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    Spiritual Jackets

    By Karla Elizabeth Trott

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    What do you need most in your life?Are you seeking comfort, encouragement, understanding,love, wisdom and truth?God tells us in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." Let Spiritual Jackets open the door for you to find that rest in God's love. As you read through the pages of

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    PublisherURLink Print & Media, LLC
    Release dateMar 11, 2020
    ISBN9781647532727
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      Spiritual Jackets - Karla Elizabeth Trott

      Spiritual Jackets

      Copyright © 2020 by Karla Elizabeth Trott. All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author except as provided by USA copyright law.

      The opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily those of URLink Print and Media.

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      Book design copyright © 2020 by URLink Print and Media. All rights reserved.

      Published in the United States of America

      ISBN 978-1-64753-271-0 (Paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-64753-272-7 (Digital)

      03.03.20

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to the late Lionel Leonard Trott, my father. Our time together (fifteen years) was very short, but what we shared will always play an important role in my life. You told me to write all the time, but after your death, I didn’t pursue it as you told me. It took me a while, but I came to the realization that I needed God, the Almighty Father, in my life. I am now doing as he has instructed me to; I’m writing. Love you, Daddy.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      First, I would like to thank God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, my Almighty Father, my Jehovah Jireh, my everything. You have had me as the apple of your eye from before I was even thought of, and I claim and live your promise that you will never leave me nor forsake me. Thank you for depositing your word within me to give to others as encouragement.

      Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to write and let me know when God’s words touched them.

      I would like to thank the following people whose specific requests, life experiences, praise and worship, and even facial expressions inspired some of the poems:

      Melita Ma Landy, Copastor Laquita Landy, Elliot Smith, Gloria-Jean Dickinson, Pastor Lynn Landy, Darren Chill Robinson, Vernon Young, Rudolph Fox, Dawn Smith, Levoui Landy, Sherica Trott, Lillian Ramphele, Thomas Smith, Malisa Butterfield, Linda Bean, the late Jevon ( Jahvy) Saunders, Anthony Steede, the late Kirk Simons, Sean Duarte, Althea Winifred and Dawnika Ebbin.

      Thanks to Jenene Douglas, who always made sure I had a book to write my poems in.

      Thanks to Kavin Smith for always believing in how God would use me and what I would achieve through God.

      Special thanks to my grandmother, the late Oriel Ma Ma Trott for being the best role model ever. It took me a while to catch on, but I thank God for your life because it showed me exactly who God is.

      Special thanks Sean D. Duarte, for coming up with such an awesome title for this book.

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Introduction

      On My Way to God

      Not on My Watch

      Jacket One: God Is…

      God Is All You Need

      Thanks, Holy Spirit

      Incredible God

      Jesus

      Marvelous God

      Nothing Is Too Big for God

      Thanks

      Your Presence

      The Whispers from God

      With God on Our Side

      Thanks Be to You

      The Presence, It’s Here

      God Speaks in Many Ways

      Faith

      Foundation

      Thankfulness

      Jacket Two: Who Am I?

      Under Construction

      I Am Yours

      Character Flaws

      Are You Really Saved?

      Total Surrender

      We Have the Power

      I Am Persuaded

      Here I Am

      On Fire

      Who Am I?

      Jacket Three: The Process

      Going through the Process

      Storms

      Don’t Be Tricked

      Being in the Cycles

      No More Time

      Over and Over Again

      Feeling Heavy

      The Place of Comfort

      Are You Confused?

      The Shift

      Deception

      It Starts Within

      God Removes Heaviness

      It Is Possible

      Activate Your Assignment

      A Reason to Live

      Holy Next Level

      Every Little Step

      Confusion

      Breakthrough

      Our True Goal

      Weathering the Storm

      Jacket Four: The Enemy

      Get Ye behind Satan

      Satan Is Busy

      Satan Lurks

      Good-Bye, Jezebel

      Back It up, Devil

      Satan, Hands Off

      Jacket Five: Understanding

      The Truth

      Deliverance for All

      Sunshine Is Near

      My Speech

      The Overflow

      Unbelievers Must See

      The Key

      The Impossible

      Soul and Mind

      Second Chance

      Believe

      Just Know

      Abundance

      His Way

      Staying Power

      Free

      Authority

      Lean Not

      Actions

      Power in the Word

      Jacket Six: Be a Doer

      Launch out into the Deep

      Helping Others

      When You Release

      Give It to God

      Vent

      Praise Is What I Do

      Talk about God

      Working Your Faith

      Let’s Do This

      Just Love

      Allow God

      Press On

      Forgiveness

      Listen and Obey

      Push

      Choose

      Don’t Ignore the Call

      Change Inside

      Obedience

      Commitment

      Submit to God

      Worship

      Just Do It

      Living Your Purpose

      Jacket Seven: For My Agape

      Faith Kingdom Ministries Family

      Happy Birthday, Pastor

      The All-Star Team

      Uniting the Community

      Women Warriors of Faith

      Special Friends Day

      The Uniting of Two

      Happy Mother’s Day

      Victory

      Friendship

      Change

      Let’s Seed

      No Longer Satan’s Prey

      Jacket Eight: My Testimony from behind the Prison Walls

      From behind the Walls

      Utilizing the Time

      My First Test of Silence

      No Worries

      As Usual

      Don’t Let the Devil Sift You

      The Prodigal Son

      Love

      The Answer

      The Plan

      Thank You

      Glossary

      Names of God

      FOREWORD

      It is an honour coupled with a most precious feeling to be a part of this writer’s life. She reflects that life is about what you make it. Effective positive responses to life’s challenges are most imperative, not negative reactions to those unforeseen circumstances.

      This book is a positive response to unproductive choices that led to consequential situations. This literary composition shows the rhythmical skills through lyrics, yet hidden are the triumphs that come out of real struggles.

      These life-giving words formed in poetry will electrify, elevate, edify, and ease everyday life experiences and ultimately encourage the reader to embrace the fact that life is worth living.

      Living is birthed in purpose that leads in a process to destiny. True life is found in transformation. The power to do so is found in God. This book reflects this without question. Karla Trott has become a model of this and her poetry is commendable. Thank you, Karla.

      Read, laugh, cry, meditate, and be healed.

      —Pastor Lynn Landy B.Th., M.A.P.C.

      Agape Faith Kingdom Ministries

      Sandys, Bermuda

      INTRODUCTION

      My favorite scripture, James 1:22, states, But be ye doers of the word, not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. And that is exactly what I am doing. God instructs us to do many things, and writing this book is one of many for me. At the age of three, I wrote my very first poem.

      I will go away from you

      I will go to way from you

      I will go away from you

      And I won’t be back from the store.

      My mother had made me mad, but at age three, could I really have run away? I don’t think so! So I sang it to her. This opened the door for many poems to come. I wrote poems for friends, family, loved ones, and everything I was encountering in life, such as hurts, disappointments, embarrassments, confusion, lack of trust, and the list goes on and on. In April 2006, I wrote the following poem:

      On My Way to God

      My insides feel like they are on fire

      What is it that we call desire?

      Peace, love, and happiness; is that what we seek?

      Maybe it’s time for us to get really deep

      Into the meaning of all three

      To see exactly where we want to be

      Peace from within takes time

      We must understand it stems from being kind

      Do unto others as you have them do unto you

      Will give you a peace you are due

      Love has so many meanings

      We all need to do the screenings

      To be sure we are all on the same page

      Expressing our feelings in such a rage

      Everyone should love more

      Instead of wasting time remembering the score

      I love you most is what we boast

      We should worry about being like a roast

      Tender, juicy, and seasoned nice

      Will ensure all the sugar and spice

      Happiness, how is this really defined?

      Usually, it is something we leave behind

      Mistakes and screw-ups leave it in the rear

      And most of us shed many a

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