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Books of Comfort and Encouragement
Books of Comfort and Encouragement for those needing a healing touch of God's love
And those who long to help.
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A Gift of Comfort for a Hurting Heart By Alice Gray The hardest thing in life is seeing someone else suffer. Consoling a friend becomes easier with this small bouquet of uplifting stories to soothe the troubled soul. Alice Gray, compiler of the beloved Stories for the Heart series, has tenderly chosen the most comforting pieces from all the thousands she has collected over the years...perfect for lightening the burdens of the heart. Presentation page for your own greeting, gentle border art, 62 pages. |
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A Grief Observed By C.S. Lewis Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period. Foreword by Madeleine L'Engle. |
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A Message of Comfort and Hope By Eugene H. Peterson Combining beautiful scenic photographs with uplifting quotes from Eugene Peterson's best selling Bible translation and many inspirational books, A Message of Comfort & Hope is the perfect gift for those going through hurt, loss, or other difficult times. Appropriate for both men and women, its easily understood Bible verses and words of encouragement enable you to extend God's kindness to a broad range of people - perhaps even yourself. 96 pages, 6" x 6" hardcover. |
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A Sacred Sorrow: Meeting God in the Lost Language of Lament By Michael Card It's easy to praise God when things in your life are going well, but what about the other times? In A Sacred Sorrow, author, musician, and Bible teacher Michael Card takes you through the Scriptures to show you what your worship and prayer life have been missing. From Job to David to Jesus, men and women of the Bible understood the importance of pouring one's heart out to the Father. Examine their stories and expand your definition of worship. More Michael Card Materials |
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A Tearful Celebration: Finding God in the Midst of Loss By James Means The last thing you want to do when crushed with indescribable pain and suffering is turn to the very God who allows it all to happen. What right does He have, especially now, to ask for your loyalty, your obedience, your love? When cancer took his wife and left him despairing alone, James Means unwillingly had to ask God the same questions facing you. A Tearful Celebration is the candid, pull-no-punches account of his struggle to understand God's ways and to stand firm in the face of incalculable loss. This new edition of a 1986 Gold Medallion finalist will lead you to the place you most truly long to be: right with God and secure in Him again. |
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All God's Comfort By Herbert Lockyer Sr. The classic "All Series" books have graced the shelves of pastors, students, and laypeople alike for decades. All God's Comfort continues the series' tradition of offering a faithful and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects. All God's Comfort explores the divine work of comforting those who suffer the effects of this fallen world. "In our complex lives today, the need to know God's comfort is more necessary than ever," states the Preface. After studying the God of comfort and exploring His promises, Lockyer applies these truths systematically to the common valleys of human grief and fear. Wth an approach that is pastoral and practical, Lockyer uses Scripture and the writings of scholars, poets, and hymnists to encourage those who need comforting. He also provides guidance to those who seek to become comforters and describes the individual and community benefits of doing so. Grieving people and those who care about them will find Lockyer's book an insightful guide to availing oneself of God's comfort. |
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A Cup Of Comfort Book Of Prayer By James Stuart Bell / Adams Media Obstacles. Roadblocks. Challenges. When life throws us curve balls, prayer is often our greatest consolation. In A Cup of Comfort Book of Prayer, ordinary people just like you share the prayers that have brought them closest to God. From Psalm 23 and the Sermon on the Mount to the inspiring words of Anne Bradstreet and St. Francis of Assisi, these are the prayers that people turn to when they most need God's help. From single mothers drawing upon the quiet strength of the Breton's Fisherman Prayer to soldiers sharing the hope of John Cosin's Lord, Be Thou a Light to My Eyes with besieged Kuwaiti families, the fifty heartwarming stories in this blessed little volume remind us that prayer is power - power that strengthens our resolve, lifts our spirits, and sustains our faith, through good times and bad. 330 pages, softcover. |
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One-Minute Promises of Comfort By Steve Miller Resting in God's promises provides great solace, renewal, and hope for those undergoing trials. This gathering of One-Minute Promises of Comfort provides biblical assurances in brief inspirational meditations. Each entry includes a Scripture and a devotion to shed light on God's love. Whether read page by page or topically, this devotional offers those facing change, disappointment, loss, or worry the blessings of God's strength and compassion. |
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Beneath His Wings: Abiding in God's Comfort and Love By Carolyn Shores Wright In sensitive quotations, verses, and prose, writers such as the psalmist, Josephine Curr and Fanny Crosby lend their voices in expressing the message that God longs to show compassion and care, rest and refuge to those who are hurting. A comforting gift for anyone. Softcover. Beautifully illustrated. |
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Beside Still Waters: Words of Comfort by Spurgeon By Roy Clarke In times of doubt, alarm, or discomfort, this year-long devotional book gives you a steady source of comfort, hope, and healing, delivered fresh from the pages of Scripture and in the timeless words and writings of Charles H. Spurgeon. Beside Still Waters is more than just a devotional book. Each reading is indexed by topic, allowing you to locate specific passages for all the pressing needs in your life. So let The Shepherd lead you to a place of safety and calm. Be refreshed by His peace, and encouraged by His presence. Beside Still Waters will help you find comfort and encouragement for almost any challenge you may face. |
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Confessions of a Grieving Christian By Zig Ziglar On May 13, 1995, God called Zig Ziglar's oldest daughter, Susan, home after a prolonged illness. Journeying through his own grief, Ziglar realized many things about himself, his family, his priorities, and God. In this comforting book, he uses his experiences to encourage reader to deal with the inspiration in the Giver of all Peace. |
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Deeper Than Tears: Promises of Comfort and Hope Grief is a long, painful process---and those who've lost loved ones often feel numb and exhausted long after the funeral is over. This unique gift book offers God's comfort to those who are hurting, combining inspiring photography with encouraging Scripture and meditations. A helpful resource for pastors and counselors. 128 pages, 5" x 7" padded hardcover from Nelson. |
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Everyday Comfort: Meditations for Seasons of Grief, updated edition By Randy Becton People who are mourning the loss of a dear friend or beloved family member often feel alone. And those who want to comfort them can feel inadequate and at a loss for words. In Everyday Comfort, grievers will find thirty daily devotions to help them through their heartache. Respecting the griever's anguish and emotional turmoil, these devotions avoid platitudes and offer genuine empathy and wisdom. Subjects like recovery, facing death, normal grief and abnormal grief, and using the psalms daily will help those who grieve examine the path through despair and take the next steps toward living life again. |
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The God of All Comfort By Hannah Whitall Smith The agnostic gentleman listened politely as Smith tried to sway him towards Christianity. His response was that Christians "seem to carry their religion as a man carries a headache." Those words motivated Smith to write her classic work. In The God of All Comfort, Smith reveals the secret of the abundant life and victory over defeat, shows that everything Christ promised is available to all believers, and provides encouragement for every Christian to embrace that deep, lasting peace and comfort of soul that nothing earthly can disturb. |
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God's Comfort: Bible Passages Which Bring Strength and Hope in Times of Suffering
In times of illness, anxiety or sorrow, when hope is most elusive, the Bible stands as a beacon of eternal solace and strength. There is much to be learned about suffering-its meaning and its impermanence, from both Testaments. Selections from Romans, Job and Psalms are among the many passages that will help you understand and transcend pain by reaffirming God's purpose and fortifying your faith when it is most severely challenged. Features classical music throughout the program. One CD. 40 Minutes. |
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God Comforts You Boxed Journal By Ellie Claire Gift & Paper Promise Journal helps put into words the prayers of your heart on every page with themed quotations, Scripture, and inspirational writing; ruled pages for your personal thoughts and dreams; satin ribbon marker; color coordinated graphics with style on every page. Special features:
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Grace Points: Growth & Guidance in Times of Change By Jane Rubietta Do you ever feel lost--feel no sure sense of who you are, what life is about and where God is in the midst of it all? Do you find that you are wandering in the wilderness? This sense of lostness often comes in times of transition--whether moving from one city to another, a health crisis, loss of a family member through death of divorce, or downsizing at work. Jane Rubietta has written this book to help and encourage you through the wilderness of transition. To get back on track you need to begin to make hard choices: to be found by God and others, to feel, to find meaning in the pain, to flourish, to find fun and even to worship again. This book is a companion through your wilderness journey. In each chapter you'll find helpful questions for reflection and readings to nurture your devotional life. God has good gifts for you--even in the wilderness. Come and find them! |
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Grieving: A Beginner's Guide By Jerusha Hull McCormack There is no sure route through grieving. Jerusha McCormack provides instead a series of signposts by which we may find our own path to a new life. To treat grief as a problem to be fixed, or (worse still) to medicalize it, is to rob us of the extraordinary privilege of encountering this experience on our terms: for each of us has our own way of grieving, and each of us has something special to learn from the process. |
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Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You through the Grieving Process By Raymond Mitsch & Lynn Brookside Compassionate and wise guides Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside shine a light on the road through grief. They can help you endure the anguish; understand the stages of grief; sort through the emotions of anger, guilt, fear and depression; and face the God who allowed you to lose someone you love. A series of thoughtful daily devotions, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love shares wisdom, insight, and comfort that will help you through and beyond your grief. |
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Hope for the Brokenhearted: God's Voice of Comfort in the Midst of Grief and Loss By Dr. John Luke Terveen Hope for the Brokenhearted grew out of Terveen's own experience with grief resulting from his fourteen-year-old daughter's death. Searching for a book to assuage his deep grief, he found that the Bible provided the greatest source of hope, comfort, wise counsel, and encouragement. Utilizing his background as a senior pastor and seminary professor, Terveen analyzes biblical passages on grief and loss and shares his insights to help hurting Christians embrace these passages more fully and seriously in the midst of their mourning. The biblical selections deal with the hard questions, honest passions, and divine hope that only one who has walked down the path of sorrow could write about. Topics such as resurrection, the second coming, heaven, the resurrection body, doubt, anger, guilt, and dashed dreams are covered with care to minister to grieving hearts. |
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Hope Shines Through: A Woman's Book of Comfort By Kathleen Denis The light of hope shines through the clouds of every trial or storm. Award-winning artist Kathleen Denis's serene watercolors of soothing vistas and inviting, flower-laden porches offer santuary and refreshment. Accompanying these luminous paintings are quotations and Scriptures bright with promises and peace, comfort and courage. 64 pages, softcover. |
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Healing Conversations: What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say By Nance Guilmartin Healing Conversations is the first aid kit for those times when you don't know what to say. Through real life stories, Nance Guilmartin shows how to be a comfort to others in times of divorce, death, suicide, job loss, and more. |
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How Could a Loving God...?: Powerful Answers on Suffering and Loss By Ken Ham People assume Christians have all the answers---yet, in the face of tragedy, death or suffering, everyone struggles to find just the right words to bring comfort or closure to those in need. Sometimes just hearing "It is God's will" isn't enough. Sometimes just saying "God will turn this to good" seems so meaningless when despair is so profound. Often the pain goes too deep, the questions won't go away, and even the assurance of faith doesn't help. How could God let this happen? How can God love us, yet allow us to suffer in this way? What is the point of this---what is the purpose? In How Could a Loving God...?, Ken Ham makes clear the answers found in the pages of Scripture---powerful, definitive, and in a way that helps your heart to go beyond mere acceptance. When you grasp the reality of original sin---and all that it means---it creates a vital foundation for your heart to finally understand what follows. |
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hugs: Daily Inspirations Words of Comfort, 365 Devotions to Inspire Your Day By Howard Books Comfort is an easy thing to define but can be difficult to grasp-especially in our troubled world. All around are challenges, some great and some small, and we all feel weighed down by obligations that at times threaten to overwhelm. When the stress presses in, we seek comfort, and this little book points to a very big God who is the eternal source of peace and hope. Each day of the year offers an inspirational message, an uplifting scripture, and a peace-filled quote. These words of comfort are fitting for experiences from minor sadness to profound grief. It is the perfect gift for anyone going through the sadness of illness, job loss, the death of a loved one, or any of the many disappointments of life. In a world of pain, loss, and wrong turns, the need for gentle words of hope, courage, peace, and comfort is everywhere. Because God is a God of comfort, the messages in this little book offer a big hug of comfort and the promise of better things to come. |
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In Times of Grieving: Prayers of Comfort and Consolation By Robert M. Hamma Grief is a long and difficult journey that we sometimes we travel alone, sometimes with others, and always, with God. In Times of Grieving offers those who are grieving a simple way to pray, a compass to guide the way. Chapters focus on issues and emotions that trouble those who are grieving: shock, anger, fear, feelings of being overwhelmed, loss of faith, hopelessness, acceptance, praying for the deceased, gratefulness, memories. Whether you are grieving or want to share the gift and power of prayer with someone who has experienced loss, In Times of Grieving offers a comforting blend of scriptural, classic, and contemporary prayers and reflections. |
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It's Okay to Cry: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Through the Losses of Life By H. Norman Wright This book offers practical help for parents. It explains the symptoms of loss and unresolved grief so that parents can recognize them and walk along-side their children on the path to recovery. Softcover, 216 pages. WaterBrook Press. |
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Let Me Grieve, But Not Forever By Verdell Davis This deeply moving book, gleaned from journals which author Verdell Davis kept during the loss of her husband, offers a source of hope and healing for anyone experiencing grief. With remarkable honesty, courage and generosity, she shares how to examine grief and ultimately find healing in the process. 10th Anniversary edition. |
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Letters from a Wounded Heart: Prayer Poems for Strengthening the Spirit and Comforting the Soul By Gerard F. Baumbach / Paulist Press These 40 letters bring to God the issues of woundedness everyone faces coming to maturity. Through ecumenical prose reflections, poetry, and prayer, the author explores such themes as incompleteness, change, compromise, physical limitations, healing, relationships, spirit hunger, gratitude, and many more. While not providing answers in themselves, the questions raised help Christians explore a deeper relationship with God and with others. |
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Living Fully, Dying Well: Talking to Children about Life and Death Booklet By Rueben Job This convenient 8-panel booklet is offered in packages of 12 for use with church members, visitors, and family members. The piece is a part of Living Fully, Dying Well, a small group program designed to assist people of all ages in thinking about faith, life and mortality. The program focuses on making careful, wise and prayerful preparation for meeting life's most important moments. The booklets can be used with the program or as a general resource for your congregation. |
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Ministering to the Mourning: A Practical Guide By David & Warren Wiersbe Ministering to the grief of those left behind following the death of a loved one is never an easy task. Our world is growing more complicated, teh challenges are becoming greater, and the situations people face, more intense. This comprehensive resource provides pastors and church leaders of all levels of experience with insightful and practical advice for dealing with grief process and learn to recognize the sings of both healthy and unhealthy grief. Full of scriptural insight and wisdom, here is a competent guide for pastors and lay leaders, chaplains and funeral directors, hospice workers and emergency responders alike...anyone called on to comfort those who mourn. |
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Moments of Comfort: Encouraging Meditations for Times of Loss By Faye Landrum / Barbour Publishing Losing a loved one is a shattering experience, and life is never quite the same afterward. But God is always be there to help the grieving "pick up the pieces," giving comfort, strength, guidance-even joy. Writing from personal knowledge and the experience of others, author Faye Landrum provides sixty brief devotionals to comfort those who've suffered loss through this most difficult time of life. With a focus on Jesus Christ, who was Himself "acquainted with grief," this easy-to-read devotional affirms the emotional struggles every grieving person faces, while encouraging progress in the reader's own time. |
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Praying Through Sorrows By Chris Jackson & Dutch Sheets Doubts, depression, and discouragement are characteristic responses of someone who has endured the worst life offers. When a promise from God does no come to pass, the aftermath is often confusion about the validity of a personal relationship with the Lord. In this book, coauthors Dutch Sheets and Chris Jackson confront the emotional anguish of awaiting the arrival of a long delayed recovery and healing from such difficult situations. You will learn how to overcome the debilitating state of "hope deferred," while seeking a restoration of faith in God's goodness. |
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Preaching God's Compassion: Comforting Those Who Suffer By LeRoy Arden (PUBFortress)Suffering is universal, but how we handle it goes a long way in determining who we will become. Arden and Hughes, following the Pauline/Augustinian tradition viewed through a Lutheran lens, sensitively handle such tough issues as illness, loss, fear, violence, and failure, then offer three sample sermons. 176 pages, softcover. |
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Safe in the Arms of God: Words from Heaven About the Death of a Child By John MacArthur / Thomas Nelson Every parent who has lost a child has dealt with disturbing, haunting questions. Why my child? Where is my baby now? Will I ever see my child again? Renowned Bible expositor John MacArthur tackles the question of infant death (in the womb or following birth) in his trademark style - with detailed attention to Scriptures that hold the answers. No death occurs apart from the purposes of God. MacArthur assures readers, just as no life occurs apart from the purposes of God. This comforting book is certain to bring consolation to those experiencing this most painful loss. |
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The Art of Helping: What to Say and Do When Someone is Hurting By Lauren Littauer Briggs All of us have wanted to offer comfort and support to someone experiencing the intense pain of loss, but we simply don't know what to say to someone facing divorce, the death of a child, cancer, the loss of a job, infertility, an estranged or rebellious child, a chronic illness, and the other tough issues of life. The Art of Helping is presented with those times in mind. Find out the best way to express your feeling in a positive, uplifting manner that a hurting person will understand and appreciate. |
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The Tender Scar: Life After the Death of a Spouse By Richard L. Mabry Written by a former physician and recent widower, this warmly practical book guides the bereaved through the grief process and explains how to live after the death of a spouse. Taking excerpts from his personal journal, Dr. Mabry discusses the situations and feelings he encountered during the grief process. A valuable resource for anyone coping with the death of a loved one. |
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Transfiguring Loss: Julian of Norwich as a Guide for Survivors of Traumatic Grief By Jane F. Maynard Maynard explores the contributions that 15th century Julian of Norwich's (who lost her own family to the Plague) theology and spirituality may offer to survivors of traumatic loss---the losses suffered by survivors of September 11 and the Tsunami as well as by those who have lost a loved one to AIDS. Reading Julian's works taught Maynard that a transcendent experience of love offers hope in the midst of loss, and she shares that inspiration in this resource. |
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When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving and Healing, Updated By Marilyn Gootman If you are grieving the death of a friend, do something for yourself. Take the time to read this book. It isn't very long - there aren't a lot of words - but you may find the help you need to cope with your sadness and begin to heal. Author Marilyn Gootman has seen her own children suffer from the death of a friend, and she knows what teenagers go through when another teen dies. Let her genuine understanding, gentle advice, and compassionate wisdom guide you through the next few days, weeks, or months. If you're a parent or teacher of a teen who has experienced a painful loss, this book is for you, too. Paperback, 118 pages From Free Spirit. |
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When We Hurt: Prayer, Preparation & Hope For Life's Pain By Philip Yancey Few experiences in life are more universal than pain, which flows like lava beneath the crust of daily life. In this book taken from the writings of Dr. Paul Brand, bestselling author Philip Yancey shares wisdom and hope for those dealing with any kind of pain. When We Hurt includes Scripture, quotes, and prayers for meditation and encouragement when dealing with the hurts of life. |
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Why? Trusting God When You Don't Understand By Anne Graham Lotz Can you keep on trusting God when bad things are happening all around you - when the pain is sharp and the doubt is deep and it's impossible to see the sense in it all? You can do just that, says best-selling author and speaker Anne Graham Lotz, if you keep your eye on the big picture of who God is, what His purposes are, and just how passionately He cares about His children. Drawing her characteristically keen insights from her own life and from the familiar story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus in the Gospel of John, Anne shows how God can use your most agonizing, baffling trials for your growth and His glory...and how, in the meantime, you can find comfort in His presence. |
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Comfort Angel, Foundations Collection By Karen Hahn Karen Hahn's shimmering artistry is beautifully expressed on 10" tall comfort angel, with calla lily bouquet and a cascade of white doves in flight. Crafted of resin in exquisite detail, with Scripture quote on her skirt May your unfailing love be my comfort from Psalm 119:76. A loving gift of compassion for those who are hurting due to illness or loss. |
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