Every slumber party I attended or hosted as a child involved a robust, hilarious game of Truth or Dare. “What boy do you like?” “I dare you to run around the house three times (even though it’s after midnight and terrifying).” Most of us chose dares because those were the scariest and most invigorating challenges. We collapsed in giggles every time.
Adult dares seem a little more daunting and a lot less funny. But what about a God Dare? One where you can’t lose because the creator of the universe is handling it?
The God Dare book by Kate Battistelli begins with a powerful foreword from the author’s Grammy Award-winning daughter Francesca Battistelli, a well-known and loved Christian artist.
Kate shares some deeply personal challenges in her own life and we learn how she and her husband Mike left their Broadway careers to take a dare God put on their hearts.
If you don’t know what a God Dare is, here are some words from the book:
The God Dare is a cosmic bungee jump into His fascinating, world-changing future.
The God Dare is realizing God created you for a reason.
The God Dare is doing it afraid.
And this: The God Dare is trusting that God will equip you to accomplish what He’s called you to do. The God Dare is God’s offer to each of us to choose to be chosen.
Are you feeling a better understanding of it now? God has already chosen you for greatness. No matter what age or phase of life you’re in, you still have great purpose. You just have to “choose to be chosen.” You have to accept The God Dare.
There are many stories in the Bible showing people who accepted The God Dare. They stepped out into an unknown future with a known God. The path might not have made sense to them at the time, but they believed God could see the entire journey, not just the next step which is all we can see.
God calls us to things we can’t even imagine because we dream so much smaller for ourselves than He dreams for us. Kate makes those Bible stories we sometimes struggle to apply to our lives, come to life for us in modern storytelling fashion. We feel each person’s journey as if we were right there witnessing them accept the bigger picture God has for them.
The God Dare is easy to read and encourages us to move courageously forward to the journey God has called us to. And be sure, friend, God has indeed called you to a purpose for this time right now in your life. You have worth, purpose, and a big future in front of you. Choose to take His hand.
You can preorder The God Dare: Will You Choose to Believe the Impossible right now! God has so much for you and this book will encourage your heart to move forward on a faith-filled journey.
About the Author: Kate Battistelli is an author, speaker, former actress and singer in the New Broadway musical world, and mother of Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian recording artist Francesca Battistelli. Kate’s goal is to see you be all God has created you to be, and she truly believes each of us is here to change the world. It’s how she raised her only child and it’s her primary purpose in writing The God Dare. Kate lives in Franklin, Tennessee to be closer to her daughter’s growing family. Kate has been married to her husband Mike for 34 years and they both love being near their daughter, son-in-law, and four amazing grandchildren. You can find out more about Kate by visiting her site.
