The Original Sanctuary

The Original Sanctuary is a book about hearing, believing and obeying. It is thought-provoking yet easy to read. David and Marc invite you to join them in their pursuit of living in freedom. Their writing style is unique; it's as if you can hear each one of their voices as they bravely tell their story. It is honest and filled with hope, encouraging believers to accept the forgiveness and embrace the freedom that Christ died for. This book is a call to stop denying and minimizing those things that keep us from living the abundant life that Jesus came to give us.

From the moment I began to read this book, I was immediately drawn into the pages and placed in front of a mirror where my heart met Gods'. As God allowed these two men to share their stories with a host of events that had me laughing on one page and tears streaming on another, I realized that my heart didn't look like Gods. My heart looked more like life's circumstances. As pages unfolded so did truth for me. Truth that is meant to set us free. This book holds so much freedom if you will allow Mark and David to take you back to the heart of God, the place where your worthiness was defined, the place where God reminds you that He Himself gave you a purpose and a destiny, and realize that life circumstances have not robbed you of it. We all want to walk in freedom, but to walk freely in our God called, God annointed destiny is truly freedom. The "Original Sanctuary" will take you there.

The Original Sanctuary is a must-read for everyone with a beating heart! David and Marc's transparency and depth are so unusual in our shallow world. I was drawn into 2 lives from opposite ends of the spectrum with only a couple of things in common: overflowing garbage bags and God's grace. The authors painted a wonderful picture of God using their garbage for His glory. The truth of God's Word, combined with the author's life experiences, is overwhelmingly powerful! This book accomplished its' mission...revealing God's grace in restoring our hearts and a path to true freedom. How could I possibly put a price on these 2 things? Fortunately, I don't have to...the authors did, and it is only $17! This will be the best money you ever spend!

What I found so interesting about this book, is the transparency of these two men. It is so refreshing in todays world to find a book that really captures the heart of God. In realizing that from the beginning, God intended the heart to be the "original sanctuary" and that nothing I have done in my past will change the call God has placed on my life was a moment of freedom for me. This book helped me to realize that I was not alone with living in bondage from past mistakes, but that I could walk in freedom and that is a choice. This book is fun and easy to read, it is easy to understand, and can be used like a journal. There are questions you can answer and blank pages to journal. The authors have both poured their own voice into the text which helped me to connect to them as real people, but at the same time it taught me biblical principles of freedom. If you are in a place where you have lost your hopes and dreams due to your past, then this is a book for you. It will help to reconnect your heart to God's original purpose.

There's a saying that, a man with an argument is never at the mercy of a man with experience. In quoting the authors, "The only force in the universe that can truly change you is the presence and power of God." In this book, Marc and David don't come to you with an argument - they come to you with their own real, transparent and authentic experience of how God has powerfully, magnificently, and obviously changed their lives. But more than that, how you too can experience that and finally get your heart aligned with the original "factory settings" that God "hard-wired" for you. Indeed, this is much more than a book about change; it's about getting your life back. I literally had to lay it down twice because, I was weeping too much to continue reading the very personal stories of how God's presence and power transformed the lives of these two men. If you know you need a touch from the living God, then I urge you to buy this book - but have a box at tissues at hand, you're going to need them.