Portia. I really don’t want to read about this. I’m just trying to figure out how to lose my belly and tone up. OK, but let me be painfully truthful with you: even if you do lose weight, don’t expect your results to last, or to...
Sometimes the overwhelming feeling of exhaustion just takes over us and we just feel outright tired. We become physically, mentally, financially, and spiritually tired. We allow ourselves to carry unnecessary burdens and become overwhelmed with struggling, trying, learning, and fighting. The Holy Spirit is there...
In order to receive all that God has for us is to step up, stretch our arms out, and snatch it up by faith. Every bad situation contains some kind of good. It is either a blessing or a lesson. Although we may not...
When those moments of defeat come into our lives (because they will come) we have to know when to stand firm on the Word of God and let the enemy know no weapon formed against me shall prosper Satan. You are a liar! My Father...
Too many times we allow trails to make us bitter instead of better. The purpose of any trail is to glorify the name of God. To show all that regardless of the severity of the trail God saw me through and brought me out. The...
Life will present to us all kinds of obstacles and a variety of struggles. That is the life we live and have to accept that. In most cases when obstacles arise instead of resorting to prayer first we use it as a last resort. First,...
No one gets to be exempt from trails and troubles, but the response to hardship separates victory from defeat. Regardless of our circumstances it is imperative that we learn to plant the right seeds. It is important for us to guard the door of...
There is this story of the man who found a new butterfly struggling to crawl out of its cocoon. After carefully cutting an opening and extricating the butterfly, it died. Why? Because it is the struggle to get out of the cocoon that forces blood...
It is so easy to blame everyone else for the challenges, struggles, and failures we may have to face. Difficulties normally occur when there is a need for personal change. That need for personal change should always be for the better. The Word of God...
Sometimes it is easy to feel completely lost. I have learned that if we ask God for clear direction in our lives he will give it to us. If we ask God to show us what to do he will show us. If we ask...
Our faith is a shield, a shield that can be used to protect us from the enemy. There comes a time when we have to take a firm stance and stop allowing the enemy to attack our faith. God's will is not for us to...
It is hard to believe when everything we see tell us not to believe. However, the Word of God tells us "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" {Romans 10:17}. His Word gives us confidence, power, and strength by...