In Him We Live: Rhyme & Reason

By Russ Sprinkel

Writing this book has been a lifetime endeavor but an enjoyable one. When we become born again, we all become ambassadors of Christ. I felt inspired by God’s anointing to develop this work of rhyme and reason. I have focused on themes that God brought to me through many experiences in my Christian walk. My ever-growing faith and communication with God over many years have allowed me to develop what I hope is a work that will result in messages that will challenge the reader to draw nearer to God. The theme of the book is based on Acts 17:28:

For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, for we are also his offspring.

Acts 17:28 reveals to us a great truth. That truth tells us that without God we are nothing. It is because of Him and His love that we live and move and have our being.

He is the source of life, and through His son, Jesus Christ, we can receive redemption. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. He that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life.” God’s inspiration and anointing have made this work of faith-based Bible insights and poetry possible.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638857983

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

My Personal Testimony

Author's Comment

The Gauntlet of Life

Immortality

Knowledge

Anointed Expression

The Sharing Sonnet

Agenda's Motive

Two Sent Forth

My Home Church

The Servant

Forgiveness

My Search for Joy

The Woods of 96

Mum's the Word

The Sudden End of Rebels

A Wall of Stumbling Blocks

My Valentine

Idea for My Valentine

Godly Wisdom: Lessons for Life—God's Enlightenment to Me

Lessons for Life

God's Enlightenment to Me

Intellectual Procreativity

Nathanson's Philosophy

My Philosophy: Intellectual Procreativity

Tattoo or Not

The Majesty and Glory of God's Names

Kinds of Prayer

The Best or the Worst

Where Is Heaven?

The Father of Liars

Arrogance Requires Advertising

Are We One Nation Under God?

Why the Camel Can't Climb through the Eye of the Needle

Be Authentic, the Weightier Matter

My Prayer List

Five Basic Areas of Healing

God Controls the Weather and Global Temperatures

Doubting God's Word

Definition of a Liberal

God's Presence

Heavenly Dependence

The Inspiring Story of Esther

The Mystery of Melchizedek

How Long Is a Generation? (And Is This the Final Generation?)

The Two Faces of Fear

Choose You This Day Whom You Will Serve

The Light of the World

Holy Curiosity

The 10 Deadly D's of the Devil

Seven Churches of Asia-Minor

Liars

Judge Not

God's Providence

Combating Subversion

Why?

Fasting

God's Seal

The Five Kinds of Righteousness

What Is a Christian's Makeup

The Armor of God

The Armor of God Part 2

God's Angels

Jumpin' Jehosaphat!

DC: Districts of Calamity

Defenses to Temptation

Signs of the Times

Change

Does God Get Weary?

Who Is Gog and Where Is Magog?

The Trinity

About Astrology

Bema Rewards

Redemption

Guided by God

Independent of God

My Christmas Tribute: Jesus Is…

About the Author

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In Him We Live

Rhyme & Reason

Russ Sprinkel

ISBN 978-1-63885-799-0 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-63885-798-3 (Digital)

Copyright © 2022 Russ Sprinkel

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For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

—Acts 17:28

My Personal Testimony

In the early 1950s, some children were dying from lead poisoning. At the age of five, God's intervention saved me from lead poisoning. I was told I contacted it by ingesting lead paint off the wood on our back porch.

In my early twenties, God miraculously prevented me from being in a deadly car crash. All concerned were amazed at how this potential accident was averted, especially me.

While serving in the Army, God healed me of pneumonia while in the hospital over a six-week period.

And most importantly, God put people in my life who would help me understand God's plan of salvation and what God's plan for my life was.

These are but a few of the events in my life where God's providence and mercy helped me.

No one can ever tell me God is not real. He has revealed His love for me so many times and in so many ways.

It's in Him I live and move and have my being.

Author's Comment

To the reader,

Jesus said, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life (John 8:12 KJV). God's inspiration and anointing have made this work and poetry possible.

The themes in my poetic endeavors are meant to focus on the importance of living victorious, sharing the gospel, seeking God's gifts, appreciating our leaders, and sharing the goodness of God's people. The condensed lesson texts are what I call my lifelong eye-openers.

My desire is to provoke thought and inspire and challenge all people to accept God as their Savior and walk with God in the fullness of His knowledge and love!

Maranatha!

Russ Sprinkel

The Gauntlet of Life

(A Sonnet)

Born to run the gauntlet of life, I pressed through.

Endowed with a nature that revealed a curse to undo.

As I went, my need arranged my course.

Going on, my want became my source.

Darkness or light for me became an uneasy blur.

The choices I made, often right did not prefer.

For nature and nurture were to me a central theme.

My fleshly old nature looked to always what I could scheme.

Then somehow to me came good news, why I exist.

My eyes were finally open to all I had missed.

The gauntlet was there to teach us His way on the road.

To guide us to truth and to unburden the ordeal of the load.

I found that the way you begin is never the way you should end.

There's a guide on the journey, God sent us a

Comforter, friend.

Inspiration for "The Gauntlet of