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21 Ways to Forgive

21 Ways to Forgive Course

21 Ways to Forgive, Plus Nine Reasons We Must Forgive. This book is a very easy-to-read biblical guide on how to forgive. It is illustrated and written in a very easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply-to-your-life format. It can be used in Personal Studies, Group Studies, Small groups, Sunday school, prison & jail ministry, and even with children. A Teacher's Manual & Study Guide are also available.

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How can I help a loved one with a problem?

Enabling

Are you offering the wrong kind of help to your loved ones? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Raise the Bottom

You have heard, "They have to hit bottom before they get help." Why not raise the bottom?

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Are you living with guilt that doesn't belong to you?

This resource examines why so many people struggle with guilt. How do you determine whether the guilt you are feeling is from God, the devil, or yourself? What are God's conditions to living without guilt? A study guide is at the end for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Moving on with Jesus

When your loved one is in trouble--moving on with Jesus. How do you decide when to help your loved one and when to leave them behind? Does moving on with Jesus mean you have to abandon your family? How do you know when your help in preventing God from doing what he wants to do in the life of your loved one? A study guide is at the end for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Delusion, Denial, Deception

Overcoming the trap of delusion, denial, deception. How easy is it for you to spot false beliefs in your own life? In the lives of others? How can you help your loved ones face the delusion in their lives? What are the steps you can take to overcome delusion and false beliefs in your life? The study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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How to respond when people hurt you

How can you love those who have hurt you? How can you bless those who curse you? WHat happens when you bless those who hurt you? What is God's plan regarding revenge? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Dealing with Shame

Dealing with Shame: How do I know if it is from God? Many people struggle with shame. What causes people to be confused about how God wants them to respond to shame? When is shame a delusion? What triggers your shame? How can you get out of the shame trap? A study guide is at the end to be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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The power of secrets in your life

What is the destructive power of secrets in your life? How can you find the way out of secret sins in your life? Who needs to know about your secret sins of the past? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Mending a broken heart

What are the steps to mending a broken heart? What kind of damage can a broken heart do in your life? Where will you let your pain take you? How strong is the urge in your life to get revenge? What place does forgiveness have in mending a broken heart? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Are you trying to change without changing?

What kind of change does God want to see in our lives? Are you a dysfunctional Christian? What is the process that God uses to bring change into our lives? Why don't some miracles last for people who have been healed? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Are you trying to survive on fantasy relationships?

How are fantasy relationships different from real relationshuips? What the dangers of real relationships? What are the benefits of real relationships? The challenge of real relationships vs. fantasy relationships. The study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Steps to Healthy Living

Renewing your mind

This article focuses on the challenge of renewing your mind. Explores what is your responsibility and what you can expect from God to help you in this process. A study guide for personal or group interaction is at the end of the article.

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Making Right Choices

This article explores the challenge of making right choices in our daily living. We explore keys to making right choices, including the importance of looking at the consequences before making the decision. A study guide for personal reflection or group discussion is included at the end.

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God's School of Life Training

How good a student are you in God's School of Life Training? What is your typical emotional reaction when faced with a problem? How difficult is it for you to bring God into your thoughts when facing a new problem? What are the lessons God wants to teach you through the problems in your life? A study guide for personal reflection or group discussion is included at the end of this resource.

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Building positive, safe relationships with boundaries

What are boundaries? What kind of boundaries do you need in your life? We look at 4 kinds of boundaries: 1. Physical boundaries 2. Mental boundaries 3. Emotional boundaries 4. Spiritual boundaries. What is your attitude toward boundaries? How do boundaries relate to have a person with addiction in your family or circle of friends? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Boundaries in your mind

What areas of your thought life need new boundaries? How can you build boundaries in your mind? How can you protect the boundaries in your mind? What are the strategies that can help you attack evil thoughts whey they come into your mind? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Learning the life skill of accountability

Accountability is not your enemy, it's your friend. So how can accountability help you? When it accountability inappropriate? To whom should you make yourself accountable? How can you make sure that accountability will help you? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Restoring Trust

How do you go about mending broken relationships? How do you know when it is the right time to restore a broken relationship? Who are the people you need to restore your relationship with? How easy is it for you to trust God? How is trusting God different from trusting other people? At the end there is a study guide for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Returning to joy

How do you train your brain for the life skill of returning to joy? What does pure joy look like? When should you start to train your brain to return to joy? How do problems in your life provide opportunities to experience God's pure joy? The study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Finding hope in the midst of life's problems

What do you say to those who have not seen a miracle yet—those who have a son or daughter still trapped in the chaos of their problem? How do you determine the difference between wishful thinking and God's hope? How do you build hope in your life? How do you hold on to hope when everything you have tried does not work? The study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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The Path to Maturity

How to stay on the path to addiction or the path to maturity. How do false beliefs connect to addictions? How does your response to problems set you up for the path to addiction or the path to maturity? How do your relationships with other people hinder or help your maturity?

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What's in your toolbox for life?

What are the tools you need for success in your life? How does one become effective at overcoming temptations to sin? What place do miracles and God's power have in overcoming problems?

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Seeing God's potential in your life

What is the potential God sees in your life? What can rob you of God's potential for your life? What guarantee do you have that God's potential can be realized in your life? How do you begin to turn potential into reality?

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How to have a great day every day

What part does God have in me having a great day? What is your part in making sure you have a great day? What part do problems have in robbing me of having a great day?

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Having a passion for Jesus

What does it mean to have a passion for Jesus? How do you develop a passion for Jesus? What can rob you of a passion for Jesus? A study guide at the end can be used for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Discipleship Articles from Last Days Ministries

Discipleship ArticleTranslations

The Discipleship Articles from Last Days Ministries are provided with special permission from Melody Green and Last Days Ministries. These articles originally appeared in the Last Days Newsletter/Magazine. They are on various discipleship topics. Most are 2 - 4 pages in length and can be easily used for Personal Studies or for Christian counseling situations. They are listed alphabetically and can be downloaded individually or you can click on the "download all" button.

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Helping Someone with Depression

Overcoming Depression

When you want to help a loved one--Overcoming Depression. What are some of the basic starting places in offering help to someone who is struggling with depression?

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Sex and Marriage

Sex in Marriage

This is a series of 7 articles related to the importance of sex in marriage written by various writers from Focus on the Family.

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Sex Before Marriage

This is a series of articles from Focus on the Family related to sex before marriage. These articles present the reasons that sex before marriage is wrong and why it is harmful to the health of any future marriage.

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Eating Disorders

Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder

This five-page article addresses how to help people with three kinds of eating orders including, Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge eating, effectively offers several common eating disorder warning signs and discusses the four Myths of eating disorders. An important part of the article is the tips for parents who have children with eating disorders.

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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery

Description for the article "Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery," Jeanne Segal and Melinda Smith This article is part of a series of articles that discuss eating disorder and how to treat two of these, Anorexia and Bulimia. The article suggest four steps to treat these disorders and offers a list of coping skills "Do" and "Don't ." It also offers some tips that a person can use to improve their self-esteem which as been found to be a key to over-coming any eating disorder problem.

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Emotional Eating - How to Recognize and Stop Emotional Eating

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, "Emotional Eating, How to Recognize and Stop Emotional Eating," analyzes emotional eating and how to identify it and the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger. The article also discusses the causes of emotional eating, alternatives to emotional eating four tips to controlling emotional eating.

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Anorexia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Anorexia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment," discusses what anorexia nervosa is, its different types, how it affects a person's life, its signs and symptoms, its risk factors, physical effects in women and steps to anorexia recovery.

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Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Help," define what binge eating is, the cycle of binge eating, signs and symptoms, the effects and its relationship to obesity. The article will also suggest 10 strategies for overcoming binge eating and how to help someone with this eating disorder.

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Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Help," is part of a series of articles on eating disorders such as Bulimia Nervosa. The article discusses what Bulimia is, the binge and purge cycle related to this eating disorder, its signs and symptoms, health effects, causes and risk factors and steps to bulimia treatment and recovery.

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Sexual Addiction

Masturbation...What Does God Think?

This three-page article discusses what the Bible says about sex and masturbation. He uses his own life as an example of how masturbation contributed to his sexual addiction until he allow the power of God set him free.

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Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage

This two-page article by Steve Gallagher, "Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage," is written to men who are living their lives in sexual bondage and experiencing all the guilt, shame and hopelessness that this brings. He discusses 5 reasons for this hopelessness and contrasts them with 5 reasons for the hope found in God's Word and His plan of salvation.

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Homosexuality

Various Articles on Homosexuality

This is a group of articles related to homosexuality and how Christian can reach them with the gospel.

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Devotionals for TC Students

Ways to Forgive - 21 Ways to Forgive, Plus Nine Reasons We Must Forgive

This book is a very easy-to-read biblical guide on how to forgive. It is illustrated and written in a very easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply-to-your-life format. It can be used in Personal Studies, Group Studies, Small groups, Sunday school, prison & jail ministry, and even with children.

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Personal and Spiritual Disciplines

Accepting Personal Responsibility

This three-page teaching by Daryel Erickson discusses why it is important for a Christian to learn how to take personal responsibility for his life choices. The Apostle Paul tells us in I Corinthians 9 that we must all take responsibility for our own race. The requirements include self-discipline and growing from our mistakes.

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Principles of Discipleship

Introduction on How to Renew Your Mind

One of the most important steps a new believer in Jesus can do is to being to renew their mind. This course explores the critical importance of each Christian renewing their mind. Four strategies for renewing your mind are introduced. An in-depth course on this subject is currently being written by Dave Batty and Tim Batty, and will be released in the months ahead.

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What to Do When Christian Discipleship Does Not Work

Some new Christians run into problems as they try to become a successful follower of Jesus. This course explores the reasons why some believe that Christian discipleship does not work for them. We also explore the realities of problems in the life of a new Christian and how Teen Challenge staff can help them overcome these problems and enable them to move ahead in their growth as a Christian.

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What Does a Healthy Disciple Look Like?

In this workshop we explain some of the practical ways you can measure a new believer's growth. We are not looking at mastering theological beliefs. What we want to assess is how healthy is their practical daily interactions with others.

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The Enemies of Christian Discipleship

There are many different problems that can destroy our effectiveness in discipling new believers. In this session we will look at 10 common enemies of Christian discipleship. With each of these enemies, we will explore practical steps you can take to overcome this enemy.

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Relapse

Understanding the Steps to Relapse

Edition: 2.4. This course examines the issues of relapse, addiction, recovery and healthy living. It discusses 37 symptoms of relapse and ways to prevent relapse from happening. It presents the characteristics that lead to addiction and life-controlling problems. It then goes on to speak about recovery and healthy living and what healthy living should look like. The videos available are bi-lingual, Spanish and English. Of the 5 video sessions, one is missing #4. We plan to have that available in the next few months.

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Sexual Abuse

Committed to Freedom--Staff Training Course

This course is designed to train staff on the basics of ministering to those who have a background of sexual abuse. It is divided in two parts. The first part is Committed to Freedom Staff Training Course. This is recommended for all staff, even if they do not teach the Committed to Freedom Curriculum.

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Committed to Freedom--Teacher Certification Course

This teacher certification course is designed to train staff on how to teach the Committed to Freedom student curriculum, which is designed to be used in the Personal Studies for New Christians educational program. The CTF Teacher certification application must be completed--it will guide the teacher through the different parts of the training.

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Responsible Care Training Seminar

This 5 hour seminar is for clergy, spiritual directors, staff and leadership volunteers of congregations provides information, direction, and insight regarding appropriate care for those in your congregation and community who struggle with issues of abuse. Your leadership will learn effective, sensitive, and appropriate responses to difficult questions and issues that abuse survivors and their families struggle with. They will be exposed to a comprehensive understanding of the healing tools available to help you reach your overall outreach goals within your congregation and community. A fill-in-the-blank workbook follows the presentation.

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Beyond Abuse Seminar

This 5 hour seminar is for men and women who are survivors of abuse, their partners, family, and friends, and those who want to gain a better understanding of how abuse impacts a person's life. The seminar combines practical information and spiritual insights that will provide significant help. A fill-in-the-blank workbook follows the presentation. Survivors, partners, friends, and survivor support networks will find this to be significant and helpful.

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Global AIDS Partnership

Global AIDS Partnership website

https://www.compassionlink.org/hivaid-training-and-resources.

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Abuse Issues

Beyond Abuse Seminar

This 5 hour seminar is for men and women who are survivors of abuse, their partners, family, and friends, and those who want to gain a better understanding of how abuse impacts a person's life. The seminar combines practical information and spiritual insights that will provide significant help. A fill-in-the-blank workbook follows the presentation. Survivors, partners, friends, and survivor support networks will find this to be significant and helpful. This seminar will provide Teen Challenge staff with excellent insights on how abuse affects a person. It will also provide tools for how to move beyond the damage of abuse.

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Responsible Care Training Seminar

This 5 hour seminar is for clergy, spiritual directors, staff and leadership volunteers of congregations provides information, direction, and insight regarding appropriate care for those in your congregation and community who struggle with issues of abuse. Your leadership will learn effective, sensitive, and appropriate responses to difficult questions and issues that abuse survivors and their families struggle with. They will be exposed to a comprehensive understanding of the healing tools available to help you reach your overall outreach goals within your congregation and community. A fill-in-the-blank workbook follows the presentation.

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Sexual Abuse

This article gives definitions and statistics regarding sexual abuse. It was used as part of the staff training in Europe Teen Challenge.

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Defining Forgiveness

We have all had times in our relationships when we hurt a loved one, or a loved one hurt us. That's part of life. But not all of us know how to forgive, even when the other party has offered a sincere apology. In this Prager University course, UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Marmer shares the three types of forgiveness--exoneration, forbearance, and release--and explains why anyone who wants to mend meaningful relationships must first understand forgiveness. Internalizing Dr. Marmer's teaching can be an important first step, for many people, to keeping and fixing their most valued relationships.

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Enabling

Are you offering the wrong kind of help to your loved ones? A study guide at the end can be used for...

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Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatme...

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Accepting Personal Responsibility

This three-page teaching by Daryel Erickson discusses why it is important for a Christian to learn h...

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Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and...

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Masturbation...What Does God Think?

This three-page article discusses what the Bible says about sex and masturbation. He uses his own li...

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Ways to Forgive - 21 Ways to Forgive, Plus Nine Reasons We Must Forgive

This book is a very easy-to-read biblical guide on how to forgive. It is illustrated and written in...

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Overcoming Depression

When you want to help a loved one--Overcoming Depression. What are some of the basic starting places...

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Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage

This two-page article by Steve Gallagher, "Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage," is...

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