Find Your Brave
Courage to Stand Strong When the Waves Crash In
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Publisher Description
Navigate Life’s Storms and Discover a Courage Like No Other
Have you ever found yourself in over your head, wondering how you would possibly get through with your faith and sanity intact?
It can happen any time. Life seems good and then—BOOM!—out of nowhere comes a storm that threatens to drown your hopes. Your storm might be a job loss, loneliness, a crumbling relationship, financial ruin, a serious illness, or the death of a loved one. Whatever it is, as the winds howl and the waves rage, you have a choice: will you cower in fear or will you rise to the challenge?
Cancer survivor Holly Wagner has endured her share of storms. In Find Your Brave she examines the dramatic shipwreck faced by the apostle Paul in Acts 27. There she uncovers profound truths that will guide you safely through life’s most difficult moments.
Through solid biblical teaching and relatable personal stories, Holly offers an uplifting, friendly voice in the midst of the gale-force winds and overpowering critical voices. She shows you how to anchor your trust in the God who remains faithful in every storm and in whose strength you can Find Your Brave.
#RefuseToSink
“So take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as He said.”
–Acts 27:25 (NLT)
The apostle Paul, held as a prisoner on a ship bound for Rome, encounters a fierce tempest on the Adriatic Sea. Chaos and calamity surround him as the crew frantically attempts to lighten the ship, undergird the vessel, and keep her afloat. Paul stands in their midst and makes a simple, yet course-altering statement: “Be of good cheer!”
In the middle of your storms,
are you able to declare the same?
In Find Your Brave GodChicks founder Holly Wagner combines insight found in Acts 27 with lessons learned from her very personal battles with cancer, betrayal, and turmoil to create the essential storm survival guide. Her words will encourage and empower you with practical tools to navigate life’s greatest storms, steady your heart against fear, and inspire you to rescue others as you make your way safely ashore.
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Wagner (GodChicks), international speaker and co-pastor of Oasis Church in Los Angeles alongside her husband, champions standing strong with Christ in the face of the worst that life can throw at you. She opens her text with a stark memory of living through an earthquake in the 1990s that left her with psychological scars and a long-lasting fear for her own security. Wagner then discusses her bout with cancer and the terror that the diagnosis brought. In "finding her own brave," she creates a system that allows her to de-stress and deal with uncertainty, techniques she shares in bullet points of wisdom from which readers can glean perspective on how Wagner mustered the hope to keep going. Throughout each of the topically presented chapters, readers gain inspiration and practical steps to overcoming fear-based obstacles with God's sustaining power. Christians will take a fresh look at Paul's trials and tribulations as written in Acts 27 as Wagner provides insights that apply to today's dangerous world.
