Hope Breaks Through: How to See Beyond Your Life and Put Compassion into Action($12.24Value)

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Discover how to exchange what is for what could be · replace discouragement with hope · work alongside God to effect meaningful change · encounter rich biblical teaching and remarkable true stories Hopelessness is everywhere. It doesn't discriminate. It's a form of spiritual poverty lurking in remote villages, destitute refugee camps, suburban homes, and corner offices. The sheer magnitude of the needs we see can paralyze us, harden our hearts, and tempt us to choose indifference. But when we lose hope, we surrender both our earthly influence and our spiritual inheritance. With rich biblical teaching and remarkable stories, Heath Adamson invites you to exchange what is with what could be . The hope he writes of isn't wishful thinking. It's a biblical, transformative, future-focused force that breaks through our circumstances, and makes it possible for us to work alongside God to effect meaningful change. If you have been discouraged or overwhelmed, you are not alone. By seeing beyond your life, you will discover how true hope can change your mindset and reignite your passion to serve others. Discover how to exchange what is for what could be Hopelessness is everywhere and it doesn't discriminate. It's found in remote villages, destitute refugee camps, suburban homes, and corner offices. And when we lose hope, we forfeit both our earthly influence and our spiritual inheritance. With rich, biblical teaching and remarkable stories, Heath Adamson invites us to experience true hope--that transformative, future-focused force that breaks through our circumstances and makes it possible for us to work alongside God to effect meaningful change. If you have been discouraged or overwhelmed, you're about to find your mindset changed and your passion to serve others reignited. "We're often tempted to despair by the external struggles we see all around us--poverty, war, pain, loss--but Heath Adamson rightly reminds us that our truest, deepest struggle is often with hopelessness. In Hope Breaks Through , he gives a powerful invitation to overcome this spiritual poverty and help others do the same, without sugarcoating the world we live in."-- Mark Batterson , New York Times bestselling author, The Circle Maker ; lead pastor, National Community Church "A beacon of light and a call to action. This book reminds us that hope is not a distant dream but a present, transformative force."-- Rev. Samuel Rodriguez , author; lead pastor, New Season; president and CEO, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference " Hope Breaks Through offers a fresh approach to a timely topic. This book will help you better understand the ways and purposes of God."-- Hal Donaldson , founder and CEO, Convoy of Hope Heath Adamson is the author of Grace in the Valley and The Sacred Chase . As senior vice president of global program at Convoy of Hope, he works with communities to address root causes of poverty and hunger. His PhD is from the University of London. He speaks at universities, conferences, symposiums, and churches. While he often catches a fresh glimpse of what only God can do among the world's most vulnerable, his favorite place to be is with his wife, Ali, and their two daughters, Leighton and Dallon. Heath invites you to embrace the greatest pursuit in life: to cultivate a flourishing, deeply personal, and contagious relationship with Jesus.