Victoria Mitchell is a graduate of the Northeast Ministry School and a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God. She currently serves as a volunteer pastor for the Primetimers at Allison Park Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She and her husband Galen Mitchell, MD, reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They have two daughters and one granddaughter.

Contents
ix PREFACE
xi INTRODUCTION
1 Kemo Sabe (Kee-mo sah-bee)
2 Imagine Perfection
3 Paradise Lost
4 Shock and Awe
5 Tested
6 Get Me Out of Here
7 Help Me Keep Your Covenant
8 What Did You Say?
9 Lamb of God
10 Are You Getting This?
11 Blood IS Thicker Than Milk
12 I am Restored:Physical Healing as Part of the Redemption
SMALL GROUP LEADER NOTES
EPILOGUE:What Now?

The same God who created the world, created human beings in order to be in relationship with them. When we choose rebellion over the instructions of God, the kinship between us is severed. The loss is immeasurable. Everything God has to offer is forfeited: a personal relationship with him, perfect peace, health, harmony with each other and the earth around us. Long before current generations, God began and finally completed the process of restoration so that once more, we could be in a perfect bond with God.

Defined by the statement "all I have is yours, all you have is mine", a relationship sealed with blood is more sacred than those who share the same mother's milk. Thus the age-old saying: "blood is thicker than milk." Known as "blood-brothers" many expressions of this special bond surface across centuries throughout all cultures.

Uncovered in these pages is a synopsis of one very special blood covenant. This crimson thread runs through the Judeo-Christian Bible. When we rebel against the precepts of God we experience death. The only solution for death is a transfusion of life. Jesus, the sinless Son of God shed his blood so that our lives with God could be restored.