
The Fight to Flourish
Engaging in the Struggle to Cultivate the Life You Were Born to Live
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Levi Lusko
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Jennie Lusko
About this listen
This unique audiobook experience includes an exclusive conversation between Levi and Jennie Lusko and audio from recordings and home videos that share the life of their daughter Lenya.
What if your struggles aren’t a barrier to thriving but an invitation into your most vibrant days? Discover how to live a life of joy and fullness, even in the midst of disappointment and broken dreams.
How can you find a way forward when life throws you sucker punches, when you face obstacles that seem to snuff out your faith, when you lose someone precious to you? It is in the sacred space of pain and promise that we can begin to flourish. Even in the midst of disappointment and broken dreams it is possible to grow, be strong, and draw near to God.
In The Fight to Flourish, Jennie Lusko draws on her experiences after the loss of her five-year-old daughter, Lenya, to show you that the ingredients for a fresh and thriving life are right in front of you. Jennie's story will help remind you of how much God loves you, even when life feels unbearable.
With grit and grace, Jennie will help you:
- Discover that flourishing is not an impossible destination but a divine revelation of where you are right now
- Find relief from the weight of overwhelming circumstances by resting in the realization that God is fighting for you
- Trust that God is growing you in the gap between your expectations and your experience
The word flourish is written all over you and your future. Discover the ongoing strength that Jennie has found and learn to reengage in life with renewed strength and confidence.
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Critic reviews
'We all want to flourish, but few are willing to fight for it. Through Jennie's powerful words and real-life experiences, she walks us through the work that is required to revive our roots to blossom and bloom. The teaching is profound, but her life lives a greater story. I believe this book this book will pour Living Water onto dry ground.'
—Bianca Juarez Olthoff
Church-planter, teacher, and best-selling author of Play with Fireand How to Have Your Life Not Suck
'Jennie Lusko's faith cannot be ignored. It is raw and real. Both bold and beautiful, her faith shines more brightly through her sorrows than her successes. The untimely loss of her daughter Lenya thrust Jennie into the public spotlight, making her internal agony a grief observed. In this gut-wrenchingly honest book, Jennie lets us watch her mother's heart ache and break, and then witness God remake it into a sacred place of worship.'
—Lenya Heitzig
Author and speaker
'The Fight to Flourish is more than just an inspiring book. Jennie Lusko shares and leverages her story, yes. But, more than that, she draws together lessons learned, insights gleaned, and growth precipitated from profound pain. She demonstrates how we, too, can lean into our heavenly Father through the good days and the difficult ones. If you take this message to heart, it will be a lifeline drawing you closer to the woman, the wife, the mom, the sister, or the friend you deeply desire to be. Thank you, Jennie, for this gift.'
—Sandra Stanley
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- Jenny
- 07-31-20
You’re Amazing!
Jennie my love you truly are the complete definition of a warrior of Christ, thank you for your brave courage and complete vulnerability to share your story! I literally was in tears half the time, as if you were my best friend and I knew you for years. The Lord truly has great plans for you and your family; the strength and togetherness displayed, despite life’s circumstances on life’s term didn’t break you or your family, in fact it truly has flourished more love, faith and hope. I pray for that love, unity, faithfulness and simply put, that pure essence of grace and mercy to continue to be the roar in that big heart of yours! XO!!
May God continue blessing you 😘🙏🏼🤍
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- Susie Kendrick
- 05-15-20
Amazing!
This is definitely a book for anyone in any season. Whether you are just coming out of a storm, in the middle of a storm, or on a mountaintop knowing the storms are inevitable, this book will bless your soul. God has definitely spoken through Jennie Lusko. Thank you for being obedient to God & writing this book.
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- cbthomas.71
- 10-27-20
Amazing Story of pressing through heartache
I was not prepared for the tears that flowed. I didn't know the writer's story previously. So powerful and awakening. I'm so glad the author read her own story. I recommend to anyone grieving or wanting to press through the hard stuff of life. Written so beautifully raw.
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- Mike melendez
- 05-12-20
WOW!
All I can say is wow! This is such a powerful book that everyone needs to hear and this is definitely not just a book for females. If you have ever lost anyone close to you, you definitely need to hear this story. So, what are you waiting for? Go listen/read it.
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- Kayla Gale
- 05-29-20
Wow
This book is a breath of fresh air and a sucker punch all mixed into one. Jennie so eloquently shares her heart for her family, church and for God and at the same the same time gives you the pep talk to keep going. These aren’t “keep going” platitudes with nothing to back it up, instead she backs up her illustrations and motivations with the word of God.
I will be recommending this one to all my friends... Because even though we might not all have gone through such a tragic situation/season as the Luskos... we all have seasons where quitting or taking the easy route is too tempting. This book has helped equip me for hard moments and I know it will help many others too.
Thank you Jennie for writing this book.
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- Ethel J Lee
- 07-21-21
Best audible
Loved this audible and didn't want it to end. Jennie is a great writer and inspiring to listen to.
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- Sally
- 01-12-21
Thank you for speaking life
While I have heard Levi’s sermons I’ve never heard from Jennie. Wow, what a writer. She pulled me in and I could not stop listening. She had me crying and laughing. Thank you for sharing your journey. I know how many lives that will be touched.
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- C. S.
- 06-06-20
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I love audio books! and this one brought to me a whole amazing experience with music, original audios and interview. Thank YOU Jennie! Thank you! Spoke so deeply to me! Encouraged! The best book to remind everyone when we are weak HE makes a STRONG. God bless YOU!
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-05-22
No words to how AWESOME this book is!
This book was so inspiring and encouraging and Jennie really makes you feel like she is speaking to you. The unimaginable heartache that the Lusko's have been through is definitely rough to say the least. But the fact that she has still allowed God to use her is AMAZING!! I Loved this book and I would listen to it AGAIN!!❤
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- satisfied
- 07-30-21
Loved This Audible Book!!!
Jennie's voice is lovely as was her book! So so encouraging!!! Loved the accompanying scriptures!!!
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