Last week Wednesday morning, while I was cranking up my car, I realized that I didn't have my wallet. Being in a rush, I dashed back in the house to get my wallet. I assumed I put it on my dresser. But it wasn't on the dresser, so I looked all over the house, which I really didn't have time. I was already running late for work. So I thought maybe, I left it at the store that I stopped to on my way home. I got back in my car and I went to work. I said to myself, "Well, I just call the store when it opens and ask if anyone found a wallet." I must admit I was starting to worry, but one of the teachers I worked with, Joyce, reminded me to pray for my wallet to come back to me. She even told me about how her daughter lost her permit on a mission trip. Joyce's daughter prayed to God to return her permit. Then three days later, someone found it and gave it to her pastor. When the store opened, I called and the manager told me that no one had found a wallet. I was coo...

Psalm 95:1-7 (NLT) Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us give a joyous shout to the rock of our salvation! Let us come before him with thanksgiving. Let us sing him psalms of praise. For the Lord is a great God, the great King above all gods. He owns the depths of the earth, and even the mightiest mountains are his. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the sheep under his care. Oh, that you would listen to his voice today!

I am thankful for so many things. God has truly been blessing me and my family. I am also thankful to be part of Thankful Thursdays. I am thankful for God's grace and mercy. "My grace is sufficient for you.." - (2 Corinthians 12:9) I am thankful for God's favor. "For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life." - (Psalm 30:5) I am thankful for living to see another day. I am thankful for a roof over my head and food on the table. I am thankful for having clean water to drink and bathe in. I am thankful for me and my family's great health. I am thankful for legs to stand on and arms to wave in the air. I am thankful that my mom is still alive and well. I am thankful that the love in my marriage is increasing everyday. I am thankful for everything we tend to take for granted. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." - Philippians 4:6 "For the ...

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; - (Philippians 4:6) What does anxious for nothing means? It's simple. It means don't worry about anything. It seems easier said than done. Bottom line, God does not wants us to worry. He wants us to come to Him in prayer and to supplicate or transfer your anxieties to Him. However, you must do it with thanksgiving and prayer. Jesus said in Matthew 6:25 & 34, "I say to you, do not worry about your life. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." If Jesus said not to worry, then we shouldn't. You have to let your requests be made known to God. Tell God what you want and need. Even though God knows, hears, and sees all, He still wants to hear your heart's desire straight from your mouth. You have to open up your mouth and ask. Read wha...

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." - Romans 8:28 When you are in the midst of a storm, it seems there is no way out. You may feel like there's no hope. Your situation becomes too hard to bear. The thing is God wants you to come out of the storm. He wants you have hope. He doesn't want you to carry the weight of your problems on your back. That's His job. God can't bear what you don't cast. "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." - (1 Peter 5:7) Realize that no matter how grim your circumstance is God is in the midst. Even if your marriage seems like its falling apart, God is in the midst. Even if your children are misbehaving, God is in the midst. Even if you can't make ends meet right now, God is in the midst. Even if there is a lot transitions on your job that you are not too happy about, God is in the midst. God is i...

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is thatgood and acceptable and perfect will of God."- Romans 12:2 Secular TV shows, magazines, and movies have a way of making the world seem like paradise. All you can see is the glitz and glamour. Everyone seems happy and full of joy with no care in the world. At least that's what satan wants you think. Satan wants you to conform to the world so that you can become more vulnerable to his traps. You see, when you conform to the world, you are conforming to satan. You are conforming to the ideas and principles of the world, which are total opposite of the ideas and principle of the kingdom of God. You will begin to think, talk, walk the world ways. That my friend, is no way, shape, or form, pleasing to God. Do not allow yourself to get caught in satan's deadly traps. I'm telling you right now, do not be ignorant of satan's devices. He mea...