Workbooks Used in Our Ministry's Discipleship Program

God is calling you from sexual sin to sexual purity. This workbook is designed to help you understand and follow His call. . . . It is structured to emphasize the importance of intimate relationships in dealing with sexual sin. . . Throughout, you will be challenged to reveal openly before God and other men your heart, mind, and actions as they relate to sexual sin.

This is the first of four workbooks used in our discipleship program.
"You are entering this accountability agreement or group because you are suffering the effects of sexual sin and desire to change your behavior. God does not want you to be in bondage to sexual sins, but His primary desire is not to see you stop them. His primary desire is to have a loving, intimate relationship with you. Your sexual sins are an obstacle to that relationship. He desires not only to remove these behaviors, but many other sinful behaviors and attitudes that restrict your relationship with Him.
"As you relate intimately to God, He will grow within you the character of His Son, Jesus Christ. Rather than merely stopping sinful behaviors, He will grow within you something alive and active: the holiness, sexual purity and righteousness of His Son. This workbook will remind you to look beyond the paltry, second-class prize -- not engaging in sexual sin -- and to pursue the real prize: a vibrant, abundant relationship with God in which you live out the character of Jesus Christ." (from Introduction)

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Workbook # 2 Heart of the Problem: How to Stop Coping and Find a Cure for Your Struggles by Henry Brandt and Kerry L. Skinner

cover This is the second of four workbooks we use in our discipleship program.
Although it does not confront the issue of sexual sin directly, it deals biblically with many other areas that men with sexual sin have difficulty handling: anger, forgiveness, self-centeredness, anxiety, and more. The units on anger and finding relief vs. finding a cure are excellent. We have also used this workbook in our support group for the wives of men who attend our accountability groups. It is divided into 12 week-long units of five days each with Scripture to memorize each week.

"There is no wiser teacher in the Christian world than Henry Brandt. I have profited enormously from his work -- you will too!" -- Chuck Colson

"Henry Brandt has done a great service to the earnest, seeking heart by doing two things

Confronting us with ourselves, and often at our most difficult and bewildering moments.
Confronting us with God's clear provision for our every condition...

We have too much of the 'world's counsel and reasoning' as a substitute for God's counsel and truth. Brandt presents a refreshing and much-needed 'return to God!'"
Henry T. Blackaby

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Workbook # 3 The Walk of Repentance by Steve Gallagher

This is the third of four workbooks we use in our discipleship program.
Whereas the other workbooks include much sound explanation of Bible verses, this workbook equips and guides the reader to do the deep, rewarding work of Bible study for himself. It is divided into 24 weeks; five days of exercises require a half hour, preferably one hour of study each. Developed by Steve Gallagher, founder and director of Pure Life Ministries, a live-in program for men struggling with sexual sin located in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.
"What is it that stops people from finding the deliverance they so intensely seek after? The answer, says the author, is that people try to get the victory through human, carnal rationale and methods instead of through God's ways... Deliverance of sin is something that must happen in the heart and can only be found through true repentance. Something powerful happens in the heart when a person finally breaks down before God and surrenders his will. It is while the person is in that state of lowly brokenness that God is finally able to start the real work of restoration... The Walk of Repentance is a daily study through Scripture about how to find that repentance and how to continually live in it." (from workbook cover)

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Workbook # 4 Lord, I Want to Know You by Kay Arthur

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This is the fourth workbook we use in our discipleship program.
We find that men who struggle repeatedly with sexual sin often have a foundational mistrust of God. This workbook examines the character of God by studying the names given to Him in Scripture. Includes 42 days of exercises.
"'Some boast in chariots, and some in horses; but we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God' (Psalm 20:7) Where do you run for help? When you are in trouble, what is your first instinct? Do you run to others or to God? Is it usually the counsel of another rather than the counsel found in waiting upon God in prayer?... Why don't we run to the arms of our all-sufficient God? I think it's because most of us don't really know our God... In biblical times a name represented a person's character. God's name represents His character, His attributes, His nature. To know His name is to know Him. To boast in His name is to have confidence in who He is!" (pgs. 14-15)

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Workbook # 5 Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry Blackaby and Claude King

This book is used to help train group facilitators. Available in book, workbook, or combined book/workbook format.
"Experiencing God identifies and explores seven aspects of relating to God in a richer, more personal way: knowing, loving, hearing, joining, believing, obeying, and experiencing. This book encourages each of us to seek God's guiding hand as He reveals His loving relationship to us. As we obey and understand God, we become builders of His kingdom. Each chapter includes key biblical references plus questions for reflection or discussion." (from inside flap of cover)

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