Myron Guillory - Racelift: A Procedure to Die For

RACELIFT

A Procedure to Die For

MYRON GUILLORY

Copyright 2017 Myron Guillory.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-7851-9 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2017903564

WestBow Press rev. date: 03/23/2017

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Bible Citations

NIV -Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

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AMP - Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified Bible (AMP), Copyright 2015 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

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TLB -Scripture quotations marked (TLB) are taken from The Living Bible copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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CEV -Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version Copyright 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.

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ESV Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are taken from the Easy-to-Ready Version of the bible, Copyright 2006 by Bible League international.

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GW - Scripture marked (GW) is taken from GODS WORD, 1995 Gods Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.

C ertain topics were difficult to write about due to the sensitive nature of the subject-matter. I was challenged to tell the truth in love. Thank God for giving me insight and courage to release a book that challenges core beliefs and behaviors of humankind. God encouraged me to go deeper in his Word so I could find answers to some of lifes challenging issues.

I am grateful to my wife, Courtney, and my two children for their patience and support. They endured countless hours listening to me read. They encouraged me to go on and complete the mission God set for me. We approached this project as a team. Our collective goal was to present a book where Gods Word would resonate louder than opinions and judgments of men and women.

I thank my mother, Hilda J. Guillory, for reading the manuscript and asking the tough questions. I brought her out of retirement from the school system to advise me on content and grammar. She and my father, Mack Guillory, Sr., paid close attention to theological references and challenged each. Their inquiries helped me dig deeper in scripture in search of the truth.

I also want to thank Majesty Christian for her beautiful work on the book cover design. She listened and then developed a concept that is unmatched.

It would be remiss if I did not thank my editor, Kevin Miller. He is blessed with a unique gift of bringing clarity to sentences. He paid close attention to the details, which enhanced the content of this book.

Thank God for allowing me to be a resident of this nation where I have the freedom to express Gods love to the masses. I pray that countless people receive a Racelift.

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in itnot forgetting what they have heard, but doing itthey will be blessed in what they do. (James 1:2325, NIV)

T he United States of America was founded upon Christian principles, where freedom through a democratic system was expected to unite all people regardless of race, gender, class, or religion. Young America looked into the mirror (the Word of God), and she loved her reflection. She was a Christian nation; she was America the Beautiful. As she grew older, she forgot her founding principles, and she decided to re-invent herself. She received a full facelift, which replaced her humility with pride, her generosity with greed, her freedom with slavery, and her unity with division. The most important factor that united this nation was God and his powerful Word, but when America refused to submit to Gods authority, she was defaced with division and confusion. Instead of seeing her citizens as one, she divided them into races. This transformed her sense of community into a mindset of self-preservation, each race opting to take care of its own self-imposed agenda. As a result America began her transformation into a survival-of-the-fittest society.

Today America is divided by the color of her peoples skin, socioeconomic classes, political affiliations, and church denominations. Instead of America the Beautiful, she is America the Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Red, Rich, Poor, Democrat, Republican, Catholic, Protestant, Male, or Female. God did not intend for America to view herself in this light. As the Apostle Paul says, There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:2829, NIV). No race, class, or gender is superior to the other. God shows no favoritism. He desires all people to live harmoniously as one body in Christ. America is free only when she pursues a relationship with Christ, not through her democratic practices.