Hi Ron,
I read your book last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This is a book that everyone should read who is interested in building a godly character. I read it in one evening and couldn't put it down.
May you be richly blessed and abundantly satisfied in His presence.
Gary Sigler, Kingdom Resources
Dear Apostle Ron Ash,
Thank you for the opportunity to review your new book. I was blessed by your
message. I have written a short review. (see below) I hope it meets your
needs.
God Be With You,
Ruthann Canell
Apostle Ron Ash has done an amazing job at making a clearly defined guide
for a happy life. The message delivered throughout The Apostles Recipe for
Happiness is compelling and is a value not only to Christians everywhere,
but, also to people of unbelief.
Ruthann Canell, ChristianMagazineNow.com
Ronald Ash's "The Apostles Recipe for Happiness" is a contemporary guide for finding peace in our complex world by accepting Jesus Christ as our savior.
The Author's new life began while listening to a Christian radio station while driving in his car. The pastor's words were about a man whose life's story applied directly to what was going on in the author's life. This simple event made a life-changing impression on him and started him along his road to salvation.
He presents simple, yet profound, advice for achieving happiness. He encourages one to be flexible, honest, and thankful; and in giving, freely knowing that one will be rewarded ten-fold. Seeking peace, understanding, truthfulness, beauty, and knowledge, guided by the Holy Spirit, is a plan for happiness. He says, "Life is a journey, not the goal....With God's plan, the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the advice of Jesus along the way, I will accomplish great things."
By recognizing the signs that God places on the highway of life, one can finally realize that life can be rewarding. He gives the example of how he noticed a help wanted sign in a store window. He applied for the job and was hired on the spot. He worked hard and gained the notice of his employer. His experience led him to start his own store, which led to buying his own building. This experience enabled him to gain equity and buy more properties. Today he is the owner of his own real estate investment company. Had he not heeded the sign that God gave to him, he would not have achieved success.
This is an inspiring work, and Ronald Ash uses contemporary language that makes his hypothesis approachable, even reinterpreting Scripture in modern speech. "The Apostle's Recipe for Happiness" uses many examples taken from Mr. Ash's own life that give credence to his suggestions. This work's energetic style and sincere intent should engage the reader in a new look at life's possibilities.
-Jean Wahlborg, Editorial Coordinator
Dear Apostle Ash:
Thank you so much for your interest in CSN Books, and for responding to our information displayed on the Internet. We appreciate the opportunity to read and review your latest book project, The Apostles Recipe for Happiness. From the opening sub-head for your title on the cover page, you stimulate the reader’s interest with the promise that they will learn “How to connect to God’s energy and create a life without limits.” Now that should get just about any reader’s attention!
Your poem, “The Apostle,” does a great job of positioning what will follow in the book.
“From all those experiences You have made me a man.
Through the power of faith I know that I can.”
This bold, concise statement sets the groundwork for a profound set of vital moral teachings that are delightfully encased in a simple, subtle, and sharp verbal presentation that will hold the attention and educate your reader.
As I begin this review, I believe it is important that you understand that while CSN does print and reproduce books, our overall service is as a publisher, where we edit, proof, create professional covers and publish books to bless the body of Christ, and reach out to the unsaved. Your book, The Apostle’s Recipe for Happiness seems ideally suited for our services. We offer a full array of publishing services, producing bookstore quality projects that stand the test of time, and reflect powerfully and positively upon your ministry. Simply stated, CSN Books for over two decades has served pastors and Christian leaders like yourself in the body of Christ.
At the end of your “A Recipe for Happiness” section, you write “Read it, understand it, and become it.” That single sentence does an excellent job of reflecting your heart: you wrote this book for more than information; you are asking the Holy Spirit to bring transformation to your readers. That only reflects your original statement to see a world “without limits.”
Your section on “Being Saved” supplies what is all-too-frequently missing in the books I receive here to review. So many times I receive good teaching books, but they fail to reflect the personal experiences of the author. I normally send those back-not rejected-but with a request that the author add from their own experiences. In “Being Saved,” we grow to know Apostle Ronald Ash as you were in the process of “…being prepared for my elevation to the next level in my journey.” Today, you state that “My rewards are great and my troubles are few. “What a powerful testimony!
The other stories you share throughout the book give it increased value, and a diversity that readers’ appreciate, such as the story about “an amazingly talented young women.” As you share her life, you make a universal statement: “When we fail to see how we have been blessed we can hardly rise.” Of course, you also supply the answer for the breakthrough and elevation: “When we become inspired and thankful people of God, incredible things will happen in our lives.”
Throughout the book you educate the readers that their lives are full of choices, and that those choices will impact their lives for the better or for the worse. You also instill strong values and biblical morals without clobbering the reader over the head with those insights. There is no preaching in this book. Your writing makes you sound like a warm friend who is lovingly sharing to a group of people sitting in your living room.
Your biblical morality and precise writing reflect the thought and time you spent creating this helpful, instructional, moral document that has the potential to dramatically impact lives since it is loaded with wise words, great stories (such as the new bike, or the scamming renter), practical biblical truths. Your final word on children in one section should be a sign every house can display: “They may get smarter, but you are and will always be wiser than them.” A similar profound statement later in the book declares: “God gives us the potential and it is up to us to realize it”
Finally, you end your book by focusing on the very purpose of our individual creation: “God has a plan that is too huge for us to challenge…Have faith, pray for clarity, live in the Word and let the Holy Spirit lead you down the path for which you are intended to follow.”
God Bless you; well done!
In His Service,
Dr. Michael Wourms
Founder and President
(Hand written after post script)
Dear Apostle Ash,
Your book covers so many areas of spiritual importance that it is almost “An Apostle’s Manual for Life.” Congratulations on your comprehensive compilation for change-for living a life without limits. Rarely does a book personally inspire me as yours did. Please know that I would consider it an honor to publish and help promote this incredible work!
Mike
