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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash A Revolution In Your Life in Christ Hardcover – Illustrated, July 1, 2006
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- Print length227 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIntegrity Publishers
- Publication dateJuly 1, 2006
- Dimensions5.56 x 0.91 x 8.18 inches
- ISBN-101591454522
- ISBN-13978-1591454526
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- Publisher : Integrity Publishers (July 1, 2006)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 227 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1591454522
- ISBN-13 : 978-1591454526
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.56 x 0.91 x 8.18 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #381,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #830 in Religious Faith
- #933 in Christian Faith (Books)
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About the author
After leading New Life Fellowship Church for 26 years, Pete Scazzero co-founded Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, a groundbreaking ministry that moves the church forward by slowing the church down in order to multiply deeply changed leaders and disciples.
Pete hosts the top-ranked Emotionally Healthy Leader podcast and is the author of a number of bestselling books, including The Emotionally Healthy Leader and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. Pete and his wife Geri also developed The Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Course (Part 1 and 2), a powerful resource that moves people from a shallow to a deep relationship with Jesus.
Pete and Geri remain vital members of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, NY.
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Customers find the book easy to read and refreshing. They appreciate the author's insights and encourage self-discovery through the principles. The book provides a deep spiritual journey that culminates in a culmination. Readers praise the author's honesty about his struggles and openness about his own life. They consider it a Christian must-read, coming from a Christian world view point and encouraging Christians to be authentic. The depth and richness of the content are appreciated.
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Customers find the book insightful and engaging. They say it makes them think about their lives and encourages them to apply principles as they see fit. The content is compelling and provides a valuable counter-narrative to other books on spirituality. Readers appreciate the practical day-to-day ideas that hit the important truths first. Overall, customers find the book offers a valuable counter-argument to the overflow of books on spirituality.
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2011I recently read "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality," by Peter Scazzero. This book was written as a follow up to a previous book by the same author entitled, "The Emotionally Healthy Church." I must admit that I began reading this book expecting that the author would simply "repackage" the same material from the first book, but that is not the case at all. Scazzero obviously wrote this book to share the information that he has gleaned after "The Emotionally Healthy Church" was written. This book is much deeper and more profound than "The Emotionally Healthy Spirituality" due to the intensely practical subject matter that are honestly addressed. Let me explain what I mean.
As is true in most things in life, oftentimes the best way to motivate someone to learn something new is to present the problem first. Scazzero does that very well by discussing the pain, loneliness, fear, and brokenness that plague every living person today, and even those that lead in the Church. The author spends his time here developing the idea that there is an obvious and clear connection to our emotional health and our spiritual health. He then moves on to discuss in detail the top ten symptoms that someone is emotionally unhealthy. I must admit that I have been guilty of almost every one of these symptoms in the past. Just having an awareness of these symptoms is useful because it can alert me when some area of my life is getting out of order. However, Scazzero does not leave you hanging there: recognizing the symptoms of a problem are not enough.
Scazzero then gives a detailed description of what emotional and spiritual health looks like. The chapter was so beautifully descriptive that it really makes you want it for your own life. At this point is where the book really set my mind and heart on fire! Scazzero challenged his reads to become what he calls "your authentic self." He espouses that to truly know and love God, you must learn to truly know and love yourself. To truly know myself requires that I understand my family of origin and the dynamics and history that goes alone with it. I don't have time to do it justice here, but his logic and biblical support are hard to refute.
Chapters six and seven are the section that spoke to me the most. If these two chapters were the only part that was powerfully moving and informative, I would still recommend that you go out and buy it. Scazzero has compiled the teachings of several authors in these sections to create a powerful resource for anyone who is going through "the valley of the shadow of death" type experience in their own lives or who wishes to help someone who is. The author's personal observations and encouragements contained in this section of the book were beautiful and insightful. If you don't need this information now, you probably will in the near future. We all suffer through pain and loss in life and Scazzero has provided a very practical tool that will help you in those darkest days.
In conclusion, This book does not just teach you how to be a better husband or leader; it instructs you on how to be a better human being and to be at peace "in your own skin.' To fail to read this book would be foolish due to the potential benefits that this information would have on your life. Furthermore, the change that would occur in your life would be like ripples in a pond that would affect your immediate family and everyone that you affect and influence. I loved this book and plan on sharing it with as many people as I can. I moved, inspired, and equipped me to live a healthier and happier life. Pick up a copy today and begin the journey of emotional health and contemplative spirituality. Begin reading this book immediately!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2011Pete Scazzero (the pastor of a thriving church in New York) writes a very transparent and yet helpful account of how Christians have a tendency to neglect two areas of their lives: the emotions, and the realities of generational sin. He begins the book by demonstrating how devastating this can be in relationships, and how this affects the corporate health of the body of Christ. What this does ultimately is it creates a "false peace" that deals only with symptoms and not the causes of what makes for unhealthy relationships.
I think this book is must reading for all Christians, especially church leaders (pastors, teachers, small group leaders, etc.) because I think most interpersonal relationships, marriages, families, and thus churches live in this reality Scazzero calls "false peace." In the book he gives various examples from his life, and others lives - as well as many biblical examples of how to identify these real emotional and sinful tendencies, and how to correct them through the biblical disciplines.
For example - I have discipled numerous men over the years (as a pastor and professional life coach) who know the Bible well, but their relationships are a mess. Sometimes they have a ton of repressed anger inside, or are trying to "make up" for the approval they never received at home, or they have an incurable "lust" problem, etc. Ultimately, all these "realities" are typically below the surface in the discipleship process - and never dealt with. We give people more verses; more lists of dos and don'ts, and continue to live in this realm of false peace.
Scazzero builds a great case in the book for identifying personal and generational sin, and gives excellent tools for grappling with, and overcoming these areas of sin with the help of God's Word and the Holy Spirit. I can't recommend this book (and the workbook that goes with it) highly enough. I think if Christians and churches (he's also written a book called the Emotionally Healthy Church with a workbook that goes with it) want to really become healthy and rid the false peace and barriers that have been built up over time, you can't do any better than to read and work through this book.
My wife and I have read this book and gone through the workbook at least four times, and it has been absolutely life transforming. Along with R.C. Sproul's the "Holiness of God," and Peter Kreeft's ("Heaven: The Heart's Deepest Longing") and Randy Alcorn's books on Heaven - this book has radically changed my thinking and behavior - and has helped me repent of, and deal with sin in my life in a way that few books have helped me to do. I think every Christian should read this book more than once and go through the workbook with another person, or several people (small groups are ideal - especially if they are a close knit small group).
As a pastor and church leader for many years I also recommend that staff's, elders, and ministry teams go through this book for healthier teams that will radically benefit the body of Christ for good. If I could give this a higher rating than a five I would - this book is one of the greatest gifts of God's grace I've received - it has helped me in all of my relationships - with God, other believers, and those who have yet to believe - and taken me to a deeper level in all these relationships than I ever thought possible.
Top reviews from other countries
- Jay LeeReviewed in Canada on June 26, 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Healing Journey
Great read that helps uncover the deeper root issues that lie beneath the surface. Really helped me understand and become self aware of my own emotional spiritual unhealth necessary for my healing journey.
- Linda SusanReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Radical stuff and so helpful. It will change your life.
Brilliant book, am enjoying it so much. Good to know more about yourself and how your past experiences can affect your walk with God, but the good thing is once you understand all this and with God's grace you can overcome all these thing. Really is so honest and helps you understand how your family model can affect your responses. Lots of scripture and clear explanations.
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RuthReviewed in Germany on August 9, 2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Ermutigend
Das Buch ist sehr lebensnah und ehrlich geschrieben. Es hilft auf dem Weg ehrlich mit sich
selbst zu werden und dadurch eine neue Lebensqualität und Lebenstiefe zu finden.
Kann ich wirklich empfehlen. Es ist kein Buch zur Selbsthilfe sondern hilft, den Weg zu Gott
und Jesus Christus wieder zu finden.
Ruth
- readingReviewed in Canada on April 14, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars essential read for emotional maturity
This book is an essential read for emotional maturity. It develops the idea that reality is where God meets us, so pretending or denying the reality of our emotions does not allow God to transform us into what he created us to be. Dealing honestly with emotions in the presence of God's grace can allow us to move beyond the past and realize our full potential as unique people, moving beyond others' expectations of us. Scazzero provides daily practices to realize this potential.
- sarah watkinsReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars challenging and refreshing
this book came along just at the right time. i have been been a christian for a number of years but passively letting life pass-by. this has reawakened renewed and inspired my spirit no end.
do not just read this book but take time to make notes and to really digest what has been written and it will change your spirituality no end.