by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 5, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose
Way too many times I allowed a stronghold to capture me and take me down. Then I woke up and began to study what a stronghold really is. When I did that, the strongholds in my life began to fall, one by one. It felt like sugar was a stronghold when I weighed 430... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 2, 2021 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose
God always gives me a word for the year. It’s usually a word I either think I know or don’t want to spend time thinking about. This was more than true with the word He gave me for 2021. It is the word more. The first thing I thought when He gave me the word was,... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 16, 2020 | Devotional, Inspiration, Purpose
God’s anointing is on you for a specific task. It’s an assignment He has given specifically to you. His anointing will carry you forward as long as you are working to complete His assignment. When you veer off the assignment path to do something you feel... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
Is comfort important to us? Do we really need it? Or is it just something we think we need? Where or how do we find it if and when we do need it? After working with God to tear down many of the mental strongholds which led me to become a sugar addict, surrendering my... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose
For most of my life, I was focused on trying to lose weight especially when I gained tot the point that I weighed over 300 pounds. Focusing on losing weight made me think about all the things I shouldn’t be eating. That just made me want to eat them all the more.... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 2, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
We all want transformation, but do we really want to go through the continual process of change that will mean? Our transformation process has been likened to the metamorphosis of the caterpillar to the butterfly. The caterpillar goes into the chrysalis and 10 to 14... 
