CONTENTS

A NOTE FROM LYSA

Part 1: Embracing the Pursuit of Him and His Direction

1. GIVING MY FIRST MOMENTS TO GOD

2. THE PINEAPPLE PRINCIPLE

3. STOP READING YOUR BIBLE

4. GREAT SERMONS AREN’T PREACHED, THEY’RE LIVED

5. IS THIS THE RIGHT DECISION?

6. AN AGENDA THAT WILL NEVER SATISFY

7. PREPARING FOR ADVENTURE

8. INTERRUPTED BY JESUS

9. IF YOU’RE FEELING OVERLOOKED AND UNAPPRECIATED . . .

10. I’M SCARED TO PRAY BOLDLY

11. FOLLOW ME

12. HEARING GOD’S INVITATIONS

13. A LIFE WITH EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT

14. YOUR UNIQUE CALLING

15. REST AND REASSURANCE

16. SPACE TO EXHALE

17. CHASING DOWN OUR DECISIONS

18. READ THIS BEFORE MAKING THAT DECISION

19. PARALYZING FEAR

20. THE MOST NONFRANTIC WOMAN I’VE EVER MET

21. THE TWO MOST POWERFUL WORDS

22. ANALYSIS PARALYSIS

23. FIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN MAKING A DECISION

24. GOD, I’M WORN OUT

25. IN THE FLOW

26. PRACTICING WISDOM

Part 2: Embracing the Fullness Found Only in Him

27. WHAT HOLDS THE KEY TO YOUR HEART?

28. THE MOST SEARCHED-FOR ANSWER

29. IF ONLY I HAD . . .

30. THE SEDUCTION OF SATISFACTION

31. THE PATHWAY TO HUMILITY

32. WHAT ARE YOU MISSING?

33. WHERE BROKENNESS RUNS DEEP

34. CONSUMED BY CRAVINGS

35. PHYSICALLY OVERWEIGHT AND SPIRITUALLY UNDERWEIGHT

36. AN UNDIVIDED HEART

37. SHOCKED BY MY OWN ADVICE

38. THE VALUE OF EMPTINESS

39. SATAN’S PLAN AGAINST YOU

40. WHEN THE END GOAL SEEMS TOO HARD

41. REPLACING OLD LIES WITH NEW TRUTHS

42. TURNING NORTH

43. HOW MUCH WILL THIS CHOICE REALLY COST ME?

44. THE COURAGEOUS CHOICE

45. TELLING MY FLESH NO

46. WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY ISSUES?

47. IF ONLY WE KNEW

48. THE REAL PEACE WE NEED

Part 3: Embracing Him in the Midst of Hurt & Heartbreak

49. I HAVE TRUST ISSUES

50. IS GOD GOOD?

51. IS GOD GOOD TO ME?

52. DO I TRUST GOD TO BE GOD?

53. THE CRUSHING TIMES

54. WHAT I NEVER NOTICED ABOUT JESUS

55. DEALING WITH DEEP GRIEF

56. WHY ISN’T GOD ANSWERING MY PRAYER?

57. A LITTLE MAD AND A LOT CONFUSED

58. THE STING OF DISAPPOINTMENT

59. WHY WOULD GOD LET THIS HAPPEN?

60. WHAT MAKES REJECTION SO AWFUL?

61. IF YOU EVER FEEL LONELY, READ THIS

62. THE GIRL CALLED LOSER

63. YESTERDAY’S HURTS IN TODAY’S RELATIONSHIPS

64. THERE’S A LADY AT THE GYM WHO HATES ME

65. BECAUSE I AM LOVED

66. ALONE IN A CROWDED ROOM

67. THREE THINGS YOU MUST REMEMBER WHEN REJECTED

68. THE BEST WORST THING

69. A BETTER PLACE TO PARK

70. WISDOM TOGETHER

71. WISDOM AND HUMILITY

72. I’M REALLY AFRAID

73. HOLDING ON TO TRUTH

74. PRESSING THROUGH THE PAIN

75. DEVASTATED BUT NOT DESTROYED

Part 4: Embracing His Call to Be Transformed

76. THE BEGINNINGS OF A MIRACLE

77. IS MY PAIN TALKING?

78. GETTING UNSTUCK FROM MY THINKING RUT

79. THE ROOT OF MY ROT

80. I QUIT

81. RECEIVING GRACE

82. THE TREASURE OF THROWN-AWAY FOOD

83. GIVING GRACE

84. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WITH CRITICISM

85. I HAD THE PERFECT COMEBACK

86. GOD, GIVE US SELF-CONTROL

87. WHAT TO DO WITH TOUGH RELATIONSHIPS

88. YOU DON’T LIKE ME

89. COMPARISONS STINK

90. HER SUCCESS DOESN’T THREATEN MINE

91. I WANT WHAT SHE HAS

92. BUT, LORD, I CAN’T DO THAT!

93. FEELING GUILTY?

94. EVEN WHEN I FALL SHORT

95. THE FRIENDSHIP CHALLENGE

96. THE SCRIBBLED TRUTH THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

97. GETTING PAST MY PAST

98. PUSHING PAST AWKWARD

99. LIFE-SAVING TRUTH

100. CALLED TO FREEDOM

A PRAYER FROM LYSA

PERSONALIZED SCRIPTURES

NOTES

INDEX

TOPICS

DEVOTIONS

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