Just Breathe: All stories redeemable, All brokenness repairable, All addictions breakable
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Keith Repult spent his life looking for love and running from God. After growing up bouncing between parents, grandparents, and foster homes, Keith ended up in California in his early twenties—homeless, addicted, and broken.
One night he met the owner of a local adult bookstore and soon became a worldwide leader in the porn industry. As a self-made multimillionaire, “King Keith” was living a life of luxury, but was completely empty and addicted to alcohol, drugs, and pornography. Still trying to find the answers, Keith and his wife bought a vacation house at the beach and opened a yogurt shop. That shop opened the door for them to encounter the grace of Jesus Christ.
Using the acronym BREATHE, Just Breathe provides practical tools for reflection, hope, and help for those drowning in the pain of addiction. It is also a powerful ministry resource, using the steps Keith took to find freedom from addiction.
Not only does God know everything about us, He also relentlessly pursues us with an unfailing love. Keith’s story reminds us that we’ve never gone too far to be made new by the big grace of God.
My wife and I decided to get scuba certified for our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. It was just one of those bucket list things we’d always wanted to do—to renew our vows on the bottom of the ocean. We did this using only sign language, of course. Picture thumbs up for “better” and thumbs down for “worse,” and you’ll get the idea. The actual art of scuba is mostly about learning to breathe with a mask on. First-timers suddenly realize they are actually under water, and their natural tendency is to start breathing too fast. In golf, the number one rule is to keep your head down. In baseball, it’s to keep your eye on the ball. In scuba diving, it’s just breathe. Keith’s book brings that scuba diving lesson to dry land. His story seems like something a screenwriter wouldn’t even try to write. It’s one chapter after another of a life’s downward spiral. But somehow through it all, he was able to keep breathing. He’s a walking miracle in many ways, but the first rule of scuba will always ring true for him: just breathe. My hope is that you will see parts of yourself in Keith’s story and realize that none of us live too far away from the grace of God. I hope you will see addiction for the monster that it is and seek some help before it is too late for you. So read on. Keep your mask on. Don’t freak out. Just breathe. And discover the hope you need.
—Tim Harlow, senior pastor, Parkview Christian Church, Orland Park, Illinois; the author of Life on Mission
Sometimes “amazing grace” seems like just a phrase or only the title of an old hymn. And then you read the story of a life like Keith’s, and it becomes clear once again that this grace is a power stronger than death and it’s the hope of the world. Read about it—and come home.
—John Ortberg, senior pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, CA
—Tim Harlow, senior pastor, Parkview Christian Church, Orland Park, Illinois; the author of Life on Mission
Sometimes “amazing grace” seems like just a phrase or only the title of an old hymn. And then you read the story of a life like Keith’s, and it becomes clear once again that this grace is a power stronger than death and it’s the hope of the world. Read about it—and come home.
—John Ortberg, senior pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, CA
Just Breathe is the riveting depiction of a remarkably transformed life. Keith’s journey reveals one of the most powerful stories of redemption I have ever witnessed in over thirty-five years of pastoring.
—Pastor Jude Fouquier, lead pastor, The City Church, Ventura, CA
Ever wondered if God does miracles? Ever wondered if He can do miracles today, perhaps in your life? With Just Breathe, you hold in your hands the story of a real-life modern miracle. Keith’s story can be your story and reminds us that none of us are beyond hope.
—Gene Appel, senior pastor, Eastside Christian Church, Anaheim, CA
—Pastor Jude Fouquier, lead pastor, The City Church, Ventura, CA
Ever wondered if God does miracles? Ever wondered if He can do miracles today, perhaps in your life? With Just Breathe, you hold in your hands the story of a real-life modern miracle. Keith’s story can be your story and reminds us that none of us are beyond hope.
—Gene Appel, senior pastor, Eastside Christian Church, Anaheim, CA
Watching God transform Keith and his family has been one of the greatest privileges of my life! If you feel like you are buried under shame, that you’re too far gone or that you could never get beyond your past, this book is for you. There is hope for you! Keith’s story continues to be a vivid reminder to me that Jesus doesn’t just make us better—He makes us new!
—Jodi Hickerson, programming director, Mission Church, Ventura, CA
If you feel like you’ve somehow outrun God’s grace, think again. Keith’s story about his journey to freedom is proof that God will go to any lengths to save anybody, including you.
—Mike Foster, founder of People of the Second Chance; creator of the Rescue Academy; author of People of the Second Chance and Freeway
—Jodi Hickerson, programming director, Mission Church, Ventura, CA
If you feel like you’ve somehow outrun God’s grace, think again. Keith’s story about his journey to freedom is proof that God will go to any lengths to save anybody, including you.
—Mike Foster, founder of People of the Second Chance; creator of the Rescue Academy; author of People of the Second Chance and Freeway
Product Details
- Title : Just Breathe: All stories redeemable, All brokenness repairable, All addictions breakable
- Authors:
- Repult, Keith
- Breaux, Mike
- Oakes, Jen
- Barna, George
- Publisher: Broadstreet Publishing Group, LLC
- Publication Date: 2017
- ISBN: 9781424555215
KEITH REPULT was the owner of the second largest porn distribution company in the country and one of the top ten manufacturing companies in the world, living a life of addiction, hiding, and hurting. After giving his life over to the leadership of Christ, selling his companies, and working a twelve-step program, Keith has become a new man—a man who has traded wealth for wholeness, addiction for acceptance, and prestige for peace. Now the Recovery Pastor at Mission Church in Ventura, California, Keith tells his story whenever he can to whomever will listen to remind each of us that you’ve never gone too far and you’re never in too deep to be made new by the grace of God. Keith lives in Ventura with his son, two daughters, and beautiful wife, Samantha, and together they own Surf ’n Yogurt. For more, go to keithrepult.com.
JEN OAKES has been writing since her mom gave her a pen and a journal when she was a little girl and made her sit in her room for an hour of “quiet time” every day. And now that she’s a mom, she realizes that her mom was a genius—not just for the whole “send your kid to their room for a quiet time” thing, but also because it developed in Jen a deep love for writing. She considers it one of the greatest privileges of her life to be a part of watching and telling stories of individuals who have been redeemed by the grace of God. Jen is passionate about coffee, listening to vinyl records, open windows, reading, writing, hiking, being outside, and people. She currently serves on staff at Mission Church in Ventura, California, and is happily married to her favorite person, T. D. Oakes. Together they have two incredible kids.
MIKE BREAUX is a nationally known communicator and has served as a pastor for Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, Southland Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, Willow Creek Community Church and Heartland Community Church in the Chicago area. Mike is currently the teaching pastor for three churches in Southern California: Real Life Church in Valencia, Eastside Christian Church in Anaheim, and Christ’s Church of the Valley in San Dimas. He is the author of Making Ripples and Identity Theft. While Mike has had an incredible impact in ministry all over the country, his greatest desire is to simply live a life that acts justly, loves mercy, and walks humbly with God. Mike and his wife, Debbie, have three children and nine grandchildren.
JEN OAKES has been writing since her mom gave her a pen and a journal when she was a little girl and made her sit in her room for an hour of “quiet time” every day. And now that she’s a mom, she realizes that her mom was a genius—not just for the whole “send your kid to their room for a quiet time” thing, but also because it developed in Jen a deep love for writing. She considers it one of the greatest privileges of her life to be a part of watching and telling stories of individuals who have been redeemed by the grace of God. Jen is passionate about coffee, listening to vinyl records, open windows, reading, writing, hiking, being outside, and people. She currently serves on staff at Mission Church in Ventura, California, and is happily married to her favorite person, T. D. Oakes. Together they have two incredible kids.
MIKE BREAUX is a nationally known communicator and has served as a pastor for Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, Southland Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, Willow Creek Community Church and Heartland Community Church in the Chicago area. Mike is currently the teaching pastor for three churches in Southern California: Real Life Church in Valencia, Eastside Christian Church in Anaheim, and Christ’s Church of the Valley in San Dimas. He is the author of Making Ripples and Identity Theft. While Mike has had an incredible impact in ministry all over the country, his greatest desire is to simply live a life that acts justly, loves mercy, and walks humbly with God. Mike and his wife, Debbie, have three children and nine grandchildren.