When your heart is overwhelmed with suffering in the world and even in your own circumstances, I am greater than your heart. Look to Me for guidance and comfort. Refuse to get bogged down in hopelessness and despair. There is a hope that transcends that which is temporary and establishes eternal life (Burns). 2 Corinthians 4:8-10...
We commemorate His death and celebrate His resurrection. Hope you have a wonderful Easter!
The Gift of Peace “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give you. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid”. John 14:27. Ever wonder why we seem to bow down to chaos and resort to doubt, unbelief and fear whenever...
To be My ambassador you must prepare to always spread love and kindness. When you make a determination to do that, you will experience internal adjustments and find a softening of your heart towards others regardless of what they do or don’t do. Then, you will reap a harvest of love and kindness from those...
An Open Heart “Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle” – Psalm 24:7-8 Know that God stands at the door and knocks, and it is...
Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading...
Open or Closed Closed hands and hearts have no room to receive. Open hands and hearts receive the blessings of God and are able to share the overflow. Is there something you’re looking for today that with all of your personal efforts you’ve not yet been able to achieve? Remain open to the move of...
Maggie Lena Walker played an important role in making Richmond the cradle of black capitalism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Walker is best known as the first black woman bank president in the United States. She organized and led the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank from its founding in 1903 to her...
Hiram Revels (R-MS) became the first African American senator in 1870. Born in North Carolina in 1827, Revels attended Knox College in Illinois and later served as minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He raised two black regiments during the Civil War and fought at the battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi. The...
For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God’s trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise; 17 then those of us who are still living will be caught up with them on clouds into the air to meet the Lord,...
