In the midst of the whirlwind of our lives, it may seem impossible to make time to focus beyond the noise and activities of daily demands. In this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study we explore ways of conversing with God in the midst of life and come to see our day's work as the joyful service of kneeling before all others with Jesus.
Examining nine Psalms that express strong emotions, Juanita Ryan offers these studies to help you learn how to openly express your fear, joy, anger, hope, sorrow and love to God.
These eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study by Juanita Ryan help you draw near to God in times of uncertainty and postponement. As she leads you and your group through significant moments of waiting in Scripture, you will become familiar with the dynamics of such times and learn to hear God?s call to rest in his timing.
Though we say God is loving, trustworthy and all-powerful, our actions and thoughts reveal the subtle and not-so-subtle lies we're believing. Written with compassion and conviction, this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study brings to light our distorted thinking and points us to the truth of who God is—the great healer who knows us intimately and pursues us with love.
Recovery: A Lifelong Journey is part of a 15-title series entitled Life Recovery Guides, in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan provide help and encouragement for people hurt by life.
Jeff VanVonderen, Dale Ryan and Juanita Ryan offer help in understanding abusive spirituality, addictive spirituality, codependent spirituality, anorexic spirituality and how to build a healthy, balanced spirituality.
Opening each reading with a passage from Scripture, Dale and Juanita Ryan aim to relate the Bible to our everyday struggles to find wholeness and balance in life. 168 pages, paper
Juanita Ryan shows you how this picture of life lived in God's care can touch your deepest longings and speak directly to your darkest fears, which may be why we return to this psalm so often. Yet frequent exposure to it may result in overfamiliarity. These nine session LifeGuide® Bible Study studies help us discover its wisdom by pulling in other texts that show the same attributes of God--who guides us, protects us, feeds us and much more.
These six studies on recovery from loss comprise a Life Recovery Guide from a series by Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan designed to help and encourage people hurt by life in one way or another.
These inductive Bible studies show us how to hold steady amid all the forces that threaten to knock us over and operate from the assumption that God wants to give us balance in our lives.
Fortunately, recovery is possible. Not easy. Not quick. But people who have been abused can know God is on their side. He is committed to justice, yet full of comfort and compassion. This Life Recovery Guide helps put the broken pieces of your life back together again.
Recovery from Family Dysfunctions is a six-study guide that is part of the Life Recovery series, a series in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan provide help and encouragement for people who have been hurt by life in one way or another.
Some days we see it--the just-opened flower, the loving smile of a kind friend, the godly character of a wise mother. Beauty is near. But other days we miss it entirely. Yet God's creation is thoroughly good--from the wonders of the earth to the miracle of our own bodies. This guide will help us to appreciate and embrace the beauty that is in us and all around.
Recovery from Distorted Images of Self is part of the Life Recovery Guides series in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan provide help and encouragement for people hurt by life in one way or another.
These six studies on recovery from addictions comprise a Life Recovery Guide from a series by Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan designed to help and encourage people who have been hurt by life in one way or another.
Recovery from Guilt is a volume in the 15-title Life Recovery Guides series in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan offer help and encouragement for people hurt by life in one way or another.
Recovery from Spiritual Abuse is part of a 15-title series, Life Recovery Guides, in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan provide help and encouragement for people hurt by life in one way or another.
Recovery from Broken Relationships is part of the 15-title Life Recovery Guides series in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan provide help and encouragement for people hurt by life in one way or another.
The word Grace acts a bit like a prism. It gathers up and then spills out all the colors of light that are the refractions of God's love for us. In Grace Rises, her fourth book of meditations and prayers, Juanita Ryan offers us glimpses of grace. Someimes grace rushes in like light, sliding under the door. Sometimes grace finds us in moments of spiritual poverty. Sometimes grace teaches us to weep, to laugh, to let go, to stand in awe, to reach out. Grace rises, Juanita writes, like a full moon over our lives. If you are looking for glimpses of light from the full moon of God's grace-drawing us together in community, healing what is wounded, teaching us forgiveness, awakening our compassion and our passion-this collection is for you.
Do you fear that God is angry with you? Do you wonder if God is really FOR you? If God really loves you? Deep down many of us believe that we are not good enough, and never will be good enough, to have a meaningful relationship with God. This is because we have been spiritually trained in ways that have left us with distored and inadequate spiritualities of four different kinds: abusive, anorexic, addictive, and codependent. And we are left with a toxic combination of fear and shame. We may try to get it right. We may try to control ourselves and others. We may try to please God and to earn God's love. After a while we find ourselves exhausted and discouraged, and we may feel even more alienated from God. Jeff VanVonderen, Dale Ryan and Juanita Ryan understand this problem because they have been there both personally and professionally. And they are prepared to help you rebulid your spiritual life. If you find yourself living out a burdensome and unfulfilling spirituality, this book is for you. If you are longing to have a relationship with God that works, this book can show you the way.
The way we think and feel about ourselves is one of the most important things about us – affecting our peace of mind, our creativity and our ability to engage meaningfully in the world. Perhaps most importantly, it impacts our relationships with others, including our relationship with God. These eight studies are designed to help us take a transforming look at some key aspects of our self-image under the clear reflection of God’s love.
Recovering from Workaholism is part of the !5-title Life Recovery Guides series in which Christian counselors Juanita and Dale Ryan provide help and encouragement for people hurt by life in one way or another.
Far too often we place our confidence in our own strength and abilities. It's the sort of independence that undermines us in the end. These studies help us to draw on the only source of confidence we can really count on--God.
We are created to worship God. These studies show us what the Bible has to say about the God we adore and how our whole life can be dedicated to worship.
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