How the life of David, from a forgotten shepherd's field to the Valley of Elah and beyond, reveals a seven-part framework for carrying your God-given cause through to completion in the face of giants.
About the book
Every born-again believer has been given a God Cause, a deeply rooted mission aligned with God's will. The David Effect is the pattern by which ordinary people, like the shepherd David, slay the giants standing between them and their purpose.
Moving through David's life in order, from the anointing in obscurity to the confrontation with Goliath, the Cave of Adullam, and the Mighty Men, Bruce Ladebu draws out seven qualities every believer needs: mission, passion, preparation, faith-fueled courage, humility, attitude, and perseverance. Each chapter pairs the story of David with historical exemplars and with the author's own field experience, from photographing wolf packs and attempting a ski crossing to the North Pole to sixteen years leading the Children's Rescue Initiative.
What you’ll discover
Six threads that run through The David Effect.
You hold a God Cause
A specific divine mission, discovered through faithfulness in obscurity, not by waiting for a visible platform.
Anointing precedes the battle
God equips before He exposes, so the absence of a stage is not the absence of calling.
Giants reveal the champion
The question is not how big the giant is, but what God has already placed in your hand.
Passion as discipline
Not a feeling but a cultivated wind that fills the sails and sustains the mission through years of resistance.
Humility and courage
Not opposites but companion strengths, the two rails of any effective Christian mission.
Availability and obedience
The posture of the champion is immediate responsiveness to God's direction.
From the book
I have cried a thousand tears for the children. I have a vision, I know the mission, and it is my passion that is the wind that fills the sails of the great ship called rescue.
Who it’s for
For adults in evangelical and Protestant communities who sense an unfulfilled calling or feel stuck in a waiting season, whether already in ministry or still searching for a vocation. Well suited to small-group and leadership-development settings.
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Available now on Amazon.
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