Power Over The Enemy

Empowering words of wisdom given

straight by Bishop T.D. Jakes!

What’s Going On In Gvegas?

A pictorial look at what is happening

in the Greenville, NC area!

Relaxing in Raleigh

Preparing Children For Greatness

Be Inspired

An in-depth look at Dorothy Height!

Jersey Connection

A pictorial look at what is happening

in the Trenton, NJ area!

An in detail look into helping your

children learn from their mistakes!

Book Of The Month

“Everything worth anything has a sacrificial

and hard work

component!” These golden nuggets were echoed by

a new found friend, Michelle Burgess. We were discussing sacrifice and the

valor it takes to walk out your life’s plan. If we continue to press, something wonderful

is bound to happen in our favor.

In the Scriptures, Jesus was determined to get to the cross. He healed on the way, per-

formed miracles, and brought a mighty Word to the people...all the while knowing that

He was going to ultimately sacrifice His life for the sake of others.

In order to walk out our life’s plan, we have to be courageous, unnerving to the voices

of the people who are going to come against your work...oh, trust me, they are coming!

You have to be as the Word says, steadfast and unmovable...especially if the work you

are doing is what GOD has given you to complete. Many things are going to have to

roll off of your back in order to be able to move forward in your plan. Many things will

have to be put to the back burner, if you are going to successfully complete your

mission. Just remember that all things work together for the good of those who love

Christ! If you are doing what you have been gifted and anointed to do, it will all work

out in the end,,,but, you will and must sacrifice some things in order to get the job

done!

We do not like to hear the word sacrifice because we know that it involves giving of

yourself for someone or something else. It does not always benefit us. In my life, I

have had countless people who have poured into me financially, Spiritually, with their

time and efforts...you name it! GOD places individuals in our lives in order for us to

accomplish the assignment we have been given.

This month, IMPACT looks at what it takes to give of yourself in order to fulfill your

dream! I can name countless people who have given of themselves in order to see me

become who I am today and to see the mission of IMPACT come to

fruition. People like: Bishop Johnnie and Lady Vaughan, Olympia Cook,

my ENTIRE family, Christina Roberts, N’Jeri Grubbs, Narubi Selah, Eric

Dillard, Chinell Z. Collins, Nicole McNair, Cory Bush, Deadre White and

countless others. The sacrifice these individuals have and are continuing

to make in my life...I will never forget! Continue to be a blessing to some-

one today, you never know how you will IMPACT their tomorrow!

TunishaC. Brown Editor-In-Chief

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling

down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high that exalts itself

against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the

obedience of Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV)

God has given you power over the enemy! He has given

you the power to abort the seeds of failure. Pull down those

things that have taken a strong hold in your life. If you

don’t pull them down, they will refuse to relinquish their

grip. It will take an act of your will and God’s power to stop

the spiritual unborn from manifesting in your life. God will

not do it without you—but He will do it through you.

The greatest freedom you have is the

freedom to change your mind. Repen-

tance is when the mind decides to

overthrow the government that con-

trolled it in the past. As long as these

other things reign in your life, they are

sitting on the throne. If they are on the

throne, then Christ is on the Cross. Put

Christ on the throne and your past on

the Cross.

Dorothy Height was born in Richmond, Virginia. At an early age, she moved with

her family to Rankin, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. Height

was admitted to Barnard College in 1929, but upon arrival, she was denied entrance

because the school had an unwritten policy of admitting only two black students per

year. She pursued studies instead at New York University, earning a degree in 1932,

and a master's degree in educational psychology the following year.

Height started working as a caseworker with the New York City Welfare Department

and, at the age of twenty-five, she began a career as a civil rights activist when she

joined the National Council of Negro Women. She fought for equal rights for both

African Americans and women, and in 1944 she joined the national staff of the

YWCA. She also served as National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority from 1946 to 1957. She

remained active with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority thought-out her life. While there she developed leader-

ship training programs and interracial and ecumenical education programs.

In 1957, Height was named president of the National Council of Negro Women, a position she held until

1997. During the height of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Height organized "Wednesdays in

Mississippi", which brought together black and white women from the North and South to create a dialogue

of understanding. American leaders regularly took her counsel, including First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt,

and Height also encouraged President Dwight D. Eisenhower to desegregate schools and President Lyndon

B. Johnson to appoint African American women to positions in government. In the mid 1960s, Height

wrote a column entitled "A Woman's Word" for the weekly African-American newspaper, the New York

Amsterdam News and her first column appeared in the March 20, 1965 issue on page 8.

Height served on a number of committees, including as a consultant on African affairs to the Secretary of

State, the President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, and the President's Committee on

the Status of Women. In 1974, Height was named to the National Council for the Protection of Human

Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, which published The Belmont Report, a response to the

infamous "Tuskegee Syphilis Study" and an international ethical touchstone for researchers to this day.

In 2004, Height was recognized by Barnard for her achievements as an honorary alumna during its com-

memoration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

The musical stage play If This Hat Could Talk, based on her memoirs Open Wide The Freedom Gates,

debuted in the middle of 2005. It showcases her unique perspective on the civil rights movement and de-

tails many of the behind-the-scenes figures and mentors who shaped her life, including Mary McLeod

Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Height was the chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Leadership

Conference on Civil Rights, the largest civil rights organization in the

USA. She was an honored guest and seated on stage at the inauguration of

President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009.

On April 20, 2010, Height died at the age of ninety-eight. Her funeral

service at the Washington National Cathedral on April 29, 2010 was

attended by President and Mrs. Obama plus many dignitaries and notable

people. She was later interred at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.

Failure. It's part of life from the time we are very young

until we are very old. It happens to all of us, no matter how

hard we try to do things "right." Parents and caregivers often want to spare their

children and teenagers the pain of failure, but we must remember that failing and

making mistakes are necessary elements of growth, development, and maturity.

Learn to encourage and affirm the children and young people under your influence

when they fail. With good coaching, even the youngest among us can gain the

proper perspective on failure and mistakes and see these things as stepping stones to

success. Swarvarski

Teach Them that Failure is not Fatal

Help children and young people put failure in perspective. Explain to them that

failure does not mean "the end of the world." Maybe a child or teenager in your life

fails to make a school sports team or the cast of the school play, but that does not

mean he or she cannot play on a church or neighborhood team or put on dramatic

productions for family and friends. Don't let their dreams die because of failure or

disappointment. Instead, help them re-route their energies into further developing

their skills so they can succeed next time. Help them practice what they need to

practice in order to succeed in the future, and use encouraging words and phrases

such as: "You are doing better every day" or "I am so proud of you!"

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"Parents and caregivers often want to spare their chil-

dren and teenagers the pain of failure, but we must

remember that failing and making mistakes are neces-

sary elements of growth, development, and maturity."

Beth Clark

Teach Them to Learn from their Mistakes

Webster's Dictionary defines mistake as "an error in action, opinion, or judgment

caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc." In other words,

mistakes are not intentional; they result from lack of training, experience, or

knowledge. At the same time, they lead to training, experience, and knowledge.

Teach the children and young people in your life that every mistake is an opportunity.

W h e n t h e y m a k e m i s t a k e s , a s k q u e s t i o n s s u c h a s :

What can you do to keep this from happening next time?

What did you learn from this mistake?

If you don't want to make this mistake again, what needs to change?

Look for the positive lessons to be learned from the mistakes your children make. Ask

them to identify what they've learned after they make mistakes and help them see the

specific ways each mistake teaches them a lesson that will help them do better next time.

Remind them of the old saying, "Everyone makes mistakes," and encourage them to use

their mistakes to help them move toward success.

Teach Them that Failure is not Final

Children and teenagers respond differently to failure. For some, failure is just what they

need to be determined to try again with renewed effort and energy. For others, failure

discourages them completely, makes them afraid to try anything again, and inspires them

only to give up. Remind them every time they fail that "there's al-

ways next time." Do everything you can to keep them encouraged

in a healthy way—not trying again out of anger over a past failure

or refusing to try again because of embarrassment.

Above all, remind them often that you love and value them simply

because of who they are, not because of what they can or cannot do.

That way, they'll never feel like a failure in your eyes!

By, Beth Clark