Originally Posted April 7, 2007 but updated for today's post. :) Picture by: Shine Design via Toia on Pinterest The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall be afraid? (Psalm 27:1) "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself" is a familiar and famous quote. Fear corrupts your faith in God. Having God as your light, your salvation, and your strength, allow you to stand up, be strong and conquer all fears. *Remember that the word of God says in 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind." Fear does not have control over you; instead you have control over fear. Having the power of God dwelling in our hearts, allow us to be victims no more to fear. "Fear is exaggerated. It can be overwhelming. It always takes you to the worst-case scenario. Fear is like a fog. It will always cloud the truth. It tries to make you ...

"....An encouraging word CHEERS a person up." (Proverbs 12:25) nlt I love encouraging and inspiring people through my words. It's a wonderful feeling to lift someone's spirit. I just pray more people would take the time to build up people with their words, rather than tear them down. Having people tear you down, ridicule, or "joking" around with offensive, degrading, or disrespectful words, is anything but a great feeling. It hurts, agitates, and can have a very negative impact on one's spirit. For example, when we have family function, my granddad loves to always and do mean always point out and I quote "How big my butt is" or "If I eat another bite of food (granted it's my first bite from my meal) I will be as big as my momma." or my favorite (sarcasm here)..."Hey everyone this one here (pointing to me) looks like she's pregnant!" (By the way I'm not that big.) Can you say WO...

I'm so bless and honored to have Jesus on my side as my Advocate. God knows that we are not perfect. He knows in some form or another we will sin everyday. But because our heavenly Father loves us so much, He appointed Jesus as our defense attorney to plead our case. In addition to being an Advocate, Jesus is also our Helper, Counselor (Lawyer), Intercessor through and by the power of the Holy Spirit. 1 John 2:1-2 reminds me of a Helen Baylor's song, "If It Had, Not, Been For The Lord, On My Side Where Would I Be?, Where Would I Be?..... He Never Left Me All Alone He Gave Me Peace And Joy I've Never Known He Answered When I Knelt To Him In Prayer And In Victory The Lord Brought Me This Way, So... If It Had, Not, Been For The Lord, On My Side Where Would I Be?, Where Would I Be?....." I don't think I even want to begin to imagine my life without Jesus in it!! Do you? Not only has God appointed Jesus as our Advocate, but...

Have you ever wanted to pray, but wasn't quite sure what to pray for? Well, if you are ever loss for words, you can always pray the word of God. You can't ever go wrong with praying God's word. One of the prayers I like to read as well as pray from the Bible is Apostle Paul's prayer for spiritual growth in Ephesians 3:14-21. It reads.... "For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, the   He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell     in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.   Now to Him who is able to do e...

Sometimes we have the tendency to fear the unknown. When you are in a midst of distress or despair, it's naturally to fear the worst at first. However, you must be careful not to wallow in it. This is where you should not feed into your fear, but into your faith. One of the many reasons why I love the book of Psalms is that you can get a clear sense of his heartfelt relationship with God. David was in trouble so many times. Nonetheless, he knew His God, our God, will bring him out. Psalm 138 is a psalm written by David about "The Lord's Goodness to the Faithful." Verses seven and eight are my favorite. It says, "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand Against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands." David knew that God will stretch out H...

This past weekend was magnificent!!  We celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!! It was a celebration that's so indescribable. To understand where I'm coming from you had to be there. Jesus dying for our sin and rising up from the grave on the third is worth being celebrated every single day. We serve an Almighty God. He is the GREAT I AM. Death could not hold Him down. Jesus is the risen King!! I give Him all the praise and all the glory!! Our church sang songs of praise and heartfelt worship. The presence of God was so strong. It would have been pretty hard to leave service the same way you came in. One of the songs we sang was "The Great I Am." This is my favorite part of the song.... The mountains shake before You the demons run in fear At the mention of the name King of Majesty There is no power in hell Or any who can stand Before the power and the presence of the great I AM Hallelujah, holy, holy God A...