God Changed Your Name: So why are you living below who God made you? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500722630)

Since the age of 16 years old to the age of 38 years old Michael L. Williams, Jr. has been in and out of prisons and rehabs and off and on drugs. But however, after giving his life to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in 2009 he never saw that life again. He has gone on to write 5 - books 'Pushed out the crack house into God's house', 'The Minor Adjustments Workbook', 'The 28 Sermons you have to Hear', 'The Journey is too great for you', and 'God Changed Your Name.' He and his wife Lernell have graduated from Americas Keswick Colony of Mercy and Woman of Character Ministry in Whiting, NJ. They also are the founders of a program called "The Minor Adjustments Group, Inc.", A graduation ceremony for a dozen inmates soon to get out of South Woods State Prison was held Friday morning at Kintock House. It's an eight-week course called "Minor Adjustments'' created by Michael "Mickey'' Williams Jr. and his wife, Lernell. The residents all got certificates. But there were no gowns, no hats, and no graduation pictures. No pomp and circumstance playing in the background. This was graduation from one failed attempt at life hopefully into one of success. "We gave them wrist bracelets that read, 'Do You Have the Heart of a Champion?' and 'My Purpose is Greater Than My Struggle, ''' said Williams, who spent 20 years as a drug user from Atlantic City to Bridgeton. They all wanted a third bracelet, one saying, "Anywhere but backward.'' The phrase is the exclamation point on Williams' speech he gives at graduation. "You are somebody! You are unique! You are special! You possess the heart of a champion! But you must be willing to go anywhere ... but backward!'' he screams. And the crowd goes wild. Some told Williams he helped them mature. Some said he made them not to want to come back to jail. "They all gave testimony, '' said the author of five books on his climb out of the drug abyss."And they jotted down the things that stuck to them.'' One broke down. The 90-minute classes are held once a week. "It's our aim to try and take the brokenness that people sometimes feel or have inside due to being in incarceration or in rehabilitation and use it to push them into something greater!'' stressed Williams. "I tell them that my focus is to get them motivated. But motivation is only the start. Its dedication that keeps you going. Dedication is an "inside job.'' This latest group said they wanted to get out of jail and go to www.minoradjustments.org