Nurture: Give and Get What You Need to Flourish [Hardcover]

Lisa Bevere (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 12, 2008

Nurture (verb): 1. To give tender care and protection. 2. To encourage to grow, develop, thrive, and be successful.
This beautifully describes what God's daughters so desperately need. In this heartfelt work, Lisa explains how women of all ages must awaken and restore their capacity to give and receive nurture.
The need for this indelible force is far more urgent than we know. Is it possible we are too busy surviving to assure that the vulnerable among us thrive? Are we too guarded, wounded, and afraid to open our lives to the nurture of others? What can be done to reestablish this language of the feminine heart? It is time women are healed and empowered.
If you have never experienced nurture, this is your season. Lisa's stirring message shows you how to make these vital heart connections. We need each other's comfort and assurance as we define ourselves, find our voice, and begin to fulfill God's purpose on Earth.
In Lisa's own words: "There is such a resonance in my spirit . . . this is in fact our season to grow, develop, and thrive. Heaven is passionately and purposefully reconnecting with our wounded, war-torn earth and the people who inhabit her. In this season I believe the daughters of God will prove integral agents. Nurture is not expensive-it is expansive. The life of everyone enlarges when it is added. As this happens, we will cease to merely function-we will indeed flourish."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Girl power just got glorious! Author Lisa Bevere leads readers through the mixed-up maze of ideas that trap women with untruths. The result is an exhilarating freedom to live as God intended . . .Lisa Bevere has a talent for making spiritual truths relevant and understandable." (In the Library Review on Fight Like A Girl Joyce Handzo )

"Bevere, an evangelical speaker and author known for tackling touchy topics with candor, wit and transparency . . . calls Christian women to cease trying to emulate men and embrace their feminine, strong nature . . . All will appreciate Bevere's authenticity as she delves deep to unmask long-held misconceptions regarding women's uniqueness and untapped potential. " (Publishers Weekly on Fight Like A Girl ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Lisa Bevere is a speaker and bestselling author of Fight Like a Girl and Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry. Through books, media, and conferences, women of all ages have found release and restoration as Lisa challenges them to find freedom and embrace fearless living. Lisa cohosts The Messenger with her husband, John, which broadcasts to over two hundred nations. She makes her home in Colorado Springs with her husband and four sons. You can learn more about Lisa at www.MessengerInternational.org.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: FaithWords; 1ST edition (March 12, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446577596
• ISBN-13: 978-0446577595
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Passionate. Edgy. Relatable. Powerful. Funny. These words describe Lisa Bevere--international speaker, bestselling author, and co-host of "The Messenger" television program, which broadcasts in more than 200 countries.

Since 1996, Lisa has written many bestselling books, including Fight Like a Girl, Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry, Nurture, and Out of Control and Loving it. Her books have been printed in over 20 languages worldwide. Her latest book, Lioness Arising: Wake Up and Change Your World, challenges women to find their purpose in life and use it to change the world. Lisa uses the image of a lioness to illustrate the courage, power, strength and the fearless life women are capable of living.

Nearly 20 years ago, Lisa and her husband John, also a bestselling author and speaker, founded Messenger International (www.MessengerInternational.org) in Orlando, Fla. Messenger International is an organization founded to inspire godliness and release people into fulfilled lives in Christ. The ministry relocated to Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2001 and since has grown internationally with offices in the United Kingdom and Australia.

In her transparent style, Lisa shares God's Word woven with personal experiences to empower lives with freedom and transformation. Her heart breaks over social injustice, and as an advocate for change, she rallies others to be an answer to desperate problems near and far. She is the founder of Pearl Alliance, an outreach branch of the ministry raising funds and awareness to stop human trafficking. (www.PearlAlliance.org)

When she's not out changing the world, Lisa resides in Colorado Springs, where she begins her days with mochas and ends them laughing around the dinner table with family. She enjoys riding her Ninja motorcycle with the love of her life, John, and spending time with their four sons, stunning daughter-in-law and adorable grandbaby.

Connect with Lisa Bevere online...
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LisaBevere
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/lisabevere.page
Blog: http://www.messengerinternational.blogspot.com/

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing, March 21, 2008

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This review is from: Nurture: Give and Get What You Need to Flourish (Hardcover)

As a motherless generation cries out for someone to pour into them, 'Nurture' is a healing balm to the hurt abandonment has caused. As I turned page after page (I couldn't put it down - it only took me 2 days to get through!), I was again reminded that I have a purpose, I have a plan, and women like Lisa are going before me to pave the path I will walk. Whether you are a daughter, a mother or a grandmother, you will be riveted to your core, as Lisa touches on issues that have the ability to heal the generations and once again bring unity to this which has been lost. Let us rise up as women, learn how to nurture and be nurtured. For we are all paving the way for those behind us, and walking on the path prepared by those ahead.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing message, March 21, 2008

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C. Barron "CB" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nurture: Give and Get What You Need to Flourish (Hardcover)

The truths and ideas in this book are for women in every season of life. NURTURE has really encouraged me to step outside myself and more intentionally connect with those around me. Lisa has a way of speaking to the heart of a matter in a deep and meaningful way. She shows us that women have the unique ability to release compassion and change the world... its powerful and super challenging!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For any female wanting to give back or get more, September 11, 2010

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This review is from: Nurture: Give and Get What You Need to Flourish (Hardcover)

This book is for all women, christian and non. It encourages us to uplift, help, and nurture friendships, relationships, and every day communication with other women including strangers. It shows there is such a competitive battle between women in today's society, that we would rather gossip, tear down, and be enemies with our fellow woman, when instead we should nurture them. We should not only nurture ourselves as women, but nurture all little girls and women because there are so many that did not have mothers, or did not have daughters who seek that.

This book shows you how to be a mother, a friend, or a daughter to someone who needs one of those. You don't have to be someones biological mother or child to be their mother or child figure. It tells you how to overcome gossip, jealousy, and other petty things that are common amongst women. Every man, woman, and child long to be nurtured, despite the front they put on or how they may act. If you ever had a distant parent or child, and long to give that relationship to someone else, to help them out- this book shows you how that is God's plan. That whenever you have an opportunity to be a friend, be a mother (help/caregiver), be a daughter (let someone care for you, and guide you) , that you should do it, and this will help you thrive in life.

I really enjoyed this book, all women, and girls should read it from a young age to the oldest age. Everyone of us has it in us to be either a mother or daughter to a stranger, to a friend, to anyone who needs our help. This will help women flourish verses constantly having war between each other. Very happy with this purchase, would highly recommend, and I will be re-reading. This would be a fantastic read for high school girls, or for the oldest mother who thinks her cause is lost. No matter what age you can always nurture.