FEATURED GUEST NIQUE STANHOPE

Today I want to talk to you about being fruitful. The Holy Bible Scripture of Matthew 7:16 & 17 says “…Ye shall know them by their fruits.” Here Matthew was really talking about knowing people of God, i.e. pastors but this scripture can be applied to anyone. In the next verse it says “… Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit.”

What this means to me is that whatever you do in life, it should be fruitful. If you are following the Holy Spirit, then you are guaranteed a fruitful life because God created you and He knows what He created you to do. We see that in the Holy Scripture Jeremiah 1:5 where it says “…Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.” If you consult Him about your purpose you will be fruitful if you pursue it. This sounds easy, but most people get distracted, I know I have. Additionally, people are not always aware that they should consult with God and the Holy Spirit about what they should do with their lives. Therefore they end up doing things that they think will make them successful, only to find that they don’t. We learn this from the Holy Scripture, Proverbs 16:25 where it says “...there is a way that seems right to a man but the end thereof are the ways of death.

I’m guilty of this myself. Recently I announced to friends that I wanted to pursue my Ph.D. I have three friends who are presently doctors, two in education and one in theology. They influenced me to get my doctorate just by being successful with theirs, smile. However, I did not consult with God before I expressed my feelings.

It all sounded so good. It looked great too and it was almost hard for me to believe that it wasn’t the plan for me. I always look for things that will make me more successful. Oh, but God has a different plan for me and I realized it when I prayed about this. I quickly got an answer reminding me that I was told what to do for success and I realize that if I do what God has planned for me I can be successful with a lot less aggravation. So no, I won’t be pursuing my doctorate, smile.

I have chosen my next guest because her fruit is plentiful. She has accomplished so much and has obviously followed her passion. It is obvious that she is in touch with what God had planned for her life because it is fruitful.

Her name is Nique Stanhope. Ms. Stanhope wrote her first novel, Night to Remember, while she was still a senior at The University of Southern California (USC). During those years, she was highly focused on building the right academic foundation so that she might go on to work in the field of research medicine. She majored in Chemistry at USC and later went on to get a graduate degree in the field of Biomedical Sciences. During college, Ms. Stanhope had a very dear relative who passed away from terminal cancer. From that experience she decided to commit to the field of cancer research and today, she is one of the scientists ‘working for the cure.’

Ms. Stanhope has written over fourteen novels thus far, and has been featured in many online, as well as, hardcopy magazines. Most recently, her novel, She’s Gotta Have It, was featured as The Red Hot Read, in Cosmopolitan magazine.

One of her most beloved series so far is The Champagne Series. Readers around the world have fallen in love with this family of gorgeous men and the books in this series include:

Made For Each Other – Book #1
Wedding Bells (Champagne Wishes novella) – Book #2
Sweet Temptation – Book #3
She’s Gotta Have It – Book #4
Sex and The Single Diva – Book #5

Won’t you agree with me that Ms. Stanhope is fruitful in her careers both as a scientist and an author? I am very honored to present her to you to encourage you to find your life’s passion/s. Please visit her website www.nique-stanhope.com, and read her books.

Note: this information was taken in part from www.nique-stanhope.com