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Hopeful, Compassionate and Faith-Building Devotions for Those with Health Issues
While Enduring Multiple Life-Altering Illnesses During the Last 20 Years, Andrea Herzer Wrote Incurable Faith to Encourage Readers to Trust in God’s Sustaining Love
Andrea Herzer is intimately acquainted with the hardships that accompany debilitating health issues, having spent the last 20 years with multiple illnesses, including complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She began chronicling her daily health battles by sharing how Scripture and prayer helped her fight.
The result is the inspiring new book
Incurable Faith: 120 Devotions of Lasting Hope for Lingering Health Issues (a Multnomah hardcover; on sale 6/20/23). Herzer writes from the midst of her own long-term illness to give readers hope wherever they may be on their journey with medical issues.
“I was hungry for healing, but God satisfied my hunger with an unexpected feast,” she writes in the introduction. “He provided wisdom for my walk, mercy for my mess, and hope for my heart.”
Whether they are facing a new diagnosis, mysterious pain, or any other illness, readers are encouraged throughout the book that they can go from being a victim to being victorious through God’s sustaining love.
Far from suggesting to readers that they must “have faith and get over it,” Herzer validates their suffering throughout the book while offering sustaining hope for their souls. Through devotions, Scriptures, spiritual exercises, and suggested worship music, she comes compassionately alongside readers and helps them:
—unlock spirit-strengthening joy through praise, presence, and purpose
—understand the difference between acceptance and resignation
—nurture grace-filled relationships throughout the stresses of illness
—navigate the isolation of being bedridden or homebound
—develop practical strategies for coping with pain, fatigue, and anxiety
These 120 encouraging devotionals are grouped by varying lengths, so readers can engage with shorter passages on days when concentration is difficult. Each devotion offers a Scripture verse, prayer, suggested worship song, and takeaway to help readers remain anchored in truth.
The book also includes a topical Scripture index and multiple resources for caregivers.
A testament to how the joy of the Lord gives strength even when bodies are weak,
Incurable Faith is an invitation to know God’s sustaining power and comfort in a deeper way—because no illness can diminish His abundant provision.
For more information, visit andreaherzer.com and waterbrookmultnomah.com.
About the Author: Andrea Herzer, author of
Incurable Faith: 120 Devotions of Lasting Hope for Lingering Health Issues (a Multnomah hardcover; on sale 6/20/23) is intimately acquainted with the hardships that accompany debilitating health issues, having spent the last 20 years with multiple illnesses, including complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Navigating life while undergoing infusions, chemotherapy, more than 100 medical procedures, and all the complications in between has given her deep compassion for those who also suffer. Over the last two decades, she wrote Incurable Faith to help others find the pathway to a life that overflows with the beautiful riches of God’s sustaining love even amid pain and suffering. You can find Andrea’s work on iBelieve, OnePlace and Crosswalk websites. Prior to her career as a writer, she worked in a wide variety of instructional and nurturing roles including teaching first grade. Her favorite role was that of stay-at-home mom. Andrea has also served as a Bible study leader, children’s ministry director, Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) coordinator, and a MOPS small group leader. She lives near Austin, Texas with her husband, Mark. They have three grown children. For more information, visit andreaherzer.com and Instagram.com/incurablefaith.
Praise for Incurable Faith: “In the midst of her own physical hardships, Andrea Herzer has created a book that will help you discover intimacy with God, find unexplainable joy, and develop a deep, stabilizing faith....
Incurable Faith offers hope for the hurting, spiritual care for those who need comforting, and a beautiful invitation to turn to God and His Word for a peace that no pain or diagnosis can take away.”
—Chrystal Evans Hurst, popular blogger, co-host of The Sister Circle Podcast, and co-author of
Divine Disruption “Andrea Herzer has a heart for those who suffer because she’s lived it.
Incurable Faith is a gift to anyone who is suffering and is longing to taste the goodness of God in the desolate places of their lives.” —Vaneetha Rendall Risner, author of
The Scars That Have Shaped Me “
Incurable Faith is a book that should be in the hands of anyone suffering from a chronic illness or caring for someone who is chronically ill. Every aspect of this book takes you deep into the heart of our Lord Jesus.”
—Jane Daly, author of
The Caregiving Season “Andrea Herzer intertwines her heart for the suffering with her faith in Christ to offer a cool cup of water to the hurting. Read this book slowly, be encouraged, and revel in the living hope to which Herzer points.”
—Kathryn Butler, MD, trauma surgeon and author of
Between Life and Death “Anyone who is facing a brutal diagnosis, being crushed by pain, or being sidelined by what she did not choose is going to find hope and life in these pages.”
—Margot Starbuck, author of
Small Things with Great Love “I encourage anyone who has had health challenges, life-altering diagnoses, and heart-wrenching outcomes, to take the journey with Andrea as she navigates the unknown with her
Incurable Faith in God.”
—Kimberlee Sullivan, board-certified clinical specialist in women’s health physical therapy
“Andrea’s style of reflecting about who God is and how His Word speaks to us amid pain, trials, and difficulty has a raw beauty.
Incurable Faith will restore the hope in your life that you may have lost along the way.”
—Tim Hawks, lead pastor of Hill Country Bible Church Austin
“If you’re facing a serious health issue yourself—or if you’re a loved one, caregiver, or provider who wants to better understand and process these challenging times—Andrea’s book is a steady guide and faithful companion that will show you how to pray, embrace, ponder, and worship through whatever you’re facing.”
—W. Lee Warren, MD, neurosurgeon and award-winning author of
I’ve Seen the End of You “
Incurable Faith is the gift you’ve been looking for when you don’t know what to say or how to reach out to someone who has an insurmountable health crisis.”
—Carol Kent, speaker and bestselling author of When I Lay My Isaac Down
“When the unwelcome, unwanted, and unbelievably difficult comes knocking at your door, open the pages of this book and let
Incurable Faith usher hope and help into your home and heart.”
—Pam Farrel, bestselling co-author of
Discovering Hope in the Psalms
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