Facing Loneliness - Softcover

J. Oswqald Sanders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0946616485 ISBN 13: 9780946616480

Publisher: Discovery House, 1988

Synopsis

Facing Loneliness: The Starting Point of a New Journey. "Where is God when I am lonely?" Facing Loneliness is written by one who has known it. Twice losing a loved wife and seventeen years as a widower has afforded personal experience. Can relief be found? Yes, says the author, but only when we go beyond the symptoms and deal with the centre from which the malady springs. The lack of intimacy which is one of the most painful elements must be redressed and remedied. J. Oswald Sanders is an international convention speaker and author of more than thirty books. He is a former General Director of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship.

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Facing Loneliness

Whether it results from death of a spouse or loved one, from unemployment or divorce, from age or other circumstances, loneliness confronts most of us at some time during our life. In Facing Loneliness the author provides both biblical and practical guidelines for managing this devastating emotion and experience.

J. Oswald Sanders, who experienced the poignancy of loneliness in his own life, shows you how to identify the symptoms and causes of loneliness and how to deal with the heart of the issue--the lonely person's lack of intimacy. He offers hope and practical wisdom as he encourages and challenges you to take specific steps to overcome the unpleasant effects of being lonely.

"I know there is no simple or single answer to the problem, no glib solution...Loneliness is a complex phenomenon, and different types of loneliness require different approaches... But the resources available, both from God and from fellow men and women, are more abundant than we realize...Furthermore, loneliness can be the starting point of a new journey toward moral and spiritual maturity."

About the Author

Dr. John Oswald Sanders (1902-1992) was an international Christian preacher, missionary statesman, and prolific author for nearly seventy years and wrote over forty books on spiritual living. This respected Bible teacher and writer influenced Christians throughout the world for much of the twentieth century. He is primarily remembered for his Christian classic Spiritual Leadership and as the General Director of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly China Inland Mission). Dr. Sanders died in his native New Zealand in 1992 at the age of ninety.

Edition details

• Publisher: Discovery House
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0946616485
• ISBN 13: 9780946616480
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192