Stop Remembering What God Forgot!

Years ago at a Believers’ Convention, I was standing on the 2nd row when all of a sudden, Reverend Oral Roberts turned around to me and said, “You’re called aren’t you, but there’s something you’re not letting go of.”  He told me to put my hands up and started hitting my elbows saying, “Let go, […]

Don’t Lose Your Future by Looking Back

Have you ever noticed that thieves don’t break into houses to steal the paper cups, toilet paper, and Kleenex? They go for what’s valuable. They go for the jewelry and the plasma screen and all the expensive stuff. And the Bible says that Satan is a thief. He comes to steal, kill and destroy. That’s […]

I Wish I Was More Disciplined

I recently asked some of the people I work with what their first thought was when they heard the word discipline. They said: “accountable, responsibility, bondage, hard, and yuck.” What is your first thought when you hear the word discipline? We all say, “ I need to become more disciplined in my life,” but why […]

Setting Monthly Goals For Yourself

Have you ever spent one or two days cleaning out your closet? I mean you REALLY clean it. You put all the shoes where they go, you hang up all your clothes, you put up all your belts. You pick up the jewelry, the change, everything. When you are all done, you feel good about […]

3 Steps To Building Your Self-Esteem

A few years ago, I walked into a tanning salon where I desperately needed some color before going on my first official missions trip to Costa Rica. It’s tropical there but it was freezing here – so I needed to fit in! Ladies, you understand. When I walked in, the 40+ year old woman working […]

Your Self-Image Affects Your Destiny

When I was in college taking a Psychology class, the professor asked each of us to get out a sheet of paper and draw a picture of the way we see ourselves. Everyone had to do this. So, I began by drawing my round head, and then added gigantic, bulging frog eyes that took up […]