| Author: | Rev. Carlton Whaley | ISBN: | 9781456715366 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse | Publication: | March 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rev. Carlton Whaley |
| ISBN: | 9781456715366 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication: | March 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse |
| Language: | English |
I first started writing this book two years ago from a vision given to me by God. I am a Baptist preacher now and was a former A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal), Spiritualist, and Holiness preacher. I have also studied Catholicism, Seven day Adventist, Moslem, Buddhist, and Jehovah Witness religions for experience in the gospel. I consider myself to be a Christian, who believes totally in the Holy Bible by King James Version, and I believe all others are just translations from the King James. I have been baptized in the Holiness church in Jacksonville, North Carolina in the early 80s. Although I was baptized in the early 80s, I started my ministry in 1981, while attending Walker Chapel A. M. E. church in California, under the leadership of Rev. Carlyle.
I was in the United States Marine Corps, in which, I traveled the world twice and enjoying every moment of it. I always went to church; because that is the way I was raised. I was taught at an early age how to pray to Jesus Christ for whatever I needed. My father was a Spiritualist pastor for as long as I knew of him, and that is where my Spiritualist background derived. I learned the spiritual aspect of the Lord and how to live according to the spirits that exist all around us, but cannot always be seen. While my tenor in the Marines, I had became an alcoholic and was headed down a path in life that brought me to a halt, and caused me to make the best decision in my life.
I was celebrating my twenty-second birthday when I got intoxicated by drinking a gallon of Brandy when stationed in Okinawa, Japan. I was at the pool celebrating, when I fell in the water and not knowing how to swim, I began to sink. If it had not been for the other guys (Leroy Young, Henry Gates, Calvin Holder, and King) there with me I would not have been here now. I want to thank those guys again for saving my life, by pulling me out the pool and caring me to my barracks and putting me to bed. I didnt know when they pulled me out the pool, or put me to bed, but Im glad that they did. I had to report to the mess hall at fi ve oclock that morning, and it was already three oclock and I had a hang over already. I remember praying to God with a promise, that if he would deliver me from drinking, I would serve him for the rest of my life.
Well! I must have dropped off to sleep, but when I woke up my hang over was gone, and I havent taken a drink of liquor since and I didnt have to go to AA either. I dont advice this for anyone else unless they believe that Jesus Christ will deliver them from that habit without aide. I was falsely accused in the Marine Corps by some staff ncos who didnt want me to make them look bad, by their lack of leadership, so they lied about me saying things I didnt say and caused me to not receive my promotion, and stop my advancement in the Marines. I was injured in the Marines and got out in 1990. God put this title of the book in my mind to write for others so that there belief may gain strength through the truth in the gospel. Believe it or not, it has been a long time working on this book, which started about fi ve years ago. I believe this book will be a blessing to whomever read it, and will give a better understanding of who actually created this world and all who live in it.
May God Bless the reader
I first started writing this book two years ago from a vision given to me by God. I am a Baptist preacher now and was a former A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal), Spiritualist, and Holiness preacher. I have also studied Catholicism, Seven day Adventist, Moslem, Buddhist, and Jehovah Witness religions for experience in the gospel. I consider myself to be a Christian, who believes totally in the Holy Bible by King James Version, and I believe all others are just translations from the King James. I have been baptized in the Holiness church in Jacksonville, North Carolina in the early 80s. Although I was baptized in the early 80s, I started my ministry in 1981, while attending Walker Chapel A. M. E. church in California, under the leadership of Rev. Carlyle.
I was in the United States Marine Corps, in which, I traveled the world twice and enjoying every moment of it. I always went to church; because that is the way I was raised. I was taught at an early age how to pray to Jesus Christ for whatever I needed. My father was a Spiritualist pastor for as long as I knew of him, and that is where my Spiritualist background derived. I learned the spiritual aspect of the Lord and how to live according to the spirits that exist all around us, but cannot always be seen. While my tenor in the Marines, I had became an alcoholic and was headed down a path in life that brought me to a halt, and caused me to make the best decision in my life.
I was celebrating my twenty-second birthday when I got intoxicated by drinking a gallon of Brandy when stationed in Okinawa, Japan. I was at the pool celebrating, when I fell in the water and not knowing how to swim, I began to sink. If it had not been for the other guys (Leroy Young, Henry Gates, Calvin Holder, and King) there with me I would not have been here now. I want to thank those guys again for saving my life, by pulling me out the pool and caring me to my barracks and putting me to bed. I didnt know when they pulled me out the pool, or put me to bed, but Im glad that they did. I had to report to the mess hall at fi ve oclock that morning, and it was already three oclock and I had a hang over already. I remember praying to God with a promise, that if he would deliver me from drinking, I would serve him for the rest of my life.
Well! I must have dropped off to sleep, but when I woke up my hang over was gone, and I havent taken a drink of liquor since and I didnt have to go to AA either. I dont advice this for anyone else unless they believe that Jesus Christ will deliver them from that habit without aide. I was falsely accused in the Marine Corps by some staff ncos who didnt want me to make them look bad, by their lack of leadership, so they lied about me saying things I didnt say and caused me to not receive my promotion, and stop my advancement in the Marines. I was injured in the Marines and got out in 1990. God put this title of the book in my mind to write for others so that there belief may gain strength through the truth in the gospel. Believe it or not, it has been a long time working on this book, which started about fi ve years ago. I believe this book will be a blessing to whomever read it, and will give a better understanding of who actually created this world and all who live in it.
May God Bless the reader
