Letters in Search of Deliverance

Kurt Reece-Peeplez
Young Excited Soulz Publishing (2006)
ISBN 0977119505
Reviewed by Tammy Petty Conrad for Reader Views (6/06)

“You’re not a bad person if you need deliverance from something. It just means that you have something to work on that will in the end make you healthier in the spirit.” The author, Kurt Reece-Peeplez, seeks to help his readers get closer to God by refraining from doing things they know are wrong.

He uses the examples of good, bad and mixed neighborhoods to support the idea that if you want to do better, you need to be in a better place, around better people. You can’t give up drugs, for example, and still hang out with the friends you did the drugs with. Proverbs 13:20 sums it up well: He who walks with wise men will be wise. But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Scripture is used throughout to support Reece-Peeplez’s ideas.  I love Galatians 5 about the fruits of the spirit that God produces in us. The author goes on to explain that we don’t always understand what we need to be delivered from. In Chapter 2, he gives extensive examples in several categories. Some of these may surprise readers who are not as devout as the author. I know he made me think about a few areas of my own life.

The next analogy used is that of a letter being delivered. “Spiritually, we are like a letter whose contents seek out nourishment. Based on what we consume, we obtain certain qualities and characteristics. Eventually we hope to be delivered to our Father in heaven, but not all of us will make it there or be accepted because of what’s inside us….It wouldn’t be good to have God to consider you junk mail. So spiritually, you have to try to not become junk or you risk an eternal judgment.”

He continues with the analogy that the letter needs to be addressed correctly, in other words, you need to know where you are spiritually. And you need to know your return address, having a good foundation to go back to if for some reason your “letter” is not delivered. As with a letter, you have to have the correct postage, in this case, “You can only go as far as your faith will carry you.”

The author offers advice on how to recognize what you need to be delivered from with an exercise and instructions to pray with your eyes open facing a mirror, providing total honesty with yourself and God. As a minister, he uses his experiences and education to encourage us in our own journey.

Throughout the book, Reece-Peeplez’s uses examples of people in different places on their journeys. He explains that “The love you have for Christ is like a beacon that signals your location no matter where you are or how far you have fallen.” I appreciated the examples, although I didn’t understand why he called the main ‘character’ Brother Donut.

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