Is He Into You or Just Using You? | @intercession4ag @trackstarz
Is He Into You or Just Using You? Into you or using you? This is one of the most important questions we need to answer when newly dating someone. Sometimes people suggest asking the question what are your intentions with me. The truth is people can tell you anything. The truth is revealed in time […]
How to Pick a Spouse| @intercession4ag @trackstarz
How to Pick a Spouse is one of the most recent books I’ve read. It shares great insight on dating for marriage. The author, Dan Chun, had a singles ministry in Hawaii. 14 divorces occurred out of the 143 couples married over 20 years under his ministry. Those are good numbers. All the more reason […]
Are You Leaning on Practicality More Than Trusting God?| @intercession4ag @trackstarz
Are You Leaning on Practicality More Than Trusting God? King Asa, was a godly king after God’s own heart. He had a reputation for trusting God. Also, he’d done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and God had given him favor delivering him in many wars. However, one day King Asa decided to do […]
How the Lord Helps Us to Practice Abstinence Until Marriage | @intercession4ag @trackstarz
Thankfully, the culture seems to be shifting to where it is becoming more acceptable for those who either practice abstinence or who are virgins to share their journeys. Due to virgin shaming—many who’ve chosen this lifestyle often remain silent. Only because they know they have to be ready for people to attempt to shut their mouths […]
Did You Know the Divorce Rate Isn’t 50%? | @intercession4ag @trackstarz
The Divorce rate isn’t 50%. Shocking, huh? I know. This is information found in Shaunti Feldhahn and Tally Whitehead’s book, “The Good News About Marriage.” She has made the bold discovery that the actual divorce rate is much lower than 50%. The oversharing of the 50% ratio in media and churches has become discouraging to […]
6 Steps to Aid Healing Through Grief @intercession4ag @trackstarz
We all deal with things in life that leave us wounded whether it is grief due to the loss of a loved one, dealing with the ups and downs of addiction in our families, or any experience that simply hurts. The great thing is just like God allows hardship; he also allows common practices that […]
Rejection is Overcome by Self-Acceptance | @intercession4ag @trackstarz
Rejection is a common experience that we all will encounter in our search for love. We can protect ourselves from the pit of rejection by realizing two things—self-acceptance and the inevitability of rejection. The pit of rejection is where the lies of the enemy lie. Where the enemy tells us that we aren’t enough or […]
Yvonne Orji Shows How to Boldly Represent Being a Virgin at Nearly 40 @intercession4ag @trackstarz
Yvonne Orji, in a recent interview on the Dear Chelsea podcast, doesn’t only cover being a virgin but she tackles some other topics like the expected age she wanted to be married versus the age she is likely more ready to be married. She’d wanted to be married by 23 but feels that life has […]
Generalizations, Unrealistic Expectations & Cheesecake Factory Date
Generalizations, Unrealistic Expectations & Cheesecake Factory Date Generalizations and stereotypes come from experiences like that of the recently famed Cheesecake Factory date. We see these stereotypes and generalizations begin to shape the reality of our culture as African-American single women and men. It furthers the notions of self-hate that have been permeating themselves throughout our […]
Why the Community Suffers When Mature Fathers Are Silent | @intercession4ag @trackstarz
We need our men, in particularly our fathers. They are the ones who provide structure, identity, fear, and reverence for society—showing that actions have consequences. Those of us who have grown up in households with our fathers know what I mean. When your mom said, “I’m going to tell your father, “The fear of God […]