SAVE THE DATE!! Saturday, February 22, 2020, 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.

Detroit Book City 4th Annual African-American Family Book Expo 2020! Fellowship Chapel Banquet & Conference Center, 7707 West Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48235

Friends and family come out and meet your favorite authors! Hear authors speak from the Author’s Boardroom! Get your books autographed and enjoy the atmosphere!

Hear me speak on how God turned my stumbling blocks into stepping stones, my ashes into beauty, and how I now live a life of victory!

Hope to see you there!

Isaiah 61:3 (KJV) – to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

If you were asked; do you love God?, what would your answer be?

Well, our Father said, if you love me, keep my commandments.

So, I ask you. . . Do you love God?

John 14:16 (KJV) – if ye love me, keep my commandments.

We spend so much of our time trying to please man. So much more than trying to please God.

Man does not know all, nor see all. Man cannot offer you, nor give you eternal life. Man will perish . . . just like you.

Ephesians 6:5-8 (KJV) – servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasures; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

The things of this world are non fulfilling and never enough. Whatever it is we have, we crave more.

Crave the Holy Spirit and the word of God, and know that you will always have what you need, and more than enough.

I John 2:15-17 (KJV) – love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Psalm 42:1 (KJV) – as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Philippians 4:19 (KJV) – but my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Worrying about things of today, tomorrow, or yesterday, takes away our joy for today.

When it’s time to talk about the joys of yesterday, we can’t, because we wasted them on worrying.

God cares for you, therefore cast your cares upon Him. Count everything all joy, and rejoice in the day!

Matthew 6:34 (KJV) – take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

I Peter 5:7 (KJV) – casting all your care upon him; for he care that for you.

James 1:3 (KJV) – my brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptation.

Technology is so advanced that there’s practically nothing we don’t use it for.

One in particular is, we photoshop our pictures because we don’t like the way they look by making things blurring, adding things in, or taking things out.

Most of our Christian walk is the same way. Instead of us trusting God and His word, we believe what we want. We blur out the truth when we are wrong, we add things in, and take things out for our advantage, because we don’t want to know the truth about ourselves.

Stop photoshopping your Christian walk, and let God reveal to you the truth about his word.

Psalm 18:30 (KJV) – as for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

John 8:32 (KJV) – and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

If we ask for forgiveness for our sins, God is faithful to forgiven us for all our sins.

Speaking against the Holy Ghost is an unforgivable sin. One that we will not be forgiven for in this life, nor the life to come.

God will forgive us for everything. . . But….

Matthew 12:31-32 (KJV) – wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaks the word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Have you made your problems a career? Whereas, every time you go through something, you dwell on it, talk about it all the time without resolution, and allow your problem to manifest in you, take over your emotions, and steal your joy.

Read the word of God, speak the promises of God, take control, and live in truth, joy and God’s peace.

Dont make a career out of your problems. But know that all things work together for good.

Matthew 6:34 (KJV) – take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Romans 8:28 (KJV) – and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

I want to, but that’s not what God wants. I don’t want to, but that is what God wants.

Why do we do the things that we shouldn’t, but don’t do the things that we should?

Most of the time, we can’t do the right thing ourselves.  Therefore, we must allow the Holy Spirit to guide you.

Remember, the choices you make affects you, as well as those around you.

Romans 7:19-20 (KJV) – for the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

We swear to one another because we’re proving that what we are saying is the honest truth – without doubt.

On the flip side, we swear because we believe the other person does not believe us.

It is not God’s will for us to swear. Therefore, swear not.

James 5:12 (KJV) – but above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.