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Women want to live boldly and bravely in their faith, but many feel weighed down by... something. They pretend to live a full life, but wonder why life as a Christian lacks luster. To fill the aches, they feast unknowingly upon consumerism, self-worship, food obsession, seeking love in all the wrong places, and grasping for anything but Jesus.
Rachel shows women that in order to renew passion, purpose, and unwavering faith, they must intentionally choose to refine and restore their mind, body, and soul, acknowledging their subtle sins before Jesus.
In REFINE AND RESTORE, Rachel shares the process of refining sins out of her life, which separated her from deeper intimacy with God, and restoring her heart back to the truth of who God really is. Through personal stories of confession and conviction (refining moments), readers will discover how Rachel found an authentic, vibrant relationship with God (restored wholeness)-inspiring readers to do the same.
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Copyright 2019 by Rachel Swanson
Forward copyright 2019 by Jennifer Dukes Lee
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Swanson, Rachel C., author.
Title: Refine and restore : revive your heart, release your purpose / Rachel C. Swanson.
Description: first [edition]. | New York : Faith Words, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019007477 | ISBN 9781546013440 (trade pbk.) | ISBN 9781546013433 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Christian women--Religious life.
Classification: LCC BV4527 .S875 2019 | DDC 248.8/43--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019007477
ISBNs: 978-1-5460-1344-0 (trade pbk.), 978-1-5460-1343-3 (ebook)
E3-20190903-DANF
Dedicated to Nicole Edgmond who, with Jesus, helped to refine and restore my heart and soul.
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As a writer, I have come to believe that one of the most important gifts we can give our readers is this: an honest account of how it all unfolded. Truth-telling is a rare and needed offering in an over-filtered world. We all say we want authenticity, but then we hide the most painful, ugly parts of our lives.
Its always an act of bravery to tell your story. Braver still: to strip away every filter before you start sharing it.
In my own books, when it comes to personal revelation, Ive always wanted to figure out where the line of personal comfort is drawn. And then, if I am brave enough, I take a giant leap over it.
I value authenticity, and I know you do too.
Heres the good news: thats what you get in this book. Thats what you get in this author. My dear friend Rachel Swanson is inviting you to take a giant leap over your own line of personal comfort, to find Jesus waiting to catch you on the other side.
Know this: your guide is trustworthy. Rachel is a daring, courageous woman with a love for Gods Word and for His daughters. She has reached deep inside herself to walk through the process of refinement and restoration.
Her conversion story is nothing short of miraculous, but like most of us, her story doesnt end with her salvation. That was just the beginning.
Oswald Chambers once wrote, Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.
Simply put, we dont mature in faith by existing. It takes real work, real focus, real obedience, and as Rachel shows us, real honesty.
In a quick-fix culture, we subscribe to the defective notion that this soul-shaping work ought to come with ease and rapidity. But if youve ever seen an old piece of furniture that has been restored and refined, you know that the process is lengthy. Old paint or varnish is stripped away from the beat-up furniture. Then it is sanded with an abrasive before it can be brought to its polished state of lusterbefore it can truly shine.
Our personal restoration is not so different. For us to truly shine, there are things that God must strip away and sand down. My old friend Pastor Dave used to tell me that sandpaper is, strangely perhaps, the way that the grace of God works sometimes. We want to think that grace is always soft and billowy like cotton. But without the grit of the sandpaper, well never truly change. Grace, in this way, can feel uncomfortable and abrasive, but it always produces the desired result of a life restored and refined.
When we rub against grace like sandpaper, might we be made new too?
Rachel knows this kind of grace. She had to walk a long road through refinement as rough edges were smoothed.
Its her story to tell, but I can promise you that Rachel has arrived at a place wherelike an old piece of furniture or an antique tractorshe was restored. And in the midst of this, she has found her calling, not only in womens ministry, but also right in her own home.
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