No, I’m not speaking of Al Green…..although I must admit, I like the song.

Love and happiness is about fact and opinion. It is a fact that God is love. When someone defines happiness, it is their opinion of what happiness is. It is very important to distinguish between the two. Love nailed Jesus to the cross. Love snatched to keys from Satan. Love knows no evil. And love endures all things. Happiness changes from day to day. Happiness is selfish. Happiness is manipulative and happiness fades in and out. When you want to know what love is, look in the mirror. Through the eyes of faith you should see the righteousness of God. By the Spirit of God, you should hear joybells ringing in your soul. From your lips you should taste the sweetness of His grace and mercy. Your hands should be able to touch the hem of His garment for healing and restoration. And your nose should inhale His awesome anointing—this is the love that passes all understanding. And this is the Love that will MAKE you do right, even when wrong is present.

Love and…..Love to you,

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The Bible says in Mark 11 that Jesus was hungry and seeing a fig tree from afar off He approached to only find leaves. But what many miss in this text is that Jesus knew, “it was not time for figs, yet.”  So why did He look for figs knowing it wasn’t their season?

It is important to note here that the fig tree is an Old Testament symbol for Israel. And Jesus being the all-knowing one was using the “unproductive” tree as a teaching tool for His disciples. What was He teaching you ask? As you read on down in Mark 11, you’ll find Jesus expounding on faith, prayer and forgiveness. Jesus wanted us to be mindful of the curse only as a memorial for the days of old when Israel was unproductive. Today, the church must be fruitful in faith, prayer and forgiveness. We cannot just be pretty leaves flowing in the wind as hungry people pass by wondering, “Are you good….for nothing?”

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REVIVAL**REVIVAL**REVIVAL** Lord send a Revival to the house of your people. Not the house made of stone but our spiritual house. Revive us from this state of slumber and stooper we have fallen in and penetrate our heart’s to reveal your purpose for our lives here on earth. Send a Revival Lord! Their is a cry from the wilderness, a lonely cry from the saints of God for your intervention during these last and evil days. Purge us, Purify us and Process us for your work in the land. We need you Lord. The CHURCH needs you Lord. We believe in the RESURRECTIVE power of your Holy Spirit. Shake us again. Call us from the deep and make us stand! It’s time for revival! In Jesus name, Amen!

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The cliche is all too familiar but the message is oh so true. All of the faith you need, if you BELIEVE, is within you. And yes, I’m talking about MOUNTAIN-MOVING FAITH! The kind of faith that puts Satan on the run. Faith that doesn’t ask but demands. Faith that speaks into existence those things you do not see with the naked eye. Yes, that kind of faith. Faith that opened blinded eyes and opens them today…faith that walked on water and walks out the impossible today…yes, that faith. I’m not asking you IF you want it, I’m telling you, YOU HAVE IT!!!

As an ambassodor of the gospel I must help you discover how to RELEASE faith and get it out there against the mountains where it belongs!!! This type of faith isn’t received from the laying on of hands, it’s received through effort and committment to the Word of God. At your new birth, you already received the FAITH of God—Halleluyah!! And as you grow and mature (from eating spiritual food), faith is produced the more. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). The biggest hinderance you will ever have after truly believing is in YOUR FLESH. The body is selfish, self-centered and desires to always be first. You must work to kill the flesh daily. It requires action on your part to allow the Spirit to be first. “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead…” (James 2:17). I have seen some of the most spirit-filled men and women of God who BELIEVE the Word, but do not act accordingly, thus their inability to move mountains in their own life or the life of others.  Your body will do what it is trained to do.

So get every area in line with the Word of God. You have all of the faith you need to move mountains. It doesn’t matter how BIG or small the mountain because the Word of God is not a cliche–it’s POWER! 

Blessings,

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In his publisher’s letter, June 2010 issue of Success Magazine, Darren Hardy talks about being innovative in a way that separates leaders from followers. The atmosphere is right for followers to go along with the status quo and worry about the challenges of life from day to day but the atmosphere is also “just right” for innovative minds to speed up progress, be more competitive, launch new careers and embrace new perspectives. Hardy says, “The fundamental desire of an innovator is to help, serve and solve. Innovation is about constantly finding more ways to add value to the lives of other people.” Although coming up with new ideas is great, the key component of an innovator is his/her ability to implement those ideas. This is where many brilliant ideas die. Lack of follow through has killed many dreams, hopes and aspirations of innovative people. Lack of follow through has thousands of men and women working a traditional job, moving from state to state and singing “woe is me” songs because they can’t seem to make the idea (innovation) a reality.

The first step is always commitment. Too often our innovation is sidelined by our inability to commit for the long run. If the idea doesn’t produce results quickly enough, we bail. And when we bail, we commit innovation-suicide.  In life, just as in today’s economy, you will have to learn to weather the storm.  Study and learn from others like Noah and the Ark, Moses and Peter the Rock!!! If those don’t do it for you, take a note from Darren Hardy and study Daymond John- FUBU founder, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs or  the phenom Oprah.

Innovate or DIE, the choice is yours.

Blessings

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Whether we have fond memories or not of our mother’s in our youth, we appreciate our mother’s every day. Whether we have fond memories of them in our old age, we appreciate them for the gift of life. So this Mother’s Day appreciate your mother as I know you will and appreciate other mothers with a hug, a smile and an “I love you.” Clearly our mother’s come in an array of sizes, shapes and colors but their heart is identical for the love their child(ren).

And just in case your mother is not here, appreciate the fact that the love you feel when thinking about her is still present today. A mother’s love never fades. So from my family to yours: “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!”

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I want you to be infected with the “I Can DO Better” mentality. I want you to wrap your brain around the FACT that what little you and I do will never be enough to thank the Lord for all He’s done for us—but we all can DO better. We all can serve Him better or start serving Him if we haven’t been. We all can share our testimony of how He’s brought us a mighty long way or how He’s allowed our little ol’ lights to shine in the company of others. I Can DO Better….BUT You Can DO Better Too.

Simple things like: (1) Praying before you eat (2) Praying when you wake up and lay down at night (3) attending church at least once a month or every Sunday (4) give just because you can give–of your time/your money/your services (5) acknowledge Christ during your day by smiling, taking the time to showforth compassion on others and listening to Godly music in your automobile/home (6) sharing the gospel with others and (7) choose NOT to be critical or to criticize. Let’s face it, it’s easy to see wrong but it takes someone willing to do and be better to be positive. Positivity is FAITH at WORK!

So I’m asking you to take a moment and Choose to DO Better for Christ. I’ve made the choice today. Will You?

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A friend of mine many of you know as Mehlaneese posted a HOT TOPIC tonight that hit home because my daughter and I just had a heart to heart talk on the subject of S.E.X. Now this conversation isn’t anything new for us, she and I started entertaining the subject lightly when she was in junior high veiled by discussions surrounding the way a young lady should dress, talk and conduct herself in public. As she aged, our conversations matured as well. We discussed the body and the many changes it goes through. We talked about what God expects and how our body is not our own and we even went so far to establish a mother-daughter “let’s talk about sex” day once a month, which we still do to this day. Now you may be thinking, that’s a bit much Shay and under any other circustances I might agree. But I had Ariole at 18 when I was a senior in high school. So as for me and my house, “we’re going to talk about everything!!!”

First the issue of birth control: Many feel it gives the child permission to have sex. Maybe? Maybe not? I believe parents know their children IF they raise their children and IF you feel you know your child is having sex, do what you feel you need to do. As for me and mine, prayer, trust and talking have worked to date. So keep praying for us I have a dear friend with a daughter on birth control and we’ve discussed on a number of occasions how birth control may be relief for the parent that doesn’t want to deal with parenting….but she assures me that she firmly believes she’s protecting her child. As friends, we can agree to disagree. But I believe none of us, myself included, would have to worry about it if we truly lived by the Word of God and TRAINED UP our daughter’s in the way that they should go. I am not saying they will not make mistakes, but if raising them were our focus, many of these issues and others like them would not be Hot Topics.

Second the issue of how soon is too soon to have sex….the answer is simple; anytime before marriage is too soon. God’s answer is always the best answer. I learned with my own that she already knows mama had pre-marital sex. She already knows mama sinned. She already knows mama is not perfect. So the best thing I can do for her is ACKNOWLEDGE all of that and magnify the TRUTH that she is a gift, that’s priceless and treasured by God. And because of such, she is more than worth the wait for the right man that asks her hand in marriage. Now, I know you’re saying, “Good luck with that Shay,” and I will be the first to admit that because it is rare and because I didn’t hear many talk this way growing up- it forces me to do alot of praying—-but I believe it is attainable by mine and yours if WE put in the time and work, for faith without works is dead. For the sake of our daughters, will you believe that with me?

And last but not least…the issue of our girls growing up into young ladies….it is going to happen so fast that if we neglect to talk about it we will live to regret it. My daughter is always saying now that she’s 17, “Mom, I’m not a little girl anymore or Mom, I know what I’m doing.” That scares me so bad because I used to say the same thing and I ended up pregnant. Once you get here, by here I mean: high school, boyfriends, hormones, hanging out, secrets,  the whos-who-in-the-click and so on–the line of hands-on/hands-off parenting moves from day to day. Once you get here, you have to start accepting your past performance as parent and embrace the young 17 year old in front of you. Once you get here, you allow her to make some decisions and live with the consequences. Once you get here, and by here I mean: a place were you see all the decisions you’ve made as a parent manifest themselves through her…it’s beautiful to watch and sad at the same time because she now is moving closer to sitting behind the steering wheel for her life. Right now, at this very minute, I am praying God is proud of how I’ve handled the blessing He’s given me. And I pray to Him on your behalf that you look at your daughter and pray the same thing.

We are all in this together. I need you to help me reinforce the importance of waiting and if you need me to speak life to yours if they didn’t, I’m here and I’m a living testimony of His forgiving grace and mercy. I hope this post helps you. Thanks Mehlaneese Cook for a great Hot Topic.

In the meantime, to all of my sisters in Christ, enjoy raising strong God-fearing girls/teenagers/young ladies/women. This world will thank you for it.

For Our Daughter,

Blessings,

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I am so thankful we all fall into the same category: we are all sinners saved by grace. Because of this, no one has room to throw rocks or stones at another, or do they? Since we all have baggage, skeletons in a closet or two, shortcomings and hangups; I believe the best thing for us all is to remember the words my grandmother used to repeat, “But by the grace of God there go I.” It took a few years before I truly understood the extent of that saying but now I’ve embraced the FACT that on any day and at any time, things in my life could change to look like those I’ve judged unaware and sentenced to doom. If you think about it for a minute, it’s very IMMATURE of us to think we can be the judge and jury. The Bible says we are not to judge another man’s servant and it goes on the say GOD is the judge. But what about the saints judging spiritual matters? Aren’t we suppose to discern? Isn’t that a form of judging? A friend asked me this question because she was concerned about her own walk in Christ. My response to her was simple. “If your heart intentions are focused on the manifestation and not the soul of another, you are judging.” Discernment is a spiritual girft requiring us to zone in on the source of a matter and not the manifestion of it. We cannot sentence anyone to Heaven or Hell, but we can pray for the WILL of God to be done. So the next time you find yourself talking about your brother or sister, or the next time you hear a rumor repeated as the gospel; remember but by the grace of God it could be you and pray for God’s mercy to reign. We are ONE family and a family that PRAYS together, stays together.

Blessings,

Shay Easter-Bills

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Real men go to church right? I mean, if a woman was looking for a man’s man, her best bet for one-stop-shopping is the church. WRONG! I must admit my own guilt from back in the day when it came to this false perception. Honestly, window shopping in church is the wrong way to approach finding Mr. Right, but I do know a few success stories. One element of truth underscoring each love affair is the fact that the couples I know, weren’t looking for love on the third pew. I have single girlfriends that have either given-up on finding a mate or are just tired of making excuses for the one they’re with. So what could I, a married woman of almost 11 years, possibly know about window shopping in church. NOTHING. I never looked for romance between the preachers hooping and hollaring but I did believe a church going man was better than one that did not go to church and I was so WRONG about that too. I have learned that men are men. Some are good and some not so good, as with women. It does not matter your faith, background or religion; a person is simply a person and you have to weed out the bad.  Although I am against anyone looking for love in the church, I understand the mindset behind it. I firmly believe you must fall in love with JESUS and trust HIM to work out your companionship situation. Now, I didn’t say you couldn’t look. I have appreciated a nice pair of shoes in the window a time or two, but remember, the money in your pocket belongs to the Lord. He will purchase what’s best for you and you will never have to return it.

So ladies, stop looking. He that finds a wife finds a good thing. And for the men, don’t give up on the ladies. Your Ruth is out there gleaning in the fields waiting for you to take notice.

May God Open the Windows of Heaven upon you,

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