Tara Writes From Real Life
For the wilderness and the victory, for the grief that won’t lift and the joy too big for ordinary words — these books put the Word back in your mouth.
Declarations in the Desert
"This is my war-time handbook."
40,000+ copies sold · #1 Amazon Best Seller · 99% five-star reviewsDeclarations in the Desert is a collection of 90 Scripture-based decrees for anyone in a hard season — the long wait, the health battle, the grief that will not lift, the faith still standing but barely. Every declaration was written from inside a real desert season, not from the other side of it. These are not affirmations. They are weapons — the Word of God shaped for the mouth, ready to be spoken aloud over the hardest places of your life.
90 declarations across four seasons: The Valley of Health, The Oasis of Living Water, The Mountains of Life, and The Manna in the Wild. For the season of contending and the season of victory. Read it aloud. The Word does not return void.
House of the Forest
COMING SEPTEMBER 15, 2026House of the Forest is the sequel to Declarations in the Desert — and it goes further. Named after Solomon’s House of the Forest of Lebanon, the sacred armory where weapons of battle were stored, this book covers every area of life: health, family, identity, suffering, and the home. Not just the desert season. Every season.
Written the same way as the first — from inside the hard places, not from the memory of them. Every declaration Scripture-sourced, tested before it was written. If Declarations in the Desert gave you words for the wilderness, House of the Forest arms you for every battle beyond it.
Questions about the books
Who are these books for?
Anyone who has run out of words — for the long wait, the health battle, the grief that won’t lift, the faith still standing but barely, or the joy too big for ordinary language. You don’t need a ministry background. You don’t need more faith than you have right now. These books have been carried into hospital rooms, prisons, nursing homes, and recovery programs — and read on the mountaintop too.
Is this a devotional or a prayer book?
Neither. There is no thirty-day plan, no chapters to fall behind on, no schedule. These are declarations — you open to the one that fits your week and read it out loud. Keep it on the nightstand, in your bag, in the car. Reach for it on the day that already has too much in it.
How do I use a declaration?
Find the declaration that meets where you are. Read it aloud — even on the days you don’t feel it. The act of speaking the Word counts as faith, and His Word does not return void.
What is the difference between the two books?
Declarations in the Desert was Tara’s first book — 90 declarations written for the wilderness season, the dry and waiting place. House of the Forest is the sequel, and it goes further. Where Declarations in the Desert was built for survival seasons, House of the Forest covers every area of life: deeper into health crises, into family and relationships, identity, suffering, and the home and daily life. If Declarations in the Desert is the weapon for the wilderness, House of the Forest is the full armor for every season.
Is this positive thinking or manifestation?
No. A declaration does not tell God what to do — it agrees with what He has already said. You are not the source, and your positive thinking is not the power. Every declaration in these books is built from Scripture, with the references on the page so you can check it against your own Bible. The authority belongs to the Word, not to you and not to Tara.