Empowering Single Moms

Today we are fasting from the thought that says, "I feel anxious." All of us deal with anxiety at various times in our lives. Some of the symptoms of anxiety include: heart palpitations, tension, fatigue, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, stomach aches, and headaches. You don't have to live this way. TREAT ANXIETY AS A SIGNAL RATHER THAN A CONDITION It is a signal to pray, and prayer will c...

Today we are fasting from the thought that says, "Happiness is so hard to find." There is no higher or deeper desire in the heart of mankind than happiness. It is the single most intoxicating emotion that drives every decision and pursuit of mankind. People have been looking for happiness—trying to buy it, trade for it, or discover it—since time began. But it's not hard to find. YOU DON'T HAVE TO...

We have embarked upon the most significant journey of our lives: fasting from wrong thinking. And today's thought is probably the most important one any of us ever deal with at a deep level. Today we are fasting from the thought that says, "I don't feel loved." The number-one need in every human life is to be loved. Yet sadly, so few actually enjoy a life where they actually feel loved. GOD'S NOT...

Fear is at the root of just about every negative thing that happens in our lives. We’re afraid of failing; afraid of being alone or rejected; afraid of running out of money; afraid that people will let us down; afraid that we won’t find a spouse or the one we found will leave us. All fear is rooted in the core belief that God’s Word won’t work. For example, the fear of not having enough is rooted...

When we feel powerless over our past, we feel guilty. When we feel powerless over our future, we feel afraid. When we feel powerless over the present, we feel depressed. And when we feel like the people or circumstances of our lives just won't change, we feel angry. A sense of powerlessness is the root of all negative emotions. The thought that there's not much we can do about the economy, or our...

Just as a butterfly is designed by God to soar, so are you! However, the butterfly can only emerge in its beautiful color and magnificent wings after it has been transformed within the warm cocoon of its Creator! Today we’re fasting from the thought that says, "I Can't Change." We’ve all felt at times that we can’t change a certain habit or a weakness in our lives. We often feel “confined” by what...

Just as a butterfly is designed by God to soar, so are you! However, the butterfly can only emerge in its beautiful color and magnificent wings after it has been transformed within the warm cocoon of its Creator! Today we’re fasting from the thought that says, "I Can't Change." We’ve all felt at times that we can’t change a certain habit or a weakness in our lives. We often feel “confined” by what...

1. BELIEVE GOD'S WORD 2. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING 3. FOLLOW CHRIST 4. SERVE OTHERS Matthew 7:24-25 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock." Making these elements our top priorities...

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There are new God-given opportunities, God orchestrated assignments and God-given relationships set on your path when you follow Christ. Follow His Word. Follow His instruction. Choose not to idolize the pain. Don't idolize the past. Don’t magnify the mistakes of the past. Choose to be led by God. He has a new future in store for you. No matter how old you are. No matter how far into sin you are....

Disobedience will keep you stagnant. The heart of Lot’s wife was stuck in Sodom. Although her physical body was moving forward her heart was stunted in the past. You can’t take a broken heart into a new season. Lot’s family was moving forward into another season and had to leave the stagnant place behind. Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt — a manifested reflection of her heart. She was stuck in t...

When God burns up and overthrows a thing, whether it’s an opportunity, a business, land, a job, a relationship or anything else that God has told you not to touch — don’t self-select the parts that you think are “good”, or seemingly salvageable. Remember Saul? In 1 Samuel 15, God commanded Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites and to kill everything. Not some things — God told Saul to kill everyt...

When God Destroys It... Don’t Look Back. The definition of Sodom and Gomorrah means, “Burning” and “Submersion“. Interestingly enough, in Genesis 13, a few chapters before God burned up and submerged Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone, Lot chose to separate from Abram and he settled in Sodom. Lot saw that the land was “good” to the eye. Remember, what looks good on the outside may not be n...

If our toddler is throwing a fit in the grocery store, we correct him, redirect him—yet we have allowed our minds to have outright meltdowns with zero correction. We walk around acting as if we have no power over what we think about. Paul tells us that when we take captive our thoughts, we can wield our power for good and for God, slaying strongholds left and right. What incredible power is availa...

Learning to capture our thoughts matters. Because how we think shapes how we live. Lies such as I’m helpless, I’m worthless, I’m unlovable, shape our thinking, our emotions, and the way we respond to the world around us. They trap us in their cycle of distraction and distortion and pain, preventing us from recognizing the truth we should believe. Most detrimentally, they change how we view God. Ev...

One Thing It’s incredible, if you think about it: How can something we can’t see control so much of who we are, determine what we feel and what we do and what we say or don’t, dictate how we move or sleep, and inform what we want, what we hate, and what we love? Capturing all our thoughts may seem an impossible task, especially when we consider our potential number of thoughts per minute. Research...

We once thought of the mind as an immutable thing. The brain you were born with and the way it worked—or didn’t—were just “how it was”; no sense fretting over what can’t be changed. We now know that the brain is constantly changing, whether or not we intend for it to. With this in mind—and in hopes of discovering how we can break free from our spiraling thought patterns—I started studying the brai...

If worrying was a professional sport, many of us would be the Most Valuable Player on our team. Can you identify with this? It’s so hard not to worry when troubles loom all around us. The word worry has a few definitions in the dictionary. The one we’ll refer to in this Plan is to torment oneself with cares and anxieties. Every time we worry, we’re tormenting ourselves. No one else is making us do...

But taking our thoughts captive and living by the Spirit rather than our flesh is easier said than done. Half of the battle of anxiety is realizing when you’re entering the battle. This is mainly because our fears and insecurities feel so true. We tend to go along with whatever pops into our heads. But there is one thing that we must get down today if we’re truly going to start breaking free… Just...

In my effort to control the uncontrollable, the busyness overwhelmed me and left me exhausted until finally one day I collapsed in a pile on the floor and wept. My mind ran to all the “what-ifs?” that cancer brings. As I desperately cried out to God, I heard His familiar question yet again: “What if . . . you trusted me?” What if you believed that this didn’t take Me by surprise? (Psalm 139:16; Ma...

Years ago, in the face of unanswered prayers for my son, I frequently thought back to the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10. As Jesus and the disciples traveled to Jerusalem, they stopped at Mary and Martha’s home. Mary sat at Jesus’s feet, listening to his teachings. But Martha was distracted by her dinner preparations. She complained to Jesus, asking him to see the unfairness of the situation...

Do you ever feel as if your thoughts are tumbling around in your head like balls in a pinball machine? Will the insurance agent call me back? Can I pick up the kids from school without running out of gas? What will my boss think if I don’t get this sale? I think we forget sometimes that all those everyday worries add up to an uncomfortable way of living, void of the peace God promises. Worry stems...

When we allow the spirit of fear to operate in our lives, it is like we are putting a cast on an arm or a leg that doesn’t need it. We are allowing it to immobilize us and hinder us from effectively living in the center of the peace that God has offered us. We are not alone in our struggle. Scripture gives examples of biblical greats who also struggled with fear. Consider Job. He was devoted to Go...

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This morning devotional was a little different for me. God want us to WORSHIP him and show him that you are THANKFUL for he has done in your life because it could be WORST.  Just be GRACEFUL and THANKFUL! !! God want us to TRUST him know matter what!!!