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Part I: Overcoming when you don't understand God's plan. Gideon's Impostery Syndrome: making a choice when you feel overwhelmed -- Moses's Social Anxiety: Speaking up when you're alone -- Peter's Fear: When our tongues are a double-edged sword -- Part II: Overcoming when it's hard to love others. Joseph's family trauma: What to do when every institution fails you -- Jonah's anger: Loving people when you just don't feel like it -- Daniel's integrity: Resisting the culture when it conflicts with y our convictions -- Nehemiah's wisdom: Dreaming big in the face of opposition -- Part III: Overcoming when God feels far away. Noah's patience: Waiting on God in hard times -- Joshua's obedience: Staying an optimist in a pessimist's world -- Elijah's discouragement: how to stop a negative spiral -- Jesus: God with us is the ultimate overcomer.

"If your life doesn't look the way you expected, that doesn't mean God can't use you. The Christian life often doesn't feel like the stained-glass images we remember from childhood--happy, holy, hopeful. But God never promised that we won't have trouble. Rather, He promises to be with us through the storm."--Amazon.