Winner of Christianity Today's Critics' Choice Award  
  
In this award-winning book, Leanne Payne reveals how to overcome the three great barriers that keep us from becoming whole persons:  
  
-The inability to receive God's forgiveness  
-The inability to forgive others  
-The inability to accept ourselves  
  
  
"This book is a classic of Christian psychology and spiritual theology."--Richard Lovelace, author of The Dynamics of Spiritual Life "A balanced blend of scriptural truth, sound theology, and theraputic insight--made unusually clear by relevant illustrations."--David Seamands, author of Healing for Damaged Emotions

__Leanne Payne__ was founder and president of Pastoral Care Ministries and the author of many articles and books, including Real Presence, Restoring the Christian Soul, and Listening Prayer.

Three barriers keep us from being whole persons: (1) inability to receive forgiveness; (2) inability to forgive; (3) inability to accept ourselves.

Acknowledgments  
Preface  
  
Part I: The Virtue of Self-Acceptance  
1\. Self-Hatred: The Traitor Within When Temptation Comes  
2\. First Great Barrier to Wholeness in Christ: Failure to Accept Oneself  
3\. Struggling Through to Self-Acceptance  
4\. Affirmation: What It Is and How It Is Received  
5\. Listening Prayer: The Way of Grace and the Walk in the Spirit  
  
Part II: The Forgiveness of Sin  
6\. Healing of Memories: The Forgiveness of Sin  
7\. Second Great Barrier to Wholeness in Christ: Failure to Forgive Others  
8\. Prolonged Healing of Memories: Abandonment Issues and the Repression of Painful Emotions  
9\. Third Great Barrier to Wholeness in Christ: Failure to Receive Forgiveness  
10\. Conclusion to Healing of Memories  
  
Part III: Spiritual Warfare and the Gift of Battle  
11\. The Use of Holy Water and Other Powerful Christian Symbols and Agencies  
12\. The Gift of Battle  
13\. Cosmic Dimensions of the Spiritual Warfare in Christian Organizations  
14\. Wrong Ways to Do Battle  
15\. Restoring the Christian Hope of Heaven and the Grace to Persevere  
  
Notes  
Index

Payne, Leanne

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I: The Virtue of Self-Acceptance

1: Self-Hatred: The Traitor Within When Temptation Comes

2: First Great Barrier to Wholeness in Christ: Failure to Accept Oneself

3: Struggling Through to Self-Acceptance

4: Affirmation: What It Is and How It Is Received

5: Listening Prayer: The Way of Grace and the Walk in the Spirit

Part II: The Forgiveness of Sin

6: Healing of Memories: The Forgiveness of Sin

7: Second Great Barrier to Wholeness in Christ: Failure to Forgive Others

8: Prolonged Healing of Memories: Abandonment Issues and the Repression of Painful Emotions

9: Third Great Barrier to Wholeness in Christ: Failure to Receive Forgiveness

10: Conclusion to Healing of Memories

Part III: Spiritual Warfare and the Gift of Battle

11: The Use of Holy Water and Other Powerful Christian Symbols and Agencies

12: The Gift of Battle

13: Cosmic Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare in Christian Organizations

14: Wrong Ways to Do Battle

15: Restoring the Christian Hope of Heaven and the Grace to Persevere

Notes

Index

Other Books by Author

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Winner of Christianity Today's Critics'--Choice Award In this award-winning book, Leanne Payne reveals how to overcome the three great barriers that keep us from becoming whole persons: inability to receive God's forgiveness, inability to forgive others, and inability to accept ourselves.

Leanne Payne is the founder of Pastoral Care Ministries (PCM), based in Wheaton, Illinois, and the author of seven books, including The Broken Image, Crisis in Masculinity, and Listening Prayer.

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Three barriers keep us from being whole persons: (1) inability to receive forgiveness; (2) inability to forgive; (3) inability to accept ourselves.

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