It Wasn’t the Devil,
It Was Me

Taking Responsibility, Breaking Cycles, and Allowing God to Help Me Change

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What if the greatest obstacle standing between you and the life God has called you to live isn’t the devil — but the choices you keep making?

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Leave the chains behind. Walk toward the cross.

The cover tells the story: a woman bound by the things she blamed — and the same woman walking free down God’s path. This book is how she got from one to the other.

What She Left Behind

The weights that kept her bound:

  • Blame
  • Excuses
  • Old Habits
  • Hurt
  • Resentment
  • Sin
  • Self-Sabotage
  • “Not Enough”

Where the Path Leads

The signposts on God’s road:

  • Healing
  • Accountability
  • Freedom
  • Purpose
  • A New Me
Front cover of It Wasn't the Devil, It Was Me by Dr. Apostle Mary J. Washington Moore — a woman in chains under dark clouds on the left, and the same woman in a white dress walking a golden path toward a cross at sunrise on the right

The paperback cover — God’s Word guides my steps

The Mirror Doesn’t Lie

For years, “the devil made me do it” was a punchline — Flip Wilson made America laugh with it. But somewhere along the way, we started believing it. Dr. Moore, Flip Wilson’s own cousin, tells the truth with love: the enemy is real, but he cannot make your choices for you.

  • The enemy is real — but he can’t decide for youHe can whisper. He can tempt. He can deceive. Spiritual warfare is real — but the enemy cannot make the final decision for you. “I choose.”
  • Take responsibility — without shameStop blaming. Stop excusing. That is not condemnation. That is accountability — and accountability is where change begins.
  • Break the cyclesPride. Unforgiveness. Self-sabotage. Lay aside every weight, and let repentance change your direction.
  • Let God help you change“Lord, it was me. Help me change.” Grace meets honesty — forgive yourself, and walk free toward healing, purpose, and a new you.
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“Acknowledging your mistakes is not the end of your story — it can be the beginning of your freedom!”

That is not condemnation. That is accountability. And accountability is where change begins.

Dr. Apostle Mary J. Washington Moore, Psy.D.

Dr. Mary J. Washington Moore is a pastor in North Carolina, a teacher, a conference host, and a songstress who has opened for gospel legend Shirley Caesar.

She writes from the mirror, not the mountaintop — a woman who stopped blaming the devil for her own choices and let God change her from the inside out. Comedian Flip Wilson, famous for “the devil made me do it,” was her cousin — which makes her answer to that old line deeply personal.

This book is for you if…

  • You keep ending up in the same cycle, and you’re ready to be honest about why.
  • You’ve blamed the devil, other people, or your past for choices that were yours to make.
  • You want change that starts with repentance — and is carried by God’s grace.
  • You’re ready to lay aside every weight and walk toward healing, freedom, and purpose.

Get Your Copy of It Was Me

It Wasn’t the Devil, It Was Me — the new book by Dr. Apostle Mary J. Washington Moore.

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