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“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 “Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-black performers to portray a caricature of a black person. In the United…

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105. We have all faced giants in our lives at one time of the other, but praise God it is a blessing to know that in the darkest of hours, we can cling to the assurance of His word. The…

“O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” Psalm 8:9 (KJV) There is a place way down deep in my soul, there the Holy Spirit dwells and reminds me that I am kept safe and secure by the Great I Am. All things move by His omnipotence and divine providence,…

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” John 14:1. Feelings of Hopelessness enters the heart, as there appear to be no end in sight to your present dilemma; in those moments you literally grasp to hang on and desire some sense of relief and suddenly a still small…

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 As a trainer for DCPS for many years, I can recall utilizing several ice breakers that established the idea of trusting in the team. One such…

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: “Matthew 7:7.     Prayer is the means by which we ask for all that we need; it is our direct communication with God. When we come before God, we must believe that He is our…

“Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s…

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10.  The books of 1 and 2 Samuel provide for us and exemplary account of David and his character. The prophet Samuel informed King Saul that due to his disobedience that God had sought a man after his own…

  “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” Romans 5:11 One of my favorite hymns is The Blood will Never Lose its Power. When I think about Jesus’ sacrificial death . . . His precious blood shed on Calvary’s…

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.” John 16:20. We are living in extraordinary times. The future appears chaotic and even dark to those without hope. However, for those of us who…

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” Luke 12:48. In our household, my parents had five of us,…

“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.” Isaiah 40:28 God created man with the intellect to acquire great knowledge and understanding. So much so that we tend to…

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10. To be still is to be absent of movement, deep silence and calm, stillness. There are obvious times when physical movement needs to cease, as in the presence of imminent danger;…

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9. It is a true blessing to write about the goodness of God. There is nothing better than knowing that you are kept safe in hands of the Almighty and Sovereign God…the Creator of all things. Life for me…

“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;” Hebrews 6:19. Anchor (agkura, Latin = ancora, an anchor) is a heavy weight of stone or metal attached to a rope or chain and dropped overboard to keep a ship from moving with…

“But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.” Psalm 73:28 We all must be brutally honest with ourselves sometimes; especially in times when we witness the inequalities and ill treatment of so many in our world….

“I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.” Psalms 116: 1-2 When we love someone with all our heart, soul, and mind, we empty ourselves of every emotion and thought to…

“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36 Waiting is defined as- the action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens. I recall the analogy of two individuals waiting for the…

“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” Romans 8:10. Righteous is defined as the quality of being morally right or justifiable, I remember the evening of my physical baptism, my pastor at the time was Rev. J. J. Jones at Antioch…

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:23 Worship is defined as the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for God. It is an essential and humbling act that allows us to show forth our praise and honor to our Creator.  Individuals worship…