Holy Spirit, I ask that You keep me grounded in Scripture. Please, don’t let me wander into my own interpretations. Teach me as I read and study what is the true gospel. Take away any intent to please readers. May I always write with the specific purpose of pleasing my Father in heaven. May my words come from You and glorify the Father. I pray in the name and authority of Jesus, according to the good and perfect will of the Almighty. Amen.

“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” (Galatians 1: 6-10 NKJV)

 

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Joy S. Taylor is a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her workdays were spent using the Master of Science in Accounting degree she earned at the age of, well, greater than 40. She led a divorce recovery support group sponsored by her church for seven years, and spent more than a decade in leadership roles for Celebrate Recovery. Now retired, she concentrates on writing, yet devotes some of her time volunteering for Care Net .