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

Yes! Let the celebrations begin. It's my Birthday Month! I'm celebrating all month, yes every single day! Day 1 - Spent in the House of God. Good worship! Good Word! Good fellowship! Thankful to be approaching my 66th chapter, on the 9th, and looking forward to whatever God has prepared for me. I'm excited. I am expecting God to show up in wonderful and amazing ways! I'm reminded that God uses people! When God puts me on your mind please act! That may mean prayers, call

I am realizing that sometimes people don't want your help. It doesn't matter if you have the answer, OR can save them time, and some heartache. They want to do it their way and you have to let them no matter how much it hurts. Sometimes you have to sit back and watch people crash and burn while praying they have a soft landing! And sometimes you have to walk away because it becomes too painful to watch. In each case always pray for them. It may look helpless and seem hopeless

Prayer: Lord, I pray that Jesus will be my example, especially in the areas of surrender and purpose. Father, reveal Your purpose for me. Reveal the areas in my life where I have not surrendered to You. Give me the strength to surrender to Your purpose and plan for my life. Help me to line up my desires with Your desires for me and for the lives You would have me impact. I want to please You, Father, through total surrender. I pray this prayer in faith and on the authority of

When you're going someplace you've never been you would check a map, plot a course and go. If you follow the directions you'll get there. If you go off on your own you may, or may not, get there but you will have expended needless time and effort. I have found that this can apply in Spiritual things too. You hear the voice of God giving you a vision/direction. At this point you have a choice - to follow, or to continue going your way. You write the vision He's given you. Then

“What do you mean, ‘If I can?’” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” (Mark 9:23 NLT) Then he touched their eyes and said, “Because of your faith, it will happen.” (Matthew 9:29 NLT) Delays and prayers that seem to go unanswered have more to do with us than God. He hears us when we pray. He looks at our faith and what we’re saying. Does our faith and our words match what we’ve asked for in prayer? The miracles Jesus did were contingent upon the recipient’s

Sometimes we have to dig deeper to mine the truths that are in His Word. I did that with Habakkuk 3:19 and found a treasure trove in this verse! Here's my notes and don't miss the faith confession at the end of the exploration! “The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering,

I sat with this over the weekend and asked the Lord to show me my, "no mores!" There are things I've allowed that have gone past their expiration date but I held on to the familiar hoping there would be change. Now I realize change is only possible if I start the process. If I stay the same then the person(s) stays the same. If I keep accepting the way things are, believing broken promises, then this is the way things will continue to be. Sometimes, for some people and in som

Give us this day our daily bread: A Word from the Living Word to start your day in victory! It is written... "I have glorified You down here on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do." (John 17:4 AMPC) FAITH CONFESSION: Abba Father, Jesus spoke these words before going to the cross. Show me how I can live a life that glorifies You. Show me the work You want me to complete. I want to fulfill Your will for my life. Order my steps. Give me Your directions. I sur

Give us this day our daily bread: A Word from the Living Word to start your day in victory! It is written... I hear the Lord saying, “I will stay close to you, instructing and guiding you along the pathway for your life. I will advise you along the way and lead you forth with my eyes as your guide. So don’t make it difficult; don’t be stubborn when I take you where you’ve not been before. Don’t make me tug you and pull you along. Just come with me!” (Psalm 32:8-9 TPT) God pro