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Taking Blessings for Granted

The parents of my brother’s childhood friend were both deaf, and a relative of mine was born with numerous significant disabilities including what would ultimately be defined as “legally blind.” As a child, I wasn’t thankful for my hearing. I wasn’t thankful for my eyesight. There was very little for which I was thankful. I took almost everything for granted.

Little changed in my early adult years. I didn’t see blessings as blessings, I didn’t believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and even when I...

When God Brings Us Out

When Moses whom the Lord used to deliver the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt told the people how to celebrate Passover to commemorate the Lord’s deliverance, he made plain and clear THE LORD BROUGHT THE PEOPLE OUT IN HIS STRENGTH. Moses didn’t take the glory for himself. He didn’t give the glory to any of the people. He gave ALL THE GLORY to THE LORD AND CREDITED HIS STRENGTH!

Do we not sometimes after the Lord brings us out of a bad situation, a crisis, a trial or tribulation, a...

God’s Astonishing Mercy

Ever felt like the Lord’s mercy could not possibly be enough for someone like you? Who has sinned as badly as you have sinned? Like there is no way He can forgive you? Like you might as well just give up now? How awesome, how amazing, how unfathomable is God’s mercy. Be encouraged! Please watch my Video Devotional.

When the Devil Comes Hard at You

WHEN THE DEVIL COMES HARD AT YOU……been there? there now? need encouragement? please watch my VIDEO DEVOTIONAL.

Don’t Go There!

I have learned so incredibly much being on the road for Jesus full-time without a permanent home base but learning to dwell in Him instead and to look forward to heaven with Him as my permanent home, and one thing I have learned bears a message for us all. When we really want to go somewhere, and when that place is not where the Lord wants us to go, we need to NOT GO THERE!

Friend, if you are thinking of going somewhere geographically or simply to a new job, new relationship, new hobby, new...

A Doggone Lesson About Sin

I was walking my 14-year-old ministry doggyAbigail along with 8-year-old disabled doggy Gracie one day when Abigail innocently led us both right into a bush of thorns. Not a single rose. All thorns. Little did she know when she set her sniffer on a good whiff of only the Lord knows what that she wouldn’t just lead herself toward those thorns but that she would lead me there also since I was holding onto her leash! Of course, Abigail couldn’t see she was headed right for the thorns let alone...

Don’t Take this On

“Don’t take this on,” the Holy Spirit told me. “Don’t take on what I haven’t given you.”

I was thinking of reaching out to someone I sensed might need help. The Lord has given me a humongous heart for Him and a huge heart for others. So what could be wrong with reaching out with His love? Nothing wrong with what I was thinking of doing in terms of helping someone in possible need. What was wrong was the Lord made clear it wasn’t His will.

When we get bogged down doing things the Lord doesn’t...

Pity Party Canceled

PITY PARTY CANCELED. Ever thrown a pity party? Anyone show up? Throwing one right now? I was the queen of pity parties. Be challenged with the message in my latest Video Devotional…..(my paralyzed ministry doggy Mr. Simeon is featured in it too)……and please visithttp://www.GoodNews.love.

I Fell on the Ground – A Call to Love

I FELL ON THE GROUND – A CALL TO LOVE…….my latest VIDEO DEVOTIONAL…….hear what happened when I fell on the ground right by Times Square…..unbelievable….then hear the message the Lord gave me once I stood back up.

Don’t Let Pride Steal Your Help

One thing I find relatively common among those who need help, and we all need help at one time or another, is that pride can hold us back from reaching out for help. When we come to see Jesus Christ is Lord and that we need to turn from our sins and commit our lives to Him and we do just that, we may be too prideful to ask the Lord for help when we need it. But this is not all. We may also be too prideful to ask people for help. Pride is an abomination to the Lord, and He calls us over and...