A Small Book about Why We Hide: How Jesus Rescues Us from Insecurity, Regret, Failure, and Shame (A Small Book)
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Overview
As humans, we are prone to insecurities, fear of failure, and regrets which we try to hide and cover up, resulting in isolation from both those around us and God. Through fifty devotionals, counselor Edward T. Welch shows us how God speaks with gentleness, depth, and hope that will lead us out of hiding and to live more openly, authentic, and regret-free.
Welch speaks to our struggles with shame, disappointments, and inadequacy with God’s words of love and change. Welch shows us how we were created to be known by God and others, and how hiding undermines these relationships. Each daily devotional focuses on a specific biblical truth that unpacks the reasons underlying our feelings of failure and weakness and then points us in the direction of turning to God for acceptance, identity, and security.
Sometimes we hide because of our own failures and weakness, and sometimes we hide because of what others have done and said to us, but in either case, we can be free from shame because of the work of Christ on the cross. Jesus took our shame on himself, so we can trust that now we are valued children of God.
Through a closer examination of Scripture, we can be assured God will meet us in the insecurities of daily life. We can find true security in his love and live freely and honestly with others.
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- Points readers in the direction of turning to God for acceptance, identity, and security
- Shows readers how God speaks with gentleness, depth, and hope that will lead us out of hiding
- Speaks to our struggles with shame, disappointments, and inadequacy with God’s words of love
- Being Seen
- It’s Everywhere
- Fear
- “I Am Disappointed in You” .
- A Closer Look
- Feelings and Faith
- Don’t Hide from God
- Humility
- God Loves You More Than You Love Him
- Love God More Than Other People
- Love People More Than Need People
- Listen
- Brought Close
- The Path So Far
- Be Perfect
- Two Kingdoms
- A Child or a Slave
- My Father
- Fear of People
- People as Idols
- Return
- Mile Markers
- Failure
- Average
- Weakness
- Last
- Résumés Set Afire
- A Thicker Skin, a Tender Heart
- Prayer
- Something Darker
- God Rejected
- Your Story
- “If Only . . .”
- Jesus Your High Priest
- Your High Priest Cleanses You
- Your High Priest Knows You
- Your High Priest Enters Your Story
- Your High Priest Prays for You
- Respond to Your High Priest
- Your Accuser
- New Boundaries
- The New End
- God Singing
- Jacob’s Favorite
- A Woman Touched
- Two Banquets
- God Wants to Be Near
- Laughter
- Scripture Opens
- Today
Insecurities, the Fear of People, Regrets, and Failure
Shame, Worthlessness, and Self-Loathing
"There are few people I trust more than Ed Welch to help me navigate issues of shame and insecurity. In this brief but rich book, Ed points us to the full breadth of how Scripture speaks into our struggles and welcomes us out of hiding. You won't find platitudes of self-empowerment here, but you will find true hope and acceptance by a Savior who has a unique love for those who tend to hide and be ashamed.
—Jonathan D. Holmes, Pastor of Counseling, Parkside Church; executive director, Fieldstone Counseling
Ed Welc’'s new book, A Small Book about Why We Hide, is a huge encouragement for those, like me, wanting greater freedom from insecurity, regret, failure, and shame. In fifty brief meditations, Ed helps us understand how the gospel puts an end to our posing and pretending. Jesus, the one who knows us the best, loves us the most. He didn't just take our guilt; he bore our shame. The more alive we are to the love and loveliness of Jesus, the less we hide and the freer we become, the greater our joy, and the quicker our repentance. Being present starts meaning more to us than being impressive. Who doesn't want more of that?
—Scotty Ward Smith, Pastor Emeritus, Christ Community Church, Franklin, TN; teacher-in-residence, West End Community Church, Nashville, TN
Insecurity, failure, shame, and hiding from God and people—these are not small troubles. They haunt us. Every day. Praise God for a devotional book that delivers gospel truth for every day. In Christ, God pursues, forgives, and covers us. He does even more. Ed Welch invites us to trust and follow the One who removes every reason to hide.
—ohn Henderson, Pastor and professor
- Title: A Small Book about Why We Hide
- Author: Edward T. Welch
- Series: A Small Book
- Publisher: New Growth Press
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781645071419, 1645071413
- Resource ID: LLS:SMLLBKWHYWHD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-26T21:05:12Z
Edward T. Welch (PhD, University of Utah) is a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, where he has served since 1981. He holds a doctor of philosophy in counseling (neuropsychology) from the University of Utah and a master of divinity from Biblical Theological Seminary. Ed is a licensed psychologist and has been active in local church ministry for decades. He has been counseling for more than 35 years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. He has written numerous books, including When People Are Big and God Is Small (P&R Publishing, 1997), Shame Interrupted (New Growth Press, 2012), Side by Side (Crossway, 2015), and Created to Draw Near (Crossway, 2020). He blogs regularly at CCEF.org.