First Aid for Your Emotional Hurts: Finding Help: Finding Help

By Dr. Edward E Moody Jr.

Readers will find words of comfort and hope through practical advice on surviving the difficulties they are facing, and through Scripture and examples from the Bible of those dealing with similar difficulties as well. Details of emotional and physical symptoms are shared as ways to overcome addictions and mental issnesses. Dr. Moody shares a biblical model for recovery from as well as gives appropriate resources available when professional help is needed by giving contact information for those resources. He speaks with a qualified voice to the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs in various situations faced in today's society. The size and price of the book make it a perfect outreach tool that will not overwhelm those who are hurting and need guidance through difficult times.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Randall House
• Release date: Jun 29, 2010
• ISBN: 9781614840114

Dr. Edward E Moody Jr.

Edward E. Moody Jr. has been a counselor educator at North Carolina Central University since 1995. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Counselor Education. Moody also serves as pastor of Tippett's Chapel in Clayton, NC. As a minister he has helped people with a variety of difficulties, and as a psychological consultant he has counseled troubled youth. He has a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in counselor education, an M.A. from Middle Tennessee State University in clinical psychology, and a B.A. from Free Will Baptist Bible College in pastoral training. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor in NC as well as a Licensed Health Services Provider-Psychological Associate. His first book published was "First Aid for Emotional Hurts - Helping People Through Difficult Times" and has become an excellent resource especially for ministers. Dr. Moody has also published several articles in scholastic journals and serves as a workshop leader for various events within the Christian community and counseling community. He and his wife, Lynne, live in North Carolina, along with their two children.

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FINDING HELP

Perhaps you are at a point in your life where you do not know what to do. You’ve picked up this booklet because you are overwhelmed with emotional pain. Everyone will experience emotional hurt at some point in life. We may experience it after the death of someone close to us or while enduring a chronic illness. Emotional hurt may be the result of experiencing a traumatic event or a problem from the past that will not go away. Issues ranging from an unexpected pregnancy to being overwhelmed by debt may upset our sense of balance. Family problems can lead to emotional hurt like a marriage that is not what it could be, one that has ended with divorce or a relationship plagued by abuse. Emotional hurt can be self-inflicted (e.g., stemming from substance abuse or gambling) or unavoidable like schizophrenia or another chronic illness. It could simply be a nagging sense that you aren’t what you ought to be.

The U.S Surgeon General has estimated that 28% of the adult population in the United States suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.¹

You may be experiencing emotional hurt as a result of a diagnosable mental disorder (e.g., major depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders). Whatever the situation, you know you need help. Where can you go?

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Mathew 11:28

Go to God

It is more than a cliché. Start by looking to God. Pick up a Bible and search for help there. What do we know about God? We know He has promised to give us rest; He has good plans for us; if you have a relationship with God He never leaves you nor forsakes you.

God’s plans for you: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

God is with you: Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

Wherever you go God is there: For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

Fear not, I am the one who helps you. Isaiah 41:13b

The Scriptures tell us to place our faith in Jesus Christ, submit to following Him, and we will be saved. Perhaps that is the first step for you. Your first step is to go to God.

Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and