Tag Archives: Faith

Finding Joy In The Ordinary
The day started out the same way, as countless days before it had also started. A regular day with nothing special planned. I woke up and thanked the Lord Jesus for the new day, washed my face and bru...
Rachel Matembe Oct 12, 2023

The Sparkly Glitz Pulled Me In
I am a visual person. I love color and patterns. I'm like a toddler, throw some color my way and you have my immediate attention. I was scrolling the other day and an ad popped up for a classy brand o...
Ann Kirsten Oct 09, 2023

The Changing Seasons of Church Involvement
I could count on one hand the number of Sundays that my family and I missed church during the first several years of my kids lives. It was an absolute priority when it came to our routine and we loved...
Stephanie O'Farrell Oct 04, 2023

Back to Basics Part 5: Practical Ways to Find Community
Hebrews 10:25 - And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Community is such an important par...
Rebecca Joy Oct 02, 2023 Photo Credit: iStock /GrapeImages

Back to Basics Part 4: Let God Do His Part
Hebrews 11:1-3 - Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation. By faith we understan...
Rebecca Joy Sep 27, 2023 Photo Credit: iStock / PIKSEL

Back to Basics Part 3: Ways to Restart Your Prayer Life
Psalm 17:6 - I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. According to Dr. Caroline Leaf, "It has been found that 12 minutes of daily focused prayer over an 8...
Rebecca Joy Sep 25, 2023 Photo Credit: iStock /DjelicS

Back to Basics Part 1: Take Inventory of What's Holding You Back!
Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God, I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. I love fall. It's probably my...
Rebecca Joy Sep 20, 2023 Photo Credit: iStock / Photoevent

It's Not Over Until God Says It's Over
"You sent my people to that faraway place. But I will bring them back. Joel 3:7 ICB Sometimes we face certain situations in life that seem so hard, so terrible, so final and we think there is no comin...
Rachel Matembe Sep 19, 2023

When Someone You Love Dies Because of Addiction
I am feeling broken this week because I know I have to say goodbye. It's the right thing to do, to let go, but I don't want to. Instead I wish you were here, playing with my kids, dreaming about trave...
Rebecca Joy Sep 15, 2023 GettyImages | francescoch

Would You Go If Jesus Asked You To?
If Jesus sent me out today, in the same way and with the same instructions that He gave His disciples, I wonder, would I go? Jesus gathered His twelve disciples and imparted to them His authority to c...
Rachel Matembe Sep 14, 2023




