God Is Your Defender: Learning to Stand After Life Has Knocked You Down

Written by Rosie Rivera and Samuel Rodriguez

Narrated by Rosie Rivera

Businesswoman, television personality, and survivor Rosie Rivera shares how to lean on God as defender in the midst of life’s hurts and wounds while also grappling with the strong desire for justice and retaliation.

Revenge is one of our deepest instincts. When we have been hurt or when something has been stolen from us, whether that be our innocence or our good name or a loved one, the desire to retaliate is irresistible. But is it the right response of a follower of Jesus?

As a survivor herself, Rosie Rivera has walked in this tension, a sojourner in the search for healing and wholeness in the light of horrific wrongs. She has wrestled the desire to defend herself, her reputation, and her family while also wanting to let God be her Defender.

God Is Your Defender is about understanding the motives behind your thoughts and behaviors toward those who have wronged you. It is about the conditions you might have put on forgiveness. It is about fighting the urge to take over instead of trusting God. It is about learning how to truly rest in the Lord as the One who defends you and actively abiding in his peace.

Backed by biblical examples and personal stories, Rosie guides you to a place of healing as you:

• Learn the difference between a vengeful spirit and a heart of advocacy
• Stop the self-destructive cycle of the desire for revenge
• Discern effectively when to take a righteous stand and when to stand back and let God defend you
• Experience how to move from an “eye for an eye” mentality to an “I for an I” by exchanging “I am hurt” for “I am healing”
• Let go of the pain of the past without ignoring what happened

God Is Your Defender equips you to respond to hurtful situations, from the most minor to some of the most difficult, from a place of empowerment and peace.

Discussion questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Jun 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9780785237778

Rosie Rivera

Rosie Rivera is an author, entrepreneur, and the testamentary executor of Jenni Rivera Enterprises, as well as an international speaker, author and an influential public figure. Rosie uses her platform to lift up, motivate, and give hope to sexual abuse victims as a survivor and counselor. Rosie has co-hosted the top Spanish morning shows such as Despierta America and Un Nuevo Dia and cohosts along with her husband a marriage podcast called The Power of Us on Revolver Podcast. Rosie has participated and starred in reality shows such as I Love Jenni, The Riveras, Mira Quien Baila, and Rica Famosa Latina currently on Netflix. Rosie is happily married to worshiper Abel Flores. The couple live in Lakewood, California, where they raise their three children Kassey, Sammy, and Eli.

Reviews for God Is Your Defender

[Fernanda Frausto-Bonilla · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Not authentic at all, gives off fake Christian feels. Do not recommend.