Spiritual Jackets

By Karla Elizabeth Trott

What do you need most in your life?Are you seeking comfort, encouragement, understanding,love, wisdom and truth?God tells us in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." Let Spiritual Jackets open the door for you to find that rest in God's love. As you read through the pages of

• Language: English
• Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
• Release date: Mar 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781647532727

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Spiritual Jackets

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03.03.20

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the late Lionel Leonard Trott, my father. Our time together (fifteen years) was very short, but what we shared will always play an important role in my life. You told me to write all the time, but after your death, I didn’t pursue it as you told me. It took me a while, but I came to the realization that I needed God, the Almighty Father, in my life. I am now doing as he has instructed me to; I’m writing. Love you, Daddy.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First, I would like to thank God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, my Almighty Father, my Jehovah Jireh, my everything. You have had me as the apple of your eye from before I was even thought of, and I claim and live your promise that you will never leave me nor forsake me. Thank you for depositing your word within me to give to others as encouragement.

Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to write and let me know when God’s words touched them.

I would like to thank the following people whose specific requests, life experiences, praise and worship, and even facial expressions inspired some of the poems:

Melita Ma Landy, Copastor Laquita Landy, Elliot Smith, Gloria-Jean Dickinson, Pastor Lynn Landy, Darren Chill Robinson, Vernon Young, Rudolph Fox, Dawn Smith, Levoui Landy, Sherica Trott, Lillian Ramphele, Thomas Smith, Malisa Butterfield, Linda Bean, the late Jevon ( Jahvy) Saunders, Anthony Steede, the late Kirk Simons, Sean Duarte, Althea Winifred and Dawnika Ebbin.

Thanks to Jenene Douglas, who always made sure I had a book to write my poems in.

Thanks to Kavin Smith for always believing in how God would use me and what I would achieve through God.

Special thanks to my grandmother, the late Oriel Ma Ma Trott for being the best role model ever. It took me a while to catch on, but I thank God for your life because it showed me exactly who God is.

Special thanks Sean D. Duarte, for coming up with such an awesome title for this book.

CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

On My Way to God

Not on My Watch

Jacket One: God Is…

God Is All You Need

Thanks, Holy Spirit

Incredible God

Jesus

Marvelous God

Nothing Is Too Big for God

Thanks

Your Presence

The Whispers from God

With God on Our Side

Thanks Be to You

The Presence, It’s Here

God Speaks in Many Ways

Faith

Foundation

Thankfulness

Jacket Two: Who Am I?

Under Construction

I Am Yours

Character Flaws

Are You Really Saved?

Total Surrender

We Have the Power

I Am Persuaded

Here I Am

On Fire

Who Am I?

Jacket Three: The Process

Going through the Process

Storms

Don’t Be Tricked

Being in the Cycles

No More Time

Over and Over Again

Feeling Heavy

The Place of Comfort

Are You Confused?

The Shift

Deception

It Starts Within

God Removes Heaviness

It Is Possible

Activate Your Assignment

A Reason to Live

Holy Next Level

Every Little Step

Confusion

Breakthrough

Our True Goal

Weathering the Storm

Jacket Four: The Enemy

Get Ye behind Satan

Satan Is Busy

Satan Lurks

Good-Bye, Jezebel

Back It up, Devil

Satan, Hands Off

Jacket Five: Understanding

The Truth

Deliverance for All

Sunshine Is Near

My Speech

The Overflow

Unbelievers Must See

The Key

The Impossible

Soul and Mind

Second Chance

Believe

Just Know

Abundance

His Way

Staying Power

Free

Authority

Lean Not

Actions

Power in the Word

Jacket Six: Be a Doer

Launch out into the Deep

Helping Others

When You Release

Give It to God

Vent

Praise Is What I Do

Talk about God

Working Your Faith

Let’s Do This

Just Love

Allow God

Press On

Forgiveness

Listen and Obey

Push

Choose

Don’t Ignore the Call

Change Inside

Obedience

Commitment

Submit to God

Worship

Just Do It

Living Your Purpose

Jacket Seven: For My Agape

Faith Kingdom Ministries Family

Happy Birthday, Pastor

The All-Star Team

Uniting the Community

Women Warriors of Faith

Special Friends Day

The Uniting of Two

Happy Mother’s Day

Victory

Friendship

Change

Let’s Seed

No Longer Satan’s Prey

Jacket Eight: My Testimony from behind the Prison Walls

From behind the Walls

Utilizing the Time

My First Test of Silence

No Worries

As Usual

Don’t Let the Devil Sift You

The Prodigal Son

Love

The Answer

The Plan

Thank You

Glossary

Names of God

FOREWORD

It is an honour coupled with a most precious feeling to be a part of this writer’s life. She reflects that life is about what you make it. Effective positive responses to life’s challenges are most imperative, not negative reactions to those unforeseen circumstances.

This book is a positive response to unproductive choices that led to consequential situations. This literary composition shows the rhythmical skills through lyrics, yet hidden are the triumphs that come out of real struggles.

These life-giving words formed in poetry will electrify, elevate, edify, and ease everyday life experiences and ultimately encourage the reader to embrace the fact that life is worth living.

Living is birthed in purpose that leads in a process to destiny. True life is found in transformation. The power to do so is found in God. This book reflects this without question. Karla Trott has become a model of this and her poetry is commendable. Thank you, Karla.

Read, laugh, cry, meditate, and be healed.

—Pastor Lynn Landy B.Th., M.A.P.C.

Agape Faith Kingdom Ministries

Sandys, Bermuda

INTRODUCTION

My favorite scripture, James 1:22, states, But be ye doers of the word, not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. And that is exactly what I am doing. God instructs us to do many things, and writing this book is one of many for me. At the age of three, I wrote my very first poem.

I will go away from you

I will go to way from you

I will go away from you

And I won’t be back from the store.

My mother had made me mad, but at age three, could I really have run away? I don’t think so! So I sang it to her. This opened the door for many poems to come. I wrote poems for friends, family, loved ones, and everything I was encountering in life, such as hurts, disappointments, embarrassments, confusion, lack of trust, and the list goes on and on. In April 2006, I wrote the following poem:

On My Way to God

My insides feel like they are on fire

What is it that we call desire?

Peace, love, and happiness; is that what we seek?

Maybe it’s time for us to get really deep

Into the meaning of all three

To see exactly where we want to be

Peace from within takes time

We must understand it stems from being kind

Do unto others as you have them do unto you

Will give you a peace you are due

Love has so many meanings

We all need to do the screenings

To be sure we are all on the same page

Expressing our feelings in such a rage

Everyone should love more

Instead of wasting time remembering the score

I love you most is what we boast

We should worry about being like a roast

Tender, juicy, and seasoned nice

Will ensure all the sugar and spice

Happiness, how is this really defined?

Usually, it is something we leave behind

Mistakes and screw-ups leave it in the rear

And most of us shed many a