Take the Lid Off, Smokie Norful
Take the Lid Off, Smokie Norful
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Take the Lid Off
Trust God, Release the Pressure, and Find the Life He Wants for You

Author: Smokie Norful, Samuel R. Chand

Narrator: Brandon Maloney

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 09/05/2017

Synopsis

Pastor and Grammy-winning musician Smokie Norful inspires readers to go to God and experience more fulfillment, delight, power, and success than they ever dreamed.According to Smokie Norful, sometimes our lives feel like a pot of rice in his grandmother’s kitchen: hissing, boiling over, about to explode and create panic. The only way to avoid an explosion is to take the lid off—that is, to stop being trapped inside ourselves and instead look to God and his grace to make us all He intends us to be. Taking the lid off, Norful argues, entails four actions: look inward, experiencing the cleansing of forgiveness and the power of the Holy Spirit; look outward, seeking for others to experience the joy of living for God and have the best God has to offer; look upward and marvel at God’s love and strength to accomplish His purposes; and move onward, devising a strategy to accomplish all God has put in our hearts to do.When we take these four steps, the pressure goes down, we gain peace and perception, and things work out much better in the end. When we finally take the lid off, we can become the people God has created us to be and do what we were intended to do. We get in touch with the unlimited power of His Spirit, we’re directed by the challenge of His purposes, and we experience the joy of seeing Him use us to change lives. All of us need help in taking the lid off in order to trust God, take action, and reach our full potential.

About Smokie Norful

Smokie Norful is founder and senior pastor of Victory Cathedral Worship Center, a congregation on three campuses in Bolingbrook and Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, Norful also served on the board of regents for Trinity International University. A multiple Grammy-winning artist who has sold more than three million albums worldwide, he has also received Stellar awards; Dove awards; an NAACP Image Award nomination; a Soul Train Award nomination; two nominations for the BET Award for gospel music; two RIAA-certified Gold-selling compact discs; and countless other awards. He lives with his wife and family in the Chicago area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Floyd

I know what you're thinking, seems every book I read I give a 4 or 5 star rating to here on Goodreads. What you may not realize is there are many books I don't list on Goodreads at all. This is because I disliked them too much to waste my time writing a negative review of them. The books I usually p......more

Goodreads review by Zachary

f you’re wondering about this book’s title, it’s kinda a cooking metaphor. Smokie Norful — who is currently a pastor but had a singing career that brought him numerous awards in the gospel sphere, including a Grammy — takes the title from something he learned as a child. At the time, he was in his g......more

Goodreads review by David

Watch this on YouTube Wow! What a powerful book. Smokie Norful has knocked the ball out of the park with Take the Lid Off. We were sent an advanced copy of the book by his publicist so that we might have a review ready by the anticipated September 5, 2017 rollout date. This is significant because as......more

Goodreads review by Sherry

I had an epiphany of sorts while reading this encouraging book. A story, which I think I first heard from Joyce Meyer, has an eagle growing up in a chicken pen. The eagle eventually looks up, sees an eagle soaring, leaves the chickens and realizes his potential by soaring himself. Nice story. Smokie......more

Goodreads review by Milton

Smokie Norful provided his anointed gifts with powerful words to empower the readers with tools to unleash their own full potential. I knew Smokie Norful as a Gospel Singer who inspires us with the Good News in the arts of music. Music is a great tools of format for therapy in our souls. Now with “T......more

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