Mercy Forlu
The Godly Heart Volume 1: The Warrior Bride of Christ Preparing for the Rapture
The Godly Heart points to two great truths: Jesus is coming soon, and we, the Bride of Christ, must prepare our hearts for His return. Just as the physical heart is the central pump for physical life, the state of the spiritual heart controls all the issues of life. This book fosters deep introspection because our hearts are “at the heart of” the matter of pleasing God. As members of His Church, we belong to our heavenly Bridegroom, and Scripture says that, as His bride, we must make ourselves ready for Him (Revelation 19:7).
That readiness begins with the state of our hearts. Written for every Warrior Bride of Christ, male or female, Volume I addresses topics that penetrate our hearts’ desires and the depths of our character, including the necessity of repentant, contrite, pure, peaceful, patient, thankful, forgiving, and contented hearts. Preparing our hearts for the rapture is not about living in fear; it is about living in faithful expectation and purity of heart. Our heavenly Bridegroom is coming for a Warrior Bride who loves Him, obeys Him, and longs for His appearing. Before God uses our hands, He first works on our hearts, and this book helps us offer our hearts to God, transforming them and, consequently, every issue in our lives.
Many people know they should forgive yet lack the grace and power to do so. They wrongly think it’s okay to stay offended until their offender apologizes. Dr. Mercy Forlu provides solutions through sound counsel from the Scriptures and personal experience. She shares life-changing testimonies and provides insights for dealing with offenses in interpersonal relationships, avoiding being easily offended, and living an offense-free lifestyle, whether the offense is for valid or invalid reasons or committed intentionally or unintentionally by the offender.
Readers discover the offender’s responsibility, the weight and destructive power of offenses, and the grievous consequences of letting them fester into unforgiveness and bitterness. They learn solutions, including how to identify and uproot bitterness, avoid being easily offended, adjust when it’s difficult to forgive, and reap the blessings and benefits of forgiveness.
Dr. Forlu provides a platform to transform your outlook and approach to offenses and gain the skills to handle offenses in ways that strengthen your relationships instead of breaking them. By applying the wisdom in this book and with God’s help, you can handle offenses properly, manifest the power of forgiveness, and lead a lifestyle of peace with all men.
The Godly Heart Volume 2: The Warrior Bride Preparing for the Rapture
Jesus’ return is nearer than ever, and Scripture says that, as His bride, we must make ourselves ready (Revelation 19:7). The Godly Heart Volume 2 digs deeper into our hearts to extract elements that impede maturity and empower the body of Christ, the Warrior Bride, to be ready when He returns. While Volume 1 laid a solid foundation and held up a mirror to our hearts, this volume delves even deeper beneath the surface to foster maturity. The Warrior Bride cannot merely profess profound truths; she must have a heart that fertilizes seeds of maturity—a heart that desires wisdom, prayer, discernment, self-control, diligence, and study of God’s Word. These topics focus on developing the character God can trust and facilitating the reflection and meditation on Scripture necessary to adorn Christ’s bride with loyalty, integrity, trustworthiness, truthfulness, and generosity of heart, so she’s ready for the rapture—a Warrior Bride ready for His return.