Rise Up: How to Overcome Your Battles Utilizing Faith and Belief in God, is a spiritual guide book that gives you the tools to overcome your battles. Using biblical and other stories, Joan M. Blake, author, shows God, who is loving, caring, compassionate and faithful, responds to the cries of His people, and regardless of your situation, God is with you. He loves you unconditionally and will never leave or forsake you. This book will help you realize that your identity is in God, and that by faith, you can rise up from every situation that keeps you in captivity.