As If: Steering your Life without Strife, Navigating from Fantasy to Faith and Rising from Delusion into Destiny - Hardcover

Bentham, Gill; Kary, Oberbrunner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1640850244 ISBN 13: 9781640850248

Publisher: Author Academy Elite, 2019

Synopsis

You might be a believer, but do you struggle to believe God really will do what He has promised. God tells us, “All things are possible to those that believe.” Do you have more in common with doubting Thomas than King David or Mary? You love God, dream big and work hard to put life into the vision that thrills your heart. You know God CAN do it. But will He? And through YOU? Internally you scream “What If?”, or prayerfully wish “If Only!” Whatever happens, “Even If” disappointment and delay interrupt your journey, author Gill Bentham convinces you that the tests are worthwhile. She reveals a powerful truth: When you live “As If” your dream has already happened, it is yours! 

Life coach Gill gently teaches through the ancient character Jacob, a meandering canal cruise metaphor and her own anecdotes and observations. You will recognise a far deeper goal than the lure of fulfilment. Simply put, your aspirations are unattainable until you desire them less than the One who put them within you. 

In this book, you will learn the unforced rhythms of grace as you: 

• Master the deceptive power of reason, emotion and will 
• Embrace the transforming power of weakness, brokenness and loss 
• Relax into deep assurance of your value, potential and calling 
• Stand fully confident, as His unique choice for your appointed time  

This is a truly imaginative Pilgrims Progress birthed at the turn of the millennium for every twenty-first century believer who is weary of the superficiality of spiritual platitudes and sickly-sweet recipes for success

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Review

“This is such a creative idea for a book. The approach, Gill’s life experience, and how she uses it all to tell this story, to minister, and to fascinate is just excellent. ‘As If - Steering your Life without Strife, Navigating from Fantasy to Faith and rising from Delusion into Destiny’ is a truly wonderful book”

                                                                     Markus McDowell - author & editor, https://markusmcdowell.com

Follow this inspiring journey with Gill through her interpretation of the valley of the shadow of death. That is, through the obstacles and every other barrier that you thought disarmed your destiny, when in fact they’d empowered it. There’s a towering flight of locks in front of you - and the views are spectacular”

                                                                       Matt Boyle - Doncaster Campus Pastor, Legacy Church UK

“Your book speaks to me of reassurance of my calling, that it’s already written and now I must learn to live it. The creative approach taken, plaiting together three perspectives throughout the book powerfully express Gill’s intended message of navigating life’s complexity.

“As an outdoor painter I find the colourful narrative and imagery of life on a canal boat breathtaking. Gill’s vulnerability is honest and relatable. This has been a refreshing experience for me spiritually and intellectually. ‘As If’ is a totally inspiring read for me, as a Christian and as a reflective observer of people”.

                                                          Andrew Farmer - Associate Member of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters

“Twenty years of thought, the wisdom born of hindsight, along with vision for the future, have been the foundation of Gill Bentham’s latest book, a kind of prequel to her first, ‘Disentangling Genius’.... I look forward to the impact of Gill’s ‘water borne Pilgrim’s Progress for the 21st century’.

I similarly desire to see the generational impact of these deep truths and the rising generation being able to learn from struggles and mistakes that we have made (including Gill, who has made herself vulnerable in her writing). I want to see the new Pilgrim rise up, but one who is dead to himself, is a laid down warrior lover and will do whatever it takes as dead man for the kingdom. One who is equipped with keys to open locks such as Gill supplies in ‘As If’”

Lisa Miara - Founder/President, USA Springs of Hope Foundation Inc, Springs of Hope Foundation, Iraq

About the Author

Gill is a wordsmith in wisdom for life. Her way with written and spoken communication inspires passion and instils conviction for change. She has a professional lineage of learning, thinking, academic writing, change-leadership and autonomous practise as a nurse, tutor and ministry leader. Buffeted by the wear and tear of striving, competition and betrayal, she re-aligned herself for the second half of life. Whether by pen or platform, she serves the frustrated creative or sabotaged soul with her quirky books, learning modules and retreats; aligning her wisdom for life and love for people with their continuous growth. Could this be the start of your new intentional script for a flourishing life?

About this edition

• Publisher: Author Academy Elite
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1640850244
• ISBN 13: 9781640850248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340