Book Review: Hope In 60 Seconds

 I received a book to review. All opinions are my own. 

I was recently given the opportunity to read Hope In 60 Seconds: Encountering the GOD of the Impossible by Christina Baker. I truly enjoyed the book- it really is a book that everyone can get something out of. 

DO YOU NEED A MIRACLE?

Has life stolen your hope? Have your prayers gone unanswered? 

After years of darkness- full of abuse, rejection, homessness, addiction, illness, loss, and injustice- Christina Baker couldn't believe in a good God. A God who cared. 

But in her dark night of the soul- high on drugs and facing jail time- Jesus came knocking at the door of her heart. She encountered the love of a God who creates beauty from ashes, binds up the brokenhearted, and heals even the most harrowing diagnosis. Now able to see the ways in which God loved and protected her even when she was unaware, Christina carries hope for anyone too weary, too broken, too hungry to carry it in themselves.

• In Hope in 60 Seconds, Christina shares that hope and offers powerful wisdom to encounter, receive, and follow Jesus in the form of:
• Twenty short prayers that point you to a God who will stop at nothing to fight for you.
• Ten personal stories of the miraculous transformation made possible ty the Hero of Hope.

Biblical teachings that will introduce you to the God who has always sheltered the suffering.

Now more than ever, we need hope. Christina's dramatic story reminds us that the hope we hunger for is not a strategy or state of mind but deep, abiding faith in Jesus.  

 (from the back cover)

Christina Baker, a proud athiest, was hooked on drugs and living a life that would only lead to regrets. Instead of spending evenings with her son, she was partying and buying drugs. One night everything changed. She got pulled over and the drugs were found. She was sent to jail. She was angry at God. She realized that even though she didn't think she believed in God, she must becuase she was quick to blame him. A crack formed in her hard heart and God found a way in. She still had quite the journey to go on, but all God needed was a crack to get started. 

Hope in 60 Seconds is truly an amazing book. Broken into small segments, you can read a section in just a minute if you can't sit down and read loger- but I get pulled in and have truly enjoyed reading Christina's words. She is an amazing story teller and has a way of retelling Bible stories in a modern way that makes making connections come naturally. 

You can purchase Hope In 60 seconds here.  

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