Healing Is A Choice

DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL? The power to heal physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually is in God s hands.But the choice to be healed is yours. Everyone, at some level, needs healing. You mayhave prayed for healing many times, for many years. Perhaps you have lived with yourbrokenness so long that you have become accustomed to it. Maybe you wonder justwhen God is going to take all the hurt away. He can. But you also must choose to let the hurt go and let the healing begin. In this special edition of "Healing Is a Choice," author Stephen Arterburn offers a uniquecombination of book and workbook, outlining ten choices crucial to receiving healing.Embracing these choices means rejecting the lies we often tell ourselves. These are nothoops God requires you to jump through to earn your miracle; they form, instead, thejourney He desires for you. He can and will walk with you. But you must put onefoot in front of the other and choose to let the hurt go and let the healing begin. His Word affirms that God wants us to experience His healing, but many timeswe make choices that stand in the way. "Healing Is a Choice" is a helpful resource thatlays out the path of healing God s way. JACK HAYFORD Founding pastor, The Church on the Way, Van Nuys, CA When we look back at the past turns and twists in the pathways of our lives, wecan see significant choices we made, which helped create the lives we have now.Stephen Arterburn has provided us with a guide for making the right decisionstoday to provide a redemptive path for tomorrow. JOHN TOWNSENDCoauthor of the bestseller "Boundaries" I am asking you to give up your life as you know it so that you can fi nd the lifeGod has for you. Take hold of your future today and make the choices that willlead to your healing. STEPHEN ARTERBURN He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." Psalm 147:3"

It is God's choice to heal, when to heal, and how healing will occur. Sadly we often make choices that prevent God's healing or interfere with His timing. Millions suffer from emotional, spiritual, and even physical wounds that God may choose to heal. Ten common lies prevent individuals from making those choices that bring about healing. Jesus once asked a man who had been sick for 38 years if he wanted to be healed. This workbook asks the reader the same question and enhances understanding by providing 10 choices to make on the path toward healing. This study is based on the promise of Psalm 147:3, "He heals the broken-hearted, binding up their wounds. Engage in the process of healing. Experience emotional, spiritual, and sometimes physical healing. Transform brokenness into new life mission. Identify the big lies that prevent experiencing emotional, spiritual, and even physical healing.

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DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL? The power to heal—physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually—is in God’s hands. But the choice to be healed is yours. Everyone, at some level, needs healing. You may have prayed for healing many times, for many years. Perhaps you have lived with your brokenness so long that you have become accustomed to it. Maybe you wonder just when God is going to take all the hurt away. He can. But you also must choose to let the hurt go and let the healing begin. In this special edition of Healing Is a Choice, author Stephen Arterburn offers a unique combination of book and workbook, outlining ten choices crucial to receiving healing. Embracing these choices means rejecting the lies we often tell ourselves. These are not hoops God requires you to jump through to earn your miracle; they form, instead, the journey He desires for you. He can—and will—walk with you. But you must put one foot in front of the other and choose to let the hurt go and let the healing begin. “His Word affirms that God wants us to experience His healing, but many times we make choices that stand in the way. Healing Is a Choice is a helpful resource that lays out the path of healing God’s way.” — JACK HAYFORD Founding pastor, The Church on the Way, Van Nuys, CA “When we look back at the past turns and twists in the pathways of our lives, we can see significant choices we made, which helped create the lives we have now. Stephen Arterburn has provided us with a guide for making the right decisions today to provide a redemptive path for tomorrow.” —JOHN TOWNSEND Coauthor of the bestseller Boundaries “I am asking you to give up your life as you know it so that you can fi nd the life God has for you. Take hold of your future today and make the choices that will lead to your healing.” —STEPHEN ARTERBURN “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." —Psalm 147:3

From chronic physical pain to deep emotional hurts, we are all, at some level, in need of healing. And healing, writes author Stephen Arterburn, is a choice, although not our choice-it is God's choice. While that may lead us to understand that healing is out of our hands, there are several things we do or believe that can stand in the way of God's healing in our lives. Describing ten choices we can make, and the corresponding ten lies that we must reject, Arterburn outlines the plan for opening our lives to God's divine touch. For example, to be receptive to God's healing, we must make the choice to feel; but we often buy into the lie that we need something to help numb the pain. Likewise, we can choose to embrace reality; but we often falsely believe that if we act as if nothing is wrong, the problem will go away. Healing on all levels-spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical-is a miraculous gift from God; but it is a function of our own decisions and beliefs as well. When we make the right choices, and reject the lies, we can find the way to wholeness again.

Describing ten choices people in physical or emotional pain can make in order to heal, and the corresponding ten lies that they must reject, Arterburn outlines the plan for opening up to God's divine touch.

You Are Not Alone In the wake of betrayed intimacy, you may feel nauseated, angry, humiliated, desperate. Why am I not enough for him? Can our marriage be saved–and do I even want to try? Will this unbearable ache ever go away? Amid the devastation that follows a spouse’s sexual disloyalty, you need to know that you are not alone. God walks alongside you, offering comfort and a promise to transform the pain of the present into hope for the future. In addition, there is a community of women who know firsthand the agony caused by a husband’s sexual compromises and who offer the compassion, strength, and biblical wisdom you need to make healthy decisions for yourself and your family. The Healing Choice reveals the hope-filled stories of two such women, authors Brenda Stoeker and Susan Allen, who draw on their own experiences and those of many others to offer step-by-step advice for rediscovering intimacy with God and finding the support you need to move toward genuine spiritual and emotional restoration. Their down-to-earth insights light the path toward help and healing for every woman who longs to move beyond the pain of broken trust and experience God’s promise of hope.