The Way Towards Life

By P.A.S. HOPFAN, Léonard G. and Suzie N.

We live in times of trouble, despair, distress, depression, and tribulations, just to name a few. Many of us have turned to all kinds of solutions to our problems and situations, to no avail. Why? Because we did not choose the Way, JESUS CHRIST, from His Hebrew name, YAHSHUA. He is the Way to resolve all our troubles, and above all, He is the only Way to Heaven, to our Father GOD, YAHWEH. From topics such as love, conflict/war, and the greatness, grace and goodness of GOD, to other themes including loneliness, gratitude to GOD, flesh versus spirit, and forgiveness and reconciliation, the poems mirror real-life situations and call for action in accordance with the Word of GOD. All proceeds from the sale of this poetry book will go to P.A.S. HOPFAN, to fund the organizations activities, especially those in support of children, widows, and orphans.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512723991

P.A.S. HOPFAN

Pray-Act-Serve, House Of Prayer For All Nations (P.A.S. HOPFAN) is a Christian, nonprofit non-governmental organization in the service of GOD and mankind. It is based in Bangui, Central African Republic. P.A.S. HOPFAN’s vision is to see “Men and women released from captivity and living on earth the abundant life that JESUS CHRIST has promised to us.” Its mission is to help GOD’s people and those who are looking for the Truth to know and have intimate relationships with The One who came to save the world, so that these men and women have life in abundance. One of P.A.S. HOPFAN’s achievements is the establishment of Complexe Scolaire Siloé, a school based in Bangui, which welcomes orphan pupils and students free of charge and others from poor families at a reduced cost. The two Co-founders of P.A.S. HOPFAN (Pastor Léonard Matchide Gonitoua, President, and Suzie N., Vice-President) are also the coauthors of this poetry book. GOD called Pastor Gonitoua in Bangui, at the age of 10. He was baptised in 1982. In 1994, GOD sent him to the Democratic Republic of Congo where he served the Lord in several churches and received biblical training. He returned to Bangui in 1996 and has been leading the Spiritual Awakening Mission Church since then. He became a Pastor in 1996 and an Evangelist in 1998. He also serves GOD as a prophet, and interprets dreams and visions revealed by the Lord. He is hosting three programmes, respectively, at the national television, the national radio station, and a private radio station (“La Voix de l’Evangile” – “The Voice of the Gospel”) in the Central African Republic to spread the Word of GOD, exhort people and provide them with advice related to our daily lives. His target groups are those who are seeking to know GOD or are looking for answers to their questions. He is married with seven children, and lives in Bangui. Suzie N. answered GOD’s call in Bangui in 2003 and was later on baptised. In 2006, she joined the Church of the Spiritual Awakening Mission in Bangui. After JESUS became her Lord and Savior, GOD began to give her specific messages about His plans for her life. She holds a Master in Information and Communication from Jean-Moulin Lyon III University and an Associate Degree in Applied Foreign Languages from Lumière Lyon II University, in Lyon, France. She was also trained in writing and communication skills at New York University and filmmaking and film producing (Dov S-S Simens) in New York, USA. She is using her skills to serve the Lord. She is married and is based in New York.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Poems

Love

1. So True

2. The One I want

3. Don’t go

The Crisis In The Central African Republic And Other Similar Situations Around The World

4. She will be healed

5. Even in the desert

6. Remember

JESUS CHRIST, Our First Love

7. I was missing You

Advice To Readers

On the forgiveness of our sins on earth and eternal life after We Die

On how to address sufferings in our lives (problems, trouble, despair, distress, depression, persecutions and tribulations, among others)

Annexes

Annex 1. Notes related to each poem

Annex 2. Key relevant facts about the crisis in the Central African Republic (December 2012-June 2016)

Annex 3. Key biblical references (New International Version)

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

This poetry book is dedicated to the Almighty GOD, the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel. He is our GOD the Father, GOD the Son and GOD the Spirit. His Name is YAHWEH. He is the One who inspired us to write these poems, through His Holy Spirit. He is the source of our inspiration, in addition to being the source of our lives. Without Him, we are nothing.

By publishing this book, we want to acknowledge GOD’s Majesty in our lives and to thank Him for everything that He did, is doing and has planned for and through us. To Him be all the Glory, for ever and ever.

We thank GOD for the Ndembe family, Serge G. Kubwimana, Sonia Esther, and Valérie Gobelin who, in addition to showing their caring love, took their precious time to review the book and gave us useful feedback for improvements. Some of them even supported us in continued prayers and gave us Holy Spirit-led advice until the publication of this book.

Equally, we benefitted from Séraphine Toé’s caring love, words of encouragement and continued prayers, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, which sustained us throughout the finalization of the book.

Our thanks also go to Amy Hill and her family for their caring love and hospitality, which relieved us of so many burdens; Sammy Kum Buo for his caring love and coaching, particularly in relation to improving our writing and analytical skills, which contributed to shaping the way we wrote some parts of this book; as well as Assiati Chikuhwa, Ms. Bellamour, Cherrie-Anne Vincent, Gumisai Mutume, James Aji, Paula Salako, CP, Rosemary De Almeida Costa, and YM. for their caring love and availability when we needed their support while working on this book.

GOD used all of those precious instruments to bless us with their wise advice and other support in many ways. May the Lord continue to bless them and their families, and do what He has planned to do in their lives according to His Grace and Sovereignty.

Finally, we wish to thank our readers for choosing to read these poems. We pray that you are not disappointed as the Holy Spirit talks to you through these words and the Lord achieves what He has planned to do in your lives.

We bless you all in the Name of YAHSHUA. Amen.

Shalom.

Foreword

The Way Towards Life – No Other Way Than YAHSHUA

We live in times of trouble, despair, distress, depression and tribulations, just to name a few. Many of us have turned to all kinds of solutions to our problems and situations, to no avail. Why? Because we did not choose the Way, JESUS CHRIST, from His Hebrew Name YAHSHUA. Now is the time to choose the source of our lives. Now is the time to turn to the Way, the Truth and the Life. If you choose this path, you will never be disappointed as you walk hand in hand with YAHSHUA, get to know Him more and more, and put into practice His