Books and resources to strengthen your faith and equip you for God’s mission.
Here at Read, Grow, Go, you’ll find resources designed to help you Read 📚 God’s Word and spiritual guidance, Grow 🌱 in your faith and prayer life, and Go ✈️ confidently into the world to live out His calling. All resources will inspire understanding, encourage spiritual maturity, and equip you to take practical steps in going where He leads you.
A Cultural Shift Resources
Family First — Rediscovering God’s Design for the Home
A Workbook for Individuals, Families, and Small Groups
Family First explores God’s design for the family, including singleness, marriage, spiritual leadership, and building a God-centered home. It can be used for personal study, small groups, or church teaching.
The workbook contains 8 sessions with teaching, discussion questions, and personal application exercises.
Family First is offered as a pay-what-you-can resource. If it is helpful to you and you are able, your support helps make resources like this possible.
Not a Matter of If but When
A Study on Anger, Forgiveness, and Moving Forward
Not a Matter of If but When explores the roots of anger and the freedom that comes through forgiveness and obedience to God’s Word. It combines biblical teaching, personal experience, and practical application to help readers respond to anger in a healthy and God-honoring way.
Free Preview – Read the introduction and first chapter.
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Connecting to God: 5 Days of Drawing Closer
Five days of practical steps for growing closer to God.
Growing closer to God doesn’t have to be complicated. This practical 5-day devotional explores ways we grow in our relationship with God: through His Word, prayer, Christian community, worship, reaching others, and discipling. Each day includes practical teaching, Scripture, questions to consider, and prayer to help you put what you’re learning into practice.
Free Preview – read the introduction.
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Why and What to Pray: From Shopping Lists to Bearing Fruit
A Practical Guide to Praying With Purpose
Why and What to Pray helps believers move beyond “shopping list” prayers and discover the deeper patterns of prayer found in Scripture. Drawing from the prayers of Paul and other biblical examples, it provides practical guidance for growing in wisdom, spiritual understanding, fruitfulness, endurance, and a deeper knowledge of God.
Free Preview – Read the introduction and first chapter.
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Read 📚
These books and resources have supported my growth and inspired me along the way.
No Retreat – No Regret: Destiny Has No Exit Strategy
No Retreat – No Regrets tells the story of saying yes when it’s hard and holding on when it hurts, as God moved in ways we never imagined on our missionary journey.
This is a story of obedience, perseverance, and trusting God when the path is unclear.
One Short Hour by Jack Hanes
In One Short Hour, Jack Hanes reminds us that the time we have to share the Gospel and serve others is brief yet deeply meaningful. With urgency and compassion, he encourages believers to use even a single hour for Kingdom impact and intentional discipleship.
Teach Us How to Pray: A Legacy of Prayer by Pastor Tom Peters
Teach Us How to Pray: A Legacy of Prayer is a collection of sermon notes by Pastor Tom Peters. This book reflects Pastor Peters’ lifelong devotion and enduring legacy of prayer, offering timeless insights and guidance for cultivating a meaningful prayer life.
Grow 🌱
Resources to help you grow in your walk with God.
How to Swim in the River (click to read)
My take on Bible reading, study, and resources that have helped me grow in God’s Word. The Bible is the River. Everything else is a stream. If you are looking for a place to begin, start here.
Bible Studies to grow by (click to view) ✝️ 📖 🌱
Go ✈️
Practical helps for sharing your faith, serving others, and living on mission wherever God sends you.
Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation
Operation World is a comprehensive prayer guide covering every nation, with specific prayer points, church statistics, and spiritual needs. An essential tool for anyone who wants to pray for the world with insight, focus, and purpose.
Bruchko by Bruce Olsen (formerly For This Cross I’ll Kill You)
Bruchko is the powerful true story of a young missionary who brought the Gospel to a remote tribe in South America and endured incredible hardship to share Christ. A gripping reminder that God can use ordinary obedience to do extraordinary things.
Peace Child by Don Richardson
Peace Child by Don Richardson is set among a tribal people in Papua New Guinea. This story shows how God prepared a culture to understand the Gospel in a profound and unexpected way. A beautiful example of how the message of Christ speaks into every culture.
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