A River Through My Desert

Penny Ellis

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How do we find our way out of our fears and terrors? Also, labels placed on us and self-destructive habits? How do we turn our face like a 'flint' towards our God when we can't even face ourselves? Our God is listening and he can bring us out of what we see as impossible to change. If we talk to him, he hears us. There is a river that runs directly under the throne of God and we can untangle our lives in it. These chapters are examples that we don't have to say too much or use just one prayer style as God hears our hearts cry and the holy spirit interprets our words so they are 'in tune' and that is the symphony God hears. I hope this book helps you regain a resurrected skip in your step in this life and become who you were meant to be all along. This book has taken 20 years to write, it is a life journey to get rid of useless destructive habits. My desert was uprooted, barren and dry. Take the first great strides out of the desert you are in. Whatever is left can grow again and change the landscape. Let the river flood your desert.

Sujets

• Popular psychology

Informations

• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Date de parution: 04 mai 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528992411
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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A River Through My Desert
Penny Ellis
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-05-04
A River Through My Desert About The Author Dedication Copyright Information © Acknowledgement Introduction Chapter 1 Letters Letter One (Asking for Advice) Letter Two (How can I love you more) Letter Three (I want to believe in the victory) Letter Four (Asking for courage) Letter Five (To tell you Lord how thankful I am) Letter Six (Meeting you in my day) Letter Seven (Meeting you in my sleep) Letter Eight (For setting me free) Letter Nine (Embrace the day and expect good things) Letter Ten (That I get up and live a life worth living) Letter 11 (Coming out of a dreadful situation) Letter 12 (Why do I let moods dominate me?) Letter 13 (Significant moments) Letter 14 (After rejection) Letters 15 (A letter of restoration) Letter 16 (Remind me your honour is my life) Letter 17 (Your answers) Letter 18 (A Jabez life) Letter 19 (A Caleb attitude) Letter 20 (A life worth living) Letter 21 (How do I walk in the right rhythm?) Letter 22 (Sing in the ordinary days) Letter 23 (To build my character) Letter 24 (Letting go) Letter 25 (Coming out the other side) Letter 26 (God shaped) Letter 27 (What freedom is) Letter 28 (The cross has said it all) Letter 29 (Following your example) Letter 30 (You call my name) Letter 31 (Getting over OCD and wrong thinking) Letter 32 (I am clearing the garden) Letter 33 (Can I be in the centre of your will?) Letter 34 (Scent of God) Letter 35 (Am I climbing the right mountain?) Letter 36 (Making every day count) Letter 37 (Accepting constructive criticism) Letter 38 (Out the mould) Letter 39 (Thank you for the dance) Letter 40 (A new shape) Letter 41 (So grateful) Letter 42 (Finally Home) Letter 43 (Thanking you for interrupting me) Letter 44 (The best is yet to come) Letter 45 (How you look at me) Letters 46 (Helping the broken-hearted and setting captives free) Letter 47 (Dancing today) Letter 48 (Defined by God) Letter 49 (On the stage of my life) Letter 50 (Right friendships) Letter 51 (Lies are unearthed) Letter 52 (To have right relationships) Letter 53 (True friendships) Letter 54 (Right Love) Letter 55 (Going deeper) Letter 56 (Right identity) Letter 57 (Burn my lips) Letter 58 (Live out your calling) Letter 59 (Please carve me into my God shape) Letter 60 (Facing fears) Letter 61 (where I place my confidence) Letter 62 (Coming home) Chapter 2 Sentences Chapter 3 Scenarios Chapter 4 Alphabet A-Z The Dictionary… Letters of the Alphabet Chapter 5 A Word Words Chapter 6 Poems The Corpse Future Again Moments The Past Real and True On This Shore to Find another City Finding Shores Utter Stay So Scent and God Salt and Light On Brokenness Reaching In the Garden is Now Joy Jesus Clasp of Day First Snow Oh Ye of Little Faith (Matt 14) Why Oh Why All Those Presents I Couldn’t Help It Lending Hand On That Road (On the Road to Emmaus) Be Transformed We All Know The Seagull Prayers Used On Christians in a Room My Heart, My Hurt Ask and you will receive Grace Father, Help Then I Learnt to Run All Behind Fully Dressed Deceived Life within – Meanings within Words Let me Be My God Shape Shaped Grow Up Your Light Building Do you know who you are? Out of Darkness I Could Save Him Alone A Sort of Woman This Thing on my Heel Finding the Shore The Truth of the Real Carved to Fly Prayer Forced Company Take the Medicine In the Library Reality is New Of Him Live Diamond Life Dream Spirit – Sing – Joy Christmas Feeling Ever Circle Happiness True Self-Pity (Matthew 16 v23) Landing Truth Shaping I Dropped It In …Ocean The Palette Real Now My Perception Look at Me Jesus Over Breath On the Life Not Lived He Slept It Is Eight How I Realise The Plaster Cast Not You Let Go Two Years Scar (Lest I really do forget) Stones Cry Out I’ve learnt to Walk Just to Live New Old First Love New Creation A Certain Sound Dot to Dot Eternal Pain The Mirror My God Man of God Lest I forget (The Director’s cut) Integrity of Heart Written on the Heart To Possess Unexplainable Depart New Friends Spirit in the Wind Silver Moon Lying in the Moonlight Of Pain Prayer Partner Why Loss In Despair of Love First Love Back to Find Home Barely knew…This is our Holy Spirit Undoing Free from For… My Flint Rules November 5th Inside To Hold your Name against the Grey Weeded Out Run the Race Back to the Belief Possess the Land Looking Up from the Track Everything and Nothing Time to Look Up and Try to See Onto the Path Again Footprints Hesed (A taking you back love, and safely loved) No Landing Pad On the Waves The Judas Kiss Chapter 7 Prayers (A prayer for a disciplined Life – when there are too many demands and you take your focus off God) (A prayer when your mind is full of confusion and you see old habits creeping in) (A prayer to not let Jesus down in what needs to be done in the day) (A prayer to keep my mind focused on how real God is) (A prayer not to be diverted from the truth by being influenced by others) (A prayer of expectancy) (A prayer that I overcome and learn Gods’ ways) (A prayer for victory) (A prayer to be free) (A prayer to stay in shape) (A prayer to be of use by you Lord) (A prayer for clarity) (A prayer for grace) (A prayer to stay free from the past) (A prayer to rest in the cleft) (A prayer to be a woman after God’s own heart) (A prayer to help my unbelief) (A prayer for when I lose my courage) (A prayer to recognise I belong to the Lord) (A prayer to claim my victory in Christ) (A prayer of knowing my identity in Christ) (A prayer to know you fight for me Lord) (A prayer of healing) (A prayer that I live my new life in Christ) (A prayer that you can clean the darkest sins and wash me white as snow) (A prayer that you enlarge me in distress) (A prayer of thanks) (A prayer lest I forget what you have done) (A prayer I walk in the inspiration of my vision) (A prayer that I stay in balance) (A prayer that I overcome) (A prayer I will not be led away) (A prayer that I see the way clearly) (A prayer that I walk with you) (A prayer for a healed mind from deep anxieties) (A prayer that I run into my future) (A prayer that I am free from lusts of the flesh) (A prayer that I stay true to who I am) (A prayer to face my giants) (A prayer against loneliness even with other Christians) (A prayer to come out the cave of shame) (A prayer to put on God Glasses) (A prayer to be beautiful) (A prayer to have God on speed dial) (A prayer for rest) (A prayer of peace in my loss) (A prayer for wisdom) (A prayer to shed my old self) (A prayer that I come up higher) (A prayer that you paint my canvas) (A prayer I obey you fully) (A prayer I come back to my first love) (A prayer to praise you in the mornings) (A prayer that I exercise my faith) (A prayer that I can forgive) (A prayer for strength to live alone) (A prayer to live transformed) (A prayer I will see the river in my desert)
About The Author
Penny Ellis spent her childhood in Singapore and Cyprus. Her whole family became Christians together in Cyprus in 1973 when she was six years old. Being evacuated in 1974, she was influenced to start writing about overcoming fears. Penny gained a theatre studies degree at London University and started a children’s theatre company whilst teaching in the East End of London. Creating educational issue-based shows they were invited to perform at police conferences as well as The Royal Festival Hall. Having battled OCD and self-destructive behaviour, she hopes to help others find that there is a life worth living.
Dedication
For my husband, Mark, thank you for finding me in 2010 and marrying me a year to the day we met and always loving me just as I am. You are the kindest person I have ever met. All my love.
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Acknowledgement
Ilse and Brian Ellis, my parents, for their unwavering belief in God and my conversion with them on that yellow mat in Cyprus. For their steadfast faith that God is the answer despite the question and our daily Bible readings as a family. To Holland Park Hall and All Souls Church for the prayers and word of God brought alive by humble mighty men of God, Ivan, Rico, and also Eddy. For the amazing years of friendship and fellowship with Claire. Thank you Heddi. Thank you also to Rohan and Emms, who taught me how much love can be found in a fellowship group and her letters and inspiration. My beautiful Lizzie. Finally, my darling husband for telling me just to get on with my writing. Praise to God, for with God we do not have a past, only a future.
Introduction
This book is called A River Through My Desert . It was written when I got to the end of myself and found that only with Jesus is the beginning of everything. My life was broken completely but he found all the pieces and has put me back together mentally, physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually. He is the source and if we seek him, he will wash us whiter than snow. The title comes from Isaiah 35 v7: