	141	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Denial	142	(7)
Facing the Truth	143	(4)
Make No Room for Denial	147	(1)
What the Bible Says	148	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Depression	149	(7)
Taking Action Against It	151	(2)
What the Bible Says	153	(2)
When Nothing Helps	155	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Envy	156	(5)
The Fine Line Between Envy and Admiration	157	(3)
What the Bible Says	160	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Fear	161	(3)
What to Do When You Are Afraid	162	(1)
What the Bible Says	163	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Lust	164	(7)
Trust the Lord, Not Your Heart	165	(4)
After the Fall	169	(1)
What the Bible Says	170	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Lying	171	(4)
Lying As a Means of Survival	172	(2)
What the Bible Says	174	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Perfectionism	175	(3)
Perfect in Love	175	(2)
What the Bible Says	177	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Pride	178	(3)
A Mask for Fear	179	(1)
What the Bible Says	180	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Rebellion	181	(5)
Spiritual Apathy	182	(1)
Walking in the Will of God	183	(1)
What the Bible Says	184	(2)
Reject the Pitfall of Rejection	186	(4)
Living Like a Chosen One	188	(1)
What the Bible Says	189	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Self-Pity	190	(2)
What the Bible Says	191	(1)
Focusing on God	192	(1)
Reject the Pitfall of Suicide	192	(7)
The Torment of Suicidal Thoughts	193	(2)
Resisting Thoughts of Suicide	195	(1)
The Best Is Yet To Come	196	(2)
What the Bible Says	198	(1)
Step Seven: Stand Strong	199	(29)
Trusting God for Every Step	202	(1)
Growing Up in the Lord	202	(2)
Standing Strong When the Enemy Attacks	204	(13)
Four Ways to Recognize Enemy Attack	205	(3)
Seven Things I Know Are True About God	208	(3)
Seven Things I know Are True About the Devil	211	(2)
Seven Reasons the Enemy Can Attack	213	(1)
What the Bible Says	214	(1)
Seven Signs of Satanic Attack	215	(1)
What to Do When the Enemy Attacks	216	(1)
Standing Strong When Your Prayers Haven't Been Answered	217	(6)
The Purpose of Suffering	218	(2)
What the Bible Says	220	(1)
Treasures of Darkness	221	(1)
How to Grow in the Dark	221	(2)
Standing Strong When Your Prayers Have Been Answered	223	(5)
How Quickly We Forget	224	(1)
Watch Out for the Giants	225	(1)
Keep It Written in Stone	226	(1)
What the Bible Says	227	(1)
Becoming All God Made You to Be	228	(9)
Staying Emotionally Current	229	(1)
Remembering the Truth About Yourself	230	(7)
Seven Things God Says Are True About Me	234	(2)
What the Bible Says	236	(1)
About the Author	237