Yolanda Adams: Giving Power to the People
Known throughout the world for her incredible voice, Grammy awarding winning singer Yolanda Adams is becoming known for something else these days. As the dynamic host of “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show” on KROI 92.1 FM she lets her audience know more about her personal life and her walk with Jesus Christ through her show’s staple, the points of power and they love her even more for being so transparent. These power filled points are based on biblical scriptures and principles that she and sidekick Anthony Valary deliver help believers walk with Christ a little easier. Nonbelievers want to know more about Jesus Christ as demonstrated by the influx of listeners who have literally demanded more. To answer that call and win more souls to Christ, Adams along with Lavaille Lavette wrote her first book, “Points of Power: Discover a Spirit-Filled Life of Joy and Purpose.”
“My points of power are meant to encourage, uplift, and provide comfort,” writes Adams in her book. The points are just as helpful to her as they are to others. She writes to radio fans, “You pushed me to the greatest level of study. I have such joy delivering these quick studies every morning to help you understand the great love God has for you.” Using the themes of faith, love, forgiveness, confession, praise, confidence, prayer, peace, protection, and victory, Adams gives practical applications on how to live a life of purpose. Her points are so effective because she lets the readers know this is what God did for her and that He can do the same for them. “I think it is important to put a personal label or a personal handle on someone that folks see in the limelight,” Adams told me at her book signing this past week at a local Kroger grocery store. “You know they see me as a star. They see me as a person who is probably doing what they would like to do, but they don’t really get a chance to see the personal side of me. The points of power and my personal story make it often easier for folks to understand where I get my mom instinct from or how I deal with certain things.” She uses her daughter Taylor in her revelations. “I think that is the best way to show folks that ‘Wait a minute, she is just like me.’”
Adams understands that trying to really understand God’s grace may be a bit too much for some because they can’t grasp the concept of being given so much for nothing. Her book eases that apprehension for some to understand God’s power and grace and His omnipotence. She writes that everything was made clear to her through her own meditation. “As I studied God’s Word, I began to gather different points that helped me understand how I could live my life based on God’s power and grace. “ The ten points of power were revealed to her through this study and now she shares her understanding with others. At the end of each message about a point, Adams adds more helpful tidbits for readers with powerful sections. The first section after a point is called power passage that gives a scripture that relates to the message; the point of practice gives more biblical principles showing how a principle has worked in her life; point of prayer is a prayer to help readers develop this power point in their lives; pensive points help readers apply the point to their own lives.
The book has the kind of layout that is good for both the believer and nonbeliever. It lends itself to both uplifting and encouraging the reader. There are two strategies from which to choose when reading the book. Read in the order that is printed or read the point that is needed most at that particular moment. “Read according to what is needed. Sometimes you may need more power. Sometimes you may need more prayer. Sometimes you may need to go to the section on forgiveness and that is exactly why it is what it is,” said Adams. “I want the readers to keep referring back to the book as a reference or a resource because what it tends to do is give hope in hopeless situations or encouragement when you are like ‘Wow, that sure is right. I can do that.’ And the good thing about good books is that you can keep reading them over and over and find some new insight from different chapters each time you read.”
Yolanda Adams’ “Points of Power: Discover a Spirit-Filled Life of Joy and Purpose” with Lavaille Lavette can be found wherever books are sold. Listen to KROI 92.1 “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show” for more points on how to live on purpose.
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