Author: David Powlison

Subtitle:

Daily Devotions to Deepen Your Faith

Take Heart for Teens is a 366-day devotional that helps readers grow a deeper, stronger faith by taking their real troubles to the real God. 

Friendship struggles, academic pressure, busy schedules, questions about the future—where can you turn when life presses in? Through these daily devotionals from the writings of David Powlison, you will learn how to go to God for the help you need and take hold of the grace he offers. No matter what your day holds, you can take heart because the Lord is with you. He hears your cries for mercy and knows your every need. He guides, helps, and strengthens you every day. He is your true north.    

Through this year of short daily devotionals from the writings of David Powlison, teenagers will learn how to go to God to ask for the help you need and take hold of the grace he offers. God’s promises are true and the resurrection of Jesus guarantees that no matter what you may be facing, you can live in real hope. 

• Content taken from counselor and author David Powlison’s many decades of writing, teaching, and speaking.  
• Adapted for teenagers from the bestselling devotional Take Heart. 
• Take with You section ends each day with simple, actionable direction in living out the gospel.   

About the author:

David Powlison, MDiv, PhD,(1949–2019) was a teacher, counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He wrote many books and minibooks, including Speaking Truth in Love, Seeing with New Eyes, Good and Angry, Making All Things New, God's Grace in Your Suffering, Safe and Sound, and Take Heart. David was also the editor of The Journal of Biblical Counseling. 

Endorsements:

“David Powlison’s insights have been foundational for both me and my late husband, Tim Keller. David and Tim were good friends, and Tim gave him credit for showing him wonders in the gospel. This devotional book will do the same for both teens and adults.”  ~Kathy Keller, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City

“What a lovely devotional! As I read, I heard David’s voice like it was just yesterday we were eating lunch together. It's a voice filled with faith and love. It works for teenagers because it is filled with a faith so simple, so pure, so childlike that any teen can be drawn in. I'm getting a copy for all my kids and grandkids.”  ~Paul E. Miller, Author of A Praying Life and A Praying Church

“The author of Hebrews tells us that Abel, though he died, still speaks. So it is with all of the saints who have gone to glory, like David Powlison, whose words and wisdom remain with us to instruct us and encourage us and edify us. David was a saved sinner who was also a sage—a wise man with a courageous and compassionate heart. He saw fresh things in the Word and in the world because he looked at them with longing and curiosity, combining a mature mind and a child’s heart. Now, thanks to a team of faithful adapters and editors (including his daughter), this devotional for teens makes his biblical insights and application available to a new generation.”  ~Justin Taylor, Managing Editor, ESV Study Bible; author; blogger

“I miss David, but as I read these devotions, his humble, wise words follow me through the day. I think many kids will respond the same way. Thanks, David, for writing these.”  ~Jill Miller, Author of Finding Jesus on Upside Down Days