We need to crank up the love dial to increase the flow of joy through our lives. It will be our greatest gift to our loved ones, to those around us, and to ourselves. God is love, and He has declared love to be our supreme purpose. There is nothing about us that pleases God more than our love for Him and our love for one another.Abound in Love takes you on a path of the deepest love and the most fulfilling joy. It is not the easiest path, nor the path most travelled. You will gain ...

When you touch your spouse’s deepest need, something good almost always happens!Based on three decades of counseling and research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs leads couples through the intricacies of a marriage built on Love and Respect. He explores the differences in men and women and how a husband’s need for respect can be balanced by a wife’s need for love. When these needs are mutually recognized and made a priority, a fulfilling and meaningful marriage will...

Safe People will help you discover why good people can get tangled in bad relationships, how to avoid repeating your own mistakes, and how to pick safe, healthy people for the friends you make and the company you keep.Too many of us have invested in relationships that have gone wrong. Maybe you've been judged, manipulated, or controlled. Or maybe you've trusted the wrong people in the past. It's easy to make the same mistakes of judgment o...

When doors slam and angry words fly**, when things just aren't working out, and even when your spouse has destroyed your trust, there is still hope.**If you feel like your marriage is near the breaking point, or even if you've already separated, Gary Chapman will show you how you can give your marriage one more try.One More Try will help you . . .Take the next step when blindsided in marriage;Discover healthy ways t...

"Attitude is everything." It's what makes the difference between those who succeed and those who fail. And it's easy to see-in other people. It's not as easy to recognize when our own attitude needs adjustment, or to know how to change it.In You Are What You Think, David Stoop shows readers how to use self-talk to make positive changes in their attitudes and beliefs. Self-talk can be private speech, thoughts, or external speech, all of which shape emotions and behavior for good or b...

In this best-selling, award-winning book, Drs. Cloud andTownsend introduce eight persuasive principles that demonstrate how God entersboth the heart-breaking situation and the life looking for more.Life is difficult. Life for everyperson on earth is a challenging journey – with or without God. Those whoinvite God to join them on this adventure believe that when bad things happenthey can trust God to be present and work on their behalf. But just exactly how does He ...

What could be good about a bad marriage? The good news is, you can get beyond that old marriage and its destructive habits, and build a brand-new one with the same spouse. And you can do it in just 90 days, even if only one spouse is committed to change.Thousands of couples in marriages that are on the brink will never enter a therapist's office, and for others it's too late by the time they do agree to come. But for more than 20 years, David Clarke has seen marriages turn around i...

Chronic anxiety taints every corner of 21st century life. Terrorist threats, a shaky economy, growing unemployment, and individual crises all create fertile ground for obsessive worrying and fear of the future. But you don't have to suffer anxiety's relentless grasp. You can be free from fear.In Finding Peace, best-selling author Dr. Charles Stanley shows the way to life-changing peace of mind. You can gain real peace, Dr. Stanley confirms, but from only o...

The premise of this book is that learning to let go of anger—and ultimately forgiving the offender—will transform the foundation of every kind of relationship we have. Stanley defines anger as "a strong feeling of intense displeasure, hostility, or indignation as a result of a real or an imagined threat or insult, frustration, or injustice toward yourself or towards someone who’s very important to you." Building on this defintion, Stanley...Helps readers ...

You didn't think anyone could hurt you like this, but now that you're in or have experienced an abusive relationship, what do you do? Abuse—whether through hurtful words, degrading looks, obscene gesture, or threatening behavior—inflicts immense pain and impedes emotional growth.We have all been wounded by hurtful words and actions of others—whether the bully at school, the demeaning boss, a rage-filled driver, or someone in our own family. We often carry those wounds with ...

The need to talk honestly about the real issues facing Christian men has never been greater. Though they may feel reluctant to seek help and embarrassed to admit it, many men are fighting secret wars against stress, burnout, unhealthy relationships, temptation, and sexuality. What many don't know, however, is that these battles can be won.This newly repackaged edition of Men's Secret Wars provides tested strategies for defeating the secrets that threaten men's private lives. Throug...

Revised and updated from the original, this honest and forthwright look at families of all shapes and sizes will help you down the path of healing (whether you know you need it or whether yo're just not sure).Unlocking Your Family Patterns combines decade's worth of counseling wisdom and pastoral care insights into this one practical resource. Your past may hurt, and your family's patterns may have left emotional scars, but your future has not been laid in stone yet. There...