Stephen Arterburn

Do you want to get well? How obvious the answer may sound, the more complex reality is. Stephen Arterburn is sure. The power to heal—physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually—is in God’s hands. But the choice to be healed is ours. Stephen Arterburn is the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries and wrote more books on overcoming or avoiding spiritual, emotional or sexual problems, like Every Man’s Battle, Every Young Women’s Battle, Avoiding Mr. Wrong, Finding Mr. Right and The Seven Keys to Spiritual Revival. In his latest book Healing is a Choice, he outlines 10 choices crucial to receiving healing and ten lies that can prevent us from making them:
Connect your life with others, or give in to the lie that “all I need to heal is just God and me.” You can’t heal at your own.
Face life. Pain’s real. Don’t believe that “real” Christians experience real peace in all circumstances.
Thoroughly investigate life in search of truth, or embrace the lie that it does no good to look back.
Seek healing for the future. Time doesn’t heals all wounds.
Help one’s life. Self-sufficiency isn’t enough.
Embrace life. Denying its existence is a pure lie.
Espouse forgiveness. Nobody deserves forgiveness by default. It’s grace!
Allow risk its proper place. You can’t protect yourself from every risk, pain or negative emotion.
Serve today. Waiting for complete healing may take too long.
Persevere, if you’re not want to end up hopeless.
The author provides many narratives, real-life scenarios, and personal experiences to lift you up, and challenge your healing process. He openly shares his own brokenness and about his divorce and how it has affected his life. No quick fixes or instant success. Arterburn is cautious: “Your healing may be physical or it may be emotional and it could be spiritual. I don’t know what God has for you. I am confident, however, that if you make the healing choices presented here and counter the lies you need to stop living, you will experience some level of healing to a new degree.” (intro, p.15). The 2011 version of the 2005 original now includes a full workbook, with open questions, bible study material and key learning point. New Life organizes workshops on Healing is a Choice.… (meer)