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Restore by Vince Antonucci {Book Review}

Restore: Break Out of Your Past and Into God's Future

Title: Restore

Author: Vince Antonucci

Series: Standalone

Age: Adult

Genres: Christian Lifestyle, Non-Fiction

Publication Date: January 9, 2018

Publisher: Tyndale Momentum

Source: Copy provided for review

Purchase: Amazon | B&N | ChristianBook | LifeWay 

Synopsis: 
What should we do when we feel stuck in life?
You know how it feels. There’s a hurt in your past that is hard to get beyond. There’s a bad habit that’s difficult to break. There’s a setback that is just too tough to overcome.
We all have our own unique situations in which we feel “stuck.” Americans’ favorite suggestions for how to fix our lives—self-help programs, self-esteem techniques, or simple willpower—leave many of us ceaselessly spinning our wheels and feeling just as “stuck” as ever. Vince Antonucci knows what this feels like, and he knows many who have struggled to fix their lives with these dead-end methods. He struggled to get past the pain of a neglectful and angry father. It wasn’t until Vince decided to go through a recovery and rehab course, focused on God, that he learned ways to break free of that hurt and to live in God’s future.
Today, when someone walks through the doors of Vince’s innovative church, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, he offers a Restore class as one of three core classes that every member takes. He knows how important it is to learn to break free of these old hurts and bad habits. The essence of that popular class is contained in this book.
Move past your past, heal your hurts, and break your bad habits.
My Rating: 
Vince Antoucci is a new author to me, but Restore is a book that captured my attention after reading the synopsis of it. It pulled on my heart to read and I must say I was not disappointed. Getting over my past has been a struggle for me and though I say I have given it over to God, I know I haven't done so 100%. This book is all out breaking out of your past and breaking into the future God has for you. It's a motivational book that will help you come out of the feeling of being stuck in life.

Vince Antonucci is the pastor of Verve church in Las Vegas. In this book of 30 chapters he teaches how to move past your past, how to heal your hurts and break bad habits. Filled with scripture to give you a Biblical understanding and personal stories to help guide you in a Biblical manner with relate-able examples. He sets this book up as your own personal "rehab" to healing and moving forward with God as your main focus.

Though this book is a heavy, it's lightened by Vince's humorous writing. The best way to read this book (in my opinion) is by reading one chapter a day, taking notes, highlighting and allowing the words to really sink into your mind. This is a great book to catapult you into the best God has for you by first letting go hurts, mistakes and regrets. Good read and totally recommend!

Go grab a copy!

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