Optimisfits
Optimisfits

Author: Ben Courson

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0736975845

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“Ben Courson is a vital voice for this generation.” —Rich Wilkerson Jr. “This book will give you clear and simple direction to unleash hope, faith, and optimism in your life as you become an Optimisfit!” —Levi Lusko Op•ti•mis•fit, n: a nonconformist, an adventurer, a person who lives with wild abandon, childlike wonder, and unapologetic optimism. You were never meant to fit in. You were made to stand out. With passion, purpose, a large dose of humor, and a wild sense of wonder, Optimisfits offers a road map for a better way to live. It’s calling you to seize your status as an outsider and wage a fierce rebellion against the hopelessness of the world by living out an intensely optimistic approach to every day. Ben Courson and a band of misfits invite you to join them on an epic adventure with God and with the Squad. #hopeisdope! And it’s time to spread it like fire. Are you ready to make a real difference and ignite the world? Join the Optimisfits and see sparks fly!

Flirting with Darkness
Flirting with Darkness

Author: Ben Courson

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0736978909

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“Ben shows that the black keys of wistfulness and sorrow can make music every bit as beautiful as the white keys. These pages will train your ears to hear heaven’s music once again.” —Jeremy Camp, Gold-charting singer and subject of the movie I Still Believe “With depth and clarity, Ben draws on his personal experience to offer you the practical tools and the courage you need to retaliate against the weight of darkness and walk forward in freedom.” —Levi Lusko, pastor and bestselling author Ben Courson’s mission is to inject hope into a generation plagued by anxiety and despair. In this follow up to Optimisfits, he shares his own battles with depression, PTSD, and personal tragedy—and how that turmoil came to fuel his unabashed optimism and unshakable confidence in God’s ability to heal. In Flirting with Darkness, Ben encourages you to not accept depression as a permanent state, but instead turn to the One who will champion your every struggle. He offers up the tools that helped him cling to God during his darkest moments, helping you discover how… prayer can transform your spirit and turn your pain into joy shifting your focus from your problems to God’s promises allows you to recognize your purpose finding a tribe in friends and family will help you move beyond loneliness counseling and medication can be important parts of God’s plan for your deliverance from mental illness If you feel weighed down by despair, the childlike wonder and biblical insights in Flirting with Darkness will help you glimpse beyond your current pain to see the light in your own story.

Flirting with Darkness
Flirting with Darkness

Author: Ben Courson

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0736978917

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“Ben shows that the black keys of wistfulness and sorrow can make music every bit as beautiful as the white keys. These pages will train your ears to hear heaven’s music once again.” —Jeremy Camp, Gold-charting singer and subject of the movie I Still Believe “With depth and clarity, Ben draws on his personal experience to offer you the practical tools and the courage you need to retaliate against the weight of darkness and walk forward in freedom.” —Levi Lusko, pastor and bestselling author Ben Courson’s mission is to inject hope into a generation plagued by anxiety and despair. In this follow up to Optimisfits, he shares his own battles with depression, PTSD, and personal tragedy—and how that turmoil came to fuel his unabashed optimism and unshakable confidence in God’s ability to heal. In Flirting with Darkness, Ben encourages you to not accept depression as a permanent state, but instead turn to the One who will champion your every struggle. He offers up the tools that helped him cling to God during his darkest moments, helping you discover how… prayer can transform your spirit and turn your pain into joy shifting your focus from your problems to God’s promises allows you to recognize your purpose finding a tribe in friends and family will help you move beyond loneliness counseling and medication can be important parts of God’s plan for your deliverance from mental illness If you feel weighed down by despair, the childlike wonder and biblical insights in Flirting with Darkness will help you glimpse beyond your current pain to see the light in your own story.

Finding Rest
Finding Rest

Author: Jonathon M. Seidl

Publisher: Kregel Publications

Published: 2021-09-28

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0825477212

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"Jon knows, better than most, what it means to battle anxiety and how to forge a path to victory. He also treats it with care, and pushes the conversation to places that it hasn't often gone in the church." —Kirk Cameron In the aftermath of the pandemic, even those who have never struggled with mental health have found themselves reeling, looking for answers they don't know how to find. For Christians, especially those who've despaired of help from a church that has too often stigmatized mental health challenges as a lack of faith, the way forward can be particularly difficult to see. Jonathon Seidl aims to fix that. Having fought his own way through crippling anxiety, life-altering OCD, and suicidal thoughts, he knows the value of concrete advice grounded in strong biblical truth. Instead of the trite or unsympathetic counsel that's often given, Finding Rest is practical, personal, and productive. Full of compelling stories, humor from a guide who's still on his journey, and scriptural truths, this book offers real hope and help. It also provides a lifeline for friends and family who long for ways to help relieve the suffering of their loved ones. And it lays out thoughtful, needed paths for the body of Christ to become a refuge of hope for the anxious.

Redeem the Story: A Call to Let God Rewrite Your Story
Redeem the Story: A Call to Let God Rewrite Your Story

Author: Aaron Joseph Hall

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-12

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780578532745

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Everyone has a story. And every story matters because everyone matters to God. That includes YOU! Yes, you. From Genesis to Revelation you see a story of redemption unfolding. In his new book, Aaron takes you on a journey to show you that no story is too badly written for God to redeem-and He is capable and willing to do so! Because of Jesus, every story has the potential to be completely transformed for His glory.

I Give Up
I Give Up

Author: Laura Story

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0785226303

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Most of us long to be in control—of our schedule, our relationships, and our future. Newlywed Laura Story thought she had control over the great life ahead of her. After all, she followed Jesus and had a promising new job as a worship leader. Why would God not want to fulfill her dreams? But when Laura and her husband, Martin, faced a brain tumor, infertility, and a son’s birth defect, she realized she’d been looking for a happiness that comes from circumstances, rather than a deeper joy that comes from God. Again and again, Laura had to surrender her vision for her life so she could embrace God’s vision. And again and again she learned that even in the midst of shattered dreams, God’s plan brought greater joy than she could have imagined. Now the Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter known for such hits as “Blessings,” “Indescribable,” and “Mighty to Save” shares her powerful story of finding blessing in her deepest pain. In, I Give Up, Laura explores: How to delight in God’s gifts no matter your circumstances. Why waiting on God is a daily decision, not a step-by-step process. The strength we find from meditating on God’s Word. Why surrendering to God leads to reconciliation with others. How the things we consider to be losses are ways for God to display his glory. As Laura writes, she no longer wants to be in control of her life. She wants to be rooted in the God who is in control. I Give Up will help you Discover a deeper life of worship, a fuller life of joy, and a freer life of true surrender as you open your hands to God. And give up.

Hope Gone Wild
Hope Gone Wild

Author: Ben Courson

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780785255857

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For a generation (and a culture) currently racked by confusion, division, despair, anxiety, and depression, the Bible's most obscure and unexpected passages and verses offer profound secrets on how to find hope in our world today. We long for spiritual depth in a superficial age. Trite answers to life-altering situations are found at street corners and via social media posts. Where can we find wisdom? How can we foster our expectations for a purposeful life? In Hope Gone Wild, bestselling author, pastor, evangelist, and influencer Ben Courson guides readers into a serious awareness of the true depth and power of Scripture. Aiming to rediscover compelling words of the Bible that might appear myopic and obscure, Courson believes the further down you drill into the Bible and the more you let its truths seep into your soul, the more sacred optimism you will find. With quick-moving messages, Courson wants you to know how the Bible can: Give hope, including why it should be trusted and where it came from, Help you stop worrying and find peace in slowing down, Lead to finding an identity, Progress society into a more hopeful age, and Display hope that is not for a frozen chosen, but for all who long for it. "The Bible includes things far more wild, wacky, and weird than can be found in all those inspirational memes," says Courson. "It is okay to love all that 'future and hope' stuff, but it's quite fun to delve into the verses that no one knows about or remembers." Join Courson in the revolt against shallow happiness and exalted suffering by finding the hope that has been there for generations. Perfect for Generation Y and Z and those in direct relationship with that age group, Hope Gone Wild unpacks the Bible in an accessible and encouraging way. The Bible never changes, and the hopeful answers we need have been there all along.

Shameless
Shameless

Author: Nadia Bolz-Weber

Publisher: Convergent Books

Published: 2019-01-29

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1601427603

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Raw, intimate, and timely—a no-holds-barred celebration of our bodies that flies in the face of antiquated ideas about sex and gender. “A triumph.”—Glennon Doyle • “One of the most important, life-changing books I’ve ever read.”—Rachel Held Evans, author of Searching for Sunday and Inspired Negative messages about sex come from all corners of society: from the church, from the media, from our own families. As a result, countless people have suffered pain, guilt, and judgment. In this instant bestseller, Nadia Bolz-Weber unleashes her critical eye and her vulnerable yet hopeful soul on the harmful conversations about sex that have fed our shame. Bolz-Weber offers no simple amendments or polite compromises. Instead, this modern-day reverend calls for an inclusivity that empowers us to be loyal to people and, perhaps most important, ourselves. “Christianity is not a program for avoiding mistakes,” she writes. “It is a faith of the guilty.” With an alternative understanding of Scripture passages that have been weaponized against Christians for decades, Bolz-Weber reminds us that sexual flourishing can and should be for all genders, all bodies, and all humans. She shares stories, poetry, and Scripture that wage war on perpetual anxiety around sex by celebrating sexuality in all its forms and recognizing it for the gift that it is. If you’ve been mistreated, confused, angered, and/or wounded by shaming sexual messages, this one is for you.