Chosen for Christ: Stepping into the Life You've Been Missing

by Heather Holleman

Publisher:

Moody Publishers

, 2018

Overview

Do you long to know your unique purpose? Do you feel you have a calling but wonder how to fulfill it?

As we pursue a sense of purpose and scramble to be the ones chosen for internships, graduate schools, marriages, careers, or some special honor, we often tie our identity to people, places, and clear plans that leave us frustrated and unfulfilled. We feel like we’re missing the life we’re supposed to live and we somehow veered off course. We ask questions like, “Is this God’s plan for me? How do I know? What is His plan, anyway?” What if Scripture not only answered these questions but also taught us an entirely new way of living? Instead of waiting for the perfect person, place, or plan, what if we lived, above all else, as chosen for Christ?

Chosen for Christ invites you to step into the life you’ve been missing. You were chosen for a Person, not a plan. Now it’s time to live out your calling to:

• worship Jesus
• live as His treasured possession
• belong to a new household
• become like Jesus
• display God’s power
• complete the good works He designed for you
• live differently from the rest of the world

In a world fixated on personal purpose and impact, Chosen for Christ presents a new way to think about calling. Each chapter includes discussion questions that will help women embrace their identity as chosen ones and step into a new way of living each new day.

Chosen for Christ completes Heather Holleman’s vivid verbs trilogy, which also includes Seated with Christ and Guarded by Christ. It works wonderfully as a stand-alone book or as a powerful companion to her previous works. It also provides an expansion of ideas that appear briefly in Holleman’s devotional Included in Christ.

From the Back Cover

It’s Time to Stop Letting Rejection Write Your Story

We all want to be chosen for something or someone—to be picked, set apart, wanted. And too often, we live out of the rejections of our lives, rather than the ways we’ve been chosen, Even after we’ve found our marriage partner, dream job, or hard-earned accolade, we can’t seem to escape that longing, that desire to feel chosen.

That’s because you were chosen by an extraordinary God to live an extraordinary life, and Jesus is calling you deeper. In Chosen for Christ, Heather Holleman walks you through seven invitations that mark the life of those who know they are chosen. If you’re tired of scrambling, striving, and scheming to feel like you’ve done enough, it’s time to ask: How would you live differently if you truly understood that you are already chosen, for this life, for this moment, for Jesus?

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Praise for Chosen for Christ

God chose us first. It’s a comforting truth about our past, but it’s also electric power in our present. In her book Chosen for Christ, Heather Holleman describes all the promise and passion bound up in the simple fact that God picked us. If you have ever struggled with feeling left out, unloved, or overlooked, this book will bring you healing, but it will also inspire you to more.

Sharon Hodde Miller
Author of Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It’s Not about You

Too often we gauge our worth by our career success, relationship status, or number of “likes” on our social media posts. We desperately need a different measuring stick, and Chosen for Christ offers just that. With humility, vulnerability, and a serious study of Scripture, Heather Holleman shows us that God chooses us—not for some distant future greatness—but here and now. Chosen for Christ unfolds glorious potential for our ordinary days, transforming them into an extraordinary journey. This book is a resounding YES for anyone questioning if they are called or chosen by God.

Erica Young Reitz
Author, After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationships and Faith

For everyone who has felt uninvited, this book is for you. Heather writes brilliantly and beautifully showing you your status as God’s chosen one. Living a chosen life will change everything about how you live your life. I highly recommend this book!

Becky Harling
Speaker and author of How to Listen so People Will Talk and Who Do You Say That I Am

Our media-soaked world inundates millennials 24/7 with compelling promises of where to find their identity, purpose, and value. Problem—they are all empty, chaotic promises. There’s only one place they will find contentment—in Christ. Chosen for Christ is a brilliant work that challenges all of us in our personal journey, as well as in our commitment to mentor next-generation leaders.

Danita Bye
Author of Millennials Matter: Proven Strategies for Building Your Next Gen Leader

God chose us first. It’s a comforting truth about our past, but it’s also electric power in our present. In her book Chosen for Christ, Heather Holleman describes all the promise and passion bound up in the simple fact that God picked us. If you have ever struggled with feeling left out, unloved, or overlooked, this book will bring you healing, but it will also inspire you to more.

Sharon Hodde Miller
Author of Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It’s Not about You

Too often we gauge our worth by our career success, relationship status, or number of “likes” on our social media posts. We desperately need a different measuring stick, and Chosen for Christ offers just that. With humility, vulnerability, and a serious study of Scripture, Heather Holleman shows us that God chooses us—not for some distant future greatness—but here and now. Chosen for Christ unfolds glorious potential for our ordinary days, transforming them into an extraordinary journey. This book is a resounding YES for anyone questioning if they are called or chosen by God.

Erica Young Reitz
Author, After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationships and Faith

For everyone who has felt uninvited, this book is for you. Heather writes brilliantly and beautifully showing you your status as God’s chosen one. Living a chosen life will change everything about how you live your life. I highly recommend this book!

Becky Harling
Speaker and author of How to Listen so People Will Talk and Who Do You Say That I Am

Our media-soaked world inundates millennials 24/7 with compelling promises of where to find their identity, purpose, and value. Problem—they are all empty, chaotic promises. There’s only one place they will find contentment—in Christ. Chosen for Christ is a brilliant work that challenges all of us in our personal journey, as well as in our commitment to mentor next-generation leaders.

Danita Bye
Author of Millennials Matter: Proven Strategies for Building Your Next Gen Leader

Product Details

• Title : Chosen for Christ: Stepping into the Life You've Been Missing
• Author: Holleman, Heather
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication Date: 2018
• ISBN: 9780802496485

About Heather Holleman

HEATHER HOLLEMAN, PhD, is the author of Seated with Christ and Guarded by Christ. She teaches composition and advanced writing at Penn State and has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and mentorship during her career. She also serves alongside her husband, Ashley, in graduate student ministry with Cru's Faculty Commons. They live in Pennsylvania with their two daughters, and Heather writes daily at HeatherHolleman.com.