Brenda Lyons

  • Blyons1960
  • Teacher, Interpreter for Deaf, Activist, Organizer, twin.
  • I love hearing testimonies, I just don't want to be one :-/ (Real Talk)

    I almost hated being around a good friend of mine as it always seems she was either coming out of a testimony or going into another and she never failed to give God the glory. Her faith seemed immovable,…

    Created 3 months ago

    Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Hebrews 12:1 (KJV)
    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

    Created 3 months ago

  • Matthew 17:27

    Matthew 17:27 (KJV)
    Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Started Following Blfontenot

    4 months

  • Foreclosure, Lost job, Wayward child...and I am suppose to "Thank God"?. Really?!!

    I thank God for the role models he has placed in my life. My grandmother in particular. She used to pray all the time and thank God in every situation she was going through. I thought she was crazy for…

    Created 4 months ago

    Philippians 4:6 (KJV), Philippians 4:7 (KJV)

  • Philippians 4:6-7

    Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)
    Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

    Created 4 months ago

  • Doubt and Depression, uggh- I know He can, But will He?

    I have a friend that is clinically depressed. Thank God for medication that helps to alleviate the feelings that are accompanied with this dark pervasive destroyer of peace and contentment. I feel like…

    Created 4 months ago

    Psalm 37:4 (KJV), Psalm 37:5 (KJV)

  • Psalm 18:25

    Psalm 18:25 (NIV)
    To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

    Created 4 months ago

  • Abraham's Type of Faith... I couldn't Do It!

    Take my one and only child, actually, it could be my sixth child, it wouldn't matter which one, to the altar to be sacrificed, by ME! There is no way, on God's green earth I could do it! No Way... Unless,…

    Created 5 months ago

    Genesis 22:1 (KJV), Genesis 22:2 (KJV)

  • If it walks like a Duck and quacks like a Duck, it must be a ...

    It would seem obvious, right! And staying true to form, our friends reflect who we are. They shape and mold us. As parents we diligently screen our children's friends. But, are we just as viligent when…

    Created 5 months ago

    Psalm 1:1 (KJV)

  • Parents who are Friends: Is this a good thing?

    When my daughter was sixteen, after being chastised screamed "I thought you were my friend !" I retorted "I am your parent and I thank God I am not trying to be your "friend" it is my JOB to direct…

    Created 6 months ago

    Proverbs 19:18 (NLT)

  • Proverbs 16:1

    Proverbs 16:1 (ASV)
    The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Proverbs 16:1

    Proverbs 16:1 (ASV)
    The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Isaiah 64:8

    Isaiah 64:8 (KJV)
    But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Pride Cometh Before The Fall

    God has a way of definitely bursting our bubble, doesn't he! God chastise those whom he loves and those whom he has chosen. When we allow our position, our money or our self-absorbtion to supersede…

    Created 6 months ago

    Daniel 4:30 (KJV), Daniel 4:31 (KJV), Daniel 4:37 (KJV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-11-27

  • Steadfast and Unshakeable faith

    Talk about having steadfast unshakeable faith.  This is where I strive to be.  We let the smallest impositions disquiet us. We wonder WILL the Lord provide, will he help us out of this situation. We question…

    Created 6 months ago

    Daniel 3:16 (KJV), Daniel 3:17 (KJV), Daniel 3:18 (KJV), Daniel 3:22 (KJV)

  • Proverbs 21:13

    Proverbs 21:13 (KJV)
    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-10-14

  • John 15:8, John 15:16

    John 15:8 (KJV)
    Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

    John 15:16 (KJV)
    Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

    Created 8 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-08-26