Help! I Lost Someone I Love

Losing someone you love is devastating. It is like your world has collapsed. It can overwhelm your entire life, leaving a huge void that you desperately want to fill. But the things we turn to in our grief don’t always bring us the comfort we seek. Drawing on Psalm 23, this mini-book points you to the only one who can fill that void: the Shepherd King, Jesus Christ. In the valley of despair, He alone offers lasting hope and peace.

If you are in Christ, you have a guide through the worst seasons of life. This is not just some guide with a map who has never walked the path before; this is a Shepherd who has personally been in—and out—of death.

Resources

Help! I Lost Someone I Love (Journal)

Record impacting statements and write out your answers to the Questions for Reflection at the end of each chapter.

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Praying the Lament Psalms

Learn to talk to God about your pain by using the biblical language of lament given to us by God in the Psalms.

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Practice Believing (Loss)

Use this study to help identify and reject lies you have “practiced believing” and replace those lies with the truth of God’s Word. You can learn to “think Bible” instead!

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Using Psalms to Help My Troubled Heart

Just like Christ prayed certain psalms to God during His times of great suffering, this resource will guide you in "borrowing" the language of the Psalms to call out to God.

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The Four Stabilizing Truths (concise version)

Even in our times of deepest loss, followers of Christ can safely navigate the storms of life. This study concisely applies four stabilizing truths from Scripture in which you can anchor your heart and mind.

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Renewing Guide: Sin Around Me

We suffer as the result of living in a sin-cursed world. This resource provides a renewing guide for thinking biblically about God, your circumstances, and yourself in order to help you respond to suffering in a God-honoring way.

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My Tree (Sinful Response to Loss)

Use this simple discipleship tool to get to the heart of your struggle with loss.

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The “LifeLine Mini-book for Teens Series” meets critical needs for today’s young people. The biblical approach, structured presentation, and personal application projects make these mini-books ideal for parents and other counselors of teens. Thank you Shepherds Press and The Wilds for beginning to fill a crucial void in biblical counseling tools.

— Dr. Jim Berg

This new series should provide some great help for young people at a crossroads on issues having to do with peers, parents, worldly voices, and inner struggles. I wholeheartedly endorse this effort designed to bring the Scriptures to bear in a relevant way for both teens and those ministering to them.

— Dr. Stuart Scott

About the Author

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R.J. Lago

R.J. currently serves as the Student Pastor at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville’s Nocatee Campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Certified as a biblical counselor through ACBC, he is also pursuing an MDiv. He resides in Florida with his wife, Alyssa, and their four children. R.J.’s mother died in 2002, when he was seven years old.

Info

Publication date:

September 18, 2025

Pages: 48

ISBN: 978-1-63342-387-9

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“Unlike the many counseling resources we can find for adults, there are few directly relatable to teens and the issues they face. These mini-books bring the Scriptures to bear in a relevant way for both teens and those ministering to them.”
– Dr. Stuart Scott