Isolation comes and goes with different seasons as we grow in faith. Sometimes God needs to get our attention to bring us into what He has called us for. When it is our time to step up and answer the call, he starts clearing the distractions in our lives. Sometimes we...
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
~ Psalm 119:15
Holding Down What Holds You Down
Where I come from we referred to our best friends or girlfriend or boyfriend as a "ride or die." There was a song and everything. But, what or who are you riding or dying for? What if you are ride or die but your ride or die is not and simply needs to...die? Many...
Speak Life
Proverbs 18:21 states: Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (KJV) Simply put: Mind your mouth. Easier said than done. I know. Sarcasm was my best friend. It might feel good in the moment but you've probably...
Live As If…
When we go to church, we're told to live in expectation. Live in anticipation of God's promises. Praise God in the valley because He’s coming to deliver us from our hardships. Ephesians 3:20 says: Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we...
Exceeding Abundantly
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us...(Ephesians 3:20 KJV) Paul writes these words to the church of Ephesus from "prison." He's traveled all over preaching and teaching...
Self-inflicted Wounds
WARNING! Go and get your band-aids, bandages, gauze pads and tape. I'm about to step on some toes and open some stitches. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Romans 8:37) So, why then, people of God, if we are more than...
Do What’s Required
How many times have you heard someone in the midst of a crisis say, "I did everything?" If you knew the person well, did you agree that they indeed did everything they could to avoid the calamity? What if they didn't? How would you tell them? Many times we do what we...
Swiftly and Completely
How many times have you heard your mother yell from another room, "Don't make me come in there?" You and your friends/siblings were being too rambunctious. Your mom had had enough and she threw the warning out there. How many times did you ignore it only to find her...
Have You Made Yourself Available?
Jesus teaches us to love one another. It's a basic tenant of the Christian faith. Love. However, without Christ, you really don't know what true love is. We need to open our whole selves up to the Lord so we can be changed. We need to make ourselves available to Him....
Prayer, Fasting, and Acceptance – What is Prayer?
This is the first of a series entitled Prayer, Fasting and Acceptance. It will go into what prayer and fasting are and why we, as Christians, should do them. It will dig into the types of prayer and ways of fasting. Finally, it will show us how to begin to accept...
Be Thankful Unto Him!
Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. When we think of Thanksgiving, we think of family, love, and food. However, I have begun to think of every day like Thanksgiving because I...
No More! You Are Free!
I don't know about you but my God is an awesome and mighty God. He took my shackles off and showed me the reality of my world and He said, "NO MORE! YOU ARE FREE!" This week's sermon was titled Remember the Word. As I sit here, I am reminded that He said, "NO MORE!...