The path to fulfilling our God-given purpose is filled ...

[Pages:25]The path to fulfilling our God-given purpose is filled with numerous twists, turns, and challenges. In Standing Strong, Alli shows us how to press through our fears, doubts, and self-imposed limitations in order to embark on the exhilarating faith-filled adventure we are each destined to live. This book is full of wisdom, grace, and honesty. I loved it and know you will too.

CHRISTINE CAINE, FOUNDER OF A21 AND PROPEL WOMEN

Empowering and timely. Alli writes like the honest best friend who gives us the truth we crave coupled with the kick in the pants we need. Read this book!

JORDAN LEE DOOLEY, NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OWN YOUR EVERYDAY

If you're tired of messaging that makes you feel subpar and not enough, Standing Strong is the antidote! Every chapter is a stepping-stone that leads women to stand on truth. Alli's words are more than a manual or a self-help guide; they teach us how to be the women God has called us to be. Her heart to help women is palpable in this book. This is not only a book, it's the core essence of what Alli believes and who she is!

BIANCA JU?REZ OLTHOFF, SPE AKER, TE ACHER, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO HAVE YOUR LIFE NOT SUCK

When you have to rise up from the ashes of your life or face a mountain range of challenges that discourage and intimidate you, you need someone to stand by your side, someone filled with empathy, clarity, and insight. Alli Worthington is your woman, and Standing Strong is the guide she has written for your journey. You see, Alli gets it. She has been there. So the truths she shares on these pages are truths she lives by, and she offers you wisdom hard-won in the trenches of her life. I've watched Alli stand strong in the face of adversity, and through this book she'll empower you to do the same.

JO SAXTON, LEADERSHIP COACH, PODCAST HOST, AND AUTHOR OF READY TO RISE

In a time when the world needs it the most, Alli's voice blazes a new call to partner with God for every little thing. With a confidence that comes only from living out the story firsthand, Alli boldly scraps the idea of hustling for our own worth and reminds us that we are called to abundance, not some meager sense of being "enough." Revisit this book every time you need a reminder that God is for you, he is fighting for you, and he is constantly calling you to live a brave life outside the lines while inside his power. Write these reminders on the walls of your heart.

HANNAH BRENCHER, AUTHOR, FOUNDER OF MORE LOVE LETTERS, AND ONLINE EDUCATOR

Standing Strong is the book I've been waiting for Alli Worthington to write! In a world that often exalts self-discovery, Alli never leaves out the required components of pushing through fear, fully trusting, and constantly depending on God. Standing Strong is a must-read for anyone looking for a Christ-centered guide to walking through change, transition, and transformation.

HAVILAH CUNNINGTON, AUTHOR OF STRONGER THAN THE STRUGGLE, FOUNDER OF TRUTH TO TABLE

In her book Standing Strong, Alli Worthington invites readers to engage in saying yes to God by pushing away the lies that hold them hostage so they can stand firm, move forward, and live purposefully as they were designed to do.

CHRYSTAL EVANS HURST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND SPEAKER

Forget pep talks--women need more than that. Packed with practical wisdom, Standing Strong is a word for this time. Alli Worthington holds the torch out front as our troop leader, guiding us to a place of overdue confidence in our faith and our call. I'm with her, all the way.

LISA WHITTLE, AUTHOR, PODCAST HOST, AND COFOUNDER OF CALLED CREATIVES

If your life has been plagued by self-doubt, by feelings of never being enough, Alli has given us a road map to saying yes to who God says we are.

SHEILA WALSH, AUTHOR OF PRAYING WOMEN AND PRAYING GIRLS

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For my friends who stood by my side and kept me standing strong--Bianca, Carol, and Stephanie. I am forever grateful for your friendship, your willingness to speak

truth to me even when I didn't want to hear it, and your belief in me when self-doubt threatened to take me out.

Contents

Standing Strong Manifesto

xi

Part 1: Say Yes and Amen to What God Has for You

1. You Were Born for This

3

2. Step Out from Hiding: Here I Am, Lord

17

3. Remember Who You Are: I Am a Daughter of the King 33

Part 2: What Holds You Back

4. When You Forget Where Your Power Comes

From: It's All Up to Me

53

5. When You Are Afraid to Disappoint Others: I'm

Letting Everyone Down

65

6. When You Feel Unsupported: I Feel Confused and

On My Own

79

7. When You Have Lost Your Voice: No One

Understands Me

91

8. When Insecurity and Doubt Are Loud: I Don't

Have What It Takes

105

9. When You Listen to the Wrong Voices: They Said

I Was a Failure

121

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Part 3: How to Move Forward with Confidence

10. Ask for It: I'm Relearning How Prayer Really Works 137

11. Get on the Other Side of Obedience: I Want

What God Has for Me

153

12. Do It Scared: I'm Willing to Take the First Step

169

13. Trust the Process: I Choose to Believe

183

14. Show Up as You Really Are: This Is Me

197

15. Find Your Strength in Community: I've Got

All My Sisters with Me

213

Acknowledgments

227

Notes

231

About Alli Worthington

233

Resources for You

234

Standing Strong Manifesto

A strong woman is a surrounded woman. Not a got-it-alltogether woman but a got-my-God-around-me woman. She's not just a gifted woman; she's a giving woman. A wonder woman. She steps in stride without striving because she's a learning, loving, letting go woman. She holds her head up high, even though life hits hard and swings low. She knows in her soul that she's never been alone--never left out, never ever put on hold. She lifts her hands, raising praise for endless days no matter the pain, no matter how the path gives way before her. A serving woman, born with palms up and hands stretched out toward others. She knows standing strong is standing long together--looks like locking arms and hearts together. She stands strong in the strength of the Holy One, the only one able to heal and hold her. Behold her bold, behold her brave, behold her. Standing strong--living and leading right where she belongs.

--RACHEL MARIE KANG

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