FOR AS I THINK IN MY HEART SO I AM: Combining Biblical Counseling with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, [Second Edition]

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Christian Publishing House, Oct 6, 2016 - Self-Help - 396 pages

 In FOR AS I THINK IN MY HEART - SO I AM, Edward D. Andrews offers practical and biblical insights on a host of Christian spiritual growth struggles, from the challenge of forgiveness to eating disorders, anger, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, pornography, masturbation, same-sex attraction, and many others. Based on Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV): "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he," Andrews' text works from the position that if we can change the way that we think, we can alter the way we feel, which will modify the way we behave.

FOR AS I THINK IN MY HEART - SO I AM offers far more than self-help to dozens of spiritual struggles, personal difficulties, and mental disorders. It will benefit Christian and non-Christian alike. The Scriptural advice and counsel coupled with cognitive behavioral therapy will be helpful even if every chapter is not one of your struggles.

For As I Think in My Heart enables readers to examine the lies and half-truths they tell themselves repeatedly; lies, which as one argues, contribute to mental distress and a broad range of issues in their lives. In this text, Andrews seeks to wash those lies with biblical truth by combining biblical counseling with cognitive-behavioral therapy "to better understand our human condition" and give readers tools to overcome these challenges. This second edition has added five chapters, added material to several other chapters while keeping the page count down by dropping the font size.

 

Contents

We are All Born Into Slavery
3
Existence of Satan and How to Overcome Satanic Influences
25
Our Struggle Against Dark Spiritual Forces
33
Dealing with Destructive SelfDefeating Thoughts
44
Get the Correct Mental Grasp
52
Be Transformed by the Renewal of Your Mind
60
Keeping the Mind Renewed
79
The Path to Behavioral Change
85
Eating Disorders
190
The Pornography Trap
208
The SelfAbuse of Masturbation
216
Avoiding Homosexuality and Controlling SameSex Attraction
221
Can the Bible Help Us Cope With Loneliness?
230
Does Abortion Show Respect for Life?
234
Satans Battle for Our Mind
241
Christians Are to Be Sound in Mind
270

The Importance of Forgiving
92
Let All Wrath and Anger Be Put Away From Us
100
Dealing with Your Depression
118
Playing an Active Role in Your Bipolar Disorder
131
Getting Control Over Your ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder
137
Coping with Your Anxiety Disorder
142
Overcome Procrastination
153
The Importance of SelfControl
157
Coping with Alcoholism
182
APPENDIX A Why has God Permitted Wickedness and Suffering
281
APPENDIX B Does God Step in and Solve Our Every Problem Because We are Faithful
289
Why is Life So Unfair?
295
The Spirit and Christians
317
APPENDIX E The Work of the Holy Spirit
327
APPENDIX G The Holy Spirit in the First Century and Today 355 Other Christian Living Books By Edward D Andrews
373
Bibliography
379
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 EDWARD D. ANDREWS (AS in Criminal Justice, BS in Religion, MA in Biblical Studies, and MDiv in Theology) is CEO and President of Christian Publishing House. He has authored fifty-four books and coauthored and updated and expanded three books, as well as over 200 articles. Andrews is the chief translator of the Updated American Standard Version.

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