Anger: Facing the Fire Within (Hope for the Heart) - Softcover

Hunt, June

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596366419 ISBN 13: 9781596366411

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Biblical Counseling on Anger Management from Hope for the Heart

Has anger or rage ever clouded your judgment to the point that you acted rashly and then regretted it later? What do you do when you are inflamed with angry thoughts and feelings? Ultimately, you have the choice to act wisely or to react foolishly. You can learn to keep your anger under control with this practical advice from June Hunt. Anger will shed light on the warning signs, or characteristics, of both acceptable and unacceptable anger. Includes:

• "Cues to Find Hidden Anger" checklist, making it easy to diagnose different ways in which your body is reacts to anger
• "Act or React" checklist

June Hunt starts this minibook with a definitions section with simple explanations of each word associated with anger. Learn the magnitude, misuse, and misconceptions of anger. Also included in the definitions section are biblical examples of anger. For example, an example of acceptable anger is when injustice ignited righteous anger" in Jesus. Conversely, we find "unacceptable anger" in story of Saul and David, when King Saul's jealous anger over David's military victories burned like a fire, destroying many relationships including his relationship with God.

The last section titled "Steps to Solution " gives you the power to be freed from anger with:

• The 4 sources of anger
• 4 Truths that will change your life
• How to measure the amount of your anger
• 3 steps to resolving anger
• Releasing your anger prayer
• And much more.

Look for all 46 titles in the Hope For The Heart Biblical Counseling Library. These mini-books are for people who seek freedom from codependency, anger, conflict, verbal and emotional abuse, depression, or other problems.

The Hope for the Heart Bible Quick-Guides are perfect for—

• Small group & Bible studies
• Sunday school
• Young adult and youth ministry
• Chaplaincy
• Christian counseling
• Addiction & recovery programs
• Church giveaways
• and much more

About this title

About the Author:

June Hunt, M.A. Criswell College, is a biblical counselor whose award-winning radio program "Hope for the Heart" is heard on 900 radio outlets around the world. For more than 25 years, she has counseled people, offering them hope for today's problems. June has helped many people with emotional, relational, and spiritual problems experience God's love through biblical hope and practical advice. Early family pain was the catalyst that shaped June's compassionate heart. Later, as a youth director, she became aware of the need for sound biblical counsel. After years of teaching and research, she developed a scripturally based counseling course covering topics such as marriage and parenting, depression and anger, stress and suicide. These topics are now available as the Aspire Press "Hope for the Heart" booklets. "Hope from the Heart" is a half-hour teaching broadcast on these important topics in more than 60 countries on 6 continents. "Hope in the Night" is June's live two-hour call-in counseling program that helps people untie their tangled problems on air. Through her warmth, wisdom, and gentle candor, June prompts penetrating dialogue with listeners, often with life-changing results. "Hope for the Heart" booklets have been published in 27 languages in several formats and are being translated into more. June is a popular guest professor at colleges and seminaries,and a sought-after speaker at conferences and religious broadcasting events. She teaches and speaks around the world on topics such as crisis counseling, child abuse, wife abuse, forgiveness, singleness, and self-worth.

Review:

After decades of counseling men and women from all walks of life, June knows how to lead readers to truth truth that liberates because it is truth from God. ----Kay Arthur, Co-founder of Precept Ministries International, and author of When the Hurt Runs Deep-Healing and Hope for Life's Desperate Moments

Those of us who have had to forgive the unforgiveable will find June's materials to be tremendous filled with hope and healing. She speaks from the heart with truth, directly to your broken soul. --Stephen Arterburn, Founder of New Life Ministries and author of Healing Is a Choice

June Hunt has been addressing the root issue for hurting hearts as long as I have known her. God has given her insightful sensitivity not only to identify human problems, but also to uncover biblical solutions. She has done it for me more than once! All who have hurting hearts or who minister to wounded spirits need to read her resources. --Dr. Dorothy Kelley Patterson, Professor of Theology in Women's Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

About this edition

• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1596366419
• ISBN 13: 9781596366411
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96