Surprised by the Healer: Embracing Hope for Your Broken Story
The Healer is inviting you…
God’s word declares that there is healing for your deepest pains, hope for your biggest disappointments, and victory over your addictions, past hurts, and past failures. His name is Jehovah Rapha, the God Who Heals, and He can redeem your broken story.
In these pages, you will meet nine courageous women who have agreed to tell their stories, to share with you how they moved from hopelessness and brokenness to hope and healing. Whether from sexual abuse, betrayal in marriage, or other harrowing experiences, the Healer invited them on a unique journey of redemption in the midst of deep pain. He is inviting you, too.
Linda Dillow and Dr. Juli Slattery, cofounders of Authentic Intimacy, have been writing and ministering to women in the church and clinical context for several decades. Their wisdom and experience overflow in this work to give you a trusted resource in journeying toward healing.
Includes a study guide for each chapter in the back of the book.
From the Back Cover
The Healer is inviting you . . .
God’s word declares that there is healing for your deepest pains, hope for your biggest disappointments, and victory over your addictions, past hurts, and past failures. His name is Jehovah Rapha, the God Who Heals, and He can redeem your broken story.
In these pages, you will meet nine courageous women who have agreed to tell their stories, to share with you how they moved from hopelessness and brokenness to hope and healing. Whether from sexual abuse, betrayal in marriage, or other harrowing experiences, the Healer invited them on a unique journey of redemption in the midst of deep pain. He is inviting you, too.
Includes 10-Week Bible Study
CONTENTS
Letter to the Reader
1. Surprised by the Healer
2. Marian’s Story
Exchanging Lies for Truth
3. Hope’s Story
Coming Out of Hiding
4. Lorraine’s Story
Walking in Forgiveness
5. Ann’s Story
Taking a Step
6. Angel’s Story
Experiencing Jesus’s Radical Love
7. Amy’s Story
Surrendering to the Power of God to Change You
8. Rita’s Story
Making Peace with a Broken Life
9. Kathy’s Story
Discovering a Gift in Your Pain
10. Alaine’s Story
Living a Transformed Life
Notes
A Ten-Week Bible Study
Acknowledgments
Product Details
- Title : Surprised by the Healer: Embracing Hope for Your Broken Story
- Authors:
- Dillow, Linda
- Slattery, Dr. Juli
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Publication Date: 2016
- ISBN: 9780802493453
DR. JULI SLATTERY is the president and co-founder of Authentic Intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality. She is the host of the weekly podcast, "Java with Juli". She has authored or co-authored twelve books including Passion Pursuit, Rethinking Sexuality, and Twenty-Five Questions You're Afraid to Ask about Love, Sex, and Intimacy. Juli is a member of the board of trustees of Moody Bible Institute. She and her husband, Mike, have three grown sons and live in Akron, Ohio.