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    Eternal Dining: My Relationship with God
    Eternal Dining: My Relationship with God
    Eternal Dining: My Relationship with God
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    Eternal Dining: My Relationship with God

    By Patty McGinnis Phillips

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    THE BOOK ARRIVED FROM THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS I WENT THROUGH AND THE LOVE I HAVE FOR MY FAMILY. I LOVE THEM JUST AS MUCH AS THEY LOVE ME. I HATED ALL THE THINGS THEY DID FOR ME BECAUSE I COULDNT EVER REPAY ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME. WHEN YOUR FAMILY BACK AWAY FROM YOU GOD WILL BE THERE TO STEP IN. THERE IS A REASON FOR ANY FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING YOU GOOD OR BAD. THIS WAS HARD FOR ME TO BEAR WHEN MY FAMILY WAS ALWAYS THERE. GOD DOES THINGS FOR A REASON.

    I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THIS HAD TO HAPPEN SO I COULD DO WHAT HE WANTED ME TO DO. GOD TRAINED ME IN ALL AREAS OF MY LIFE. WRITING THIS BOOK GAVE ME MORE STRENGTH, POWER, AND RESTORATION. IT REVEALED A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I DIDNT SEE BEFORE NOW. A LOT OF REVEALATION FROM GOD IS IN THIS BOOK. A LOT OF LOVE IS REVEALED TO ME FROM GOD. GOD TAUGHT ME AS I WROTE THIS BOOK. IF GOD DID NOT LOVE ME I WOULD HAVE NOT MADE IT THROUGH.

    THIS BOOK CAN HELP PEOPLE THAT IS JUST COMING TO CHRIST. I SPOKE FROM THE HEART WITH EXPERIENCE. IT CAN BE FOR LOST SOULS TO COME TO CHRIST. THIS BOOK CAN GIVE INSIGHT TO THE PEOPLE THAT DONT FULLY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF GODS WORD, OR EVEN DONT BELIEVE IN HIM. GOD WANTS PEOPLE TO TURN FROM SIN AND WICKEDNESS. GOD HATE SIN AND EVIL. HE WANTS FAITHFULNESS AND RIGHTEOUNESS. GOD WANTS OUR BODY TO BE HIS TEMPLE.

    THE BOOK IS ABOUT HURT AND PAIN, CHILDREN, BEING A MOTHER. ITS ABOUT GODLINESS, AND HOW WE SHOULD LIVE LIKE CHRIST. IT TELLS ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT THE DEVILS IN YOUR LIFE AND WHAT TO DO IN TRYING TIMES. I WANT THE READERS TO KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE WRATH COMING AND TO BE PREPARED. JESUS IS COMING BACK AGAIN.

    THIS BOOK IS ABOUT GODS WORD, ABOUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND THE WAY THEY THINK OR DO.ITS ABOUT BEING A SINGLE PARENT AND SURVING IN LIFE WITH GODS HELP. ITS ABOUT HAVING FAITH, TRUSTING AND OBEYING GOD WORD. THE BOOK IS ABOUT HAVING A CONVENANT WITH GOD.

    THIS BOOK TELLS ABOUT EVERYTHING WE NEED TO LINE UP WITH GODS WORD IN ORDER TO GET ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. ITS ABOUT KEEP GOING WHEN OBSTACLES COME IN YOUR WAY. WE HAVE ALL THE HELP WE NEED IN GOD. ALWAYS KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. DONT LISTEN TO NEGATIVE TALKING.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 20, 2011
    ISBN9781456755195
    Eternal Dining: My Relationship with God
    Author

    Patty McGinnis Phillips

    I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING ANYTHING. GOING THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATION IS WHAT LED ME TO WRITE. WRITING THIS BOOK HAS RESTORED ME PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. MY FAMILY HAD HELPED ME SO MUCH. I GOT TIRED OF BEGGING THEM AND ASKING GOD FOR HELP. I WAS WEAK. I FELT THEY GOT TIRED TOO. I GOT ON MY KNEES AND ASK GOD TO BLESS ME SO I CAN BLESS MY FAMILY. HE REPLIED: WRITE A BOOK. I SAIDS “WRITE A BOOK” SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER DID IN MY LIFE. THEN I PRAYED AGAIN AND ASK GOD TO GIVE ME THE WORDS TO PUT IN THE BOOK. HE DID. I LOVE PEOPLE. I LIKE TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. I LOVE TO HAVE FUN. I AM NO PARTICULAR PERSON. I AM DOWN TO EARTH. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I LIKE NOW THAT I KNOW BETTER. I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH ANYBODY IF THEY LET ME. I AM NOT AN EVIL OR WICKED PERSON. I WANT TO TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT. I LOVE MY GRAND CHILDREN. I WAS BORN AND GREW UP IN PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA. I GRADUATED FROM A.WETTERMARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1973. LATER ON IN MY LIFE I WENT TO LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR 1 AND A HALF YEARS. I HAVE ONE SON, ADOPTED A NIECE AND SHE HAS 2 CHILDREN. I HAVE 1 GRAND DAUGHTER WHO IS 11 YEARS OLD. I AM A SINGLE PERSON. FOR THE PASS 11 YEARS I HAVE BEEN A PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT. WORKING FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES, IN HOME CARE, TAKING CARE OF THE SICK AND DISABLED. THIS IS MY GIFT FROM GOD. ALL THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD AND GROWN UP LIFE I HAVE BEEN GOING TO CHURCH AND PRAISING GOD. I FEEL I HAD A GOOD LIFE. NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT I’VE GONE THROUGH FOR THE LAST PASS 3 YEARS. I HAD ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT SHOWED ME LOVE. NOW I AM LEAD BY GOD IN MY EVERYDAY LIVING. I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MATTER IN MY LIFE OR IN SOMEONE ELSE LIFE. I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. NEVER WAS GIVEN A CHANCE. I KNEW I COULD DO ANYTHING IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME A CHANCE. I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT. I WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY AND MAKE SOMETHING OF MYSELF. WHATEVER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN I WANTED IT RIGHTFULLY AND HONESTLY. I DIDN’T WANT TO HURT ANYONE TO GET PROMOTED. CHOICEST, DECISIONS, THE MIND, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE CAUSED A LOT OF FAILURE IN MY LIFE.

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      Eternal Dining - Patty McGinnis Phillips

      CHAPTER 1

      THE UNKNOWN PRESENCE OF GOD

      TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD THERE ARE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, CHALLENGES, CHANGES. SITUATIONS, YOU CAN’T GET YOUR SELF OUT OF. ONLY GOD CAN HELP YOU. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I WENT TO CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. MY MOTHER WORKED ON SUNDAYS. SHE MADE SURE MY BROTHER AND ME WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL. WE WALKED TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY SCHOOL STARTED AT 9:00 A.M. CHURCH SERVICES STARTED AT 11: 00 A.M. AFTER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS WE WOULD HAVE SUNDAY SCHOOL REVIEW ABOUT THE LESSON THAT WAS TAUGHT THAT SUNDAY.EVERYBODY HAD TO SAY THEIR DETERMINATION. YOUR DETERMINATION WAS TO BE WITH GOD.

      EVEN THE YOUNGEST CHILD THAT COULD TALK WAS TAUGHT TO REPEAT THEIR DETERMINATION. I SONG IN THE CHOIR, ALSO WENT TO CHOIR REHEARSAL. THE CHOIR INSTRUCTOR WOULD TEACH ME HOW TO SING AND WOULD LET ME LEAD A SONG SOMETIME.

      I JOINED THE SCHOOL CHOIR AND WAS TAUGHT WELL BY THE CHOIR INSTRUCTOR. I SANG IN THE SCHOOL CHOIR FROM JUNIOR HIGH TO SENIOR HIGH. AFTER GRADUATING FROM SCHOOL I STAYED GOING TO CHURCH. I JOINED THE CHOIR AND WE HAD A DYNAMIC CHOIR THAT WAS CALLED AT THE TIME THE INTERMEDIATE CHOIR. WE SANG REAL GOOD. WE WOULD TRAVEL ALL OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA. I STAYED IN CHURCH LEARNING THE DO’S AND DON’TS ABOUT A MAN, I DIDN’T FULLY UNDERSTAND OR KNOW.AT THE AGE OF 20.

      I WORKED, LIVING IN MY OWN PLACE. I STARTED PARTYING AND STOP GOING TO CHURCH. SPENDING EVERY DIME I WOULD EARN. I STARTED CHOOSING THE WRONG FRIENDS, DOING FOOLISH THINGS. SUDDENLY I SAW THE CHOICEST I WAS MAKING, THAT WASN’T GOOD DECISIONS, AND STARTED GOING BACK TO CHURCH.

      AS THE BIBLES TELLS US IN PROVERB 22:6.TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO AND WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. I STUMBLED WITH WHO JESUS WAS AND WHAT HE MEANT TO US. MY LEARNING SKILLS WERE SLOW IN COMPREHENSION AND REMBERING WHAT I WOULD READ.I DID NOT UNDERSTAND LIKE I SHOULD HAVE. ALL I KNEW IN MY MIND AT THE TIME WE WERE WORSHIPPING A MAN NAME JESUS.I WAS TAUGHT THIS AS A CHILD UNTIL, I GOT OLDER AND LEARNED BETTER. TO REALLY UNDERSTAND TO SEE IF JESUS WAS REAL OR NOT, I WENT TO BINGO ONE NIGHT AND LOST MY MONEY.

      I DID NOT WIN ANYTHING. I GOT ANGRY BECAUSE I LOST ALL MY MONEY. BEFORE LEAVING THE BINGO HALL, I BOUGHT SOME TICKETS CALL PULL-TABS. I SAID TO GODIF YOU ARE REAL LET ME WIN SOME MONEY. GOD DID LET ME WIN AND THAT’S WHEN MY TRUST AND BELIEF CAME TO ME ABOUT GOD. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE IN SOMEONE I HAD NEVER SEEN.

      ALL THROUGH MY 30’S AND 40’S I STAYED IN CHURCH. I HAD A PRETTY GOOD LIFE. IN MY 40’S I JOINED A GOSPEL SINGING GROUP. WE WOULD GO TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES, SINGING ABOUT THE LORD. I TOOK MY SINGING VERY SERIOUS. I’M STILL NOT KNOWING JESUS LIKE I KNOW HIM NOW.FINALLY I UNDERSTOOD THAT JESUS WAS THE SON AND GOD WAS THE FATHER.IT’S A DIFFERENCE IN GOING TO CHURCH THEN GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE SERVING AND WHAT FOR.I KNEW GOD WAS REAL.

      THE FIRST SONG I TRIED TO SING WAS ‘YES GOD IS REAL". WHEN I SANG THAT SONG GOD WAS TELLING ME SOMETHING. A MAN GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST THAT SUNDAY. IT MADE ME FEEL REAL GOOD. I NEVER HAD THE COURAGE TO SING BY MYSELF.

      ONE SUNDAY THE GOSPEL GROUP WAS INVITED TO SING AT A CHURCH IN BOYCE, LOUISIANA AND NONE OF THE MEMBERS COULD BE THERE. I TOLD THE MISTRESS OF CEREMONY, I WOULD REPRESENT THE GROUP. I WASN’T SCARED BUT VERY NERVOUS. I ONLY SANG ONE TIME IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE. I SANG HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW. A RELATIVE OF MINE STOOD UP WHILE I WAS SINGING. AT THE END OF THE SONG THE CONGREGATION CLAPPED THEIR HANDS. THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH SAID I DID A GREAT JOB. I HAD BEEN PRACTICING AT HOME BUYING TAPES, LISTENING AT GOSPEL MUSIC ON THE RADIO. I HAD NO ONE TO WORK WITH ME TO TELL ME IF I WAS SINGING RIGHT OR NOT. WHEN I DID SING PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY WERE MAD AT ME. I DID NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF. I KNEW I COULD LET GOD USE ME. I WOULD PRACTICE A SONG NAME LOVE LIFTED ME. I SAID TO GOD I WOULD LIKE TO SING THAT

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