Making Real Friends In A Phony World

Make new friends but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold. Perhaps you remember singing that song as a child. Friendships are indeed valuable, but sadly, some friendships are toxic. Are your friendships a blessing or a burden? This book addresses the following: The difference between codependent and healthy friendships How to reach out and be a friend How selfishness sabotages friendships The value of vulnerability in friendships What about your friendships? Are they all they can be? Do you know how to be a good friend? Whether casual or committed, friendships can be among life’s sweetest relationships. Perhaps you are longing for a good friend today. Maybe it’s time to discover God’s heart on friendship.

Friendships are among lifes sweetest relationships. But sadly, some friendships turn toxic. Discover Gods heart on friendship and learn how to cultivate lasting, healthy relationships.

Save over $40 when you buy all 36 June Hunt Hope for the Heart Biblical Counseling Library Minibooks. A $143 value for just $99. • Adultery: The Snare of an Affair • Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Breaking Free and Staying Free • Anger: Facing the Fire Within • Anorexia And Bulimia: Control That Is Out Of Control • Bullying: Bully No More • Codependency: Balancing an Unbalanced Relationship • Conflict Resolution: Solving Your People Problems • Confrontation: Challenging Others to Change • Considering Marriage: Are You Fit to Be Tied? • Decision Making: Discerning the Will of God • Depression: Emerging from Darkness into the Dawn • Domestic Violence: Assault on a Woman's Worth • Dyfunctional Family: Making Peace With Your Past • Fear: No Longer Afraid • Financial Freedom: How To Manage Money Wisely • Forgiveness: The Freedom to Let Go • Friendship: Iron Sharpening Iron • Gambling: Betting Your Life Away • Grief: Living at Peace with Loss • Guilt: Living Guilt-Free • Hope: The Anchor of Your Soul • Loneliness: How To Be Alone but Not Lonely • Manipulation: Cutting the Strings of Control • Marriage: To Have and To Hold • Parenting: Steps to Successful Parenting • Perfectionism: The Performance Trap • Overeating: Freedom From Food Fixation • Reconciliation: Restoring Broken Relationships • Rejection: Healing a Wounded Heart • Self-Worth: Discover Your God-Given Worth • Sexual Integrity: Balancing Your Passion with Purity • Singleness: How to be Single & Satisfied • Stress: How to Cope at the End of Your Rope • Success through Failure • Suicide Prevention: Hope When Life Seems Hopeless • Verbal and Emotional Abuse: Victory over Verbal and Emotional Abuse

In his newest work, Strobel explores 13 of God's phenomenal claims that can change the trajectory of one's life.

In their groundbreaking book, Relationships, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott show how to make bad relationships better and good relationships great. They provide the tools you need to handle tough times and to really succeed at forging strong, rewarding relationships with friends, with the opposite sex, with family, and with God. The Relationships Workbook helps you put what you learn in action. This companion to Relationships does more than fill you in on sound relational principles -- it helps you live them. Here are page after page of self-tests and applications that will help you - Find out who you are and what you bring to your relationships - Discover how your family of origin shapes the way you relate to others - Bridge the gender gap and learn the language of the opposite sex - Build friendships that last - Find the love you long for - Deal with sexual issues - Handle failed friendships and breakups without falling apart - Relate to God without feeling phony -- The Relationships Workbook will help you internalize cutting-edge strategies, skills, and insights for nurturing healthy relationships. You'll learn principles that can help you solve relationship problems before they even begin -- and build the kinds of healthy, satisfying relationships that are life's greatest riches.

Two relationship experts offer contemporary findings and the latest relationship-building strategies to help people get in touch with their isolation and loneliness and develop relationships that offer belonging. This open and honest guide aids readers in making bad relationships better and good relationships great.