Standing In The Dark: What to Do When You Can't See Your Way Forward

By Johnathan Hester

You're standing in the dark, and you can't see your way forward.

The anxiety won't stop. The depression won't lift. The loneliness won't leave. The shame won't let go. You've tried everything you know to try. Some of it helped for a while. Nothing lasted.

What if the answer isn't a technique, but a Person?

In Standing in the Dark, pastor John Hester walks you through John 1:1-5, five verses that reveal Jesus Christ as the Light that darkness cannot overcome. It begins in a Tennessee cavern, standing in total darkness, and the moment the lights came on. In that moment light didn't fight the darkness. It simply ended it.

Written for anyone facing:

Anxiety or depressionLoneliness or shameGrief or lossAddiction or traumaDoubt about whether God is real, or whether He cares

Inside you'll discover:

Why Jesus is called "the Word," and what it means that God has spoken to you completely through HimWhy darkness needs more than self-improvement. It needs a new creation by the Creator Himself.The moment darkness tried to defeat Jesus at the cross, and why it failed foreverHow to move from knowing about Jesus to depending on HimHow to walk as a child of light in a world that is still dark

Built for small groups:

A complete 10-week discussion guideBiblical resources for specific struggles: anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and traumaA guide to studying Jesus in the Gospels

The darkness you're facing is real. But there is a Light it cannot overcome.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HQF22KFQ
• ISBN13: 9798166475336
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"