The light, gelid rain started falling as I reached the bottom of the street. “I’m glad I decided to wear a hat,” I thought. “Oh, Spring, when will you arrive?” I looked up and around, thinking of how much I dislike rainy days. The trees, bare since the Fall, looked like props in an Alfred Hitchcock movie set. “All we lack is flocks of black birds descending upon me,” I said to myself. My family knows it. I’m fueled by sunshine. Give me the sun shining outside and I am a happy Continue Reading
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Self-Condemnation – The Accuser’s Effective Tool {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Through the years, I’ve met several people who claimed that they couldn’t stop thinking about their past sins - those decisions they made before accepting Christ as their Savior. One close friend suffered with self-depreciating thoughts for many years following her salvation. Although she believed God had cast her sins as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12), she could not stop thinking about them and, consequently, felt undeserving of God’s love. Many people can relate to this, Continue Reading
The God-Centered Mindset – Faith that Overcomes { The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
What do McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, first motorcycle inventor Soichiro Honda, renowned American painter Anna Mary Robertson Moses, and Jewish patriarchs Moses and Abraham have in common? Not much. They come from various backgrounds, nationalities and beliefs. They have little in common, other than the fact that their names are synonyms of success, fortune or persevering faith. But there is another common feature that links these people together: Their biggest accomplishments did not happen Continue Reading
SET FREE! {Watch Video about SHE SOARS 2019}
Unchained… Unbound… Fearless… Changed… Victorious… Restored… These are some of the words the Holy Spirit whispered as I prayed about the theme for SHE SOARS Women's Conference 2019. These words describe some of the sub-products of the freedom Jesus died to give us. I know, I know... if we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we have been SET FREE. But truth be told, many of us, Heaven-bound Jesus girls are still to experience the true freedom that Christ referred to in this Continue Reading
Standing for Your Beliefs is NOT Intolerance {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
“In the world it is called Tolerance (…) the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.” — Dorothy Sayers Religious and conservative leaders have raised their voices against New York’s Reproductive Health Act, which, among other provisions, has expanded abortion rights up to the third trimester and Continue Reading
The God-Shaped Hole {The Sermon of the Mount Blog Series – Part 4)
They followed Jesus around, repeatedly confronting Him and looking for ways to undermine His teaching and authority. Their motives were substantiated by over 200 hundred years of spiritual authority over Israel. The Pharisees were doctors of the Law, responsible for teaching in the synagogues, which had become an important secondary institution in Jewish life following the building of the Second Temple around 530 B.C. by Ezra, after the Babylonian exile. The people believed the Pharisees. Continue Reading
