Restoring the Drained Leader: The Book

You have permission to protect what cost Jesus everything to give you.

Every anointed leader knows this feeling.

The exhaustion that prayer alone doesn’t fix.

The weariness rest doesn’t seem to touch.

The quiet grief of realizing you are being used more than you are being poured into.

You love people. You serve faithfully. You give until there is nothing left.

And yet joy has been replaced by resentment, passion by survival, calling by obligation.

What if the issue is not your faith?

What if the issue is access?

In this book, Dr. Delisa Rodgers offers a prophetic wake-up call for leaders who are being systematically drained by people who are not seeking God but feeding on your oil. Drawing from Scripture, deep Greek and Hebrew word studies, and decades of apostolic ministry experience, she exposes a silent epidemic that is quietly destroying anointed leaders from the inside out.

This is not a book about becoming cold, distant, or unavailable.

This is a book about stewardship.

Inside, you will learn how to discern who is touching you in faith and who is pulling on you in manipulation. You will understand why Jesus withdrew, why He did not heal everyone who demanded Him, and why boundaries are not rebellion but obedience. You will gain language for what you have felt but could not explain and tools to protect what God has entrusted to you.

If you have ever walked away from ministry encounters feeling drained, struggled with guilt over saying no, questioned your sustainability, or wondered why your passion is fading despite your faithfulness, this book was written for you.

You do not need to apologize for boundaries.

You do not need permission to rest.

You do not need to keep bleeding to prove you are called.

You need wisdom. You need discernment. You need protection.

This book is your roadmap back to joy, clarity, and strength.

It will help you guard your oil, steward your anointing, and lead from fullness rather than depletion.

The Kingdom does not need you burned out.

It needs you whole.

Guard your virtue.

Protect your calling.

Steward your gift.

And finally, give yourself permission to stop pouring from emptiness.

You are worth protecting.