Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety by Elyse Fitzpatrick: Fitzpatrick begins with a description of the body's response to fear. She spends a chapter talking about biblical characters who suffered from fear. She then spends a few chapters looking at the root of fear being in wanting to control your own circumstances and how this desire for control grows and leads to more fear, worry and anxiety. This book addresses fear caused by perfectionism and doubting God's sovereignty and care. The reader is encouraged to replace fear of earthly matters with a fear and reverence of God. The outward signs of change will be loving others and displaying grace in holiness, confidence and thankfulness. There are study guide questions for each chapter.
When I Am Afraid by Ed Welch: This is for a counselee who is experiencing fear. The fears that are dealt with specifically are loss of money, fear of man, fear of the unknown future, and fear of death. Ed Welch uses several chapters of scripture to show that Christ is really the place to find hope and joy and trust for our fears. This is a short book with application questions and journaling throughout the book.
"There is so much I love about this little book, and I give it a hearty double-thumbs-up!" --Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder/CEO, Joni and Friends International Disability Center
"Paul Tautges, a respected pastor and counselor, has the experience and gospel focus to help the anxiety sufferer." --Tedd Tripp, Pastor; Author; Conference Speaker
"This devotional heavily emphasizes practical ways we can reflect on, and in many cases act on, the insights Tautges unearths in the passages he chooses." --Alasdair Groves, Executive Director, Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) New England; Director, CCEF School of Biblical Counseling
"Tautges, with vulnerable transparency, offers wise counsel in this small yet critical work on anxiety. . . . His gentle explanations and careful admonitions act as a guard and guide." --T. Dale Johnson, Executive Director, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors; Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
This is a booklet so it concisely examines the heart and the idols behind these common sins.
"This booklet has put in one place key biblical principles for addressing a common human issue biblically, realistically, practically, and compassionately." --Ernie Baker, Professor of Biblical Counseling, The Master's College; NANC-Certified Counselor
"Bob teaches us how to deal honestly with our emotions while calling us to a lifestyle of daily surrendering them to the mind of Christ." --Paul Tautges, Pastor, Immanuel Bible Church; Author of Counsel One Another
"The gospel isn't just an ethereal idea. It's not a philosophy and it's not static. It moves and shapes and transforms. I am grateful for ABC's work of letting the gospel bear its weight on these real life sorrows and pains." --Matt Chandler, Lead Pastor, The Village Church, Flower Mound, Texas
The book is from The Good Book Company, and like all their books each chapter is short, to the point and grounded in scripture. Timothy Lane helps the counselee identify the sinful desires behind worry and leads the counselee to find peace in Christ alone.
“In Living Without Worry, Tim Lane provides a unique combination of understanding and compassion for the many worries of life along with a God-focused, Christ-centered, eternal orientation. Tim offers every reader a robust diagnosis of worry and a heart-centered, biblical, and relevant prescription for replacing anxiety with peace.” Dr Bob Kellemen, VP of Institutional Development, Crossroads Bible College, author of Anxiety: Anatomy and Cure