In Naked and Unafraid, Kevin Gerald explored the five keys to overcome criticism and how vulnerability plays a powerful role in conquering the risk and fear associated with it. He begins the book by looking at the story of David and how the Ark of Covenant was going to be brought back to Jerusalem. This is the same ark that traveled in Moses time. When it arrived, David danced in the streets and took of his royal robe and this offended Michal, David’s wife and referred to him as foolish. As a King, David wasn’t expected to be dancing in the streets with his royal robe off. He was expected to be watching from the window. Kevin describes this as window logic and this logic tells us not to risk exposure, to play it safe, to smile, not to get close to people, and to not get vulnerable. He shared with readers how many of us are afraid of rejection and risking being vulnerable. He asked important questions about how many ideas, books, movies, songs, companies founded, and potential relationships never occurred because of the fear of criticism, failure, and rejection. Every single artist, songwriter, director, CEO, and author has had to take a risk in order to give their dreams a chance to come true. Kevin opened up about how he had to take a leap to become a pastor of a church that was struggling. His family decided to move to another state to help and pastor this church. He had a ton of critics and doubters. He opened up about how he had to take risks and what he learned through all of it.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is ready to overcome their critics and they are determined to abandon smallness thinking where they can tap into the person they are meant to be. I liked how Kevin explored the story of David dancing and how freely he lived and how he wasn’t held down by the opinions of others. Many of us would have been afraid to be vulnerable and dance in front of others in public. I liked how Kevin looked at how to deal with our critics and criticisms and how to change the filter for our minds. He used a FAITH acronym to remind readers how to stand in faith. I also immensely connected with how Kevin looked at the shame and guilt filter and the difference between the two. Many of us struggle with shame and feeling like we’re a failure and not good enough at our jobs, relationships, marriage, and church. But we have hope in Christ’s message about redemption and Him dying on the Cross to take away our mistakes, sins, and failures. This book will help guide readers into living the life Christ died for them to live. If you’re looking for a book to help you to conquer your fears and criticism, then read this book!
"I received this book free from the publisher, Faithwords for my honest review.”
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