THE SELF-PUBLISHER’S ULTIMATE RESOURCE GUIDE (Marin Bookworks, 2014)

A BOOK FOR THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING NEWBIE. Good resources are worth their weight in gold. I am sure this one will become a familiar and much-used “map” to help the self-publisher find what direction they need to head and what the destination should look like when they get there. The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide will be the ticket to saving time and conserving energy, that is, the writer’s time and the writer’s energy! As soon as I received my copy, I began perusing through it chapter by chapter, noting subjects covered and looking for familiar names and brands that I have come to recognize in the self-publishing business. Some were there and some were not. From where I sit as an author with several more books in my near future, I believe this book is a great package as an aid in the process of getting “there,” where the self-publisher needs to “get-to.” I am hopeful that in future editions there will be additional notations included with some of the entries. It is slightly perplexing to be given lists without enough information to discern their full value. But lots of useful information here anyways. Kudos to a great idea with the potential to be highly beneficial to a hungry self-publishing family.

It Helps to Take Personal Inventory, A Spiritual Intervention (11)

Practical implementation and application is essential for moving forward with God. It takes effort but it also takes quietness of soul. Resist the temptation to have devices on, they will interrupt the flow and hinder your ability to focus and relax.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Get alone with God. Invite God to join you. Be still with God and listen for Him.

1. Take spiritual inventory. Ask God to reveal to you your sins and areas of wrong thinking. Write them down.

2. Go Deeper. Ask God to reveal to you your hidden sins and where you need to forgive someone for an offense. Ask God where there are areas of inconsistency in your life. Give these to Him and ask for His help in changing you.

3. Take a look at your hurts and wounds.  Ask God to show you where you have acted to protect self as a form of damage control. Why did you do this? Confess your helplessness without Him.

4. Confess your known sins and also the newly revealed sins. Ask God to cleanse your heart with His forgiveness and love. Yield yourself to Him. Ask Him to help you forgive and let go of the desire for revenge. Write any new thoughts you would like to remember.

5. Request of God His healing touch. Ask Him to meet you in your present and past areas of pain, confusion, and disappointment. Ask for His peace to meet you. Write any new thoughts you would like to remember.

The next post will begin the subject of the healing solution to our problem of damaged emotions.

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