Finding God, Finding Me: How I met God as an ordinary teenager

by Izzy Koo

Overview

Finding God, Finding Me, is ultimately a journey and guide to self. It offers you deep and personal revelations that Izzy imparts to her readers. This is an offering and invitation for readers, of any age, to gain a better understanding of purpose, by coming into a closer relationship with the creator and giver of it. Whether you believe in God, consider yourself to be a Christian or not, Izzy provides a fresh and relatable approach to understanding identity, offering strategies on how to navigate our everyday human emotions and struggles.

Finding God, Finding Me tells the powerful testimony of an ordinary, sixteen-year-old girl whose life changes after encountering God. This book is a window into her fears, struggles, and insecurities as a high schooler, and how God helped her find her identity, confidence, and so much more. Being a teenager herself, Izzy knows first-hand the challenges facing today's teenagers. She wants to use her transformation story to inspire and convince others to want to begin their journey of finding Christ - and ultimately find themselves in the process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637460306
Publisher:	Kharis Publishing
Publication date:	04/30/2021
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.43(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Izzy Koo is a high school student who is committed to helping others-especially youth-attain a deeper relationship with Christ. At sixteen, she started the "Project Encounter" movement-an international gathering of teenagers online to encourage one another through worship and testimonies. She believes strongly in teenagers inspiring other teenagers with their stories, which has led her to start a blog, compose songs, and release her first book.

Table of Contents

Table of contents

Foreword..................... xi

Introduction................. xiii

Finding God................. 1

Finding Identity............ 30

Finding Confidence........ 50

Finding Patience........... 69

Finding Purpose............ 87

Finding Passion............ 105

Finding Humility.......... 125

Finding Me.................. 143

Final Thoughts............. 155

Acknowledgements........ 163

About the Author........... 167

Editorial Reviews

Through vulnerability and generosity, Izzy proves and reminds us that God doesn't call the qualified, but he qualifies the called. Izzy lives by one of her favorite verses - 1 Timothy 4:12 which says, "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and purity." Finding God, Finding Me is a MUST read! It has provided clarity and direction for my personal life journey.

Derek Jackson

Izzy Koo won me over with her candid confession, "I honestly didn't know why I was a Christian." From there, she writes a powerful testimony of encountering God that changed everything from her identity and confidence to purpose and passion. The result is a book that offers hope to the battles that every teenager faces: loneliness, emptiness, depression, anxiety, and bitterness. The impact of Izzy's testimony is profound-it resonates not only with Christians but also with seekers and skeptics-and encourages all to look to Jesus for solutions that the world cannot offer. Finding God, Finding Me is so personal and introspective, and I highly recommend parents to give this book to their children who might be struggling spiritually.

Izzy's testimony addresses teens right where they are and encourages them to experience the transforming power of God's love.

-Michael Lee, Senior Pastor of All Nations Community Church.

Izzy Koo's Finding God, Finding Me, would have to be one of the most inspiring testimonies I've ever heard of. This book proves how real our God is. The moments in Izzy's life are ones that all youth can relate to and find courage in the challenging seasons of life. Izzy demonstrates her triumphs as well as her battles that let the reader know that they aren't alone, and have a God who gives us victory. The boldness, the passion to serve our King and others, the hunger, the love, the kindness, and care she gives, has inspired me and will keep inspiring others to seek the Lord diligently. Because I want what Izzy's on! Izzy has majorly influenced my confidence to know who I am in Christ and you can see how the Lord uses her and speaks through her throughout this whole book.

I hope this book blesses and touches you as much as it did to me. All Glory be to God, and I'm so proud of you Izzy, for being a willing vessel to be used.

-Sarah Daniela Ortega, MFDV Youth, and Worship Leader.

Where do I even begin? I can't even start to explain how proud I am of my sister. All my life she has been my sister, best friend, and inspiration, and seeing her write this book and living her life to glorify God has been so amazing. I have seen in person how God has changed her, and I'm so amazed and inspired that God can truly make a person new again. Reading this book, I am positive that other kids and teens my age will be so inspired to seek God and find their identity in him.

-Olivia Koo, Izzy's little sister (11 years old).

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