Removing the Sting of Death: Experiencing New Depths of God’s Presence in Times of Pain, Grief, and Loss

What if Your Loss Could Spark a Divine Breakthrough?

When prayers seem to go unanswered, when the miracle you want is nowhere to be found, when the pain of loss sears your soul, how will you respond?

For months, thousands around the globe prayed for a miraculous healing for Beni, beloved wife of pastor Bill Johnson, that never came. At Bethel Church, a global outpost of revival known for its signs and wonders, her passing thundered through the community like an avalanche in the valley.

Yet in the days following her homegoing, Pastor Bill delivered one of the most powerful, vulnerable, Holy Spirit-inspired sermons from that valley floor, offering courage, peace, and hope for anyone facing overwhelming loss and grief.

In this powerful new book based on that watershed sermon, Bill draws from scripture and his own experience of deep personal loss, teaching you how to process your pain with God and experience new dimensions of His presence available in times of suffering.

With raw honesty and compassion born from lifting hands in praise amidst tears of grief, Bill empowers you to:

• Run toward God’s presence instead of away from Him.
• Grieve with heavenly hope.
• Rediscover the simplicity of faith that trusts Him no matter what.
• Surrender your disappointment, pain, and questions to God.
• Receive a vision for the other side of your mourning.
• Embrace the mystery as much as the miracle.

Sometimes the most priceless gifts you can give God are only found in the valley: joy in loss, celebration in pain. Even as the darkness of the soul seems complete, choose this day to draw near to Him and experience aspects of His presence you can only find this side of heaven.

Bill Johnson is the Senior Leader of Bethel Church, Redding. Bethel serves a growing number of churches that have partnered for revival. This apostolic network has crossed denominational lines in building relationships that enable church leaders to walk in both purity and power. Bill is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit, and his priority in life has been to learn how to host the presence of God and minister to Him.