{"product_id":"without-obligation-paperback","title":"Without Obligation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlain Lea\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the Gospel was never about how tightly you could hold on to God-but about discovering that He has been holding you all along?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarta Ellison has spent a lifetime doing Christianity well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe knows the verses. She serves the church. She shows up. She keeps the lists, carries the responsibilities, says the right things, and has spent years trying to become the kind of person she thought God would be pleased to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, beside her mother's bed in a memory-care facility, everything begins to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer mother can no longer remember the Scriptures she spent a lifetime memorizing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she asks the question Marta's religion has never taught her how to answer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf I can't remember Him, will He still take me?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a deeply human Christian parable about grace, religious performance, fear, shame, church hurt, family, loss-and the astonishing possibility that the Gospel may be far better than the version many of us learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough fourteen interconnected chapters, Marta begins to discover that: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efaith is not the strength of your grip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod's face has not turned away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egrace is not a reward for spiritual performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyour failures do not cancel your belonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erepentance may be less about crawling back to God than discovering which direction you have been facing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat God gives cannot be earned-and therefore cannot be repossessed when your strength runs out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWithout Obligation is for Christians who still love Jesus but are tired.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those exhausted by trying harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those carrying religious guilt they cannot put down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those who have wondered whether God is disappointed in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those healing from performance Christianity, legalism, church hurt, or spiritual burnout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for anyone who has spent years trying to reach a place in God's love that grace had already given them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can stop paddling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe light never moved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWelcome home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67853382254909,"sku":"9798952001152","price":28.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1021\/3356\/3709\/files\/qqsUqCPIrD9798952001152.webp?v=1793297379","url":"https:\/\/thelordsnest.com\/products\/without-obligation-paperback","provider":"The Lord's Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}