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Just Breathe: All stories redeemable, All brokenness repairable, All addictions breakable
Keith Repult spent his life looking for love and running from God. After growing up bouncing between parents, grandparents, and foster homes, Keith ended up in California in his early twenties&;homeless, addicted, and broken.
One night he met the owner of a local adult bookstore and soon became a worldwide leader in the porn industry. As a self-made multimillionaire, &;King Keith&; was living a life of luxury, but was completely empty and addicted to alcohol, drugs, and pornography. Still trying to find the answers, Keith and his wife bought a vacation house at the beach and opened a yogurt shop. That shop opened the door for them to encounter the grace of Jesus Christ.
Using the acronym BREATHE, Just Breathe provides practical tools for reflection, hope, and help for those drowning in the pain of addiction. It is also a powerful ministry resource, using the steps Keith took to find freedom from addiction.
Not only does God know everything about us, He also relentlessly pursues us with an unfailing love. Keith&;s story reminds us that we&;ve never gone too far to be made new by the big grace of God.
One night he met the owner of a local adult bookstore and soon became a worldwide leader in the porn industry. As a self-made multimillionaire, &;King Keith&; was living a life of luxury, but was completely empty and addicted to alcohol, drugs, and pornography. Still trying to find the answers, Keith and his wife bought a vacation house at the beach and opened a yogurt shop. That shop opened the door for them to encounter the grace of Jesus Christ.
Using the acronym BREATHE, Just Breathe provides practical tools for reflection, hope, and help for those drowning in the pain of addiction. It is also a powerful ministry resource, using the steps Keith took to find freedom from addiction.
Not only does God know everything about us, He also relentlessly pursues us with an unfailing love. Keith&;s story reminds us that we&;ve never gone too far to be made new by the big grace of God.
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154 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2017
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June 29, 2017
Keith Repult has an incredible, albeit tumultuous, story about becoming a born-again Christian. After being shuffled around as a child from home to foster home, he dropped out of society and became a drug and alcohol abuser. From there, and believe it or not, he found a way into becoming one of America’s leading pornography distributors, making money hand over fist. He traded the porn business to open up a yogurt shop in a Californian beach town, joined a 12-step recovery program and found God.
Just Breathe, his memoir, was written for two reasons. One, if anyone asked what he’d done, he could just point them to the book and have them read it instead of having to explain himself. Two, he wanted to help those who were suffering from addictions by offering guidance on some of the things he’s learned. So that’s how we get a book that’s part life story and part self-help guide (though Repult dislikes the term “self-help”). One aspect of the book is more successful than the other, and I think you’ll know what that is by the time you get past the next paragraph.
I’ve been complaining that a lot of Christian books I’ve been reading lately suffer from a sort of vagueness. They skimp on narrative details for whatever reason, allowing readers to feel bored and listless as the author drones on and on and on with useless bits of narrative that don’t add up to much. Imagine fitting together puzzle pieces that actually don’t fit, and that’s what you get with a lot of these books. Well, it turns out that in the case of Just Breathe, Repult’s story is compelling — if not harrowing. He pretty much tells it as it is, and that level of honesty — with himself and his readers — is refreshing to read. It’s not vague at all.
Read more here: https://medium.com/@zachary_houle/a-r...
Just Breathe, his memoir, was written for two reasons. One, if anyone asked what he’d done, he could just point them to the book and have them read it instead of having to explain himself. Two, he wanted to help those who were suffering from addictions by offering guidance on some of the things he’s learned. So that’s how we get a book that’s part life story and part self-help guide (though Repult dislikes the term “self-help”). One aspect of the book is more successful than the other, and I think you’ll know what that is by the time you get past the next paragraph.
I’ve been complaining that a lot of Christian books I’ve been reading lately suffer from a sort of vagueness. They skimp on narrative details for whatever reason, allowing readers to feel bored and listless as the author drones on and on and on with useless bits of narrative that don’t add up to much. Imagine fitting together puzzle pieces that actually don’t fit, and that’s what you get with a lot of these books. Well, it turns out that in the case of Just Breathe, Repult’s story is compelling — if not harrowing. He pretty much tells it as it is, and that level of honesty — with himself and his readers — is refreshing to read. It’s not vague at all.
Read more here: https://medium.com/@zachary_houle/a-r...
September 17, 2017
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley for an unbiased opinion.
JUST BREATHE takes us through Repult's journey to brokenness and then shows us how God has begun and continued healing him and putting him back together. It is a book not just about redemption or addiction, but a bit of both combined. After following Repult's journey, he's included a list of tools we can use to allow Jesus and God fully into our lives to heal us and continue to use us.
Well written, insightful, and useful, I think particularly the tools section was helpful. He discusses the link between amends and forgiveness, which I have, in the past, felt was overlooked. This book is not just for recovering addicts who are trying to find redemption; it's a book to remind us all that we must be willing to admit our complete brokenness before we can be healed.
JUST BREATHE takes us through Repult's journey to brokenness and then shows us how God has begun and continued healing him and putting him back together. It is a book not just about redemption or addiction, but a bit of both combined. After following Repult's journey, he's included a list of tools we can use to allow Jesus and God fully into our lives to heal us and continue to use us.
Well written, insightful, and useful, I think particularly the tools section was helpful. He discusses the link between amends and forgiveness, which I have, in the past, felt was overlooked. This book is not just for recovering addicts who are trying to find redemption; it's a book to remind us all that we must be willing to admit our complete brokenness before we can be healed.
July 9, 2017
This is a really good read. Its openness and honesty are intriguing. It definitely kept us glued to electronic pages. Author Keith Repult has been through Hell and has returned from the ashes to talk about it. The true tale begins as Repult is born of two teens. He ends up as yet, another victim of the foster child system.
Really, we have not been so involved in the true-life story of another in a very long time. Once you start, you have to finish, dirty laundry and pee breaks set aside. It's wonderful that this man made his way to Christ and licked his addictions.
It isn't all hard, hard, hard. There were times when his life was going well. But, even then, it all led to heartache.
Just Breathe is just an excellent read!
Really, we have not been so involved in the true-life story of another in a very long time. Once you start, you have to finish, dirty laundry and pee breaks set aside. It's wonderful that this man made his way to Christ and licked his addictions.
It isn't all hard, hard, hard. There were times when his life was going well. But, even then, it all led to heartache.
Just Breathe is just an excellent read!
March 21, 2018
Some stories just grab you and make you sit back and examine yourself, and Keith's story is the epitome of that. His story of his life was one of brokenness and shame and lost and longing, till he met Jesus Christ. Now he is a new man, I would encourage all people to read his story and see if parts of it resonate with you. Highly recommend.
July 19, 2018
So inspiring
I loved Keith’s honesty & transparency about his life. His book brought about great soul searching for me! God is good all the time.
I loved Keith’s honesty & transparency about his life. His book brought about great soul searching for me! God is good all the time.
October 31, 2019
Very inspiring!
Well written and easy to read. I highly recommend it for anyone... struggling with addiction or not. There is something for everyone in these pages
Well written and easy to read. I highly recommend it for anyone... struggling with addiction or not. There is something for everyone in these pages
September 29, 2020
This book really helped me have some understanding of my addict sister. Captivating and unbelievable stories. Quick and easy read.
March 1, 2024
Gripping story!
Awesome story of a broken man who was addicted to drugs, alcohol and porn finding freedom and forgiveness in Christ.
Awesome story of a broken man who was addicted to drugs, alcohol and porn finding freedom and forgiveness in Christ.
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