I was still in my early twenties when my father was suddenly snatched from life, and our family, by an automobile accident. It came as a great shock. Though my father and I had never seen eye to eye about my faith and commitment to follow Jesus Christ, I had loved my natural father deeply and now I was suddenly without him and I felt the loss greatly.

On the day of the funeral, two of my brothers and I were pallbearers together with three of my father's closest friends. As we entered the church the priest walked in front reciting passages of Scripture. I was overcome with grief and wept openly and cried out to God in my heart: "Father!" I prayed, and then in a sudden flash of realization that I no longer had an earthly father, I modified my prayer: "My only Father!" It was a turning point in my life. The sudden realization, that my heavenly Father was the predominant influence in my life, totally changed my perspective of my life, and utterly revolutionized my experience as a Christian.

This truth of my only true identity being that one supplied by my heavenly father in the new birth impacted and forever changed my Christian walk. This truth kept me, strengthened me and delivered me, even when so many other Christians and men of God were quitting.

Far too many people, who have made an initial commitment to follow Christ, have been unable to maintain their Christian walk or to go on to live in victory. They would have had a far better chance at succeeding, if they had had an eye-opening grasp upon the knowledge of the truths I am going to be sharing with you in this audiobook. I regard these as not only indispensable, but also the very heart of the message of the Gospel. I believe that if we miss this emphasis we will miss the full power of what Christ intended us to experience. Like so many that have preceded us, we will fall into a low level of Christianity that can neither satisfy nor meet our expectations.