Handbook to Happiness: Handbook to Happiness: A Biblical Guide to Victorious Living PDF
Preview Handbook to Happiness: Handbook to Happiness: A Biblical Guide to Victorious Living
Visit Tyndale’s exciting Web site at www.tyndale.com. TYNDALE and Tyndale’s quill logo are registered trademarks of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Handbook to Happiness Copyright © 1971, 1989, 1999 by Charles R. Solomon. All rights reserved. Designed by Melinda Schumacher Edited by Susan Taylor This book was originally published under the title Handbook of Happiness by House of Solomon, Denver, Colorado. The first edition by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., was done by arrangement with House of Solomon. The material in this book may be used by laymen and pastors in sharing with others how their deepest needs may be met. It is not to be used in any professional counseling office or practice advertised as Spirituotherapy except as duly authorized by Grace Fellowship International, P.O. Box 368, Pigeon Forge, TN 37868. You may visit the GFI Web site at www.SolomoNet.org. The poems originally published in the first edition may now be found, along with a number of others, in books published by Solomon Publications, entitled Handbook to Happiness in Verse, The Ins and Out of Rejection, and The Rejection Syndrome and the Way to Acceptance. Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version. Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version,® NIV.® TM Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. Scripture quotations marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible, copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Other books by Dr. Solomon: The Ins and Out of Rejection Handbook for Christ-Centered Counseling The Rejection Syndrome and the Way to Acceptance Gems and Jargon Handbook to Happiness in Verse Handbook to Happiness and You—A Spiritual Clinic All are available from Solomon Publications, P.O. Box 6115, Sevierville, TN 37864. E-mail: To my wife, Sue, who has shared and suffered with me as my life was shaped on God’s anvil that I might begin to be “conformed to his image” (ROM. 8:29). Contents “Heart to Heart” Foreword Preface Introduction 1 Experiencing the Cross of Christ 2 How Spirituotherapy Works 3 What Spiritual Maturity Really Means 4 When Life Is like a Wilderness 5 Intellectual Understanding—Then What? 6 The Great Exchange 7 The Anatomy of a Downer and the Way Back to Victory 8 Testimonies of GFI— God’s Faithful Intervention 9 Counseling at the Century’s End Suggestions for Additional Reading About the Author Heart to Heart When we come to the place of full retreat And our heart cries out for God, The only person whose heart ours can meet Is one who has likewise trod. Others may offer a word of cheer To lift us from despair; But above the rest, the one we hear Is the whisper, “I’ve been there.” Charles R. Solomon Foreword I welcome the opportunity to write this brief foreword to Dr. Charles Solomon’s revised and expanded book Handbook to Happiness. What first drew me to his “counseling ministry” was his philosophy based on his theology! His contention is that many psychological problems are rooted in spiritual problems that can be resolved by a faith union with Christ, crucified, risen, and active in the believer’s life. Dr. Solomon knows that my life’s verse is Galatians 2:20. In fact, I have written a book titled Not I but Christ. We do not overlook, of course, the place and profession of the psychologist or psychiatrist. Certain distresses and diseases require medical and clinical diagnosis and treatment. So I thank God for outstanding Christian men and women who have been trained to serve in these fields of holistic healing. Supplementary to this, however, are the multitudes of people in desperate need who are being helped and healed by Spirituotherapy. Therefore, I commend this approach to counseling for three simple reasons: First the counseling is biblical. God says: “I am the Lord, who heals you” (Exodus 15:26, NIV). The reference here is to God’s healing power both physically and morally in total response to his commands and statutes. Something miraculous and marvelous happens when the Word of God is taught, applied, and obeyed. The psalmist could declare, “[God] sent his word, and healed them” (Psalm 107:20). This, essentially, is the ministry of Dr. Solomon. Depressed and defeated people come to him, and they go away healed by the living Word of God. Second, the counseling is balanced. Reading through this book once again, I sensed the balanced approach to this vital ministry of helping and healing people’s minds and bodies. Dr. Solomon does not claim a monopoly in his methodology; he recognizes that some patients require more than what he can offer. I am always skeptical of those who claim to be the “only” answer to human need. Third, the counseling is beneficial. I invite readers to peruse these pages and examine the testimonies of those who have been personally and eternally benefited by the doctor’s ministry. He calls these personal records God’s faithful interventions. And, to say the least, they ring true. As this new edition of Handbook to Happiness goes forth, I pray that God will greatly use it to bring many into the experience of miraculous and victorious living, to the glory of God! Stephen F. Olford Founder of the Stephen Olford Center for Biblical Preaching Memphis, Tennessee
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