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Lord! We are spending huge amounts of your funds on outer space explorations but…

March 25, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Dear Lord, our heavenly Father, when it was announced that we had landed a new Robotic Rover on Your planet, Mars, I was very excited as were many others throughout Your created world. Soon afterwards, my…

Jacquelyn Simmons

Greater than yesterday

March 25, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Rusty Potter Goethe said, “Look at a man the way that he is, he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.” You must believe…

Rusty Potter

Have you forgotten God and turned your heart to another?

March 18, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Lisa Wilmore Scripture: …For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David…

Lisa Wilmore

Lord! Why are your college graduates forced to take biased certification tests?

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Lord, many of Your children have struggled endless hours to earn degrees in their chosen fields. However, to this writer’s dismay and those of others, many African Americans are deliberately “stalled” in becoming certified in the…

Jacquelyn Simmons

Be strong, this too shall pass

March 18, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Rusty Potter Shoutout to people going through tough times, but trying to stay positive. We all have faced challenging times in our lives. We have heard the biblical phrase “ It came to pass”. I want you to remember…

Rusty Potter

Our God, in heaven, is greater than great

March 11, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Lisa Wilmore My Dear Christian brothers and sisters in Christ, As a recent family practice, we gather on the phone and have family prayer. One of my sisters led us into prayer and asked that we pray for our…

Lisa Wilmore

Lord! Why do astronomical numbers of Your African Americans’ University and College graduates earn degrees?

March 11, 2021 Free PressBlogs

By Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Lord! If Your children struggle many years to meet all qualifications required by the institution from which they have graduated-including acquiring burdensome never completely payable for life student loans, suffrages through courses not required for them…

Jacquelyn Simmons

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-- Celebrating Birthdays Today: Jennifer Johnson, Willie Cornelius, Monti George Sharp, Jaireeka Watson, Anna Griffin, Keishonza Zimmerson, Harold Toney, Cabrina Holland, Carol Boyd, Jennifer Hilliard, Lois Brown, Tabia Gooden, Marilyn Wimbish, Ernest Potter, Richard “Buddy” Moore, Willie Alexander, Arkisha Harris, Ananias Young. (9)
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