Christian Book - Wake Up and Smell the Glory

Hello,

I'd like to welcome you to the promotional site for my new Christian book Wake Up and Smell the Glory.

I've used this website to give you a preview of each chapter and allow for constructive comments, testimonials and recommendations from regular people who have read Wake Up and Smell the Glory.

I wrote this book, I believe, to help people understand that ANYONE can draw near to God, hear His voice and build a relationship with Jesus that does not require continual access to our spiritual mentors and ministers. Not so that we may 'forsake the gathering of the bretheren', but more to ease the pressure we often place on pastors and ministers.

Many times we like to blame those who hold the office of pastors and teachers for our lack of spiritual health, and many times we are controlled or taken advantage of, by our reliance on people other than Jesus and His Holy Spirit. Both situations are no good and both situations can easily be avoided by allowing Jesus to be the Lord, Saviour and friend He came here to be.

Join me on a journey of discovery from salvation through to relative spiritual maturity, finding revelation after revelation about Who God really is and how I found that He was always so very much closer than I ever realised He was. You can have conversations with the Holy Spirit yourself, right here and now. All you must do is recognize His voice.

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From the back cover:

Have you ever felt like that animated cartoon where the character's trying to make a moral decision and the little angel pops up on his shoulder to represent his conscience? As he's talking to his conscience, a little devil pops up on his other shoulder to talk him into doing the wrong thing instead.

Despite the cartoon antics, have you ever noticed how the angel talks to him, respecting him as an individual but the devil talks as him, as if its' words were the characters own thoughts? Getting him to focus on the temptation, the sly little devil whispers its' words in his ear, as if it wasn't even there.

Well, welcome to life as it actually is!

2ND EDITION - RELEASED JULY 07

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What's In It For You?

I'm just like you, no more, no less. I believe God is raising up His people. Any of His people, to finish the work He started and left us with, two thousand years ago. I've written this book to show you that God can and will use anyone who is ready and everyone who is willing.

Don't read this book because you know who I am (Very few people know who I am). Read this book because you want to know what God has to say, directly to you!

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Unlike many messengers, I don't want to tell you what God is saying, unless He specifically gives me a mandate to do so (And occassionally He does), but I want to help you hear, understand and discern for yourself, so you can trust Him, not me!

While most people will spend time justifying why you should trust them, I would like to prompt you NOT to trust me. I am just as human as you are.

But you really do need to trust Jesus, His promises and His Spirit. That's what this book is really about; Not telling you how or what I want you to believe, but it's about introducing you to God in a very personal way.

It's also about warning you of the spiritual trappings and pitfalls that await you along the way of getting to know God personally. God wants you to know Him personally and intimately, but there are many who will gladly step into the way and we must know how to recognise these people and spirits for who they are.

Ever heard the voice of God? Is it real? Can I talk with God?

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Chapter 8 - True Strength Is The Strength To Be True (Preview) (19 Jun 2007)
A significant portion of people at large appear to have the misconception that Jesus teaches us to be weak; to accept being walked over and effectively to live out a cowering and self-deprived life. So maybe we should explore a couple of the passages which I think have traditionally been interpreted in this way. ...

Chapter 7 - Truth : Yours or Mine? (Preview) (19 Jun 2007)
How do we recognise the truth when we hear it? How do we speak the truth if we've never heard it? And how do we remain true to our purpose, even if we do understand it? So often I've found that the important lessons in life have been the ones that I thought I already knew. We often need to firstly unlearn...

Chapter 6 - What Is Faith? (Preview) (14 Jun 2007)
Simply put, the word faith means to trust what you believe in. When looking in a dictionary or thesaurus at the word faith, we are shown words like assurance, loyalty, confidence, conviction, credence, credit, reliance and trust. Many of these words you may well have heard preached with reference to our attitude towards God. At all of these times we were being taught about faith. There seem to be many misconceptions about faith...

Chapter 5 - Religion Or Relationship (Preview) (14 Jun 2007)
This, I believe, is one of the greatest cultural and religious misunderstandings that separates Christians from everyone else. True Christians, who have a real, working, functional, personal relationship with the living God of Heaven. Yes, relationship (you'll hear the word 'relationship' more than once in this book!). With real conversations and productive interactions between ...

Chapter 4 - The Scales of Justice (Preview) (12 Jun 2007)
During our lifetime, we all make mistakes. Yes OK, some more than others, but no one is exempt. The world in which we live is a place where our choices have an enormous impact both upon ourselves and others and it's impossible, being only human after all, to be perfect all the time. Of course, there are mistakes, and then there are mistakes. ...

Chapter 3 - The Meaning of Life (Preview) (12 Jun 2007)
Why do so many people find it so hard to achieve happiness and contentment in everyday life? Many of the world's greatest achievers die unhappy and frustrated. Some very wealthy people come to the conclusion, after accomplishing incredible goals, that all their efforts were in vain. Many have invested all their time, energy and heart into making money, so when it all comes crashing down, so does ...

Chapter 2 - A Book of Cross Referencing (Preview) (12 Jun 2007)
Before I made a formal decision to accept Jesus as my Lord and Saviour, a Christian friend at work was being challenged one day by one of the many anti-Christians that loved to play devil's advocate in our work place. I strolled into the conversation as ...

A - Foreword - Wake Up and Smell the Glory (12 Jun 2007)
Matthew Smith hits the ground running. He seeks to get your attention from the word 'Go.' He is not interested in retelling some dried-up, clichéd version of religion, and you probably would not want to read that anyway. No, Matthew is passionate about a discovery he has found to be vital and dynamic in his own life.

Chapter 1 - Can You Actually Prove God Exists? (Preview) (12 Jun 2007)
Ok, to start us off, let's zoom out and focus on the big picture for a minute. Is it actually possible to prove the existence of God? Many of us, I'm certain, would say 'no' and I'm sure that many would also claim 'yes'. Probably more people than both combined would say they 'don't know', but the difference is probably what each of us accepts as proof.