Surprised by the Healer: Embracing Hope for Your Broken Story - Softcover

Dillow, Linda; Slattery, Dr Juli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802413404 ISBN 13: 9780802413406

Verlag: MOODY PUBL, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

The Healer is inviting you…

God’s word declares that there is healing for your deepest pains, hope for your biggest disappointments, and victory over your addictions, past hurts, and past failures. His name is Jehovah Rapha, the God Who Heals, and He can redeem your broken story.

In these pages, you will meet nine courageous women who have agreed to tell their stories, to share with you how they moved from hopelessness and brokenness to hope and healing. Whether from sexual abuse, betrayal in marriage, or other harrowing experiences, the Healer invited them on a unique journey of redemption in the midst of deep pain. He is inviting you, too.

Linda Dillow and Dr. Juli Slattery, cofounders of Authentic Intimacy, have been writing and ministering to women in the church and clinical context for several decades. Their wisdom and experience overflow in this work to give you a trusted resource in journeying toward healing.

Includes a study guide for each chapter in the back of the book.

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LINDA DILLOW is the author of the bestselling Calm My Anxious Heart and co-author of Intimate Issues. Her latest book, What's it Like to be Married to Me? was a finalist for the non-fiction book of 2011. Linda's books have sold more than one and a half million copies in the U.S. and have been translated into many languages. Linda and her husband, Jody, lived in Europe and Asia for seventeen years, training Christian leaders in closed countries with Biblical Education by Extension. The Dillows live in Monument, Colorado. They have four grown children and ten grandchildren.

DR. JULI SLATTERY is the president and co-founder of Authentic Intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality. She is the host of the weekly podcast, "Java with Juli". She has authored or co-authored twelve books including Passion Pursuit, Rethinking Sexuality, and Twenty-Five Questions You're Afraid to Ask about Love, Sex, and Intimacy. Julie is a member of the board of trustees of Moody Bible Institute. She and her husband, Mike, have three grown sons and live in Akron, Ohio.

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The Healer is inviting you . . .

God’s word declares that there is healing for your deepest pains, hope for your biggest disappointments, and victory over your addictions, past hurts, and past failures. His name is Jehovah Rapha, the God Who Heals, and He can redeem your broken story.

In these pages, you will meet nine courageous women who have agreed to tell their stories, to share with you how they moved from hopelessness and brokenness to hope and healing. Whether from sexual abuse, betrayal in marriage, or other harrowing experiences, the Healer invited them on a unique journey of redemption in the midst of deep pain. He is inviting you, too.

Includes 10-Week Bible Study

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Surprised by the Healer

Embracing Hope for Your Broken Story

By Linda Dillon, Juli Slattery, Liz Heaney

Moody Publishers

Copyright © 2016 Linda Dillow and Juli Slattery
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8024-1340-6

Contents

Letter to the Reader, 7, 
1. Surprised by the Healer, 9, 
2. Marian's Story Exchanging Lies for Truth, 19, 
3. Hope's Story Coming Out of Hiding, 39, 
4. Lorraine's Story Walking in Forgiveness, 57, 
5. Ann's Story Taking a Step, 75, 
6. Angel's Story Experiencing Jesus' Radical Love, 91, 
7. Amy's Story Surrendering to the Power of God to Change You, 103, 
8. Rita's Story Making Peace with a Broken Life, 121, 
9. Kathy's Story Discovering a Gift in Your Pain, 139, 
10. Alaine's Story Living a Transformed Life, 157, 
Notes, 173, 
A Ten-Week Bible Study, 175, 
Acknowledgments, 207, 

CHAPTER 1

Surprised by the Healer

Our eyes scanned the delectable delights before us: pecan-crusted salmon, warm homemade rolls, and Mississippi mud brownies. No one would be dieting at this luncheon.

Twelve women encircled the table, talking as only women can about the enticing lunch that they didn't have to cook. No preparation, no cleanup — the meal was a cherished treat. But this special luncheon wasn't only about food but also an occasion to thank each woman for her work in bringing the Authentic Intimacy conference to Ohio.

As different women talked about their excitement for the conference, Ann's words caught our attention: "I want wives to see that it is a privilege to minister to their husbands sexually."

Perhaps you have an immediate idea of what kind of woman would make such a statement. Maybe you picture Ann as someone who lives in a fairy-tale land where everything looks picture perfect. Or maybe you assume she must have grown up in a nurturing and healthy home. In either case, you would be wrong. Ann's background is one of horrific sexual abuse and humiliation followed by promiscuity. She and her husband have struggled through three decades of healing, taking steps to learn to love each other emotionally, spiritually, and sexually.

Yet, here she was, advocating for God's beautiful design for sex in marriage. Are you surprised? We certainly were.

We are continuously (sometimes daily) amazed by the stories and testimonies we hear about Jehovah Rapha, the Healer. God is always surprising us with His creativity, power, and grace when it comes to healing. We want you to be surprised too, not just by the healing He has done in the women whose stories you will soon read but also by the healing He brings into the most intimate aspect of your life.

Between the two of us, we have ministered to women in the arena of sexual issues for several decades. Yes, we have some training on how to address brokenness using the tools of counseling and psychology. However, we have witnessed that the deepest healing only occurs through the presence of the Healer. Sexual brokenness is the deepest form of brokenness, and as such it requires the greatest depths of healing and restoration.

Every Woman's Pain

Rarely do we meet a woman who has not been, in some manner, scarred or wounded in the area of sexuality. At our Authentic Intimacy events, after a few hours of teaching on God's perspective of sex, we take live questions from the audience via text message. Visualize for a moment, a room packed with women. Young and old, single and married, from all walks of life. They have just heard that God cares about their sexual questions, secrets, and pain. They are now

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MOODY PUBL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802413404
• ISBN 13: 9780802413406
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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