William Owens sits down with Janice Ponds to discuss her 100-lb weight loss and how she confronted the issues that created the environment for change.

Janice Ponds holds a B.S. in Education from N.C. A&T State University; an M.A. in Special Education/School Psychology from Ohio State University; and did post-graduate studies at the University of Virginia, completing undergraduate and graduate school with high honors.

Janice’s experience as a teacher; school psychologist; psychiatric counselor; clinical director; substance abuse treatment program coordinator, director, and supervisor; certified brain injury specialist, clinical consultant, licensed therapist, member of a law enforcement mental health support services team, speaker; singer; author; recording artist; host of the #1-ranked podcast on the Creative Motion Television Network on ROKU, “From Destruction to Dignity/Clinical Perspectives; Spiritual Truths;” being on Conservative Television of America, and being President of Informed Decisions Educational Advancement Society (IDEAS) has provided her with insight into practical ways to understand and effectively help individuals from all walks of life.

Eternity within God's Kingdom will be a time of endless fellowship. An explosive part of that fellowship will be exchanging stories of all we experienced and fulfilled for Jesus! How will you describe your time on the earth as you sit with the Saints of old and those within the Body of Christ?

Your story is being written now in your service towards God's Kingdom that will last throughout eternity.

The value of life comes down to only ONE measurement. Has God quickened you?

Countless voices are beckoning you, their reasons often shrouded in mystery. Yet, it is only the divine touch of God that can genuinely quicken you! What's your story of being quickened by God to be saved and do His will?

Psalm 119:154,156,159 KJV Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. [156] Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. [159] Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

The only way to experience the prize is to fulfill your high calling. The road to the high calling is to press towards the mark of it. The prerequisite to press is to forget.

Once a person has sought to repent of offenses toward God and others, the next important action is to forget them and continue their faith journey.

Remember, if you constantly dwell on the past, your actions and thoughts will be confined to where you were, preventing you from reaching the high price of your faith. This is a price not worth paying.

• Joining a church
• Acknowledging Jesus
• Doing Good works
• Being nice
• Praying to a saint
• Praying to your mother or Jesus Mother

The Will of God is not for the timid of heart. It is the highest call a human being can receive. The will of God is surrounded by warfare that is more real than the real we see. It is spiritual. For those who will experience living God’s Will and doing it day by day, you must be fearless, tenacious, and filled with faith-filled life of prayer and vigilance in obeying God with a repentive heart.

You must believe that God is a rewarder as you diligently seek Him.