TEXTIMONY Written by: Jenine Cotrice Addison May 22, 2007 I have no desire for sex right now, THANK GOD! I am so focused on what GOD is working out for me right now that I have to get my life together and grow up. I saw an old friend who I have admired for the longest – and he has been married for 5 years now…he told me he wished we had the chance back in the day, yet, the timing has proved to be what it is, putting us where we are now. I’ve never regretted this, for he is a good man, and she, a blessed woman to be his chosen one. God knows what he is doing, and I love his...

TEXTIMONY Written by: Tonia Dew May 15, 2007   Greetings from LYLAS for 4 Life Ministries: I am a Wounded Child…But God is Sooooo Very Good! When the enemy would try to creep in and tell me that my past transgressions were too unfavorable for me to ever rise up, the Word of the Lord bound him up, cleaned up my mind, and allowed me to forgive myself and be the best person I could be.  The Spirit also urged me to Step out of Shame & Guilt and Share! You see, as long as we hide the Enemy still has power!  I’ve learned over the past 35 & 3/4 years that by opening up and...

TEXTIMONY Written by: Tolanda Linton May 8, 2007   Greetings from LYLAS for 4 Life Ministries: ‘The desire to want something so bad’… To want something so badly that you can feel, see, taste, hear or smell it.  You will do anything to get it, even if it means going into more debt, right? Well, we do it all the time. We say to ourselves, “God said he will give me the desires of my heart,” (ps.37:4b).  So we go into debt and add to our heartache.  Uh, uh sistah girl, that’s not God’s way. The thing that we must learn to do is pray first, listen, and wait on God in order to...

TEXTIMONY Written by: Reba James, Lady of LYLAS June 26, 2007 I’m a single mother of four sons ranging from the age of 3 to 12. It seems that since my children have started school I have had problems. All of my sons have attended J.W. Howe School which is located on the West Side on Lorel & Chicago Ave. I myself attended and graduated from Howe as a youth. The school has changed over the years, and has changed for the worst. My oldest son was transferred to a Therapeutic Day school due to behavior problems over 4 years ago and he has been doing better since that transfer. While he...

TEXTIMONY Written by: Vashanti AKA Shugafoot, Lady of LYLAS June 19, 2007 My, My, My… God is so good! This last week has been so busy. I know that summer is here. Graduations, Birthdays, Barbecues, and a host of other things. It seems as if sometimes I run myself to a point where I can’t run any more.. I’ve come to realize that busy is good, but not all the time. Being a person that loves to be involved in everything, I have to remember that I can’t do it all. Of course I have my own problems and matters that I must deal with, but often I get wrapped up in helping...

TEXTIMONY Written by: Audrey June 5, 2007   Greetings from LYLAS for 4 Life Ministries: The pain from my divorce sent me reeling in a circle of self abuse, promiscuity and low self esteem. The idea that I would be a single parent, and the family life I wanted no longer being something I could rely on, was disheartening and I could not see the bigger picture. For almost two years, my soul was neglected and although I never neglected my children, I neglected myself. I neglected going through the pain I needed to go through, and crying the tears I needed to cry in order to heal. The behavior I...