IHOP: Is Your Church a Safe Place?

The church is to be a safe place.  It is to be a place where love, encouragement, fellowship, spiritual growth and healing is supposed to occur yet in many churches there is abuse at all levels.  What has been released about IHOP (The International House of Prayer) is completely disturbing and I pray these women […]

It’s a New Year!  What Does It Hold For You?

It’s a New Year!  Are you excited?  I don’t know about you, but I do enjoy “firsts”.  When I was younger, I always loved the first day of school or the first day of a new job and even the first day of the year.  It was a time to feel like you can have […]

It’s a New Year!  What Does it Hold For You?

I don’t know about you, but I do enjoy “firsts”.  When I was younger, I always loved the first day of school or the first day of a new job and even the first day of the year.  It was a time to feel like you can have a “fresh start.”  But what I’ve learned […]

Are You Desperate For Change?

Many times, in our state of frustration we express our desire for change only to find that we are easily swayed back into our old ways. We may think that we’ve reached our limits and we are ready to move into another direction but find that the pit we are in can still pull us […]

Fear Not! Don’t Be Ashamed!

“Fear not, for you shall not be ashamed; neither be confounded and depressed, for you shall not be put to shame.  For you shall forget the shame of your youth, and you shall not [seriously] remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.”  Isaiah 54:4 The Amplified Bible, AMP  After fear, shame is another strategy of […]