30 Days Of Hope For Strength In Chronic Illness

You just want to be normal. Instead, you have a chronic illness that creates havoc for you and your loved ones. 30 Days of Hope for Strength in Chronic Illness offers real encouragement to anyone feeling betrayed by their body. Diagnosed at an early age with a life-threatening condition, Elizabeth knows what it is like to live with a disease and its fallout. Sharing Scripture and personal reflections about God’s faithfulness, she candidly offers words of encouragement to help recognize God’s blessings and appreciate He is in control.

30 Days of Hope for Joy Through a Child’s Severe Illness offers hope to anyone caring for a child facing lifelong struggles. Filled with encouraging stories and Scripture, find the strength needed to persevere. Based primarily on events in Ella’s life—born with a skin disease known as epidermolysis bullosa (EB)—author and grandmother Gale Alexander shares God’s grace as He reveals extraordinary purpose in small, fragile lives. Let Ella inspire you to see God's divine purposes in your own child’s life.

In 30 Days of Hope When Caring for Aging Parents, author and fellow caregiver Kathy Howard offers the encouragement needed as you strive to care for your parents in a way that pleases God and shows them honor and respect while maintaining their dignity. Through Scripture passages, prayer prompts, and Kathy’s personal stories, be strengthened in the knowledge that the giver of all wisdom will empower you in the daily moments when you are caught between being your parents’ child and their caregiver.

In 30 Days of Hope for Dealing with Depression, author and fellow depression sufferer Brenda Poinsett offers a glimmer of hope. Her transparent and raw personal stories reveal that you are not alone in your struggle to deal with depression. God is holding out hope for you to grasp. Whether depression is a lifelong battle or a season of attack, this personal testimony filled with Scripture and biblical insight will have you relying on God—the one who can help you overcome.

30 Days of Hope for Hurting Marriages offers married couples validation for the struggles they face. Filled with honest reflections from their own marriage and near divorce, each devotion contains Scripture, questions to consider and discuss, and a glimpse into emotions couples experience—anger, confusion, sadness, hopelessness—when their relationship is strained. There is hope for your marriage. You can persevere through this season of despair and come out on the other side with hope and, by God’s grace, a stronger marriage!

30 Days of Hope for Comfort in Infertility offers comfort to anyone struggling to conceive. Through personal reflections and Scripture, this 30-day journey will begin to open your heart to the hope and healing available only through Christ. As author Elizabeth Evans shares her story, you’ll discover that your thoughts and emotions are normal and that you can find inner peace and contentment. She will share how she learned to see the bigger picture—God’s planning and timing is perfect.

Why me? Is God punishing me? Is my faith not strong enough for God to heal me? How can I achieve my dreams? What’s my purpose? If you’re someone living with a chronic illness or chronic pain, these are just a few of the questions you’ve likely asked on more than one occasion. You may feel overlooked or even resentful. You try to stay positive, but some days it’s hard. It’s natural to feel this way and grieve, but it’s still possible to have a hope-filled life. God has a purpose for the pain. Christians aren’t immune from pain and illness, but we don’t have to go through it alone. Jesus promised that He would “never leave you nor forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV). Millions of women suffering from chronic pain and illness want the reassurance they’re not alone. The devotions in Hope Amid the Pain are written by a chronic pain warrior with over twenty-five years’ experience and will point the reader to hope and encouragement. It’s possible to Hang On to Positive Expectations (HOPE) even amid the pain.

Support and wisdom when serious illness strikes Sally Wilke gets it. She has lived with and through the serious chronic illness of someone she cared deeply about. And she has provided pastoral care to individuals and families in similar situations. Waiting for Good News captures her hard-won, helpful, and hope-filled wisdom. Wilke organizes this book around seven questions that those who face serious illness often ask. From "What Is the Diagnosis" to "Where Do I Find More Help?" she accompanies readers on their own journey. The heart of the book is the stories--Wilke's own, those of others who have struggled with severe illness, and accounts from the Bible. Here, readers will find strength, support, and a way forward in a difficult situation. As practical as she is wise, Wilke offers tools, tips, ideas, and resources for reflection and for obtaining additional support. Chapters conclude with questions that may be used for personal reflection and discussion with family members, patients, and support groups. Clergy, other pastoral-care providers, and family and friends of those who struggle with serious illness will find examples and helpful practices to guide their efforts as they partner with those seeking to find their way.