Looking Beyond What You See

By Brenda L. McKnight

Looking Beyond What You See is a simple and effective tool to make permanent, positive changes in your life by learning the right things to say to yourself. This book goes beyond positive thinking. It is more than wishful thinking with no concrete instructions on how to achieve success—the will of God—in your life. This book presents quick and easy tools to create any level of change an individual desires.

This book also contain a Journal upon which to write your positive confessions, life lessons, and thoughts each day. Brenda shares significant revelations and truths about issues such as:

Watching what you say
Letting others talk us out of the Truth
Low self-esteem and pity
Courage vs. fear
Taking pit stops
The power drive of God’s word
Looking Beyond What You See will teach you how to PREPARE...

Pray
Read the Word of God daily
Exercise your faith
Put on the whole armor of God
Allow God to use you as a vessel
Relax in the presence of God
Express positive words about yourself daily
If you put God first in whatever you do, you will be able to keep your eyes focused on Him and not your circumstances.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Living Books, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781562293215

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LOOKING BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE

Making Positive Changes in Your Life, Permanently!

Brenda L. McKnight

Copyright © 2017 Brenda Lee McKnight

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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®, Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to Lizzie Mai McKnight, my Nanny. She moved to a better place, but not before giving us lessons on life. Without her love, strength, kindness and ability to take trash and turn it into a treasure being embedded in me, there would be no books written by me today. The life lessons she taught gave me the courage to face the impossible. Nanny encouraged me by the deeds she did. So, today I too can start Looking Beyond What I See for I know she would be proud.

Nanny will forever be truly missed and truly loved.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 – Who Did You Listen to?

Chapter 2 – We Didn’t Prepare to Bring It to Pass

Chapter 3 – We Let Others Talk Us Out of It

Chapter 4 – No Courage, Low Self Esteem

Chapter 5 – Fear

Chapter 6 – My Past

Chapter 7 – Watch What You Say

Chapter 8 – Pity Party

Chapter 9 – Pit Stops

Chapter 10 – The Power Drive of God’s Word

Epilogue

Journal

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To God Be the Glory!

Special Thanks to my husband Thomas and my children Phillip and Tiffany. Thanks for your listening ears. You listened to the words God spoke to me for this book when it was only in the vision stages. You believed in me as well as pushed me to birthing the vision. Thank you for inspiring, loving and supporting me throughout the journey of this book. I love you dearly.

Thank You to my entire family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, especially my mother Mattie, father Rufus, sister Melissa, brother William, nephews Tony and Jayrun, grand mother Ida, grand father Neal, in-laws Clarence, Charles, Bobbie, Andrea, Cedric and niece Dominique. Thank you all for your love and support.

To a Special Friend, Brenda Hearst (Sunny). Without your hard work and dedication, this book would not have been ready. From the bottom of my heart I say, thank you. I will never forget how you took the time to help a friend in need. You were there and I truly appreciate you proofreading the words to this book. Your kindness will never be forgotten.

An Inspirational Thank You to Dr. Barbara Hodges.