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NASHVILLE, Feb. 24, 2016 /Christian Newswire/ -- After two decades of speaking to millions of women from the Women of Faith stage, Bible teacher, in-demand speaker, and bestselling author Sheila Walsh is starting a fresh chapter of her life back again on television and releasing a brand new book THE LONGING IN ME: HOW EVERYTHING YOU CRAVE LEADS TO THE HEART OF GOD (Thomas Nelson; April 5, 2016; ISBN: 9781400204892).

Starting the first week of March, Walsh will be a regular co-host on LIFE Today, the flagship television program of LIFE Outreach International—a faith-based organization committed to expressing God's love —regularly hosted by founder James Robison and his wife Betty.

"For the past 20 years I've had the amazing privilege of being part of the ministry team at Women of Faith," said Walsh. "Knowing that this season was coming to an end, I began to earnestly seek God's direction for the next chapter of my life. So when James Robison invited me to join his leadership team, I knew that this was a door that God has opened."

This new chapter for Walsh will also include the April 5 release of her highly anticipated new book THE LONGING IN ME, which addresses a universal feeling we all have, but rarely discuss. A yearning, a pining, a profound emptiness—one we often try to satisfy with another person, a full social schedule, or stuff—usually with harmful or even catastrophic consequences.

Walsh wants women to understand that we will never dull this ache alone, because we are longing for something––Someone––incomparably great. God and Him alone.

"My prayer in this book is to help you find the one true Source who can meet your deepest longings so you can change the way you respond to life's stresses, to give you real tools to heal from the past and find joy today," she writes.

Walsh––the Scottish-born, Texas-based author, Christian singer/songwriter, and founder of Braveheart Sisterhood—shows women that God is the answer to our longing, and that no matter how broken we may be, He loves us now, just as we are.

With her most vulnerable storytelling yet, THE LONGING IN ME explores Walsh's first marriage, childhood trauma, and other life-shaping experiences she's never shared before, which she interweaves with other women's stories and a close study of King David. Part memoir, part Bible study, part open invitation to healing, THE LONGING IN ME is the powerful next installment in Walsh's already dynamic catalogue. Readers will be transfixed by her narrative and walk away empowered by her message.

Also, the new book is accompanied by a DVD Bible study curriculum that explores the struggles of the life of David and how they parallel our own.

"Writing this book has profoundly impacted me. As I walk into this exciting new chapter of my life with Christ, my earnest desire is to walk alongside you, praying that you will experience the same brand new day with fresh vision and hope."

Visit www.TheLongingInMe.com for more information, photos and video.
 
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About Sheila Walsh:
Sheila Walsh is a Scotland-born, Texas-based bestselling author, in-demand speaker, founder of international ministry Braveheart Sisterhood, Bible teacher, television host, and Christian singer/songwriter. The writer behind Gigi: God's Little Princess children's line as well as trade books such as The Longing in Me, The Storm Inside, and Loved Back to Life, and so many more, she has sold more than 5 million books and reached more than 5.5 million women with her unique blend of honesty, vulnerability, wisdom, and humor. Walsh lives in Frisco, Texas, with her husband Barry, son Christian, and three little dogs. For more information, please visit www.TheLonginginMe.com.

About Thomas Nelson
Thomas Nelson, part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., is a world-leading provider of Christian content and has been providing readers with quality inspirational product for more than 200 years. The publishing group provides multiple formats of award-winning Bibles, books, gift books, cookbooks, curriculum and digital content, with distribution of its products in more than 100 countries. Thomas Nelson is headquartered in Nashville, TN. For additional information, please visit www.thomasnelson.com.