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Godly GritUnshakable 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 learning to navigate life's challenges, especially the challenges of ministry and leadership. Godly Grit is a book from my heart to yours. It’s written for everyday believers, leaders, pastors, and missionaries who long to stand firm during life’s challenges. 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? |
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