After years of going to church, getting baptized, living like I pleased, trying to fix myself, and doing what I believed was God’s way. I was lost, broken, I had fallen into a dark place of sin and rebellion. But one day Jesus came to my rescue to save me and make me His own! I finally gave my heart to Jesus, on July 26, 1979. In 1982, after fighting with the enemy all of my life because of being…
1 John 4:17-18 Amplified Bible (AMP) 17In this [Union and Fellowship with Him], Love is Completed and Perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is NO FEAR IN LOVE [dread does not exist]. But PERFECT (complete, full-grown) LOVE (our Lord Jesus Christ) drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who…
The past two weeks have been challenging. I have had two relatives die and another family member called me grieving over the loss of his son. Grieving over the loss of a loved one, friend, or even a pet can be devastating… to say the least. The pain reaches so deeply in our heart and soul, many of us shut down emotionally just to survive. Some of us hide in activities, work, movies, drugs, alcohol, and so many other things…
“THE BIBLE IS WHERE I MEET YOU, MY HEART IS WHERE I GREET YOU” In a previous blog, we talked about the differences between the two words ‘Knowledge or Knowing’ in the Bible: Eido – to learn by using the senses, learn by observation, to interview, inspect, to study, process information. Ginosko – become known of, intimate, to understand, to experience or have an encounter with, heart to heart intimacy, like a husband and wife. In our previous blog, we also discovered…
A 30-year-old male executive sat in the office of his counselor despondent, depressed, trying to make sense of his life, said to his counselor, “I have reached the pinnacle of my career. I have a six-figure salary, a new sports car, a wife, three children, and a new home. I can buy anything I want whenever I want; so why do I feel so empty and lost inside, I am here to ask you, is this it?” The Chief of…
As many of you know, I have two brain aneurysms along with brain atrophy, which means some of the cells around the aneurysms are dead. I call my brain atrophy, ‘bobblehead.’ I ‘m taking meds for my condition, however, when the barometric changes in the earth and it’s cloudy or overcast, my head starts bobbling and I feel the depression of it. So for the past five days, I have been bobbling all over the place. One of the sunny…
First Posted September 2017 It was her first time away from her parents, her freshman year in college, finally, she was free. In the beginning, she felt a little homesick, so she called her parents every weekend. But, eventually she got busy making new friends, classwork, and enjoying going to the football games with her friends; she stopped making contact. Her parents still called every weekend but she spoke briefly to them on the phone. They continued writing her emails,…
This blog was first posted in May 2017. I felt impressed to post this blog again because I know many of us struggle with feeling stuck in the same place after years of being saved (same song just second verse). We appear to be failing in the same areas over and over again, like riding a merry-go-round. Here are three things to consider which may help us in understanding the important ingredients of maturing in our relationship with our Lord….
When we look at the world around us and even in the Body of Christ, it appears more importance is placed on who man is, rather than who Christ is? Our messages are centered on us, how wonderful we are, how amazing we are, and what we can do to improve ourselves, on and on. However, I have found the Bible’s centerpiece in heaven and earth is not centered on man at all, but on His Beloved Son, our Lord…
There is a great debate going on in the Body of Christ right now concerning whether we should keep the 10 Commandments or not. In fact, if we decide to keep the 10 Commandments, then we must keep all 613 laws given to Moses. To find out more about the other 603 commandments read Exodus Chapters 21-24; 31-35. In James 2:10, “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of…