Thanksgiving Holiday vs Lifestyle Of Thankfulness

Hi ladies it's me again and hope y'all are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog and it's called "My Testimony Album"! Okay you may think so what? Well my music teacher Lena Vinz encouraged me to try a couple of things such as Suno and Landr. Suno is an electronic way of recording music and Landr is where you can download songs and distribute them! Well I prayed about it and also did my research and found out most traditional recording studios cost a lot alot of money maybe $200 or more! (Side note there are recording studios in Milwaukee and studios that are in New York City, New York, Nashville, Tennessee, and LA, California I imagine prices are enormous compared to Milwaukee's! I'm just keeping it real!) I also hadn't made a musical project in thirteen years because when I was eighteen I made a three song "E.P" and shortly after that graduated from being homeschooIed from high school in 2012. (My sister graduated from high school from being homeschooIed in 2014 while my brother graduated from high school from public school in 2018.) After high school, I focused on growing my walk with the Lord, (still my goal to this day) college, (first DSOM later Matc) jobs, learning guitar, and other things that making music was out of the loop. (I also used to want to move to Nashville, Tennessee and LA, California but God as well as life has other plans and has to redirect my life.) Then that's why I recorded on Suno and submitted it to Landr! I had to get the right artwork as well too. The album has thirteen songs and do you ladies remember the Debrah book? Well those thirteen songs on "My Testimony" album are for the Debrah book! As y'all can see a beautiful blond lady playing guitar and her story walks into her faith journey, musical journey, and even her romance and difficult journey! Each of those songs on the album dedicated to it and if any of you know about "High school Musical", "The Greatest Showman", "The Wizard Of Oz" etc those are musical movies! Also I had to research which song lyrics to use and I found out that older songs like most old hymns ("Amazing Grace", "It Is Well With My Soul", "Jesus Loves Me" etc) and certain Christmas carols ("Joy To The World ", "What Child Is This ", "Silent Night " etc) are in the public domain and you can use them without worrying about copy wright issues. I could have chosen that route or write my own songs. God gave me various songs to write and some of my favorites are "New Day ", "I Can See Clearer Now ", and "This Hard World". If you haven't checked out the album yet you can check it out on YouTube (I have two different ones) or download it on various music apps! You can check it out at the store for this website! (I plan to do play some of the songs on my acoustic guitar in the future on my other YouTube channel. ) Any support and prayers would be appreciated for that and if you haven't gotten the Debrah book yet, you can check it out on the store app or on Amazon. I may order physical copies in the future and do another book signing hopefully before the end of the year. Side note if you get the book the cover in there is different because I had to change the cover three times before Landr approved it long story! Anyhow regardless of an image issue in order to understand the album getting the Debrah book will help though you can get the album apart from the book. This won't be my first nor last time making a Christian "musical novel" because there's more to come and I'm brainstorming what I want my future Christian novels to be! My goal is to make Christian novels interesting, not boring, relatable to "real world" issues, as well as keeping the gospel of Christ the center of it all. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings, check out the album and the Debrah book, and have a blessed week in the Lord.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies had a good fourth of July with family and friends and got to watch the fireworks this past Friday. The title I have for this blog is ''Pray For America And Israel''. Here's the thing. I made a video on youtube about this very issue last week I believe but I feel it's important to address it again through blog form. We know first and foremost America needs revival because she's a ''prodigal nation'' who drifted away from the Lord. That's the most important thing to pray for America is that revival comes back to this country so that America can be a nation under God. Another thing to pray for in America is her leaders especially politicians. Unfortunately there's alot of corrupt politicians and it's important number one to pray for their salvation, number two to make wise and just laws, and to be servant leaders. Another thing is to pray for our American troops and their families for their protection. Another component is to pray that strongholds of sexual perversion, (homosexuality, pornoagraphy, promiscuity, and adultery) murder, consumerism, atheism etc would be broken off from our country. We also need to pray for protection against America's enemies (especially the Russians and Chinese) and pray that she continues to stand with Israel. Why pray for Israel? The Bible tells us to and Genesis 12 God promised Abraham He'll bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel. It's important to pray number one for Israel's salvation for them to know Jesus as Lord, Savior, and Messiah. Many of the Jews in Jesus' day rejected Him and the Bible says in John 1 His own received Him not. That's the most important thing to pray for. The other thing is to pray that Israel's enemies attacking her will repent, stop attacking her, and give their lives to Christ. You don't touch God's anointed and the ''apple of God's eye''! You don't ever do that! Israel's enemies are in trouble and I pray that they repent before time because they don't want to come under God's judgment. It's also important to pray that America and Israel continue to be each other's friend and stand with one another. Listen, I don't believe it's a coincidence that America and Israel are friends. Why,you say? Number one both nations were founded on biblical principles and were established to be nations under God. Israel's patriarchs are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob while our American forefathers are the Pilgrims and many of our early American Presidents! Both nations have been used to bring the gospel to the world but sadly both of them have drifted away from the Lord and there are consequences for doing that. Perhaps in the midst of this dark time hopefully can cause a stir in Christians to pray for both nations as I've been doing for quite awhile. I urge and beg you Christians regardless of what you think about Israel, join me and pray for her. I know many of you pray for America and we need to keep praying for our country! America desperately needs intercessors to cover her in prayer because without prayer nothing happens. Prayer is the key to revival and I'm afraid that the American Church as a whole doesn't pray as much as she should! That's a big problem! If we don't pray God won't move. We're waiting on God but God is waiting on us to cooperate with Him. Let's pray for both of these nations especially to be preserved from war, to be preserved spiritually, and pray for future generations to be perceived. I know this blog is a bit ''heavier'' than my previous blogs but I feel it's too urgent not to mention. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "Happy Independence Day!" You maybe thinking what's that about? Well ladies today is July 1st and the fourth of July will be in three days and wanted to make a blog in honor of that. Listen God has been good to America despite our nations ups and downs. From the moment our Pilgrim ancestors left England because of the English king oppressed them came to establish this country on biblical principles. When the Pilgrims came out country grew to have thirteen colonies that eventually would become fifty states! America been through the Civil war in the 1800s, World War 1 and 2, Korean War, and Vietnam War and have been through economic disasters such as "The Great Depression" in the 1930s, "The Recession" of 2008, and Covid and dealt with racism but through it all God has kept us. America is unique because though 70 percent of Americans are white there are other racial cultures that live here such as blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Arabs. I believe another reason why God's been good to America is we've been kind to Israel since 1948 and God blessed nations who bless Israel. This is a land of freedom of speech, freedom to pursue your dreams, and live for God without fear. I know many of us are looking forward to a day off work, getting to spend time with loved ones, go on vacation, and enjoy fireworks which is the best part. May we not forget the sacrifices made for our freedom. May we not forget American troops that laid down their lives for our freedom and also remember Christ who gave His life on the cross for our spiritual freedom. May we especially God's people not forget to pray for our "beautifully broken prodigal" nation to come back to God. The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If My people who are called by My name shall humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways. Then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and will heal their land." I believe more than ever before it's critical for us God's people to pray earnestly for our nations protection, for our political leaders, and pray for revival to hit our country. How America will be great again is us being a nation under God. So as well enjoy Independence Day, don't forget those who fought for our freedom, don't forget America's history, and most of all don't forget to pray for our country to get back to God. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings, have a blessed week, and happy early Independence Day!

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. Well on the last Sunday of June I have some exciting news to share. For those of you that may or may not know I have released a new third book called ''Debrah/Songstress Author & MInister! Unlike my previous books it's a Christian novel this time. I have been longing to release the book for the past two years and now it's here! It's a Christian musical story where this Christian woman, though raised a pk, (Pastor's kid) came from a family lineage of pastors, (her uncles, grandpas and great-grandfathers, and a few cousins were Christians and pastors too similar to Dr King Jr!) and a Christian since childhood, has had to walk through many valleys. What were valleys she had to face? Well she faced valleys of bulimia, infertility, broken off engagement, divorce, and remarriage! Yep that's right she had to endure many things that many of us have to deal with in the real world. Also did I forget to mention she was an associate pastor at two different churches and was a Christian recording artist too? Yep she's a ''fictional Christian celebrity'' inspired by real female Christian artists such as Natalie Grant, Amy Grant, Cece Winans, and even Damita Chandler! (Damita Chandler is a gospel artist who was part of ''Voices Of Unity'' in the mid 1990s until early 2000s who later became a solo artist. She also was formerly married to gospel artist, pastor, and actor Deitrick Haddon from 1996 until they divorced in 2012 and remarried an old friend and divorced photographer Reuben Chandler in 2014. Deitrick remarried to a younger woman named Dominique in 2013. Perhaps I can explain more about that in another blog. ) This story also is a reminder to the audience that you can live a godly life and go through lots of pain. Well we know in the Bible that there were lots of people that endured pain don't we? People like the Apostle Paul, Joseph in the Old Testament, Job, King David, and even our Lord who went through a ton of stuff but they came out on the other side victorious! I know that alot of us Christians know that none of us are immune from difficulty and this Christian novel is just that. I've read Christian novel articles how their biggest complaint is Christian novels aren't realistic. Well not this one! Despite the hills and valleys that Debrah went through it made her a stronger Christian, better minister, better wife, and influencer to her fans as well as her church family too. There are certain things I don't want to give away that you'll have to order on Amazon to get it. I also have a soundtrack for the album too which I can mention that in another blog. In light of ''Pride Month'' I want you ladies to know that infidelity happened in Debrah's first marriage and went through divorce because of that but she later remarried to an old friend and her second marriage was better than her first marriage! Yes that's right I address divorce and remarriage in this novel too something I know that makes Christians uncomfortable. Ladies people in the spotlight go through many challenges as well too and that's addressed here how she did her best to live for God despite the fame. I could go on and on and you'd have to order the book to know more what i"m talking about. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings, happy Lord's day, have a blessed week, and order the book on Amazon y'all!

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "Tasha Page Lockhart Story". This woman has been thrived in the midst of challenges. Tasha was born in 1983 and grew up a pastor's kid! Wow another pk! Like Fantasia, she sang in church but unlike Fantasia she did commercial jingles at five until fourteen years old from 1988 until 1997! Her mom is Lisa Page Brooks who was married twice but divorced once and is now widowed. Lisa's second husband who passed away's name was Michael Brooks who was part of legendary gospel band called "Commissioned!" (Yes that's right Fred Hammond and Pastor Marvin Sapp were part of that band before being solo artists!) Also her mother was part of former female gospel group called "Witness" for a number of years too before becoming a solo gospel artist! So Tasha grew up a pastor's kid and gospel artists kid! That's a lot of pressure to live up to isn't it? Well Tasha though she grew up a pastor's kid and gospel artists kid there were a number of challenges. She sadly got molested at a young age and when she got to be a teenager she became rebellious. She started dating a number of different guys and started partying a lot. She also played basketball ball in high school but unfortunately due to her promiscuous lifestyle, she got pregnant with her first child! This took place back in 2000 and she was seventeen years old and pregnant with her life out of control. In 2001 she had her son Ronald and graduated from high school. She for a time joined the gospel band "Witness" before leaving the band. She later started working with R&B artists like Mario Winans (that's right he's related to Bebe and Cece Winans as well as Pastor Marvin Winans Sr) and Brandy among others but she dove deeper into alcohol and drugs. But after awhile God got a hold of her and saved and delivered her from that life. She married her first husband Cliff Sr in 2006 and had Cliff Jr in 2008. Several years went by when in 2013 was on gospel singing contest called "Sunday Best" hosted by legendary gospel artist Kirk Franklin and a few gospel artists were judges on that show. She later won the show and got signed to Kirk Franklin's label and in 2014 released her debut album called "Different" and she's been a gospel artist since then! She's experienced challenges being a gospel artist with touring, being compared to her mother, being a good mom, and challenges in her marriage. She's experienced divorce and remarriage as well as public scrutiny but continues to rely on the Lord to give her grace to deal with those things. In addition to her being a gospel artist she's a life coach and has written her biography as well too. God took a pk and gospel artists kid who had a troubled past of sexual abuse and a gal who lived a promiscuous lifestyle to an on fire Christian and gospel artist who lives for Him and sharing her story to help others overcome sexual trauma. Another point I want to make is Tasha is very transparent about her life and I believe as Christians being transparent is very important. She too was a prodigal who came back to the Lord as well. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm going to continue to talk about people who were bound to sexual sin and people that God delivered from sexual sin. I'm gonna share with you about a lady y'all heard before and whose is that? Fantasia from American Idol! (Yes that's right though I grew up in a Christian home I did watch that show growing up!) What Fantasia had a past? Oh yes y'all! Let me tell you something. Fantasia has several brothers and came from a family lineage of pastors! What right? Her late maternal grandmother Adie I believe was her name got saved and got married very young and had kids young. (Side note marrying and having kids young was common back in the 1920s all the way to 1980s just to let y'all know!) She had several daughters one of them being Diana who would be Fantasia's mom. Unfortunately Fantasia's late grandmother Adie experienced abuse from her first husband and eventually got divorced from him. After her divorce she became a minister that touched the hearts and lives of many and was well liked in her community. (Side note black female ministers have always been strong in churches that are predominately black.) That means that the late Pastor Adie's daughters grew up pastors kids. You would think that being pastors kids would keep them from trouble. Well unfortunately Fantasia's mom Diana got into alot of trouble as a teenager and rebelled to her mom and to the Lord causing her choices to bring consequences on herself and her family. Diana fell in love as a teenager and had one son out of wedlock. She dropped out of high school and eventually married when she turned eighteen. She had more kids and eventually had Fantasia. Thankfully the Lord got a hold of Diana's heart and brought her back to Him but her choices would impact her children negatively when they got older. Eventually Diana after coming back to the Lord became an associate pastor to her late mother Pastor Adie. Where does Fantasia fit in this picture? Well she was the daughter and granddaughter of pastors making her a pk! Right? She got saved young and sang her first solo young too! (Side note her mom Pastor Diana is a great singer too.) When Fantasia was young she was part of the family band called "The Barrinos" is where she got her start at singing. She grew up listening and singing gospel music but R&B music too. Life was good for awhile but when Fantasia got to be a preteen things took a turn for the worst. She started dressing inappropriately and dating a bunch of guys from school. It got so bad that because she dressed inappropriately she got raped and that caused her to drop out of high school! (She got her GED in 2010 thankfully!) To make matters worse she drifted away from God and dated the wrong guys. It got so bad that in 2000 at sixteen she got pregnant and at seventeen in 2001 she had her daughter named Zion! Generational curses of promiscuity ran in Fantasia's family lineage! But it was after Zions birth that motivated her to come back to the Lord and make a better life for herself and for Zion. She broke up with Zions dad, (ironically was a rebellious pastors kid from another church!) started living for God, and God opened up many doors in her life. In 2004 while Fantasia's family members babysat Zion, Fantasia got to be on season 3 of American Idol and won beating teenager Diane Degamore! (That was the same season that legendary Jennifer Hudson was on and came in seventh place that season! We know what a powerhouse vocalist and wonderful actress Jennifer Hudson is!) From there Fantasia has released several albums, broke the curse of poverty, and made life better for her daughter Zion. Unfortunately she would make bad choices for dating though and dated a guy who be father to her son in 2011. But by God's grace He gave her a wonderful man who became her husband which was a Christian and business man named Kendall Taylor whom she dated and married in 2015 after the death of her late grandmother Pastor Adie. They'd blend a family and he'd love on Fantasia's two kids from previous relationships as his own! But the couple wanted to have their own child together caused them to struggle with infertility for a number of years. But during Covid lockdown, God enabled Fantasia to get pregnant and had another daughter in 2021 ! That's the story of Fantasia's life one of tragedy and triumph. Even though she had sexual sin issues in her past (and her mom too) she did repent and God was able to restore her. The same can be true for our loved ones bound in sexual sin that Jesus is able to save them and deliver them. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. In what is unfortunately called "Pride Month" I'm gonna share another story from the Bible about someone who got caught in sexual sin and how God delivered and saved from it! Well I'm gonna share with y'all about King David and Bathsheba. Who were those people? Bathsheba was a beautiful woman who was married to war general Uriah. But here's the other thing. Uriah was not just a war general but King David's own war general! King David is the same David who killed Goliath, who fled from King Saul until King Saul died and until David became king of Judah. He was king of Judah for seven years at thirty to thirty-seven years old but at thirty-seven years old, he became king of Israel. He by this time had ruled Israel for a number of years, was a warrior in the battlefield, (King back then fought in battle unlike kings of monarch nations today) wrote a number of the Psalms in the Bible, and had multiple wives and kids. King David had a lot going for him didn't he? Well the Bible says in 2 Samuel 11 that kings were supposed to be in battle but King David remained in Jerusalem. His first mistake was he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. If he would have been in battle, the next thing wouldn't have happened. He goes up to the roof and saw Bathsheba and he got infatuated with her! Wow! She did get brought to the king in the palace and slowly but surely they fell in love like a Hollywood movie! I imagine they French kissed, wanted to spend time together, and doing candle light dinners all that fun stuff. That was crazy by itself but to spice things up Bathsheba told King David that he got her pregnant! Here's the thing with that. King David I know was in love with her but I don't think he intended for her to get pregnant. Then King David motioned for Uriah to get off the battlefield to come home to his wife Bathsheba. But Uriah refused and the reason wasn't because he was rebellious or disrespectful to the king. It was because they were in the middle of the battle and knew they couldn't come home until the battles done and I know our American troops today definitely understand that. Uriah did come home but he slept elsewhere not with Bathsheba which got King David upset. But the story gets another drastic turn King David got Uriah drunk and put him in the battlefield and he got killed! After that King David married Bathsheba and had one son! (That child eventually died but later King Solomon was born.) That story sounds like a modern day soap opera! Anyhow in 2 Samuel 12 God sent the prophet Nathan to talk to King David (I imagine they did it in the kings private chamber) and confronted him for his sin. Thankfully King David did repent of his sin and later wrote Psalm 51 as a Psalm of confession to the Lord. Did King David get into a big mess? Oh yes! But did God still love and forgive him? Yes He did! That's a reminder that no matter how far off course one gets God's able to reach them in the darkest place. I'm sure some of us may have family members bound in sexual sin or heard stories about what I call "fallen ministers" (who fell into sexual sin) is to pray for those people. Pray that God will convict them of sin, to ask God for forgiveness, and God to deliver them from it. I'm praying for that especially with it being "Pride Month" because people bound by sexual sin need a Savior and need deliverance. King David fell into sexual sin but God forgave him and delivered him and He can do the same for our loved ones too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings and have a blessed week in the Lord.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day and happy Father's Day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I want to wish my earthly father, brother-in-law, my godfather, my pastor, as well as God my Heavenly Father and other men happy Father's Day! If any of you ladies have a son that's a dad, or you're married with a husband with kids or grandkids let them know how much you appreciate them. My dad raised us in a Christian home and my godfather has mentored me deeper in the things of God. Actually my earthly father gave me the foundation of Christianity but my godfather took me deeper into the things of God. My dad is a musician and so we're my late grandfather's on both mom and dads side of the family. (It was my late maternal and paternal grandfather's who were the first musicians in the family with my earthly father being second generation musician and me a third generation musician.) I know not everyone had a earthly father or godfather. In fact for some of you Father's Day maybe hard for you. Maybe you had a absent father like legendary gospel artist Kirk Franklin did, (he met his biological father for the first time two years ago in 2023) maybe your dad was abusive, or passed away. Maybe you grew up in a blended family but have a troublesome relationship with your stepdad. (Side note blended families make about 40 percent or more of families in America.) In fact I have a friend right now (won't mention names) has been in a blended family the past two years and is trying to navigate "the new normal" with that and I pray for that family regularly. No matter what relationship you've had with your earthly father or lack thereof thank goodness we have a Heavenly Father. Anyone who has given his or her life to Christ is adopted to God's family. In fact the first words in "The Lord's Prayer" is our Father! Worship artist Chris Tomlin wrote a worship song called "Good Good Father" which shows the heart of God. If maybe you have what I call "father wounds" ask your Heavenly Father to heal them and may God be the Father you wished had. For mother's and fathers who may have teens or adult kids who drifted away from the Lord, I pray that in Fathers Day they'll decide not only to spend time with their earthly father but also come back to their Heavenly Father. Maybe on Father's Day relationships maybe strained and perhaps ask our Heavenly Father to mend bruised relationships back together. It's important for sons to have father so they grow up to be godly men and daughters need earthly and Heavenly Father too. Whatever you do today enjoy time with dad or with God your Heavenly Father. Jesus died to reconcile us to Father God something I'm so thankful for and something we all should be thankful for. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and happy Father's Day!

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "The Prostitute Woman Received Forgiveness". This is based from Luke 7:36-50 where Christ was at a Pharisees house eating lunch or dinner but then a unnamed prostitute heard Christ was there came too. Now people used to think this prostitute was Mary Magdalene but Scripture never gave the name of this prostitute in this passage of Scripture. Side note in Luke 8:2 mentioned that Mary Magdalene had seven devils cast out of her before she got saved and followed Jesus! Anyhow this unnamed prostitute poured oil on Jesus' feet with the alabaster box and washed His feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. Ladies this woman despite her being a non-Christian had greater honor for Christ than the Pharisee! Jesus then told Simon the Pharisee a story about a creditor had two debtors owe him but he decided to cancel their debts. One owed fifty and the other owed 500 and Christ asked who would love the creditor the most. (That would be equivalent today of owing the IRS or owing to a creditor large sums of money and being forgiven that debt!) Simon replied the one who was forgiven much. Christ was touched deeply by this woman's love for Him despite her past which I believe is a great reminder that no matter who we are or how our past was that Jesus loves us, our loved ones, and others that our past can be forgiven. This woman was a prostitute but despite what she had done, she poured oil on Jesus, washed His feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair. Because of her love and tears Christ forgave her and the one that's forgiven much loves much. Jesus told her her sins are forgiven and her faith has saved her. The Bible says in 1 John 1;9 "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness". That's what the gospel is all about. It's about recognizing that none of us did anything to deserve salvation and us being right with God but because of Christ, we can be made right with the Father. Of course when this incident happened, the crucifixion hadn't happened yet but of course now we're living after the crucifixion and resurrection and salvation is available to all! Unfortunately this month June is called "Pride Month" but God wanted me to share with you ladies people in the Bible or others outside of the Bible who struggled with sexual sin how they got forgiven and delivered from it. I believe He's having me do that because while it is important to state sexual sin is sin but it's also important to recognize those people bound in sexual sin need a Savior and deliverance. Not just people who are gay, lesbian, and transgender, but also people bound by pornography, promiscuity, and adultery too need salvation and deliverance as well. I believe this entire month and throughout the year we need to pray that God will break the stronghold of sexual sin off of our country especially the homosexual lifestyle but not just that but other sexual sin too. I'm believing God for more testimonies of people who are gay, lesbian, transgender, promiscuous persons, people who committed adultery to be saved and delivered because to the uttermost Jesus saves! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.