Then and Now: The Life Story of Bonnie Baker
By Bonnie Baker
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Bonnie Baker had tasted everything the devil could serve up—alcohol, drugs, money, gambling, abuse, jail time, depression, even several encounters with death. Yet her life has taken a 180-degree turn, thanks to God and intercessory prayer. Now an evangelist, she is delivered from her past and has been living for Him for thirty years and counting.
"Then and Now" is a true account of God's power to deliver us from the bondage of evil.
It is sure to encourage you as you see a perfect example of God the Potter transforming a tattered life into a beautiful work of art, free from the enemy.
God can free you too. He can war off all attacks of the enemy, past, present and future. There is nothing too big for God to handle. So whatever you are facing, trust Him and see what He can do in your life. To God be the glory.
Bonnie Baker
Bonnie Baker has been involved with analog design and analog systems for nearly 20 years, having started as a manufacturing product engineer supporting analog products at Burr-Brown. From there, Bonnie moved up to IC design, analog division strategic marketer, and then corporate applications engineering manager. In 1998, she joined Microchip Technology’s Microperipherals Division as the analog/mixed signal applications engineering manager. This has expanded her background to not only include analog applications, but to the microcontroller. Bonnie holds a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ). In addition to her fascination with analog design, Bonnie has a drive to share her knowledge and experience and has written more than 200 articles, design notes, and application notes and she is a frequent presenter at technical conferences and shows.
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Then and Now - Bonnie Baker
Then and Now
The Life Story of Bonnie Baker
Copyright © 2013 by Bonnie Baker
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ISBN Smashwords Edition 978-1-56229-224-9
ISBN Paperback 1-56229-010-X
Unless otherwise marked, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.
Dedication
I dedicate this book to my husband, Willie, and to my daughters, Tawana, Kenyatta, Chantel and LaChisa, for their love, understanding and support during the many hours I spent writing this book; to my editors; and to the Spirit of the Lord for inspiring me to write.
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 – In the Beginning
Chapter 2 – The Street Life
Chapter 3 – A Living Hell
Chapter 4 – All the Wrong Relationships
Chapter 5 – Intercessory Prayer
Chapter 6 – The Beginning of My New Life
Chapter 7 – Tell It Like It Is
Chapter 8 – Visions From the Lord
Chapter 9 – My Babies
Chapter 10 – You Can Make It
Chapter 11 – Receiving the Blessings
Chapter 12 – Dean, My Husband, My Blessing
About the Author
Author Contact
Foreword
For such a time as this, God has allowed Evangelist Bonnie Baker to write her life story. This book is a must for many in the body of Christ who are struggling with their past. Then and Now reveals the awesome delivering power of God through steadfast intercessory prayer. Evangelist Baker is a perfect example of 2 Corinthians 5:17, which states, Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
As many people read this book, they will be delivered and set free. Unanswered questions will be answered, and many will be better equipped to handle the adversity that is to come. The light will be shed on the truth because, according to John 8:36, If the son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
I have had the privilege of knowing Bonnie Baker personally. I walked with her sister as she stood in the gap and travailed until God brought forth deliverance. There remains no residue of evangelist Baker’s past in her.
God has released her to reveal the tricks of the enemy and how to recognize his lies so God’s people can walk in total victory. This book also reveals how God has a purpose and a plan for our lives, and how when a person is totally sold out to God, He can use him or her in a mighty way.
I believe that as you read this book and obey God’s Word, He will bless you as He has Bonnie Baker. It’s stated in Deuteronomy 28:13: And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them.
Pastor Dorothy Hyman
Fountain of Praise
Queens, New York
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Preface
Often the Spirit of the Lord will save and raise up a certain, unknown woman or man, someone who is not in every bookstore or on every bookshelf, someone who is not in the marketplace. The Spirit will do this so God can get ALL the glory (as in The New Testament) with a testimony that has the ability and power to go into the spirit and bring deliverance, victory and salvation to the multitudes.
Such is the case with this woman of God, a woman who has paid the price and dedicated her life to the work of the Lord. She has traveled the world ministering in churches, preaching, teaching and sharing her life stories to bring deliverance to thousands for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bonnie Baker will capture your attention in such a way that you will find new hope to believe and trust the Lord when it comes to your loved ones. You will realize that nothing is impossible with God if you don’t give up, you continue to trust the timing of the Lord, and you lean not on your own understanding but lean and depend on His lead.
As you read this book, you will laugh, cry and pray as you see the power of the Lord set free and mold this vessel. You will see Bonnie Baker’s life as it was, torn and broken, bring her face to face with the living God of Israel to begin the metamorphosis of her life into a new person, a vessel of honor fit for the master’s use and glory.
I encourage you to be bold and believe God for your loved ones and know that difficulties shall come to pass. He loves you and wants you to have household salvation.
Your co-laborer in the Gospel and biological sister,
Hattie Richardson White-Hopkins
Pastor, Redeeming the Time Ministries, Inc.
Greenville, North Carolina
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Acknowledgments
First, I would like to thank God my Father, my Lord and my Savior, Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit for inspiring me to write this book. I’d like to thank my very best friend, my beloved and dear husband whom I love, Willie Dean Baker, for all of his love, support and encouragement.
I’d also like to thank my four daughters, Tawana, Kenyatta, Chantel and LaChisa, and my spiritual daughter, Chrissy. Kenyatta, I especially thank you for the numerous glasses of water you brought to me during the many hours I sat at the table writing.
To my dad and mom, who are in heaven, thank you for the love you gave me while molding me into the best and helping me to become the lady God planned for me to be. I love you.
To my three sons and six daughters who are in heaven, Mommy loves you.
I would like to say a special thank you to my sweet sister and brother-in-law, Pastor Lonnie White and First Lady Hattie White, for praying me through on numerous occasions, for loving me, being there for me, helping me in my time of need and encouraging me all the time. I love you both.
A special thanks to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ron and Doris Baker, and especially to Doris for helping me with the typing and editing of this book and working with me for many hours. I love you.
To my entire family, including nieces and nephews, I love you. To Pastor Dorothy Hyman, Deacon Hyman and the Fountain of Praise church family in Queens, New York, thank you for all your support and love. I love you. I would like to thank God for the memory