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When the Pressure Is Too Much
It doesn’t matter who you are or how long you’ve been on this Christian journey, there’s bound to be a time in your life when the pressure seems way beyond what you think you can handle. You know that God has your back, and that you can do all things through Christ, but there are…
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Too Busy to Slow Down
One of the things that many of us struggle with today in life is differentiating between what is relevant and what isn’t. All too often, we get consumed with what’s happening on a reality TV show, or the next thing poppin’ on social media, and we kinda get lost in that world. We begin to…
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Know Your Worth
We all know the precious verse in Proverbs 31:10 (NLT) that says, “Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.” God is so incredibly gracious to have placed this prized gem of wisdom in His Word. He knew that at every rotation of change, and at every level of…
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Preparing for A Rainy Day
No one could have anticipated some of the things we see going on around us. They are pretty incredible to say the least, but there’s one thing that we know for sure as Christians; we know who holds tomorrow. No matter how outrageous the world and its major players seem to get, God is in…
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The Blessing Zone
Hebrews 11:6(NKJV) tells us, “6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” I’d like to focus on the last part of this verse for just a bit. The bible is…
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Help Us Help Quiyana!
Quiyana wrote to me because her best friend passed away almost two years ago, and it has caused the kinds of problems in her life that she never in a million years suspected she’d encounter. Quiyana is conflicted because she has feelings for her best friend’s husband, who is now a widow. He is raising…
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The Synchronized Timing of Your Blessing
There is no way we can get to the place God desires us to be without taking a brutally honest look at ourselves every once and a while. The goal of doing this is to widen a space in our consciousness that will allow the Holy Spirit to point out a few adjustments. These adjustments…
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Don’t Give Up, Reach Out and Climb Higher!
The answer to the question, “Where is God taking me?” will be the same for every born-again believer. He is always taking us to higher spiritual heights. This brings the blockers in our lives front and center, because Jesus Christ made it crystal clear that we have an enemy that seeks to knock us back…
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The Pain of Death, The Joy of Life
Dorothea lost her mother the middle of last year. I don’t know her personally, but all of us can imagine how truly devastating it is to lose a parent. Recently, within the span of three months, both her older sister and her son also died unexpectedly. An acquaintance of Dorothea’s phoned me last week with…
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Being Super Woman
We’ve all faced our share of hard times and disappointments, and some of us have experienced some doozies. Whether it’s a letdown at the job or possibly a major heartbreak in our relationships, at some point in our lives many of us were crushed beyond what we believed to be our threshold. As uncomfortable as…
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Building Faith Muscle
Romans 5:3-5(NLT) “3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us,…
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Your Cup Overflows
God desires to do a brand new thing in our lives, and because this world is corrupting moment by moment, we sometimes lose sight of this. Things within our everyday existence can become very stale. If our diet isn’t packed with the nutritious substance of God’s goodness and Word, we will find ourselves feeling…
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Moving in Progressive Faith
The more we grow in our relationship with God, the more we will understand the power that He has given us through the person of Jesus Christ. It is our greatest privilege to be able to increase in the Spirit with each passing day as we put on the love of Christ. Our earth experience…
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Living Out of Your Spirit Man
The one commonality among every single Christian living today is that all of us have underestimated the depth and breadth of God’s love. Many of us have studied His Word, and some of us have done so exhaustively. We may comprehend God’s love intellectually; in other words, everything that we have read in the bible…
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Multiple Ways to Make dem’ Coins
Glenda Green was a hustling machine. It’s been well over 20 years since I’ve seen her last, so I can’t speak to whether or not she’s still doing the doggone thang’, but my guess is that this sister is still making it work. We met each other in my junior year of college, at a…
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Our foremothers knew how to make something out of nothing. Creating a delicacy out of parts of meat that no one else ever thought to eat was their specialty, and they could turn a throw-away into a showpiece that birthed what we now refer to as designer knock-offs. They were forced to be innovative and…
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Whose Voice Are You Listening to?
If you audibly heard the voice of God telling you to drop everything this very second, put on your coat, grab your wallet or purse, go to the nearest Christian bookstore and purchase a bible, and then stand on the street to give it to the first person who would take it; I guarantee you…
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Releasing the Blocker
You might not be in an environment where you see despondent and sad Christians by the dozens. If you aren’t, be thankful. This is not to say that Christians should never be sad or depressed, because all of us encounter life challenges that will seek to pull us down mentally and emotionally. We have to…
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Reclaiming Your Destiny!
As a born-again Christian, everything in your life will always bring you back to your level of growth in faith, in God in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. This is God’s number one goal for your existence. You can walk to the ends of the earth and back. You can read a…
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Dry Bones Come Alive!
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”847″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] In Ezekiel 37:1 (NLT), the prophet tells us, “The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with…
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Be Greater Than the Worries in Your Life!
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”281″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] If you’re not feeling like this is one of the most challenging seasons in your existence, then this teaching may not strike the chord that it will with those that…
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The Trademark of a True Christian Is Repentance
An older, gray-haired man said to my husband the other day that he had found the way, and that he needed to school the younger generation of African American males on “what time it is.” As his dialogue continued, it was apparent that the way that he discovered was not at all the knowledge that…
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Was This the Unhappiest Year of Your Life?
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”265″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] Somewhere between the explosive popularity of self-help and new revelations regarding the abundant life that Jesus Christ made available, it became uncomfortable and unacceptable for Christians to be sad. So…
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Kissed with God’s Favor
Over the course of the next year, you are going to witness a kiss of God’s favor that is unlike anything you’ve experienced to date. It will be unprecedented in the fact that you will literally feel and see the hand of God in your circumstances. Details of which you have been totally unaware will…
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Thankful for An Abundant Life in Christ!
In John 10:10 (NKJV), Jesus Christ said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” When you sit with this, you realize Jesus isn’t just pointing out the devil’s drama—He’s uncovering the enemy’s whole…
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Grow In Understanding
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”441″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] Proverbs 15:31-32 (NLT) “If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to…
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Don’t Forget This Area of Your Faith
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”265″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] There are certain times during your life in the Spirit that you will not be able to move forward in a dynamic way unless you ask yourself some critical questions.…
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Knock Down Walls and Bypass Opposition
Do you feel in your heart of hearts that you are destined for much greater things, but you have no idea how to start? Does it feel to you that you’re boxed in because you lack the resources to get your vision off the ground? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to either of these questions, then…
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Recognizing the Season You’re In
Growing up, the only bone of contention between my mother and me that I can recall, came about when it was time for her to do my hair. Even before this contest began, I felt her angst as she braced herself for what was sure to be my struggling against that dreaded, and evil in…
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Maturity Yields a Bountiful Harvest
The fall is known as harvest season, and it has always been my favorite time of the year. I have such fond memories of growing up in a tight-knit community and enjoying the town’s fall fairs and festivals with my family each year. There was good food everywhere your eye could see, and the atmosphere…