Each person has his or her own particular way of looking at life: a kind of grid that helps readers process whatever comes their way. Though this grid can be a helpful tool, far too often it is a weight around the neck. So what can be done about it? How can readers change their perspectives–replacing the grid that drags them down with one that equips them to face life’s challenges and live victoriously? In Look at It This Way, author and speaker Jan Silvious explores, in-depth, vital truths that can help Christians reframe the way they think: breaking them out of their self-pity, anger, depression, anxiety and hopelessness, and equipping them to deal with the events, circumstances and people in their lives in a healthy and positive way. Jan highlights such key truths as “Whatever happens, it’s one event in a lifetime of events,” “For every choice there is a consequence,” “God isn’t angry with you,” “The last chapter has not been written,” and eight others. Deeply rooted in Scripture, these valuable insights will give readers hope and real help for managing their thinking, showing how they can, at last, move forward with the courageous and grace-filled life God intended them to live.

Look at It This Way: Straightforward Wisdom to Put Life in Perspective

Self-Help

Silvious, Jan

Happiness

Random House Publishing Group

The world is filled with difficult people. It is impossible to avoid them. (You may have one, in particular, in your life right now.) In dealing with such people, we often try a number of coping strategies. Unfortunately, our best attempts at making peace often fail. This is because the difficult people in our lives are often what the Bible calls "fools." And dealing with fools requires a special kind of biblical wisdom. You've tried everything–from confrontation to passivity. You've found out what doesn't work; now discover what does. Gain the tools you need to get along with others and conduct your relationships in a manner that honors God–and preserves your sanity!–in Foolproofing Your Life: Wisdom for Untangling Your Most Difficult Relationships. Learn how new insights from the book of Proverbs can help you respond to those relationships that seem hard to untangle.

Foolproofing Your Life: How to Deal Effectively with the Impossible People in Your Life

Religion & Spirituality

WaterBrook

Please Remind Me How Far I've Come: Reflections for Codependents (Lifelines f...

Please Remind Me How Far I'Ve Come: Reflections for Co-Dependents

Reference

Capp, Carolyn

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Zondervan

Understanding Women: A Book for Men

Please Don’t Say You Need Me . . . is a common plea voiced by people trapped in unhealthy, codependent relationships. Confused by their conflicting emotions, they feel trapped between wanting to love and care for someone else and yet, at the same time, needing to escape from that person’s intense and suffocating demands for self-esteem. Jan Silvious offers practical, biblical answers for those dealing with codependency—actually, people-dependency—that can exist between mates, siblings, parents and children, and friends. · Who is the codependent person? · What is a codependent relationship? · What role does guilt play in a codependent relationship? · Can Christians be codependent? Jan Silvious answers these questions and shows readers how to identify and break the cycle of a codependent relationship in a loving, scriptural manner. Here is insight, hope, and encouragement for replacing unhealthy ways of relating with a new approach that can bring balance and wholeness.

Please Don't Say You Need Me: Biblical Answers for Codependency

Let's face it. More often than not, in today's hurried-up society, many of us have devotions quickly or not at all. Jan Silvious has written The 5-Minute Devotional for all of us busy women. This five-minute-a-day devotional will inspire and encourage all of us who struggle with too many commitments and too little quiet time. For each workday of the week, all 52 weeks of the year, you will find spiritual and emotional refreshment in these beautifully written meditations. Marriage, forgiveness, trust, communication, love, and relationships are only a sampling of the themes featured in the devotions and listed in the topical index. You will carry the truths you gain from each devotion through your day. So take five minutes to focus on the Lord -- and see what a difference it can make in your workday.

Five-Minute Devotional, The

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Living

"Think twice" encouragements for women to help them make smart choices in life.
Popular author and conference speaker Jan Silvious is back with savvy advice for women to help them deal with the important choices they face every day. Realizing choices bring consequences, she shares the value of the second look, the second perspective, and the second consideration as well as the significance of acknowledging red flags. Jan offers biblically sound, psychologically positive wisdom for smart choices in 8 critical areas:
<ul>
<li>Time</li>
<li>Money</li>
<li>Words</li>
<li>Family</li>
<li>Men</li>
<li>Giving</li>
<li>Rest</li>
<li>God</li>
</ul>

Smart Girls Think Twice: Making Wise Choices When It Counts

Thomas Nelson

How’s your life? Does it tell a wonderful story fi lled with grace, character, and courage? Or are you stuck in the past, struggling with regrets and fears?
PERHAPS IT’S TIME FOR A NEW STORY.
Same Life, New Story is a ten-week Bible study that offers women a powerful truth: one small change can have profound effects. With humor, vulnerability, and transparency, Jan Silvious—a professional life coach—uses a unique blend of modern-day anecdotes and biblical character stories to bring you out of the land of what is and victoriously into the land of what can be.
Each chapter examines the life of a woman from the Bible, providing unique insights into scripture as well as questions for personal reflection and journal exercises. Learn how to overcome the past, conquer fear, say “I can,” face adversity, and harness resilience.
See your story through the eyes of Naomi, Leah, Rahab, and Deborah. Discover—as Hannah, Abigail, and Elizabeth did—the irreplaceable role that God longs to play in your life. Learn, as Jan did firsthand, that changing your perspective can truly change your life. Within you lies a new story just begging to be told. What are you waiting for?

Same Life, New Story: Change Your Perspective to Change Your Life

Debunks common myths that have discouraged women through the ages.Lies taught and bought by women keep them from experiencing the abundant life in Christ. Jan Silvious wants to set women free from these so-called myths by giving them the practical tools to recognize them, debunk them, and replace them with Truth. In Moving Beyond the Myths, she offers women hope and encouragement through Scripture. Silvious addresses different attitudes about women over the centuries and scrutinizes them in light of the teaching and attitude of Jesus toward women.

Moving Beyond the Myths

Moody Publishers

Perfect companion guide to solidify the Truth and effectively destroy the myths.All readers of Moving Beyond the Myths will want a copy of this companion study guide. It is designed for an eight-week study with assignments of approximately 35 minutes per week and small group discussion of 45 minutes. While it is perfect for a small group format, readers will greatly benefit from the individual study and application it provides.

Moving Beyond the Myths Study Guide

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