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Greetings brothas’ and sistas’:
Anything over your head is under His feet! It’s amazing the illumination you get as you read and re-read scriptures. Matthew 5:34-35 tells us that Heaven is God’s throne; earth is His footstool. Don’t be deceived into believing God won’t hear you because you’re in over your head. Acknowledge Him, he will direct your path. Keep putting one foot in front of the other...where your strength ends God’s begins, He is your source and strength. When you’re going through remember that as long as you’re going through, you’re coming out! It’s when you stop that you hinder the process so keep it moving, God’s timing is perfect, He will work it out.
I couldn’t begin to think about the design layout for this edition, tributing mothers and fathers day without going back to the very beginning...God’s original intent! In the Amen Corner (pages 2 & 4) you will find a lesson on fatherhood. Make no mistake about this lesson is about more than fathers, it’s about God original intent that started with Adam. Out of the man came the wife. Out of the man and wife came marriage. Out of the marriage came children. Out of the children came family. Out of the family came community. Out of the multiplicity of communities came nations. Without the beginning there would be no you or I nor any thing or one otherwise. God the Father is the beginning, He is the end, He is the great I AM! The greatest Mother’s or Father’s Day gift you could receive is salvation...Return to God the Father!
Featured on the back cover of this edition are recommended reads for mothers and fathers. Reading stimulates the mind, be careful what you take in. You can’t put out what you don’t take in. Therefore, put something positive in and you’ll get positive returns.
Until the next issue!
- Terwana J. Brown , Publisher
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Editor's Notes
Greetings,
Writing this piece is so difficult for me this month. Not difficult as in hard to do, difficult as in where to start. I can think of many scriptures that may encourage you as I have been encouraged but again, I don’t know where to start. I will say, “Open your bible and read wherever it falls open and know for sure that what you have read is TRUTH.” For years, I prayed for a breakthrough in my life. Many people know my struggle, some do not. If you don’t know, it is not important to explain the pain. Just know that there was pain. I would like to tell you that if you have an issue that you need God to solve, no matter how long it takes, seek God in earnest and keep trusting. Keep believing and know that God is just, He is able and He is a prayer answering God. God has answered a prayer of mine. The answer came out of to the blue (I thought). Now when I look back, I can see how God was working out the problem all the time. He was setting me up for a magnificent blessing. A blessing that only He could have performed. He used a willing vessel to carry out the plan and because of obedience and grace and mercy, I reaped the benefits. There were times when I thought that God didn’t hear me anymore. I could not understand the delay. Finally, after reading a wonderful article, I was able to embrace the delay and give it all to God. I began to enjoy what I did have and prepare for what must be coming. I gave it up and that’s when He blessed me. I say all of this to say to you that if you are waiting for your breakthrough, hold on. Help is on the way. I enjoy telling my story over and again. It’s amazing to see what God has done. He did it for me and he’ll do it for you. Thomas Cosmades wrote, “Anyone who witnesses to the grace of God revealed in Christ is undertaking a direct assault against Satan’s dominion.” I hope to tell my story until I can tell it no more. If you are becoming discouraged and you feel as if there is an enormous delay in God’s answer to your dilemma, I say to you embrace the delay and don’t wait until the battle is over, “SHOUT NOW”. Then tell it everywhere that you go. Let’s tear Satan’s dominion down!
Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
Stephanie Drewery-Lindsey
Founder & Editor
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Administrative Notes
Being the Best You, You Can Be!
I remember, when I was a child, clearly stating when I grow up I want to be like this person or that person. I also remember saying I wish my hair was like this or like that. Now that I am grown and have children of my own, when I hear them say they want to be like this person or that person, I remind them that it’s ok to admire another person’s achievements, life and who they are but they are not to be like anyone but themselves. I told them that God says “it is he who made us and not we ourselves.” He goes on further to say that “we are wonderfully made” by him. So what that should tell us is, we are to be the best we can be. God has placed greatness inside each of us. He did not take his time making us to be all the same. Once we come to understand God and get to know him, then be determined to find out who we are and what we are to become. When we get to know God on a personal level we will find fulfillment in him and also in who we are. God wants us to seek him; be faithful and do his will. Once we do that, he promises us that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, he will give us the desires of our heart. So if you desire to be an entrepreneur, a writer, a doctor, a lawyer, married, to be an NFL or NBA player, the next Tyler Perry or Oprah Winfrey you can be those but not by being like anyone but God. He created us in his image and if we work on being like him we can be all he/we want to be. God’s promises are Yes and Amen so therefore hold onto his promises. Be your “Authentic” self and let God make you and mold you to become The Best You, You Can Be!
Until next issue, I love you all with the love of Jesus Christ. Be blessed!
Kita Sorrell
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