A person can never get too far from God and His plan and purpose for their life that they can&;t get back to Him and have a fresh start. There is always a way forward that will prevent a person&;s current circumstances from having the final say in life. God has a plan for a comeback. It&;s never too late for Him, no matter what kind of challenge an individual is facing.
Adapted from material previously published in The Comeback, Louie Giglio addresses the feelings we all have from time to time that life is disappointing and not working out as we&;d hoped. We long for something different, something better, something more.
Never Too Far celebrates new beginnings. It offers readers encouragement and perspective, and it&;s for those who feel frustrated or confused; sorrowing or in pain; have made mistakes; are grieving; disappointed; or feel as though life doesn&;t make sense. Readers will experience the good news that God is in the business of giving fresh starts to people. He gives hope to the hopeless. Direction to the directionless. Help to those who need help. God is always good, all the time, and God&;s plans will always prevail, even when personal plans don&;t. God already knows what the solutions are. No matter what kind of disappointment or grief or pain or trouble or heartache a person may encounter, God always offers a new beginning, a change of heart, or a powerful spiritual turnaround. Here is an invitation to accept God&;s offer of a way forward and discovering that his pathways are always good.
A person can never get too far from God and His plan and purpose for their life that they can’t get back to Him and have a fresh start.
| Overture: The Storms, the Rain, and the Wind |
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| About the Author |
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Louie Giglio is pastor of Passion City Church and the original visionary of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus. Since 1997, Passion Conferences has gathered college-aged young people in events across the United States and around the world. In 2022, Passion hosted over 50,000 students in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium with another one million people joining online. Louie is the national-bestselling author of over a dozen books, including Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table, At the Table with Jesus, Goliath Must Fall, Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God and Science, The Comeback, The Air I Breathe, I Am Not but I Know I Am, and others. As a communicator, Louie is widely known for messages such as "Indescribable" and "How Great Is Our God." An Atlanta native and graduate of Georgia State University, Louie has done postgraduate work at Baylor University and holds a masters degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Louie and his wife, Shelley, make their home in Atlanta.
