Dr. Juanita Bynum

Dr. Juanita Bynum’s sermon was indeed “Unbreakable”
By Renarda A. Williams (aka Abari Sankofa)

An audience of some 300 people receipted a spiritual uplift by Dr. Juanita Bynum, internationally acclaimed preacher of the gospel and platinum recording artist, during her recent visit to Little Rock.
Bynum was the main speaker at the first “Unbreakable" Women’s Conference, held Aug. 19-20 at Second Baptist Church, 1709 John Barrow Road. The conference was designed to empower, encourage, and enrich women from all walks of life. Brenda Hatton Ficklin, a member of St. Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock, presented the event, which also featured guest speaker Dr. Sharon Nesbit of Dominion World Outreach in Marion; national recording artist Lecresia Campbell; and the St. Mark praise team.

“I was quite surprised when the invitation came, and the Lord accepted it,” Bynum told the audience during the opening session of conference. "I was overwhelmed because I knew then that God would have me to share not only what He has been speaking, what He has been downloading and revealing; but it had to be the right place, it had to be the time, and it had to be the right people — or the message, which was a divine message, would have been lost in translation,” Bynum said.
She spoke to the audience about their personal struggles, referencing the story of Job in the Old Testament.

“Some of us don’t have a tendency to compare the opposite force with what God is doing,” she said. "We are always ever ready to give the Devil all of his glory, and all of his praise for all of what he does. What he does is never, ever to you or about you.

"I remember when I was going through my transition, some, maybe, six years ago, I was sitting on the couch weeping. And the spirit of the Lord came [literally] in my living room and [asked me], ‘Why are you weeping? … This is not personal, this is business!’ … What the enemy is really after is what you have not yet produced. [Satan] hit you because ... he’s afraid of what you are about to do ... and afraid [of what you might become].

“God called a meeting about you,” Bynum added. “There's no need for God to hold a meeting about you unless you are stronger than you think you are.” Be encouraged, she told listeners. “God is taking you somewhere."