by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
As a child, I don’t know how many times during church services I sang the old song, “I Surrender All.” I’m not sure what I thought the words meant back then. I probably thought they were defining what I did when I accepted Jesus at age seven and gave up my life of... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
During the month of October, Americans spent more than $3 billion on one thing. Know what it is? It’s something I never buy anymore. What is it? It’s candy. I don’t eat candy or sugar anymore because God showed me it was killing me … in more ways than one. At... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 24, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
One of the questions I am asked the most is how can I stop eating sugar like you did? That question is one I personally never asked myself because I didn’t want to give up eating foods made with processed sugar. I never thought I would have to do that. I... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 15, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
How can we be thankful in the midst of everything that is going on in the world today? We’ve been through a lot in the last few years, and I just want to stop a minute and thank God even for the difficulties many of us have gone through. One of my favorite songs is... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
As Christians, we don’t do the best job of building each other up, but that is exactly what Jesus wants. It must be front and center after we lead someone to Christ. The next thing must be building that individual up, helping them learn what the Christian life is all... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
Why didn’t I stop eating foods that contained processed sugar when Jesus told me to stop back in 1977? Because I was stubborn and rebellious and wanted to keep at least one pleasure for myself. “Let me keep sugar, Jesus,” I’d say. “It makes me happy.” Of course, it...
