What am I focused on – really? I am very analytical mind. It is fabulous in corporate America, but it can be a serious stumbling block in my spiritual walk. Because I tend to analyze things to figure out the best outcome, or what my next move should be, I am challenged in allowing God to tell me, or show me, what I should do. I have come to realize that God doesn’t need my help, however, He does desire my cooperation. One of the Scriptures I’ve had to truly meditate on and ge

You can’t fight the enemy if you don’t recognize the enemy. God has given us the armor and the victory, but we can’t use the armor if we don’t recognize the strategy and attacks of the enemy. We fight from a place of victory, and we’ve got everything we need to walk boldly in it. It’s critical for us to recognize how the enemy operates. Deception is one of the tools in his arsenal. Pride is another. If he can deceive us into believing we’re not getting something we think we d

It’s been a reflective day. I’m looking at some uncomfortable places I’ve landed in because I didn’t value me enough to set boundaries or define expectations. We can’t discount ourselves to make others comfortable with themselves. We can’t dull our light because others are blinded by the shine. We can’t be less when God has created us to be more! The truth is that others are valuable too but they don’t always know it, so they discount you to make themselves feel better. Other

Today I’m thinking about ministry, how I do it, why I do it, evaluating the clarity of my vision statement and the application of the vision, while defining what success looks like. While this is personal to me, what God has called me to do, you can use these same Scriptures, questions, and promptings to take a look at what you’re doing for God or want to do for Him. Think of it as your blueprint for vision. “May Yahweh give you every desire of your heart and carry out your e

I’m thankful for a new day, God’s grace, life, family, friends, and enemies. Yes, I said enemies. Why? Because they show us what’s in us. It’s easy to be loving with those that love us. The test is, can we be loving around those that hate us, mistreat us, talk badly about us, and more? "You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the

“You keep every promise you’ve ever made to me! Since your love for me is constant and endless, I ask you, Lord, to finish every good thing that you’ve begun in me!” (Psalm 138:8 TPT) This I know about You, Abba Father: You are a promise keeper I can count on You Your love for me is constant, endless, and unconditional Lord, please finish every good thing You have begun in my me. In the meantime, I will hold firmly to this promise in Your Word: “And I am convinced and sure of

“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” (II Chronicles 20:12b AMPC) Right now, I’m at the crossroads of destiny, a new season, change, adventure, and so much more. I am diligently seeking God’s direction for my next steps as I know the decisions, I make will be pivotal to the outcome, and they must reflect God’s heart for me and for my ministry. Being comfortable, while effective, is no longer an option. I believe God is taking me out of my comfort zone and I

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! Thank you everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes, cards, calls, and gifts. I enjoyed reading every single one of them. You all made my heart smile. I appreciate your kind words and encouragement. They blessed and encouraged me. "A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver." (Proverbs 25:11 AMPC) Sometimes you just don't know

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! Today is my actual birthday so it's really on now! Writing these Birthday Month Chronicles has reminded me of the many blessings I have. They literally surround me and sometimes overtake me. It has caused me to be even more thankful. It has made me focus on the little things that build into bigger things that I can easily miss and not appreciate. There's so much value

Ending my day, my 65th year, with a retrospective look at some of the seasons of my life in pictures. Tomorrow, I wake up to chapter 66. I'm thankful to be here and I am looking forward to what God has planned for me next. Thank You Lord, for a great day, by faith, and a blessed New Year. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for this promise in Your Word: "I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—p

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! Today I'm thinking about Sabbath Rest. I can’t mistake walking in my purpose, doing things for God, as a license to not take care of myself because I’m busy doing ministry! Busy doesn't always mean productive. It can just mean busy and even distracted. While what I'm doing may be a good thing, if it's not a God thing, my assignment, then it's a distraction. In 2016, t

DAY 6: Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! Today I’ve been thinking about God's love for me. We know that God is love but do we really understand the depth of that love. I know it’s bigger than I can grasp so I continually think of this Scripture and pray it over myself. TODAY I'M PRAYING THIS SCRIPTURE OVER YOU: “My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parc

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! Today I’m thinking about Divine Connections, the people God has connected me to and the impact they’ve had on my life and the impact I’ve had on their lives. I’m thankful that God blessed me with great relationships. Some connections have been seasonal, some temporary, and some have been longer, meaning we’re still connected, still impacting each other’s lives. This S

ENOUGH! Hear that...ENOUGH! You are ENOUGH! This is you in Christ Jesus: EQUIPPED! NOURISHED! OVERCOMER! UNIFIED! GRACE! HEALED! With God you are more than ENOUGH! Don't allow anyone to decrease your value, try to make you fit their perception of who you are, or assign limitations to you to make them feel better about themselves. Instead introduce them to Jesus so their value can soar and they can become ENOUGH! There's ENOUGH Jesus for all of us! Feast on these Scriptures so

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! Today I’m thinking about walking in my purpose and some of the obstacles I’ve allowed to derail and distract my purpose. There have been times when I believed I needed XYZ to fulfill my purpose. There have also been times when my purpose wasn’t clear, so I found myself doing good things at the expense of God things unknowingly. I’ve learned to be more like Nehemiah wh

Do you know that as a child of God you are an heir with Jesus Christ and you have an inheritance? Romans 8:14-17 (NKJV) says: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes, every single day! I continue to reflect on my life and seek God's direction for this new season. I'm excited and looking forward to the changes I believe are ahead. Stay tuned because God isn't finished with me yet! This Scripture continues to speak life into my being: "I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned

I'm reminded that everything isn't for everyone. While God may allow others to do it, He may not allow you, or I, to do it, or He may limit our participation in it. There's a reason we may not see or understand but we must trust what God is doing in our life. "I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for." (Jeremiah

Yes! Let the celebrations continue. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes every single day! It's been a quiet day. A day of reflection. Thinking about my mom and remembering her influence on my life. Just want to shout out about the influence of this phenomenal woman! I am who I am because of who she was! I'm so glad I can think for myself, am not easily led, and don't need validation, or permission, to do me! Mommy was big on my not following the crowd,

“These are the miraculous signs that will accompany believers: They will use the power and authority of my name to force demons out of people. They will speak new languages. They will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick and cure them.” (Mark 16:17-18 GWT) When I read this Scripture I asked, Lord, why aren’t we seeing more signs and wonders now? Jesus said we would be able to greater things than He