title: Gideon: Power from Weakness
author:  Jeff Lucas 
description: Jeff Lucas holds a position of teaching pastor at Timerline Church in Colorado, he travels internationally in a ministry of Bible teaching which carries a specific vision to encourage and equip the church. He is the bestselling author of fourteen books including How Not to Pray, Grace Choices, When Big Brother Comes Home: Creating a Prodigal Friendly Church and Will your Prodigal come home?: A Honest discussion of struggle and hope. He writes a Daily Bible Guide Lucas on Life.
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  > His business is protection
  
  > Shannon Cooper came to Nightshade Island to carry out a mission. But she
  > can’t do it without the mysterious Gideon Stone. The enigmatic, battle-
  > hardened former soldier is much more than just the island’s caretaker. And
  > the powerful feelings he’s awakening go deeper than fleeting desire.
  
  > Former special ops, Gideon has seen danger up close and personal. Now,
  > protecting Shannon from deadly mercenaries is his first priority. But who
  > will shield him from the onslaught of emotion the beautiful computer tech is
  > arousing? As a storm hurtles up the Alabama Gulf Coast, mirroring the
  > passion raging through his defenses, Gideon will do whatever it takes to
  > survive...and explore a relationship as impossible as it is irresistible....
  
  
  
  
  
  > “Guess we made it through the night more or less unscathed, huh?”
  
  > Shannon followed Gideon’s gaze and released a soft sigh. The cool morning
  > breeze off the gul