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The Hard Good

Showing Up for God to Work in You When You Want to Shut Down
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The Hard Good by Lisa Whittle explores how challenging life experiences can lead to personal growth and deeper faith. The book guides readers on transforming difficult moments into opportunities for spiritual development, encouraging resilience, acceptance, and inner strength. It's an insightful reflection on finding purpose and hope amidst adversity.
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You might enjoy this book if you're seeking a transformative journey to find peace and purpose through life's challenges. With a focus on personal growth and spiritual insight, it offers encouragement for those looking to turn difficult experiences into opportunities for positive change and deeper faith.

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The divine road that leads to God’s perfect plan for our lives is often paved with difficulties.

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Hard things are a part of life--but they don't have to have the final word. Join bestselling author Lisa Whittle as she teaches us how to learn to see the good again.

What does it feel like to come back from something hard, to be able to hope again? Instead of running away from the obstacles we face and the growth we crave, Lisa teaches us that our challenges can become keys to our greatest usability in the kingdom of God--that is, if we let God make good of them.

In The Hard Good, Lisa guides us on a powerful path to progress as we learn to:

  • Accept things we wish were different
  • Apologize and forgive first
  • Cheer for someone who gets what we want
  • Open our hearts again when we've been hurt
  • Find joy in the waiting
  • Show up when we want to shut down

Your hard place is never too hard for God. Allow it to change you, help you, and ready you for the greatest comeback you have ever known.

Praise for The Hard Good:

"I can't think of a person better equipped than my friend Lisa Whittle to tackle the hand-in-hand partnership of the title of this book: The Hard Good. She knows the angst of hard in deeply personal ways. She knows the choice of good because her heart purely seeks Jesus, and she truly wants to make a holy difference by helping others. Settle in. Dare to crack open these pages. You can, as I do, trust her with your heart. Let's do this. Together we can do the hard good."

--Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author of Forgiving What You Can't Forget

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The Hard Good by Lisa Whittle receives praise for its honest and relatable approach to dealing with life's difficulties and finding spiritual growth through them. Readers appreciate the book's heartfelt stories and practical guidance, making it both an inspiring and emotionally resonant read. Whittle's empathetic tone and authentic experiences are highlighted as strengths that encourage readers to confront and transform their own challenges.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780785232018

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 October 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Lysa TerKeurst

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 212.0mm

Weight: 267g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Lisa Whittle is the visionary implementer of various women's events and co-founder of Real Influence. Through insightful Bible teaching, with a refreshingly authentic faith, Lisa journeys with women to seek God's truth. A graduate of Liberty University, Lisa has done master's work in Marriage and Family Counselling at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The co-author of The Seven Hardest Things God Asks a Woman to Do, she has also had articles featured in other publications such as HomeLife magazine and Crosswalk.com. Lisa and her husband Scott live just outside Charlotte with their three children where they laugh a lot and try to live a very real life.

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