This is my journey about learning the difference between religion vs. relationship with God!
You will find great information and insights and share the opportunity to have robust conversations about what I have shared from it! Here is my introduction:
Why I wrote this book
By: Dennis Mitchell
This book began as a simple writing endeavor that grew into an 8-year writing adventure. My intention was to create a legacy that I could give to my children and grandchildren as an inheritance, that would help them to remember me after I am gone. Realizing how little I personally know about my parents and other departed family members, because I never really asked while I had the chance, inspired me to be very honest and transparent. My thought was, if I shared what I really believed in my heart and why, then my beloved family and friends would learn who I really am. Perhaps more importantly, who I have become.
When people sincerely choose to have a personal (covenantal) type of relationship with God and learn how to walk in His ways, He forgives their previous transgressions and changes them into who He wants them to become. Mankind, unfortunately, is not always able, willing, or as quick to forgive and forget the spotted history of another person, just because they repented.
The New Testament word “Saint,” is often misused. It was never meant to depict a mortal manwho mystically rose up on their own accord, to the heavenly level of Godly perfection. The Bible says that only our Messiah Jesus has ever accomplished that. Rather, I believe, the term Saint refers to those “True Believers” in Messiah Jesus, who trusted Him enough to dedicate their lives to loving and serving Him, to the best of their ability. Learning how to live by His written standards, requires a lifelong commitment.
If you believe that you are presently sitting on the “Pedestal of Perfection,” then reading this book will probably not benefit you. If, on the other hand, you believe that “All things are common to man,” then reading this book should become a tremendous blessing. I believe that if you take the book seriously, it could lead you into one of the greatest spiritual and emotional challenges and adventures, of your lifetime. Writing it certainly became that for me.
The book is based on my personal story about how God found, redeemed and changed my life forever. Many parts of this book will, I believe, relate to many of the reader’s own personalthoughts, beliefs, and experiences. Other parts of the book will present Biblical facts and principles that are very rarely spoken about during Sunday morning sermons. The book is designed to inspire readers to ponder and decide for themselves what they really believe is true.
A Prophetic friend of mine named Bob, recently read the book and called it a “Bridge.” A connecting link, that he believes can help to span the gap which the “Cares of this world” help to create between man and God. A steppingstone perhaps, that will lead us back down the path to where our “First Love” awaits.
The Art Of Religion Book 