A new work by the author of The Power of the Praying Wife helps women discover and cultivate "wholeness" in their lives. Original Lord, I Want to Be Who helps those who are troubled by depression find emotional wholeness and become all God made them to be Acknowledgments xiii Steps to Emotional Health 1(2) What Is Emotional Health? 3(1) Seven Steps to Emotional Health 4(2) What You Should Expect 6(4) What the Bible Says 9(1) Step One: Release the Past 10(18) The Foundation of Confession 12(5) The Weight of Unconfessed Sin 16(1) The Foundation of Ongoing Forgiveness 17(11) Stairway to Wholeness 19(2) Forgiving the Abuser 21(2) Confronting the Abuser 23(1) Forgiving Yourself and God 24(3) What the Bible Says 27(1) Step Two: Live in Obedience 28(47) Live in Obedience by Taking Charge of Your Mind 30(8) What Is Your State of Mind? 33(3) Tactics of War 36(1) What the Bible Says 37(1) Live in Obedience by Renouncing the Occult 38(5) Aligning with a Winner 40(1) What the Bible Says 41(1) Act Immediately 42(1) Live in Obedience by Saying No to Sexual Immorality 43(7) Sex As a Soul Tie 44(1) When It Wasn't Your Fault 45(2) Building a Relationship That Lasts 47(1) What the Bible Says 48(2) Live in Obedience by Cleaning Out Your House 50(5) Discerning the Negative 52(1) What the Bible Says 53(1) Spiritual Cleaning 54(1) Live in Obedience by Taking Care of Your Body 55(8) What the Bible Says 56(2) Greater Physical Health God's Way 58(5) Live in Obedience by Watching What You Say 63(5) What the Bible Says 66(1) Look Who's Talking! 67(1) Live in Obedience by Fasting and Prayer 68(7) Who, Me? Why Should I Fast? 69(2) How Should I Fast? 71(1) The Fasting God Chooses 71(1) Twenty Reasons to Fast 72(2) What the Bible Says 74(1) Step Three: Find Deliverance 75(16) Nothing to Fear 76(2) What Deliverance Really Is 78(1) Can a Christian e Demon Possessed? 79(1) How a Person Can Be Demon Oppressed 80(2) The Flesh or the Devil? 82(1) How to Tell If You Need Deliverance 83(2) Seven Basic Steps to Deliverance 85(6) What the Bible Says 90(1) Step Four: Seek Total Restoration 91(13) New Levels of Deliverance or the Same Old Bondage? 93(2) Is It Possible to Find Deliverance Without a Counselor? 95(1) Counselors for His People 96(3) The Reluctance to Seek Counseling 99(1) Call on God First 100(4) What the Bible Says 103(1) Step Five: Receive God's Gifts 104(22) The Opening Act 104(2) Receive God's Gift of Love 106(5) Food for the Soul 107(1) God's Love Shows No Favoritism 108(1) What the Bible Says 109(1) Believing Is Receiving 110(1) Receive God's Gift of Grace 111(4) Not As We Deserve 112(1) What the Bible Says 113(2) Receive God's Gift of Power 115(5) Receiving Miracle Power 117(1) The Keys of the Kingdom 117(1) Opening Up to God's Power 118(1) What the Bible Says 119(1) Receive God's Gift of Rest 120(6) Resting in Him 122(1) Sabotaging Your Own Rest 122(3) What the Bible Says 125(1) Step Six: Reject the Pitfalls 126(73) Stepping over the Line 128(2) Reject the Pitfall of Anger 130(4) Blaming God 130(1) Dealing with Our Anger 131(1) What the Bible Says 132(2) Reject the Pitfall of Confusion 134(5) Confusion and the Worldly Perspective 136(1) What the Bible Says 137(1) How Do I Open Myself Up to Confusion? 138(1) How Do I Get Rid of Confusion? 138(1) Reject the Pitfall of Criticism 139(3) Crowding Out a Critical Spirit 140(1) What the Bible Says 141(1) Reject the Pitfall of Denial 142(7) Facing the Truth 143(4) Make No Room for Denial 147(1) What the Bible Says 148(1) Reject the Pitfall of Depression 149(7) Taking Action Against It 151(2) What the Bible Says 153(2) When Nothing Helps 155(1) Reject the Pitfall of Envy 156(5) The Fine Line Between Envy and Admiration 157(3) What the Bible Says 160(1) Reject the Pitfall of Fear 161(3) What to Do When You Are Afraid 162(1) What the Bible Says 163(1) Reject the Pitfall of Lust 164(7) Trust the Lord, Not Your Heart 165(4) After the Fall 169(1) What the Bible Says 170(1) Reject the Pitfall of Lying 171(4) Lying As a Means of Survival 172(2) What the Bible Says 174(1) Reject the Pitfall of Perfectionism 175(3) Perfect in Love 175(2) What the Bible Says 177(1) Reject the Pitfall of Pride 178(3) A Mask for Fear 179(1) What the Bible Says 180(1) Reject the Pitfall of Rebellion 181(5) Spiritual Apathy 182(1) Walking in the Will of God 183(1) What the Bible Says 184(2) Reject the Pitfall of Rejection 186(4) Living Like a Chosen One 188(1) What the Bible Says 189(1) Reject the Pitfall of Self-Pity 190(2) What the Bible Says 191(1) Focusing on God 192(1) Reject the Pitfall of Suicide 192(7) The Torment of Suicidal Thoughts 193(2) Resisting Thoughts of Suicide 195(1) The Best Is Yet To Come 196(2) What the Bible Says 198(1) Step Seven: Stand Strong 199(29) Trusting God for Every Step 202(1) Growing Up in the Lord 202(2) Standing Strong When the Enemy Attacks 204(13) Four Ways to Recognize Enemy Attack 205(3) Seven Things I Know Are True About God 208(3) Seven Things I know Are True About the Devil 211(2) Seven Reasons the Enemy Can Attack 213(1) What the Bible Says 214(1) Seven Signs of Satanic Attack 215(1) What to Do When the Enemy Attacks 216(1) Standing Strong When Your Prayers Haven't Been Answered 217(6) The Purpose of Suffering 218(2) What the Bible Says 220(1) Treasures of Darkness 221(1) How to Grow in the Dark 221(2) Standing Strong When Your Prayers Have Been Answered 223(5) How Quickly We Forget 224(1) Watch Out for the Giants 225(1) Keep It Written in Stone 226(1) What the Bible Says 227(1) Becoming All God Made You to Be 228(9) Staying Emotionally Current 229(1) Remembering the Truth About Yourself 230(7) Seven Things God Says Are True About Me 234(2) What the Bible Says 236(1) About the Author 237