Personal Growth
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Help for the Caregiver: Facing the Challenges with Understanding and Strength
Michael R. Emlet
$98.63Retail: $123.28You spend your days (and maybe nights) helping someone else. If you are a caregiver for someone who is chronically ill, you have already discovered there is a need to be more compassionate, thoughtful, and sacrificial than you ever anticipated. But, to...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
When Crisis Hits: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
C. John Miller
$98.63Retail: $123.28When life falls apart, we feel deep confusion. Our emotions may shatter no matter how strong we have been. Our minds fill with unanswered and painful questions like the following: "Why me?" "What did I do to deserve this?" "Is there any hope for my...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Helping a Hurting Friend: Bringing the Hope of Christ in Hard Times
Garrett Higbee
$98.63Retail: $123.28If you have been in a dark or desperate place, you already know that the best kind of friend sits with your pain and listens. What does it take to be a compassionate, helping friend when those you love are struggling? A godly friend with a heart to help,...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Facing Death with Hope: Living for What Lasts
David Powlison
$98.63Retail: $123.28Is a life-threatening illness, a major life change, or just plain old age forcing you to face your own mortality? Probably, like most of us, you'd rather not think or talk about your own death. But ignoring your death won't stop it from...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Dealing with Rejection: How to Respond to Deep Hurt
C. John Miller
$98.63Retail: $123.28You feel betrayed. Someone close to you has hurt you deeply. You want to move past the pain and your obsession with what happened, but how? The usual strategies—trying to get even, trying to forget—just aren't working for you. Perhaps it's...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Freedom from Guilt: Finding Release from Your Burdens
Timothy S. Lane
$98.63Retail: $123.28Are you living under a cloud of guilt that you can't seem to shake no matter what you do? Do you feel guilty about everything, all the time? We all have different ways of dealing with our guilty feelings, but none of them work for very long. Timothy S...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Why Do I Care? When Others' Approval Matters Too Much
Amy Baker
$98.63Retail: $123.28It is difficult and sometimes frightening not to have the good opinion of others. No one likes to face the possibility of rejection, humiliation, or opposition. Yet, making our goal others' approval confines us to a small world where life consists of...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
When the Money Runs Out: Hope and Help for the Financially Stressed
James C. Petty
$98.63Retail: $123.28If you are experiencing financial difficulties, you might be feeling anger, discouragement, fear, or even panic. There are many reasons people struggle financially-job loss, unexpected expenses, poor decisions-but, whatever the reason, money troubles are...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Suffering: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
Steve Brown
$98.63Retail: $123.28Someone you love is ill, your child is in trouble, financial problems mount, you lost your job, your spouse left youÐthe list of troubles we experience is both uniquely difficult and depressingly similar. In this world we will suffer, Jesus promised that...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Grieving a Suicide: Help for the Aftershock
David Powlison
$98.63Retail: $123.28Someone you know and love has died. You feel the emptiness and sorrow of loss. That alone is extremely hard. But suicide adds many other painful reactions to the heartache that death brings. Common reactions are feelings of anger, guilt, betrayal, and...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Financial Crisis: What to Do When the Bottom Drops Out
Jim Newheiser
$98.63Retail: $123.28Are you facing an unexpected financial crisis or anticipating the possibility of difficult times ahead? Financial problems happen for so many reasons, but right now the uncertainty of the future, coupled with unstable economic conditions, means that...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
How to Love Difficult Parents: Wisdom for a Challenging Relationship
Jim Newheiser
$98.63Retail: $123.28We are used to having our parents help us, but how do we handle it when the tables are turned and our parents are the ones who need help? Declining health, financial needs, divorce, relational issues—what's an adult child's role when their parents...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Living in a Dangerous World: Moving from Fear to Faith
William P. Smith
$98.63Retail: $123.28Everyone is afraid of something. Fear is part of the human experience of living in a broken, fallen world. We try to manage our fears, but our coping mechanisms impact our faith. We hoard resources and stop praying for provision. We stockpile information...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Sexual Assault: Healing Steps for Victims
David Powlison
$98.63Retail: $123.28Sexual assault is an invasive event of traumatic evil. You were victimized, and now you are suffering. Whenever sexual abuse occurs, love is not part of the equation. Rather, the perpetrator uses power, domination, and control to injure innocent victims...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Feeling Guilty? Grace for Your Mistakes
Steve Brown
$98.63Retail: $123.28Right now you are probably feeling guilty about one thing or another–what you said to your spouse last night, those unrelenting thoughts, something you did years ago and regret, actual lying and cheating, the places where you are struggling right...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Recovering from Child Abuse: Healing and Hope for Victims
David Powlison
$98.63Retail: $123.28The damage you suffered may have been done in one terrible moment or over time. But the healing and the restoration will unfold at your pace, at a human pace. It unfolds as part of your story, and it unfolds over time. As a vulnerable child, instead of...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Life Beyond Your Parents' Mistakes: The Transforming Power of God's Love
David Powlison
$98.63Retail: $123.28What if your human parents were violent, deceptive, cold, or even just occasionally disappointing? Can their failures keep you from understanding God's love and having a growing relationship with your heavenly Father? Some say that you can't know God's...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
When Trouble Shows Up: Seeing God's Transforming Love
Robert D. Jones
$98.63Retail: $123.28Where is God in all this? Does he really love me? Perhaps you are asking questions like these in the midst of tough situations that come your way. You want to trust God's plan for your life, but when hardship intrudes, it is often difficult to believe...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
The Gay Dilemma and Your Church: Reaching Out to Those Who Struggle
John Freeman
$98.63Retail: $123.28Whether it's a friend, family member, neighbor, or coworker, chances are you know someone who's gay. You want to respond well, but you're not sure how. How do you help and encourage other Christians struggling with same-sex attraction? How do you...$98.63Retail: $123.28 -
Can You Change If You're Gay?
David White
$98.63Retail: $123.28There are many voices weighing in on the question of whether you can change your sexual orientation. Yes, no, maybe so—it can be confusing and disorienting to sort through the mess. You want to follow God, but what does that mean when it comes to...$98.63Retail: $123.28
SHORT CHRISTIAN PERSONAL GROWTH BOOKS
The New Growth Press Personal Growth minibooks are designed to address common problems of daily life from a biblical perspective. Like all of our minibooks, they are short enough to be read in under an hour but deep enough to offer meaningful, practical help for the struggles we all face. Some of the topics covered by these concise booklets include grief, anger, anxiety, forgiveness, difficult relationships, and many more.