Category Archives: Book Worm: Suggested Readings
Book: No More Christian Nice Girl
Book: America’s Hope in Troubled Times
A young 16 year old lady was raped by a Pastor and then her family wanted to send her to a different state for an abortion. Against all odds in 1954, the young woman said she wouldn’t have an abortion for God created this child for what His desire is. The child that was created out of determination and diversity is the Author, Kelly Wright.
About the Author
Kelly s experiences in news have placed him on the front lines in Iraq, in Africa, in London and Paris, and at the White House, Pentagon, U.S. Capitol, and other places of influence. A two-time Emmy Award winner (Capitol Region), Kelly offers a unique perspective to his craft.
Beyond his anchoring and reporting, Kelly is an ordained minister and Gospel recording artist. He encourages people through his passionate preaching of the Good News in a bad-news world. As a singer, he s performed on programs featuring Shirley Caesar, Cissy Houston, Jonathan Butler, the late James Brown, and many others. He sings songs that motivate, inspire, and promote hope in a time of widespread hopelessness. In this book, Kelly candidly discusses politics, racism, and the role of faith in a world that is increasingly more cynical.” By: Editor for America’s Hope.
Book: As a Man Thinketh
As A Man Thinketh
by James Allen , Arthur R. Pell (Revised by)
For nearly a hundred years, Allen’s words of positive thinking have provided the foundation for many of today’s motivational leaders, including Norman Vincent Peale, Dale Carnegie, and Billy Graham. In this concise work, Allen offers a simple yet elegant message about the innate power of control we all possess. As a Man Thinketh provides the means to gain confidence in ourselves, to take charge of the way we perceive things, and to reshape who we are to meet and conquer life’s inevitable challenges.
Book: Gifted Hands By: Dr. Ben Carson
Book: Gifted Hands
A frustrated young boy with problems in school overcomes the obstacles in his life to become a world-renowned neurosurgeon. He came from the slums, a broken and dysfunctional home, filled with homicidal anger, God got ahold of his heart and brought him to the top of God’s plan for his life.
Book: The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street
By: Sandra Cisneros
A young woman starts her adventure noticing others and how they act. This book, recommended for youth with an adult available to explain some of the abuse that happens toward the end. This book opens the eyes of a mature child/teenager to the sexual abuse that can happen from others as this youth was assaulted by a group of men at the state fair and then forced to kiss an elderly man on the lips. This young woman was taught that she made a bad choice by following her new friend that was into expressing herself sexually through her fish net and short skirt clothing as a way to get away from her abusive father.
Book: Co-Dependent No More By: Melody Beattie
Book: Victory over the Darkness By: Neil Anderson
Book: Bondage Breaker By: Neil Anderson
Too many dishes
Too Many Dishes
His breathe slipped away, vaporizing before my sees. He is the one man who stood strong for his beliefs in God. He taught me how a man should treat me by taking me out to dinner and asking about the young men I would date and bring to church. He is my dad. Not my biological father, but the man who taught me what a God-fearing man was. I looked around the kitchen and stood in amazement at the mess, it was just cleaned yesterday, what happened. After receiving the sad phone call this morning, I’ve been in shock that he could leave this world.
Well, they just can’t sit there nor can they wait til after the funeral so I rolled up my sleeve and put on some yellow vinyl gloves. Watching water wash over each dish I was reminded that God forgives all of our sins and it washes off of us as if we were never dirty. With a loud swish and gurgle the garbage disposal churned and washed away anything I removed from the dishes. God does the same thing for us, He washes away our sins as white as snow if we ask Him to. It doesn’t matter what it was nor how long it had been stuck on you, God will remove it and cast it into the deepest sea waters as if it never happened. In this fallen world there are still consequences for our sins, but your burden will be lifted and light as God’s Word, The Bible tells us. Will you ask God to forgive you of your sins and ask Him to save you through the sacrifice Jesus gave on the Cross of Calvary, it is that simple? Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and you shall be saved.
Bible Verses
- That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)
- “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
- “Come now and let us reason together, says the LORD, though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
- “He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:19)
- 1 John 5:11-12 says, “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” Can you say that at this very moment, that you have a personal relationship with God? Simply ask Him to save you, that you are sorry for your sins and want Jesus to cleanse you of your sins. Ask Jesus to be the Lord over your life as your Savior.
How do we know Jesus is the One Messiah that was sent by Jehovah God as the ultimate sacrifice for our sins?
This book gives a great summary,
The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
By Lee Stroble
Check it out for yourself! 🙂 Don’t forget to pray and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, I know I will see my dad one day again and I hope to meet you in heaven also.