Best pastoral counseling books according to redditors
We found 8 Reddit comments discussing the best pastoral counseling books. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 8 Reddit comments discussing the best pastoral counseling books. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
This is problematic. It is far more important for you and your husband to be unified together and going to a church where you both feel God leading you as a couple.
I am even concerned that this pastor may at some point try to manipulate your husband to leave you, sadly, justifying it as "God's will" because of your rebellion or whatever other tactic he chooses. The fact your husband is staying and you have left is dangerous for your marriage.
Here is a book that is an excellent resource online that I think you and your husband should both read together that will hopefully be enlightening and really helpful. It is called "Broken Trust. . . a practical guide to identify and recover from toxic faith, toxic church, and spiritual abuse" ($2.99 on kindle)
https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Trust-practical-spiritual-Overcoming-ebook/dp/B073491BLN
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4.One of the things that helped me immensely was that I made a close male friend that had also struggled with pornography for many years and had been successful in quitting. Being able to speak with him openly about what had happened and all my failures and sins was so incredibly freeing. Also being able to hear his story as well was an encouragement and a reminder that I'm not the only one who struggles with it, and he was able to pass on wisdom on how he overcame it.
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I know this is a ton of information and when I started typing I wasn't expecting to write so much but please if you have any questions or if something I said wasn't clear feel free to comment and ask for more info or clarification.
God bless and I will pray for you both!
Part2 (Formatting got screwey sorry)
Some ideas I've seen used around the churches I've been a part of and seen or read:
This book has been an amazing tool for helping me heal my heart level hurts, recognize patterns, and make changes.