These songs span a period of 33 years from 1987 to 2010. They represent my spiritual search, spiritual conversion, and experiences with various churches, pastors, and believers. They are a collection of my praise and worship from the still quiet whispers with tears and thanksgiving - to the loud, tongue-speaking, hand-clapping and feet-stomping shabach times with Yahoshua. Although I can always hear the music in my head, unlike Mozart, I am not adept at scoring. Therefore, I have recorded the lyrics only. They are my Book of Psalms (Songs). Just as the Bible's Psalms have been recorded without the music scores, whereby each individual singer (believer) can allow the music of their own salvation to "sing" the psalm within them, so too my Book of Songs allows each believer to create his or her own music, beat, and tempo to manifest one's own harmonious walk in the Spirit. Use them in your devotion times. Use them in your worship - whether individually or when assembled with other believers. In so doing, you too will discover and be able to tell anyone who asks, The Reason Why I Sing.
Elisheva Yaakova is a Servant of Yahweh the Most High and has been President and Founder of F.A.I.T.H. Ministries, Inc. since February, 1999. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of FM Publishing Company. After 10 other colleges, she has a Ph.D in Theology/Biblical Counseling, M.A. in Education, B.A. in English, and major course work in many other disciplines. Some of these colleges include: ASU, Phoenix Bible College & Seminary, University of Phoenix, USC, and Phoenix College. Elisheva Yaakova recognizes that men care about degrees and titles, and therefore, thought it necessary to fulfill this requirement; however, she has come to understand that Yahweh cares nothing about titles and degrees, and that Yahoshua and his disciples were never degreed, yet they preached the word with forthright boldness and through the power of the Spirit of Yahweh. Elisheva Yaakova says she was born a teacher. She has taught Bible-centered education for 14 years, public education for 8 years, Business and Technology for 8 years, and GED classes for 9 years. In addition, the author is a business owner, divorced mother of two adult children who she raised by herself for 20 years. She owns and operates Geri Lorraine Enterprises, LLC which provides consulting, business services, and grant writing to businesses, non-profits, and schools. Elisheva Yaakova was born in Arizona and lived there most of her younger years. She grew up in the metropolitan L.A. area, and after receiving her call to the ministry 24 years ago and fulfilling her obedience to Yahweh, she returned to Arizona. It is only since 2010 that she has learned a great deal about her true heritage, roots, and identity to recognize that she is one of the descendants of the Black Hebrew Ysraylites who know that the one they called Yahoshua was really dark-skinned and whose real name is Messiah Yahoshua. She says although she was baptized in the Baptist Church in 1965, she did not really know Yahoshua and what his sacrifice on a tree really meant for her. She celebrated her rebirth in Yahoshua and accepted him as her Messiah on March 31, 1987. Books by the Author: Spiritual Cosmetics for the Soul (SCS) - Devotionals Designed Especially for Hebrew Ysraylite Women SCS - Devotionals Designed Especially for Black Women SCS - Devotionals for Men & Women The Last Visitor Being a Well Body of Believers Why I Should Hate Men, But Don't Will Work for Food, Family & Freedom The Reason Why I Sing This Hill I Climb
