Endorsements
Its one thing to read a moving story of betrayal, forgiveness and recovery, but quite another to watch it unfold before your eyes. Such is the role Ive had with the Vallotton family since the day their world collapsed. This great family got just what they didnt deserve. The unbelievable pain was paralyzing. Yet turn after turn, they moved redemptively and discovered Gods goodness in a new way. Winning the War Within gives us exactly what we need: honesty, inspiration and insight to enable us to understand the process to health and recovery. Both Jason and Kris have an unusual gift to communicate through writing. This is a much-needed book in the library of every believer.
Bill Johnson, senior leader, Bethel Church, Redding, California
Jason Vallotton, along with his father, Kris Vallotton, are laying the foundation to incredible freedom and joy in their book Winning the War Within . This book is unashamedly honest and challenges you to look at your own heart with the same honesty. We completely believe this book will set the captives free and heal the brokenhearted! It not only teaches you how to forgive but also how to walk it out and see it through to completion in your life. Winning the War Within will bring greater intimacy with the Father to every heart that embraces it.
Kim Walker-Smith and Skyler Smith, Jesus Culture
Winning the War Within is much more than a set of principles, a fresh Bible study or even a powerful testimony. This book is a piece of the Vallotton familys heart. In a beautiful context and style, Kris and Jason pen some of the most painful experiences of their lives. The unique approach of this book on forgiveness and pain is the paradigm in which they lived the unfolding events. I encourage anyone seeking to learn a supernatural response to betrayal, offense or broken relationships to read this book and be forever changed.
Danny Silk, author, Culture of Honor and Loving Our Kids on Purpose
We are all on a journey in this life, and we each have a story to tell. Our stories include everything, whether it is good, bad or ugly. When we engage with one another, we learn how to walk in each others shoes. The testimonies we hear give us power to do the same things with the same results. I know Jasons story. I have a similar journey. I appreciate anyone who can turn pain into a radical process of becoming like Jesus.
It is in the valley that our lives are truly adjusted to the pleasures of God. On the mountain we have sovereign encounters with majesty and beauty, and then we must return to the scene of the devastation and begin to plant what God has sowed into us. This is where we encounter the incomparable delight of the Comforter, who steps into our devastation with His own gracious touch and renovates us from the inside out.
Forgiveness that is etched in grace creates a lifestyle of loving that is powerful, releasing and effective. All who read this book will be changed, because they will be drawn into the story of Jesus walking with beauty in the fields of pain.
Graham Cooke, author, speaker and publisher
There are libraries full of books that can fill your head with knowledge and facts, but then there are those special books that transcend information and have the power to transform your life. Winning the War Within is one of those books. I am so grateful for the way Jason and Kris have dared to open up their own lives and give us this special book.
Jonathan Helser, worship leader; co-director, 18 Inch Journey and Cageless Birds
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2011, 2020 by Jason Vallotton and Kris Vallotton
Published by Chosen Books
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ISBN 978-1-4934-2487-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Control Number: 2019050969
Portions of this book previously published by Regal Books in 2011 and Chosen Books in 2014 under the title The Supernatural Power of Forgiveness .
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Scripture quotations identified E S V are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2016
Scripture quotations identified MESSAGE are taken from THE MESSAGE , copyright 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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Note that in some of the authors stories, the names and identifying details of certain individuals have been changed to protect their privacy.
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Contents
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Foreword by Heidi Baker
Introduction
Preface
1. Little House on the Prairie
2. God Spot
3. Justice Served
4. The Fruit of Hard Times
5. Unlocking the Inner Man
6. In the Comfort of Your Own Pain
7. The Power of Forgiveness
9. Red Flags
10. Into Me You See
11. A New Standard
12. Hope, the Final Frontier
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Back Cover
Foreword
This book is a powerful key to unlocking the hearts of those who have been trapped by the pain and memories of their past traumas and experiences. Jasons vulnerable testimony will help those who have been hurt and betrayed to find the courage and strength to face their own pain. His journey of love and forgiveness testifies that there is no situation beyond the unending reach of Gods love and redemption. God promises us that if we give Him the ashes of our lives, He will exchange them for His beauty, no matter how big our ash heap seems to be!
Jason and Kris have shared deep insights from the heart of God that are crucial for the journey from pain into the beauty of His restoration. They have done an amazing job of writing about a difficult subject in a very transparent and moving way. Their openness and vulnerability will pave the way for many to come out of the prison of unforgiveness and into a place of healing and freedom.
During the last several years of being a missionary in one of the poorest nations in the world, I have seen some of the greatest suffering imaginable. I have also had the joy of seeing God bring about restoration in the most remarkable ways! This hinges on one of the biggest decisions that we can ever make: the decision to forgive. Forgiveness makes the difference between continued torment and suffering, and freedom and redemption beyond our wildest dreams.