Boundaries

Boundaries

Product Description Are you in control of your life? Do people take advantage of you? Do you have trouble saying no? Christians often focus so much on being loving and giving that they forget their own limitations. Have you ever found yourself wondering: *Can I set limits and still be a loving person? *What are my legitimate boundaries? *How do I answer someone who wants my time, love, energy, or money? *Why do I feel guilty when I consider setting boundaries? Doctors Henry Cloud and John Townsend give you biblically based answers to these and other tough questions, showing you how to set healthy boundaries with parents, spouses, children, friends, coworkers, and even with yourself. Youll see vital principles of boundaries at work as Drs. Cloud and Townsend take you through a day in the life of Sherrie---first as she lives with almost no boundaries, then as she begins to apply proper boundaries with others in her life. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend (www.CloudTownsend.com) are popular speakers, psychologists, cohosts of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! radio program, and cofounders of Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources. Both graduated with doctorates in clinical psychology from Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, and both maintain private practices in Newport Beach, California. They are best-selling coauthors of several books, including Boundaries in Dating, Boundaries with Kids, and the Gold Medallion Award-winning Boundaries and Boundaries in Marriage. Review Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend have great insights and practical wisdom into the God-given gift of boundaries. As they discuss how to take responsibility for and ownership of our lives, they give hope that we cannot just survive -- but thrive! -- Josh McDowell, Author, Author and Speaker

|The contents of this book have had a life-changing effect on my wife and me. We thank God for men like Dr. John Townsend and Dr. Henry Cloud, who have used their professional expertise centered in godly wisdom to help so many of us who are hurting. Boundaries does not offer temporary relief but points a person to God and his ways for the ultimate cure! -- Dave Dravecky, Author, Founder of Outreach of Hope

|As I read this book, I kept fighting back the gnawing feeling that the whole trajectory of my life would have been different and better had I read this twenty years ago. -- Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church

|Boundaries define everything from football fields to nation-states, yet our culture has pretended it could violate boundaries in human relationships without serious consequences. Cloud and Townsend examine the damage caused by this flawed view and point the way back. -- Cal Thomas, Author, Syndicated Columnist

|In this insightful and extremely helpful book, you will learn about a simple concept that can change your life: healthy boundaries. Its the ability to mark off your life in such a way that you multiply your love for others and minimize the problems you face. And its waiting for you when you open this book I highly recommend. -- John Trent, PhD, President, Encouraging Words and StrongFamilies.com

|This book is going to provide a doorway of understanding and freedom for those of us who have allowed ourselves to be buried in the inability to say no. Thank you once again, Henry and John, for helping us toward freedom. -- Rich Buhler, Author, New Choices, New Boundaries

|Ive heard a myriad of sermons on Christian servanthood that never discussed the value of saying NO! in order to confront in love or to provide space to recharge the batteries. Boundaries is the Untold Story -- the other side of love and servanthood that we need so desperately but that we hear so little about. -- Howard G. Hendricks, Chairman, Center for Christian Leadership

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