Why is it so important to have personal convictions—unshakeable truths that you will stand for and not bend no matter what? In this video, Adessa answers that question.

I just received another one this morning: a message from a friend saying, “I’ve felt so led to pray for you. What’s going on? How can I help?” I cannot tell you how much this means to me. The truth is that the past few weeks have been tough. There are still mornings that I wake up overwhelmed by the uncertainty of what the future holds. Yet, throughout the whole ordeal of the past few weeks, God has used His people to bring me encouragement. First, a friend who sent a me

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28 NLT Two Saturdays ago, I woke up with these words floating though my head. My first response was: “Not this time." The night before we received devastating news. A few days before my dad was rushed to the ER when a medical condition he’s been maintain for 10+ years blew out of control. His blood was septic, and we were

Do you ever feel like your voice doesn’t matter? Does doubt or fear ever keep you from speaking up? In this video, Adessa shares why your voice matters so much and how you can use it for God’s glory. Read More about this topic in Chapter 4 of "Ageless Truths: Lessons I Learned in my Forties that I Wish I Knew In My Twenties". Available on Amazon, Kindle or 4One Ministries Bookstore

So the other night, I sent my friend a text that read: “Here’s the problem with pre-scheduling posts for your ministry. You make a nice meme that says, ‘You can choose to love the life God gives you' or ‘You can trust God no matter what’ and then it slaps you in the face when you’re struggling to obey it yourself.” We decided I should write a blog and call it, “Confessions of a Major Hypocrite.” Because the truth is that even though I believe these things and I want to be a

In this video, Adessa shares the funny story of Ellie: a woman who she admires so much that she can’t talk around her. Here what Adessa is learning to help her overcome. Read More about this topic in Chapter 3 of "Ageless Truths: Lessons I Learned in my Forties that I Wish I Knew In My Twenties". Available on Amazon, Kindle or 4One Ministries Bookstore

When I was a teenager, growing up in a Pentecostal church, Valentine’s Day always meant the same thing: our youth pastor would give us “the Christian sex talk.” Without fail, year after year, February would focus on the topics of saving sex for marriage, choosing to date only Christians, and maintaining purity in relationships. While we were learning about love, sex, and dating, the adults learned how to strengthen their marriages. It was just assumed that dating was f

I love Valentine's Day--the flowers, the pink and green decorations and oh course, the chocolate. Think this is strange for a single woman? Here's the Ageless Truth the makes me feel this way. Read More about this topic in "Ageless Truths: Lessons I Learned in my Forties that I Wish I Knew In My Twenties". Available on Amazon, Kindle or 4One Ministries Bookstore