Treasure In Earthen Vessels

About the Book

If we could improve our nature or our relationship with God by going about doing charitable works, then there would have been no need for Christ to had suffered so painfully and given His life for us. As believers there can be only one physical display and that is the “Fruit of the Spirit.” No act or gestures of kindness apart from the Spirit of Christ within are acceptable. In this book the author will help you discover the secret in yielding yourself to Christ from within, as well as reveal the heart-wrenching reality of the unwillingness on our part to yield. Only through this heart-wrenching experience will we learn of the powers that are working on the inside that’s keeping us from living a life Christ Jesus had to give His life for; and by yielding to Christ from within will believers experience the true meaning of an “abundant life.” As you read this book, you will see that the abundant life will not be found in wearing a three-piece suit, in driving a luxury car, or in living in a lavish home, but by giving up everything on the inside of us – our right to do as we please – to God. Only then do we allow Jesus Christ to become Lord over us.

About the Author

Patrick Dougherty, originally from Sacramento, California, where he was raised now makes his home in Redding, California with his wife, Maria, of thirty years. They have two children and four grandchildren. For years, Patrick has worked in just about every area of church ministry, he has experienced the church scene with all of its programs along with its poor sense of purpose as the Body of Christ. Patrick’s desire and prayer are for those who read “Treasure in Earthen Vessels” to come away with a sense of where they are spiritually, to move away from the ordinary into the abundant life.