I like where they're coming from. They're talking about why we do stuff, and how you don't have to do something big to glorify God. I hope they take it further :)

Start Here by Alex and Brett Harris
Genre: Youth and Christian Living
Rating: 5

(From Goodreads)

You want to do hard things. But you don’t know where to start. You are changing the world around you. But you are tired and burned out. You feel called to do the extraordinary for God. But you feel stuck in the ordinary.

Do Hard Things inspired thousands of young people around the world to make the most of the teen years. Now Alex and Brett Harris are back and ready to tackle the questions that Do Hard Things inspired: How do I get started? What do I do when I get discouraged? What’s the best way to inspire others? Filled with stories and insights from Alex, Brett, and other real-life rebelutionaries, Start Here is a powerful and practical guide to doing hard things, right where you are. Are you ready to take the next step and blast past mediocrity for the glory of God? START HERE.

I found Start Here to be very inspirational. The Harris’ get down to the point quickly and concisely.

Start Here is a light easy read, but then how can a Christian living book be light? They talk about pride and sin and giving glory to God, they talk about peer pressure and stress and fears and the Father of Lies. But they also encourage teenagers to get out of the box that our society has put them in. It’s light and easy in that it’s an easily understood page-turner.

The Harris’ first book, Do Hard Things, was about encouraging teens to do just that—to do hard things—for God. In Start Here, they talk about how to go about doing those hard things, what to do when you encounter fear, press, or peer pressure, and answer all the tough questions.

One of the points that they make is that your hard thing may not be to sail around the world at age sixteen or to make a movie or to start a nonprofit organization or anything else big. Your hard thing might be what some people consider a small thing, and it may be something that nobody even knows about. But God wants you to do that hard thing because in the long run, it changes your heart for the better. At the back of Start Here is a list of 100 things that people have contributed too, and I want to share a few with you:

Sold all the clothes I didn’t need and gave the money to charity
worked up to 100 pushups in four weeks
saved my first kiss for my wedding day
read a book out loud to my younger siblings
let my brother win an argument
Babysat for a single mom who could not pay me much
Set a budget and stuck with it.
Maybe these people aren’t going to be front page news… but their hard things are pretty important.

Start Here will encourage, inspire, and help you through whatever it is that God has for you, whether you know about it right now or not. Consider it a handbook, and use it side by side with your main instruction manual (The Bible).

Recommendation: Ages 11+ Adults do hard things, too! They also will benefit from this book.

Return to Your First Love is an inspiring true story of biblical proportions that takes readers on a journey through one woman’s struggles and resilience to press toward a victorious life which is gained by her restored intimate walk with God. Readers will discover how God exposes her unhealthy relationships and identifies her own destructive behavioral patterns, which in turn leads to building self-esteem and establishing productive relationships.

This compelling story tells of the devastating effect of rejection, persecution and lack of support suffered as a result of being raised in a dysfunctional family. Her unhealthy relationship with family members leaves a void in her life and thrust her into irrational behavior with costly consequences. When she reaches a point that she can take no more, she cries out to God in repentance, in a pursuit to find understanding and serenity. She finds it in the comfort of the Savior as she accepts His view of her circumstances, and finds rest in God’s love.

As readers peruse the pages of this book, they will find that this is the soul of a woman laid bare, an invitation to glimpse the intimate truths and depths of her life and heart. The soul of this woman grows, evolves and becoming wise as her life unfolds as she deliberately chooses her path. With every turn of the page, Return to Your First Love is packed with intrigue, drama and suspense, while laced with humor. This book is an inspirational adventure and spiritual journey, with a secular appeal, which addresses life challenges often evaded, and affirms to trust in a loving God. The author reminds her audience in light of life challenges and disappointments, the joy of the Lord is our strength. You will laugh and cry as the author walks you through the pages of her life and shares how she returns to her first love.


Great book...

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I carry this little book with me in my purse now. I've had it for over a year and it has been a wonderful little self helper.

It reminds me to practice breathing, practice smiling, and be here in the present moment.