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Godly Grit
Unshakable Resilience & Grit
For Life & Leadership Be unshakable.
We all face regular challenges that drain our joy and tempt us to quit. Life, leadership, and ministry are hard. When we expect life to be easy, difficulties shake us to our core. If we avoid hard things, we stay weak. But when our trust is anchored in God, challenges no longer define us. They transform us. Godly Grit is not about willpower or mental toughness. It is about a heart set on God and a mind anchored in His truth. This book will help you face fear, resist discouragement, and trust God in hard circumstances. God can make you unshakable. “I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken” (Psalm 16:8). As leaders, our challenges aren’t just about us. They are opportunities to show that God can be trusted. We lead by example, either by fear or faith. God wants unshakable leaders, not those easily shaken. This is the book I wish I had before starting ministry and leadership. Written from years of hardship and leadership pressure, Godly Grit offers biblical perspectives forged in pain and refined by Scripture. It is a companion you can return to in the middle of challenges to realign your heart and regain perspective. If you feel called to live for Christ and lead others to follow Him, the key is not escaping challenges, but growing the strength, courage, resilience, and grit to endure faithfully. Will you lead others to trust God by being unshakable? Available March 3 on Amazon Kindle launch price: $0.99 (launch day only) Hardback and Paperback also available |
What Leaders Are Saying
“God-honoring leadership has never been easy, but it is particularly challenging today. Kyle Farran has written a helpful, practical, insightful book that can prepare you for the difficult times that will inevitably come.”
—RICHARD BLACKABY, Spiritual Leadership, The Ways of God
“I love it! I highly recommend this new handbook on growing godly grit.”
—DR. HANS FINZEL, President of HDLeaders and bestselling author
“In an age where everyone is looking for comfort and ease, Kyle Farran calls us to holy courage and godly grit. The book is saturated with Scripture and wise insight that will both challenge and encourage you.”
—LANCE WITT, Founder, Replenish Ministries
“Godly Grit offers biblical perspective and practical steps for staying the course to which God has called you to lead and expects you to finish. A must-read.”
—TERRY COOK, Author of Lead, Develop, Care
“Grit is out of fashion in our instant world, and godly grit more so. Kyle Farran shares timeless principles for developing godly grit in all aspects of our lives, particularly in our leadership.”
—KEITH WEBB, Author, The COACH Model for Christian Leaders
“This is a highly practical book that helps you rethink life’s challenges and develop new habits and responses. What makes it especially compelling is that Kyle lives what he teaches.”
—PAUL L. DAVIS, President ABWE
“This book should be on the shelf of anyone considering God’s calling in any vocation. It will encourage you to heed the call to trust in God, hope in his promises, and live courageously for his glory, with a grit that refuses to quit.”
—E.D. BURNS, PHD, Executive Director of Training and Development, ABWE
“I’ve worked with college students for two decades, and grit is a distinguishing characteristic in today’s world. A new generation needs the message of this book.”
—JON WOOD, Vice President for Student Life and Christian Ministries, Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Cedarville University
“This book is going to become one of those that I go back to again and again. The questions at the end of each chapter make it easy to use this book as a curriculum for a leadership retreat or a mentoring conversation.”
—VIC WILLIS, Pastor of Men’s Ministry, Ada Bible Church, MI
“Godly Grit reads like a trusted companion for those walking the long road of faith.”
—STEPHANIE BOON, Director of Member Care, ABWE, PhD Candidate (Social Psychology), MA (Counseling)
“You’ll want to read this one now and reread it later to allow the wisdom to hit you differently in various seasons of life and ministry.“
—MATT BENNETT, Associate Professor of Missions and Theology, Cedarville University, Director of Long Term Ministries, RTIM
“This is the ministry leader’s version of the U.S. Marines Field Manual, and it might just be the resource you’ve been hoping someone would offer.”
—RYAN CHRISTIAN, Director of Hideout Ministries
—RICHARD BLACKABY, Spiritual Leadership, The Ways of God
“I love it! I highly recommend this new handbook on growing godly grit.”
—DR. HANS FINZEL, President of HDLeaders and bestselling author
“In an age where everyone is looking for comfort and ease, Kyle Farran calls us to holy courage and godly grit. The book is saturated with Scripture and wise insight that will both challenge and encourage you.”
—LANCE WITT, Founder, Replenish Ministries
“Godly Grit offers biblical perspective and practical steps for staying the course to which God has called you to lead and expects you to finish. A must-read.”
—TERRY COOK, Author of Lead, Develop, Care
“Grit is out of fashion in our instant world, and godly grit more so. Kyle Farran shares timeless principles for developing godly grit in all aspects of our lives, particularly in our leadership.”
—KEITH WEBB, Author, The COACH Model for Christian Leaders
“This is a highly practical book that helps you rethink life’s challenges and develop new habits and responses. What makes it especially compelling is that Kyle lives what he teaches.”
—PAUL L. DAVIS, President ABWE
“This book should be on the shelf of anyone considering God’s calling in any vocation. It will encourage you to heed the call to trust in God, hope in his promises, and live courageously for his glory, with a grit that refuses to quit.”
—E.D. BURNS, PHD, Executive Director of Training and Development, ABWE
“I’ve worked with college students for two decades, and grit is a distinguishing characteristic in today’s world. A new generation needs the message of this book.”
—JON WOOD, Vice President for Student Life and Christian Ministries, Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Cedarville University
“This book is going to become one of those that I go back to again and again. The questions at the end of each chapter make it easy to use this book as a curriculum for a leadership retreat or a mentoring conversation.”
—VIC WILLIS, Pastor of Men’s Ministry, Ada Bible Church, MI
“Godly Grit reads like a trusted companion for those walking the long road of faith.”
—STEPHANIE BOON, Director of Member Care, ABWE, PhD Candidate (Social Psychology), MA (Counseling)
“You’ll want to read this one now and reread it later to allow the wisdom to hit you differently in various seasons of life and ministry.“
—MATT BENNETT, Associate Professor of Missions and Theology, Cedarville University, Director of Long Term Ministries, RTIM
“This is the ministry leader’s version of the U.S. Marines Field Manual, and it might just be the resource you’ve been hoping someone would offer.”
—RYAN CHRISTIAN, Director of Hideout Ministries
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Overflowing
Ministry and Missions
That Flow from the Heart Discover how to be used of God and hear “well done”. Want to grow in Christ? Want to be used by God as a “vessel for honor” (2 Timothy 2:21)? Want to hear “well done”? (Matthew 25:21) In our zeal to glorify God and be used by Him, we have a tendency to rely on doing things for God. However, when God chose to use certain individuals in the Bible, it wasn’t because of their efforts or abilities. God was looking at their heart. God wants worshipers who work, not workers who worship. There is a vast difference between the two. God still searches hearts. Will you be found by God as pleasing to Him? You can become a person that is useful to God—not because of the great things you do, but because of a heart that pleases Him. Who you are is more important than what you do, because what you do flows out of who you are. The goal of this book is to see your service to God become an overflow of the heart. You cannot minister from an empty cup. Make your life count for eternity! |
About Kyle Farran
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Growing up in Papua New Guinea as a missionary kid, I saw the power of the gospel at work across cultures. In His providence, God led my wife and me into missions, where we have served for nearly two decades alongside missionaries and ministry teams across Africa and Europe.
In 2000, I married my wife, Heather, and God has given us three daughters. In 2007, we were sent with ABWE to South Africa, where we spent eight years learning Zulu, opening an HIV/AIDS hospice care home, and training Zulu pastors. Since 2015, I have served as a Regional Director with ABWE, living and working in East Africa and now Western Europe. I find deep joy in leading and developing missionaries and leaders, helping them live out their calling with clarity, resilience, and faith-filled perseverance. I hold a Master of Ministry in Organizational Leadership from Clarks Summit University and am an ICF-credentialed life and leadership coach, a licensed instructor of The COACH Model®, and a certified John Maxwell leadership speaker, coach, and trainer. I write, speak, coach, and train to help leaders grow from the inside out, developing character, competence, and courage rooted in faith. My desire is to help others live and lead with an “upright heart” and a “skillful hand” (Psalm 78:72), and to “be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58). We currently live in Lisbon, Portugal, where we continue to serve and invest in missionaries and leaders. In my free time, I enjoy hiking with my family, reading, exercising, and exploring remote places on my motorcycle. |
"Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life."
Proverbs 4:23
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