Vernetta Reshell- Faith Blogger
Believer. Soul Stimulator. Blog Content Creator. Minister.
Is something I grew up in, left for 15 years and returned to. I’m sharing my perspective on the Black Church, its history, its legacy, what we may not have learned from it as well as where it can improve.
Church is a political act. A Black Church is a revolutionary act in the United States. Before we continue let’s not forget where the Black Church actually started. In this series, ‘The DNA of the Black Church’ I will explore how the Black Church practices and principles have shaped the Black community. Now here’s a […]
This month I’m celebrating 9 years as a paid professional blogger. That’s right. I’ve been paid to blog since 2011. Even though I started blogging in 2009, it was just an outlet to express myself. Then September 2011 rolled around and I decided I would make blogging a career option for me. Now here we […]
Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful;O You my God, save Your servant, who trusts in You [believing in You and relying on You, confidently committing everything to You]. Psalm 86:2 AMP Three years ago Hurricane Harvey came and decimated Southeast Texas. Fortunately, I was in California attending a conference. However, getting back was […]
And the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has walked stripped and barefoot for three years as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia), 4 in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the shame of Egypt. Isaiah […]
26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza.” (This is a desert road). 27 So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch [a man of great authority], a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was […]
So that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught [that is, the history and doctrine of the faith]. Luke 1:4 (AMP) A new series starts today, “Lineage of The Black Church”. The history of Christianity on the continent of Africa is diverse, varied and intriguing how it sprung up and […]
13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future]. John 16:13 Amplified Bible (AMP) […]
21 Now it is God who establishes and confirms us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and who has anointed us [empowering us with the gifts of the Spirit]; 22 it is He who has also put His seal on us [that is, He has appropriated us and certified us as His] and has given us the [Holy] Spirit […]
For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel has said this, “In returning [to Me] and rest you shall be saved, In quietness and confident trust is your strength.” But you were not willing, Isaiah 30:15 Amplified Bible (AMP) Natalie Louis asked me what I love to do or enjoy to do. Something like that. You […]
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and I always like to touch on this because I fought over a decades long battle with depression. I’m in a much healthier place now. It took some time but I used a combination of strategies, resources and guidance outside of prayer to get here. I share […]