Start Where You Are: How God Meets You in Your Mess, Loves You through It, and Leads You Out of It

by Rashawn Copeland

Overview

How would you describe your walk with God? Fresh and passionate? Vibrant and full of life? Stagnant? Nonexistent? No matter where you are on your walk, that's exactly where God promises to meet you—even if it's messy.

Sharing his own story of spiritual drifting, popular online pastor Rashawn Copeland encourages you to accept yourself as a glorious work in progress, a beloved child in whom God delights, a person on the brink of revival. Anchoring everything in Scripture, he shows you how to start your walk with God now, even in the midst of your mess. Even in the midst of addiction, doubt, depression, fear, and years spent running from God, he shows it is possible to

- find God's love and acceptance
- develop strong character
- choose to rejoice
- move out of your mess
- see life through God's eyes
- be a loving person in a hateful world
- never settle for less than God's best
- and more

The change you long to see in the world starts in your own heart. Thankfully, that's exactly where God is waiting for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540900111
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rashawn Copeland is the founder of I'm So Blessed Daily and Without Walls Ministries. A writer for Church Leaders, God TV, and the God's Not Dead blog, he is also the host of the Scripture and Stories podcast on the Converge Podcast Network. He also serves on the Life Church (YouVersion) Bible app team with Pastor Craig Groeschel, assisting with global digital outreach. He is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma and is currently earning his MDiv at Liberty University. He lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, Denisse, and their three children.

Table of Contents

Foreword Manny Pacquiao 9

Just Start Here 13

1 From Dirty to Worthy 19

2 Where I Started 33

3 Peace 45

4 Conviction 59

5 Faithfulness 81

6 Patience 95

7 Self-Control 113

8 Joy 123

9 Kindness 143

10 Goodness 157

11 Love 169

12 Start Where You Are but Don't Look Back 183

Today Is the Day 198

Shout Out 201

Notes 205