I've noticed something that's happened in my life, I am quick to discord people when they get on my nerves. So of course, this leaves me alone most of the time. Now I know you think that people shouldn't get on a pastor's nerves but you are mistaken. We sometimes deal with more foolishness than you'll ever imagine.
     Nevertheless, God is really dealing with me concerning associations. Do you know that just being around someone who's blessed can cause you to come into your wealthy places? No, I'm not just talking about mouching off someone else's money, I'm talking about the blessing of association. Just associating yourself with someone who has favor, can cause favor to fall on you. If God said that He'd open up windows from heaven and pour out blessings that you won't be able to recieve....then tell me, who does those blessings that fall off of the tither and the one who walks into provisionary promise falls on? I'll answer that for you, they fall on the people around them. How? Because the tither already is soaked in giving and they understand, "give and it shall be given unto you."
      We are often blessed through the people we know! Nothing that we've done, just to know someone, and sometimes to know someone that knows someone else, is a true fire way to move into blessings by association. So as God began to release this in my life, I'm finding a way to deal with people even though my nerves are sometimes shaken. I just had to come to the realization that everyone isn't where I am and I ain't where they may want me to be. The definition of friendship is to take someone into your heart, accepting them flaws and all, teaching them when they are wrong (according to God's Word), loving them through their rough times, and blessing them in your plentious times, creating a bond that no one can break; a bond that can withstand the turbulent times. This is friendship.
     So, I guess what I am trying to tell you today is don't take friends for granted. Decide to love your friends, no matter what. I've been rebuked to stop letting people go and maybe if you're reading this, God is handing that same instruction to you. Speak to your nerves and command them to be at ease, I know I've got to get mine under subjection. This is a giant in my life that has had to come down. Love covers a multitude of faults and you must allow love to cover others faults. Don't allow friendship to vanish because who knows, you could be blessed by association.

This weekend I met a little girl named Cameron Danielle. Cameron came into this world faced with so many oppositions but in the midst of them all, she prevailed. Watching her run around the run, playing, talking, and being her....made me realize that life is not promised and if you are here, you should be making the best of your time. There are so many things that have been dropped into my spirit and time and time again, I neglect them due to fear of failure.
While watching her, I saw a child who knows exactly what she wants. I saw a child who met no strangers and one who had the boldness of David. I saw a fearless, fanatic who could say whatever was on her mind. I saw myself before life's failures and longed to get back to the place where I could walk in complete boldness irregardless to fear.
So as I drove home from my trip, I gaze out of the window at trees that seemed to have had a haircut. I saw green grass and leaves that seemed to be fighting between being orange or green. And get this, I saw the same senery in Texas as well as in Louisiana. God reminded me, "If I can do for the trees in Louisiana, the same as I did for the trees in Texas, surely I can do the same things for you that I've done for someone else." I could feel the passion recapture my heart for some things I'd thought were gone. I could feel my thinking cap turn from fear of failure, to determined to do. What's even better is I realized at that moment that I had purpose. Purpose that's even greater than I can imagine. Purpose to be someone who will be known for doing whatever I thought God put in heart to do and I owe this revelation all to a little girl who God put in my path to show me that in Him, adversity is but advantage!

     As I prepare for the release of "His Mistress or God's Daughter?" I can't help but reflect upon the happenings of today. I watched Tiger Wood's apology and I couldn't help but feel compassion for him. Why? Because we all fall into the traps of the enemy and although we owe the world nothing....they put such a burden on people to be how they think they should be. This man plays golf! Folks act like he's a savior or something that should have been without fault. Start teaching your children to look up to you, and then you become the example for your own children and stop putting this weight on celebrities and sportsmen and women. These are folks who had a talent and just because they have talent, doesn't mean that they are saved. We must start teaching people to look up to Jesus, who is the author and finisher of their faith.....not man!
     What gets me even more, is the fact that all the women who came forward are just let off the hook. They had just as much obligation as he did to be apologizing to his wife and family for the role they played. Tiger wouldn't have cheated with any of them, if they would have not made themselves available. But get this, the world says, "Well, he was the one who was married!" But God says, "They all committed adultery and no sin shall glory in my sight!" Stop allowing the enemy to play trickery with your mind and works demonic works through you. Now, we'll see how the media hype them up and the next thing you know, they'll be famous and known for sleeping with a married man. So, just as Tiger needs counseling, so do the women who thought less of themselves to become a mistress and do the things that's expected of mistresses.
     It's a known fact that once a man becomes famous, there are women waiting to have affairs for the sake of being connected to someone famous. Well sisters, get connected to a Man, who was more famous than any man, who loved the sinner, healed the sick, and raised the dead....get connected to JESUS....if nothing more than for just the sake of being connected. I'd rather be connected to somone with whom I'll have the opportunity of getting eternal salvation from, than to connect to someone who's going home to his family and leaving me with nothing except for the scars of a forbidden relationship. 
     The best advice for Tiger is to allow Christ into his life! There is no temptation known to man that God cannot deliver you from. And if you truly want counseling for not having self-control...give your life to the one who will perfect self-control and all of the fruits of the spirit in you. To all of you who are passing judgment....be careful lest you should fall. Sometimes it's best to keep our opinions to ourselves and pray. The prayers of the righteous availeth much. The same world that will put you above humanity and make you bigger than the stars, will drop you on your face and utterly destroy your name....God forgives and he whom the Son has set free, is free indeed! Be Blessed

"His Mistress or God's Daughter?" Coming soon to a store near you!
Find a local church, that teaches the infalliable Word of God, believe in your heart so that you can confess with your mouth that God raised Jesus from the dead and you shall be saved, and you'll be connected to God and His people.....who are Saved by Grace!    

     Have you ever had an alarming thought to come to your mind and as soon as the thought came, you felt the strongest urge to pray? Who gets the urge to pray? This normally happens to God's children who understand that He adores their communication and those who believe they can't do anything without Him. And believe me, the devil those not urge you to pray. If in your spirit there is a deep overwhelming feeling that you need to pray...PRAY!
     At first, I wasn't going to share this but then I thought about it. Just what if someone is feeling this urge but neglects it. What if I would have neglected the urging? Only God knows but what I do know is that obedience to the Spirit in whichever way He directs you is not only beneficial for you, but imperative.
     On last evening my daughter Mooney played ball at Stephen F. Austin, a college in the town of Nacogdoches, Texas. Now after the game we were on our way home. We decided to go another route because the route we'd taken to come had seemed long and it was easier just to take highway 87 North into Logansport, La. I had my niece and three nephews all under the age of eleven. When they got in the car, they thought it strange that I made them get buckled in while in the back seat...which by way is a law now in Louisiana. As soon after they ate, they were all sleep and I looked back. Then the thought came to mind, we have to get home safely because I have precious cargo. At that moment we'd just past a sign that read Joaquin 7miles, Logansport 10miles. I prayed out-loud, "Lord, I plead your blood over this vehicle and over all of us in it and please dispatch our angels around this car to get us to our homes safely." Just maybe three minutes after I prayed, (this road is really dark) out of no where there was something in the street. Although our front tire grazed the object, my husband was able to swirle to miss the buck of it.
     I instantly started screaming, "Thank you Jesus!" See, prayer is not for God, it's for us. I then picked up the phone to call my children's father, who was heading in the same direction, to warn him and his family.  Then I called 911 so that a sheriff could come to remove the object. I saw my prayer take affect right before my eyes. My spirit man who adores the God I serve, connected with my soul, and my soul instructed my mouth to pray! Isn't it so awesome how our spirit man ushers us into prayer just when we need it the most. Those angels made sure no on-coming traffic was coming and that our car didn't turn over. They also made it so those babies never knew what happened. They never moved and this was so amazing to me. God never ceases to amaze me! So friends when your spirit ushers you to pray...Just Pray! Be Blessed!

Today I asked God, where you at?
Situations crowding and I feel a little whack.
I look around and wonder where I went wrong;
But it's a new year, I gotta be strong.
Cause every now and then I feel a break down,
Fake, jaking smiles like a homey clown.
There's no way I can do it by myself,
So I opened up and asked....
God where you at?
Do you ever feel the way I feel?
Are you ashamed or can you keep it real?
Are you smoking crack till it fades away,
Or a smoke of weed to make a brighter day?
Hold on folk some stuff don't belong,
Listen at your sister try to hold on.
There's no way I can do it by myself,
So I opened up and asked...
God where you at?

Hey friends, I am so excited about the new blog campaign I'm launching for my next book.  As I promised, I'll be doing lots of promotional events leading to the release of "His Mistress or God's Daughter".
In the next few days, I'll be introducing all my readers to Sappora Ink better known as Sister Ink.  She's a blog talk show host giving real folks the real truth and she's answering questions from someone near you. 
I am so excited about this venture and it is my prayer that you check my blog out every week beginning this week on Thursday night, December 31st, and every Thursday night afterwards.
Thank you for being so supportive!  Also check out UrbanFaithMagazine, you'll find one of my blogs there.  Be Blessed and Be Excited about the New Year that's right around the corner!

I got the greatest Christmas gift on yesterday...a call from one of my closest friend from Japan....MRS. SHELIA OLIVER....who happens to be my middle daughters name sake...KASHEILA.  I was so overwhelmed by the call until it topped anything anyone could have ever given me.
Now it's on to a new day that just happens to be my birthday! I understand clearer than ever that i was blessed to see this day not for the sake of just being alive; but for another opportunity to be a blessing for someone else.  It is my prayer that this year GOD points me in all the directions that lead to a purposed filled life.  I don't just want to be here...I desire to fulfill, fully operate in my calling, and love like I've never loved before.
Keep me in your prayers and always remember that it's the things we do for Christ that will matter the most!  BE BLESSED

 I am so excited that Christmas is only a few days away.  I am so eagered to see the faces of my nieces and nephews as they tell all they've received.  Of course for my own children, Christmas does't mean the same.  They've come into the perfected knowledge that it's Jesus' birthday and not theirs.  For this, I am ever so grateful.  Nevertheless, I still have the distinc opportunity to show them that giving is one of the greatest attributes of life. 
It's never about what you give but rather about what spirit you give it in.  The bible does say that "God loves a cheerful giver."   I understand it to mean anything that you give, especially, concerning your financial seeds towards ministry.  Remember that the same way and weight of your giving, will be the determining factor of what you get back.   
The greatest gift that has ever been given to me is the gift of Salvation!  However, the second gift that I cherish just as dear is the Spirit of a Giver.  It's this spirit that makes me feel inadequate when I don't give.  If I had more, I'd give more, but such as I have, I never neglect to share.  I understand that I was born to give and giving is as much a part of me as the children God gave to me.  The Spirit of a Giver is one that ushers you into perfect worship...." because the heart of a worshipper is one that continuously give God praise!"
Find someone who does't understand the joy in giving and help them to understand by teaching them of the ultimate gift and the giver.  It's that gift that trumps all and no matter how much money you spend...you'll never out do the gift that God gave when He gave His Son.
Merry Christmas and I give to each and everyone of you my love.  Be Blessed!

On last Wednesday my mother was rushed by my father to the hospital.  While at bible study she began to feel some drastic chest pains.  My mother thought she was just getting a little excited because of the Word; so she sat there.  Then the pain begin to go down her arm which alarmed her.  Needless to say, she had an artery that was 95% closed.  Someone may be worndering why I've chosen to tell the world and here's the reason.....
1.  God is good.  There is no searching of His ways and He honors those that obey Him.  Had it not been for the Lord, my family and I would have experienced our worst Christmas this year!  He spared my mother's life and for this, I am truly grateful.
2.  Smoking is not good.  My mother is an avid cigarette smoker.  We reminded her constantly while in the hospital that her body was God's temple.  Ask yourself a question...is Jesus or was Jesus a smoker?  In our quest to become like Christ we must honor our earthly vessels.  Too much of anything is too much!  Love life more than your habits.
3.  Life is good.  When will you realize that no matter how much pain we go through, our bad days don't out weigh our good days.  Love life enough to understand that it is not promised.  Then love life enough to change your life for what matters the most...eternal life.  When we understand that life is a gift, we won't throw it in the closet.  I said this because some of us treat our lives like clothes.  When clothes are new we hang them up and cherish them but as soon as we wear them, we throw them on the back of the chair in our rooms or in a basket in the closet like dirty rags.  We treat our lives the same way.  When things are going great we love life, but as soon as trouble comes, we resort to dirty things and fill our vessels with dirty things.  Clean up and clear out...!
Get rid of all the clutter or damaging things in your life.  So much awaits you when you decide to have abundantly life.  I am blessed to have my mother and I wonder who's blessed to have you in their lives.  Love, Live, and Laugh!  Be Blessed