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    A Flame of Fire
    A Flame of Fire
    A Flame of Fire
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    A Flame of Fire

    By Joseph Goodman

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    Have you ever felt like your flame has went out? Like your willpower and zeal for life has all but been quenched? This book documents the struggles of the author, a paranoid schizophrenic, and how God helped introduce him to a love he had never known when it was needed the most.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 20, 2013
    ISBN9781481713207
    A Flame of Fire
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    Joseph Goodman

    My name is Joseph Goodman. I am from Clinton North Carolina which is a very small city. It seems like everyone was related in someway or another. I was a part of a big family but always seemed like the strange one; never really had friends or people I could relate with. I was a troubled child with a very sick mother and on top of that I was a paranoid schizophrenic. As I grew up I found the wrong crowd because I felt I could belong. This book is about my struggle with drugs, the loss of my wife, my feelings as a paranoid schizophrenic, and as I down spiraled to my death I was caught up by a loving God who showed me I was perfect the way I was ,and he put a flame in my heart that lights my way. The lessons I learned was not anything you could learn from a book because as I suffered with mental illness, my spirit was in trouble. I had to find peace with myself, learn who I was and win a battle of emotional torrament in my soul. My mind had its thoughts but my emotions ruled what I done with my life. My experiences qualifies me to write this book despite what I was taught from physicians. I defeated the biggest giant in my life and lived to tell about it and this book will show you how to defeat your giant obstacles,and give you a fire to help light your way.

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      A Flame of Fire - Joseph Goodman

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      2013

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      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 2/23/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1319-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1320-7 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      A Note from the Author

      Trapped by Sin or Wrongful Actions (A parable)

      Who said you have to have it?

      Addiction and Depression

      Forgiveness and Fear

      Jealousy

      Empty Place

      Finding Answers

      Emotions Speak

      Life Changing

      Give me Safety

      Reaching For the Stars

      Dreaming of you (In memory of the Sandy Hook Children)

      Dedication

      A Note from the Author

      My name is Joseph Sean Goodman and I was once one of the billions of stars that you look up and see at night, one day my flame seemed to burn out and I found myself falling as fast as I could to the ground. I’ve been divorced, poisoned and left for dead, held at gun point, and forced to do drugs. I married again and my wife passed away, my kids that I had raised for nine long years were taken away, I sold drugs to survive, I had a habit of drinking and smoking marijuana daily, taking prescription pills and snorting powder four times a week, and smoking crack. But God saved me and has delivered me there’s still a lot of work to be done but I am striving to make heaven my home one day. I don’t have much of an education and most of the words I have

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