Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free (Wolgemuth)

Counter the lies that keep you from abundant living.

Satan is the master deceiver and his lies are endless. And the lies Christian women believe are at the root of most of their struggles.  

"Many women live under a cloud of personal guilt and condemnation," says Nancy Leigh DeMoss. "Many are in bondage to their past. Others are gripped by fear of rejection and a longing for approval. Still others are emotional prisoners."

In best selling Lies Women Believe, Nancy exposes those areas of deception most commonly believed by Christian women—lies about God, sin, priorities, marriage and family, emotions, and more. She then sheds light on how we can be delivered from bondage and set free to walk in God's grace, forgiveness, and abundant life. Nancy offers the most effective weapon to ounter and overcome Satan's deceptions: God's truth!

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Table of Contents:

Section One: Foundations

1. Truth...or Consequences

Section Two: Lies Women Believe

2. About God
- God is not really good

- God doesn’t love me
- God is just like my father
- God is not really enough
- God’s ways are too restrictive - God should fix my problems

3. About Themselves
- I’m not worth anything

- I need to learn to love myself
- I can’t help the way I am
- I have my rights
- Physical beauty matters more than inner beauty - I should not have to live with unfulfilled longings

4. About Sin
- I can sin and get away with it
- My sin isn’t really that bad
- God can’t forgive what I have done
- I am not fully responsible for my actions and reactions

- I cannot walk in consistent victory over in 5. About Priorities

- I don’t have time to do everything I’m supposed to do
- I can make it without consistent time in the Word and prayer
- A career outside the home is more valuable and fulfilling than being a wife and mother

6. About Marriage
- I have to have a husband to be happy
- It is my responsibility to change my mate
- My husband is supposed to serve me
- If I submit to my husband, I’ll be miserable
- If my husband is passive, I’ve got to take the initiative, or nothing will get done
- Sometimes divorce is a better option than staying in a bad marriage

7. About Children
- It’s up to us to determine the size of our family
- Children need to get exposed to the “real world” so that they can learn to function in it.
- All children will go through a rebellious stage
- I know my child is a Christian because he prayed to receive Christ at an early age
- We are responsible for how our children turn out

8. About Emotions

- If I feel something, it must be true
- I can’t control my emotions
- I can’t help how I respond when my hormones are out of whack. (It’s understandable to act like a shrew at certain times.)
- The answer to depression must first be sought in medication and/or psychotherapy

9. About Circumstances
- If my circumstances were different, I would be different
- I shouldn’t have to suffer
- My circumstances will never change – this will go on forever - I just can’t take any more
- It’s all about me

Section Three: Walking in the Truth

10. Countering Lies with the Truth 11. The Truth That Sets Us Free 

Author

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth is the host and teacher for Revive Our Hearts, a daily radio program for women heard on 250 stations. Since 1979, she has served on the staff of Life Action Ministries in Niles, Michigan. She has authored or coauthored eighteen books.