April 4, 2024 Two Questions “Where have you come from, and where are you going?” Jesus posed those two questions to a young servant girl in the 18th century BC. As ministers (servants), we must answer those same questions today to move forward and reap the blessings God has for us. “And He said, ‘Hagar, …
March 28, 2024 Why Am I Stuck? “Do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world” (1 John 4:1 NLT). Why Am I Stuck? It’s almost April! Are …
Hammer Strength! Hammer Strength! It was as if the two words leaped off the side of the weight-lift machine in the gym yesterday and arrested my attention. I couldn’t stop thinking about and feeling that, somehow, God was speaking to me through those two words. I mentioned it to my trainer, AJ. Wow! “The …
March 14, 2024 Fired Up! You may not know it, but you have been CHOSEN by God! You have been singled out, pre-selected and placed in the furnace of affliction. The heat feels unbearable, but you will soon come out fired up and well-prepared to fulfill your divine destination. “Behold, I have refined thee, but …
March 7, 2024 If It Offends GOD, I Don’t Want It! “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me, and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life” (Psalm 139:23-24 NLT). If it Offends God, I Don’t Want it! …
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Try read-aloud, it’s a way to rest your eyes.
Step on it! (“Lest Our Feet Stray…”) Black History Month goes by faster than any other month! I believe it was Dick Gregory who said, “They didn’t mind giving us that month with all dem’ days missing.” “They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened …
February 29, 2024 Step on it! (“Lest Our Feet Stray…”) Read More »
February 22, 2024 READ! READ! READ! “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, READ! READ! READ!” That was Professor Winnie T. Robinson’s (one of my professors at North Carolina Central University) mantra! Reading is essential! Reading is fundamental! And—reading is too often NEGLECTED! So why is reading so often neglected? Co-Pastor Susie Owens wrote in her foreword to one of Bishop …
The Definition of Love is Time! “I got shoes; you got shoes; all God’s chillum got shoes When we get to heaven, gonna put on our shoes, And shout all over God’s heav’n!” I believe it was Dr. Miles Mark Fisher who suggested that the lyrics to the “Negro” spiritual above were likely crafted by …
February 15, 2024 The Definition of Love is Time! Read More »
Whine or Dine? As my wife, Betty, and I were reading Scriptures together yesterday as we do every day, I was reminded of a message I wrote awhile back about bread. I pray that it blesses you today! “Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for …