Don't Feel Bad
How many of you still have the same best friend from childhood? I’m talking about from your “wonder bread” years. If you’re like most people, you probably had a number of close friendships and some were more significant than others. You may have moved or changed schools and had to establish new friends and social relationships each time you relocated. Maybe you stayed in one place but your closest friends moved away. Some people you may have simply outgrown, and when you did,


This is Your Year!
I don’t proclaim to be a prophet; let me say that right away. But there is something in my spirit that I just can’t shake. I have shared it with a few people and they’ve looked at me like I have a third eye in the middle of my forehead. That’s OK; they can look; I’m not usually such a bold proclaimer. It’s just that I know that I know that God has told me that this is the year of restoration, repair, and recovery. I’m excited about that because there’s been a lot of loss in t


Won't He Do It?
So often we get it in our minds that we have to accomplish our goals RIGHT NOW! TODAY! IMMEDIATELY! ALL AT ONCE! I’m not sure where those ideas come from, but I do know that they are not very realistic. When we buy into that kind of hype, we set ourselves up for failure. Each failure can produce hopelessness and despair. Those are ingredients for depression which can lead to isolation. We were created for fellowship. This sounds like the type of scheme devised by our number o

