I was watching one of the Christian networks recently and the preacher was talking about “hell.” I was so excited that someone on TV was finally not shying away from the topic. However, just when I was waiting on him to go a little deeper about the matter as it relates to those who are already Christians, he stopped solid on, “Hell was never meant for us, but for Satan and his angels.” (Matthew 25:41) Now although this is true…very true actually, he didn’t go [...]

  Have you ever told someone that you were going to do something and didn’t do it? For instance, call them, go somewhere with them, buy them something, etc. Did you ever follow through on it or did you keep them waiting in suspense? Well, if you haven’t done what you said you would do, then I know this might be a hard pill to swallow, but that would be considered, “Not keeping your word.” And “yes,” it would be a lie. Ouch! I know that [...]

There are times in our lives when we know that something in us is just not right. We have this yucky feeling stirring on the inside, yet we can’t quite put our finger on the trigger for what’s really going on. And that my sister, is when it might be time for you to do what I call… a heart-check. A heart-check is when you personally take the time to go before God and examine yourself to see whether you’re really in the faith (2 [...]