Book Review: A Higher Calling

 A Higher Calling:  

Pursuing Love, Faith, and Mount Everest

Author:  Harold Earls and Rachel Earls

Publisher:  Waterbrook

Pages:  210

This book is the true love and faith story of Harold and Rachel Earls.  This story depicts how God's hand is on each of our lives.  From the moment that Harold and Rachel meet, a faithful retelling story of their life begins.  Harold and Rachel each write with honesty, and love about their relationship and their faith in God.  Harold and Rachel talk about the challenges they faced during their first year of marriage, which included Harold's plan and dangerous adventure in climbing Mount Everest.

This book will uplift and empower you in your walk with God.  Harold and Rachel's faith is truly inspiring and I recommend that you read it.

Happy Reading!

Note:  I received a digital copy of this book from Waterbrook in exchange for an honest review.  

Book Review - You Are The Girl For The Job: Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

You Are The Girl For The Job:  

Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You

 Author:  Jess Connolly

Publisher:  Zondervan

Pages:  256

You Are The Girl For The Job:  Daring to Believe the God Who Calls You is a thought-provoking read on our God-given calling and purpose.  Jess Connolly points out the truth, straight from the Scriptures, of our purpose that is only found in God.  Ms. Connolly speaks about shame, self-doubt, and other fears that keep us from realizing and fulfilling our God-given purpose.  Ms. Connolly speaks very honestly and also is vulnerable in her own telling of moments in life where she struggled. Ms. Connolly writes with encouragement and wisdom; encouraging each reader that she is the girl for the job because God has enabled her to be.  

I believe this book will have a positive impact on you.  I can say that after reading this book, I view differently when I encounter my own moments when I feel discouraged or fearful.  I remember the truths highlighted in this book and the negative perspective shifts.

I recommend this book to any woman who has ever doubted her abilities or is stuck in her fears that won't allow her to move forward.  This book will encourage you with the Truth of His Word and who God has created you to be.

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Book Review: Don't Quit In The Dip

Don't Quit In The Dip

Author:  Shaun Nepstad

Publisher:  Worthy Books

Pages:  224

Shaun Nepstad is the founder and pastor of Fellowship Church in California.  Mr. Nepstad's book, Don't Quit In The Dip, is about the experience of trials and how these trials can be used to help those around us.  

Mr. Nepstad's message is encouraging.  He reminds us that God is always with us and He is always working in each situation and trials we are facing.  Mr. Nepstad tells of many Scriptural stories of individuals who faced challenges and how God walked and worked through that situation with that person.  

In this time, when this world has been thrown into uncertainty and we are all in a dip, the message of this book encourages us to continue forward, lean on God, and trust in Him.  

I would encourage you to pick up this book.  The message will uplift and encourage you.  

Happy Reading!

Note:  I have received a copy of this book from Hachette Books in exchange for an honest review.  #SponsoredByFaithWords

Book Review: Remarkable Hope: When Jesus Revived Hope in Disappointed People

Remarkable Hope:  When Jesus Revived Hope in Disappointed People

Author:  Shauna Letellier

Publisher:  Faith Words

Pages:  204

            Remarkable Hope is about how Jesus brings hope in the midst of disappointment and trial.  Shauna Letellier writes about eight people in the Bible whose disappointment shadowed their hope and faith.  These eight stories are very resonant of our own disappointments we may suffer in our lives.  The ways in which Jesus comes to restore hope in His mysterious and miraculous are powerful and will remind you of how truly great He is.

            This book was truly impactful.  These stories reminded me that there is no trial or any disappointment that Jesus cannot infuse hope back into.  Shauna Letellier writes each person with care and reflects their very human emotions and reactions in a way that are relatable.  Jesus has been infusing hope in our lives for a long time; He is always there watching over us.

            I recommend that you pick up a copy of Remarkable Hope.  This book will remind you that hope is found in Jesus.

Happy Reading!

Note:  I have received a copy of this book from Hachette Books in exchange for an honest review.  #SponsoredByFaithWords

Book Review: Breakthrough: The Miraculous True Story of a Mother's Faith and Her Child's Resurrection

Breakthrough

The Miraculous True Story of a Mother’s Faith and Her Child’s Resurrection

Authors:  Joyce Smith with Ginger Kolbaba

Publisher:  FaithWords

Pages:  256

Audience:  Adults/Adolescence

Genre:  Inspirational

Joyce Smith tells the true story of the day her 14-year-old son, John, died and the miracle that happened that brought her son back to life.  Joyce Smith is a wife, mother, and Christian who has tremendous faith.  On a most horrific day, when her son, John suffered an accident and drowned in a lake, Joyce’s faith was front and center, believing that her son would come back to life.  Joyce’s prayer in that hospital room as she prayed to God desperately to save her son’s life is very moving and shows the depth of Joyce’s faith.

This true story of Joyce, her son, John, her family, and the community is so inspiring.  Joyce takes you through each and every step of that difficult season of their lives with such detail that as a reader, you feel the journey that she and her family went through.  Joyce’s formidable faith is inspiring.  The Smith family’s story is a true example of how powerful, merciful, and unwavering our God truly is.

This memoir is a wonderful blessing of a read!  This book will touch you deeply and inspire your faith walk with God!

Happy Reading!

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Book Review: This Is How We Pray

This Is How We Pray:

Discovering a Life of Intimate Friendship with God

Author:  Adam Dressler

Publisher:  Faith Words

Pages:  240

Audience:  Adults

Genre:  Christian Living / Prayer

This Is How We Pray explores how we can initiate and grow a relationship with God through prayer.  Adam Dressler writes about how prayer brings us into a friendship relationship with God.  Prayer allows us to be truly ourselves with God and allowing God to further our relationship with him.  Mr. Dressler also explores the ways in which we may feel unable to communicate with God:  such as guilt, and distraction.  Mr. Dressler also explores the way in which we may feel that our prayers aren’t answered, our disappointments and worries.

Mr. Dressler is very engaging and relatable from the first page.  He documents his prayer journey and the very real struggles he has encountered.  Mr. Dressler writes with an honest and relatable voice.  Mr. Dressler writes about how God’s invitation to communicate with him in prayer is all we have to accept.  This was very sobering to read because so many times we can feel unworthy and that we are not perfect enough to communicate with God, which is not true.  God longs to hear from us.

I recommend this book to everyone.  Whether you are new to prayer or if you want to deepen your understanding of prayer, read this book.

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