Are you always trying hard, but feel like it's never good enough?  
   
Tired of Trying to Measure Up is written for Christians who live under a deeply ingrained code of expectations and rules that shame them and drain them of spiritual strength.  
Do you wonder:  
   
\* Why do I feel so guilty?  
\* Why is it so hard to rest, even when I know I need to?  
\* Why does my religious activity leave me unfulfilled?  
\* Where's the "abundant life" God promised?  
   
If these questions sound familiar, this book is for you. It won't teach you how to change your behavior or try harder. If trying hard was the key to the victorious Christian life, you'd probably be in the hall of fame by now, don't you think? This is a message to help you unmask the lies that keep you on the works treadmill and to help you discover the liberation of the gospel of grace in Jesus Christ and the rest that comes through the cross.  
   
When there's more emphasis on doing right than knowing God and His grace, this book points the way to freedom.

Jeff VanVonderen is an internationally known speaker on addictions and church and family wellness He has worked as a counselor in both residential and outpatient treatment settings, as well as in the religious community, taught at the college level, and is the author of several books, including Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them. He is one of the featured interventionists on the A&amp;E documentary series Intervention, which has won its second Prism Award. He has also appeared on Oprah, the Today Show, and Larry King Live. He has eight grandchildren and makes his home in Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.jeffvanvonderen.com.

Provides a path to freedom for those weighed down by shame, showing the way to acceptance in Christ based on the gospel of grace.

VanVonderen, Jeff

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TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

DEDICATION

PART I: WOUNDED BY SHAME

INTRODUCTION: WHY CAN'T I MEASURE UP?

1. HOW IT ALL BEGAN

2. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?

3. THE POWER OF PAST RELATIONSHIPS

4. WHEN SHAME IS THE NAME OF THE GAME

5. RUN OVER BY SHAME

6. SPIRITUAL ABUSE

7. I FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S NEVER ENOUGH

PART II: HEALED BY GRACE

INTRODUCTION: CHAINS DO DROP OFF

8. BREAKING THE "GIVE-UP/TRY-HARD" CYCLE

9. GOD SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN SHAME

10. GOD'S STANCE TOWARD THE WOUNDED

11. GOD'S SOLUTION TO SHAME: A NEW CREATION

12. FIGHTING THE NEW FIGHT: THEOLOGICALLY

13. FIGHTING THE NEW FIGHT: IN REAL LIFE

14. FIGHTING THE NEW FIGHT: EXERCISES

Tired Of Trying To Measure Up is written for Christians who live under a deeply ingrained code of written and unwritten expectations and rules that shame them and drain them of spiritual strength. Here are some tell-tale signs: --Always struggling spiritually, but never feeling anything but tiredness. &gt;--Always felling guilty--nothing is ever "good enough."--Rest is impossible--even when it's needed. --Performance expectations prove you'll never "measure up." --The Christian life has ceased to be a joy. If those signs match your experience, this book is for you. The author is not trying to get you to behave in a "Christian" manner. If trying hard were the key to the victorious Christian life, you'd probably be in the hall of fame by now, don't you think? This is a message to help you unmask the lies that keep you on a works-righteousness treadmill, to help you discover the liberation of the gospel of grace in Jesus Christ and the rest that comes through what Christ has done on the cross. When there's more emphasis on doing right than knowing God and His grace, this book points the way to freedom.

Jeff VanVonderen is an internationally known speaker on addictions and church and family wellness. He has worked as a counselor in both residential and out-patient treatment settings, as well as in the religious community, taught at the college level, and is the author of several books including Families Where Grace Is In Place. He makes his home in California.

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