Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)
This has been the most important book I have read on Biblical Counseling. It explains how each one of us as a believer is competent to counsel each other using Scripture and prayer and the Holy Spirit. In fact, as we talk to each other, we actually are counseling each other. As we discuss our relationships with each other, as we seek other's advice on how to handle our children, we counsel each other. What are we using to give advice? The latest child raising book? The advice given from a trusted pastor? Even "very good" advice needs to be based on the Word of God. We can lead our brothers and sisters in Christ to the Lord to glean His wisdom on all of the problems that we face in this life. After all, the Bible says that it is sufficient for all of life and godliness...2 Timothy 3:16-17.
Think Biblically!: Recovering a Christian Worldview
This is an awesome book that helps you figure out where your thinking doesn't line up with the Bible. And it was honestly more often than I thought. This book has articles by many different Professors that teach at the Master's College. It starts with the assertion that the Bible is sufficient for everything that we come up against in life... well that is what scripture itself says!! So, if that is true, then how do we think about scripture, creation, science, economics, the nations, being male or female, psychology, education, history, culture, or our government... these are some of the essays that challenge us to align our thinking with what the Bible says. 
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Ever have one of those days when it feels like you are never going to get anywhere? I have... and boy does this verse minister to my heart. The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me... even when I feel like I will never be useful to Him. He will not forsake me. I am fashioned by Him, I am the work of His hands. He loves me steadfastly, never changing, his love endures forever. And I will get there... I will be useful to Him... God's purpose for me will be reached. He promises that in His Word.
All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth, and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord. For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
Imagine when all the kings of the earth will acknowlege the Lord. The glory of the Lord is so much greater than the glory of any of the leaders of the countries on earth. My heart longs for when things will be made right again. The Lord sees the lowly, all of the people that the leaders take advantage of in their countries. The haughty he knows, but yet from afar.
What trouble are you walking in? What enemies are you dealing with? The Lord preserves our lives and He delivers us. What comfort there is in these few verses. He will make things right in a day coming up that only He knows. He does see the poor, the afflicted, the lowly... He sees our trouble, He knows our enemies, and He perserves and delivers us. My heart can rest in that today.
On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.
When I pray, He hears, He answers.
He may not immediately bring about what I have asked,
but that doesn't mean He hasn't answered.
He strengthens my soul to withstand
my circumstances.
Has someone hurt me? He loves me.
Has something overwhelming happened? He comforts me.
Has someone I love needed something? He assures me.
Do I want something to happen? He hears me.
He strengthens my soul.
I rest in that.
