Books written by Michael Catt

  • Courageous Teens

    Courageous Teens is a student-focused presentation of Courageous Living by Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church and executive producer of the hit film Courageous.

  • The Power of Desperation: Breakthroughs in Our Brokenness

    A. T. Robertson, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (Broadman, 1985), electronic database. 3. A. W. Tozer, God Tells the Man Who Cares (Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 2007), 206–7. 4. Ivor Powell, Mark's Superb ...

  • The Power of Surrender

    Not only did Nash prepare the communities for preaching, but he also continued in prayer during the meetings. “Often Nash would not attend meetings, and while Finney was preaching Nash was praying for the Spirit's outpouring upon him.

  • The Power of Purpose: Breaking Through to Intentional Living

    Hannah Whithall Smith, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (New York: Revell, 1952), 32. 7. Richard Francis Weymouth, Weymouth New Testament in ... Karen Mains, The Key to a Loving Heart (Elgin, Ill: David C. Cook, 1979), 143–44. 3.

  • The Power of Desperation: Breakthroughs in Our Brokenness

    When desperate people encounter the divine solution, they don't have to advertise. They just need to open the door, and people will come and see. Take God at His word. Don't negotiate or try to figure it out.

  • Upgrade: from Adequacy to Abundance

    Your upgrade is now available. In Upgrade, Michael Catt outlines the behaviors and mindsets of immature faith and explains how God equips and empowers us to enjoy the Christ-filled life promised to us in the Epistles.

  • Dare to Love - Booklet: 8 Reasons to Take the Love Dare

    This booklet is about love and how You Can dare to love another person more completely.

  • Fireproof Your Life: Building a Faith that Survives the Flames

    Through centuries of forest fires, the great sequoias stand unscathed. Michael Catt shows how, like the sequoia, we can stand strong through the fiery trials that inevitably come our way.

  • Fireproof Your Life for Teens

    And this is not a faith that just shows up on Sunday mornings, but one that reaches deep into their hearts and stretches out to encompass every area of their lives.

  • The Power of Persistence: Breakthroughs in Your Prayer Life

    His answer is simple: "We have a praying church that is walking in unity. We pray over every ministry and every decision." The Power of Persistence is Catt's invitation to a prayer-without-ceasing way of life.

  • Courageous Living: Dare to Take a Stand

    That takes courage. Because we are called to take a faithful, fearless stand in all that matters, Catt sheds new light on the stories of people in the Bible who displayed great courage when it would have been easier to play it safe.

  • Bible Studies for Life Refinance Bible Study Book

    Financial decisions should be made under the lordship of Christ and the direction of His Holy Spirit. We are to give generously to the work of Christ through His church.

  • The Love Dare Bible Study

    Could God use a movie to radically strengthen all the marriages in your church and throw a lifeline to those heading for divorce?

  • Courageous Living Bible Study Member Book

    The 64-page member book for a dynamic four-week small group Bible study is based on the bold fatherhood and family principles featured in the new film "Courageous" (from the makers of "Fireproof").

  • Prepare for Rain: The Story of a Church that Believed God for the Impossible

    Follow the incredible story of Pastor Michael Catt and his congregation as the Lord took this “typical Southern Baptist church” and turned it into a ministry center that reaches thousands of people, and has even challenged the Hollywood ...

  • Refresh - Bible Study Book

    Help your church focus on the essential elements of revival: desperation, surrender, and persistence.

  • Courageous Living: Dare to Take a Stand

    There are also growth opportunities in the stirring stories of Moses, Elijah, Joshua, Daniel, Gideon, Nehemiah, Stephen, and Paul and Timothy.