Did You Make a New Year’s Resolution?
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! — 2 Corinthians 5:17
At the beginning of a new year, many individuals spend time creating New Year’s resolutions. Did you make one (or a few)? How are you doing? Resolutions are goals that we hope to have accomplished by this time next year. Your list may have brand new resolutions or the same resolutions from preceding years. Resolutions vary and a typical list may be like the one below:
(Ever) Feel like giving up?
(Ever) Feel like giving up?
by Jewel Diamond Taylor
The enemy has a set up to make you want to give up. The set up comes in the form of suicide, depression, apathy and defeat.
A song that inspires me when I’m feeling discouraged is by gospel artist Marvin Sapp …"This is not the time and this not the place to give up."
Even though "the thought" is in your head…let it pass.
Your pain is real and no one is denying that. You are not alone in your struggle. And there are countless people with testimonies of surviving what you are going through and much worse.
The Certain Ones: You’re not forsaken. You’re Chosen for Purpose.
Author and poet Vanessa Richardson shares her testimony about being diagnosed with a rare disesase, Catamenial Pneumothorax. Resources are included after the article.
The year: 1999 – Age: 24 – Am I forsaken?
“Ms. Richardson?”
My name being hailed pulled me from my quiet appraisal of the handsome soap opera star I was watching on the small television in the waiting room.
Standing I approached the X-ray technician and my heart plummeted. In his eyes was that of concern. I recognized the “look” as I often time gave them, when offering comfort to someone in pain.
The Queen Esther Movement
Bride Of His Son Ministries announces two fresh, innovative Websites geared towards urban (all ethnicities) Christian pre-teen, teen and college entry-level females who need encouragement to strive to live Biblically based lifestyles.
The Queen Esther Movement is the answer for urban junior high, high school and college entry-level females who have a sincere desire to live a Christian lifestyle or are interested in finding out what this lifestyle is all about.
It’s a New Season
It’s a New Season
by Pastor Sam Livingston
One of the most intriguing things I believe is the changing of the seasons. We all experience winter, spring, summer and fall each of which has a unique flavor to it. Regardless of the season, we have learned how to make the necessary adjustment to become comfortable. When it is hot in the summer we turn on the air conditioner. When it gets cold in the winter we turn the heaters on. When it is a cool spring or fall day we open the windows and doors. Nevertheless, we have learned to adjust with the seasons of nature. Like the seasons of nature, the seasons of God (spiritual seasons) revolves as well.
Victory
Victory by Sheila Bronner,
Editor-in-Chief of Upscale Magazine.
Victory. It is a big word with an even bigger meaning. According to Merriam-Webster, it means: "Achievement of mastery or success in a struggle or endeavor against odds or difficulties." It speaks to life’s challenges and more important, it speaks to the strength that we pull on to overcome them. For me, it is by grace that I have made it thus far.
