If I read this title I think she is talking about "empowerment" and all the feminist bluff that is around, but no, this is a lovely little short book that focuses on who you are in Christ. I saw videos with this author and they were very sweet and encouraging. I enjoy her style and voice, and also that she keeps it real. I loved the therm holy courage... she also has a podcast if you want to listen too. I was in the online bible study with the author and loved her videos and insight, it was very good. I invite you to get this book with short readings every day, for 60 days!

Empowering Devotional
Strong Brave Loved by Holly Gerth

—Empowering reminders of who you really are

Women need women and that’s exactly what this devotional provides. Support, encouragement, and a cheerleader. Holley Gerth has written 60 short devotions ranging on a variety of topics to help today’s women empower themselves to rise above scars, hurts, and fears.

Strong Brave Loved is a delight. I enjoyed reading the devotions in this book. There are a great range of different themes that gave me encouragement each day. Every devotion includes a verse, prayer, and an inspiring ending from excerpts from her other book, Fiercehearted.

There are also lines to write your own thoughts on what you’ve just read. This is a great way for the reader to express what they’re feeling as they go through challenges in life or also a place to write praises.

Another encouraging book of encouragement from this amazing author.

I give Strong Brave Loved five stars. Readers will want to start or end their day with these devotions!

**E-book has been provided courtesy of Revell, NetGalley, and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc. in exchange for my honest review.

Strong, Brave, Loved by Holley Gerth offers 60 short devotions to help you be a woman just like that: strong, brave, and loved. Bestselling author Holley Gerth is like a sister and friend who knows you. She knows exactly what you need. She understands that you want to be a woman of courage. Someone who knows love is a risk and reaches out anyways. Someone who understands that courage means being kind and real.

Each day has a Bible verse and a short story. These are all very encouraging but also, very real. Each devotion finishes with a written prayer, which I really like. There are a couple questions to help you reflect on the day's devotional and its theme. There is also a quote from Fiercehearted. This devotional is personal and practical, with some room to journal as well.

This devotional is based on Holley Gerth's book, Fiercehearted. To be honest, I have not read Fiercehearted. I felt like maybe a missed a little bit because of that. Or rather, that I would have gotten more out of this devotional if I had read Fiercehearted. Still, this is an encouraging devotional.

Gerth provides sixty short devotions with the aim of empowering readers to be women who can't be beat, who take risks, don't hide their scars, believe who God says they are and help others believe it too.

The style of Gerth's writing made me think I was reading her journal entries. An everyday event would trigger a Scripture verse and a lesson. The initial event might be a conversation, a group painting session, a walk on her street, or trying to be loved when meeting friends for lunch. There is a certain familiarity involved, like a friend sharing insights from a recent experience. She includes some humor, like suggesting translators ate too much pizza when she came across a puzzling Bible verse. (Loc 929/2628) Each devotion ends with a prayer, prompts for journaling, and a Fiercehearted quote of encouragement.

I don't mind a personal story from time to time, illustrating a biblical truth, but I feel I know more about Gerth's life than I ever wanted. Her devotions are more about her, it seems, than the spiritual lessons. Did I really need to know so much about Gerth's grandmother in devotion number Twenty-Six to understand the simple lesson of “Accept God's gifts with gladness”? Did I really need the paragraph describing the picture of her and her grandmother on the shelf in the living room, that the hem of her dress was caught by the wind? Do I really want to know about her stomach growling while she records the audio of a previous book? (Devotion Thirty)

This is a good devotional for readers who like to read about personal experiences and the lessons taken from them. It is also a good example of journal entries.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

60 days of Christian empowerment.

Author Holley Gerth’s 'Strong, Brave, Loved – Empowering Reminder of Who You Really Are' is a journey of encouragement for women. The 60 daily topics cover the struggles, bumps, and roadblocks that most women face in their daily lives. Each opens with a Scripture that relates to the topic and closes with encouragement to apply changes needed to the reader’s life.

The few-page devotionals cover heartfelt situations and struggles that are relatable to anyone who's ever felt less than strong, brave, or loved. Emerge from reading Strong, Brave, Loved with the determination of a Warrior Princess. However, Ms. Gerth’s lessons teach us that our strength and bravery don’t come from our own initiative, but from our reliance on a solid relationship with God.

With her easy and relatable writing style and topics, Ms. Gerth feels like the friend you’d love to have. This book is a follow-up to her prior book Fiercehearted. She shares tidbits from Fiercehearted at the end of each devotional.

How this book affected me:
As a book reviewer, I didn’t have the luxury of reading this book as intended, over the course of 60 days. I’m certain that spending the time to digest each topic and make a concerted effort to apply pertinent topics to my life would be worthwhile.

Who would enjoy this book:
Anyone who’s feeling less than strong, brave, or loved would benefit from this book. It would make a good gift for someone who’s going through a particularly tough time.

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