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    Letting God See Me Naked: A Personal Testimony of Deliverance, Growth, and Spiritual Maturity
    Letting God See Me Naked: A Personal Testimony of Deliverance, Growth, and Spiritual Maturity
    Letting God See Me Naked: A Personal Testimony of Deliverance, Growth, and Spiritual Maturity
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    Letting God See Me Naked: A Personal Testimony of Deliverance, Growth, and Spiritual Maturity

    By Karen A. Watson

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    Nakedness... is a state without layers. This book is about my life. It is a way of sharing my personal testimonies of deliverance, growth, and maturity in Christ. Nakedness is a state without layers, Letting God See Me Naked is about my desire and choice to have nothing hidden from God.

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    PublisherKaren A. Watson
    Release dateNov 19, 2010
    ISBN9780982779101
    Letting God See Me Naked: A Personal Testimony of Deliverance, Growth, and Spiritual Maturity
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    Karen A. Watson

    Karen Watson is married to Elder Demetrius Watson and has two children, Devin and Kelsie. She is a professional speaker and consultant serving businesses and entrepreneurs. She serves her local church in several ministerial and administrative capacities, and is a licensed Evangelist Missionary. Of her many accomplishments, she is most proud of her acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

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      Letting God See Me Naked - Karen A. Watson

      Letting God See Me Naked

      A Personal Testimony of Deliverance, Growth, and Spiritual Maturity

      Karen A. Watson

      © 2010 Karen A. Watson. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Any similarities to other intellectual works are either coincidental or have been properly cited when the source is known. Trademarks of products, services, and organizations mentioned herein belong to their respective owners and are not affiliated with Amplified Life. Some names have been changed to protect their privacy. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Bible quotations are taken from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible.

      Published by Amplified Life at Smashwords

      For publishing inquiries: www.TheAmplifiedLife.com

      To book Karen to speak: www.kwatsongroup.com

      Naked

      na•ked \ nā-kәd \ adj Bare, nude, unclothed, uncovered, unprotected, exposed, stripped, revealed, discovered, unguarded, defenseless, without concealment, without disguise, out in the open, undefended, vulnerable, unshielded, and without embellishment.

      Introduction

      This book is about my life. It is my way of sharing my personal testimonies of deliverance, growth, and maturity in Christ. While not told in chronological order, the messages are clear, it is God alone who can take someone who was broken and incomplete and make her complete in him. This is my testimony of how I reached a place where I can be totally open with God. I can openly acknowledge who I’ve been, who I am, and who I am to become.

      Nakedness is a state without layers. Letting God See Me Naked is about my desire and choice to have nothing hidden from God. My delivered state of being is a state in which all the layers of my past have been peeled off in order to allow God to build a new wardrobe for me. I finally have a new style and it has been defined by God.

      My trust in God has increased. I came to him just as I was—completely vulnerable and open to his will for my life. It took me awhile to understand I approached my relationship with God fully dressed. I tried to cover my real issues, my real problems, my real hurts, and my real pain. Although he is omnipotent, he knew me, but before I could become who he wanted me to be, God needed me to let go of my garments. He wanted me to release the garments of heaviness, shame, and embarrassment so that I could be healed and made whole. Standing openly exposed to God, I was ready for the Holy Spirit to shape, dress, and mold me as he saw fit.

      In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had no issues with nakedness until disobedience to God occurred. The lack of trust in God’s direction led them to sin, and I found that sin had the same separating effect on me. Through Letting God See Me Naked I have a renewed intimacy with God and no longer try to shield or hide who I am or what has happened thus far in my life. I pray that my testimonies touch your life and release a desire in you to be exposed to God for the same work to be done in your life.

      I shall not Die, but Live and Declare the Wondrous Works of the Lord.

      Psalm 118:17

      Part I

      Who Told You, You Were Naked?

      Who Told You, You Were Naked?

      One of my favorite Sunday School passages was the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. I enjoyed hearing how God formed man from the clay made from the earth and was impressed that he could make a woman from a rib. In Eden, everything that God made was good. God blessed man abundantly with all of creation including animals, plants, water, and companionship. Everything in Eden glorified God by fulfilling the purpose for which it was intended.

      From the beginning, and still required today, God had simple requirements for me. In return for all the abundance he bestowed upon me, he simply wanted complete obedience and trust. This is supported in the book of Genesis, 2:15–17 where God instructs Adam (man) to (1) dress or till the garden to keep it as God has prepared it, (2) freely eat from every tree that God made, and (3) avoid death through obedience to God by not eating from one specific tree:

      And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.¹⁵

      And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat¹⁶:

      But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.¹⁷

      When God commanded Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he was simply saying, trust me on this one thing. I think that sounds rather simple. In exchange for obedience to God, Adam was given freedom to name everything, eat everything, and have control over everything God made. Wow, what an example of vested authority!

      Man was designed to have an intimate relationship with God—one in which complete trust was required: Genesis 2:25.

      And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.²⁵

      Adam and Eve were naked before God and being naked in front of God was not strange! Being naked was normal and there was nothing shameful about nakedness until they disobeyed God. That’s exactly the point where they began to feel ashamed about who they were. After eating the fruit and being shamed by their sin, Adam and Eve lost the sense of freedom they once had in Eden and covered their bodies in disgrace. Genesis 3:6-7:

      And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to

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