Why Haven't Things Changed in Your Life?

By Alan Johnson

This book will cause you to pay attention to yourself. Get ready people! Don’t blame others, don’t blame the devil, don’t blame God but take a good look at yourself. Why haven’t things changed in your life?.... READ THE BOOK!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781665518598

Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson was General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union before entering Parliament as Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle in 1997. He served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that, he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments. His childhood memoir This Boy (Bantam Press, 2013) won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, and the Orwell Prize. His second memoir Please Mr Postman (2014) won the National Book Club award for Best Biography. The Long and winding Road, the final book in his memoir trilogy, won the Parliamentary Book Award for Best Memoir.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/02/2021

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Contents

Dedication

Introduction

Here are seven reasons why things may

have not changed in your life

Chapter 1    You make the wrong confessions, negative talk

Chapter 2    You’re not using the Gift God gave you

Chapter 3    Consider your motives or your ways

Chapter 4    Stop taking matters in your own hands

Chapter 5    We do not listen when God is directing us

Chapter 6    Involved in ungodly relationships!

Chapter 7    Husband you don’t treat your Wife right and Wife you don’t treat your husbands right

Chapter 8    You are living a righteous life for the Lord Jesus Christ

About the Author

Reference & Resources

Dedication

This is my second book with Author house. Thanks to the Illustrators, the Publishers for making this book a success.

Thanks to my Facebook family, followers and for Restore and Unify Ministries and my followers, may the blessing of God be on you for reading this book,

To my wife Lisa Marie, you are always there, you are my co-writer and the love of my life, to my Kids Katasha and Hannah who are on my cover of my book, My sons Don, Michael and Nic who are grown but know better now and I love you, to Thing One and Thing Two Jordan and Jayden {they can cook, fish and my future baseball stars}, to my spiritual mom Mary A Frazier Pineland SC, you keep on pushing me so I can be successful in ministry.

Thank God for you Pastor Larry Taylor of Havelock NC, the Word of God that comes out of your mouth just keep me going. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Pastor Larry, That I stole some of your teachings to help me write this book. Smile and LOL

Introduction

We go through turmoil’s in life, many times we do not regard what is happening around us in what we do or the way we act in certain situations, especially when it comes to people. People can see us usually better than we can see ourselves. We may not want to admit it, but 80% of the time when things are not working out in life, it’s not Satan, it’s definitely not God, but it’s you. It is mostly in the way you talk, your actions and the decisions you make.

There are seven areas in life where we can cause our lives can be at a standstill and one, I can say it is just the enemy. Yes, God will just sit back and watch and see what you do. No, in some situations, your prayers will not be answered because there might be areas in your life that you need to examine see and acknowledge. Seriously, you need to forgive or except forgiveness and get on your knees and repent sincerely to the Lord for your behavior. I experienced some of these areas in my life, sat with God and had some serious arguments out of frustration. and most of time