How to Handle Adversity [Paperback]

Dr. Charles F. Stanley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2002

The loss of a job. A rebellious child. A loved one dies. A dear friend has been diagnosed with cancer. A struggling marriage. Financial hardships.

The list is endless. When hard times come, we need wisdom to navigate through the shoals of adversity into a safe harbor. And now, in How to Handle Adversity, Charles Stanley offers a practical, biblical approach to help us deal with the troubles common to us all.

Adversity is a reality that no one can avoid. Everyone asks why when adversity strikes. Yet Stanley contends, "As much as we all want to know the answer to the why question, it is really not the most significant question. The real question each of us needs to ask is, 'How should I respond?'

Previously published in hardcover (0-8407-9094-5)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785264183
• ISBN-13: 978-0785264187
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Charles Stanley is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of numerous books, including The Blessings of Brokenness and other titles in the popular A Touch of His... devotional series. His popular radio and TV program In Touch is heard and seen worldwide.

Customer Reviews

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book is the most beneficial book I've read to date!, December 23, 1998

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This review is from: How to Handle Adversity (Hardcover)

The book shows you how important it is to really trust in God - how to understand God's purpose in one's life - and that situations we experience in our life can be a lasting benefit for us here on earth. One of the points that I discovered in the book was the ability to be a comforter. A comforter by definition of Charles Stanley is someome who has experienced and through that episode is able to offer true compassion and understanding by virtue of one's own identical experience. This book really gave me an opportunity to realise that all adversity is not necessarily 'bad', but infact a life building and beneficial experience. Therefore, one should rejoice during periods of adversity knowing God is in control and His master plan never fails!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars arnold turner, July 4, 2007

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Arnold Turner "doright48" (kentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Handle Adversity (Walker Large Print Books) (Paperback)

I have read this book three times, each at a point of pain and difficulty. This is a great book and a mighty tool that God has used to change my life. We cannot choose what trials come into our life but our choices will determine what it will do to us. This book will equipt you to choose wisely. I recommend it to everyone, for adversity will come to all, sooner or later.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Written from the heart of God....", June 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Handle Adversity (Paperback)

Everyone seems to know how to tell us the best way to handle troubles these days. Charles Stanley knows how to tell us the Scriptural way, and truly writes from the heart of God.

Frankly, this book is only matched by the Joseph story in learning how God wants us to handle adversity. "With Joseph in the University of Adversity" is one of the best on this.

Both this, and the Joseph book speak to us from the heart, and not from the lofty heights of pedantic scholarship. Dr. Stanley is loved by nearly everyone. His unique in insight into surviving adversity will only add to his followers!

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