Lakisha, the Author

New Book Alert – The Family that Lies

A standalone novel written by twin sisters Lakisha Johnson and LaQuisha Rucker.

Born only months apart, Merci and Grayce Alexander were as close as sisters could get. With a father who thought the world of them, life was good. Until one day everything changed.

While Grayce got love and attention, Merci got all the hell, forcing her to leave home. She never looks back, putting the past behind her until … her sister shows up over a decade later begging for help, bringing all of the forgotten past with her. Merci wasn’t the least bit prepared for what was about to happen next.

Merci realizes, she’s been a part of something much bigger than she’d ever imagined. Yea, every family has their secrets, hidden truths and ties but Merci had no idea she’d been born into the family that lies.

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Thank you and as always Happy Reading

-Lakisha

Daily Devotional – 10/21/16 “What’s your fear?”

Do you remember the show Fear Factor? It was a game show that would put people in places or have them doing things just to test their determination to face their fears. This show was gross and it would have people doing all kinds of things. And if the person competing, failed or refused to face the fear they were eliminated. I was thinking of this as I started to write my devotional because how many times have we been eliminated from stuff that’s ours because of fear. It doesn’t matter how big or small it is because somebody, somewhere, woke up facing fear yet again. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve tried, you just can’t seem to get him (fear) to leave you alone. You’ve even prayed, a lot, and he still has the audacity to be waiting for you to roll over in the morning. You’ve tried the drugs, pills and alcohol and even they can’t silence his voice in your head. You’ve taken the PM medicine and even it didn’t stop him from waking you out your sleep. And now, you’re sitting on the edge of give up because he’s said you can’t do it. You’re standing on the outside of the celebration because he said nobody wanted you there. You want to tell somebody but then he said they wouldn’t care. Leaving you depressed, emotional and on the verge of breaking down. Well beloved, I stopped by to tell you that fear only has the power YOU give it. How do I know? Baby, the bible tells me in 2 Timothy 1:7, “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” This is why you have to get like David when he said in Psalm 56:3-4, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise– in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

See, fear is doing his job, he’s stopping you from doing yours. Yep! Fear has a job and that’s to get you eliminated from this game of life. And for a lot of us, it’s working. You won’t get married again because you’re fearful it might not work. You won’t go for that promotion because you’re afraid you may get turned down. You won’t step out on faith because you’re afraid it might not work. For some of us, we’re afraid because it just may work in our favor and that scares the hell out of us. I mean, who would have thought YOU could do it? Who would have thought you could build a house. Who would have thought YOU could run a company. Who would have thought you could pastor a church? Fear! It has a tight grip on a lot of us and it’s spoiling the plans God has for your life. You’ve got to over it and that happens by – 1. Knowing what you’re fearful of. 2. Thinking of what this particular fear can do to you. 3. And gradually exposing yourself to the fear. If you don’t know what you’re fearful of, how can you get over it? And you can’t get over it if you don’t face it. So, I have to ask, what are you fearful of that is hindering the greatness within you? And why has it held you hostage this long?

Daily Devotional – 10/20/16 “Can I pray for you?”

Our Father in Heaven whose name is the Holy of Holy.As I come petitioning your throne, I pause to say thank you. Not for one thing, exactly but for everything specifically. Oh God, your people are in need so I come asking you to send a particular blessing to the person reading this. Grant them the request they’ve been crying out for, the answer they’ve been searching for and the peace they’ve been needing. I know you’re a merciful God that can heal, deliver and set free so I ask you to show up, in the midst of their circumstance and do it. For that mother whose still grieving, comfort. The daddy who can’t seem to make it, provide. The sister on the verge of suicide, block it. The brother at the end of his rope, extend it. God, be the mind regulator, the heart fixer, the heavy load carrier, the food when they’re hungry, water when they’re thirsty, joy in a time of trouble, bridge over their troubled waters and a way out of darkness. God, even if they have to suffer, in this season, give them strength to sustain until it’s over. Even if they have to suffer, now, give them what they need to endure because God, someone is fighting a battle and it’s not even theirs. Somebody else is on the edge of give up but has yet to give it over to you. And someone is looking at a negative bank account and still has another week to go.

But today, I declare that nothing shall by any means destroy your children. God, by the power you’ve invested in me, I decree that chains are being destroyed as they read. Doors of bondage are being opened, now, and your child is about to walk free. Suicide, you won’t win. Depression, you can’t win because today, I am crying loud and sparing not the ears of the enemy. God, today, I am crying loud and sparing not the feelings of the enemy, for the freedom of your people. Today, I’m claiming victory for those who can’t for themselves. Do it for her God. Do it for him God. Do it for us God! Blow our minds and do what we need. God, I don’t need the details, I just need the deliverance. Thank you in advance because I believe that it’s being done. You gave me power and so I declare it so! In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, it shall be!

Amen

Ms. Nice Nasty

Camille Holden-Shannon is an unapologetic, untamed sex addict who can command a courtroom and bedroom with her presence. You would have thought she learned her lesson in the “A Secret Worth Keeping” series but nooo!!

Besides, what’s there to learn when no one is getting hurt? Well, that’s what Cam thinks until she finds herself on the receiving end of threats from a person scorn. And it just so happens to be at the same time her career is headed in the right direction.

Now, she’s faced with trying to keep her skeletons buried while dealing with her chaotic marriage and stressful relationship with her friends.

Does she fire Ms. Nasty or will she ever learn, it’s never A Secret Worth Keeping?

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— Happy Reading

Lakisha

Daily Devotional – 10/19/16 “Last Call!”

“Last call!” This is usually what you hear in a restaurant and/or club not long before the bar closes. This is to ensure you get all the ‘spirits’ you need before closing time. Now, when the Holy Spirit gave me this word, early this morning, I didn’t understand at first. Yet, as I laid there and allowed it to soak within me, this is what I got.

Most of the time, we take God’s grace for granted as if there isn’t going to come a time when the “last call” will be heard. We, as Saints, don’t think about the fact that the “last call” can be shouted at anytime. Meaning, we’ve only got a short amount of time to get the ‘spirit’ before the book close. We continually play church, hiding behind traditions that aren’t saving anybody. We play with the spirituality of the spirit when we will shout yet not sow. We play with God’s word when we put a stipulation on which sin is greater than the next or who can preach and where. Will we have time to get ourselves together before the last call? Will we, get some act right, before the last call sounds?

I’m only asking because at some point, the playing will cease whether it be by choice or force. This will be when the play shouting will be overtaken by the snatch of the Holy Spirit, shifting your entire life! When you’ll find yourself running around the church and unable to stop yourself and when your dancing will need no music. This will be when the word of God will blow your mind. Scriptures like Hebrews 6:1-3, “So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.” It’s time we move into a new realm of teaching and preaching because the enemy has moved to a new realm of destroying God’s people. It’s time we grow up spiritually in order to get what we need in the spirit! And it’s my hope it happens before the last call!