Sony Elise

Sony Elise

Sony has been an avid southern gospel fan since she first heard The Happy Goodman Family on a cassette in the mid-1980s. She is the co-founder of Family Renewal and the owner of Sony Elise Editing Services.
Repentance: The Taboo Topic

Repentance: The Taboo Topic

I recently started a Bible study titled The Walk of Repentance. This is actually my third time to go through it, but it's been a few years so I need it again, to know that I am where I need to be in my walk with the Lord. Repentance is something people don't like to...

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.  ~Psalm 55:22 I have been thinking a lot about what it means to cast one's burden on the Lord. It seems like this should be easy but, for me, it's not. Sure, I pray...

Miscellaneous October Thoughts

Miscellaneous October Thoughts

My brain is going in so many directions right now that I'm not sure what to write. I'm praying that God will show me what the readers of this blog need, but I am weary which makes me wonder if I have anything to contribute today. I am always inspired when I see...

You Have a Choice

You Have a Choice

If I have any Calvinist readers, I've already lost them with the title, but too many people blame their behavior on Satan, friends, and sometimes God, while the fact is that people often choose to give in to their flesh instead of taking the way of escape that God...

Use Your Gifts

Use Your Gifts

As I travel the country, I am often the recipient of others' gifts and talents. Whether it is music, ministry, hospitality, servanthood, etc., I love watching people use these gifts for the glory of God and the blessing of His people. I've struggled most of my life to...

My God Will Supply Your Needs

My God Will Supply Your Needs

All I have needed, Thy hands hath provided. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me  ~Thomas Chisholm. For my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus  ~Philippians 4:19. Here in America, we way too often confuse "needs"...

Still Learning After All These Years

Still Learning After All These Years

I realized this week that, every time I think I've learned to trust the Lord, I hit a new situation where I have to learn all over again. This past week, the lesson had to do with trusting God in the lives of my friends and family. As a big sister, I like to "be...

An Attitude of Gratitude

An Attitude of Gratitude

I write on this topic periodically because I tend to need reminders of things, and I expect I'm not the only one. I've been thinking again lately how easy it is to take those closest to us for granted. Sure, we love and appreciate our loved ones and their service, but...

How Wrong You Are

How Wrong You Are

On Chris Freeman's latest CD, The Hinson Side of Me, she included an old Hinson song titled, "How Wrong You Are." This was a song I had not heard before, but the words have been playing over and over in my mind. Many believe that they are going to Heaven because they...