WHEN A BLACK MAN
PRAYS……GOD IS ALWAYS LISTENING
(How A Black Man Is Strengthen By His Faith In God)
By
Raymond Sturgis
© Copyright 2011
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From the compilation book: “..The Boy Who Would become Ran Ran..”
DEDICATION
To the strongest man I have ever known, my dad. Your prayers really help change the course of once a troubled life.
Table of Contents
PREFACE
“…bid seun…”
Like Job
Are You Still There God?
A Little More Faith
Scary Echoes of the Streets
Allah Restored My Faith
I’m In God’s Army
Unfulfilled Dreams
A Strong God Serving Black Husband
One Foot In Hell
So Easy to Lose Faith
Don’t Keep God
The Power of A Black Man In Church---
God Can See Your Tears Black Man
Need More Time To Pray
PREFACE
Being a black man is never easy, and God knows this. That is why he always looked over his children with love for the obedient and punishment for the misguided. Today, we have many black men frustrated with the conditions of their people, especially the young men that continue to imbue society with their disrespect for law and criminal activity. However, despite the sad reality black people are in today, you still have ministers and leaders like Rev. Horace Sheffield of Detroit, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson Louis Farrakhan, T.D. Jakes and even Barack Obama praying for a better way. These great men understand that God sees the conditions of black America, and need more communities and families to understand that God’s power is relevant when collectively we pray for change. Although black churches today are doing their part, this book elucidate that all black men need to see God’s love and pray before they let frustration and anger guide their paths. Black men must understand that God cares, and have solutions for their problems if they vigorously accept responsibility and atone for their wrongs in prayer.
Moreover, the state of black is not going to change unless spirits are changed, and the only way they are going to change is that we have to physically show young black children how God’s power never waver in adversity. In this book, I have presented real conditions that concern black men today, like unemployment, love, anger, violence and low self-esteem, in which God can help if they believe he can. I have been down, and struggled with many of the same problems that befall black men today, and I am showing through this book, that God and only God can change confused hearts. A black man can pray, but he must not wait on God, he must walk with God as God direct his path as he prays. Any black man can change, and be forgiven for his mistakes; however, he must believe that he will not go unpunished. See, prayer may bring him closer to God, but that will stop God from correcting him. This book shows black men, that if they want love, and positive direction for their lives, they should consult with God through prayer on a daily basis, and he will lead them to peace during critical periods of their lives where understanding and grace awaits them.