Battle Ready
- Christian Living
- Women
- Publisher: Baker Books (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2018
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Publisher's Description
Too often we fail to prepare for our battles. So when challenges, troubles, or opportunities arise, we rapidly become burdened with limiting thoughts of self-doubt, fear, impossibility, and lack. But it doesn't have to be this way. We can train our minds to conquer uncertainty, beat insecurity, and step past the tragedies of yesterday. Battle Ready is a hands-on scriptural plan that teaches you twelve easy-to-implement, confidence-building mind-sets designed to transform your thoughts and, therefore, your life. You'll gain practical wisdom, like how to· make new habits stick in just five steps· disarm the seven most common attacks that plague women· exchange self-limiting thoughts for purpose-driven, love-releasing thoughts· implement thirty-second mind-lifters that deliver peace· create boundaries so you live life full of what mattersYou can live victoriously."The best time to be strengthened against the Enemy's tactics of doubt, disappointment, and devastation is before he makes his first move toward us. We all desperately need the biblical guidance and preparation found in Battle Ready!"--Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries"The most difficult fights we will face in this life will not be on the outside; they will be within our own hearts and minds. As someone who has struggled with depression and anxiety throughout my life, I know this firsthand. Battle Ready will help encourage, empower, and equip you to live in true victory."--Holley Gerth, bestselling author of Fiercehearted"Battle Ready will equip and empower you, teaching you where to park your mind during difficult times. Its practical advice and pen-to-paper reflection sections, coupled with the truths of Scripture sprinkled throughout, will enable you to avoid defeat and discouragement and walk confidently in faith instead. Highly recommended."--Karen Ehman, national speaker, New York Times bestselling author of Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It and When to Say Nothing at All "Battle Ready is a field manual for the mind. If you desire to think more like Christ, its truths, stories, personal applications, and discoveries will undoubtedly lead you to renewed places of peace, hope, and life."--Elisa Morgan, speaker and author of The Beauty of Broken"Relational, emotional, and physical trials often hit one hundred miles an hour, making us feel defenseless and powerless. This no longer has to be the case. Battle Ready, an exploratory, hands-on book, provides dozens of mind-renewing truths, hope-building exercises, and habit-changing techniques to help you endure the worst of times, with Jesus, as if it was the best of times."--Shannon Ethridge, MA, life/relationship coach and bestselling author of Every Woman's Battle series
Endorsements (12)
“Battle Ready is chock-full of reminders, mini-lessons, and truths for every battered and bruised one of us. With honesty and insight, Kelly points to the path where the meek become mighty and the weary wise.”
“Kelly is a prayer warrior who knows firsthand the power and importance of taking captive her thoughts to make them obedient to Christ. If you struggle with negative mental chatter—or a full-blown assault—you’ll find Battle Ready a practical guide to arresting stray thoughts and making them submissive to Jesus. Whatever your battle, may you grow to have the mind of Christ in you and toward others.”
“Kelly has written a powerful, timely, and essential book for our day. There’s no fluff here. Well researched and yet so accessible, this book reads like one part manual and one part devotional. Kelly invites us on a journey of transformation that’s solidly biblical and profoundly inspirational. It takes time and persistence to change the way we think. Make space in your life and prayerfully work your way through the pages of this book. With God’s help you’ll discover that you’re actually wired for freedom.”
“In a day and age when it’s easy to settle for an ordinary existence, Kelly Balarie empowers her readers to choose an extraordinary path toward an extraordinary God. Battle Ready invites women to shift thought-patterns, perspectives, and life-purposes in order to become the ‘warriors’ God created us to be.”
“In today’s culture, it can be all too easy to get stuck in a harmful thought habit that prevents us from being the best version of ourselves. Kelly Balarie’s Battle Ready is more than just inspiration from a trusted friend. This book is a complete resource that will allow you to reclaim your confidence once and for all. Anyone can bring out their inner warrior using this remarkable guide.”
“Worry and doubt can plague our minds and threaten to take us down in the toughest of times. Battle Ready is an invitation to live differently. We don’t have to spend our lives in a constant state of trepidation. Step by step, Kelly points us in a new direction toward a faith-filled life and shows us how to live with deep-seated hope no matter what we face!”
“I believe we are living in one of the most profound hours in human history. Out of the ashes God is raising up a generation of warriors by clothing them in His beauty. It is these transformed ones who are destined to transform culture. Mind-sets are foundational to this process. What we believe is who we become. In this book Kelly Balarie presents biblical truth in such a masterful way that it dismantles dysfunctional belief systems and empowers the reader to be ‘battle ready’ for this journey called life. My prayer is that God would use this book as a catalytic tool in His hands to empower multitudes around the globe.”
“Battle Ready is a training manual for those preparing for a war that is fought and won in the spiritual realm. May I suggest you take a long approach and not rush through your reading. Grab your Bible, journal, and pen and take this step-by-step guide one section, or even one question, at a time. ‘Choose decisively,’ as Balarie writes, to prepare your mind.”
“This is not a book. It’s an armory filled with every weapon you need to protect yourself from your own brain. Mine is a vulnerable li’l noodle. Bits of shrapnel Powerful people think powerful thoughts! This book will empower you to think powerfully so you can live a bold and victorious life.”
“If you struggle to believe God’s promises or to feel secure in your identity as His daughter, Battle Ready will walk you through strategies to strengthen your faith and confidence. Kelly is like a warm friend who links arms with you, offering everything she’s learned in her own journey, and her honesty as she shares stories of her own battles makes this a relatable read.”
“In Battle Ready, Kelly Balarie vulnerably shares from her struggles with runaway thoughts and self-limiting words. Her real-life action steps exhort and equip us to take control of our minds, submit our hearts to Christ, and experience a resulting life transformation. Battle Ready is packed with honest, heartfelt encouragement, and I can’t wait to read it again.”
“The enemy has two goals: to keep us from believing and surrendering our lives to Jesus, and, if he cannot accomplish that, to keep us rendered useless as believers, tied up in bondage, lies, and shame. Through Kelly’s study, these lies and shame can be changed into truth and confidence, setting us free to be all God has designed and called us to be. God is moving to set His daughters free, and a renewing of the mind is where it starts. I believe this book is where God is working—renewing our minds to transform us into victorious warriors. I recommend all women spend time investing in their freedom, in the truth and love of God that are captured so well by Kelly in Battle Ready!”
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