As a child of God, minister, and therapist for the past decade, I have noticed that many of my clients' struggles in their spiritual life, work, and relationship stressors have significantly increased due to not having the faith support, trauma from Church hurt, poor faith and life coping skills, which led to negative thinking (catastrophizing), poor choices and decisions they made from past trauma or fear, misplaced loyalty, vanity or materialism, and most prevalent was the fear of being abandoned or alone. This book emerged from my desire to help those struggling with unhealthy decision-making influenced by their faith struggles find a place that will support them with learning and growing in Christ in a healthy, Christian, safe space. The goal is to support believers emotionally, physically, financially, and spiritually to feel less overwhelmed, more loved, and supported, and to give them the tools to find a healthy Church home that fits their needs.
This book guides its readers in learning about how to identify and understand the Church structure, the roles and responsibilities of Church offices, and their roles as believers to help improve their ministries, faith community, spiritual coping and decision-making, and, ultimately, the great Commission. The goal is to support individuals in applying their faith to their daily life struggles. I believe God has given us the power to control our negative intrusive thoughts (that little devil on your shoulder) and empowered us not to react to those thoughts emotionally. While the book focuses on building and applying our faith to all aspects of our lives that we struggle with, it also provides insight into God's desire for us to not just live but live abundantly in all areas of our lives!