I Know It Was the Blood That Saved Me, is a testimonial of my spiritual journey and process with Jesus Christ. It tells of how I was and still am being transfused and transformed through identifying with his life, suffering, blood sacrifice, death to my past and resurrection. I hope and pray that as you read this book that you are able to identify with something that is said and that it can make a favorable difference in your life. Perhaps you can see yourself in my shoes in one or more areas. The healing process helped me to go from victim to victor and from pitiful to powerful. I hope and pray that it can do the same for you. God bless you and yours.
Collects interviews and commentary on blues and gospel music from the Mississippi Delta area, and discusses how race relations, connections to the sacred, and Southern life helped mold this style of music.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Now, Give My Poor Heart Ease puts front and center a searing selection of the artistically and emotionally rich voices from this invaluable documentary record. Illustrated with Ferris's photographs of the musicians and their communities and including a CD of original music and a DVD of original film, the book features more than twenty interviews relating frank, dramatic, and engaging narratives about black life and blues music in the heart of the American South. Here are the stories of artists who have long memories and speak eloquently about their lives, blues musicians who represent a wide range of musical traditions--from one-strand instruments, bottle-blowing, and banjo to spirituals, hymns, and prison work chants. Celebrities such as B. B. King and Willie Dixon, along with performers known best in their neighborhoods, express the full range of human and artistic experience--joyful and gritty, raw and painful. In an autobiographical introduction, Ferris reflects on how he fell in love with the vibrant musical culture that was all around him but was considered off limits to a white Mississippian during a troubled era. This magnificent volume illuminates blues music, the broader African American experience, and indeed the history and culture of America itself. The enhanced ebook edition includes: * Almost 2 hours of video clips and interviews scattered throughout the text * An hour of original music, also imbedded throughout the text * Concludes with the full DVD of original film and full CD of original music Watch the video below to see a demonstration of the the features of this enhanced ebook:
This book shares with its readers relevant and biblical sermon outlines that are ready to preach. This book shares fifty-two (52) sermon outlines that have been researched and ready to preach.
I was born in Brooklyn, New York. A child with no father. He passed away when I was one year old, but I went on with life. My mother has six kids. Yes, I was brought up in a group home till I was twelve, moved to Brooklyn to live with my biological mother, and have been with her ever since. Life was hard as a teenager. There were many drugs in my life, anger and resentment to all for the loss of my father, and the homelessness I had to endure. But God, amen, he called me to ministry service at the age of fourteen. I was brought up in the church but backslid for I wanted to live a life with women and drugs, so my nickname was Mr. Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll. This life turned me into a bad person with a good heart. I was strung out on crack cocaine and alcohol for three years; but God stepped in, took me out of the abandoned buildings I was sleeping in, and now gave me more than I ever had, because God saw my heart and saved me in 1995 at the Helping Hands Ministry under Pastor Randolph Ferdinand. There I learned how to pray in the spirit, how to believe in God to remove my hurt. There I heard God teach me his laws, and he told me what he wanted me to do. So I grew in the Lord with wisdom, finished the program, obtained a job, worked hard, got married, and became a pastor of the House of Prayer under Apostle Gladis Dugue. There I was blessed by God with a ministry, and I became a Sunday school teacher. I have my associates degree in management and my bachelors degree in science in religion, and I prayed, and God showed me the words in the Bible. He said, You must teach on every word in the Bible before you leave this earth. I began reading the words, and the Holy Spirit guided me into understanding the meaning of the words in the Bible for everyday life. None of the meanings are from the dictionaryall from God to me to you. I would like to thank my wife, Noreen Bridgeforth, who inspired me, my son; Apostle Dugue; Apostle Tyrone Monroe; and House of Prayer, an anointed new beginning where I teach Sunday school. I would like to thank my grandfather Willie Bridgeforth Sr. and my father, Robert, and my mother, Marie Bridgeforth. Thank you to all my family and friends at Helping Hands Ministry and Pastor Randolph Ferdinand.
As a teenager, Nieasia made some bad choices, forcing her to grow up quickly. In a God of Second Chances, she narrates her story by sharing the lessons she learned and showing how God loves her and how he was with her all along. Author Nieasia N. Wilkins leads you through some of her life experiences such as; choose bad relationships, feeling misunderstood, and being hurt and mistreated. She also shares how she turned to God in her time of need. He forgave her and showed her a better way to live. A God of Second Chances gives heartfelt advice and tips, scripture examples and reflective questions. This book helps teens and young adults understand that they can make wise choices and godly decisions. A God of Second Chances is design to guide leaders working with teens and young adult ministry. This book will communicate to you that God is a God of Second Chances.
This songbook offers 260 songs that quote or paraphrase texts from Matthew through Revelation. Includes a variety of musical styles and time periods, familiar and accessible tunes, helpful notes, and an index organized by Scripture passage. Key features include a variety of musical styles and time periods, familiar and accessible tunes, helpful notes with usage and musical suggestions, full accompaniments and guitar chords for all the music, additional arrangements for some tunes, percussion suggestions, and indexes by Scripture passage, title, meter, and tune. Most of the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary are covered.
