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JUNE 2021 | VOL. 12 | ISSUE NO. 34
Part 3:
2020: An Abundance of Correctives…
Miracles & Blessings
Spotlighting
Towonda Kilpatrick
Award-Winning Playwright & Screenwriter
Thriving and Surviving During the Pandemic
Gospel Rapper of The Year
Lyrik
Editor-in-Chief
Psalms 61 - NKJV BY SHARON E. LOCKLEAR, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF “Hear my cry, O GOD: Attend to my prayer, From the end of the earth I will cry to you, When my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For have been a shelter for me, A stronger tower from my enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever:” Psalms 61 NKJV What an appropriate prayer for this day and this time. Feelings of overwhelm, hopelessness and helplessness are felt and shared by many. Many expect the government to send another check and fix what ails us. Government intervention is not without a price and rarely provides a solution. Christians are crying out and are burdened with the cares of the world. We are to live in the world, and have we forgotten that we are not to be of the world? We have a different standard of living. Our Father is the ultimate source and yet we are looking for help/assistance in all the wrong places. GOD will provide our wants, needs and desires. ASK and we will receive if the asking is not amiss. GOD hears us, really hears us, and knows what we desire. GOD is aware of our feelings and wants us to unburden those feelings in prayer. We are resistant, we often expect some solution from man, when GOD is the ultimate fixer and a strong tower from the enemy. In GOD everything is available. We must be willing to allow GOD to fix our overwhelmed hearts and minds. Are we forgetting that GOD operates on a divine time schedule? Are we forgetting, just not
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praying or only praying when we have specific expectations that we desire GOD to expeditiously handle? GOD desires a relationship with each of his children. When in a relationship, we share everything: joy, pain, burden, overwhelm, opportunities, challenges, wants, needs and desires. It is time for you and me (us Christians) to understand our relationship with Our Father. Commit to daily prayer and meditation. Let’s become obedient children and allow Father to remove the helplessness, hopelessness and overwhelm that we are experiencing. Sharon Locklear Editor-In-Chief
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Will Odom
Jeanette Chestnut-Chester
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MIRACLES AND BLESSINGS Surviving and Thriving in the Pandemic
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