All writings by LaShawnda Jones unless otherwise noted. Click on the “Lesson” for link to the full post. Lesson 1: Help comes in many different guises. Accepting help with one of your smallest priorities can free you to concentrate on your bigger priorities. Lesson 2: Sometimes there will be no one in your corner. Sometimes backlash fromContinueContinue reading “Summary of Lessons Learned in January 2013”
Category Archives: Blog
Originally posted on Everyday Mae:
I’m going to assume that, unlike me, you haven’t seen nearly every episode of The Simpsons. But even if you are also a t.v. junkie, here’s a refresher on the episode I’m referring to. In season seven episode four troublemaker, Bart Simpson, and his loyal friend, Milhouse, are punished after…
You are the change…
You are the change you have been waiting for. No one else can ignite your world the way you can just by making a decision for your life and following through with it. Someone told me this week after denying a request of mine, “You have to make sure it’s worth it for you.” Basically,ContinueContinue reading “You are the change…”
Your darkness will be as noonday (Isaiah 58)
This verse has been on repeat in my head over the last few weeks. It’s from one of my favorite passages where God tells us what a true fast is. It isn’t about food; it’s about living a selfless life. Being fully available to people in need – those in your family and your community.ContinueContinue reading “Your darkness will be as noonday (Isaiah 58)”
Jesus is King, but He supports government
All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God. So those who are against the government are really against what God has commanded. And they will bring punishment on themselves. Those who doContinueContinue reading “Jesus is King, but He supports government”
Sermon: THE DANGER OF A GOOD SERMON
GET UP AND GO! Celebrate the sacrifice as if we’re expecting to go someplace. Every now and again we have to address life as if tomorrow is not good enough. Next week is not good enough. God is doing something wonderful TODAY!
Pillar of salt or Salt of the Earth?
Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon. Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. But Lot’sContinueContinue reading “Pillar of salt or Salt of the Earth?”
Singing to a Barren Womb
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. ~ Colossians 3:16 I believe I’ve been fighting depression for many years. I believe Satan has been attacking me continually with very little respiteContinueContinue reading “Singing to a Barren Womb”
Sermon: THE LIFE OF FAITH
We serve a God who not only speaks to us, but desires intimate conversation with us.
The Life of Faith: Sermon by Pastor William Carol
But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name. ~ John 20:31, NLT
Follow the link to listen to the sermon. Be blessed.
I still love this and my thoughts at the end of the passage are still the same. Blessings to all as you merge and manage your reason and passion.
Harvest Life 