Have We Sacrificed Obedience on the Altar of Reason?
by Lane Payne
THE JESUS I FORGOT
The Jesus I Forgot was written to encourage all those who seek to know the realities of the living God. God is not a man, though He became man to rescue all humanity. The Lord
does not bend His character to any person’s agenda but is holding to His own. While some see this as a difficult concept to grasp, the reality is that His agenda is you! His great love for you is the very reason that He sent Son, the very expression of God’s love for a fallen world. The problem with mankind attempting to come to grips with this reality is that we have mixed our own wants and desires into our equation with God. The result is a convoluted and
frustrating thing called man-made religion. This book clearly reveals the reality of that religion, how it leads people to a place of questioning God, and what it takes to enter into a right relationship with God. Take this journey with an open heart to hearing what the spirit of Jesus has to speak to you and watch as the Lord begins to flood your heart and soul with His love.
There are myriads of books written concerning the person of Jesus. Some are written to reveal a particular thought about His character, and others speak of detailed discoveries concerning His history. This book is a memoir of my own personal experiences centered around the power of the name of Jesus.
I am inviting you to join me as we travel through my journey. While this recounting of my personal expedition is very personal to me, I am convinced that along the way, you will discover some of your own struggles. It is my greatest desire that something is going to grab hold of your heart and lead you to one of two conditions of the heart: (1) either you will find your way back to the lordship of Jesus, or (2) you will find that Jesus is a loving and trustworthy Lord for the first time in your life. As you trek alongside this time line of highs and lows, you are going to be exposed to some things, which may be difficult for some to read. But by continuing through to the end, I am convinced that you just might see Jesus from a totally different perspective.
Let’s go…
A retired Pastor that still carries a passion for seeing people come to know the Living God.
Lane was brought up in the small town of Baker, Louisiana. The son of a hardworking plumber, who was a completely no-nonsense kind of man. Lane was exposed to the things of God growing up but did not get saved until thirty years of age, and that is when everything in his life was transformed. That transformation led him to leave a position at Exxon Chemical Plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to becoming a pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center, to starting a church in Abbeville, Louisiana, merging that church with another and forming New Life Church. He Pastored that church for twenty years before running for United States congress and eventually writing The Jesus I Forgot. This book was written as a documentary about his journey, and he is sharing it to reach those who have struggled in their walk with or their concept of God.