Relief without Cutting: Taking Negative Feelings to God

CCEF Minibooks

by Amy Baker

People handle the hard things in life in all different ways. What do you do when you get upset? Cry? Blow-up? Get depressed? Or perhaps, no one notices when you're upset because you find a quiet place and cut yourself. You're looking for relief, but is this the respite you really want? Relief without Taking Your Negative Feelings to God by Amy Baker of Faith Biblical Counseling shows you there is a better way to manage your negative emotions. Instead of cutting--the never-ending cycle of hiding and going deeper and deeper--you can go to Jesus with all of your troubles. You are precious to him. So precious that he shed his blood for you! His power is big enough to fill you with peace and liberate you from cutting. All the minibooks in our Christian bookstore offer gospel-centered hope for everyday issues like parenting, marriage, and personal change. These easy-to-read discipleship and biblical counseling resources tackle lifes toughest issues in 30 minutes or less. Minibooks are frequently used by pastors and ministry leaders to help others apply biblical wisdom to specific life issues. Churches, biblical counseling ministries, and missional organizations make the minibooks available in their acrylic display cases to further discipleship and gospel-centered living.

Genres: Counselling

24 pages, Paperback

First published July 3, 1905

About the author

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Amy Baker, PhD, is the Ministry Resource Director at Faith Church (Lafayette, IN) and an instructor and counselor at Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries. On the board of directors for Vision of Hope and a council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, Amy is the author of Getting to the Heart of Friendships and several counseling minibooks. She and her husband Jeff have two children.

Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first New growth Press/Faith Biblical Counseling resource I've read, and I was pleasantly surprised. For the length of the minibook, there was a lot of information and perspective, and it was well-organized. I will say I prefer a "chapter" approach, even in a minibook (it makes it easier to assign to counselees). This made it seem as though I was getting all the information in one setting. As a counselee, this would seem to be a tall order. Admittedly, with a situation as dangerous as cutting, it's important to deal with the presenting problem quickly. As for the material, I thought Dr. Baker did a great job. Her thoughts on the blood of Christ and its sufficiency were especially powerful. I thought the use of Matthew 5:36 (changing a hair on your head) was a great one to include since cutting is all about an attempt to control. This would be a great resource to use, overall.

[Abbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The problem with cutting is that it can only offer temporarily relief. Instead of turning to something that will never satisfy, those struggling with cutting need to turn to Jesus - who deeply treasures His own and whose blood is completely sufficient.

[Kirsten · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved how this book was written directly to the counselee. Though it did not cover everything, it is a helpful reference for the counselor.