A.K.A. Firewoman: A Prodigal's Journey into the Love of God

By Joyce Lynne

How does one go from being an extreme prodigal to a woman of God as a part-time missionary and Bible student? Is this even possible? Read one woman's story how it actually happened.

• For those who think God is not interested in them, who think they have gone too far to walk through the door of any church.
• Every prodigal and th

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jan 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781647735531

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A.K.A. Firewoman

A prodigal’s journey into the Love of God

Joyce Lynne

Trilogy Christian Publishers

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Copyright © 2020 by Joyce Lynne

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Author Disclaimer: All names included within this work have been changed for the privacy and protection of the people involved, giving grace for the opportunity to change. Any similarities are merely coincidental and not intended to expose or implicate anyone. The characters included are there for the purpose of revelation to anyone reading. I am writing from my experiences with the intention to help others. This book is not meant to defame anyone.

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Contents

About the Author ix

A Note on the Book’s Purpose xi

Foreword xiv

In Loving Memory xv

Acknowledgements xvi

Dedication xx

Preface xxii

Part 1. We All Have a Story

Chapter 1. What Happened 1

Chapter 2. From the Bank to the Bar 9

Chapter 3. Supernatural Vision 13

Chapter 4. Salon Salvation 26

Chapter 5. How I Got Away 42

Part 2. The Journey Begins

Chapter 6. Dancing in Ocean Grove 48

Chapter 7. How the Church Handled It...Not 59

Chapter 8. The Voice of God...Return to My Father’s House 63

Part 3. But Now

Chapter 9. When the Prodigals Come Home 78

Chapter 10. How Fear Left Me 85

Closing Thoughts 89

Epilogue. But Now! 92

Do You Have Jesus? 95

But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Psalms 33:18-19 (NIV)

About the Author

The author is a worshipper, intercessor, and a creative arts worship missionary, bringing prophetic dance and art into worship. It is her belief that the Lord is restoring the arts to the church and that by beholding Him, we are transformed. Her passion is to bring orphans, widows, the poor, and the disabled, into glory filled worship of God, where He can touch their hearts in places they do not even know how to talk about. Recently, she has been bringing this worship all over Israel, to help change the atmosphere, and usher in the kingdom of God.

It wasn’t always like this.

A Note on this Book’s Purpose

My intention in writing this book is to reach out to the people stuck in the margins of life. It is my heart to invite in and love on those prodigals who think they cannot come home because they have just gone too far from God, who think the church will never accept them. Jesus died for the prodigals. You can go from the dirt to the throne room on the blood of Jesus. The Lord waits for you. Angels watch for you. This is why Jesus went to the cross, if only just for you.

Jesus overheard their complaining and said, Who goes to the doctor for a cure? Those who are well or those who are sick? I have not come to call the ‘righteous’, but to call those who fail to measure up and bring them to repentance.

Luke 5:31-32 (TPT)

With this book, I want to pull people out of hell and send them straight into the arms of the Father who never stopped singing love songs over them. The Lord still longs to be with His lost sons and daughters. If the Lord could draw me back to Him, He can draw anyone. The Lord gave me the assignment to write this book and I could not go further into anything of significance until it was done. This book is my gift back to Him, acknowledging what He brought me out of, and what He is still bringing me into. He leaves the ninety-nine and searches