Overcoming: Discover How to Rise Above and Beyond Your Overwhelming Circumstances in Life

by Steve Mays, Joni Tada (Foreword by)

Overview

Bad things can (and do) happen to good people. Sometimes difficult circumstances are the natural result of our own choices, but other times they stem from someone else's bad behavior. Either way, God is calling Christians to move beyond adversity and live a victorious life that brings glory to His name.

Can we overcome our debilitating emotions? Can we rise above our overwhelming circumstances? Steve Mays insists that we can and must, with the power of the Holy Spirit. Mays helps readers deal with discouragement, fear, depression, hostility, and worry and invites them to build character by overcoming distraction, selfishness, and weakness. Finally, he shows readers how to grow by teaching them how to deal with criticism, jealousy, irresponsibility, and suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764215117
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/21/2012
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 10 Years

About the Author

STEVE MAYS has been the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel South Bay in Gardena, California, for more than 31 years. He is a well-known conference and commencement speaker, author, and radio personality through the Light of the Word broadcast, heard by thousands throughout the country and abroad. He has also taught at the Christian Embassy United Nations in New York as well as at the Ambassador Study, the Diplomat Study, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Steve has been married to his wife, Gail, for 40 years. They have two grown children and four grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 13

Foreword Joni Eareckson Tada 15

1 Overcoming Discouragement 19

2 Overcoming Suffering 31

3 Overcoming Depression 41

4 Overcoming Fear 53

5 Overcoming Distraction: The Divided Heart 65

6 Overcoming Selfishness 77

7 Overcoming Criticism and Opposition 89

8 Overcoming Jealousy 103

9 Overcoming Weakness 115

10 Overcoming Deception 127

11 Overcoming Irresponsibility 137

12 Overcoming Anger 147

13 Overcoming Worry 157

Conclusion 167

Scripture Reference Guide 169