My favorite Holiday is Christmas Day. Despite it’s pagan origin, the true meaning of Christmas as we all know, is about the birth of Jesus Christ. As a child on Christmas Eve I can remember not being able to sleep, because I just couldn’t wait till the morning to open[…]
After the death of Moses, God commissioned his successor Joshua to take the children of Israel and cross over the Jordan into the Promised Land. Joshua was built with a purpose by God to do something that Moses could not do, and that was to lead the children of Israel[…]
Every day we go in and out of our homes, we get in and out of our cars, we go into the office of our jobs to work, and then leave to get back into the car to end up back home where we feel most comfortable. For our homes[…]
Suffering is not a topic on the list that most people would like to talk about. In contrast, joy, happiness, and pleasure are definitely something people would love to discuss on a daily basis because it is more appeasing to our bodily senses and nature. Suffering is to feel or[…]
Most people would say the word triumph means victory. They think triumph and victory are synonymous. But they are different; I want to contrast the two words. A victory happens on the field of battle. It is accomplished in a certain moment of time, in some instances by the shedding[…]
When I think of the goodness of Jesus and all He’s done for me, my soul cries out Hallelujah! I thank God for saving me. Salvation is a gift given to me by faith in Jesus Christ. I accepted Christ into my heart as my Savior, and that makes me[…]
When I look to the Hills from whence comes my help, I know my help comes from the Lord. Learning to trust God in everything can be a challenge, because it’s so easy to try to handle things on our own within our own strength and abilities. If we were[…]
Growing Pains Drama Series Theme Song http://www.damselarise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/01-Track-01-1.mp3 5 Years ago I created a youth drama program in my local church called Growing Pains. The drama ministry consisted of a series of skits based on real life current events taking place in the lives of young people. It was such a[…]
The Heartbeat of the Gospel is found in 2 Cor. 5:21. It can be summed up in two sentences: God took all the bad that was due to me because of my sin and laid it on Jesus. Then God took all the good that was due to the sinless[…]
Marvin Sapp wrote and recorded the powerful amazing song “Never would I have made it” This song just tugs on my heart strings because of the powerful message it speaks into my soul. It lets people know that God can bring us through anything, and when we come out of[…]