Stephen F. Smith's Blog – February 2009 Archive (11)

There are countless people that have been laboring for many a season to overcome some of the harsh words that have been spoken over their lives. It has been said that sticks and stones will break my bones, but talking or words will never hurt me. This has been one of the greatest fallacies in history. There are people that are still fighting to overcome some of the negative words that were spoken over their lives back 2 or 3 decades back. The pains of being called fat, ugly, dumb, and any of a… Continue

Walking By Faith in Turbulent Times! Child of God, I wholeheartedly believe that this is the time that many of us should be walking by faith as no other time before. While so many in this age are walking by the ways and modes of this world’s systems, we must be among the remnant that will walk by the precepts of God’s Word. In this day where so many who once believed are all over the place, are you one of those who are bold to truly walk by faith? Are you one that will take the Bible as the… Continue

Let Them Name It, You Just Walk in It! I have never seen a day where so many are title crazy. I have seen so many who are looking for the next realm in titles, we now have Bishops, Arch-Bishops, and Senior Arch-Bishops. I am looking for potentates and finally and then someone that will call themselves Pope! Yet there are times that others will give us titles to belittle us. I have been an ordained Elder in The Church of God in Christ, Inc. since 1999, yet there are still those who seek to"… Continue

Can You Shout a Victory Shout in the Midst of a Struggle? The Bible is a book that is full of people who were not ashamed to praise, magnify, and worship God at all times. The Bible is also full of people that were given to much expression in their renderings of praise to their God! There are not many in the Holy Writ that were given to deep contemplative thought. The Bible is full from cover to cover with people who were unabashed in their praise and worship of their God. Why would one see a… Continue

Does one's faith get its greatest test when the skies are exceptionally beautiful, or does one's faith shine the clearest when there are severe storms looming? I have never seen a day where so many people seem to be looking for direction as to which way to go in this blinding storm that we call life. The litmus test for any believer's wherewithal is how that man or woman responds in tense times. We are now living in a day of panic attacks, pill popping, and so many nervous maladies that one can… Continue

My Prayer Against the Valentine Blues! The enemy is so clever and subtle in his maneuverings. He is always on his tippy toes to do his dirty work of stealing, killing and destroying the inhabitants of this world. I am now praying against the Valentine Blues. So many can be made to feel lower than low because they didn't receive the goodies that a coworker, friend, or family member did. Vases of roses, nice jewelry, and boxes of candy are sent to those that some call their sweetheart. Don't feel… Continue

I Didn't Sign Up For All of This! Psalm 34:10 records the following words, Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. This verse should become a uplifting verse that promises the deliverance of those who ascribe to righteousness and living right. However; I humbly submit to you that there are just times that one might not always see the B Clause of this verse in action. Many of us that love the Lord are waiting for our various deliverance from our… Continue

You Must Learn to Love Yourself! I am not trying to get into anyone's Kool-Aid, but I have found over the years that some of the most beautiful people that one has ever seen physically, and spiritually amazingly feel that they are ugly, or less than. Negative self images permeate nearly every cross section of individuals that one can think of. Why is it so hard to love yourself? In creation, there has never been another you! Many of you are walking and talking which places you light years ahead… Continue

Challenging Days and Trying Nights? How many of you are seeing what seems to be wasted days and trying nights? I will agree with most that we are indeed living in the most trying times in recent history! I guess that maybe over the years many of us has become complacent and fat with some of our successes. We have been prone to consumption at great levels. The belt tightening that many of us are going through right now is the wake up call that many of us needed. Tough Times show the measure of a… Continue

It's Time to Plan Our Escape!



It's Time to Plan Our Escape! How many of us are tired of seeing the same old same old? Doesn't seeing the mundane and the commonplace get to be a drag after a while? It is totally amazing that many of the dreams of conquering the known world that we all fostered in the the days of our youth sometimes gives way to many of the crushing realities that this world heaps upon all of us! However; I submit to you that you were created for so much more. It is… Continue

That Greener Grass Still Needs to be Cut! I am sure that everyone has heard the old quote that the grass isn't always greener on the other side! This quote is to remind individuals that someone else's situation may look rosier on the surface, but there is always more than meets the eye. Isn't it amazing that while one seems to be walking through the very valley of the shadow of death; that others seem to be sailing through life on flowery beads of ease? Appearances are far closer to fiction… Continue