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It's Not Supposed to Be This Way
- Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst, Jolene Barto
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
READ BY THE AUTHOR | Also includes exclusive interview with Lysa!
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, his lack of intervention hurtful, and his promises doubtful? Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances, inviting you to live assured when life doesn't turn out like you expected.
Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a season, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned at best and overwhelmed and hopeless at worst. We quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness and why he allows us to suffer and experience grief and loss.
Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But after many tears, godly counseling, and prayerful seeking, she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa invites us into her own journey of faith and, with grit, vulnerability, and honest humor, helps us to:
- Stop being pulled into the anxiety of disappointment by discovering how to better process unmet expectations and other painful situations.
- Train ourselves to recognize the three strategies of the enemy, so we can stand strong and persevere through unsettling relationships and uncertain outcomes.
- Discover the secret of being steadfast and not panicking when God actually does give us more than we can handle.
- Shift our suspicion that God is cruel or unfair to the biblical assurance that God is protecting and preparing us.
- Know how to encourage a friend and help her navigate hard realities with real help from God's truth, the Bible.
Look for additional biblically based resources and devotionals from Lysa:
- Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
- Forgiving What You Can't Forget
- Uninvited
- You're Going to Make It
- Embraced
- Seeing Beautiful Again
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Rebecca
- 02-06-20
AMAZING highly recommend
Such an amazing, God filled book. I have learnt so much and couldn’t recommend enough. If you are hurting - give this a read x
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- Ms Amanda Jane Fraser
- 24-07-21
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this book encouraged me and brought comfort
gave a change in perspective. very insightful.
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- Jamie Bennett
- 26-03-19
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Thanks Lisa for being honest and raw helped me through a difficult time in my life.
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- Nicola
- 18-11-21
Life between two gardens.
Lysa shows how to be steadfast in God despite the dark valleys and high mountains of life. She is loving, truthful and most importantly, Biblical. Her narration is wonderful - she has a rich turn of phrase and kind and compassionate voice. Just like listening to a close sister. Thank you Lysa for giving us these encouraging, strengthening and challenging words.
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- MISS JODIE C BACON
- 13-10-20
A great encouragement
This book is amazing. My life experiences are very different but I needed to hear the same truths. I got a brain injury 2.5yrs ago & I’m slowly working through the fall out of my world changing 100%.
My only “constructive” feedback is that I struggled, because of my ability to process information, with the speed at which this book was read. I had to listen in small chunks to help my brain cope with it all. I couldn’t just stop it because I needed the words to speak into my deepest parts. If it was a little slower with some pauses it would have been easier.
All that said thank you so much Lisa 💛
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- selena
- 23-04-20
Just the book I needed to hear
I was truly guided and felt an urgency to read this book the moment I laid eyes on it as I was having a hard time with disappointment myself. I listened to the book the whole way through nonstop. In tears I found the answers I was looking for revealed in the first couple chapters! I plan on buying a hard copy so that I can reread and really let all its revelations sink in.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-02-20
Such an inspiringly candid story
"Count it all joy, when you encounter different trials. For the testing of your faith produces endurance and endurance produces hope"
Suffering is central to the Christian faith, Lysa's book will help you embrace it
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- Linda Boyce
- 30-05-20
Life changing!
This was such a moving read, it was truly inspiring. Just what I needed to hear too. Lysa you are an inspiration with a beautiful heart that reflects the Father ♥️
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- Lou
- 18-04-19
Failed to finish
I was disappointed with this book, and had to force myself to listen further than the first chapter which failed to grip me. Perhaps if I had carried on passed chapter 2 it would have improved, but there was no rhythm and flow for me so I'm giving it 2 stars.
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- Megan Ashley
- 27-07-20
Don't want faith to be preached to me
I didn't know faith was such a huge element of this audiobook. I listened for 7 minutes and had to turn it off as it just upset me even more. I was recommended this book for my recent miscarriage and it has just made me more upset. I wouldn't recommend if you are not religious or angry at God
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