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Encouragement is written in response to a deeply felt burden. Many good, decent people sit in countless solid churches feeling very alone and uninvolved with the messages they hear. To impose some counseling program on a congregation filled with lonely, uninvolved people who pretend to be happy and lighthearted, however, is not going to work. God's people must see their times of coming together as rich with relational opportunities-to share deeply, to deal with real problems, to enjoy felt intimacy. This book offers some ideas for how those opportunities can be understood, recognized, and seized. The Book of Hebrews tells us to "encourage one another." "Encouragement" means more than a compliment or a pat on the back. Rather, it is "the kind of expression that helps someone want to be a better Christian, even when life is rough." Encouragement is the most basic form of counseling - the kind that every Christian should cultivate in order to help himself and others to grow. Encouragement: The Key to Caring shows how to go beyond "surface community" to meet the emotional needs of others; how to avoid the pitfalls of manipulation and the "disease of sharing"- the tendency to "let it all hang out" with out discretion; the power of a well-timed word. This book is written for lay people. Counseling is not just a skill mastered by a professional. It is an awareness of people and their problems and a commitment to help. Any person who wants to counsel through encouragement can learn some ways to think and some things to do from this book.  Click on Order button or book cover to purchase
Table of Contents: Chapter I. Introduction Part I. UNDERSTANDING ENCOURAGEMENT Chapter 2. The Power of a Well-Timed Word Part II. THE PROCESS OF ENCOURAGEMENT Chapter 8. How Encouragement Works |
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