Defiant Joy

By: Stasi Eldredge

Narrated by: Stasi Eldredge

Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Best-selling author Stasi Eldredge shows us how to choose a joy that stands against the tides of life's real and often overwhelming pain.

Defiant Joy will help you:

• get off the emotional roller coaster and experience daily joy;
• learn how to have a posture of holy defiance when circumstances threaten to weigh down your soul;
• and find new perspectives on painful circumstances and see how God sometimes interferes with your life to heal and transform you.

We are called to live. And, miraculously, to live with joy.

We all spend a lot of energy reaching for happiness, but we are never quite able to hang on to it. Real life happens, and our circumstances take us on an emotional roller-coaster ride. So the Bible’s call to “be joyful always” sounds almost crazy - and out of reach. But it doesn’t have to be.

Joy is meant to be ours, a joy that is defiant in the face of this broken world. This joy is not simply happiness on steroids; it’s the unyielding belief that sorrow and loss do not have the final say. It’s the stubborn determination to be present to whatever may come and to interpret both goodness and grief by the light of heaven.

In Defiant Joy, Stasi Eldredge invites us with courage, candor, and tender vulnerability to a place beyond sadness or happiness. She shows us how to maintain a posture of holy defiance that neither denies nor diminishes our pain but dares to live with expectant, unwavering hope.

©2018 Stasi Eldredge (P)2018 Thomas Nelson

very well written

loved it. I would listen to the chapter and then read my physical book later to highlight. so many good nuggets in this book and heart felt stories. I live when the author reads the book, you hear their struggle, passion and expression so clearly.

A Heartsaver!

Wonderful Read! With the state of the world we are in there is so much pain, bait, and sadness. Even genuine happy people these events can really break you down and steal your joy. Stasi’s book revived the hope inside of me of being Defiantly Joyful, not denying the occurrences and situations but defiantly deciding to be joyful through the pain - and provided so much relief that I don’t have to do it all! Even in my darkest hours, all I have to do is choose to be joyful, and He fulfills the rest as I look to Him instead of my situation.

Would recommend to newer believers

Captivating has got to be my favorite book of all time, so I was expecting another explosion of great wisdom from this author. Defiant Joy fell a little short. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but its wisdom is probably more suited for newer believers of the faith rather than seasoned Christians. Everything in this book is stuff that I've heard before, but that doesn't make it useless. Every book has a specific audience, and in my opinion, Defiant Joy's audience is for newer believers or teen Christians.

Seek Joy in all circumstances

Wonderfully given fruits to add to all God gives us to walk through this life.

a good addition

This is an excellent addition to your Stasi Eldredge library. Read by the author, thank goodness. you may need to buy a hard copy also so you can highlight the messages that speak to you. In my case practically entire chapters. This book touches on things not common in Christianity like boundaries and benevolent detatchment. Definitley recommend!

This book changed my life.

This book resonated with my heart so deeply. I related to it with my own feelings and experiences and learned so incredibly much throughout. God blessed and spoke to me so much through this book. I’m so happy I read it. Listening to this was an amazing experience especially as Stasi narrates her own book. Please read and/or listen to this if you feel you need to learn about and have more joy in any capacity. I think that this could help transform anyone.

Perfectly timed

Life, for me, has gone less than planned. Even though I've struggled at times to rain hopeful and full of joy, I often get told, "You're one of the most joyful people I know." Staci, in being raw and vulnerable, helped give me insight on what others are seeing as well as practical ways to practice being joyful. I'm so so thankful that she penned this book. ♥️

it will change you!

every chapter spoke to my heart. It will draw you closer to God!! Funny, moving, inspirational, and honest.

real. no pulled punches. thoughtful. true-hearted.

real. no pulled punches. thoughtful. true-hearted.
timely (for me). will listen to it again to drill the concepts into my heart and mind.

Life giving!

There’s been a lot of death in our lives lately - this was a welcome beacon of what is to come and how to live and thrive in the meantime. I love all of Stasi’s books! They are like drinking water in a thirsty land.