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Women who are led by the Holy Spirit of God - who does not want to find themselves in that group? Suzanne Eller writes with conviction, gentleness, and beauty to encourage women to learn to recognize what the Holy Spirit brings to our lives. God has given the Holy Spirit to comfort, caution, and counsel us, and so much more besides!

Suzie takes us on a study of the book of Acts to show us how the Holy Spirit impacted the early church. Each chapter features a story from that book, touching on Peter, Stephen, Paul, and others. I appreciated how the themes for the chapters were built around Biblical examples, and I could tell that Suzie had done research into the time period and the context of the Scriptures.

One of my favorite quotes from the book came from Chapter 3: "When lies feel like truth, we have a choice to make. We can allow those messages to define us, or we can live by truth." The Holy Spirit will certainly help us to find truth for our lives. I also loved the chapter on how the Holy Spirit looks past the labels that can become applied to our lives, and He'll equip us to do more than we would ever think possible as we surrender to Him. There's another great chapter about how the Holy Spirit fights for us because we are loved and valued.

While readers may find some theological differences when discussing the gifts of the Holy Spirit, overall I would recommend this book to any woman who wants a reminder of how much God has given to us. It's easy to become discouraged, and we all face trials and difficulties. But we never face them alone. We always have God who loves us, Jesus who rescues us, and the Holy Spirit who helps us live out our faith. What confidence awaits the heart that is led by Him!

I received my copy of the book from the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own.