U R God's Love Story

By P.M. Mathis

"Everyone needs to be loved - everyone needs the love and support of a father. So what happens when this is missing? Pam Mathis takes you on her journey to find wholeness and hope in Jesus Christ. Maybe this is just what you've been searching for. " George H Sawyer

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781329906068

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U R God's Love Story

U R GOD’S LOVE STORY

U R GOD'S LOVE STORY

P.M. MATHIS

Inside picture-Tequila Cohen

Book cover-Barbara Upshaw-Mayers

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PUBLICATION 2014

COPYRIGHT

This is my story utilizing my testimony. This publication contains the opinions and thought process of the author. It is sold with the understanding that neither the author nor the publisher is in the business of providing a professional service. The thought process outlined in this book may not be suitable for every individual, and does not guaranteed a fix to any certain situations nor any particular results.

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First Printing: December 2014

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DEDICATION

To the man who gave me life and my reason for writing this story…

My Father

To the man who is my Prince Charming, my hero, and whose last name I wear…

My Husband

To the girl I created who I must teach how to live without her father and who inspires me to teach others…

My Daughter

FORWARD

Love is the single most powerful force in the universe. Human life began with an act of love. The Creation of man from the dust of the ground was that act. God spent five days filling the earth with light, air, water, vegetation, and animals so that once created man would have everything necessary to sustain life. Each of these things came into being on the word of God declaring, Let there be! But when it came to the crowning act of creation, God knelt down and intimately formed man from the dust of the ground. Breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Recognizing man's deep need for intimacy and relationship, God's final act of earthly creation was a helpmate for Adam, a woman who was to stand by his side and grow in love with him as his life partner. This sacred journey took a tragic detour as a result of Eve's deception at the tree and Adam’s subsequent disobedience once faced with the consequences and the potential of losing his woman. Their decision introduced sin into a perfect world, and the perfect couple would face the ultimate penalty, death. Fortunately, God's love had been in action long before this moment, and another decision had been made that should the couple fall, Christ, the Son of God, would die in their place. Prophecies foretold that He would step out of eternity into the present, cover His divinity with humanity, be born of the Holy Spirit and become the Redeemer of mankind through a horrible death on a cross. It is in this powerful and transformational act that one has the greatest potential to understand the premise of U R God's Love Story. In the pages of this book, author Pamela Mathis explores the primary components of this thing called love and demonstrates how each of us is a manifestation of the same intimacy expressed through the creation of man and the redeeming love that sent Christ to Calvary. Readers will recognize the depth of this unconditional love that is reflected through sincerity, kindness, purity, priority, sacrifice, devotion, covering, deliverance, confidence, and giving against the backdrop of the perils of human love. Human relationships are often full of brokenness, pain, selfishness, disappointment and discouragement, but it is still possible to experience healing and wholeness through the power of God's love. Read this book with an open mind and the comforting assurance that whatever your relationship status is, God loves you completely and wants something good for you and has someone good for you. He has promised to never leave you nor forsake you, and His promises are sure!

FORWARD BY KENNY ANDERSON

Kenneth Anderson is a nationally certified counselor with over thirty years of experience in the mental health profession. Since beginning Maximum Life Enhancement, Inc. in 1994, Kenneth has provided training and inspiration to thousands of customers who wanted to improve the quality of their personal and professional experiences.

On January 25, 2013, Mr. Anderson was appointed Multicultural Affairs Officer for the City of Huntsville by Mayor Tommy Battle after spending the past 16 years at Calhoun Community College, most recently as Dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division.

Kenneth is also host/producer of a live, weekly radio talk show called 2nd Chance broadcast every Sunday on WJOU, 90.1 FM, Oakwood University's radio station in Huntsville. The show celebrated 20 years of broadcasting in October 2010 and can be heard every Sunday at 2 pm CST at www.wjou.org or Praise 90.1 FM (locally).

Kenneth has written as a Community Columnist for the Huntsville Times and received numerous awards and recognitions for over two decades of community service.

Kenneth has established an endowment called the Jack & Annie Anderson 2nd Chance Scholarship held by the Calhoun Foundation. The scholarship helps students who have overcome adversity in their life and desire a second chance to earn a degree or certificate. The scholarship is named in memory of his parents in honor of their lifelong commitment to education. For more information, www.kennethanderson.com. You can also connect on Facebook at Kenny Anderson and Twitter @therealKennyA.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1-Sincerity: Love must be sincere.  Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.  Rom. 12:9

Unaffected

Unclaimed Baggage

Perception

Chapter 2-Kindness: Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. 1 John 2:10

Mercy

Sweet Tempered

Finding U

Chapter 3-Purity: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.  Song 2:7b

Love Unblurred

Perception Clear

Love Made U New

Chapter 4-Priority: Anyone who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.  Matt. 10:37

Dominant Take Over

Your Faith is Love

Where U Start

Chapter 5-Sacrifice: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16

Offer For U

What U Think

What's Up With Now

Chapter 6-Devotion: Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.  Rom. 12:10

No Idols

None Can Go 4 U

U Become

Chapter 7-Covering: Most important off all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.  1Peter 4:8

Who Will Clothe U

Past Forgotten

Guard Your Heart

Chapter 8-Deliverance: But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord, for the sake of your own reputation!  Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.

Transformation

Elevate Self

Liberation for U

Chapter 9-Confidence: For I have passed on to them the words you gave me; and they accepted them and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me. John 17:8

Trust In

U Expecting

Where Are U with God

Chapter 10-Giving: I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.  Gal. 2:20

God Gives U Permission

Yield to God's Approval

Grant God Access 

God’s Love Story Within U

How can you love from a wounded place

A voided space where loneliness is prevalent

Where boundaries are diminished

An the possibility of finding love is tarnished

Hope has no place in your heart

An the words Love Conquer All

Is a phrase that doesn’t pertain to you

Scorn, Battered, Bruised, Tattered

Are the only words you affiliate with love