So You Think...: You Know Church Folks?

By Paula Ferguson

The “So You Think…” series will expose the betrayals and delve into the deep waters that no one is willing to confront.

Who will shout, “The emperor has no clothes?” What do you do when your Pastor is the pedophile, your protector becomes your abuser, and your spiritual covering could care less?

Does sin really stink in the nostrils of God? The reader will find comfort in knowing that Father IS concerned and He IS just. He loves us though He must balance His compassion with judgment that all may experience His unconditional love.

So You Think...will MAKE you think!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669823179

Paula Ferguson

As I began to revisit my own personal testimonies, understanding the scripture that says, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony…” (Revelation 12:11), I realized that I had suffered many hardships, disappointments, abuse, betrayals and neglect at the hands of my spiritual leaders and realized that Father God had ordained my pain for such a time as this to heal the wounds that are prevalent in the Body of Christ. Through nothing but THE UNADULTERATED WORD OF GOD , and spending intimate time with Father I continue to heal.

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Church folk will Bless you out and then REPENT!

It doesn’t mean they aren’t saved

You just caught em’ on

THE WRONG DAY!

CONTENTS

A Note From The Author

About The Author

About This Book

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1   Watch Out for Those Snakes!

Chapter 2   This Here Has Got to Stop!

Chapter 3   Now That’s the DEEEEEVIL!

Chapter 4   Call the Po Po!

Chapter 5   Who’s That Calling Me?

Chapter 6   Who Would Have Thought?

Chapter 7   And You Thought You Knew!

Endorsements

Why This Book Was Written

Prayer Of The Abused

A Prayer Of The Abuser

My Church Stories

Special Thanks

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Dear Reader:

I appreciate you purchasing this power-packed book and believe in my heart that God will use the words within these pages to heal your wounded spirit.

I decree that this book will encourage your fainting heart and lift your bowed head. Everyone has a story. It’s up to you to decide who gets to listen. Everyone has a sad song; choose wisely your key.

You will notice the last pages of this book are blank. As you read and see yourself or are reminded of an experience in your past, take time to write them down. I want you to do four things:

1. Make a list of every hurtful encounter you have experienced and can remember.

2. Reflect on how much you have survived.

3. Make a covenant between yourself and God that you will never allow these hurtful events to affect you ever again—signing it and dating it—this is a spiritual contract. (A written covenant is a sure covenant—Nehemiah 9:38.)

4. Scripture says in 1 Peter 5:7, "Casting all your care upon him; for HE careth for you. As an act of casting away every hurt, disappointment, offense, and injustice, tear your list out and send them to me for one of my upcoming series: So You Think . . . You’ve Been Hurt."

Those whose testimonials are used in the book will receive an autographed copy of the book. Send all correspondence to the following address:

Paula Ferguson Ministries

[e-mail]

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

SHALOM!

-PROPHETESS PAULA FERGUSON

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

As I began to revisit my own personal testimonies, understanding the scripture that says, And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony . . . (Revelation 12:11), I realized I had suffered many hardships, disappointments, abuse, betrayals, and neglect at the hands of their spiritual leaders and realized that Father God had ordained their pain for such a time as this to heal the wounds that are prevalent in the body of Christ.

Through nothing but THE UNADULTERATED WORD OF GOD, and spending intimate time with Father I continue to heal.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

The So You Think . . . series will expose the betrayals and delve into the deep waters no one is willing to confront.

Who will shout, The emperor has no clothes? What do you do when your pastor is the pedophile, your protector becomes your abuser, and your spiritual covering could care less?

Does sin really stink in the nostrils of God? The reader will find comfort in knowing that Father IS concerned and He IS just. He loves us, though He must balance His compassion with judgment that all may experience His unconditional love.

So You Think . . . will MAKE you think!

To my loving husband

Craig John Ferguson.

You are MY proof that GOD WAS INDEED LISTENING.

I love you with all my heart, honey.

-Paula

FOREWORD

Our lives are filled with challenges and difficulties as we move from one stage of maturity to another. There are situations many will encounter that require relational accountability to facilitate getting over whatever human weakness may manifest as an outcome of incorrect organizational, immature leadership, and crossing moral boundaries.

Some years ago, there was a division of a large corporation in the news. The president of the division had tried many times to get leadership to take accountability and address significant issues yet was unsuccessful. The division’s president knew that if it was not dealt with, these problems would eventually break down the company.

As things continued to worsen, the division president leaked the issues to the press in an effort to put external pressure on and to force its company to deal with its problems.

The moral of this situation is there will be times when you will be required to escalate and put bad situations on the table, which may include sharing