E.T.Q.W INT'L NETWORK INC

Our mission in 2025 is to build upon that which we started from 2024.  There were some skills we acquired and some information that we obtained to live healthier lives.  In 2025, let's make it a priority to maintain that momentum by making better choices.  It is imperative during this time of the recession in the world that we consider the gifts that God has placed on the inside of us.  I am reminded of the model and poem of the Proverbs 31 woman that provides an example of how a woman of God should operate daily.  Let us hold fast to those goals mentioned and strive to become better in 2025.  

Love you all!  We are in this race together!  Do not lose heart but keep moving forward!  If you missed the mark one day,  as long as your feet hit the ground the next you have another opportunity to get it right the next day.

Keep striving and don't give up!!!

Love your Sister, Melody 

We are embarking a time like no other.  There are so many changes that are coming into the earth.   Let us stand and embrace them with boldness and courage.  We have to understand that these times are going to come and that we have everything in us to make it through.  Also that God has given us leaders such as pastors, mentors and partners to help us through as well.  Let us remember that we are never alone and never forgotten.  He sees and knows all.  Let us during this time stand firm on the Word of God and stay in Faith.  If He brought us to this, then we will get through it.

Welcome to 2021!  This is the time to not look back, get sad and give up.  But it is a time to look up, push forward and press on!!  I know this is hard to say and do!  But with God's help we can overcome and get through.  How we get through it is by prayer, reading the Word and declaring it over our lives.  Remember life and death is in the power of the tongue! So let's not get in pity, but grow in Praise!

Can you believe it?  We are 10 days out from 2021.  There was so much that took place this year. Truly, it is easy to sink into a mode of sadness and frustration.  Yet what would that add to your life and how does that bring God glory.  Although we may be shaking our heads and in disbelief of all that happened, let us thank God that we are still here and that God still is not done with us yet.  He has so much more in store and wants to give us beyond what we ask or think.  Let us not fall back but fall into the purpose for which He has created for our lives.  So take these next few days to reflect and examine the areas that we need to work on to prepare us to walk into the plan that was devised for us to live before the foundation of the world.  Reflect, examine, work on you and prepare for 2021.  I believe in you and God is with you!  Merry Christmas!!!

I want to encourage you all to continue to walk as women of virtue.  Don't allow these times to make you shrink back and let down your guard and expectations.  It is not the time to settle.  God is still on the throne and is still blessing.  He has a plan for your life.  So don't give up now.  Stay focused and strong.  Rely on God 's Word and pump up the Word louder than any other voice.  He knows what your facing and going through.  He is always near.  So, don't stop walking in truth and integrity.  Keep walking and be that woman that others can count on and rely on during this pandemic.  The road may appear lonely and long at times.  But remember that God promised to never leave you and will send people around you to keep you covered and surrounded.  So woman of virtue stand strong and be proud of the strides you made and the many that you are about to reach.  Keep pushing and keep looking up.  This is in dedication of one of the greatest voices in my life that helped me to make it to this point-Lady Angelita Robinson.  You will always hold a special place in my heart.  You are gone but never forgotten.  

At this time, we are experiencing a period of time of not being able to do things and go places like we use to and it can put you in a place of depression, anxiety and frustration.  It can resemble that of a withdrawal- the adrenalin from the dependencies of the running and doing what we are accustomed to is now being stripped and withdrawn and we are now having to deal with the hole in our schedule and in our hearts that can lead to headaches, sweating and imbalance.  But don't let this push you away from people but let it reveal the importance of not secluding yourself to succumb to its darkness.  But to fill your time with reading the Word more, relaxing more and spending your time wisely.  During this time, it is so imperative that we admit to the dependency of things that are not healthy or healthy things that are not balanced.  So, as we go through our own withdrawal process as we adjust to the new things, eliminating dependency on the unnecessary things and balancing what is taking too much time in our schedule which can lead up to a better life that is stable.  So let's not run away from this process but embrace it that we may learn how to be whole and of one mind with Christ.  Sometimes we have so much clutter in our life that it is clogging our ability to think clearly and operate according to His Word.  Let's endure this time of withdrawal and use it to draw closer to God as He allows us this time to get back into alignment with His purpose for our lives.  Remember we love you but God loves you so much more!

We are in a time where it looks really dark, there seems to be no hope to get out of where we are at this time.  But, don't stop and do not give up.  God has a plan and purpose for your life. He is there in this dark moment waiting for you to reach out to Him.  He wants to pull you out and rescue you out of the pit of where you are at this time  but can't go against your will.  Will you cry out for Him?  Just call on His name and reach out for His hand?  He is there, waiting for you to ask Him for help.  As soon, as you cry out He releases His angels to come to your rescue and deliver you out of your darkness and surround you with His loving arms as a defense.  Things may not change right away and start turning around quickly but you will learn how to dance in the rain.  Then your faith grows and your perspective changes.  You will begin to see how all things work together for your good in the end.  Don't lose hope when it gets hard but stay focused on the bigger picture knowing that God never fails.

Ladies this past weekend I could not sleep.  God reminded me that "I am your Shepherd".  Sometimes we forget that we are not in this world alone.  But that God is still with us.  He is the one that will give us the strength to endure any test, storm or trial.  Especially ones that are unfair, unjust and evil.  We have to also remember that the Word of God says that vengeance is mine saith the Lord and I will repay.  Therefore we don't fight in the flesh, but we fight in the Spirit.  Therefore we shouldn't become upset, bothered and depressed of what is happening around us but fall in the loving arms of our Shepherd.  Especially now in these perilous times, He promised never to leave us nor forsake us.  Therefore He will continue to guide us, protect us, provide for us and restore us.  So, we don't have to fear, worry or become concerned because as long we keep Him first and stay connected to Him then we will never suffer, have lost and or fail.  We just have learning moments, hiccups and challenges that are necessary to make us stronger and build up our perseverance to help expand our faith because He is our Shepherd.  He knows what is best and knows us better than we know ourselves.  We just need to trust in Him to fight all of our battles, wait on the Lord and be of good courage.

It is so important in these days and times that we as a body of believers to stay mission focused.  Although the world is facing a pandemic,  we should not operate in fear.  But, stay in faith and abounding in His Word.   If He told us to do something then we must do it!  We may not see a way out or a way it is going to come to past.  But we must trust in the Lord.  I imagine how Noah must have felt.  He was building an ark and it had not rained for some time.  Yet Noah had to trust the Word that God gave Him to build.  Then he tried to warn the people but they wouldn't listen.  Therefore they continued to live how they live with no mission in mind.  They were living wildly and selfish.  As we reflect on this story today, we are reminded that the ark today is salvation and how it is offered to all that believe.  So while we are here on this Earth it is our opportunity to share the gift of salvation.  We have to try to save as many as we can with the mission that God has placed in our hearts to do in this day and time.

Ladies I hope that you are pursuing purpose in this 9th month.  God doesn't want you to live an empty life but one that is full and complete.  It is one thing to leave the Earth not fulfilling your purpose.  So tap into your inner self.   Think about all the things that bring you joy.  Then make a list of those things that are your strengths and start to plan how you can fulfill those strengths and joys in a business, corporation or pursuing an occupation.  As you begin to pursue those things, you can also eliminate your weaknesses and occupations that are not designed to bring those strengths and passions out.  Alright so get moving, time is not going to wait on you.  It goes on and on but we have to make time to live on purpose, for a purpose and with purpose!  So go and be great and let your light shine from within!

Whoa!  This hurts!  We are losing our Black men so fast.  One day a man is held down with a knee in his back, then COVID-19 has our men going out fast, on another day a man is shot seven times in the back.  Lord please help us!  We need your strength! We are in such a time of so much uncertainty.  Yet this is the time we have to rely more on God and place our total confidence in Him.  If anything I can say to you today is "Don't let your faith die".  Keep pressing!  Keep trusting!  Most of all don't go to sleep.  Please Stay Awake!  God has a bigger plan behind all of this pain and is going to bring us through again.  So keep the faith, and keep pursuing your purpose in this season.  Don't let go of that dream and walk in your calling!  Don't feel like you can't be redeemed or forgiven.  God knows and sees all that we are going through and promised to never leave nor forsake us.  I am sure that Chadwick received that and more of all he desired from God.  As we reflect on his last years here, we can see images and light of who he was reflected through all of his parts in the movie he made.  We should take the time to look at his life and admire that which he did and make sure that we listen to the words that he shared while he was here.  Let the words below by Chadwick place a deep conviction in you to make sure you are walking in your purpose and not just wasting your breath.    

"When you are deciding on next steps, next jobs, next careers, further education, you should rather find purpose than a job or a career. Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you need to fulfill. Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.”

-Chadwick Boseman

Don't stop walking in your calling.  It is imperative that we stay focused on the purpose for which God has placed in us to do.   I know that these are challenging times yet we still need to find a way to share the love of Christ.  We need to stir our faith, ignite our passion and trust in God.  Also operate in wisdom as we go about fulfilling our purpose in this season in walking out our calling.  You may ask what is the difference between purpose and calling?  All of us have the same kingdom purpose which is to share the love of Jesus Christ.  But each of us have a specific purpose for which we walk in depending on our calling.  So If I am a doctor, I am to help people in the hospital, doctors' office etc., but my purpose for which I will be doing in the hospital changes depending on the patient and or the time.  But no matter what the doctor is doing they are still the doctor.  No matter what environment that the doctor may be in at a season.  He is still able to perform the needed surgery.  So press in to your calling and don't let go because the season has changed.  Just ask God what is it that you have for me to do with what I have in this season!  Then just listen to that voice which is the voice of the Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you into what to do next and where to go and how to do it!!