The Scribe's Portion

"Lord, Changed My Attitude Before It's Too Late" James MacDonald James MacDonald has a unique way to connect with the reader. His choice of words and voice makes you feel as though you were friends. This book has been a blessing to my life. I picked this book from my book review program because I knew I could benefit from its wisdom and I was right. The attitudes we choose impact our lives significantly. MacDonald draws from the example of the Israelis wondering the desert for 40 years and their complaining, ungrateful attitude. There is a phrase that he uses throughout the book that is a powerful truth, “ Those who choose complaining as their lifestyle will spend a lifetime in the wilderness.” The topics addressed within these pages really hit home with me. Going through some tough times for the last 5 years,God has used that time to drive gratefulness into my soul and this book helped push me further ahead in my spiritual growth. Sometimes it’s dif...

"The Essential Guide to Deliverance:  Finding True Freedom in Christ" By Larry Richards Few books exist which dare to touch on the subject of demonization and the deliverance ministry, however, the lack of knowledge does not minimize the importance of it. I applaud Dr. Lawrence Richards for taking on this crucial task. This book is exactly what it claims to be, a guide to deliverance. Drawing up from personal experiences and the experiences of other deliverance ministers, the stories contained within the pages are reliable.  The first one hundred pages focus on explaining what demonization is, how it can be identified, how to deliver those who suffer from demonization with power and authority, in the Name of Jesus Christ.  Richards also explains how a person can become possessed through  "trafficking with the occult, habitual personal sin, trauma, and sins of our fathers." These careful explanations were very helpful for me, in confirming that d...

When I was 16, I went through a depression phase. I felt unloved and unworthy of happiness. I knew in the back of my mind, that God loved me but it was difficult to relate it to my life. I knew that Jesus died for me so that I could live in complete freedom. I knew that He could hear my prayers, I never doubted any of it. But my knowledge of these Truths couldn't break through and overflow my spirit. No song, no sermon, no word, no hug could shatter the lies of the enemy. No one could understand the pain inside my heart but there was One who was watching everything and felt the hurt in my tears. Then one day, as I meditated on life and sunk deep into my melancholy ponderings, I asked my Father aloud, "Who am I, that You would love me enough to die for me?" I was not expecting an answer but in that precious, gentle, loving voice that I had grown to recognize and love He said, "You are WORTH dying for, my daughter." What months of shallow reassurances, soulfu...