Do you feel like you live life looking in from the outside? From the way you speak, to the color of your skin, to the way you vote, or the way you pray, you don't fit the mold. And yet you find yourself still trying to prove yourself to others. In Set Me Free, New York Times bestselling author Lecrae invites you on a poetic and artistic exploration of how you can persevere against the lies of unworthiness to experience the freedom given to you in Jesus.

Under the weight of America's racial history, church traditions, and cultural pressures, Lecrae found himself trapped in the belief that he had to earn his freedom or prove his right to be on the stage, or even in the pews of a church. As he learns to shed these old ways of thinking, Lecrae beckons you to step out of the beliefs that are holding you captive and to reconstruct your faith.

Within this inspirational collection of poetry and essays, you will experience:

• Raw, lyrical expressions of what it means to be unfree in America
• Confessional essays explaining Lecrae's personal journey to claim his freedom and his faith
• Empowering words to help heal your wounded soul
• A testimony of God's unfailing love and eternal acceptance

This book is perfect for:

• Followers of Jesus who feel disillusioned or who are deconstructing from their church experience
• Spiritual seekers who feel on the outside of modern religious institutions
• Fans of Lecrae's music and album art

This dynamically designed collection is perfect to display on a coffee table or shelf. Provocative, vulnerable, convicting, and inspiring, Set Me Free is a poetry collection for our time.

Two-time Grammy winning rap artist, Lecrae, learned this lesson through more than his share of adversity--childhood abuse, drugs and alcoholism, a stint in rehab, an abortion, and an unsuccessful suicide attempt.

Along the way, Lecrae attained an unwavering faith in Jesus and began looking to God for affirmation. Now as a chart-topping industry anomaly, he has learned to ignore the haters and make peace with his craft. The rap artist holds nothing back as he divulges the most sensitive details of his life, answers his critics, shares intimate handwritten journal entries, and powerfully models how to be a Christian in a secular age.

This is the story of one man's journey to faith and freedom.

*Cover/Interior design by Alex Medina, photography by Mary Caroline Mann

When the challenges you've faced threaten to destroy your life, how do you find your way back to the truths you thought you believed?

I Am Restored tells the untold story of how Lecrae's past nearly ruined his future--until he learned that the wounds we carry can have the potential to be unlikely guides to healing and freedom for ourselves and others.

Throughout I Am Restored, Lecrae documents the shattering yet hopeful story of how he faced the scars of his past--sexual abuse, physical trauma, addiction, and depression--and emerged more fully human than ever before. With remarkable transparency and vulnerability, Lecrae reveals that at the height of his professional success, his life was spinning out of control, driven by a past that he had never confronted and a religious perspective that was incapable of meeting the challenge.

I Am Restored takes an unflinching look at the personal and public spaces that are too often at the societal core of our pain and heartache--culture, politics, family, church, and more--and teaches us that forgiveness can be the birthplace of the life that God has created for us.

Throughout this powerful, deeply personal account, Lecrae shares the life lessons he's learned about:

• Confronting the pain and trauma that has shaped your story
• Breaking the cycle of sin and shame and embracing joy and authenticity
• Finding hope and healing in the midst of chaos
• The simple practices that can change your mental, emotional, and spiritual health
• Leading a life that's bursting with creativity and true freedom

I Am Restored is a hopeful, inspiring charge to start your journey to lasting healing today. No matter what your past has held, God is near you, he hears you, and he's not done writing your story.

None of us can outrun the wounds of our past. We can face our past willingly, or our live will force us to face it. But while digging into the deep corners of our souls and excavating our past is uncomfortable, this is where God makes a masterpiece out of our mess. Through this study, you can begin to take steps toward healing and restoration.

This Study Guide includes:

• Individual access to four streaming video sessions
• Discussion questions, reflection questions, and biblical character studies
• Personal Bible study for between sessions
• A guide with best practices for leading groups

Two-time GRAMMY winning hip-hop artist and bestselling author Lecrae inspires millions with his redemptive and gut-honest art. But when his personal life spun into chaos, he was forced to face the buried impact of unhealed wounds from his past. Along the way to restoration, he learned simple practices for lasting health and realized that the pain we all carry has the potential to be an unlikely guide to freedom for ourselves and others.

In I Am Restored, Lecrae explains how his journey to restoration revealed:

• The importance of not normalizing traumatic circumstances
• The truth that God still loves us in spite of what we've done
• How not to turn people wounds into God wounds
• The suffering in suppression but freedom of confession
• How to take care of the mind, body, and soul that God has given us

Life has a way of marring or damaging what you were created for. But God loves to restore. So make the decision to journey toward God and be what he has always intended you to be.

Sessions include:

1. Facing the Turmoil
2. Confronting the Chaos
3. Discovering Hope
4. Walking in the Light

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None of us can outrun the wounds of our past. We can face our past willingly, or our live will force us to face it. But while digging into the deep corners of our souls and excavating our past is uncomfortable, this is where God makes a masterpiece out of our mess. Through this study, you can begin to take steps toward healing and restoration.

This Study Guide with DVD includes:

• Individual access to four streaming video sessions
• DVD with four video sessions
• Discussion questions, reflection questions, and biblical character studies
• Personal Bible study for between sessions
• A guide with best practices for leading groups

Two-time GRAMMY winning hip-hop artist and bestselling author Lecrae inspires millions with his redemptive and gut-honest art. But when his personal life spun into chaos, he was forced to face the buried impact of unhealed wounds from his past. Along the way to restoration, he learned simple practices for lasting health and realized that the pain we all carry has the potential to be an unlikely guide to freedom for ourselves and others.

In I Am Restored, Lecrae explains how his journey to restoration revealed:

• The importance of not normalizing traumatic circumstances
• The truth that God still loves us in spite of what we've done
• How not to turn people wounds into God wounds
• The suffering in suppression but freedom of confession
• How to take care of the mind, body, and soul that God has given us

Life has a way of marring or damaging what you were created for. But God loves to restore. So make the decision to journey toward God and be what he has always intended you to be.

Sessions include:

1. Facing the Turmoil
2. Confronting the Chaos
3. Discovering Hope
4. Walking in the Light