A Place to Belong: Out of Our Comfort Zone and Into God's Adventure
Contact: Audra Jennings, The B&B Media Group, 800-927-0517 ext 104, ajennings@tbbmedia.com
DALLAS, Sept. 2, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Every woman needs a place to belong -- and that's the underlying theme of the new book from Lisa Troyer, president of Circle of Friends Ministries, singer/songwriter and radio host. In A Place to Belong: Out of Our Comfort Zone and into God's Adventure (Barbour Publishing), Troyer shares her own journey to acceptance as well as the story of a group of dynamic "women helping women" who call themselves the Circle of Friends. Troyer encourages readers to form their own circle of friends, a safe place of truth and love where women can develop lasting relationships and discover together the purposes of God for their lives.
Though refreshingly warm and simple, A Place to Belong is far from shallow. Troyer's passion to lead others into the bottomless love of God compels her to plunge deeply into the heart of the issues all women face, but most keep to themselves. With tendencies toward depression, anxiety attacks and an eating disorder, she knows firsthand the bondage of secrecy and shame. "Living with a secret," Troyer admits, "doesn't make it go away. It doesn't change your heart. As well hidden as your secret it, that is how deeply lonely you will be. I've been there. I know it's true."
As Troyer launches her story with a disclosure of an unsettling secret from her past, readers immediately sense that they are being drawn into a transparent and authentic conversation that may affect their own lives dramatically. They perceive, too, a gentle but persistent invitation to a place of true freedom and belonging in the very heart of God.
Coupling her unique personal story with related accounts in Scripture, Troyer offers sound instructional advice and inspired application. In A Place to Belong, she explores five principles that address the heart-needs of women today:
- Acceptance, embarking on adventure in relationship
- Authenticity, exchanging the familiar for the extraordinary
- Affirmation, enriching the lives of those around you
- Accountability, receiving the comfort of companionship
- Action, stepping into the journey and walking into the purpose
By learning to apply these concepts, women will not only experience freedom themselves but will also develop a biblical, transformational ministry to lead others within their own sphere of influence to freedom as well.
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