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In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a costly process where the egg is fertilized by the sperm in a glass (outside the body). Some of you may know someone who has or are currently attempting the process.   When we want something so bad, we become weary in the wait process and can hinder God's best! Doing it in our own accord or fleshy ways will complicate matters more than they solve them. Yes, there are couples who have successfully conceived by IVF, but more have not!  Refinancing your home, accumulating medical bills from multiple surgeries, and purchasing tools to monitor ovulation, body temperature, hormone treatments, etc. with hopes of conceiving will rock the boat. Add in self loathing and degradation and it tips over! My hair stylist of approximately 7 years is pursuing this route; although her and her husband have attempted pregnancy the natural way for more than five years. As you already know, it hasn't happened yet and m any friends are creating ...

I challenge every married couple to put your spouse on your back and carry them around all day everywhere you go. I already know the responses I am receiving right now from anyone reading this. The most popular one will be, “There is no way I can carry my spouse around on my back for a second, less known all day”! “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened   [by religious rituals that provide no peace],   and I will give you rest   [refreshing your souls with salvation]. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me   [following Me as My disciple],   for I am gentle and humble in heart, and   you will find rest   (renewal, blessed quiet)   for your souls .   For My yoke is easy   [to bear]   and My burden is light.”   Mathew 11:28-30 AMP Exactly my point! If your wife or husband is a manager or holds an executive position, it is taxing to them to have a wife or husband calling with decisions he/she is capabl...

Currently I am babysitting my youngest grandchild three days a week. On my daughter’s days off, I made a statement, “When you're off, I’m off too”! After I said it, I had a revelation that although I am 55 years old, God has blessed me with good health physically and mentally. He is telling me I am more than capable of taking care of my 6 month old grandson with no determent. He put it in my heart the journey to the "Promised Land" will have obstacles that slow us down to our divine destiny – but we will arrive. It could take 18 years or 3 months, but you will get there! Recall in the bible, Sarah had a baby at the age of 90. “The Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised. For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him. Abraham named his son whom Sarah bore to him Isaac [laughter]. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. A...

“ If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed”. John 8:36 KJV I know that I have heard that scripture many times and did not understand what it meant. In my mind I would say things like, “I’m already free”, or “I’m not held down from doing anything I want to do”. That’s not what this scripture means. Until I got in the Word and established a close relationship with Jesus, I did not realize “ one thing ” out of balance in my life does hold me down from receiving God's best! Anger is bondage, comparing yourself to others is bondage, gossip is bondage, holding a grudge is bondage, sickness in your body is bondage, jealousy is bondage, an inferiority complex is bondage, lack of anything (wisdom, clothing, car, house, etc.); and of course we are all familiar with addictions of any kind, worry, and fear. Let me give you an example: Women are constantly comparing and competing amongst ourselves. We purchase clothes we think no other woman has, to ...

Life is not that hard because you did not get a lamp the day you wanted to get it, or get your hair and nails done when the budget says, “No”; but the ego says, “I want it!” Which one is more important? God has told me in my heart, years ago, I was arrogant. I didn’t want to listen to advice, and I did what I wanted to do. I would get something in my head; and knowing the money wasn’t really there to purchase it, I would do it anyway (knowing I only had to wait maybe a month or two to get it)! A month or two is not that long, nor is 18 years if it’s not in God’s plan for me to have it. God has done a change in me over the years; and until I removed me out of the way, I was able to receive and accept the change! And what I mean by removing me out of the way is, stop being self centered, selfish, and “it’s all about me” attitude! Get over it and find someone to bless! I can say, it did not take me long to understand it, when my checking account was continually overdrawn. Now...

Football is not as complicated as many of us women think. I’ll give you some brief knowledge of how the team is formed.  The offense is as follows: Wide Receiver (WR) on the left, Wide Receiver (WR) on the right, Left tackle (LT), Left Guard (LG), Center (C), Right guard (RG), Right tackle (RT), Tight End (TE). Behind this line up is the Quarterback (Q) and behind him is the Full Back (FB) and Running back (RB) The defense is as follows: Cornerback (CB), Defensive End (DE), Defensive Tackle (DT), Defensive Tackle (DT), Defensive End (DE), and Cornerback (CB. These positions make up the front defensive line. Behind them are three Linebackers (LB) and behind the Linebackers are two Safety (S) players. Basically the offense wants to score a touchdown and the defense’s job is to stop them. The way offense is positioned is to keep the defense away from the Quarterback, or create a hole for the running back to score. The defense is positioned to stop the quarte...

Job endured loss and suffering none of us could withstand (Job Chapters 1-5), yet in the midst of it all he said, “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at last. Job 19:25 TLB There have been numerous hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and tornadoes that have taken loved ones, homes, and everything you valued in your home; yet the loss was still not as great as Job’s. He still had the one thing that was important and necessary. He goes on to say, “And I know that after this body has decayed, this body shall see God! Then he will be on my side! Yes, I shall see him, not as a stranger, but as a friend! What a glorious hope”! Job 19:26-27 TLB Job did not lose his hope in God. “ Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life”. Proverbs 13:12 AMP If you have read the book of Job, you know that God allowed Satan to afflict the losses and suffering of Job; however, Job, under all of t...

I know many of us have heard someone say, “If I knew you were coming, I would have cleaned my house”! No you would not have cleaned your house. The way your house looks when someone unexpected arrives is the way it looks all the time. This is how it’s going to be with many of us when Jesus returns~ unprepared! Be prepared – all dressed and ready – for your Lord’s return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks. There will be great joy for those who are ready and waiting for his return. He himself will seat them and put on a waiter’s uniform and serve them as they sit and eat! He may come at nine o’clock at night – or even at midnight. But whenever he comes there will be joy for his servants who are ready! Everyone would be ready for him if they knew the exact hour of his return – just as they would be ready for a thief if they knew when he was coming. So be ready all the time. For I, the Messiah, will come ...

Imagine taking a house approximately 2500 square feet and downsizing it to fit into a tiny house that is 250 sq. ft. Yep! You know what I’m about to say, “The thought of getting rid of almost all of your belongings is overwhelming”! There are so many things you want to keep; but can’t! Now what I’m about to say might not makes sense to you, but it makes perfect sense to me. I have watched married couples in general over the years and I have been encouraged by every situation in the immature couples as well as the mature! Every action begins with a thought. The immature couples try to cram one week into one day! When your thoughts are overloaded so is your actions; and your life! It’s no fun when you are always playing catch-up! Spending weekends catching up on work that needs to be done around the house gets exhausting! You are not in the mood, nor do you really want to wash ten loads of close in a day, cut the grass, clean the house, etc. Get rid of the clutter in ...

In the Bible Peter writes:  " As you come to him, the living Stone —rejected by humans but chosen by God  and precious to him—   you also, like living stones, are being built  into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,  offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.   For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion,      a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him       will never be put to shame.” Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “ The stone the builders rejected       has become the cornerstone,” and, “A stone that causes people to stumble      and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. But you are a chosen people,  a royal priesthood,  a holy nation, ...