Let’s Rise and Shine in 2020!

2019 Gone! I know that for many, 2019 was a tough year and you couldn’t wait for it to be over. Well, it’s over! There were break-ups, divorces, betrayals, health issues, spiritual warfare, conflicts and discord (at home, work, school, etc.), loss of loved ones, disappointments (fired, didn’t get the job/promotion, car, house, soul-mate, etc.), …

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I have it and so can You!

I had to grow-up so I could have it! I know some people wonder about me and that’s okay. Especially those who have known me for a very long time. They’ve seen a change. The change agent is Jesus. God’s been actively working in me through the Holy Spirit. It didn’t happen overnight, it happened …

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Silvia: The Conversation At “The Table”

What’s the conversation at the table? Is it edifying or degrading? Uplifting or depressing? Pleasant or unpleasant? Loving or hateful? Uniting or dividing? Words matter! Silvia’s Poems Saturday, April 6, 2019, I was at the new Jamaican restaurant in Stafford, waiting for my order. While waiting I called my friend Silvia. To make a long …

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Happy Birthday Jesus!

JESUS is the reason for the season! Happy Birthday Jesus!  From the time I became a working young adult I’ve loved shopping for Christmas cards and giving them out. But in 2000 something amazing happened. When I was shopping around for Christmas cards God told me that He wanted me to only buy Christmas cards …

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Are you dreading Christmas?

Hands down, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, especially for Christians, because we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Christmas should be a festive, cheerful, happy time but for many it is not. Leading-up to Christmas and on Christmas day many people feel lonely, sad, depressed, anxious and …

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Backstabber

“There are six things the Lord hates – no seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.” Proverbs 6:16-19 NLT Backstabber defined Urban Dictionary: …

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Not feeling THANKFUL?

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. Well, I know this Thanksgiving caught many off guard because there are five Thursdays in November this year. So many thought they had an extra week until they realized that was not the case. Hello! Then they were …

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