As the world emphasizes sex to a greater degree, more and more people find themselves dealing with sexual addictioneither their own or that of a loved one. It is important that we begin to recognize and understand this problem so that it can be addressed. With that in mind, this memoir shares author Mary Gillespies personal story about a complicated marriage. They met and married young, and when Gillespies husband, Will, surrendered his life to the ministry, they began their journey in the ministry together. On the surface, things seemed fine, but there were many signs and indicators in their marriage that things were not right. When he was caught in an affair and diagnosed as having a sex addiction, she stayed with him, determined to discover the source of the addiction, to work through the problem, and to forgive him. But after his death, she learned that he had fallen back into his dark life, leaving her grieving both that and his loss. She struggled with her emotions, wanting desperately to understand the illness. Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict helps you understand the life and pain of a sex addictand that of the partner. Though the spouse can do little to help the addict, you can learn how to endure the helplessness of being unable to helpand how to help yourself survive.

The bestselling author of Confronting Jezebel offers a blueprint for discerning and defeating the passive spirit of Ahab--the counterpart to the toxic Jezebel spirit.

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This is definitely the bad kind of love...As Subaru continues to repeat events in the Sanctuary, he finally encounters the one being he should never interact with no matter the cost: the Witch of Jealousy. When she appears, all the people he cares for and even the land itself are engulfed by a shadow completely obsessed with Subaru. His devastation only worsens when he learns the original purpose of the testing site known as the Sanctuary—while the entire world slides toward a pure-white end. Stubbornly hanging on to hope for a better future, Subaru returns to the tomb, desperate to reunite with the Witch within, even if there’s a terrible price to pay...

This trailblazing volume juxtaposes traditions of faith from the Old Testament with themes of communion in the early church to produce rich new understandings of the Eucharist for today's worshipers. In a vivid and inviting style, Jon Berquist moves from the elements of the meal to the people who partake to the God who invites, producing fresh perspectives all along the way. Clergy and laity alike can enlarge their interpretation of communion by including motifs from the Old Testament.