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    Confessions of a Single Woman
    Confessions of a Single Woman
    Confessions of a Single Woman
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    Confessions of a Single Woman

    By Denona Pryor

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    God wants a relationship with you! God loves you, and to show you how much He does, He sent His Son to die for your sins. God wants you to trust in Him and believe that with Him, all things are possible if you believe in Him.

    Confessions of a Single Woman is about forgiveness of sins, trusting in the God who made you and wants to keep you. It is also a guide to learning how to have a relationship with Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 21, 2011
    ISBN9781449729134
    Confessions of a Single Woman
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    Denona Pryor

    Denona holds a master's degree in elementary education. She has always lived inside her head. After her birthday, she decided to put everything that she thinks about on paper. She is saved and delivered by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Through making the decision to follow Christ, it became a mission to teach and reach others through her own personal experiences to lead other women who are struggling to Christ. She lives in the Midwest with her adorable cat and teaches students with learning disabilities.  

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      Confessions of a Single Woman - Denona Pryor

      Contents

      Forward

      Preface

      Journey 1

      Journey 2

      Journey 3

      Journey 4

      Journey 5

      Journey 6

      Journey 7

      Final Thoughts

      About the Author

      Forward

      If we believe that through the blood of Jesus our treasure is in heaven, then for the Christian it is the process and the journey that God is most interested in not the final destination. It is how we navigate through this earthly life as pilgrims that matters most to our Lord and Savior. This book touches the journey of a young Christian woman that just so happens to also be my sister. I’ve been there through the issues, the addictions, the inadequacies and the recovery. We often look for cataclysmic events when we look for miracles. When I see my sister, I know that I serve a God that is able to work miracles. This work is not contrite or with holding, rather; it is transparent and giving. This is the kind of book that lives up to the saying that one is a blessing to be a blessing. We are often very quick to share our triumphs, victories and proudest moments. Rarely do we want to dredge up those painful memories of our lowest moments. It is not our deepest wish and desire to share those moments when we are vulnerable or weak. Human beings have this innate need to prove how strong we are. The Word lets us know that Jesus is made strong through our weakness. We don’t want to testify right if you will. This book shows any women anywhere that there is hope through Jesus. This work reminds us all that although the situation might be clear, healing takes time. Most important we are always and will be a work in progress. Because we are always a work in progress, this will be a book that you will always revisit. I was honored to write this forward. I hope this book will be a blessing to you as it was to me.

      Preface

      I am not sitting writing this book because I am a minister nor do I have a PhD. I am an average woman with an average job with the same hurts, fears, wants and needs of other Christian women. For me this book is therapy in learning how to be a better Christian woman and a better person. I fear flying, dying and never meeting the man that God has chosen for me. Although I know that these fears hold no weight because of God; I still find myself thinking fearful thoughts. So if you are reading this book you too have some fears and concerns and we will alleviate them together. As I write this book, I am approaching my thirtieth birthday and I realize that in my short life, I have experienced hurt, depression, wealth, death, no peace, heartbreak, and bad decision making. But through it all, I found my Light. The purpose of this book is to share these experiences with you and pray that you find the peace and the hope that you are looking for. I also pray that you find you and see what God sees in you. So as I sit and pen my first book with a purpose I welcome you to Confessions of a Single Woman.

      Journey 1

      SINGLE AND SAVED

      The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2

      So many things change when you give your life to Christ. You don’t go to nightclubs, you give up some of the company that you kept, and you trade sleeping in on Sunday for getting up and going to church (if you are really good you go to Sunday school). You have traded your old life for something infinitely better; you have traded your old life for a relationship with Christ. That means more than a cosmopolitan in a bar or the attention of the hot guy that has been checking you out since you walked into the club. For some of us that nightlife is the only way to go. We women love attention from the men we come in contact with in these places. From the way they look at us to how we flirt back. You know the type of people who frequent clubs and bars. Women and men are looking to relax and unwind after a hard week’s work but some go there looking for a lifemate or just a mate for the night. I was the Queen of late nights. I would begin my clubbing on Thursday night and end in the wee hours of Saturday morning. I would go to work just so I could have enough money to go out. I worked all week I thought that I deserved a night out. But everything changed when I accepted the Lord as my Savior. Some days when I am walking to down music memory lane I think about all those late nights. I can’t say that I don’t miss it or laugh about some of the things I used to do, but they are just memories. I don’t fit in that party lifestyle anymore.

      The first part of my journey is accepting salvation. This means that I have accepted that God sent his Son to die for my sins. I have accepted that fact that I am a sinner and that I need God through his Son to save me. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23. Salvation is simple; it isn’t about what we do but accepting what Christ has done for us. "Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God." Romans 3:24, 25. I confessed my sins to Christ and accepted that He died for me; in short I accepted His salvation.

      The hardest part is the daily struggle. Paul said, I die daily. I Corinthians 15:31.

      A college buddy of mine call a few years ago and asked her what was I doing with my life? I told her I was working on my Master’s Degree and my relationship with Christ. She asked me about going out with her, and I didn’t even have to think about it, I told her no. Even without Christ, I think I would have tired of the late nights or early mornings, but that lifestyle didn’t fit anymore. I never wanted to be the old chick in the club. At 30 years old, club hopping and drinking until you are ready to pass out no longer holds any appeal for me.

      I am hoping that as you read this, you will look at this book as a guide to taking a journey with Christ. It’s easy to be saved, it is much more work to cultivate and maintain a relationship with Christ. I am broken and so are you. There are issues that you haven’t dealt with and even if you are saved, there are probably many things you and I for that matter need to work on. I like to call these our journeys with Christ. A journey with Christ is never ending.

      The first journey is beginning again. I have accepted Christ; prayerfully you have accepted the Lord as your personal Lord and Savior. If you haven’t then it’s simple. If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, then you shall be saved. Romans 10:9.

      The big question is, What happens now? Some people will tell you to find a church, get active, read and pray. Newly saved Christians really don’t know what to expect. Some churches are cliquish, as a new Christian, you will forget that church folk are human. Some have nasty attitudes, it always seems like church members have their hands out for money. In other words, there is no fellowship, or discipleship. On the surface you will feel like you are on

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