There are a number of wonderful people who contributed in countless ways to my journey in writing this book.

My gratitude goes to my family, who shared my time and provided love and support (my wonderful children, Daniel, Tinysha, and Bernadette, as well as their mom), and of course to a God who gives you an assignment that is bigger than you are. He knows you better than we know ourselves.

To Sandi, my wife my confidant, and my rock. Your support was invaluable.
And finally, to those men of God who spent close to 10 years teaching me the things only a pastor knows:

• Pastor Fr. Juan Moreno, Pastor, St. Matthew
• Rev. Dr. Lawton Bryant, Pastor, St. Matthias
• Elder Alfred Smith, Jr., Prayer Partner
• Dr. Thomas Tolliver, Pastor, in the Word Ministries

To the pastors, I thank you for taking your time to give me feedback, as this work is radical, but it is intended to reach those who don’t know God or those that, like the prodigal son, believe that God exists to grant wishes and gives us gifts.

This book is intended to, as we say, “if you don’t know him, ask somebody.”
And to Dr. Charles King, PhD, the scholar who counseled me through battles both in the past and those that occurred while I was authoring this book.
I express my grateful appreciation. For Victory has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.