Say Goodbye to What Holds You Back: Shatter the Walls Surrounding You and Believe What God Says About You By Krissy Nelson Book Review

In Say Goodbye to What Holds You Back, Krissy Nelson explored the twelve most common walls that women have built us around their lives. Some of these included, “I’ll never be good enough, there’s something wrong with me, but I might fail, I’m all alone, I’m so overwhelmed”, and much more. She teaches readers how to break down the walls and to obtain true freedom. In the book, she shared how she struggled with her own feelings of not being good enough to be a writer and that she should just quit. She begins the book by revealing how eight out of ten millennials don’t feel that they are good enough compared to others. She explained what shame is and how easy it is for us to fall into the deadly trap. This causes us not to be able to move forward. She explored the story of the Samaritan woman and how she was asked by Jesus for a drink and this was greatly frowned upon because the Samaritans and the Jews don’t associate. As we will see, she had a root of shame in her life but she is taught a lesson about the true living water and her shame is broken. 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters discussed the power of saying no and stop overcommitting and adding more to our plates. Krissy opened about how she would wake up in the middle of the night being stressed to the max. She was worrying about everything and feeling overwhelmed. She explained how we handle whatever may come and not allowing ourselves to become stretched too thin. One of the ways, she encouraged readers to organize their life is to seek Jesus and listen to what he wants us to focus on with her time. Jesus has given us peace and we don’t have let our hearts to be troubled. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to break free from their walls. This book is a powerful book on helping women to get free and to break the chains that are holding them back from living their full life. I loved how transparent Krissy was in this book and how she openly shared her own struggled of not being enough, dealing with insecurity, and fear. I especially loved how each chapter contained a verse, Jesus says, declare it, apply it, and a prayer. I also liked how she divided the chapters into the trap, the wall shatters, and moving forward. I think this helped to keep the content all neatly together. 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Bethany House/ Chosen for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Say-Goodbye-What-Holds-Back/dp/0800799674/

Slaying the Giant of Fear: And Releasing the Roar of Breakthrough By Krissy Nelson Book Review

In Slaying the Giant of Fear, Krissy Nelson explored the topic of fear and how it dominates us and what we can learn from scripture on how to conquer them. In the book, she looked at three supernatural weapons that are hidden in the story of David and Goliath. These included obedience, faithfulness, and stewardship. She looked at how David was obedient to God’s calling on his life and how he chose to listen and to do the small tasks as a shepherd boy. This in turn led David through the process and steps to overtaking Goliath. He was unafraid and was a man after God’s own heart and he knew God wanted his people Israel to take the land that was made for them. 

 

 

She explained how she experienced fears in her life and was very personal in sharing how she handled the fears. One of her fears woke her up late at night right after she had her newborn baby. She opened up about her fear of leaving her and returning to the corporate world and she had her dream job. Meanwhile she was crying and she told her husband she didn’t want to go back to work. She also shared how between contractions she was dedicated to her work and how she was busy sending out emails to candidates letting them know if they were hired or not. She was conflicted on what to do. Eventually, she went back to work and struggled and cried and after six months she quit her job. She was able to find a 9 to 5 job that let her focus on her family when she was at home. During this time, she realized how much she was living in fear of what people thought of her, failure, and rejection. She made a decision to change her life and to go all in into following Christ. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book on conquering fear and releasing your roar where you can go into your personal victory. I immensely enjoyed learning the weapons David used in defeating Goliath and how he was unafraid in the battle. I appreciated how open she was in sharing how she struggled with fears and how she was able to get her breakthrough. I liked how she also included other stories from scriptures such as, Esther, Moses, Saul, and much more. I liked how she opened up about her own fears and she shared other stories from others and what they learned on how to not let fear dominate their lives. This book has the potential to assist readers in slaying their giants in their own lives. 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Bethany House/ Chosen for my honest review.” 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy of Slaying the Giant of Fear, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Giant-Fear-Releasing-Breakthrough/dp/0800799666