17 Best nonfiction books like It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered by Lysa TerKeurst

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It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.30

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention hurtful, and His prom…

"The enemy may be vicious, but he is not victorious."

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"The enemy may be vicious, but he is not victorious."

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"Who told you that you were naked? Who told you that you are anything less than a most glorious creation of the Almighty God? Who spoke words over you and about you that stripped you bare and broke your heart?"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"Who told you that you were naked? Who told you that you are anything less than a most glorious creation of the Almighty God? Who spoke words over you and about you that stripped you bare and broke your heart?"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

If you liked the nonfiction plot in It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered by Lysa TerKeurst , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado

1. Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World

By: Max Lucado

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When it comes to anxiety, depression, and stress-related illnesses, America is the frontrunner. Max… read more

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2. The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

By: Mark Batterson

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Sharing inspiring stories from his own experiences as a prayer circle maker, Batterson will help re… read more

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"His willingness to look foolish resulted in epic miracles."

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

"Imagination is the road less taken, but it is the pathway of prayer."

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

"There is nothing God loves more that keeping promises, answering prayers, performing miracles, and fulfilling dreams."

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

"Goal setting is good stewardship. Instead of letting things happen, goals help us make things happen. Instead of living by default, goals help us live by design. Instead of living out of memory, goal…"

-Mark Batterson, The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears

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3. Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

By: Brené Brown , Shauna Niequist

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTION Instead of pushing for perfection A few years ago, I found my… read more

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4. Redeeming Love

By: Francine Rivers

3.32

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

California's gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold … read more

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Cover of Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff

5. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

By: Bob Goff

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Now a New York Times Bestseller! As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with… read more

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"Simply put: love does."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

"...love is never stationary."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

"Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

"When you trust someone, you don't need to know everything."

-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

6. Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard

By: Jennie Allen

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Audio CD

No More Pretending. No More Performing. No More Fighting to Prove Yourself. Are you trying your bes… read more

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7. Unashamed: Drop the Baggage, Pick up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny

By: Christine Caine

4.22

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Shame can take on many forms. It hides in the shadows of the most successful, confident and high-ac… read more

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8. One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

By: Ann Voskamp

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us … read more

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9. Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer

By: Priscilla Shirer

4.45

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

You have an enemy . . . and he’s dead set on destroying all you hold dear and keeping you from expe… read more

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Cover of Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski, Chris Tomlin

10. Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski , Chris Tomlin

4.17

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Have you ever wondered if we're missing it? It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the unive… read more

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"True faith manifests itself through our actions."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

"We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

"Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

"Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God."

-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

11. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

By: Henry Cloud , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal pro… read more

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12. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

By: Jackie Hill Perry

4.36

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, … read more

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"Do you know why we have a hard time believing that a gay girl can become a completely different creature? Because, we have a hard time believing in God. ..."

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"From the outside looking in, it could be assumed that Preston's and my relationship was God's proof of turning a "gay girl good." But really, He'd already done that the moment He'd set me free from s…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"Trying to contain the small giggle welling up in her chest from the sincerity of my question, Santoria, full of confidence, responded while looking toward my direction, "Yes, Jackie.The gospel didn't…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"LGBT culture has done an excellent job of renewing or should I say, destroying, the mind of many, mainly by consistently using words as their greatest tool in their efforts to draw people into findin…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

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13. Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

By: Louie Giglio

4.40

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Publishers Weekly bestseller Discover how to break free from the chains of negative thinking and ex… read more

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"Whatever Jesus has won, we have won also."

-Louie Giglio, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

"I want my life to defy human explanation."

-Louie Giglio, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

"If Jesus says you can go forward, you can go forward."

-Louie Giglio, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

"The steps we take in faith activate the power of the Spirit."

-Louie Giglio, Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

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14. It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.30

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention hurtful, and His prom… read more

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"The enemy may be vicious, but he is not victorious."

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"Who told you that you were naked? Who told you that you are anything less than a most glorious creation of the Almighty God? Who spoke words over you and about you that stripped you bare and broke yo…"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"I'd insist that we all out same canvases and paint together. You might not want to, but I'd assure you that we needn't be so worried about painting masterpieces. People are the masterpieces, and you …"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

"The human heart was created in the context of the perfection of the garden of Eden. But we don’t live there now. This is why our instincts keep firing off the lie that perfection is possible. We have…"

-Lysa TerKeurst, It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered

Cover of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer

15. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

By: John Mark Comer

4.53

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more

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"Hurry is violence on the soul."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

Cover of Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It by Jennie Allen

16. Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

By: Jennie Allen

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embr… read more

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"Feelings aren’t meant to be fixed. Feelings are meant to be felt."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"Let me be clear, you will never be emotionally healthy outside the will of God."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"Our willingness to feel what we feel connects us to ourselves, to others, to God."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"After all, where did those of us who know Jesus get the idea that we were going to have a straight and easy path all the way to heaven? It’s a wild ride all the way home."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Cover of Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People by Bob Goff

17. Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

By: Bob Goff

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

New York Times Bestseller! What happens when we give away love like we're made of it? In his… read more

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"Love isn’t something we fall into; love is someone we become."

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

"There’s a difference between good judgment and living in judgment."

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

"Sadly, whenever I make my opinions more important than the difficult people God made, I turn the wine back into water."

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

"What is it that you don't think you can do? What do you think is too big for you? Or too scary, or too risky? Sometimes God whispers it, and sometimes, he shouts it. Whatever the volume, I bet he's a…"

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

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18. Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

By: Jennie Allen

4.08

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering cha… read more

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Cover of Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World by Jennie Allen

19. Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World

By: Jennie Allen

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creati… read more

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  • self help
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Cover of Girl Wash your Face by Rachel Hollis

20. Girl Wash your Face

By: Rachel Hollis

3.58

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com foun… read more

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"I cannot continue to live as half of myself simply because it’s hard for others to handle all of me."

-Rachel Hollis, Girl Wash your Face

"God has perfect timing, and it's highly possible that by not being where you thought you should be, you will end up exactly where you're meant to go."

-Rachel Hollis, Girl Wash your Face

"Girl, get ahold of your life. Stop medicating, stop hiding out, stop being afraid, stop giving away pieces of yourself, stop saying you can’t do it. Stop the negative self-talk, stop abusing your bod…"

-Rachel Hollis, Girl Wash your Face

"What I want to say is that we all judge each other, but even though we all do it, that's not an excuse. Judging is still one of the most hurtful, spiteful impulses we own, and our judgments keep us f…"

-Rachel Hollis, Girl Wash your Face

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21. WayMaker Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed Of

By: Ann Voskamp

4.34

Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you find a way when there is no way? How do you keep hoping for the life you have always hop… read more

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