Brave Surrender - A book Review

When I saw this book come up for review I knew that I wanted to read it. I've enjoyed her voice for so long and her authentic way of leading worship always intrigued me. How someone can seem to have such a real connection ... the one she shares when she worships makes me curious.

Kim Walker Smith sings with Jesus Culture. I really enjoyed her book. It took me less than a day to read though I want to go back and read it again. Her writing style is easy to read and doesn't jump around and leave you guessing as to where she is, where she has been or where she is going. It's a smooth journey that you want to walk with her on.

Through her story of her childhood and her journey through faith she walks you through her story of surrender. Without casting judgement for where you are on your own journey she invites you to see hers. I enjoyed her candid, real, and raw walk through her story. I'm sure it's not easy being on display as you lead people to worship this unseen, intangible God. Her book is great and I really enjoyed hearing from her. I feel like she has others in her and look forward to whatever she may write next ... whether it be via song or book ....

Book Description

Kim Walker Smith's passionate performance of "How He Loves" helped transform Jesus Culture into a global worship movement. Brave Surrender is the story of how Kim journeyed from a place of shame and fear to stages around the world where she boldly proclaims the unconditional love of God. Through her own story, Kim inspires us to experience true freedom and healing with Jesus.

Coming from a painful childhood, Kim struggled to believe that God could heal her heart or bring any sense from her past. Yet when faced with the choice to hand her struggles over to God and receive His love in return, everything began to change. On the other side of surrender, Kim began a journey of looking at one painful memory at a time with God and exchanging her perspective for His truth - a journey in which God rewrote her story of pain into a story of redemption and hope.

If you are longing to experience God more than the shame or hurts of your past, the pressures of your present, or the fear of your future, Brave Surrender offers a soul-healing path forward. As Kim learned in her own life, the first step - and the bravest step - is letting go. Once we let go of anything that gets between us and God, we are freed to take hold of the life that truly matters. As Kim writes, "When we encounter God's love, it changes the way we see. And when we learn to see what He sees, we will never be the same again."

Delivered - A book review

I love anything by Beth Moore. I love her style and the way she relates to the reader. I didn't know that this was a "lighter" version of her other book until I read it and it started to sound familiar. It is a great book. Just a smaller version than the full book. However, the message is not lighter nor do you feel like you get less of it. She does a great job at putting the right parts of the book out there. It is a quick read. I read it in a day and would recommend it to anyone that needs to hear this message of how to get out of the pit.

Great gift book to give away to friends who may need to read it's message.

Book Description

Based on her bestselling book, Get Out of That Pit, Beth Moore delivers a stirring message of sheer hope, utter deliverance, and glorious freedom of God.

God is in the deliverance business. He longs for you to be free, to know the love and presence that are better than life—and the power of His Word that defies all darkness. In Delivered, Beth Moore shares her own journey out of the pit and the way the poetic expressions of Psalm 40 rewarded her with a new song for her soul—given by her Savior and offered to you here in this soul-stirring book. You also can be free from the worst life has to offer and learn to take Christ’s mighty arm when he reaches into the depths, and says in a way you can finally hear, Need a hand?