I Will Thrive: Find Your Fight to Claim True Freedom

by Nicole Crank

Awaken the dormant dreams in your heart and start paving a path with this faith-based guide for freedom and healing .
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Sometimes life smacks us upside the head while we are looking the other way. We get knocked down and struggle to get back up. But your past struggles do not determine your future.

Using the pain of her past, Nicole Crank walks you through the hurdles meant to keep you down, which will, in turn, bring you closer to God. I Will Thrive gives you the courage to look at your past and be able to declare freedom from fear--allowing a daring spirit to rise up in those who have forgotten how to be brave. This freedom awakens the fight that's inside of you to stand up to the enemy and dream again.

Regardless of what happened to you or even because of you, God's plan for you always has a hope and a future, and it never changes. You'll learn to find healing and happiness in every day.

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2021

Reviews

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is engaging. Crank's writing style is easy to read. Her story is one from which to learn how to thrive, not just survive. Molested, raped, abused in marriage, she helps us understand we are not what happened to us in the past. She helps us learn how to change the label from shamed to loved by God.

This is a very encouraging book. It is eye opening to understand the attitude Crank has today after all that has happened to her. She knows God can take the epic mistakes in our lives and turn them into something amazing. God doesn't hold the past against us and neither should we.

She also reminds us that God's intention is not to give us a life of rainbows and roses. “His intention is to strengthen you to do things you never thought you could do.” (160) Her life is a testimony to God's work of transforming from the inside out.

This is a good book to read if you are struggling with shame, thinking that God could never redeem the terrible mistakes you have made. Crank's memoir and her encouraging teaching will give you hope in God. “Your best days are not behind you, they are in front of you,” Crank writes. “The best is yet to come.” (70)

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! This woman's life has been incredible. Like somebody make a movie about this woman. I have met Nicole Crank and her family, and I would never have thought that any of this has happened to her. What a beautiful testimony of God's restoration and that through Him, anyone truly can find freedom and thrive!
From page one this book had my captivated. Nicole's voice is so real and authentic, so easy to read and relate to. The first chapter begins with a crazy story from her life, and I was as hooked as any great fiction. She does a fabulous job of mixing the crazy pieces of her life with truths from God's word. I wish every faith building, teaching book was this easy to read and such a page-turner.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to the publisher for sending me this book. Wow, this now pastor, wife and mother has had a life. This book is like sitting at Starbucks with her and she just talking about her life. The struggles and encouragement that things never turn out the way you think that they do! Scriptures are giving throughout, with an emphasis of God always being right beside you in life. I highly recommend this book!

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Will Thrive, Nicole Crank explored how we can get from just surviving to thriving and gaining freedom in our everyday life. She described in her book about her life story and how she dealt with her pain and was able to find true freedom. He begins the book by explain her life story. Nicole is a pastor at a megachurch and has her own show on Christian TV. Her first story started on her birthday and she was celebrating her birthday as a newly married couple. Her and her husband worked together at the same company. This was her first time that she saw her husband for who he really was. He didn’t come home on the night or her birthday. She admitted to calling the police but they were unable to file a missing person report. Two days had passed before he finally showed back up at home and she asked where he had been and he yelled at her. She shared how she was flung like a rag doll and he locked her out of their bedroom. Next, she called his mother and he got upset about how she was involving his parents. This is when the physical fights started and she also discovered he used crack cocaine. She revealed how this started a destructive cycle and how he went to rehab a few times and then he would relapse. She even had a few restraining orders against him. He would also drain their bank accounts and max out their credit cards. She lost most of her stuff because he would pawn it off for drug money. She became hopeless and was heartbroken. She was afraid for her son’s safety. She shared how she had to learn to learn on to God’s protection and find her true hope in the Alpha and the Omega.


She also opened up about a painful experience that involved a revolver and he pulled the trigger and no bullet would come out. He later tried to shooting himself and the bullet also wouldn’t fire. She explained how she had faith and hope and how she received two miracles that day. Then, she also looked at the story of Joseph and how he knew his brothers wanted to kill him and how he instead thrived and overcame the trial.


I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is seeking a book to help you get free from the pain and heartbreaks of life. I connected with her story and I loved how open she was in sharing her story. She wasn’t afraid to open up about her childhood. I think many people will be able to relate to her upbringing. She experienced her biological dad leaving her family, being molested, bullying, being raped, and being abused by her first husband. I also loved how she shared how she met her new husband, David and how she experiences very different things and met with compassion. There is countless wisdom enclosed in this book and it will assist readers into gaining freedom from their own past and move forward towards freedom.



"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

[Lance Lumley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Crank's powerful past is the focus of this book in encouraging Christians to move on from their past to embrace the future that is called . A victim of abuse,rape, and gossip, she turned her life around to become a podcaster, author, and preacher.
The book has some chapters that is heavy on Biblical text, while others there are none. She adds some humor in the text , so it is not all heavy, but this will appeal more to the female reader, where the first part of the book male readers could enjoy ; the second half is filled with examples about weddings, eye rolling, and romance movies. I was not familiar with her work before this book, so her focus may be on the female audience, ala Joyce Meyer .
For an in depth review, visit my blog at: https://lancewrites.wordpress.com/202...

[SaraBeeReading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nicole Crank opens up in "I Will Thrive" with such vulnerability. She went through horrible things in her life, and yet she has still arrived here: healed, successful, happy, and reaching out to others who are hurting. Her story exemplify's Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." We are more than what happened to us. Crank draws out this point and more as she shares her past, share how she's been hurt, and how she healed. It's difficult to read at some points, but she says that she shares all of this so if someone else has gone through these awful things, they'll know that they're not alone. And that there's hope. And just how much God loves them and has plans for their life.

“'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. '” — Jeremiah 29:11

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicole Crank is a new-to-me author and I absolutely love her book, I Will Thrive. In I Will Thrive, Ms. Crank shares her testimony and shows people that no matter what God can use them for His Glory. Ms. Crank reminds the reader often who they are in Christ and that regardless of what has happened in your past, God has a plan for you and you have a purpose. I read this book as part of my devotional time and it really ministered to me. I highly recommend this book! Thank you to NetGalley, the Author, and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book! (This review is also on GoodReads.)

[Melissa Shearer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pastor Nicole Crank is an absolute inspiration! Let your pain be your platform and your test be your testimony are not just words she preaches it is the backbone to her very existence. If the amount of hi-lites and notes in a book prove your appreciation for it mine is quite colorful! The book is great and it will help almost everyone! However, PNC is even better in person! If you ever find yourself in a position to watch her live make sure you treat yourself to it! You will not regret it!

[Jamie Holloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicole Crank is authentic in writing about her past and how rejection interferred with her life until she got a firm foundation with Jesus. This book is heartfelt and you can feel the emotion and the strength in her story.

[Daryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. So good to read. Really gives me hope to thrive, instead of just merely surviving which is how I feel some days.

[Jacquelyn Willbanks · Rating 5 out of 5]

She is so open and honest. Felt like she was telling a lot of my story. Plan to reread again.

[margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

this a great book with lots of wisdom and insight
helping healing

[Sarah Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love, love, love

[LaGail Lenoir · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Will Thrive by Nicole Crank is a book about her past, which it was not pretty in the least. Nicole wrote so troubling events happened to her from an innocent young girl to adult hood. I really did not know that she had endured so much pain in detail. Throughout her story I realized how much we had in common and how we relied on God to see us through. At one point Nicole was faced head on with an obstacle that may have landed her back into hiding or doing things her way, but she heard three words in her spirit that made me pause and reflect how our God is working in us even when we do not see it. “Hey, I’m here” knowing that God is still working in our lives gives me hope and a bright future. I can understand Nicole’s pain because I have experienced some of it in my own life. This book has touch me more ways I cannot even explain. It brought up some painful past but it also reminded me that my past could not hinder my future through Jesus. I can say that I love Pastor Nicole even more and Thank God, for covering her even when she felt He was not. I recommend this book to all and just maybe you can believe some situations happened to you in your past you could not control and it is not your fault. I am no longer living under the guilt of my past. I am a new creation in Crist. Give it to God and allow Him to take the wheel. 5 stars

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Will Thrive is the most open, honest, lovingly written book that is an absolute game changer for anyone ready to leap out of survival mode. Nicole Crank’s raw, personal stories will leave you ready to take on the world. If God can change life around for her, then He can definitely get us out of our own messes too!

[LaGail Lenoir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it! I was glad that Nicole narrated her own book.