Sometimes the break we need is to be broken. ~KEDamon had waited for her to get her bag and then they ran through Dallas Airport to the skycap to get to their gate. She was determined to get on that plane, especially considering she was a day late in getting home. They got to their gate with only moments to spare, boarded and made their way to their seats. “Do you want me to lift that up for you?” Damon asked. “Sure, that would be great,” but remembered she wanted her laptop to catch up on some work. She opened the front pocket, went to grab it and grabbed at nothing. The realization came super-sonically fast and as her heart beat out of her chest and the blood disappeared from her face, her world stood still for a second as she remembered that she had forgotten her laptop on the first plane. Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Have you ever done something you wish you could take back, something that just no matter how much “faith” or “hope” one has, you just can’t make sense of it? Come on in for an encouraging word for such a time as this.
They got to their gate with only moments to spare, boarded and made their way to their seats. “Do you want me to lift that up for you?” Damon asked. “Sure, that would be great,” but remembered she wanted her laptop to catch up on some work. She opened the front pocket, went to grab it and grabbed at nothing! The realization came super-sonically fast and as her heart beat out of her chest and the blood disappeared from her face, her world stood still for a second as she remembered that she had forgotten her laptop on the first plane. The moments passed by in a blur, filled with tears that turned all-out sobs as she raced against the others who were trying to board the plane. She was met with a compassionate staff who called over to the other tower, unfortunately to no avail; they had already left. She made it back to her seat in total shock, numbed by her own self-anger and it wasn’t until they were already up in the air, well into the return home she remembered He was with her. The hours and days that passed were a blurry mix of frustration, anger with herself, and hope. Hope revealed itself to her after buying a replacement computer after shopping a few times. COVID had sent computers flying off the shelves with all the distance learning and there wasn’t anything similar to her long-lost laptop available without ordering. She wound up with a beast of a computer that was 17 inches versus her compact and powerful 14-inch but she finally had a computer. As soon as she got home, she prayed over it, and herself as computer issues sent her to a not-so-good place. She signed into her Microsoft account, hoping against the dread that it was the right account, the right password. 😊 Suddenly her screensaver from her other laptop appeared and the shortcuts, too. And then documents that she was sure were gone forever began to appear as well. She sat and wept tears of gratitude, grateful for something to be thankful for. Many of those closest to her shared their frustration over this latest attack in her life wondering why she continued to do ministry and put herself through this; or why hadn’t God just given her a break. Her faith responded: “But God did not make me leave that computer on the plane; perhaps I was more motivated by fear than faith when I ran without retrieving it. This is yet another opportunity for God to be God in my life. And perhaps the break I needed was to be further broken in another area of my life? I don’t know.” My friend, how would you respond? How do you respond when unexpected crises happen in your life? To this day, I don’t have answers – (and I still don’t have my laptop). What I do have is hope that God will bring good from it because His Word promises that. His Word promises that He is concerned about all that concerns me. His Word promises that His plan is to lift me up, give me a hope. Perhaps when crying for a break, we get just that, revelation into another area of life that needs to be broken that it can fully rely on and in the Hope of Christ. Thoughtfully, Kim-Evinda #Faith #WednesdaysWord #TrenchClassesUnited #Broken
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His love & grace are NOT contingent upon our behavior Kim-EvindaThanks for stopping to listen to this life-coaching truth today. Did you know that guilt can be used for your good? Yes, it’s called conviction but it is NOT condemnation. See conviction keeps us moving towards Christ, condemnation is what the Enemy uses to pull away from Him.
Let me see if I can paint a verbal picture: when we screw up, do something we know we shouldn’t do, Jesus is right there, waiting to shower us with His grace and advocate for us to the Father. I know for so many of my Christian years, I did not get that picture; in my mind His love and grace were contingent upon my behavior. Friends, that’s not the truth and that’s just what Satan wants us to believe. Jesus loves us right where we at…and too much to leave us there! His grace is what allows us to live forgiven and forgiving! #TuesdaysTruth #HisGrace #TrenchClassesUnited #ForgivenAndForgiving #LifeCoach Words hurt and words can heal. ~Kim-EvindaWounds are slow to heal
and blood even quicker to spill So how do we hold still When moments like these feel too surreal? Like salt being poured into a wound open wide Despite the malice Despite the strife We still strike With our words that slowly burn Leaving fire and ash wherever we turn We cannot hold on We cannot hold still Because the pain Yes, that burning pain is all too real Like your heart being cut out Leaving your soul in a wake of doubt You pinch yourself Only to wake up in sweats of shout Because this This is real The wound is new But you will heal as time consumes The space between you and gloom Moments will fade The black turning gray and soon you will feel That presence To be still To breathe in new life As that scar tissue no longer bites Yes, it's still there The trigger is aware But you are His child Slow to anger and Slower to strife You forgive and let go Leaving it all in His control For this I do know The nails that pierced His hands Were driven for His plan A new kingdom A divine land So when that wound cuts open Remember His blood being poured Our Savior's sacrifice For a world no longer broken A Hope that heals #faith #heal #hope #MondaysMessage #TrenchClassesUnited His love changes us from the inside out. ~Kim Evinda Men and women view intimacy differently. For the most part, intimacy to a woman is emotional connection while for the man, it is physical. But there is an intimacy that surpasses all of us, the intimacy of God.
Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United, an organization of life-coaching to come alongside you in the journey of this life. Today’s Love Letter reiterates that His love is like no other love for it never leaves us bankrupt, but instead filled. ~Love Letter~ Come into an intimate experience with My love, and trust in the love I have for you. I am love! Those who are living in love are living in Me, and I live through them. Meditate on this Word. Plant yourself here and allow it to speak to you. When you realize that no matter what you're going through, that you are greatly loved by Me, this truth will change you from the inside out. The more you believe it, the more I will give it. Work on tearing down the barriers, the walls that separate you from having an intimate experience with My love. So many wrestle with this love. But I say to trust in the love I have for you. I never lie! I and love every one; If you believe in Me, you should believe in My love. As you grow in My love, you will recognize that every single thing I do for you is because of My great love. Don’t just scratch the surface for there is so much more for you. That's why I say to press in. When you practice living in My love, then you are living in me and I can live through you. I can't live through somebody who is not living in love. How can I live through someone that is full of hate or anger, who is full of unforgiveness? How could My light shine through them? When you open yourself up to Me and receive My love, you become vulnerable and that's how you become like a child as the Word says. The intimate experiences with Me should never be forgotten; they should touch your heart in the deepest way. Beloved, open yourself up and be vulnerable with Me so you can experience My great love. ~DebraDolce #FaithFilledFriday #LoveLetter #TrenchClassesUnited #HisGreatLove To be emotionally naked is to experience life forgiven & forgiving ~Kim EvindaYes, that’s right. Back in the Garden, at the fall, Adam and Eve were naked and they knew God.
Know, knew, in Hebrew translates to “Yada” and means to know with your inner being, and that’s not just referencing sexually, but emotionally, to know by experience. The next time the words naked and know appear in the Word of God, those words translate to shame! See, all along, God’s plan was for us to be emotionally naked with Him, and with others, to live a life forgiven and forgiving. If you’d like to know how to do that, please, consider joining Trench Classes United in our next life-coaching experience. #Faith #ForgivenAndForgiving #TrenchClassesUnited #LifeCoaching Realize His resurrection reality before His return. ~Kim EvindaShe read and re-read the scripture, a picture starting to form in her mind. How many times had she done the same thing, not made the connection until the opportunity to seize it had gone?
Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Have you ever had a could-of, would-of, should-of moment? Or a moment where you wish you could take it back, or do it over? Today’s blog is about one of those moments. It was the week of Passover, just days after Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, had supper with Lazarus and his family, had His body prepared for burial through Mary’s act of sacrificial worship with her life savings, but nobody knew it but Jesus Himself. She almost giggled at the irony of the chief priests plotting against Jesus, not because they didn’t believe, but because they did. The jealousy drove them to the biggest murder of all time. She continued reading: “His disciples did not understand these things at first…” Prophecy had just been fulfilled…again, and it wasn’t until Jesus died, rose and ascended that the disciples understood. Prophecy by prophecy came flooding to the surface and as the disciples connected them all. I can’t help but wonder if they wanted a do-over? What would they have done differently if they had taken Him at His word as they traveled with Him, watching miracle after miracle, and listened to His teachings? It made me think of that movie “Pretty Woman” when Julia Roberts marches in the store loaded down with packages purchased at another store; she goes right up to the lady who had refused to help her because of her appearance saying “Mistake, huge mistake.” I don’t know about you, but Jesus has proven His worth repeatedly in my life and I don’t want to be told huge mistake when He returns. With Easter just behind us, which celebrates His resurrection, and victory over eternal death, may we all be reminded that His return is nearing as well. Those two truths should help us rise above anything that threatens to take our focus from Him who will see us to and through it all. I don’t know about you, but when He greets me in my last breath, I want to hear Him say the words well done, my good and faithful daughter and not “Mistake, huge mistake.” Awaiting that resurrection moment, Kim-Evinda #TrenchClassesUnited #Jesus #faith #salvation #LifeCoach Guilt can be like an internal alarm clock; don’t hit the snooze button ALGToday’s Life-Coaching truth is taken from my current study Pursuing more of Jesus by Ann Graham Lotz. It truly coincides with our next life-coaching experience which is Living Forgiven & Forgiving. She describes the sense of guilt that we have when we know we’ve done something we shouldn’t as our friend, like a moral alarm clock meant to wake us up in our relationship with God.
She goes on to say that if we repress our guilt, rationalize our guilt or drug our guilt, or drown our guilt or deny our guilt or nurse our guilt or ignore our guilt, we are refusing to heed the internal alarm clock. So let me ask you, is there something in your life that you keep hitting the snooze button about…join us to learn how to live forgiven & forgiving in our next life coaching experience. #DontHitSnooze #HeedTheClock #PursueHim #Jesus #TrenchClassesUnited Monday’s Message
Your ‘yes’ to Jesus translates to redeemed by purpose ~ Abigail Rice Coupons are a very important thing these days, especially with prices rising as you read this for just about everything. Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United, a Life-Coaching organization that comes alongside you in life! Today’s message is a great reminder that when we accept Christ as our Savior, we redeem the price that’s been paid. Redeemed by purpose Out of the furnace Once tarnished Now revarnished In leaves of gold As the story unfolds From ashes to beauty All so new to me For my eyes could not see But a mere few steps before me But oh, what glory! This new heart That’s been restored to me Once dark and so cold Now free and so bold This old soul Finally released Free From captivity The lion He prowls But faith drove him out and when those doubts come back around Your Sword shuts them down Look up Your feet float above the ground Light beams At the sound Of Your Holy Name and though I pray For the day These Tears go away Every ounce of pain Made these fears fade Pushing through it all Punching at the wall and even still You never let me fall Your hand held me up My feet floating above the ground Your life a ransom So I could soar Finally free Finally Yours “Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].” - Matthew 20:28 #Faith #Redeemed #TrenchClassesUnited #Christ #OurSavior Wednesday's Word
Tears ran down her face as she listened to the words of the song she hadn’t heard before. They were truths already settled into her soul but as she listened, she realized she hadn’t been living with them at the surface of life for a while. Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Today’s blog is an inside look into her soul as truths refreshed themselves preparing her and us for the most important day of the year, Resurrection Sunday. The poignant and powerful truths within the song stopped her mind from wandering and rendered her attentive. Has that ever happened to you; you hear a song and you truly stop in the moment to be in the song? Since hearing it for the first time, my mind and soul have been stayed on the words and in preparation for the most important day of our lives, Resurrection Sunday, I decided to listen and type so that you could read one line at a time and allow it to seep into your soul so that it may bloom in your life. The song is by Benjamin William Hastings and Brandon Lake. Something isn’t adding up; this wild exchange you offer us. I gave my worst you gave Your blood. Seems hard to believe. You’re telling me you chose the cross; you’re telling me I’m worth that much; if that’s the measure of your love, how else would I sing, but completely, deeply, sold out sincerely abandoned. I’m completely freely hands to the ceiling enamored. My one life endeavor to match Your surrender, to mirror not my will but yours. I’m completely, deeply, don’t care who sees me abandoned Oh, I surrender all. I just can’t get over it; what kind of self-control is this? You had angels at your fingertips but on the Cross YOU remained. I can’t repay that kind of love but I can praise with everything I got, since death had all its power robbed, then just like the grave, I’m completely, deeply, sold out sincerely abandoned. I’m completely, freely, hands to the ceiling enamored. Oh my one life endeavor is to match your surrender, to mirror not my will but Yours. I’m completely, deeply, don’t care who sees me abandoned. Oh, I surrender all… With all of my heart, the best of my soul, each phase of my life, each breath in my lungs, consider it Yours, Lord. Consider it Yours, Lord. The failures I hide, The victories I don’t, the battles I fight, each crown that I hoard, consider it Yours, Lord; consider it Yours, Lord. All the glory forever the grave that You’ve won, the praise of the heavens, the kingdom to come, oh, consider it Yours Lord. I’m completely, deeply, sold out sincerely abandoned; I’m completely, freely, hands to the ceiling enamored. My one life endeavor is to match Your surrender, to mirror not my will but Yours. I’m completely, deeply, don’t care who sees me abandoned. oh I surrender all. You never leave me abandoned. I surrender all… Here's the link so you can sing along…abandoned. https://youtu.be/b4Ty3kUQbiQ?si=BZs4kNWs9zLxDPh8 Love, Kim-Evinda #faith #jesus #resurrectionsunday #salvation #trenchclassesunited Tuesday’s Life-Coaching TruthFaith without a ceiling is easy with no clouds in the sky, but in the storms of life, how close is our faith? In other words, how quickly can you and do you access it?
There are so many tools of the enemy that keep us from living a life forgiven and forgiving, blinding us from our Faith in Jesus Christ. Guilt and unforgiveness are two of his biggest ones and they act as a roadblock to our faith. When we are blinded by the lies of the enemy, we tend to push our faith to the background of life instead of the forefront, where battles are won. Join us for our next life-coaching experience in which we will uncover and learn how to use the tools necessary to break the cycle of any unresolved guilt and unforgiveness to live forgiven and forgiving! This ten-week experience is only $7.50 each week. You owe it to yourself to invest in yourself. Find out more and register at trenchclassesunited.com/classes #TrenchClassesUnited #LifeCoaching #FaithOverFear #NotesFromKimEvinda |
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