Publisher's Synopsis
Life is but a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow. Discover how, "What you do today will affect someone tomorrow." Do you know that your situation, actions, and state of mind have the power to affect everyone that you meet along your life's journey? "40 Days of Cause and Affect" is a dynamic book filled with the personal testimonial accounts of cause and affect in the life of Pastor Cory Pariseau and others, from domestic violence and abuse to receiving great love and affection from God and His anointed people. Pastor Cory began his life in the midst of a storm of domestic violence, drugs, and sexual abuse and continued as a toddler when taken from his home and placed into the foster care system and children's homes throughout his younger years. At the age of seven, his journey through the foster care system came to an end when he was adopted into a large multi-racial family who lived in the Southern Hills of Ohio. Pastor Pariseau knows the trials and pains of going through the system from both aspects. For much of his life, he had been in the system, one way or another. By the time he was 29, he had 3 children of his own and after making bad choices and losing his marriage, his job, and everything he had worked for all his life to that point, he lost the kids to Children's Services. He found himself in a mental institution for 6 weeks. Afterwards, God came into his life and he started on the journey of faith and getting his family back. Read what changed his heart and life and how people affected his life. Through the action of others that he met along his journey, he experienced the miraculous hand, love and leading of God, which transformed his heart and state of mind. With this renewing of his mind, he soon heard and answered the call of God upon his life. In July 2001, the kids came back to stay with Pastor Pariseau for good. If you have lost your parents, were rejected and/or suffered domestic violence, drugs, and sexual abuse, and you are desperate for freedom from hurts and pains of the past, and you want to bring change to others, this book is for you. In "40 Days of Cause and Affect," Pastor Cory takes you on a mental and spiritual journey that will coach, encourage, and inspire you to make necessary changes, and take action steps toward touching and impacting the lives of others you meet each day in positive, inspiring, and life-changing ways. Pastor Cory reveals how, "What you do today will affect someone tomorrow." Besides testimonies, enjoy this life-changing book, which includes 40 devotional days to cause and affect, a guide with 40 ways to affect others. "40 Days of Cause and Affect" is not just a book. It is a movement incorporating your body, mind, and spirit to empower you to cause a lasting affect in someone's life. This challenging and inspiring book is designed to help you stop and take thought in your actions and words. Everything we do and say will cause something to happen, and affect others, either positively or negatively. You are about to go on a journey in mind and in spirit, and at the end of it, it is Pastor Cory's hope that your being will take physical action into changing and touching other lives to which you are connected. With the person you pass on the street, the person you sit by on the bus on the way to work, the co-worker that works in the other side of the warehouse or office pool, you may interact with these people every day, and yet never connect on a human level. Even though we may not be aware of this, we affect the world around us. "40 Days of Cause And Affect" is intended to empower you to change your life in ways that will not only help you, but also have an impact in your generation and generations to come.
