Picking Up
Sticks
If the church wounded you — through a broken trust, an unchecked word, or a season of betrayal — you didn't fail God. The enemy just got ahead of you. Temporarily.
Jeff Taylor shows you exactly how to turn that wound into your greatest ministry breakthrough — using the Apostle Paul's encounter on the island of Malta as your model.
Endorsed by Joni Lamb · Co-Founder, Daystar Television
You Were Built to Serve. So Why Have You Stopped?
It wasn't laziness. It wasn't apathy. Something — or someone — in the church hurt you. And now that calling you once felt so clearly? It's buried under betrayal, confusion, or fear of it happening again.
- ✦You sit watching others serve while your gifts go unused
- ✦You've pulled back from leadership, afraid of being hurt again
- ✦You wonder if the calling was real — or if you heard God correctly
- ✦You feel guilt for stepping away, but can't find the courage to return
- →There is a way through. The Apostle Paul shows it on Malta.
This isn't a book about enduring pain. It's a book about weaponizing it. When Paul was bitten by that viper on Malta, the locals waited for him to die. Instead, he shook it off — and the island was transformed. That's the model. That's what God has waiting for you on the other side of your wound.
— Jeff Taylor, Picking Up Sticks
"Jeff Taylor raises critical questions for every leader and lay person in ministry and yet uses his own story to reveal the answers. This book is essential for those who feel the call but have been detoured by the enemy's plot. Picking Up Sticks is the book you want to not only read for yourself but one you will secure copies to share with those who need to be encouraged."
Joni Lamb
Co-Founder, Daystar Television Network
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Four Decades of Fire. One Unwavering Assignment.
For more than four decades, Jeff Taylor has carried one unwavering assignment: bring the fire and leave transformed people behind.
As President of Taylor Ministries, Jeff has conducted hundreds of revival meetings across the United States and in over 30 nations — including the Philippines, Tanzania, Nepal, Nigeria, and Thailand. More than 50 of those meetings were extended beyond their scheduled dates due to documented salvations, physical healings, and people being filled with the Holy Spirit.
Picking Up Sticks is the book he wished he had in his own darkest moment in ministry. It's now in your hands for a reason. Jeff and his wife Kellie have four children and six grandchildren.
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The Enemy Meant It for Harm. God Means It for Your Greatest Season.
Thousands of believers have stayed on the sidelines too long. Today is the day you pick up your sticks, shake off the bite, and step back into what God placed inside you.