Arline Westmeier

Healing the Wounded Soul, Vol. III Arline Westmeier

Many people are plagued with thoughts they cannot control. Some people repent time and again for the same wrongs they confessed for years, trying to feel more repentant with each confession. Other people's thoughts condemn them for the most insignificant errors. Others continually repeat certain rituals. How can we know if what we are thinking comes from God, or if we are simply listening to our own thoughts and desires? Or, worse yet, could this be a temptation coming from the enemy, appearing as an angel of light? How can we distinguish between God convicting us of sin and the temptation to get down on ourselves and become depressed? We know that God wants to communicate with us. Yet many people have little idea of how God communicates with us as individuals. We know that He speaks through His Word, but how can we know what He is trying to tell us as individuals when faced with hard decisions? How can we know that we're not imagining what we think He is saying? Examining our thought life involves distinguishing three kinds of voices. We use our minds to think our own thoughts. When God communicates with us, His thoughts must register in our minds if we are to understand what He is saying. Our temptations must also register in our minds if they are to become real temptations. In this volume of Healing the Wounded Soul, Dr. Westmeier helps readers to sort out their thoughts and gives biblical steps to become free from obsessive thinking. Healing the Wounded Soul is a four-volume set. Taking Every Thought Captive is the third volume. Although they can be read separately, each volume addresses healing in a specific area of life. The series was first published in Spanish and German.