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Lysa TerKeurst (born July 21, 1969) is an American speaker and author of Christian non-fiction. She has written more than a dozen books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely and Forgiving What You Can't Forget. She is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries. Career TerKeurst is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, which started as a small newsletter published in 1994 by Jennifer McHugh but expanded in 1995 when TerKeurst and Marybeth Whalen got involved. After growing the organization, TerKeurst led the way for the newsletter to be transformed into Proverbs 31 Ministries reaching millions of women daily with Biblical truth and wisdom. TerKeurst published her first book, Living Life on Purpose: Discovering God's Best for Your Life, in 2000. Several of her books have been New York Times bestsellers, including It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely, Forgiving What You Can't Forget, and The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands. It's Not Supposed to Be This Way was on the New York Times bestseller list for 13 weeks. Uninvited was on the New York Times bestseller list for 31 weeks. The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands was on the New York Times bestseller list for six weeks. Critical reception Her books Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again, and It's Not Supposed to Be This Way received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly. A review for her 2014 book The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands reads, "TerKeurst's often self-deprecating humor and ability to be vulnerable, combined with insightful Bible references, make this a book women can relate to in a hundred little ways each day". In 2015, TerKeurst published a book for children, Win or Lose, I Love You!, which was illustrated by Jana Christy. This book was met with mixed reception from Publishers Weekly, which wrote, "As a teaching tool, it's sure to have its uses, though the story itself never rises beyond its instructive goals". Kirkus Reviews similarly received the book as, "Didactic? To be sure, but it’s a much-needed lesson that goes down easily". Publishers Weekly praised the conversational tone of TerKeurst's 2016 book Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely. The audiobook adaptation was read by Ginny Welsh. About her 2018 book It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Publishers Weekly noted "[h]er transparency, wit, and spiritual insight make this skillfully crafted volume feel like time spent in honest conversation with a trusted friend". Publishers Weekly gave the 2020 book Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again a positive review, noting, "TerKeurst’s fans will love this stirring, realistic look at confronting the arduous aspects of forgiveness". Personal life TerKeurst is a native of Tallahassee, Florida. Her parents divorced when she was in middle school. She was raised a Christian, but gave up on her faith when her 16-month-old sister died. She graduated from Furman University in South Carolina. In 2008, TerKeurst published an essay about an abortion she had before her marriage. She has five children. Terkeurst reconciled with her husband Art TerKeurst, who she said was repeatedly unfaithful and abused substances. In December 2018, TerKeurst and her husband renewed their vows near their home in Waxhaw, N.C. In January 2022, TerKeurst announced on social media that she had finally decided to end their marriage saying that he had since broken those vows again. "I now believe the wisest (and hardest) choice I can make is to stop fighting to save my marriage of 29 years and, instead, accept reality." Selected works TerKeurst, Lysa (2005). What happens when women walk in faith. Eugene, Or.: Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 0-7369-1571-0. OCLC 57531395. TerKeurst, Lysa (2009). Becoming more than a good Bible study girl. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-29325-5. OCLC 315239178. TerKeurst, Lysa (2010). Made to crave : satisfying your deepest desire with God, not food. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0-310-29326-2. OCLC 646630480. Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions. Thomas Nelson, 2012. ISBN 0718093046 TerKeurst, Lysa (2014). The best yes : making wise decisions in the midst of endless demands. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-4002-0585-1. OCLC 864092482. TerKeurst, Lysa (2016). Uninvited : living loved when you feel less than, left out, and lonely ; study guide /six sessions. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Pub. ISBN 978-1-4002-0600-1. OCLC 938395415. TerKeurst, Lysa (2016). Finding I am : how Jesus fully satisfies the cry of your heart. Nashville, Tennessee: Lifeway Church Resources. ISBN 978-1-4300-5352-1. OCLC 967500573. TerKeurst, Lysa (2017). What happens when women say yes to God. Lysa TerKeurst. Eugene, Or.: Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7369-1922-7. OCLC 71552239. TerKeurst, Lysa (2018). Embraced : 100 devotions to know God is holding you close. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-4003-1029-6. OCLC 993421506. TerKeurst, Lysa (2018). It's not supposed to be this way : finding unexpected strength when disappointments leave you shattered. Nashville. ISBN 978-0-7180-3985-1. OCLC 1035467950.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) TerKeurst, Lysa (2019). Trustworthy : a study of 1 & 2 Kings : overcoming our greatest struggles to trust God. Nashville, TN: Life Way Press. ISBN 978-1-5359-0671-5. OCLC 1140102373. TerKeurst, Lysa (2020). Forgiving what you can't forget : discover how to move on, make peace with painful memories, and create a life that's beautiful again. Nelson Books. Nashville, Tennessee. ISBN 978-0-7180-3987-5. OCLC 1151493262.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) TerKeurst, Lysa (2020). Forgiving what you can't forget : discover how to move on, make peace with painful memories, and create a life that's beautiful again. Nelson Books. Nashville, Tennessee. ISBN 978-0-7180-3987-5. OCLC 1151493262.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) TerKeurst, Lysa (2022). Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are. Nelson Books. Nashville, Tennessee. ISBN 978-1-400211760. TerKeurst, Lysa (2023) You're Going to Make It: 50 Morning and Evening Devotions to Unrush Your Mind, Uncomplicate Your Heart, and Experience Healing Today For children Win or Lose, I Love You. Tommy Nelson, 2015. As contributor Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living. Zondervan, 2013. Wit.... Discover the Lysa Terkeurst popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lysa Terkeurst books.

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  • We Are the Gardeners synopsis, comments

    We Are the Gardeners

    Joanna Gaines

    Teach children that the greatest rewards come from patience, hard work, and learning from mistakes!In the #1 New York Times bestseller We Are the Gardeners, Joanna Gaines and the k...

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    Fear Gone Wild

    Kayla Stoecklein

    A pastor's wife's shattering yet ultimately hopeful story of her husband's death by suicide, her journey to understand mental illness, and the light she found in the darkness....

  • Encouragement for Today synopsis, comments

    Encouragement for Today

    Renee Swope, Lysa TerKeurst & Samantha Evilsizer

    Pull away from the things that pull you down and find lasting encouragement for today.  The women at Proverbs 31 Ministries offer 100 devotions of wit, wisdom, and encourageme...

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    The Right Kind of Strong

    Mary A. Kassian

    Awardwinning author Mary Kassian provides readers a biblical guide to becoming the strong, resilient, capable women God created them to be.Our culture teaches us that it's importan...

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    Undone

    Michele Cushatt

    Become empowered to face your own messy, complicated life with fresh courage and bravery.Undone is author Michele Cushatt's quest to make peace with a complicated life. It is ...

  • The Best Yes synopsis, comments

    The Best Yes

    Lysa TerKeurst

    Are you tired of living with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule and aching with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul? Do you find yourself unable to say no even when you should? ...

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    NIV, Real-Life Devotional Bible for Women

    Lysa TerKeurst & Zondervan

    As women, we want to fully live up to our Godgiven potential. But we fall victim to the messages the world whispers in our ears: “You need to buy all of this stuff in order to feel...

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    Good Boundaries and Goodbyes Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

    Lysa TerKeurst

    Love should draw us together, not tear us apart.Is it unloving or selfish to set a boundary? And what does the Bible instruct us to do when a relationship is no longer safe or sust...

  • Out of Sorts synopsis, comments

    Out of Sorts

    Sarah Bessey

    From the popular blogger and provocative author of Jesus Feminist comes a riveting new study of Christianity that helps you wrestle withand sort outyour faith.In Out of Sorts, Sara...

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    The Lucky Few

    Heather Avis

    When life looks radically different than the plan we have for ourselves, it's the lucky few that recognize God's plan is best. That's what adoptive mom Heather Avis learned, and th...

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    The Best Yes Bible Study Guide

    Lysa TerKeurst

    Do you spend a lot of time figuring out how to manage your time? New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst will guide you and your group through how to make wise decisions i...

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    Out of the Cave

    Chris Hodges

    Do you feel guilt and shame about negative thoughts and emotions and your inability to overcome them? Bestselling author and pastor Chris Hodges helps those struggling with depress...

  • Twelve Women of the Bible Study Guide synopsis, comments

    Twelve Women of the Bible Study Guide

    Lysa TerKeurst, Elisa Morgan, Amena Brown, Jonalyn Grace Fincher, Jeanne Stevens & Naomi Zacharias

    Their stories are not fairytales, their road was not easy, and their examples are not perfect. They lived in times and places quite different than ours. Yet they hold up ...

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    Lovestruck

    Sharon Jaynes

    Have you ever felt like your "I do" in marriage has turned into "I don’t anymore?"Have you ever felt that the man you thought was your soulmate has turned into more ...

  • Uninvited synopsis, comments

    Uninvited

    Lysa TerKeurst

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDo you ever feel left out, lonely, or less than? Learn the secret of belonging, which will help you keep rejections in perspective and be bett...

  • Perdona lo que no puedes olvidar synopsis, comments

    Perdona lo que no puedes olvidar

    Lysa TerKeurst

    Descubre el paso que aún no has logrado y que podría resolver el caos en las relaciones de tu vida.¿Alguna vez te has sentido atrapado en un ciclo de dolor sin resolver, repitiendo...

  • Miracles and Other Reasonable Things synopsis, comments

    Miracles and Other Reasonable Things

    Sarah Bessey

    “This bookthe fullness, depth, and beauty of Sarah Bessey’s faith and artistic geniusis a miracle” (Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior) and an unfo...

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    Embraced

    Lysa TerKeurst

    God doesn't pull back from your sharp edges. He pulls you close. In Embraced, beloved Bible teacher and bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst offers 100 devotions that will r...

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    Uninvited Bible Study Guide

    Lysa TerKeurst

    Do you ever feel left out, lonely, less than loved? Most of us have. Many of us do now... Sometimes you simply need to be reminded how loved you really arethat every day, with ever...

  • NET, Love God Greatly Bible synopsis, comments

    NET, Love God Greatly Bible

    Love God Greatly & Thomas Nelson

    The Love God Greatly Bible encourages and equips women to meet God on the pages of Scripture. Each feature in this Bible is beautifully designed to help you engage with G...

  • Good Boundaries and Goodbyes synopsis, comments

    Good Boundaries and Goodbyes

    Lysa TerKeurst

    Relationships are wonderful . . . until they're not.Stop the dysfunction of unhealthy relationships and learn biblical ways to set boundariesand, when necessary, say goodbye.Is it ...

  • The Forgiveness Journal synopsis, comments

    The Forgiveness Journal

    Lysa TerKeurst

    You deserve to stop suffering through what other people have done to you.Discover the lifechanging message of forgiveness in this lovely fullcolor journal, written by Lysa Ter...

  • La verdadera fortaleza synopsis, comments

    La verdadera fortaleza

    Mary A. Kassian

    La Verdadera Fortaleza es una guía práctica y bíblica que guiará a cualquier mujer a ser fuerte sin importar su situación o circunstancia.Tal vez te sientas débil e incapaz, q...

  • Always Enough, Never Too Much synopsis, comments

    Always Enough, Never Too Much

    Jess Connolly & Hayley Morgan

    Discover God’s wild freedom as you find your identity in Jesus with 100 devotions that will help you target and banish lies and insecurities. Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan, bests...

  • The Golden Thread synopsis, comments

    The Golden Thread

    Darlene Zschech

    Do you feel like you are barely holding on? Let the golden thread of God's presence be the calm on the other side of chaos. It could be that He is weaving a brilliant new beginning...

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    1 John

    Wendy Blight

    Lessons from the letter of 1 John: understand the fullness of God's love and how it's meant to be lived out. More than any other New Testament writer, John wrote about love. He was...

  • Seeing Beautiful Again synopsis, comments

    Seeing Beautiful Again

    Lysa TerKeurst

    In the middle of the pain you didn't cause, the change you didn't want, the reality you didn't know was coming . . . your life can still be beautiful. We all have stories full...