JB: I would just remind them when Jesus died on the JB: Absolutely. cross for our sins the woman with the issue of blood wasn’t there. When he died, the boy with the two fish and MOS: You are now no longer married, and are a single five loaves of bread weren’t at the cross. When he died, the man in ministry what standard or words of wisdom would blind man didn’t show up. But his mother was there. And you offer other young men and women in ministry that it shows that people are going to be there when you’re tend to not know how to maneuver and focus on the call blessing them. But when you need to be blessed that’s of God that is upon their life without getting caught up in all the drama that the “single life” can sometimes present why you have to plant the seed for your family. to us. MOS: One thing I notice in society today is people tend to JB: Kwame Kilpatrick in his autobiography entitled: struggle and lose their family because their primary Surrendered, he said, “You have to learn how to focus is on reaching the people in the street spend time by yourself ”. This is very true. You when often times we neglect the very have to learn how to date yourself away from the ones that are amongst us every day. crowd. Find out what you like as a person, not as JB: Absolutely! a personality. And when you are able to do that it’ll help you make wiser decisions about who MOS: Your latest book, World War Me. you bring into your space. What brought this book into existence? MOS: Awesome and timely word! I receive JB: It was my own therapy of journaling and that myself! (shares laughs) writing through my divorce and the trauma of going through public humiliation and falling MOS: Also take a minute and minister to short of the call of God on my life. Really just those who may have gone through a divorce for speaking out to people who have been wounded whatever reason and are having a hard time bouncing in the house of God, but haven’t had a proper way to deal back from what took place. with it or process it and to really come to grips with it as well. In my own circumstance I couldn’t blame it on the JB: The hardest thing I had to learn was that I couldn’t be enemy or spiritual warfare but there are sometimes even in control of everything. As a leader I’m so used to giving in the body of Christ where we are our own worst enemy. orders, giving direction and making things happen, but going through the divorce helped me to understand that MOS: I notice often times especially in the church we at some point you have to surrender and stop moving and tend to wear a lot of masks, instead of being honest and sit still. So, that’s a process that everyone has to endure. saying, I need help or I’m hurting; but we tend to bury those feelings and walk around wounded and infected by MOS: Back to your book, what made you write a volume the trials of life. What advice would you offer someone II to World War Me? that may be walking around with a silent cry and because JB: I think again the book was just me thinking out of their position they have no outlet of release? loud as a reflection of what I’ve had to deal with in my JB: Everyone needs somebody to be accountable to; to own desires/wants and learning to govern them and be answerable to. You can’t be superman all the time. You incorporating discipline in those areas. I believe God gave must look for that phone booth so you can turn back into that to me to share with a larger body. Clark Kent. And that’s what’s very critical to understand. MOS: Indeed we are blessed by you sharing. MOS: Through your various trials if you could preach JB: Thank you. one message based on your experiences to empower others what would it be? MOS: Well, that’s all I have and again thank you so much for your time and I am honored to have this time to speak JB: His grace is sufficient. That is actually the sermon I with you. preached for my initial sermon entitled: “No Pain, No Gain”. I had no idea that would be the hallmark for the JB: It’s my privilege. Take care. rest of my career and my ministry. MOS: God is truly a God of a second chance.
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us go on without ever experiencing fade away like a vapor? It can fade because we lose our focus on what passion. we should be passionate about. Ladies as you prepare yourself for the special day in this month to Woman of God, if the passion has be showered with candy, flowers, left, you can do something about it. jewelry, etc., take the time to think Start by showing the passion that about what your relationship is all your husband can’t seem to find or about. You need passion in your express. Who says that the passion relationship, because it keeps can’t start with you?! Use the power things fresh and exciting. If it is and gifts that God has equipped there, you never have to worry you with in getting the attention of about getting bored with your your spouse, along with the power mate. If your relationship possesses of prayer. Make this Valentine’s passion, moments together can be Day one to remember by reminding spontaneous, unexpected and very yourself and your spouse that exciting! It will not be a struggle passion originated at Calvary and for you to return the same type of this act of selflessness has allowed passion to your husband because you to experience the greatest when he is passionate towards gift of all between two hearts, an you, the response usually will be unconditional and passionate love. reciprocal. If this is the case, why Sonja Williams do we see the passion that started out in our marriage or relationship swilliams39@live.com
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Since we have entered into the month of the calendar year where many couples and lovers of the world celebrate the one they love, it is appropriate to address the issue of passion. Passion may frequently be used in the place of love, but you can definitely not have one without the other. Many pastors’ wives find themselves living with a man who seems to have so much passion for what he does and not enough for the one he professes to love. Passion can be defined as a strong feeling or desire for anything. So when a person truly has passion for someone, they not only love them but they strongly desire to be with them. It becomes so strong that when they are not in their presence, they desire to be with them. So is there passion in your marriage or relationship or is it simply love? You should have both, but many of
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