My One Word: Change Your Life With Just One Word

The concept of My One Word is simple. Lose the long list of resolutions?all your sweeping promises to change?and do something about one thing this year instead of nothing about everything. Choose just one word that represents what you most hope God will do in you, and focus on it for an entire year. This single act will force clarity and concentrate your efforts. As you focus on your word over an extended period of time, you position yourself for God to form your character at a deep, sustainable level. Growth and change will result. Author Mike Ashcraft, who has led his megachurch through this My One Word project for more than five years, and Proverbs 31 Ministries author and speaker Rachel Olsen, who has lived it, are encouraging, insightful, good-humored, yet realistic in this enjoyable read. Their stories of growth and change through My One Word will keep you motivated. Throughout the book you'll also find words and stories of people just like you who have joined the My One Word movement and discovered the power of just one word. Includes discussion questions for use with the small-group video curriculum, My One Word: A DVD Study (sold separately).Review"My One Word is a refreshing approach to New Year's resolutions, replacing unrealistic goals with the desire to become a more committed disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.  I commend Mike Ashcraft and Rachel Olsen for focusing the reader's mind on the only true Word that can change a resolution into a reality." - Franklin Graham, President & CEO Samaritan's Purse, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association"You are only one decision away from a totally different life. One change in spiritual disciplines can open up new dimensions of grace and power. Use My One Word to stop repeating the past and start creating the future."- Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church, author of The Circle Maker"Martin Luther famously said that God overturned all of Satan's work in his heart through the louder word of the gospel. My friend Mike Ashcraft has shown us how single gospel-based words can renew our hearts and refocus our lives."-J.D. Greear, lead pastor of the Summit Church, author of Gospel: Recovering the Power That Made Christianity Revolutionary"I read My One Word in one sitting and was so inspired to begin my one word journey. If you are worn out from failed resolutions, but want to see the Spirit maturing you, I recommend My One Word. My one word is: STRONG."-Sarah Mae, author of Desperate and 31 Days to Clean"I love the simplicity of choosing one word for the year, and letting God marinate me in every aspect of that word for 365 days. My One Word gives folks a practical roadmap to do just that. Read it, apply it, and see your life and world change." - Mary DeMuth, author of Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like JesusAbout the AuthorMike Ashcraft is cofounder and senior pastor of Port City Community Church?a large nondenominational church in Wilmington, North Carolina. He?s been married to his high-school sweetheart, Julie, for 20 years.Rachel Olsen is the author of It?s No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know, and a national speaker working with Proverbs 31 Ministries. Rachel and her husband, Rick, are both on faculty at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.