Telling Yourself the Truth - Paperback

by William Backus (Author), Marie Chapian (Author)

Most of What Happens in Your Life Happens Because of the Way You Think.



Wrong thinking produces wrong emotions, wrong reactions, wrong behavior--and unhappiness Learning to deal with your thoughts is the first step on the road to healthy thinking.



How to handle one's thoughts properly is what this book is all about It explains the life-changing method the authors call Misbelief Therapy, and it can work for you--





In your home

In your own circumstances

In your own problems

In your own adverse environment

In your own thinking





Based on the Bible, this book has helped thousands of people for many years, and it can help you

Telling Yourself the Truth can show you how to identify your own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth.



Also available: the corresponding Telling Yourself the Truth study guide.

Winner of the Gold Book Award (500,000 copies sold),

Winner of the Gold Medallion Award (ECPA), which recognizes excellence in evangelical Christian literature

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The truth will set you free!

I dropped the ball and feel like a failure as a parent/spouse/friend, or, I lost my job; I am useless. This is negative self-talk at its finest. Negative thinking produces negative emotions, negative reactions, and negative behavior. Don't be a victim of circumstances; self-destroying lies will keep you from achieving true happiness.

But true happiness is possible if you stop believing your lies. The authors explain Misbelief Therapy, a life-changing method, in an easy-to-understand way. Learning to deal with your thoughts, they say, is the first step to healthy thinking. They'll help you stop the misbelief, I'm so lonely and miserable, and replace it with the truth: I'm alone, but not lonely. God loves me with an everlasting love, and I am invaluable to Him. Once you pull the negative thoughts out and replace them with the truth, you will see that you can lead a satisfying and fulfilling emotional life. Based on the Bible, Telling Yourself the Truth has continuously helped thousands of people for more than thirty years. This newest edition now includes a helpful study guide.

Author Biography

William Backus, PhD, founded the Center for Christian Psychological Services. Before his death in 2005, he was a licensed clinical psychologist and an ordained Lutheran clergyman. He wrote many books, including What Your Counselor Never Told You.




Dr. Backus has conducted follow-up studies of his clients, which show a 95 percent improvement rate, compared to a 67 percent success rate for other methods of therapy. The difference, Dr. Backus says, is "the truth of God as revealed in the Word."



In addition, he serves as an assistant pastor on the staff of North Heights Lutheran Church, Roseville, Minnesota, where he has founded and directed a lay-staffed free counseling clinic. He and his wife live in Minnesota.