Name: Glorious Weakness - Discovering God In All We Lack
Price: 10.2 GBP
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Author: Alia Joy
ISBN: 9780801093340

"The vulnerability and beauty found in these pages will leave you breathless."--Ann Voskamp, New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts

As a girl, Alia Joy came face-to-face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when she felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself.

In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit," Joy challenges us to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God--instead, it is our very invitation to enter in.

"In a culture that craves presence, and with hearts longing for hope in our darkest hours, Alia Joy is a voice in the wilderness that leads us back home. Her voice is one our generation needs. Her words offer an invitation we can't afford to miss."--Renee Swope, author of the international bestseller A Confident Heart; former radio cohost of Everyday Life with Lysa & Renee, Proverbs 31 Ministries

"Alia Joy writes straight from the heart, holding nothing back. You will quickly think of ten friends who need to read this book. Then you will realize the one who needs it most is you."--Liz Curtis Higgs, bestselling author of Bad Girls of the Bible

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“No one wants a ministry of weakness.” So many bestsellers focus on being a successful Christian, shiny and perfect: __this part-memoir, part theological exploration of the value of weakness is a healthy dose of biblical truth-telling and a breath of fresh air.__ Alia Joy presents a compelling yet uncomfortable truth: glory and weakness go hand in hand, both in Jesus’ life and ours. She had me at the first chapter: > “We admire pain only if it’s healed, only if it’s endured with perfect grace, with perfect faith, and never succumbed to in weakness, in f-bombs, and rants and curses raised to the heavens.” I kept highlighting other tweetables too: > “It’s easy to say God is good when we’re #blessed.” > “Why would we need a Comforter unless he knew we would be uncomfortable?” > “We’re going to have scars too if we want to look like Jesus.” > “In lament, we acknowledge we are powerless to fix it. The good news is God never asked us to.” > “What if we started to see weakness not only as something to endure, but as our spiritual gift?” Alia Joy talks with authority on suffering, having experienced abuse, poverty, and severe mental illness and she does so with grace and truth. __Her writing is lyrical and poetic,__ with beauty in every sentence, and her storytelling is hypnotic. I found myself underlining line after line to go back and think more deeply. Her work will unsettle the comfortable and provide rich comfort for those who feel weakened or excluded by their suffering. __Beautiful and profound – highly recommended.__

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