February 15, 2023
Live According to Truth
February 27, 2022
When God Made You, He Spoke to Himself!
The image of God is Triune (i.e., three beings in one)! He is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The image of man is Triune too (i.e., Soul, Body, and Spirit). Being made in God’s image reflects His holiness, His righteous, and His love. When God spoke to Himself to form humanity, He wanted to demonstrate His love through fellowship when He said, “It’s not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18).
Another part of being made in God’s image is the freedom to choose. Adam and Eve were righteous until they ate the forbidden fruit (i.e., rebel against God). Their rebellion marred the image of God within themselves and their decedents. And the scars of their decision (i.e., mentally, socially, morally, and physically) are present in our lives today.
The good news is the original image of God can be restored through God’s grace and faith in Jesus Christ as our Personal Savior. Redemption is available if you need to reconnect with God or establish a relationship with Him. The choice is yours.
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August 3, 2021
Black Women's Equal Pay Day
July 23, 2021
Don't Live Within Your Means
- Write your big dreams and read them daily
- Create a vision board with images that coincide with your dreams
- Review, envision, and mediate daily of you achieving your dreams
- Surround yourself with people who have what you desire
- Strive for purpose and not security
- Live by faith and not fear
July 8, 2021
Management Essentials
- Giving Clear Work Priorities
- What Employees Need
- Reinforce Great Teamwork
- Valuing Employees
- Listening to Others’ Ideas and Opinions
- Problem Solving Expectations
- The Right Workload for Employees
- The Great Things Employees Do
- An Ethics and Integrity Discussion
- Perform a Performance Review
- Creating Challenging Work
- Receive Feedback From Your
- Creating a Great Work Situation
- Evaluating Performance in the Right Way
- Perform a Departure Review
June 16, 2017
She's Not a B****, She's Confident
We've launched a tee-shirt campaign to end negative languages and images associated with confident women and women in general. And you can show your support here.
June 9, 2017
Allow People to Grow
- Mortgage their homes to prevent a loved one from going to jail.
- Expend their retirement to prevent foreclosure or pay for college.
- Become a custodian to their abandoned or neglected grandchildren.
- Decrease their savings to pay their children’s expenses to keep their lives afloat.
October 19, 2015
Identity
The social arena is inundated with individuals pretending to be something they're not. And what's startling is people who are normally content with their identity, become discontent after interacting with a new social group or environment.
The Apostle Paul was a persecutor of the followers of Christ, and was miraculously converted to a follower himself. Paul realized it was God's grace that made him who he had become - an Ambassador for Christ. As an Ambassador, Paul traveled to different countries to organize churches and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was not ashamed of being a servant of God and did not waiver in his new identity with Him.
If you have a relationship with God without titles or a series of letters behind your name, be proud to be His servant. Accomplishments without a relationship with Him are good, but their value outside His will may not hold much weight.
Praise God for who you are - His workmanship for good works preordained before the foundation of the earth (Ephesians 2:10). And walk boldly in your creation because you were fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God (Psalm 139:14).
June 8, 2015
Feelings vs. Facts
If you’ve experienced an offence at work, think before you respond or react. And if you want an apology or resolve from the offender, here are a few things to consider:
- Was the offence intentional? If so, can you prove it?
- What was your emotional state when the offence occurred?
- Are you viewing the current offence through the lens of your past?
- What impact does the offence have on you and the company as a whole if it’s not addressed and resolved?
May 14, 2015
Pursue Your Greatest Self
We set our heights to empower women to transform their lives by transforming their minds through biblically-based fellowships and our quarterly newsletter - Inspirational Expressions. As we evolved, we realized we lost focus on our spiritual core.
What was true at our origin stands true today; women cannot achieve or be their greatest without knowing their true power. Unfortunately, this power has been decreased to sexuality and looks, and this power isn’t sustainable like our innate power during seasonal challenges.
Oprah Winfrey states, “Everyone is trying to pursue their greatest being of their true selves.” If this is true for you, here are a few things to consider:
- Seek God first and His wisdom (Matthew 6:13; James 1:5).
- Pray and give thanks always (I Thessalonians 5:17-18).
- See yourself as God does because we were fearfully and wonderfully made in His image (Genesis 1:26; Psalm 139:14).
- Get rid of limited beliefs about God and your potential because through Him all things are possible and we can do any and every thing through His power and strength (Matthew 19:26; Philippians 4:13).
- Govern your life according to God’s will because He will not withhold things that are good from people that walk upright (Psalm 84:11).
- Live life with abundance filled with joy, hope, love, and contentment (John 10:10).
- Trust God with your heart, mind, and soul (Proverbs 3:5).
April 23, 2015
Fret Not
Fretting is energy that can leave you stagnant. Quite frankly, it’s wasted energy. Whether your co-worker gets your dream job without much effort, a friend with a promiscuous past gets married during your season of singleness, a surprise break-up, or a family member moves into their luxury abode while you struggle to pay rent, envy will leave you powerless.
The hurt or disappointment does not entitle you to live a life looking through the lens of anger, rage, or worry. It does give you an opportunity to learn how to accept and deal with the growing prevalence of evil, ill-treatment, and personal deficiencies. Critic Samuel Johnson advised, "He who has so little knowledge of human nature to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief which he purposes to remove."
Thinking, talking, and hoarding envy, keeps it alive and seeking revenge can rob you of positive creativity and internal peace.
According to Roman 12:19, “vengeance belongs to God and He will repay.” So, turn every negative situation and person over to God and put envy to rest.
October 23, 2014
We Plunged
We’ve supported Zumbathon® events to benefit heart disease and ovarian cancer. And one-year later we’re hosting our own to benefit women experiencing poverty in the Washington region.
The Zumba® Corporate Office approved our Zumbathon® Charity Event within two-hours of submission - a process that normally takes two-business days, and within four-weeks, only 10% of our desired participants have registered.
Lesson learned, we’re doing something we’ve never done before and its success can’t be measured solely on who showed up; but, on our commitment to work and move the weight of poverty off the shoulders of women who live with it daily right in our backyard.
Not achieving the desired results from this plunge will not stop us from doing it again. Poverty is growing, and we do not have time to be stagnated by fear, skepticism, or resistance.
If you want to experience growth and enthusiasm click here - this can result from trying something new.
September 30, 2014
A World without Women
- Discover their purpose and not allow people or external circumstances deter them from their destined path.
- Live according to their uniqueness and convictions; not societal norms.
- Know their rights as a citizen and in the workplace and hold people accountable who inflict harm to them.
- Increase and stabilize their self- and net-worth to create personal and financial stability.
- Stop defining their value based on their sexuality or possessions.
- Connect with people who exalt others and not themselves.
- Be decisive and fearless about their beliefs and choices.
August 12, 2014
SOFEI's Top Ten
- Am I Wrong - Nico & Vince
- Try - Colbie Caillat
- Beautiful Flower - India Arie
- Hear My Call - Jill Scott
- Golden - Jill Scott
- Bravo - Ledisi
- Superwoman - Alicia Keys
- Just Fine - Mary J. Blige
- Didn't Know My Own Stength - Whitney Houston
- Turning Around for Me - Vashawn Mitchell
March 31, 2014
It's Time to Clean House
Just as the elderly woman collected worthless items, there are many people who gather and hold onto people and things that deplete or bring detriment to their spiritual or emotional well-being. Worthless items like negative thinking, self-denial, stressful living, defeat, deceit, jealousy, fear, anger, covetousness, envy, anxiety, lack of self-control, hatred, low self-worth and self-esteem.
When we pray and ask God for deliverance from our trials and tribulations, healing from a broken or wounded heart, or for a financial blessing, He can't deliver when our internal being is cluttered. For example, when a pilot attempts to land a plane, the pilot verifies if the pathway is clear. If it isn't, the pilot goes into a holding pattern. God is like the pilot! He wants to deliver your blessing or deliverance, but your pathway isn’t clear.
Your blessing or deliverance is on hold and God is willing, able, and ready to release it; but, you have to clean house! Get rid of everyone and everything that's cluttering your life. It will take commitment, determination, and patience. Don't look for quick cleaning methods or solutions, but roll up your sleeves, and clear areas often missed or overlooked. A clean house (i.e., internal) will make room to receive everything you need to live a focused, fulfilled, and joyous life.
March 26, 2014
Jewel in The Hands of an Inexperienced Jeweler
Dinah was a Jewel taken by force, but there are many women (Jewels) who voluntarily place themselves in the hands of Inexperienced Jewelers due to:
Soft Spoken Words
According to Genesis 34:3, Shechem spake kindly unto the damsel. Women can become prey to soft spoken words if they were raised in negative environments, were victims of verbal, emotional, or physical abuse and never heard or experienced unconditional love.
Low Self-Esteem
Some women with low self-esteem try to validate their self-worth by clinging to the arms of wrong men.
The Biological Clock
Some women rush into marriage based on their biological clock instead of God's. Their friends have gotten married, and started families, and they feel like timing is running out for Mr. Right.
Inexperienced Jeweler Doesn't Know Her Value
This can happen for women with a history of broken and abusive relationships, as well as other issues they haven't allowed God to cleanse and heal.
Fornication
Many women are in the hands of Inexperienced Jewelers for the sake of Eros (lustful) love and have convinced themselves that if the sex is good, everything else in the relationship will fall into place. However, sex was designed to be good under the Union of Holy Matrimony.
Hungry for Love and Affection
If an employee partakes of an unhealthy snack to satisfy their hunger, this can prevent them from enjoying a healthy, nutritious meal because they have become full from the snack. When we're hungry for love and affection we too indulge in unhealthy snacking (i.e., relationships) which blocks us from receiving the main entrée - a man designed especially for us.
So, are You a Jewel In The Hands of An Inexperienced Jeweler?
March 17, 2014
Responsiblity
- Be responsible for your actions. No one can make you behave the way you do.
- Be responsible for your thoughts. No one can make you think what you think.
- Take ownership of your feelings. No one can make you feel good or bad.
- Be responsible for your life. No one can make you have a fulfilled or dreadful life.
- Be responsible for your well being. No one can define who you are or your purpose for living.
- Be responsible for how you are treated. You are treated the way you allow yourself to be treated.
- Be responsible for how you treat others. No one can make you respect or disrespect him or her.
- Be responsible for your relationship with God and others. God and no one can make you love them. The choice is ultimately yours.
I Weep for Sisters Looking
For a man that’s so hard to find
My sisters try, they trip, they tremble
Because the search goes on all the time.
I weep for Sisters looking
For security in masculine form
They’re tossed and thrown by emotions
Like a small ship in a big storm.
I weep for Sisters looking
For a “brother” whom they can respect
Not a pretty boy or millionaire
Just someone
With whom
They can connect.
I weep for Sisters looking
Because of the pain and heartbreak
They endure
The loneliness that turns to emptiness
Will there ever be a cure?
I say Yes, Dear Sisters,
There is a cure
A real cure from my point of view
For perhaps wisdom is dictating
That you pray and wait,
Serve and work
Until
Mr. Right
Finds You!
By Evangelist Emanuel Scott, Jr.
March 12, 2014
Hate your job, what are you doing about it?
Staying at a job you hate may seem logical with the high percentage of unemployed and underemployed people. But if you choose to stay, why hate it? Why waste your time and your employer's? It’s challenging to have a servant attitude through hatred. If you’re not willing to serve, you’re not willing to work at your best capacity.
Work isn’t solely about us! It’s about service. If we’re filled with hatred about our work, does it mean we’re too full of ourselves? Sure, people can be difficult and challenging, but their actions should not contribute to our hatred. Every day we show up for work, we should know our purpose and the contribution we will make on our employer's bottom line and their clients.
Don’t allow finances and fear hold you hostage to a job you hate. You have the power to transform your job into a career you enjoy and love. If you're ready, you can start here.