Don’t settle for less than what God can do. We often face situations in life that are hard. Whether it be a job loss, a difficult marriage, or problems with the kids―harsh storms come, and we can quickly feel overwhelmed, even desperate. In the beginning of creation, God entered the darkness and void and displayed his turnaround nature. He spoke words that turned darkness into light and filled the emptiness with fruitfulness. His turnaround power brought order into the chaos. In the same way, God enters our lives with the power of his turnaround ability and offers not just a slight improvement but a complete turn around. Turnarounds by their nature are radical. They bypass nice and sensible, they freak out the orderly, and they do not line up with agendas. But turnarounds reveal our miraculous Savior to a messed-up world. Using examples from her own life and those of biblical characters, international speaker and teacher Charlotte Gambill offers that God is more than just a little bit of help, he’s all the help; we need. It’s time for us to fully understand that there is nothing that God can’t turn around! Charlotte Gambill has an infectious love for life, a deep love for people, and a zealous love for God’s House. Her passion is to build the local church—to see people reach their full potential and to strengthen leadership. Her practical, humorous, and passionate application of God’s Word is rallying a generation to embrace the broken and find hope. An author, speaker, and pastor, Charl leads Life Church in England with her husband Steve. They have two children, Hope Cherish and Noah Brave. TURNAROUND GOD Discovering God's Transformational Power By CHARLOTTE GAMBILL Thomas Nelson Copyright © 2013 Charlotte Gambill All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-8499-2189-6 Contents 1. Time for Things to Turn?................................................12. Take Your Turn..........................................................193. Sticking Points.........................................................354. Turn the Other Cheek....................................................555. Maturity Matters........................................................736. Own Your Zone...........................................................937. A Permanent Investment..................................................1138. Unlikely Candidate......................................................1299. Not Qualified...........................................................14510. Removing Restrictions..................................................16511. Personal Involvement...................................................18512. Turning It Over........................................................203Acknowledgments............................................................225 CHAPTER 1 TIME FOR THINGSTO TURN? "SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?" CAME THE QUESTION FROM MYpregnant friend and her husband as we stood together on a wet,bleak hill in the English countryside. Shivering and trying to avoidbeing blown away by the relentless, gale-force winds, my husbandand I took in the full scale of the project our friends were embarkingupon. In front of us was an old, tumbledown barn with asagging roof, rotting wooden doors, and no windows. This wasnot quite what my husband and I had in mind when our friendsinvited us to come see the "new house" they had just bought. The barn had been weathered by storms, neglected, and vandalized.Over many years, it had stood derelict. But our friendshad decided this was the perfect place to build their first home,where they would raise their soon-to-arrive baby. "I'm not sure what to think," I responded nervously. "Can't you see it?" they implored. They went on to describea lovely family farmhouse with a large kitchen and living roomand a nursery with a view. They explained how the house theyenvisioned in their hearts would be soon situated on this barrenland. Several years later, I sat in what is now a stunning farmhouseand ate in the large kitchen while taking in those breathtakingviews. My friends' dream and dedication transformed that bleakhillside into a beautiful home. Today I pose the same question to you: "What do youthink?" You may not be standing on a barren hillside looking ata broken-down barn, but wherever you are in your life you findyour own equivalent to that derelict building. Some of you maybe experiencing brokenness in your relationships, a marriagethat is struggling to survive, or a fragmented friendship thatseems beyond repair. Others of you may be confronting addictionsthat have ravaged your loved ones or coming to termswith the loss of something or someone you held dear. Still othersmay be facing your once-robust business that is now failing.Daily we each awaken to our own equivalent of that broken-downbarn, and daily we have to decide how to respond to thedesolation we see. Every day, you have to determine in your own heart, "Whatdo I think?" What do you s