Forcwopd<br > The eleven books in this series， Potentials: Guides for<br >Productive Living， speak to your condition and mine in the<br >life we have to live today. The books are designed to ferret<br >out the potentials you have with which to rise above rampant<br >social and psychological problems faced by large numbers of<br >individuals and groups. The purpose of rising above the<br >problems is portrayed as far more than merely your own<br >survival， merely coping， and merely "succeeding" while oth-<br >ers fail. These books with one voice encourage you to save<br >your own life by living with commitment to Jesus Christ， and<br >to be a creative servant of the common good as well as your<br >own good.<br > In this sense， the books are handbooks of ministry with a<br >new emphasis: coupling your own well-being with the well-<br >being of your neighbor. You use the tools of comfort<br >wherewith God comforts you to be a source of strength to<br >those around you. A conscious effort has been made by each<br >author to keep these two dimensions of the second great<br >commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ in harmony with each<br >other.<br > The two great commandments are summarized in Luke<br >10:25-28: "And behold， a lawyer stood up to put him to the<br >test， saying， Teacher， what shall I do to inherit eternal life? <br >