The Bible for Hope (NKJV) (Epub)

7906 Pages·2016·30.93 MB·English

by  Thomas Nelson

THE BIBLE FOR HOPE:
CARING FOR PEOPLE GOD’S WAY
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(FORMERLY TITLED THE SOUL CARE BIBLE) Copyright 2001 by American Association of
Christian Counselors
Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Produced by The Livingstone Corporation
Edited by Linda Taylor, Project Editor, Bibles Typeset by Red Wing Typesetting
The Holy Bible, New King James Version
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Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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Well-known Christian leaders endorse The Bible for Hope for all
who need God’s care:
“As I pored through the pages of The Bible for Hope I felt hopeful. I thought of
all the people I meet along the way who look at life past, present, and future with
a sense of futility and frustration. The Word of God is their answer. The Bible
for Hope is a very practical tool, filled with ‘real life’ examples to encourage
them along the path to victorious living.”
H.B. London Jr.
Vice President, Ministry Outreach / Pastoral Ministries
Focus on the Family
“The Bible for Hope reminds us how deeply God knows, understands, and cares
for each of us. It offers a path of healing and greater intimacy with Him.”
Josh McDowell
Josh McDowell Ministries
“The Bible for Hope provides a greater understanding of God’s guidelines for
helping us to live happier, healthier lives. The applications for each passage of
Scripture make it easier for us to grasp His infinite love for us and understand
why caring for our souls should be a priority.”
Paul Meier
Psychiatrist, Co-founder and Medical Director of New Life Clinics
“The Bible for Hope is written with compassion and concern. There is nothing
like it. It will meet people at the point of their need and is destined to be a
resource to which all of us will continually resort.”
Woodrow Kroll
President and Senior Bible Teacher
Back to the Bible
“I used to live with anxiety, depression, fear, hopelessness, and emotional pain
every day of my life. I don’t live with any of those things anymore, because I’ve
learned the truth about who God is, how He wants me to live, who He made me
to be, and how great His love is for me. This same truth is there for you, too, and
it can now be most easily found in The Bible for Hope.”
Stormie Omartian
Author, singer, dancer, actress
“The Bible for Hope will enable both trained and untrained people helpers to
become Bible-based encouragers who can effectively minister to the many needy
souls in our culture. I enthusiastically recommend this much needed resource.”
Tim LaHaye
Author, pastor, Christian educator
“I am genuinely excited about The Bible for Hope! We finally have a tool both
pastors and counselors can use together to help hurting people. Representing the
best of biblical scholarship and counseling insight, it is written in a warm and
practical style that informs the mind, encourages the heart, and moves the soul.
Every Christian needs this Bible.”
Jerry Falwell
Chancellor, Liberty University
Contents
Dedication
About the Editors
Contributors
Writers
Introduction to The Bible for Hope
Topical Index
Preface to the New King James Version
THE OLD TESTAMENT
THE NEW TESTAMENT
Endnotes
Dedication
To all those who dare to be open to the heart of God
and to the suffering of others.
May you be
encouraged to reach beyond yourselves,
gifted to impart wisdom and comfort, and
blessed as you give care and nurture to another.
About the Editors
Timothy Clinton, Ed.D., LPC, LMFT
Tim is President of the 40,000-member American Association of Christian
Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling
association in the world. He is Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care and
Executive Director of the Center for Christian Counseling and Family Studies at
Liberty University. Licensed in Virginia as both a Professional Counselor (LPC)
and Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), he is President and maintains a
part-time counseling practice with Light Counseling, Inc., in Lynchburg,
Virginia, and also serves part-time as Pastor of Caring Ministries at Calvary
Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tim holds certification from the National
Board of Certified Counselors and serves on the Virginia Board of Counseling.
He hosts a national radio call-in program on Christian counseling and living, and
is a featured guest expert on the nationally syndicated Al Denson Television
Show.
Tim coauthored Competent Christian Counseling and Baby Boomer Blues,
and is the author of Before a Bad Goodbye: How to Turn Your Marriage
Around, and, with his wife Julie, The Marriage You Always Wanted. He is a
contributing editor for Christian Counseling Today magazine and the National
Liberty Journal, a columnist for Parent Life magazine, and the “Inside Law &
Ethics” co-columnist in The Christian Counseling Connection.
Tim is a Liberty University graduate with B.S. and M.A. degrees in pastoral
ministries and counseling. He has Ed.S. and Ed.D. degrees in counselor
education from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Tim and his wife,
Julie, and their two children live in Forest, Virginia.
Edward Hindson, Th.D., D.Min., D.Phil.
Ed is Professor of Religion at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, and serves
as Dean of the Institute of Biblical Studies, and Assistant to the Chancellor at
Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He serves on the Executive
Committee of the Pre-Trib Research Center. He is also a faculty member of
AACC’s Center for Biblical Counseling and is Director of the Division of
Pastoral Counseling in AACC. He is a pastor, theologian, scholar, and speaker of
world renown.
Ed is coeditor of The Knowing Jesus Study Bible, served as Associate Editor
of The Tim LaHaye Prophecy Study Bible, was a contributor to The Complete
Bible Commentary, and served as a translator for the New King James Version
of the Bible. He is the author of many other books on the Bible, prophecy,
pastoral ministry, and counseling, including Earth’s Final Hour and Totally
Sufficient. He also writes an ongoing column for the National Liberty Journal.
An M.A. graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Ed has a Th.D.
from Trinity Graduate School, a D.Min. from Westminster Theological
Seminary, and a D.Phil. from the University of South Africa. Ed and his wife,
Donna, live in Forest, Virginia.
George Ohlschlager, J.D., LCSW
George is Executive Director of the American Board of Christian Counselors,
the national Christian counselor credentialing, ethics management, and advocacy
agency of the AACC. He is Director of Policy and Professional Affairs for the
AACC, a Program Director of the Geneva Institute, and is also founding editor
and primary writer of AACC eNews & cNotes, the monthly electronic newsletter
of the AACC. George chairs the Law and Ethics Committee of the AACC, and
drafted the new AACC Christian Counseling Code of Ethics. He is a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and maintains a worldwide consulting,
coaching, training, and clinical-ethics development practice in conjunction with
AACC and Light Counseling. He is a part-time faculty member of AACC’s
Center for Biblical Counseling, and in pastoral counseling at Western Seminary
in Portland, Oregon.
George is coauthor of Competent Christian Counseling, Law for the Christian
Counselor, Sexual Misconduct in Counseling and Ministry, and the Liability
Management Notebook for Pastoral Counselors. He is the “Inside Law &
Ethics” co-columnist in the Christian Counseling Connection.
George holds an M.A. in counseling psychology and biblical-theological
studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has M.S.W. and J.D.
degrees from a dual-degree, interdisciplinary studies program in social work and
law at the University of Iowa. George and his wife, Lorraine, and their three