Purposefooled, Kelly Needham
Purposefooled, Kelly Needham
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Purposefooled
Why Chasing Your Dreams, Finding Your Calling, and Reaching for Greatness Will Never Be Enough

Author: Kelly Needham

Narrator: Kelly Needham, Jimmy Needham

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 08/01/2023


Synopsis

Read by the author.What if you weren’t made for something great but for Someone great? We often hear that we were made for more. Yet our modern understanding of what it means to live a meaningful life can feel more like a burden than a dream. What if the more that we crave is not something we achieve but something we receive?In this provocative and deeply spiritual book, Bible teacher Kelly Needham explains the problem isn’t that we long for something more. The problem is what we believe “something more” is. We spend our lives chasing after verbs, when we were meant to live for the Noun. Using her own journey and creative retellings of Bible stories, Kelly offers insights intowhy our hearts long for a sense of purpose,how to hold the tension between seeking greatness and embracing the ordinary,what the Bible says about true world-changers,how modern technology affects our desires—and how to avoid its pitfalls, andwhy resting accomplishes more than producing. As we recognize the source of our hunger for the extraordinary, we can move forward in freedom rather than feeling stuck in guilt or disappointment. We can discover how to build a purpose-filled reality without turning our life upside down—so we can embrace the joy today that we always assumed was somewhere down the road.

About Kelly Needham

Kelly Needham is a servant of Jesus Christ, a student of the Bible, and COO of her home, where she lives with her husband, Jimmy, and their five children. She is the author of Friendish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion and has been a contributing author to many other books, including Faithful and Beautifully Distinct. She has served on staff at two different churches, serving in youth, college, and women’s ministry. Kelly currently coleads a women’s teaching program at her church, training women to accurately handle the word of truth and cohosts the Clearly podcast with Jimmy. Whether writing or speaking, Kelly’s aim is to convince as many people as possible that nothing compares to knowing Jesus.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Treasure on September 27, 2023

Dnf @ 90% - I loved the topics surrounding this book. I felt like I grabbed a lot from it but it was very long. I felt like some of the subjects were repetitive and I was just waiting until it was done. I wish it wasn’t so repetitive but overall a very applicable topic.......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on April 15, 2024

LOVED this book so much! It was full of such good wisdom and it challenged me to look at what my purpose is in life and what I really value. Living in a culture that highly values individualism and finds meaning in what you do (your verbs) this book turns those ideas upside down. I also loved how sh......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 22, 2023

I will try to write a full review soon but... please read this book. Every Christian I know could use this book.......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on March 29, 2025

4.5⭐️ This book was very timely for me as I’ve been currently wrestling with how I identify my sense of “purpose.” Kelly is an excellent writer and clearly communicates solid theology in that “our purpose is a person” (meaning Christ) instead of the “verbs” (actions and accomplishments) in our life.......more

Goodreads review by Roxanne on August 12, 2023

This is for every Believer, those who are living out their dream & those waiting and praying for their dream to come alive. In the kindest and humblest way, Kelly reminds us that our dreams are not meant to serve the Lord, but meant to just BE with the Lord.......more