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    The Path to Promise: Moving Forward After Brokenness
    The Path to Promise: Moving Forward After Brokenness
    The Path to Promise: Moving Forward After Brokenness
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    The Path to Promise: Moving Forward After Brokenness

    By Queen E. F. Phillips

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    Are you experiencing one broken relationship after another...one broken promise too many? Have you been betrayed by someone you trusted with your life?

    Are you being held captive by the painful relationships of your past? Every time you think youre in the right relationship it ends in betrayal and broken promises.

    Are you ready to move forward? If you are, this author gives you the opportunity to get on the road to recovery, and in the right relationship with someone who will never betray you. Its time to use your painful past as a bridge of hope to reach your fullest potential.

    Everything you need to move forward is available to you; made possible through Jesus Christ:
    Promise of Gods Presence
    Promise of Gods Peace
    Promise of Gods Power

    Learn how to access the promises. Learn how to trust again. The author offers a four-step preparation process combined with foundational principles, spiritual insight, and a personal action plan to propel you forward in victorious living.

    The Path to Promise teaches you how to move forward by trusting the only one who will never betray you or break his promises. This is your opportunity to live a purposeful life with the assurance of an expected end.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateDec 19, 2012
    ISBN9781449774257
    The Path to Promise: Moving Forward After Brokenness
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    Queen E. F. Phillips

    Queen Esther Phillips is the founder and publisher of the online literary ministry, Majestic Publications, where words of power tailored for the heart are impacting readers around the globe. She is also the founder and executive director of Majestic Worldwide Ministries, Inc., and CEO of QEP Enterprises. Queen has committed over twenty-five years to publishing good news, proclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, praying, encouraging, and teaching others how to apply biblical principles in practical living to live purposeful and victorious lives through faith and hope in Christ. She is a gifted communicator and exhorter of God’s Word. She holds a degree in Bible and Theology, certification in community leadership and management; she is a certified Christian counselor, Christian educator, writer, poet, motivational speaker, prayer coach and mentor. She is a frequent guest speaker, prayer revivalist/teacher, and presenter at women conferences. Walking on her path to promise and experiencing God’s presence, peace and power through years of struggle, grief, loss and betrayal qualifies her to minister hope and healing to the brokenhearted. Queen serves as a ministry leader in her local church. She enjoys blogging, reading, and being entertained by her five-year old twin granddaughters, Joylynn, aka, Joy and Loveressa, aka, Lovie. She is the proud mother of three adult children and resides in Houston, Texas. Connect with Queen via http://www.about.me/queen.phillips

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      The Path to Promise - Queen E. F. Phillips

      Copyright © 2012 Queen E. F. Phillips

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-7425-7 (e)

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      Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation.  Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.  All rights reserved.

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      WestBow Press rev. date: 12/17/2012

      Contents

      Disclaimer

      Preface

      A Visible Reminder

      A Cautious Reminder

      Facing the Truth: Marsha’s Reality

      Preparing to Move Forward

      Step One: Make the Decision

      Step Two: Self-Assessment

      Step Three: Accepting Personal Responsibility

      Step Four: Respect the Time Factor

      Seeing from God’s Perspective

      God’s Perspective on Forgiveness

      God’s Perspective on Foundation

      Road to Recovery: Elisabeth’s Journey

      The Healing Process

      Option One: Selective Thinking

      Option Two: Deal with your personal trust issues

      Promise: Walking It Out

      Promise of God’s Presence

      The Origin of Fear

      Promise of God’s Peace

      Promise of God’s Power

      Personal Promise Plan

      In memory of the two greatest

      women in my life:

      Mrs. Leanna Franks Carter

      Mrs. Deva Mae Franks Horn

      For me, these women are among the cloud of witnesses in the faith hall of fame. They left me a heritage of faith and spiritual stamina to sustain me for a lifetime. Their devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ and commitment to practicing a Christian lifestyle even in unfavorable circumstances inspires me to uphold their legacy. They provided the physical and spiritual nurturing that prepared me for purposeful living and steadfast assurance that Jesus Christ would be everything to me. I witnessed their faith during adversity; their fortitude imparted within me determination and courage to face life’s challenges with confidence in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord—the only One that I can trust to keep His promises.

      I am eternally grateful!

      Disclaimer

      The content in The Path to Promise is in no way meant to provide or replace psychological counseling. The author’s intent is solely for spiritual enlightenment and encouragement on your faith journey. As a certified Christian counselor the author offers spiritual insight, biblical counseling and guidance based on personal knowledge, experience, faith, and the application of biblical principles. It is recommended that you prayerfully seek counseling, if needed, from a licensed professional Christian psychologist or therapist who will help you through your healing process, and assist you on your path to promise.

      Preface

      I’m living my best life now. I have reached that place of complete confidence and assurance in God’s promise to always be with me. I am convinced that He gives me peace in all circumstances. Not only that, but that His supernatural power, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, is always accessible to me so that I am able overcome any challenges in my life. Years of adversity, financial hardships, physical and emotional pains, life-threatening events, broken relationships and promises have taught me to depend on God as my ultimate Source. I found Him to be the only one incapable of breaking His promise.

      Today, I am convinced that what God says He does! For instance, over 30 years ago, God made a personal promise to me. He said, I’ll send you help to capture a picture of the rainbow when it seems the camera is too heavy for you to lift. In essence, God was telling me to hold on to my promise, although it may appear impossible to do so. It was the promise that I held on to in order to get through the difficult and heartbreaking experiences in my life. And I can honestly say, until this day, He has kept His promise. He has been my strength and comforter. Now I desire to convince you of His promises by writing Path to Promise: Moving Forward after Brokenness. Just as He has kept His promises to me, He will do for you. God will be with you and help you, comfort and strengthen you, and give you peace of mind in the midst of chaotic circumstances.

      I grew up in a small segregated town in northwestern Louisiana. Everybody knew everyone in the community. Personal perception and character were at the top of the list of priorities for basic necessities. My elders were serious about making promises and keeping them. As far back as I can recall the family philosophy was promises made must be kept—your word was your bond. A person was perceived as having character if they were true to their word. It was instilled within me that all law abiding, decent citizens should have a word. That simply meant if you make a promise don’t break it. The very essence of your character was determined by your commitment to your word. Actually, anyone who always broke promises earned a reputation as a town liar. The stigma with being a liar was an abominable thing before God. The townspeople believed that anyone who could never tell the truth, or keep a promise had a ‘lying spirit’. I was taught never lie; liars could not be trusted. Liars were not dependable or reliable. A common saying in the community was, If you lie you’ll steal. And they used Scriptures to validate their beliefs about liars and lying spirits: Revelation 21:8, But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death; and Proverbs 6:16-17, There are six things the Lord hates—no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent….

      In addition, if you said you were going to be at a certain place at an appointed time, you should be there. If you made a commitment to do a specific task, you should do it. Oh, sure they were aware that sometimes plans changed and things happened beyond your control.

      The adults made complimentary remarks about certain people. For example they would make comments like, if _______ said it, you can count on it. On the other hand, they made comments such as, you can’t depend on_____; his word means nuttin’! If you look at him too hard he’ll lie! These were the comments that warned others about the untrustworthiness of that particular individual; they were labeled as chronic promise breakers. Keeping your promise—being true to your word—is what distinguished you from being labeled a liar. I’m certainly not saying ‘labeling’ a person is the right thing to do. Of course, it was inappropriate for children to participate in adult conversations, or even be in the same room while they discussed such matters. But somehow I always heard from a distance. Life was boring growing up an only child; so, listening, well…eavesdropping was entertainment. Again, I’m certainly not saying ‘eavesdropping’ is a good practice.

      Nevertheless, I clearly understand the seriousness of their concerns and their guiding principle—simply be a man and woman of your word. Everything about an individual hinged on character, which was defined by trustworthiness and the ability to keep a promise. Having a good reputation in a small community was honorable. It was important to be recognized as a person of integrity—someone who others could put their confidence in just because you made a promise and kept it.

      It is apparent in our culture today that this guiding principle is vanishing like the sunset in the western skies. Perception is a bit distorted when it comes to the importance of promise keeping. For example, marriage vows are just as easily broken as they are made. Couples make promises to each other on their wedding day and within three months or less the marriage is annulled— broken promises. Another distorted perception is that persons are trustworthy if they are successful, law abiding citizens, who fit into a certain socioeconomic class, matriculated through the finest educational institutions, and live in the most exclusive neighborhoods. Well, really now! We should know this is a foolish perception of people based on recent news headlines. Another example of distorted perception is in politics. Politicians’ reputation is that they are untrustworthy because they break their promises. The perception is that they have no intention of keeping their promises once elected to office. If this happens, it becomes evident that their motives were wrong—they just wanted votes to get into the office. Sadly, many believe the politicians’ promises, and vote for them. When the promises aren’t kept, for whatever reasons, the voters’ perception of all politicians is blurred. There are politicians who are committed to fulfilling their promises because they are genuinely concerned about their constituents.

      Can I tell you moral character is the motivation for a person being intentional about keeping promises? Making promises should never be taken for granted, or treated as something casual. Such a nonchalant attitude about the seriousness of keeping promises makes betrayal of trust much easier. It is easier to betray someone’s trust because no consideration is given to how the other person will be affected by broken promises. This is most evident in

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