by Teresa Shields Parker | May 18, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Sweet Surrender
I grew up in a very missions-minded church. With this emphasis on missions and my desire to do something special in God’s Kingdom, it wasn’t unusual I went forward in several services over the years to volunteer to be a foreign missionary. I had my heart set on... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 17, 2022 | Podcast
Episode 133—God Sets My Destiny God Sets My Destiny For years I didn’t believe that God had a purpose or destiny for me. The lie I believed was that God can’t use me because I’m too fat and I can’t lose weight. Turns out my destiny and my weight were very intertwined.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 11, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Sweet Surrender
It didn’t start out that way. I loved to honor Grandma by reciting poems for her church’s Christmas program. It made me happy to speak because it made her happy. Then came the year I was 12. Grandma decided since I did such a good job learning one poem a year, she... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 10, 2022 | Podcast
Episode 132—I Have a Voice I Have a Voice Ever since I was 12 years old I felt I had no voice. It wasn’t a natural lie I happened upon. It was much deeper than that. It was a stronghold the evil one set up in me from an early age to keep me from fulfilling my destiny.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 4, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
I was doing well on my weight loss journey until I saw the scales show that I weighed 199 pounds. I didn’t know why but my body did not want to go below 200 pounds. It wasn’t that I was eating anything wrong and I was still exercising. It just felt very much like a...
