Developing Inner Strength
Overview
Are you lonely or anxious? Do you feel burned out or broken-hearted, insecure or abused? Painful emotions, whatever their cause, have a myriad of effects. They can drain your enthusiasm, sap your creativity, impact your relationships, even affect your health—both physically and spiritually. God wants to comfort and heal you, no matter how deep you pain.
In this encouraging guide, Charles Stanley leads you on a biblical journey that reveals the Lord's powerful role in helping you overcome emotional burdens. Unlike so many self-help books, Developing Inner Strength points you to God's help—the only source of true, lasting healing and the strength that you need.
- Keys to study
- Biblical truth
Top Highlights
“The Bible is not a self-help book but, rather, a God-will-help book.” (Page 1)
“God also has a perfect timetable for accomplishing His will. Just as the Lord has a right thing for you to do, a right path in which you are to walk, and a right growth pattern for your faith, so, too, He has a right time for each step He leads you to take.” (Page 71)
“When times of anxiety and fear seem to overwhelm you, you must make a conscious, deliberate effort to take control over your own thoughts and to bring them into conformity with God’s Word.” (Page 27)
“‘And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me’ (John 16:32). Jesus knew what it was to be comforted even in the face of abandonment.” (Page 13)
“ God arranges the circumstances and chooses the tools that lead to our being broken.” (Page 101)
- Title: Developing Inner Strength
- Author: Charles Stanley
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2007
- Pages: 110
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Study and teaching
- ISBNs: 9780529102744, 0529102749
- Resource ID: LLS:DEVLPINNERSTR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:16:35Z
Charles Stanley (1932–2023) was often called “America’s Pastor.” He earned his bachelor of divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and his master’s degree and doctorate at Luther Rice Seminary. His theological viewpoint was evangelical and dispensational in nature.
Stanley served as senior pastor of the First Baptist Church Atlanta from 1971-2020. He ws the founder and president of In Touch Ministries and had served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The radio and television broadcast In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley aired around the world in more than 50 languages and covered an array of topics—from finances to parenting.
Stanley was a New York Times bestselling author who had written more than 45 books, including The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible, The Reason for My Hope, Walking Wisely: Real Guidance for Life’s Journey, and dozens more in The Charles Stanley Collection (46 vols.).