Tiffini Kilgore - Misfit Table: Let Your Hunger Lead You to Where You Belong

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Tiffinis beautiful words come from a tender place of understanding mixed with the kind of gritty strength we all need for our broken places. Misfit Table will help you believe, more than ever, that you can find true acceptance, healing, and redemption for your hurt by allowing God to rewrite your story.

Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

In Misfit Table, Tiffini weaves a story that is both spellbinding and majestic. It is the telling of the ultimate love story of a faithful God who never stops his pursuit of our hearts. Read and discover Gods love, his goodness, and how a relationship with him can redeem even the most broken fragments of our lives.

Lisa Bevere, New York Times bestselling author

All of us have lived under liesthose hurtful words that drape over us like a heavy blanket, words the enemy uses to keep us in bondagebut those words were labels we were never created to wear. I believe this book will be a lifeline of freedom for so many. Thank you, Tiffani, for telling your story. Your vulnerability reminds us all that we are wanted and valued, and that we always have a seat at his table.

Natalie Grant, singer/songwriter

In this world that values perfection, or at least the appearance of it, God looks for brokenness. He waits for people who chase after him, even if they do it with a limp. Tiffini is my friend. I have known few people who have embraced the process of brokenness with obedience, worship, and thanksgiving like Tiffini.

Niles Holsinger, pastor of Gateway Church

Misfit Table left me so deeply encouraged and even surprised all over again by the great lengths the Father will go to in inviting us to his table, over and over again. Tiffini so bravely and beautifully lays her heart out on the table to help all of us misfits remember that the Word of God still keeps us, heals us, and deeply satisfies our every need!

Christy Nockels, worship leader, songwriter, creator of The Glorious in the Mundane

I couldnt put Misfit Table down! The deep hurt and vulnerability of Tiffinis life story being covered so completely with the words from Papa God was soul-lifting in a way I cant fully describe. This book is a beautiful reminder that Gods never-ending love for us is far greater than the brokenness of this world. His promises are true and good. His love never fails.

Korie Robertson, Duck Dynasty, author of Strong and Kind

Tiffini speaks to all who crave belonging, to be fully known and fully loved. I am forever marked by her bravery on these pages; she speaks what many yearn to say. There is no one beyond Gods love, no misfit beyond his reach. May her redemption story call your heart home, as it did for mine.

Rebekah Lyons, author of You are Free and Freefall to Fly

Misfit Table will not only keep you captivated as you read through Tiffanis beautifully written words but will show you the way home. If your life has been filled with overwhelming heartache, loss, rejection, and pain, Tiffini shows you that there is a Father in heaven who has never left you nor forsaken you. He has been there the whole time, leaving breadcrumbs, as she calls them, to lead you home.

Alex Seeley, lead pastor of The Belonging Co., author of Tailor Made

I can say about Misfit Table what I can say about only a rare few books: it captured me early and kept me until the end. It made me hungry for Jesus, whose story Tiffini really tells. Gorgeous, gripping word pictures paint an honest offering in book pages I wont soon forget.

Lisa Whittle, speaker, author of I Want God and 5-Word Prayers podcast

As a therapist, I find that the balance of the clinical and the spiritual is such a fine line. Tiffini does an amazing job of understanding the truth of what she faced in her story while also hearing the raw and honest words from the Father. Such a great book for anyone who has experienced any struggle, at any time. She demonstrates, with such grace, how to lean into the Father while tending to her own tangible emotion. I cannot wait to use this with clients in my practice!

Cassie Reid, PhD; LPC-Supervisor; director of counseling at The Kings University; owner/lead therapist at Cassie Reid Counseling

Tiffini has pulled back the curtain of religion and invited us into real, raw, authentic relationship with others and with God. The reality is that Tiffinis story is all too common yet untold in the people you sit next to at church or on public transport or even at your table. Most dont have the courage or platform to tell their story in such a way that it brings Gods healing, love, and relationship. I can feel Tiffinis and Gods heartbeat for each other and for the readers.

Mary Jo Pierce, author, speaker, intercessor

Tiffinis brilliant words in Misfit Table are everything our hurting world desperately needs. What makes this book so powerful is that these words have been lived out by an incredible author who we gratefully get to call a friend. The Bible informs us that the power of life and death resides in our words, which is why you need all the words written in this book. They will inspire you to live out your God-given design with joy and confidence.

Chris Durso, author of Misfit and The Heist

Tiffinis story will take you on a journey that will encourage you, shock you, make you mad, break your heart, and bring you hope. Each step will lead you into the arms of a loving Father, or Papa as Tiffini calls him. Misfit Table is an invitation for all who are hungry, an altar for the broken, and a must-read for those longing for the church to be more than a building.

Caleb Peavy, founder of Unmutable, host of the Be Creative podcast

Tiffini Kilgore is a woman who knows how to use her words. She is a woman who believes with every fiber of her being that words matter, and she wields them accordingly. This book is living proof.

Jeremy Cowart, photographer, founder of The Purpose Hotel

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Misfit Table

Copyright 2019 by Tiffini Kilgore

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Epub Edition December 2018 9780310352341

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