Shift Your Life: Let Go of Survival Mode, Seize Your Moment, and Build the Future You Were Created for

Pastor Giles (When God Speaks) issues a haphazard call for readers to overcome spiritual adversity and build a better life. He addresses those who feel stranded in a spiritual “night” of despair, confusion, and disconnection from God, asserting that, while painful, these periods can serve as a “proving ground” for faith. During dark times, readers should pray, practice being thankful, and lean on Jesus for support, allowing God to “refine our character and prepare us for the blessing that’s coming at daybreak.” This “daybreak” will initiate a period of renewal during which, the author writes, believers can more easily make other shifts, like moving from poverty to prosperity or from victim to victor as one defeats inner demons and embraces “who God says you are.” Unfortunately, Giles’s passion too frequently shades into meaningless hyperbole (“Shift your mind, and you’ll shift your life, for in Christ, you have the mind of God Himself”), repetition, and ill-fitting tangents, coalescing into what feels more like a series of reheated sermons than a coherent spiritual program. Believers seeking motivation to endure difficult moments would be better served elsewhere. (June)