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by Keith Repult (Author), Mike Breaux (Contribution by), Jen Oakes (Contribution by)
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.Author Biography
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.
