Buttering up the Tongue

Feathery, Flouncy, Flummery, Flamboyant, Fanatical Flattery! A silver tongued devil, sweet talker, smooth talker, snow job, smoozing, shoveling it on, and laying it on thick.  I won’t tell you how impacting Deborah Smith Pegues “3o Days to Taming You Tongue”   is because, today,  I doubt you are going to believe me.

LYING~ Never & Always Not the Worst Thing EVER

“Teachers often teach that which they need to learn themselves. I am no different. I am writing this book first and foremost for myself. I desire a wholesome tongue, one that always learns to speak what is pleasing to God. I have learned what James the brother of Jesus, meant when he said “No man [...]

Thirty Days of Tongue Taming

I imagine God rubbing his hands with delight, grinning from ear to ear. I would imagine that these words from my mouth thrill Him more than almost any others. I picture God sitting on the edge of His throne, eagerly waiting for that “Green light” that I give when I mutter …

Guaranteed to Succeed in Every Moment

Type “guaranteed success” or  “how to succeed’ into any internet search engine… What do you see? You quickly find that it is something that everybody wants to know. How do we do it? How do we succeed? What’s the magic formula for success? Wouldn’t it be nice to have the secret to success packaged up,  just-add-water [...]

Christmas Presence & Christmas Presents~ Let’s see you top this one Santa!

Being a single mom on a lower income, I had become accustom to receiving a Christmas grocery hamper every year to help us squeak thru December with all its extra festive frills.     But it had been growing strong in my heart that I needed to take a stand against that mediocrity monster and [...]

Learning to be used by God~ SomeThoughts on Serving

“A reoccurring point is being made in my spirit, over and over again. I think, perhaps, I am finally getting it. Quite simply, my life is not about me. Period. Never should have been, never should be again. If there ever was a thermostat that will effect the temperature of any relationship, it is serving. [...]

Answered Prayer for You~2 Peter 2:10~

“Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.” What a glorious and humbling promise, my Father. For if I can be diligent, I have your word that I will never fall. Never fall. Oh Lord, how much I desire to never fall Never [...]