In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake: Trusting the God Who Meets Us in Our Storm
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In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake: Trusting the God Who Meets Us in Our Storm

Paperback – September 8, 2020

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Price
$9.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1400216871
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.5 x 8.4 inches
Weight
6.2 ounces

Description

About the Author Patrick and Ruth Schwenk have dedicated their lives to local church ministry, as well as online ministry, founding the popular blogs, FortheFamily.org and TheBetterMom.com, and also the brand-new podcast Rootlike Faith . Patrick Schwenk is a pastor of nearly twenty years and the coauthor of For Better or For Kids: A Vow to Love Your Spouse with Kids in the House . Ruth Schwenk is a well-known blogger and author of The Better Mom , The Better Mom Devotional , and coauthor (with Karen Ehman) of Pressing Pause and Settle My Soul . Patrick and Ruth have been married for over twenty years and live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with their four children, two hamsters, and a loyal Labrador retriever.

Features & Highlights

  • Your Storm Doesn’t Have to Sink You
  • At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves in a boat in the middle of a lake. We might be there due to a job loss or the death of a loved one. Maybe disability, divorce, or financial insecurity has stranded us. Patrick and Ruth Schwenk found themselves feeling battered after five miscarriages and then surrounded by the waves with Patrick’s cancer diagnosis at age forty-three. They were alone. Drifting. And that’s when their transformation began.
  • In this compassionate and powerful book
  • ,
  • the Schwenks weave together lessons from their own experience with insightful Bible teaching to remind us that one of the greatest ways God transforms us is through trials. As they unpack why Jesus called the disciples into the middle of a lake when dry ground was so safe and comfortable, they help us
  • understand why the depth of our hurt enables us to experience deep hope;
  • understand why the depth of our hurt enables us to experience deep hope;
  • learn to conquer fear to experience the freedom God has for us; and
  • learn to conquer fear to experience the freedom God has for us; and
  • discover how God uses chaos, and not just the classroom, to shape and work through us.
  • discover how God uses chaos, and not just the classroom, to shape and work through us.
  • Today—in your confusion about God’s intentions, your disappointment over lost dreams, your disillusionment about prayer—God is offering hope. Because Jesus is still Lord over the water. And while he is not moved by the waves, he is moved by you. And this flood might just be a path to abundance.
  • “A powerful reminder that our current reality is not our final reality, and God is Lord over all chaos and suffering!”
  • —Candace Cameron Bure, actress and
  • New York Times
  • bestselling author

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Hope in your suffering

I loved this book so much. I plan on reading it over and over again before passing it on. This book is a must read for everyone because we all experience suffering. If you aren’t in a boat in the middle of the lake right now, then you will most likely be at some point in your life.
I’ve suffered with some scary health issues that have left me in a constant state of worry and fear. This book was so encouraging, but it also covered all the difficult aspects of suffering. It was refreshing to hear an open and honest story of the Author’s own feelings and struggles with suffering through a Christian perspective. Instead of feeling guilt and shame at my lack of faith in my suffering, I finished this book with a completely different perspective on suffering and trials.
I don’t think this is an exact quote but quite similar: “Sometimes our trials reveal what we believe and what we don’t.” It wasn’t until I was knee deep in my trial, that i was able to see how the Faith I thought I had just crumbled. It was an eye opening, perspective-changing, encouraging gem of a book.
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GREAT Resource!

Such encouragement. If you are not in a storm there is one coming. This is a great tool for your toolkit when you do!
"Our deepest hurt is also where our greatest hope emerges. While we experience pain and loss, those circumstances are also the fertile soil for new beginnings. For new life. For a new day.We just need to look over and past that hurt to see it. Not ignore it but rise above it."
*I did receive an advance copy for early review.

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