BOOKS
“Say what you mean and mean it!” (2021) | But I Don’t Want to Be Wrong (2016) |
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| Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace and Truth is Felicia Smith’s powerful meditation on what it takes to embark on a meaningful and God-filled relationship. The twenty-first century and modern American life present us with false visions of the “right way” to pursue love, lust, and marriage. Smith’s book, based in Biblical exegesis and psychological research, offers a corrective to these narrow and misguided notions. Written with both male and female readers in mind, Speak Now encourages lovers of both sexes to speak with one another, to ask questions, and—most importantly—to get the answers we all deserve before bonding ourselves with another for life. The book provides outlines of what to look for in conversations with love interests and offers scripts for the types of questions potential lovers should ask of both themselves and each other. In directing readers to consider many of the elements relevant to crafting a successful relationship, Speak Now is an opportunity for readers to reflect on and recommit to making themselves, their partners, and their love relationships stronger. With specific chapters on avoiding “raggedy relationships,” on how to date in the era of social media, on how the pandemic has changed dating forever, and on how to bring blended families together harmoniously, Speak Now presents a timely and comprehensive overview of how to achieve and maintain that most sacred of communions: the covenant of marriage. | In Loving You Feels Right But I Don’t Want To Be Wrong, author Felicia Smith offers Godly counsel to men and women who are tired of being stuck in a relationship rut and are ready to date to mate. Do you keep ending up in unsatisfying relationships? Do you find yourself returning to relationships that don’t make you feel whole? Are you always someone else’s Plan B? Are you just looking to grow closer to your partner and discover God’s will for your union? If you answered Yes to any of these questions, this book is for you. To the uncertain, the lonely, the heartsick, Felicia offers the wisdom and guidance you need to break free of the patterns that have prevented you for being your best self. This book offers a ground-up approach to maintaining a committed relationship, starting with being whole, healthy, and happy as an individual. Drawing on prayer, scripture, inspirational texts, poetry, and diary entries, Felicia will help you reflect on who you are and what you need from a lover—which is the first step to finding a partner who can complete you. Loving You Feels Right will give you advice on the right—and wrong—ways to date, including warning signs that a partner might not be right for you and questions to ask to determine compatibility, after which you’ll be better positioned to give and receive the right type of love in a meaningful relationship. In Loving You Feels Right, Felicia draws on her training as a marriage and family therapist—as well as her own personal experience—to provide a road map for singles who want to avoid the next Mr. Right-For-Someone-Else and couples who desire to walk together in the Lord. |
Seeds of Hope (2014) | (2012) |
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| Seeds of Hope is a compilation of scriptures, inspirational thoughts, expressions, reflections and quotations surrounded in the areas of encouragement, love, relationships, friendships, and salvation. Life can be difficult and challenging; oftentimes, this can lead to frustration and despair. The good news is that we are not meant to face those difficulties and challenges alone. Seeds of Hope reminds us of the inspirational and joyful messages directly from the Lord meant to raise us above our earthly circumstances. In this book, we are reminded that The Lord’s Word is a seed; we just have to create the most fertile environment for it to grow and for Him to work in our lives. Seeds of Hope uses The Word to inspire in the areas of encouragement, love, relationships, friendships, and salvation. Let these powerfully positive words transform your life! | Through The Eyes of A Daughter, Fathers We Need You is Felicia’s account of toxic father-daughter relationships and their impact on our society. Part memoir, part exhortation, Through the Eyes of A Daughter, Fathers We Need You draws on the author’s personal experience and paints a devastating portrait of life in a fatherless household. Through research, the author further reveals that her experience is not as uncommon as we might like to think. In offering testimony and bearing witness to physical and emotional abuse, Through the Eyes of A Daughter, Fathers We Need You also serves as a warning about what is possible if we continue to fail to address the fact that fifty-percent of all marriages end in divorce and children growing up without a father figure are at an increased risk of teenage pregnancy, psychological distress, poor educational performance, criminality, and drug and alcohol abuse. For those unaware of the problem faced by our society when it comes to fatherless households, Through the Eyes of A Daughter, Fathers We Need You will serve as a wake-up call. For those familiar with parental absenteeism, Through the Eyes of A Daughter, Fathers We Need You will offer solace. Through the Eyes of A Daughter is required reading for anyone looking to better understand; • The role of the family in our society • Your impact you have on your children if you are a Father with limited to no contact with your children • Single parent household statistics in America and how this effects children • The dynamics of the “Headless Body” family If you are a daughter who grew up without your Father in the home • If you are the single parent of children growing up without their Father in the home • Searching for understanding of the ultimate Father in your life and home; our heavenly father |