“…Faith isn’t passive acceptance. Having faith means working your plan with a steadfast trust in God’s love and protection, with a knowing so deep that all you’ll ever need has been placed at your feet. You have only to keep your eyes on the summit and your feet rightly placed. The Sage is guiding your way. Trust that, and keep on stepping.”
Susan L. Taylor, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Essence Magazine


Mary

Mary glanced at the drooling beast and stopped chatting with me long enough to say sweetly, “Still him, Lord.”
Immediately the huge dog sat down, whimpered once and licked his mouth before resting his big head on his front paws.


Teresa

“You’re not crazy,” Pastor Joe said. “I saw it too and the Lord spoke and told me that was the spirit of depression and suicide from which you’ve been delivered. The demon that has been plaguing your family from generation to generation has been cast out.”


Sondra

“I praise You [God] because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14.
“The human body is amazing. Here I was conscious and sliding down the road with my arm caught beneath a truck that weighed nearly two tons – and I felt no pain.”


Teri

“Stepping out of the lies learned in my past by stepping into the truth of God, which I found by trusting in Jesus Christ, I discovered I never was a lesbian or a transvestite. As my childhood hurts began to unfold with the support of family, friends and a Christian counselor, I discovered the hidden truth that set me free.”


Shirley

“My hip had been fractured in the car accident. My husband had to carry me up the long, winding stairs and, among other things, dress and undress me. I’m thankful we had no way of knowing that, in the not so distant future, these scenes would be déjà vu in our lives. ”


Norma

“It was God’s grace and mercy and through His Word that I found forgiveness to be the clean-up method for soul sores.”


Ciaj

“One of the most difficult things for us to wrap our brains around is eternity. I don’t believe we have the intellectual capacity to conceptualize it because everything we know, the good and the bad, ends at some point in time. Many believers are satisfied with the idea that if they had no bills, no ills and they could get their kid off drugs and Saved – that would be heaven for them. But that’s putting vast limitations on a limitless God.”