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When we think of health, we often think of diet and exercise, but sleep is equally important. Good sleep is essential for our physical and emotional well-being. Adults need an average of 7-9 hours of sleep daily. Not getting enough sleep can increase your hunger the next day, reduce your feeling of fullness after eating, and make you more likely to crave junk food high in carbohydrates and sugar. Additionally, not getting enough sleep can increase your risk of depression and anxiety and raise your blood pressure, which increases your risk of a heart attack.

Before there were bombastic businessmen like Donald Trump and later Elon Musk, there was Ted Turner. He was called the “Mouth of the South,” full of bluster and humor. For better or worse, as he later admitted, he was the man who created 24-hour cable news. There was a time in the news business that “breaking news” did not happen every ten minutes. If one more person on that boat with Hantavirus got sick at 9 p.m., you’d have to wait until morning to be told.

In today’s world, it’s easy to forget how little we once knew about major league baseball. When I saw my first game, it was on a TV cart in a 4th grade classroom. Our teacher was a baseball fan, and she didn’t let simple arithmetic get in the way of the World Series. This was when postseason games were played in the afternoon, and we only got to see one regular season game per week, Saturdays on NBC. You could safely bet that announcer Curt Gowdy and his crew were in a major-market stadium: New York, Boston, Chicago, or Los Angeles. With any luck, a small-town team like my favorite, the Atlanta Braves might be on TV once or twice a year.

It’s been a long road / Gettin’ from there to here…” Yes, some of us with students in our lives have had “Faith of the Heart,” while others have had “Faith of the Administration Continuing to Force Dubious Students Through the Pipeline”; but it all ends in the same milestone: graduation.

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.” Revelation 2:20-23. If you are serving the Lord, sowing into your community and on a path of Kingdom anointing then there is no doubt in my mind you have encountered the Jezebel spirit. I encourage you to read 1 Kings 19:1-8 to understand what it looked like for Elijah as he himself came face to face with Jezebel – a power-hungry queen who would stop at nothing to gain control and influence. First, I want to give you some characteristics that you can look for when discerning this specific spirit in your own walk.