When I was a young child my mom had to go to the hospital for surgery. In those days if you were a family on public assistance, your children would be temporarily placed in a foster home. The family I stayed with had a son who I thought was the cat’s meow. Of course, this young boy had no attraction to me at all! Every time we were outside playing, I would pick daisies and go through the process, ...  Read More

As people we love to be in control and to write the script for God to follow. Oftentimes, we tend to think that God cannot operate unless we help Him. Instead, He tells us to hold on and wait a minute. Who knows the beginning from the end, who called everything around you to come into existence, who created whom? Who do you think wrote the book (Bible) on how mankind can be successful if he follow...  Read More

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, abide means to: bear patiently, endure without yielding, wait for, accept without objection, remain stable or fixed. My husband and my computer repair guy like to tease me about my computer skills in one way or another. “Wow, I never have that much trouble with mine or others folk’s computer!” If the truth be told, I don’t listen much to their comments. My ...  Read More

My niece gifted me with a black tea kettle because I used mine at the last church campout. I offered my tea kettle so we could have hot water for tea without realizing what it would look like when I returned home. I am telling you about my tea kettle because tonight I feel like my brain is boiling over and the steam is shooting out my ears. Tonight finds me feeling extremely frustrated. I have bee...  Read More

According to Webster Dictionary, setting the record straight means to provide the facts about something that people have a false understanding or idea about. I am going to briefly share with you ‘fasting that pleases God.’ This blog is just the tip of the enormous subject on fasting. At the same time, my desire is to stir your mind and heart toward something that pleases God. I often think that we...  Read More

This is the second blog that I wish to set the record straight with fasting. In “Setting the Record Straight Part 1”, I shared how we at Victorious Life Christian Center have dedicated our first fruit, giving God the first of the twelve months, through a season of fasting. Today, I would like to briefly share with you ‘What Fasting Is Not.’ The prophet Isaiah was rebuking the children of Israel fo...  Read More