Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. (James 1:18 NKJV)
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart. (1 Peter 1:22 NKJV)
God the Holy Spirit Guiding Us in Truth
When the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. (John 15:26 NKJV)
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. (John 16:13–15 NKJV)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. (Gal. 5:22–23 NKJV)
The Role of the Bible in Our Lives
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (Ps. 119:105 NKJV)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tim.
3:16–17 NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
(Heb. 4:12 NKJV)
Appendix E
RECOMMENDED READINGS
Allen, Charles. God’s Psychiatry. Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 1953.
Allen, James. As a Man Thinketh. Fort Worth, Tex.: Brownlow, 1985.
Backus, William, and Marie Chapian. Telling Yourself the Truth. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1980.
Blackaby, Henry, and Claude King. Experiencing God. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1994.
Burns, David D. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. New York: Signet, 1981.
Crabb, Larry. Inside Out. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1988.
Ellis, Albert, and Robert Harper. A New Guide to Rational Living. North Hollywood, Calif.: Wilshire, 1975.
May, Gerald. Addiction and Grace. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1988.
Packer, J. I. Knowing God. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1973.
Sproul, R. C. Essential Truths of the Christian Faith. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale, 1992.
Stoop, David. Self Talk: Key to Personal Growth. Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, 1981.
—-. Hope for the Perfectionist. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1991.
Tozer, A. W. The Pursuit of God. Camp Hill, Penn.: Christian Publications, 1982.
Woodbridge, John D., ed. Renewing Your Mind in a Secular World. Chicago: Moody, 1985.
NOTES
Chapter 1
1. James Allen, As a Man Thinketh (Fort Worth, Tex.: Brownlow, 1985), 11.
Chapter 2
1. David D. Burns, “The Perfectionist’s Script for Self-Defeat,” Psychology Today, November 1980, 34.
2. M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978), 16–17.
3. Albert Ellis and Robert Harper, A New Guide to Rational Living (North Hollywood, Calif.: Wilshire, 1975).
Chapter 3
1. Ecclesiastes 2:4–10 (NKJV).
2. Ecclesiastes 5:12 (NKJV).
3. Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NKJV).
4. Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NKJV).
5. 1 Timothy 6:7–8 (NKJV).
6. Peck, Road, 15.
7. Ecclesiastes 8:14 (NKJV).
8. Abraham Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being, 2nd ed. (New York: Van Nostrand, 1968), 3–4.
Chapter 4
1. William J. Lederer and Don Jackson, The Mirages of Marriage (New York: Norton, 1968), 40.
2. Matthew 7:3–5 (NKJV).
3. 1 Corinthians 7:28 (NIV).
4. Genesis 2:24 (NKJV).
Chapter 5
1. Peck, Road, 44.
2. David D. Burns, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (New York: Signet, 1981).
Chapter 6
1. Doug Moo, “Putting the Renewed Mind to Work,” in Renewing Your Mind in a Secular World, ed. John D. Woodbridge (Chicago: Moody, 1985), 145.
2. Ephesians 2:8–9 (NKJV).
3. 2 Timothy 1:9 (NKJV).
4. Romans 5:8 (NKJV).
5. John 8:7 (NKJV).
6. John 8:11 (NKJV).
7. John 16:33 (NIV).
8. John 9:1–3 (NKJV).
9. Romans 8:28 (NIV).
10. Matthew 5:45 (NKJV).
11. Matthew 11:28–30 (NKJV).
12. Luke 10:41–42 (NKJV).
13. Matthew 26:38 (NIV).
14. 2 Corinthians 12:10 (NKJV).
15. Matthew 9:12 (NKJV).
Chapter 7
1. 2 Timothy 3:16–17 (NKJV).
2. John 8:32 (NKJV).
Chapter 12
1. Lord Houghton as quoted in Stress, Sanity, and Survival by Robert Woolfolk and Frank Richardson (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978), 65.
2. Donald Trump, Survival at the Top (New York: Random House, 1990), 118.
Chapter 17
1. Dr. Irvin Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy (New York: Basic Books, 1980), 8.
2. Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, How to Manage Your Time (Anderson, Ind.: Warner Press, 1989), vii.
3. Russel Noyes, “Attitude Changes Following Near Death Experiences,” Psychiatry as quoted by Dr. Irvin Yalom in Existential Psychotherapy, 34.
4. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy, 35.
Chapter 19
1. J. I. Packer, Knowing God (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1973), 14–15.
2. Psalm 90:2 NIV.
3. John 1:1–5 NKJV.
4. Job 42:2 NKJV.
5. Psalm 139:7–10 NKJV.
6. Romans 11:33–36 NKJV.
7. 1 Samuel 2:2 NKJV.
8. Psalm 25:8 NKJV.
9. Genesis 18:25 NKJV.
10. Romans 9:15 NIV.
11. 1 Peter 1:3 NKJV.
12. Psalm 135:6 NKJV.
13. Malachi 3:6 NKJV.
14. James 1:17 NIV.
15. 1 John 4:8 NIV.
16. Ephesians 2:4–6, 8–9 NKJV.
17. Psalm 139:13–16 NIV.
18. Psalm 51:5 NIV.
19. Westminster Confession of Faith (Committee for Christian Education & Publication, Presbyterian Church in America, 1990), Chapter 5.
20. 1 Timothy 2:5–6 NIV.
21. Ephesians 1:4–6 NIV.
22. 1 John 3:1 NIV.
23. Hebrews 2:11–12 NIV.
24. Galatians 4:6–7 NIV.
25. Ephesians 1:13–14 NIV.
26. Colossians 3:2–4 NIV.
27. 2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV.
28. Romans 8:1–2 NIV.
29. 1 Peter 2:11 NIV.
30. Romans 12:4–6 NIV.
31. 2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV.
32. Hebrews 4:16 NIV.
Chapter 20
1. Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child (New York: Basic Books, 1981), 3.
2. David and Teresa Ferguson, The Pursuit of Intimacy (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1993).
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