Sheila McKeithen was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She defied the odds in 1986 when her doctors predicted that she had less than six days to live. Prior to ministry, she was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida. She then answered the call to minister in Kingston, Jamaica for what was supposed to be a 6-month assignment which now spans over 25 years. In 2013, she was elected by the UFBL Board of Directors to be the 3rd President of the organisation making her the first elected President of the Universal Foundation for Better Living and Dean of the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary.
Scripture Reading “Brothers and sisters…one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 (NRSVUE) Definition of ‘Regret’: ‘[A] feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an…
Scripture Reading “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or…
Scripture Reading “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 (NRSVUE) Introductory Remarks: To simply “Have Faith”, can be one of the most challenging things to do, after having caught the vision of your desires and done…
Scripture Reading After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’s assistant, saying, “My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all [these] people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites. Every place that the…
Scripture Reading Proverbs 16:3 (NRSVUE)‘Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.’ Isaiah 55:8-9 (NET)“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,’ says the Lord, ‘for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds…
Scripture Reading “You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.” Job 22:28 (NRSVUE) Introductory Remarks: God has given us the power to decide if we will accept the good desires of our heart, or if we will reject the good desires of our…
Scripture Reading “Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully!” Matthew 5:6 (GNT) Introductory Remarks: It is impossible to live a better life, grow spiritually, or do anything worthwhile unless you DESIRE to do so. “Deep desire is essential to spiritual growth.” Charles Fillmore. Your desires…
Scripture Reading Luke 8:40-48 (NRSVUE) Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus’s feet and began pleading with him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about…
Scripture Reading Matthew 8:1-4 (NIV)When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately, he was…
Scripture Reading Genesis 13:14-16 (NRSVUE)The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your…