Assurance, Not Arrogance

The right hand is the seat of power, so if I’m seeing God there, it seems to me that this is confirmation that my strength, power, and assurance come from Him.

And if I keep looking to Him, I can walk in assurance, not arrogance.

There’s a difference.

Assurance says, God is with me.

Arrogance says, I’ve got this.

I don’t got this. But God does.

In these last days, where things are changing constantly, and not always for the better,

we need to anchor ourselves in that assurance.

There’s shaking in the world.

There’s shaking in the church.

And if we’re not careful, all that shaking around us will have us shaking too.

But David says, “I saw the Lord always before me.”

That’s where his attention was.

And because of that, he says his heart was glad, his tongue rejoiced, and his flesh could dwell in hope.

We know that Christ is our hope but knowing that He gives us the strength to resist temptation and the truth of His Word to keep us from being shaken gives me even more hope.

Things may keep changing.

People may keep acting up.

The world may keep worlding.

But God is still God.

And if He is at my right hand, I don’t have to be shaken.

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Peace,
Dee

Incremental Stages of Ladee Soul: Poetry

Title: Incremental Stages of Ladee Soul: Poetry
Author: Karen Baker
Release Date: December 21, 2007
Publisher: Divine Truth Press
ISBN-10: 0977810321
ISBN-13: 978-0977810321
Paperback: 64 pages
List Price: $10.00*

Description:

“Young, gifted poet, Karen Baker, uses her life history in poetry form to show her concern for the plight of orphans in Haiti.”

Incremental Stages: an inspired poetic collection of a young woman’s journey of teenage angst, search for love, expression of faith, appreciation of family, discovery of self and burgeoning cultural awareness by Haitian born, first time author and poet, Karen Baker. (Karen also performs her work as Ladeé Soul.)

About the Author:

Karen Baker is a young and independent poet who has been performing for nine yars. She is a twenty-two year old nursing student. Her first contribution to the literary world shares poems that reflect life experiences which have served to make her the lady she is today: Ladee Soul.

Read an excerpt / Purchase a copy

*10% of all proceeds will be donated to Le Pont Des Enfants (The Bridge of Children) an Orphanage in Delmas 44, Haiti.

For more information about the orphanage email thebridgeofchildren@yahoo.com

A New Addition to the Line Up

No ... not a new book, but a new Web site to add to our total.

The new site is called Cyber Read.

So now to list the places where AIJAN's eBook can be found it's just a matter of your shopping preference:

AIJAN site
Cyber Read
DPP Store
Lulu.com

Peace,
Dee

Press Release

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2006-08-26 08:00:00 Divine Truth Press Announces Imminent Release of its Inaugural Title ''Age is Just a Number.'' Is It Really That Simple? Refreshing Newcomer Explores the Offerings of the Online Dating Arena for Christians. (Rumor has it that age restrictions are not a deterrent ... anymore.) (PressMethod) - WHITEHALL, PENNSYLVANIA - August 26, 2006 - A bright new voice in creative non-fiction, D.S. White is the author of "Age is Just a Number: Adventures in Online Dating - Volume I" (Divine Truth Press September 2006; Paperback; $9.95). Spurred on by the Lulu Blooker Prize Contest of 2006 and backed by her online following; Dee welcomed the advent of the blook (blook: book based on a blog) with open arms. This blook series takes the reader on a multi-volume, two-year virtual adventure in the name of love. MEET DIVINE: female, thirty-seven, slaphappy, young at heart, self-employed; an online newbie, living in New York. She is fresh out of a long-term relationship and has completed the two-year mandatory wound-licking I-hate-men mourning period. Unfortunately for Divine, someone neglected to inform her that dating has been upgraded to new millennium level. But maybe she shouldn't worry ... hemlines aren't the only things that have gone up. Thirty-somethings are premium dating material now ... at least for the twenty-year-olds ... Divine's experiences are the basis for the serial memoir I call Age Is Just a Number, a lens through which to view the world of online dating. Praise for Age is Just a Number: "If there is one word to describe the musings of this delightful first-time author it would be "refreshing." D.S. White is refreshingly honest, refreshingly funny, and refreshingly human. I feel as if I've just discovered a long-lost friend or relative. Readers will relate to the absolutely real words and thoughts that decorate the pages of this "blook" (the first I've ever read, by the way), and will come away from their read with insight to their own hearts and lives." -Kathi Macias, author of seventeen books, including the bestselling women's devotional A Moment A Day, the popular Matthews & Matthews detective series from Broadman & Holman (Obsession, The Price, and The Ransom), and her latest novel, Emma Jean Reborn About The Author: D.S. White: active aunt, corny Christian, dutiful daughter, faithful friend, proud parent, and sassy sibling. She is the founder of Dee411.com, a resource site for sufferers of abuse, rape and mental illness. She has lived in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Maryland, New York and now resides in Pennsylvania. To schedule an interview or an event with D.S. White, please use the "Contact us" link at www.divinetruthpress.com CONTACT INFORMATION D.S. White Divine Truth Press Email Us 484-951-1445 http://www.divinetruthpress.com

Cast Down, But Not Destroyed

Articles, Essays and Short Stories of a Bipolar Abuse Survivor.

In conjunction with the Community Web site Dee411. The author issues an encouraging message to survivors and those in abusive situations.

It not a new story it has been told time and time again and needs to continually be told.

In many cases, silence is considered acceptance therefore macabre acts are continually perpetuated throughout America. This is one instance where there are no boundaries of race, gender or social status or financial bracket--abuse knows no boundaries.

Therefore we have to keep the pressure on and PUSH:

• Pray
• Until
• Something
• Happens

Also included is a resource section with hotlines and websites of agencies and organizations that aid the abused.

Age is Just a Number

"Age is just a number." Is it really that simple?

Divine's journey of self-discovery is an often unbelievable, and at times achingly sad recounting of her shellshock upon reentering the world of dating after a fourteen year absence. On the journey she discovers online dating Web sites, IM, and chat rooms. In her journal, she reveals her bewilderment as she tries to navigate the new "dating rules" that allow twenty year olds to feel emboldened enough to approach thirty-seven year olds with the line "age is just a number."

Over time, her dilemma becomes one of needs versus values, as Divine discovers how far she will push the line before it snaps… or she breaks.Journey with Divine as she encounters the good, the bad, the ugly, the calorically challenged, the mentally challenged, the financially deficient, the spiritually inconsistent, the freaky, the delusional, the lonely and more…

Read an excerpt, check out our reviews and/or our upcoming releases.