IF YOU HAVE NOT read my first book, check it out. Here is a small sample of some of my greatest thoughts:
Everyone who truly claims Christ Jesus knows the gift of eternal life is just that – a gift! It is free! There is no amount of money you could pay to receive God’s love. No amount of money could attain godly abilities such as the sorcerer, Simon, offered to buy. There is no amount of good deeds we could do to earn our salvation; wages are earned and are an obligation to the worker, as the book of Romans states. There are not enough apologies one could ever make to the Almighty that repentance alone would be enough to allow us to enter the Holy of Holies. No! An eternity of no’s! The gift of eternal life is free because Jesus freely laid down His life. No one took it! We may come boldly to the throne of God and live with Him forever! We can have life with Him without pain or suffering of any kind when we go home! All of us can have joy everlasting and unspeakable, starting now! Without this free gift of God, His only begotten Son dying in the most heinous form, we would all get what we deserve and have earned – Hell! Not one can earn their way into the presence of the holy Father God. Sins have only to be totally removed by the washing away by the blood of Jesus.
Taken from Joy Stories Volume One, the last story, Free.
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.