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ThyBlackMan.com) Years ago I told a great many people that Eddie Long was a homosexual pretender and pedophile who would end up with AIDS and he did. Now he is gone, New Birth’s insurance company paid out millions of dollars to 4 of the young men he sexually molested and a whole lot of people still attended New Birth and defended Long to the death. People wake up and stop being so gullible just because you like the man. If the message is poison your admiration, love and infatuation for the man is misguided. And that warm feeling you get when you hear him (or her) preach is not the anointing. It is the response of your soul and/or flesh to someone skillful in tapping into your emotions.
and thus resolutions) usually fall short due to one reason: lack of intention.
According to the King James concordance, the word ‘purpose’ (
as a derivative) is found fifty-six times in the Holy Bible.
We tend to chase purpose as if we know what it is. Flip the script. Allow purpose to chase you. Purpose chases intention, good or bad. A man or woman whose intention it is to wreak havoc will become purposeful in that regard and ultimately reap the reward of such intention. Conversely, when we seek the good of others, we will be likewise attached to a divine purpose whose reward is manifested inherently.
Psalm 16:7)
The year 2020 has been as confounding as any year we have ever imagined. No one would have ever expected the onset of a global pandemic and all its economic impact.
So how do we get ready to exit this challenging year and prepare ourselves for what is ahead?
We take a lesson from David of the Hebrew Bible about getting a good night’s sleep.
There are many psalms that were written from times of peril and crisis.
Psalm sixteen is a wonderful psalm relating how David found the secret of contentment and great gladness even in pressing times and how his