Tessa Afshar: Anchor Your Soul and Quiet Your Heart

Summer Reading Series! Have you ever felt overwhelmed by anxiety or paralyzed by fear? Our guest, Tessa Afshar, is well acquainted with those feelings. She battled anxiety for years and now shares how you can also find rest in the One who loves you most. We talk about her personal story of how she came to know of Jesus and then how she grew to love Him.

Tessa Afshar’s award-winning novels have been on Publishers Weekly and CBA bestseller lists and have been translated into 12 languages. Winner of the ECPA Bronze Milestone award, the Christy, the INSPY, and the ECPA Christian Book Award for her Bible study, The Way Home, Tessa holds a Master of Divinity from Yale, where she served as co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship for one year. Born in the Middle East to a nominally Muslim family, Tessa converted to Christianity in her twenties. She is a devoted wife, a mediocre gardener, and an enthusiastic cook of biblical recipes.

Connect with Tessa: https://tessaafshar.com/

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Quotes:

“When I looked into Jesus’ eyes, I saw a love the likes of which I had never experienced.”

“It’s not me they are seeing, it’s the peace of Christ that’s resting upon me.”

“We are important as Christians. We are an important witness in this world for God”

“The success wasn’t about writing a good book. The success was that I keep my word to Jesus.”

“We are not supposed to meet the expectations of a wound. We are supposed to meet the expectations of God.”

“If half of you is shaking and shivering, you need something to anchor your soul.”

“One of the core qualities of Jesus is that He breaks through, He breeches through the blocks in our lives.”

“I want you to trust Jesus with your future, because He still has more for you.”