Friday, April 19, 2019

A to Z Challenge P is For The Power of I am, Power in the Blood The book of Psalms Psalms 23 and The Purpose Driven Life

Welcome back today I have three books, two by contemporary authors, and one from The Bible.  I also have two songs, one of which is very traditional and one is somewhat contemporary.

Let's start off by a book by Joel Osteen, The book is The Power of I am  This book is similar to Joyce Meyer's book Me and My Big Mouth.  For what Joel Osteen is talking about is the power of the words we use and choose.

He gives an example in the inner fly leaf where he mentions, If you say you are Blessed then you are blessed,... if you say "I am Healthy, then Health will follow you."

There is no magick in this book, just common sense things that many times we simply forget because we get caught up in the moment.

The book is 269 pages and will be an empowering book in your life.



Our first song ties into the above mentioned book, it is an old song that is sung in many protestant churches today.  It is Power in the Blood.  also known by the title There is power in the Blood of the Lamb

The next book is actually two.  One is the main text and the second is the journal for the master book.  These books are The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Life Journal  By Rick Warren.

Warren's books are for all intensive self help books, which most of the books I have listed are.  Warren however breaks his book into several sections, the first is why we are here and looks at aspects such as that We are not accidents, discovering What drives your life,  

Each builds on the previous chapter and reinforces the steps toward bringing on change not just in who we are but how we live each day.  Now this is where things change, because of the second book.

It calls itself a Journal, but it is much more than this for The Purpose Driven Life Journal is more a workbook asking questions based on the chapter but going further by  challenging our belief, what has defined us.

The main text book is a total of 334 pages with an index,Resources and Why we use translations.

The workbook does not have page numbers it is a 40 day process, a listing of sources and list of other books written by Rick Warren.

Next is the Book of Psalms written by King David Psalms are a collection of reflections and prayers that David wrote.  The best known Psalm is the 23rd Psalm which we all know, for itstarts "The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want" Many times this is said at funerals and yet it is not a prayer of dismay.

The 23rd Psalm is a celebration of life, of how we are always with God and how he takes care of us even when we feel abandoned.  

With that being said, the next song needs no explanation for it is a musical representation of The 23rd Psalm,




Psalm 23







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