The Bible clearly explains that in order to overcome spiritual battles, we have to fight with spiritual weapons. Here’s how you can fight your battles God’s way.
For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. (Matthew 6:8) Quite recently, I found myself thinking about what else I could do to try and speed up the answers to some prayers of mine. I thought of fasting more, maybe a prayer vigil, praise God more, perhaps sow a big seed at church etc. If you notice, none of the things mentioned in my list are wrong. For example, we should praise God often and we should be aiming to fast, pray, and give as much as we are able to. But the error is…
If you’re on the verge of giving up and going back to that familiar place, I want to encourage you to press forward!
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. (Proverbs 22:3) As a survivor of domestic abuse, people often wonder why I (or other victims) stay in abusive relationships. All I can tell you, is there are as many reasons as there are stars in the sky. There is no simple answer. I am certain we all have stayed in a relationship longer than we should have at some point in our lives. Despite our partner being abusive, having drug or alcohol addiction’s, infidelities, or was simply not as committed as we…
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. (Isaiah 43:2) Life sometimes happens and leaves you feeling lost, confused, lonely, lost, empty and overwhelmed. I’ve been there a couple of times and it’s not a place I would like to be again honestly. There were years, before I gave my life to Christ when I felt so disconnected from my Father in heaven. I had a smile…
Mr. Wrong can appear to be everything you’ve prayed for. The enemy knows exactly what your weaknesses are. Be aware and stay alert!
It’s the beginning of the 3rd month of the year, and it seems that the New Year is no longer new after all. I can’t believe we are halfway through the first quarter already. Usually, at the beginning of a new year, some people like me write out their goals, some call it new year resolutions, while some just make a list or mental note of the things they’d like to achieve in that year; be it personal, career, spiritual, emotional etc. Most people with a sense of purpose make goals that have the potential to make them a better…
When God Refuses to open a door.. Don’t lose hope. He’s working it out for you. Even when it feels like the odds are stacked against you.
At one point in my life, I used to envy how ‘spiritual’ other people looked in church. By spiritual I mean how passionate their prayers seemed, the speaking in tongues, the salty tears streaming down their faces. I too longed to be like that. I wanted to be in a certain state too during praise and worship/prayer, for fear of thinking that I just wasn’t praying in the ‘right’ way. And then…with time, I grew a little wiser, and with this newfound wisdom came some very valuable insight. Here are 3 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship With God… 1. Be…
While surfing Facebook, I ran into several advertisements for books/ebooks that promise to help single women find a man in the church, or giving advice if you are in the church, still single and can’t find the elusive “Boaz”. I JUST accepted that God heard every one of my prayers for a husband and then BOOM! I am told that I’m doing it all wrong and said book has all of the answers for a small fee. At that very moment, I wanted to scream! I felt like I was in the middle of a late-night infomercial: Buy this book…
“I just don’t want to be judged”, she said, “I’m not like you, I don’t have it all together yet.” I smiled and thought… “by whose standards, because honey I am far from having it all together” What is so discouraging is how so many people feel the exact same way about attending church. Anxiety creeps in when they envision some picture perfect museum of holy togetherness picking apart every piece of their flawed lifestyle. As they choose their seat in the very last row of the sanctuary hoping to be unnoticed. And this idea is so paralyzing that it keeps…
When a woman gets to the stage where marriage seems to be the single most important thing in the universe, the doors of temptation fling wide open. Patience, grace, and feminine mystique are put to the ultimate test. But sisters, here’s one thing to remember; DO NOT approach a man when he is hungry or thirsty! My dad does not function very well when he is hungry. My brother, who everyone knows is super humorous and cheerful can be a tantrum-throwing baby and completely irrational when he’s hungry (maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit. But the point is, I have…
How Do You Know When It’s From God? For starters, it won’t go against His word. You will feel more grateful than guilty.
When you’re busy thanking God in all circumstances, you don’t have time to worry or complain.
The enemy uses our past to cause confusion and disorder in our lives. He is the record keeper of the past. He torments us with feelings of shame, guilt, condemnation, and a host of other seriously awful feelings. He loves to remind us of things we have done to keep us from feeling deserving of God’s love and grace. Even things we may have had no control over he will use to make us feel at fault. The enemy reminded me of every awful thing I had done since I was like seven, yes, there were things upon things. He shamed me and…
When God is the center of your life, everything else will fall in it’s proper place.
Following Christ is not always easy, but it is always worth it. “Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.” (1 Peter 4:4) If I can be honest, following Christ can be hard many days. It seemed since I became more intentional in my relationship as a Christian I was often the only believer in the room; friends were more distant, the trials increased, and not many of my loved ones shared in my excitement or beliefs about Jesus. “So you must…
Many people are living in bondage, but not the kind of “bondage” that you can see…instead, they are bound by the worst form of bondage…emotional bondage. Rejection is the most painful of all the emotions; it is one of the deepest emotions we experience, as it cripples our self-worth, cutting deep and going straight to our core. Rejection can cause you to believe a lie about yourself and you can end up projecting it on other people. Rejection sends a false message to us that we are not enough, not worthy and ultimately keeps us bound. Parents do it to their children,…
I’m sure by now most of you have come across the video of Pastor, DeVon Franklin and Actress/ First Lady, Meagan Good as they joined One Church L.A. for “The Wait” – Kingdom Love 2 (Valentine’s Day Event). During the event, Devon and Meagan shared their journey of celibacy prior to getting married as well as promoted their new book based off their journey ‘ The Wait’. During the Q & A part of the event, one of the audience members called Meagan Good out on her lack of modesty when it comes to her choice of clothing. “This is…
I love the fact that Valentines Day will always be a special day in my life regardless of my relationship status. Six years ago, I remember sitting in a church service thinking to myself ‘But why God? Another Valentines Day and l’m still single! Seriously though God, what happened to you giving me the desires of my heart because l don’t understand where my saved younger version of Richard Gere with a slight hint of Sheldon Cooper is right now’. I was feeling very sad and broken, I might have been in tears, okay l was crying but then the most amazing thing happened to me! There l…
