5 Small Ways to Save Money Today!
Saving money can sometimes seem like an insurmountable task. Many people feel that they simply need to make more in order to ever save anything, but that isn’t the only solution. Whether you are living paycheck-to-paycheck or have family expenses that seem to take up most of what you earn, there are some small ways you can start saving money today.
Create a Budget Plan
A couple of dollars…
Keeping Promises … or Blah, Blah, Blah?
Say what you mean and mean what you say. Really. Empty words that fall off your tongue also fall upon deaf ears. Want to know how you can tell the signs? Glazed over eyes. Non-facial demonstration. Broken promises and no follow through lend to this truth - a truth we need to address. We are either the recipient or the instigator. Whichever the agent, I can validate what the receiving party is…
Walking in the Freedom of Your Faith
Are you one of the many people who have allowed the problems of the “now” enslave you from the promises of the future?
If so, it’s time to leave that thinking behind and remember the sacrifice that was made for you on the cross. Only then will you be able to move forward to the place of complete and total freedom that God promised you.
You see, it doesn’t matter what problems you may be…
Comfort
“Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man, and I shall ask you, and you inform Me!”—Job 38:3 NASB
A freed slave, Elizabeth Keckley became a dressmaker for Mary Lincoln. In this unique position, she shared many private moments with Mrs. Lincoln and her husband, Abraham.
One moment occurred in the summer of 1863 as America was mired in the tragic Civil War. As she fitted a dress on Mrs.…
Assumptions
“Wait for me a little, and I will show you that there is yet more to be said on God’s behalf.”—Job 36:2 NASB
Elihu was convinced he alone correctly understood what happened to Job and why; Job and his other friends were wrong. But Elihu took these conclusions to another level. He genuinely felt that he was called to speak on “God’s behalf.”
There is no evidence that God spoke to him or…
Bound to Integrity
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look at a virgin? And what is the portion of God from above or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?”—Job 31:1–2 NASB
Job had been through many trials. Then, he was battered by accusations from friends who thought he must have committed great sins. But neither Job nor his friends realized that God said he was innocent. Even his wife…
Wildflower
Boldly entering the taboo territory of trauma and mental illness, Wildflower is a psychological thriller rooted in the healing power of Jesus Christ.
Ready to leave her painful past behind, Chloe enrolls in college, eager to start a whole new life. But just as she begins to find some normalcy at school, she also experiences disturbing, tormenting nightmares. While others blame her dreams on an…
We Are Stronger
We Are Stronger is an award-winning, must-see film for anyone who’s struggled with PTSD or loved someone who has.
The story follows Master Sergeant Vic Raphael (Ulises Larramendi) home after an explosion injures him in Afghanistan.
Amid painful physical therapy and PTSD that wakes him screaming, Vic grows distant, while all that holds his wife (Angela Sweet) by his side is duty.
What…
Taking on Music Row
Excerpt taken from Life Is Funny Until It’s Not: A Comic’s Story of Love, Loss, and Lunacy by Chonda Pierce
As I began the new phase of my life as a stay-at-home mom, I decided to try to do everything 100 percent perfectly. Be a mom, a wife, hold yard sales—not necessarily dressed as Raggedy Ann—cook the meals, everything. And then a miracle happened. Maybe Jesus did look at my…
Passion for God with Pastor Bola Olivia Ogedengbe
Passion for God host Pastor Bola Ogedengbe is contagiously passionate about God and His kingdom. Filled with boldness, faith, and uncompromising belief, Pastor Bola connects people to God so they can experience His fullness, Her mission is to draw her generation to love God passionately and serve Him unreservedly – thereby fulfilling the purpose of their existence.
Through her Passion for God…