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I've seen a lot of miracles, and I have experienced a lot of things with Jesus, but nothing I have ever experienced in my corporate community life with other believers can compare with just me and Him in my kitchen early in the morning before the sun comes up. ”
My very addictive personality and all sorts of strongholds are a thing of the past for me. Yet at the root of every single one of those issues was insecurity, something I had battled since childhood. ”
I was the second-youngest child in a family that took up the better part of an entire pew at our Baptist church. ”
My home and my upbringing and just the problems in my family within my extended family were such that it truly was a mix of the good, bad, and the ugly. ”
I believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they demand that their parents be real. ”
I was the worst teacher you have ever imagined - not that we did not have fun. We had a ton of fun. We just did not learn any scripture. I would think all week long what could I talk about on Sunday, and then I would scramble on Saturday to find some kind of scripture to go with it. This was my teaching. ”
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect. ”
As an 18-year-old, I really sensed the call of God. What was interesting about that time was, I come from a very conservative part of the body of Christ, so there was really nothing for a woman to do. ”
I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity. ”
When you do fiction, it is your imagination you have put out there. ”