Girl, Elevate Yourself

This book was born in the fire of real ministry, from pulpits and prayer meetings, from one-on-one conversations with girls whose hearts were hungry for truth and whose lives were crying out for something more than what social media, peer pressure, and popular culture had offered them.The title, Girl, Elevate Yourself, is not a motivational slogan. It is a prophetic summons. Isaiah 52:1 records the Lord crying out to Zion: "Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion." That cry reaches every girl who carries the spirit of Zion in her heart. It is not a cry of desperation. It is a cry of activation.For too long, teenage girls have been defined by their limitations rather than their liberation. Social media tells them to be smaller, quieter, and more focused on their appearance than their assignment. Peer culture tells them their value is tied to their popularity, their relationship status, and what others think of them. Even some religious communities have told girls that their calling is only domestic, never national; only personal, never prophetic.