Happy Friday!
The Book I’m featuring this week is:
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“In the quiet of an early morning, honesty finds me.”
Normally I feature Fiction but I’m currently in the middle of reading this book with a small group of friends and find it to be a great read so far. Satan likes to isolate us and make us feel like we are the only ones facing our unique battles, but the truth is many of us are attacked in the same or similar ways. It’s a great book for both finding our worth and identity in Christ while building healthy fellowship with other believers. I’m only about halfway through but I’m enjoying it so far.
About the Book:
The enemy wants us to feel rejected . . . left out, lonely, and less than. When we allow him to speak lies through our rejection, he pickpockets our purpose. Cripples our courage. Dismantles our dreams. And blinds us to the beauty of Christ’s powerful love.
In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences with rejection—from the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father to the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over.
With biblical depth, gut-honest vulnerability, and refreshing wit, Lysa helps readers:
Release the desire to fall apart or control the actions of others by embracing God-honoring ways to process their hurt.
Know exactly what to pray for the next ten days to steady their soul and restore their confidence.
Overcome the two core fears that feed our insecurities by understanding the secret of belonging.
Stop feeling left out and start believing that “set apart” does not mean “set aside.”
End the cycle of perceived rejection by refusing to turn a small incident into a full blown issue.
About the Author:
Lysa TerKeurst is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the New York Times best-selling author of Univited, The Best Yes, Unglued, Made to Crave, and 18 other books. Her newest book, It’s Not Supposed to be This Way, is scheduled for release in November of 2018. Lysa was recently awarded the Champions of Faith Author Award and has been published in multiple publications such as CNN and Fox News online. Additionally, she has appeared on the Today Show as one of the leading voices in the Christian community.
Each year, Lysa is a featured keynote presenter at more than 40 events across North America, including the Women of Joy Conferences and the Catalyst Leadership Conference. She has a passion for equipping women to share their stories for God’s glory through Proverbs 31 Ministries’ annual She Speaks Conference and writer training program, COMPEL: Words That Move People.
Connect with Lysa on social media @lysaterkeurst or at http://lysaterkeurst.com/.
Now it’s your turn!
Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. To see what First Lines others are sharing this week head over to Hoarding Books.
I absolutely LOVED this book! I’ve enjoyed several of this author’s other books, too.
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I am sharing the first line from Sandra Byrd’s novel Lady of a Thousand Treasures. I’m LOVING this book. Currently, I am on chapter 10, so I will share the first line from that chapter.
“I had no faith at all in the doctor who had been tending my uncle.”
Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! 🙂❤️ 📚
I know how that feels not trusting doctors with loved ones! Reminds me of a specific one with my aunt! Hope you enjoy the rest of the book 🙂
Thanks! It’s a good one!
Happy Friday!🎃
My first lines come from Winter Without You by Beth Good.
Hannah thought it looked like the saddest house in the world, a slate-roofed Cornish monolith with dark windows for eyes, looming out at them from under November rain. Did houses have feelings , though? she wondered, studying it as they drew steadily closer. Could a house emote? Or was that all in the eyes of the beholder?
Have a great weekend and happy reading!💕📚💕
Thanks you too!
Have a good weekend! My first line is from “Somewhere Beyond the Blue: Fun sixty-something romances” – the first one is “A TIME TO PUSH DAISIES” by Marion Ueckermann:
“Caleb Blume shuffled outside onto the wooden deck of his posh Camps Bay apartment, feeling three decades older than his sixty-two years.”
I am sharing from Eternity Between Us by Stephenia McGee. I’ll give you the first line from the third chapter:
The sound intensified, a keening wail that knifed through her very bones and caused them to quiver.
Great Civil War book!
That book is super high on my TBR! Hope you enjoy it!
I enjoy Lysa’s thoughtful and inspiring books. That first line stirs my heart already. On my blog, I am featuring a book by Deeanne Gist, Fair Play. Here I will share from the book I’m currently reading, The Prisoner’s Wife by Susan Page Davis. I am sharing the first line from Chapter 12 since that’s where I’m at right now. “‘Why doesn’t he waken?’ Lucy asked her mother the next day.” I wish you a wonderful weekend with lots of reading time.
Sounds like an emotional one! Thanks for stopping by and sharing!