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    Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook
    Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook
    Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook
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    Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook

    By Cheryl Rogers

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    Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook is an unusual devotional book based on real-life experiences. Written and compiled by a former newspaper reporter, Cheryl Rogers, the book shares relevant life lessons including the retelling of her miraculous healing from Environmental Illness. Cheryl shares from the depths of her heart the lessons God taught her, lessons she wished she would have known years earlier. They include how to really love and forgive others (even when they've hurt us badly), why it's important to set aside pride, and how to deal with tragedy and death.

    In short, Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook distills the biblical wisdom we need to live victorious Christian lives. A non-denominational book based on the King James Authorized Version, Fast Track teaches practical lessons that help unify the body of Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCheryl Rogers
    Release dateJun 14, 2010
    ISBN9781452338781
    Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook
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    Cheryl Rogers

    A Christian author based in Tampa, Florida, Cheryl Rogers is a former newspaper reporter who came to know the Lord as an adult through a serious illness. Her love of writing was evident as a child when she became fascinated with Nancy Drew Mystery stories. Because she wanted a "practical" career, she studied Journalism and sociology and graduated with a double degree. She then worked for 12 years in the newspaper business, leaving when she was expecting her and her husband's first child. Three years later Cheryl succumbed to a severe immune disorder, Environmental Illness. She realized God was her only hope and prayed he would heal her. But though she went to church regularly, she did not really know God. At first, Cheryl believed God wanted her to go the "medical route," and so she scoured the area and then the country for doctors with experience with her disease. She followed their programs and got better, then worse, better, and then much much worse. Finally one day when her life was at its lowest point, she surrendered her life and circumstances to God -- and he showed up. She received the Holy Spirit and began to view her circumstances in a more positive light. Each day her body got stronger and -- about five months later -- she received deliverance. Her life has never been the same since. Cheryl has dedicated herself to encouraging others to seek God and stay connected with his Word. She has written several Christian titles including a devotions book, "Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook," aimed at those eager to run the race set before them. This book distills the biblical truths we need to truly love and forgive others, set aside pride, deal with tragedy and death and lots more. Written for a non-denominational audience, Fast Track encourages readers to spend time regularly with God in his word and in prayer. "I longed for a book that would teach me the basic biblical principles I'd missed out on earlier in life," Cheryl says."When I didn't find one, I wrote it myself." Cheryl also has written "Just Like Jonah Wail Tales," a collection of exaggerated tales of woe aimed at preteen and teens. In each story a modern day character makes bad choices and lands in a whale of trouble, just like Jonah in the Bible. The book teaches that there's a price to pay when you disobey, but God is faithful to change your circumstances when you turn to him. For the 5-10...

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      Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook - Cheryl Rogers

      Fast Track to Victory

      A Christian Guidebook

      by Cheryl Rogers

      Smashwords Edition

      Scripture quotes are from the King James Version of the Bible and are used with permission. In the United Kingdom rights in The Authorized Version of the Bible (King James Bible) are vested in the Crown and administered by the Crown’s patentee, Cambridge University Press.

      Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook

      Copyright (c) 2007 by Cheryl Rogers, Tampa, Florida

      Cover photo and design by Cheryl Rogers

      All rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook can be purchased in print at http://www.SongsfromtheWord.com/fasttracktovictory.html

      Contact the author at songsfromtheword@earthlink.net for permission to republish or distribute.

      Preface

      One of the biggest mistakes I made in life was not completely believing God was real. That doubt permeated my life, hindering my obedience, and more importantly, hampering my ability to have a relationship with the living God.

      My conduct was based on religion, a set of rigid rules I tried to obey to feel good about myself — and to look good to others.

      It wasn’t until I desperately needed God that I truly surrendered my life to him. It wasn’t until I surrendered my life to him that I really found him. It wasn’t until I found him that I learned the truth: You and I were made good. The things I didn’t like about myself ... weren’t me. Those things I didn’t like about others ... weren’t them. The devil and his demons had been lying to me, holding me down, and trying to keep me from being the person God made me to be!

      Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook, is about encouraging you to seek and find the living God. It is about helping you know him better. It is about learning, in 40 quick lessons, how to live in the freedom he has for you.

      In Fast Track to Victory, A Christian Guidebook, I share what God has taught me in bite-size, easy-to-digest portions. I offer biblical truths we often fail to get in other places: Lessons like how to love, how to cope with tragedy, why it’s important to avoid pride, and why it’s just plain smart to put God first.

      I also include individual prayers to aid you on your quest towards spiritual growth and freedom.

      While it’s possible to read Fast Track in one sitting, I believe you can get the most benefit from the book by reading one lesson every day for 40 days. My goal is to help you establish a regular prayer/worship time with God, or encourage and inspire you as you spend time seeking God on a regular basis.

      Take time to pray over and reflect upon these lessons and study the Scriptures. Take God’s word into your heart.

      If you prefer to undertake this study with the support of a small group, by all means do so! But start your journey; it begins with a single step!

      It is my hope — and prayer — that these practical tools will put you on the fast track ... towards living the victorious Christian life. — Cheryl Rogers

      Acknowledgments

      When God miraculously healed me from Environmental Illness, he used people of many different faiths to reach out to me in my need. It was impossible to credit anyone but him.

      Besides my family, there were many others who prayed for me and taught me what they knew about God. All of them helped make this book possible. They contributed to this book because they contributed to who I am today. I am not a perfect, finished work — yet I have learned and grown, or was somehow blessed by their teaching, intercession or help.

      I believe it is my turn to share what I have learned from God, the pain of my own life, and from many other people. Symbolically, it is like the baton, in this relay of life, has been passed to me.

      Thanks to all who helped.

      Special thanks to Pastor Henry Wright, of Pleasant Valley Church in Thomaston, GA, and his staff, who played a major role in my spiritual growth and who have graciously allowed me to share their teachings; Pastor Sid Roth of Brunswick, GA, and his Messianic Vision radio show prayer team, who prayed for and declared me healed of Environmental Illness; and my pastor, Dale Brooks, from Centerpointe Community Church, Temple Terrace, FL.

      Table of Contents

      Section 1: Starting the Race

      Getting a Jump Start

      God Lives and Heals Today

      Getting to Know God

      Accepting the Gift of Salvation

      Making a Decision to Accept Jesus

      Moo-oove over Betsy

      Jesus Waits to Speak to Us

      Surrendering to God Means Victory!

      Scripture Songs: A Positive Note

      Getting to Know God — Better

      Made in His Image

      Bringing Little Gifts

      Section 2: Running the Race — Lessons to Live By

      Ignorance is Not Bliss

      God Made You Just Right

      Learning to Love Starts with Wisdom

      Seeing with the Eyes of Faith

      Praying the Scriptures

      Doing What Jesus Did

      Take a Lesson from History:

      Credit God for Your Success

      The Little Orange Tree:

      A True Story about Sowing, Reaping and God's Love

      What is the Will of God???

      All Authority is from God

      What About God's Worthy Cause???

      The Importance of Giving Thanks

      The Gift I Gave Early

      He Heard my Voice

      A Gift from Daddy God

      Section 3: Jumping Life’s Hurdles

      God Knows Our Needs

      How to Defeat the Devil

      Fear is Our Enemy

      Dealing with Death

      Battling Bulge, Bible Style

      The Forbidden Fruit, New Testament Style

      Making the Most of Getting Older

      Look for the Rainbow when Tragedy Comes

      It is Enough

      Are You Carrying the Wrong Backpack?

      Dealing with Stress

      Giving Our Hurts to God

      Declaring God’s Victory

      Conclusion

      Postscript: What Comes Next?

      Questions and Answers from the Bible

      Section: 1 Starting the Race

      "let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

      Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith... Hebrews 12:1, 2

      As with any race, the run towards victory begins with a decision ... to run!

      The lessons in this section involve deciding to believe in God, seek God, know God better, and surrender our lives more completely to him.

      These lessons can be used during private time with God as a starting point for reflection, prayer, and meditation upon his word.

      Getting a Jump Start

      A relationship with our maker gives us great advantages in life.

      Have you ever wanted the inside track? A jump start? Or the ability to cut to the front of a long line?

      All of us have.

      Life sends us many challenges. We may lack the wisdom, experience, time, or patience the challenge requires.

      Sometimes, we just may want an easier way. But no matter how big

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