Like many pastors, Norman Smith found that the life issues for which people asked his advice o en fell into the same basic and familiar categories. Wanting to spotlight Biblical principles for effectively dealing with these pervasive issues, Pastor Smith skillfully identified, categorized, and addressed them in a series of sermons. e book you are holding grew out of that series.

After an excellent introductory foundation, Smith dedicates an entire chapter to each of seventeen separate but o en interrelated issues. With titles such as Eliminating Envy, Overcoming Pride, Facing Fear, Limiting Lust, and my favorite, Postponing Procrastination, he presents readers with powerful illustrations, faith building truths, humor, personal anecdotes, and sound Biblical principles upon which one can build ever upward.