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

About the Author DR. HEATHER HOLLEMAN is an associate teaching professor at Penn State and has won numerous teaching awards in the last 20 years. Her students call her a "walking exclamation point." She designs the advanced writing curriculum for the Schreyer Honor College of Penn State and loves to help faculty improve their teaching. She has written eight books including the best-seller Seated With Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison; and an award-winning book on evangelism (co-written with her husband Ashley Holleman) called Sent: Living a Life that Invites Others to Jesus. Heather also serves with Faculty Commons alongside Ashley in the graduate student ministry of Cru. She has two daughters and three cats, and she blogs daily at www.HeatherHolleman.com. Her podcast is "The Verb with Heather Holleman." 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 possessionbelong to a new householdbecome like Jesusdisplay God?s powercomplete the good works He designed for youlive differently from the rest of the worldIn 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. Review 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 MillerAuthor of Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It?s Not about YouToo 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 ReitzAuthor, After College: Navigating Transitions, Relationships and FaithFor 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 HarlingSpeaker and author of H