Just Breathe: Discover Slow, Uncomplicated Time with Jesus
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Author Christine Agostinelli knows what it’s like to wrestle deeply with faith. But she’s also discovered the piece that was missing all along: true, intimate connection with Jesus. In Just Breathe, Christine guides you through the same slow, uncomplicated process the Holy Spirit used in her life to lead her skeptical, wandering, prodigal heart back to the heart of Jesus. You'll discover how to:
• slow your pace;
• remove distractions;
• train your eyes to see him; and
• move your heart a little closer to him.
Christine communicates that you were made to connect with God and shouldn’t be haunted by the lie that says you weren’t. It starts with a breath and ends with a love like you’ve never known. It’s no more complicated than that.
Christine Agostinelli
Christine Agostinelli has a fierce hunger to know and connect intimately with the heart of Jesus. It’s become her joy and passion to share with others what she’s learned walking through dark days of doubt and skepticism and into beautiful days of redemption and hope to find a faith that’s absolutely worth it. Christine lives near the shores of Lake Erie in Northern Ohio with her husband, John, and their two children.
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Just Breathe - Christine Agostinelli
Praise for Just Breathe
This is the most helpful book I’ve read in a long time because it actually took me somewhere I couldn’t get to on my own. Regardless of where you are spiritually—skeptic, doubter, unbeliever, or seasoned follower of Jesus—Christine does a phenomenal job of meeting you there and leading you slowly by hand on a journey that will change your life one simple step at a time.
—Sammy Adebiyi, national speaker for Food for the Hungry and lead pastor at Soma City Church
So many people—Christian and skeptic alike—are living disconnected from God and aren’t sure what to do about it (or even if they want to do anything about it). Let Christine be your guide! What does she offer? Honesty, authenticity, experience, wisdom, and simplicity. She not only wrestled with the emptiness of worn-out, complicated, twenty-first-century Christianity, she has penetrated to the beauty and fullness of life with God. I’ve had a front-row seat to Christine’s journey, and I’m convinced her discoveries are desperately needed by many people today. No tired clichés and religious platitudes here; just a life-giving, uncomplicated way of connecting with God that is simple and effective. God invites us into a life of intimacy and connection with Him; He’s a relational God and deeply desires for us to come close. But we make it so complicated and difficult. This book will help restore and deepen that longed-for intimacy with God. Whether you feel close to God or distant from Him, Christine’s new book will breathe life into your relationship with God as you follow her sage counsel. Read it slow; let it penetrate your soul. I highly recommend this book!
—Dr. Jim Mindling, lead pastor at Church of the Open Door
"Christine Agostinelli will take you deeper in your spiritual journey in an uncomplicated way. This book is like a scuba diving excursion for your soul. Below the surface awaits new self-discoveries, awe-inspiring revelations, and a fresh focus of connecting with Jesus. Put on your soul’s wetsuit, prepare your oxygen, dive in, and breathe!" —John Paul, educator
I was very impressed with Christine’s heart as I read her words. That is because she really wants the readers to immerse themselves into the powerful thoughts that are presented. Christine causes you to sit and soak and rethink about what the Holy Spirit is saying to you. You will be better for spending the time with this little book because it has big impact on your walk with the Lord.
—Dr. Sammie L. Davis-Dyson, author of My Story for His Glory: The Power of Prayer
Introduction
I was angry, frustrated, disappointed, and so completely unsatisfied with my experience in the Christian faith. I had doubts and questions welling up inside of me, and I had no idea what to do with them or how to make them go away. A faith that had once felt so easy and so natural now felt so … complicated. I was left feeling isolated and alone, feeling like everyone else had it all figured out while I was the only one struggling. I didn’t know how everything had gotten so bad. All I knew is I found myself starving for something I couldn’t articulate or explain. The walls of my Christian community that had once felt so safe and so comfortable now felt like they were quickly closing in on me.
Feeling I had no other reasonable option, I decided to leave the Christian faith I had been raised with in search of whatever it was I was so hungry and desperately starving for. Something … more. Something bigger, something better. Something different … something else that could satisfy this growing hunger for more. More of what, I wasn’t sure. But I was sure that, whatever it was, I wasn’t going to find it in whatever Christianity had to offer. It was then that I left the faith with no plans to ever return.
Walking through that exit door was exhilarating. I felt free and alive for the first time in a very, very long time. In