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Every Single Woman's Battle: Guarding Your Heart and Mind Against Sexual and Emotional Compromise (The Every Man Series) Kindle Edition

by Shannon Ethridge (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Part of: The Every Man Series (25 books)

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Powerful Tools for Guarding Your Body, Mind, and Heart

Remaining pure while single isn’t easy in a culture that encourages a woman to use her body to gain power, respect, and personal fulfillment. The longing for emotional and physical connection can gradually and subtly lead you into compromises you never intended to make. But you can resist the pressures—or reclaim your purity—by building a strong foundation of integrity.

This book, ideal for study with Every Woman’s Battle, is designed specifically for single women and will give you the tools you need to resist temptation and discover true fulfillment. Through practical and biblical lessons you’ll be equipped to:

· understand the unique components of female sexuality
· discern your personal areas of vulnerability
· design a defense plan to protect your heart and mind, as well as your body
· allow God to satisfy the desires He placed within you

Each weekly study section—designed both for individual and small group use in eight-week or twelve-week tracks—guides you deeper into God’s Word, then helps you personalize and apply the principles that will help you live in sexual and emotional purity.

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Praise for Every Woman’s Battle and Every Young Woman’s Battle by Shannon Ethridge

“There is a common, almost Victorian, myth that women don’t really struggle with sexual sin. That myth causes many women to feel a double shame.The shame of struggling sexually is compounded by the assumption that few, if any, women share the same battle. Shannon Ethridge artfully and boldly unveils the war and offers women a way to enter the battle with courage, hope, and grace. Every Woman’s Battle will help both men and women comprehend the glorious beauty and sensuality of holiness. This is a desperately needed book.”
—DAN B. ALLENDER, PHD, president of Mars Hill Graduate School and author of The Healing Path

“This book sheds light on the often unspoken sensitivities and issues that women wrestle with. Not only is it well written, it is liberating and refreshing, with sound principles for overcoming the things that threaten to keep us from experiencing the fullness of joy that is part of God’s big picture plan for our lives.”
—MICHELLE MCKINNEY HAMMOND, speaker, singer, and author of Get Over It and On With It

“A ‘powerful shield’ for every woman. Shannon’s words are convicting, challenging, and confronting.”
—DR. TIM CLINTON, president of the American Association of Christian Counselors

“Many of my Bad Girls of the Bible readers have tearfully confessed to me their struggles with sexual sins—promiscuity, adultery, and self-gratification among them. Since we cannot pretend Christian women don’t face these temptations, it’s a relief to have a sound resource like this one to recommend. Shannon Ethridge’s straightforward, nonjudgmental, step-bystep approach can help women ‘come clean’ in the best way possible—through an i...

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Powerful Tools for Guarding Your Body, Mind, and Heart
Remaining pure while single isn't easy in a culture that encourages women to use their bodies to gain power and personal fulfillment. The longing for emotional and physical connection can gradually and subtly lead you into compromises you never intended to make. But you "can resist the pressures-or reclaim your purity-by building a strong foundation of integrity.
This companion workbook for "Every Woman's Battle-designed specifically for single women-will give you the tools you need to resist temptation and help you discover true fulfillment. Through practical and biblical lessons you'll be equipped to:
-understand the unique components of female sexuality
-discern your personal areas of vulnerability
-design a defense plan to protect your heart and mind, as well as your body
-allow God to satisfy the desires he placed within you
Each weekly study section-perfect for use by both individuals and small groups in either 8-week or 12-week tracks-guides you deeper into God's Word, then helps you personalize and apply the principles that will help you win the war for sexual and emotional purity.

About the Author

Shannon Ethridge is the best-selling author of Every Woman’s Battle and coauthor of Every Young Woman’s Battle, as well as a wife, mother, speaker, and lay counselor.Previously a youth pastor and abstinence educator, Shannon has a master's degree in counseling/human relations from Liberty University and she speaks regularly on the Teen Mania Ministries campus and in a variety of other church and college settings. Shannon lives in east Texas with her husband, Greg, and their two children, Erin and Matthew.

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Whose Battle Is It?

At one time I was having extramarital affairs with five different men.…Even though I wasn’t having sexual intercourse with any of these other men, I was still having an affair with each of them—a mental and/or emotional affair. My fantasies of being Clark Gable’s leading lady, memories of my romantic relationship with Ray, and fascination with
Tom’s wit, Mark’s maturity, and Scott’s verbal talents affected my marriage in a way just as damaging as a sexual affair would have.

When I hear people say that women don’t struggle with sexual issues like men do, I cannot help but wonder what planet they are from or what rock they have been hiding under. Perhaps what they really mean is, the physical act of sex isn’t an overwhelming temptation for women like it is for men.

Men and women struggle in different ways when it comes to sexual integrity.While a man’s battle begins with what he takes in through his eyes, a woman’s begins with her heart and her thoughts. A man must guard his eyes to maintain sexual integrity, but because God made women to be emotionally and mentally stimulated, we must closely guard our hearts and minds as well as our bodies if we want to experience God’s plan for sexual and emotional fulfillment. A woman’s battle is for sexual and emotional integrity.

Paul understood our very human tendency to live in denial, closing our eyes to the things in our lives that may need to change. Change is hard work, and we would rather stay as we are. But this is not how God has called us to live. He wants to help us control our minds and our desires so that we can be more like Him. He wants to help us discover His plan for relational satisfaction. But we can’t do this if we insist on keeping our eyes closed to the compromise that robs
us of ultimate sexual and emotional fulfillment.

PLANTING GOOD SEEDS
(Personally Seeking God’s Truth)

1. How important is theWord of God to you? Why?

As you seek to discover God’s plan for sexual and emotional fulfillment, plant these good seeds in your heart:

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from
that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows
to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal
life. (Galatians 6:8)

Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he
is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has
conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is
full-grown, gives birth to death. ( James 1:14-15)

2. What, if anything, in these verses feels like a threat or a warning to you?Why do you think you respond to the verses the way you do?

To increase your hope of winning the battle for sexual and emotional integrity, plant this good seed from 1 Corinthians 10:13 in your heart:

No temptation has seized you except what is common
to [woman]. And God is faithful; he will not
let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But
when you are tempted, he will also provide a way
out so that you can stand up under it.

3. What does this promise mean to you?

WEEDING OUT DECEPTION
(Recognizing the Truth)

In some way or another sexual and emotional integrity is a battle that every woman fights. However, many women are fighting this battle with their eyes closed because they don’t believe they are even engaged in the battle.Many believe that just because they are not involved in a physical, sexual affair, they don’t have a problem with sexual and emotional integrity. As a result, they engage in thoughts and behaviors that compromise their integrity and rob
them of true sexual and emotional fulfillment.

4. Do you agree with the statement that every woman fights the battle for sexual and emotional integrity? On what do you base your opinion?

5. The author warns that it is not wise to think that sexual immorality can’t happen to any one of us. How prevalent do you think sexual immorality is among Christian singles?

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001RLBWQW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ WaterBrook (February 4, 2009)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2009
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4227 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 146 pages

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- #2,790 in Christian Families
- #2,850 in Women's Christian Living (Kindle Store)
- #3,244 in Sexuality (Kindle Store)

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Shannon is a million-copy best-selling author, international speaker, certified life coach, and advocate for healthy sexuality with a master’s degree in counseling/human relations from Liberty University. She has spoken to youth, college students, and adults since 1989 and her passions include: Challenging adults and teens to embrace a life of sexual integrity, encouraging married couples in their pursuit of sexual and emotional fulfillment, counseling women who have looked for love in all the wrong places and equipping parents to instill sexual values in children at an early age.

Her passion for healthy sexuality actually began in Mortuary College. Her first career choice, becoming a mortician, led Ethridge to work on dead bodies. Many she embalmed were young people who had died from AIDS or committed suicide as a result of an HIV positive diagnosis. Because of her own promiscuous teenage years, she knew it was a miracle that she was standing over the embalming table rather than laying on top of it.

These experiences inspired her to begin speaking boldly and bluntly to teen, college-age, and adult audiences about the benefits of sexual integrity. She has taught and counseled thousands of young singles and married couples over the past decade. She is the author of 18 books, including the best-selling Every Woman’s Battle series, the 5-book Completely His series, and her new book for the mainstream market, The Sexually Confident Wife.

Shannon has been featured on The Today Show (MSNBC), appeared on the cover of Today’s Christian Woman Magazine, and is a frequent guest on international radio & television shows such as The 700 Club, Life Today with James & Betty Robison, FamilyLife Today with Dennis Rainey, and New Life Live! with Stephen Arterburn. She has also been published in numerous magazines such as Focus on the Family, Brio, and LifeWay and is the winner of a Gold Medallion Award for Excellence in Publishing.

Although grateful for the opportunities to influence this generation as a writer and speaker, Shannon remains most passionate about her role as and best friend to her husband of 20 years, Greg, and a mother and cheerleader to their two children, Erin (18) and Matthew (15).

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Lynsie Reed

Wow!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2013

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When I bought this book I was hoping to get some answers to my struggles of being a single woman waiting for her future husband. But what I received in this book was more of a reflection and inner evaluation of my motives in wanting a husband and the benefits that come with it in addition to tools to help fight against sexual impurity. I recommend this book to every single lady who has never been married or waiting on their soul mate to walk in their path.

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Alibye

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2015

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Every woman should read this book. It is a companion book to Every Woman's Battle so you need to buy that one too. If you only want one, I would get Every Woman's Battle. But if you can get this one too, its worth every penny!

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Yolanda GreatnessGRACEHolmes

the book puting you on front street whether you accept it or not

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012

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i like being being able to express my feelings while answering their questions. it gives me a voice to what no longer can be kept secret and knowing their are others who have fought the same battle. Also, through it all learning how jesus resisted it and how his love for u never changes

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danie*

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2014

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I love this book, easy to read and comprehend read it on my own first then started a women's study group. Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2013

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Book is truly inspiring. I was up at 1:30 a.m battling with my 2yrs of promiscuous behaviour after a devastating breakup with a man I was with for 4 years. This book made me realize everything I was lacking in my life....God

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ati

What can I say!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2012

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Very practical and real life approach to chastity.
In a world riddled with feminism, this is a fresh approach to help women guard their heart and bodies in a rapidly changing world with depleting morals!

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Lady Blue

Good Christian Values

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2014

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Needed this for a book club. Fast delivery. The book was used but in excellent condition! Full of great news for the Christian woman.

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2021

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i failed to read the description that this was a workbook which i didnt want

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Naomi

Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2016

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Lydia Curtis-Prior

A challenging read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2012

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As Christian single women, there are constant and often subtle arguements for us to overlook, ignore or completely disregard Biblical teaching on remaining pure. This book and it's writer re-awakens that challenge in an honest, thoughtful and Biblical way.
The format is a workbook and uses passages from her other publications on this subject to help the reader to see 'where they are' and 'where they want to be' as regards to sexual integrity. The format isn't dated and so it is entirely up to you how much time you take to complete it.

I've just started and found it to be a great book and realise you only get out of it what you put in!

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bridget

Good insights

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2017

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Useful guide to clear your thoughts. Easy read.
A bit repetitive after a while. Lots of questionnaires types so prepare to use as a workbook.

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