Bitterness is a dark well that eventually poisons the heart. It is an open door to all things foul. We know the harm of bitterness, but few have the courage or humility to attest to its seduction or the ways we deny its presence and yet let it grow in us. Tracey Bickle is a compelling, honest, and fiercely kind soul who has allowed her story and struggle to take us on an intimate journey into facing and engaging bitterness. She loves Jesus and has known dark heartache. Her wrestling and wisdom sing praise to the One who invites us to walk into death because it never has the final word. You will find comfort and clarity in how Tracey walks with you into resurrection freedom.
Dan B. Allender, PhD
Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founding President of the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology
Author of The Wounded Heart and Healing the Wounded Heart
This book is a life changer. Tracey nails why our hearts harden and Jesus’ way to stay true and tender. She is faithful but never magical: she offers a guide to face squarely how to recover from the deep wounds. We all have them, and they can either make us better or a whole lot worse. Discover Tracey’s route by reading this book! Her wounds united with His have set her free. I urge you to discover this clear way to freedom.
Andrew Comiskey, MDiv
Founder and Executive Director of Desert Stream Ministries/Living Waters Ministries
I like reading stories of people’s lives. I like more when people allow God to take their life that has been turned upside down and turn it into a beautiful piece of art. Tracey is one of those people. Chaos Beneath the Shade is a book of redemption and restoration. This book was written to help deal with the heartache and betrayal that life can bring. It shows us the power of being thankful and the power of forgiveness.
Beni Johnson
Bethel Church, Redding, California
Author of The Happy Intercessor and Healthy and Free
Bitterness, disappointment, and unmet needs are destroying people, families, and churches. The wreckage is everywhere. Sometimes we are left to wonder, what can God really do in such painful places? Tracey Bickle, in her new book, Chaos Beneath the Shade, shows us the glorious good God can do in our pain if we will partner with Him. And Tracey Bickle knows what she is talking about. She has been in the pit of bitterness and disappointment and has met Jesus. Her life is a shining example of what He does—He frees us! If you want to move on from your pain, read this book.
Ron Citlau, MDiv
Lead Pastor, Calvary Church, Orland Park, Illinois
Coauthor of Compassion Without Compromise: How the Gospel Frees Us to Love Our Gay Friends Without Losing the Truth
As we go through life, relational injuries are something that all of us face, be it in the context of our family, work colleagues, or friends. The challenge before followers of Jesus is how we respond to such offenses at the heart level and through our day-to-day actions. We are called to be diligent in detecting and resisting the root of bitterness in our heart. Over the years, I have watched my sister Tracey walk through a number of difficult and painful relational dynamics. In not yielding to bitterness and offense, she has experienced the joy and freedom found only in consistently responding to the grace of God. Tracey has faithfully served for seventeen years on the leadership team of The International House of Prayer, walking many wounded hearts into freedom. Writing from her personal experiences, Tracey gives us excellent help understanding this insidious enemy, bitterness, in our relationship with the Lord and offers great practical advice on how we can get out of the trap. I’m very proud of all she’s accomplished.
Mike Bickle
Director of International House of Prayer of Kansas City
I love to read biographies of those who have endured great trials without letting their negative history shape their destiny. Such people have valuable lessons to teach us as we go through our own struggles in life. Tracey Bickle is one of those extraordinary people who has pushed through great pain and injustice and yet not been overcome by bitterness. The lessons she shares will empower people in very practical ways to overcome their pain, to turn tragedies into triumph, and to be victorious over the offenses that threaten to destroy us from within. I highly recommend it!
Stacey Campbell
Founder of RevivalNOW! Ministries, Praying the Bible International, and Be a Hero
I have known and worked alongside Tracey Bickle for the last fifteen years, and I’ve witnessed a person who has fought to get free from bitterness and offense, and has in turn become a deliverer of countless numbers from the same bitter root that has sought to take the lives of so many believers. I’m constantly blown away by how Tracey can come into people’s lives who are locked up in bitterness, and through compassion, honesty, humility, and faith, awaken them to begin to believe for a destiny free from all bitterness, offense, and unforgiveness. Her new book, Chaos Beneath the Shade, doesn’t come from someone who isn’t connected with the real lives of real people, but comes from a person who, with decades of experience, calls forth a generation out of the destructive patterns of bitterness. Jesus told us in Matthew 24 that in the last days “many will be offended,” and I believe this timely book has been written in these days as a key of deliverance. I wholeheartedly endorse this book, as well as its author, and I pray that God would use it mightily all over the earth.
Corey Russell
International House of Prayer of Kansas City
Author of Prayer: Why Our Words to God Matter
Chaos Beneath the Shade by Tracey Bickle
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