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“Right Heart. Right Attitude.” By Joyce Meyer is jacking me UP (in a good way)!

Posted on May 29, 2013January 18, 2014 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

  “Right Heart. Right Attitude.”; by Joyce Meyer is the book I am currently reading or should I say is reading me.  I was introduced to the book after watching a series of episodes on the subject of “Attitudes” on Joyce Meyer’s “Enjoying Everyday Life” broadcast.  Auntie Joyce’s (what I affectionately call her) program is…

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The countdown has begun…

Posted on November 20, 2011March 11, 2013 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

Habakkuk 2:3 AMP – For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. Today is Sunday, November 20, 2011… It’s officially…

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What to Do When Quitting is Not an Option? – Part 1

Posted on May 8, 2011March 11, 2013 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

In 2006 there were a few factors that if I did not have a relationship (meaning a prayer life) with God I may have wanted to check out… nothing extreme like taking my own life. However if I could I would have just become invisible and just disappeared from the craziness of what was becoming…

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It’s Okay, God Already Knows

Posted on March 27, 2011March 11, 2013 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

So… you missed the mark. You sinned. You were disobedient to God’s will / His word. Now what? FYI Its okay, God already knows what you did. Will there be consequences? Sure there will be. It’s okay to go to him and talk about it and get the instruction on how to get back on…

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Ok I will Do It, Lord

Posted on August 8, 2010January 18, 2014 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

August 8th, 2010 – Yesterday, in preparing to go to my church’s general service, I decided to have as my traveling music Byron Cage’s “Faithful to Believe” album. When I arrived on location the song that was pumping through my ear phones was “I Can’t Hold it”; a song that gets me every time in…

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A Testimony In flight

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

Friday July 2nd, 2010 – I woke up this morning with a new spring in my step.  Today, I am Houston, TX bound for the first time.  I am spending July 4th weekend with my sweetie and his family.  I packed the night before while being coached (over the phone) by a professional, my sweetie…

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God has a mighty BIG sense of humor

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

“Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.” Isaiah 46:10 NLT God has a mighty BIG sense of humor. This has been a, connect the dots week for me. I have been taking a trip down memory lane as…

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Chapter Two | Lord Don’t You Care? | Day Eleven

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

I read having a Mary Heart in a Martha World – Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life by Joanna Weaver over the summer.  A book I now highly recommend for all women, young and old to read.  I have been actually sharing my findings as I journey through the accompanying Bible Study…

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Introducing the MommyWriter | Dominique Rambert

Posted on September 9, 2009January 19, 2014 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

Folks, I have a new set of blogs for you to check out, written by the MommyWriter ;-). A young military wife that is living GREEN; raising her first child, loving her husband and blogging about it. Check her out today!  Dominique is a wife and mother to a very active 12 month old in…

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Book Shopping with the Voice

Posted on September 8, 2009January 18, 2014 by Lela Jefferson Fagan

There is something about obeying that small voice of reason otherwise known as the Holy Spirit… This past Saturday after attending church, I was led to go book shopping at Borders.  I had been debating for some time with myself about buying a Message Bible.  See for the past year when I did my home…

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