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    Understanding Our Struggles
    Understanding Our Struggles
    Understanding Our Struggles
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    Understanding Our Struggles

    By Russ Pope

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    Have you ever had bad behaviors or negative thoughts that you wanted to get rid of, but no matter what you did, you couldn't get rid of them?

    Most people can connect with this frustrating cycle. We pray, repent, surrender. We give our problems to God in all the ways we know how, but the problems keep returning, and our sense of shame and failure increase. It feels like being lost in a maze.

    In Understanding Our Struggles we try make sense of this painful and confusing cycle. If we can better understand what is actually happening, we are much more likely to find solutions that work, and be able to live the abundant life that God calls us to.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRuss Pope
    Release dateApr 15, 2014
    ISBN9781311906021
    Understanding Our Struggles
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    Russ Pope

    Russ Pope, M.S., is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Certified Christian Sexual Addiction Specialist. He has received advanced training in the treatment of sexual addiction and intimacy disorders from the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. A speaker, author, consultant, and counselor, Russ has worked with individuals, couples, church leadership, and lay groups. He has served as a missionary in Europe and an ordained associate pastor in the U.S. He has expertise in the treatment of sexual addictions, shame, trauma, codependency, and emotional intimacy disorders. Currently Russ has his own private practice in Wauwatosa, WI.

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      Understanding Our Struggles - Russ Pope

      Understanding Our Struggles

      Russ Pope

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      Copyright © 2014 Russ Pope

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      License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Table of Contents

      Understanding Our Struggles

      Spiritual, Emotional, Physical

      Shame

      Emotional/Relational Intimacy

      Understanding the Struggles

      Where Do I Go From Here?

      Understanding Our Struggles

      Pornography, stealing, lying, spending, food, drugs, insecurity, lust, alcohol, anger, manipulation, codependency. Have I mentioned your struggle yet? If not, just fill it in here, . All of us can relate to struggles that we don't want, try to get rid of, yet still find ourselves struggling with no matter what we do.

      Often when we first come to accept Christ as our savior, we think that should take care of these problems. After all, the old has gone, the new has come. And spiritually speaking that

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