by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 30, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, sweet grace, Uncategorized
I’m reminded today that 10 years ago God tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to write my first book, my weight loss memoir. I’d been on a transformation journey, being thrilled about losing the next pound, and getting down to the next size. I hadn’t calculated how... by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 2, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
When we don’t trust God to be our defender, protector, provider, healer and comforter. This is when we feel like we are all alone and have to attack every problem by ourselves, but we can’t figure out how. That’s where the disciples were when they couldn’t heal a... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 25, 2022 | Blog, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
What problem has you up at night fretting about how to fix it? What thoughts keep tumbling around and around in your head? What do you worry about? The most debilitating thing about worry is it keeps me stuck in an endless cycle of rehashing and rehashing whatever... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
If pride is not dealt with, it will introduce into our lives, a bolder and more arrogant emotion called pretension. It’s what pride becomes when we start believing we are invincible and don’t need God. Pretension is when an inflated sense of self-importance takes over... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 9, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
Being prideful is not just an attitude. It’s also an emotion God hates. It’s the emotion that He wants us to ditch, and He tells us exactly how to do that in His Word. Pride is the foundational emotion on which all other emotions, which lead to sin, are built. Pride... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
God always wants the best for us and that is why He hates our excuses. Excuses are what keep us from following God and may even keep us from heaven. I am not saying this to scare you. I am saying it to make sure you are following what He wants you to do. 1 John...