We each were born with the need to love, be loved and accepted and we will do just about anything to get those needs met, including participating in negative conversation about someone without that someone. But when we do this, the cost is integrity. This is throwing someone under the bus to be in the bus, to be a part of something, included with someone.
If you would like to determine the strength of your friendships, join us tonight on Facebook Live for the final relationship/friendship test at www.facebook.com/trenchclassesunited
If you would like to learn more about why we do this, join us this Saturday for our relationship workshop, How to Love Who You Love…
Love,
Kim-Evinda

“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you…” Kim-Evinda.  (1st Thessalonians. 5:18)
When I added my name to the end of that verse, my heart stopped.
It worked!
Instead of staying stuck on pause, wishing and missing, I found myself thanking and praising Him for the moments that turned into wonderful memories, and even the not-so-wonderful ones I experienced on vacation, for those are the ones where He taught and guided me into new waters of understanding.
Here’s another key that may work to unlock your heart and get it moving past the past: God knows that sometimes, this whole idea of giving thanks can really be challenging, but in this verse He tells us that while in any type of circumstance, we can thank Him for something! See, we may find it difficult to thank Him FOR our current situation or circumstance, but we surely can thank Him for something while IN the current situation or circumstance.
So let’s gather our thanks, press into Him with an attitude of gratitude, for this will bring new awareness of more blessings to thank Him for, especially His presence in our present!
Love,
Evinda

​P.S. Don’t forget to join me tonight on Facebook Live at 5:45 @ www.facebook.com/trenchclassesunited

​ Invitation Tuesday

Are you the fun parent or the disciplinary parent? Would you like a better connection with your child or children?
Join us tomorrow night for our Facebook live at 5:45 @ www.facebook.com/trenchclassesunited  to gain some insight into your parenting style and THIS Saturday, for our powerful, life-changing relationship seminar with best-selling authors of the book How We Love. Tickets still available

​See you there,
Kim-Evinda

​​P.S. Don’t forget to join me live at 5:45 tomorrow night @ www.facebook.com/trenchclassesunited

Thanks for stopping by for Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and Monday’s Mantra with Trench Classes United. Grab your coffee and come on in.
How many times have you sworn you were right only to find out you weren’t? Well, I’m about to share one of those a-has with you!
Just the other day in my own coffee hour with our Father, I was sitting in the Beatitudes – Matthew 5:1-13 and reading about the eight profound principles, each with an eternal reward. What’s cool is if you’ll notice, the first one’s reward is “the kingdom of heaven,” and the very last one, “those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,” is also rewarded with the kingdom of heaven.  
For the sake of time, let’s talk about just the first one; after all, there’s enough in that one to chew on for a while and strengthen your Strand of Faith with more knots. J
Just chewing on this first beatitude, I recognize a misunderstanding I have always had when it comes to “Blessed are the poor in spirit”…STOP!
When I say “Poor in spirit” to you, what do you think it means?
I thought it meant those less fortunate in all aspects…but I was so incorrect. It means humble and charitable!
Humility leads us to generosity!
Now I don’t know about you, but I used to cringe at the mere thought of humility, but I’ve come to welcome it for humility is necessary in the journey of faith. True humility is not thinking we are better than others. For example, have you ever taken a shuttle with a group of friends, or gone to dinner with a group? Well, those are services. I remember one time mentioning how much I wanted to tip someone for their great service they did with such sweet humility while with a group of friends and one of them said “They weren’t that good!”
When we think of ourselves better than those who serve us, we tend to not be so generous.
And did you know that charitable is not just referring to $$$$? Nope, charitable also refers to the generosity of our time, talents and treasures.
So who do you know that could use some of your charitableness today? Maybe a kind compliment, a word of encouragement, or a thoughtful gesture, whatever the deed, practicing this will keep us “poor in spirit,” for we can never out-give when we are relying on the Giver of all good things to sustain us and take us to our reward of the kingdom of heaven.
Love,
Kim-Evinda

 The week started off great, and then out of nowhere, anxiety hit me like a ton of bricks. The lies screaming so fiercely in my face made it nearly impossible to hear the small whisper of God’s words speaking truth to me.  Welcome to Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and Faith-Filled Friday with Trench Classes United.
Have you ever experienced that, panic like a wave of the ocean threatening to overwhelming you?
I fought against it with all my strength and with the strength of the Lord, I decided, to praise God for all He had done for me and continues to do for me. it sounds easy to do, but during this time it took all of me to see any good. Obedience slowly calmed the storm, and then another crashing wave of lies would take me deep beneath the seas. As I cried out in desperation, I was reminded of where my help comes from; it comes from the Lord! As I was trembling, the emotion and lies were almost too much to bear and God showed up in an unsuspecting place: Facebook! God put in my line of sight a song I never heard before. Let me share a bit of it with you.
“Jesus, Jesus you make the darkness tremble! Jesus, Jesus you silence fear.”
Oh how these words resonated in my soul. I sang this with all my heart and declared Gods Amazing truth over me! Jesus, knew I needed this song right then and there, and I could feel the sea parting, and that I could once again breath, and I could clearly hear the whisper of Gods voice. He never left me, I know he sent His heavenly host to fight this battle for me.
I am learning that the enemy is threatened by us. He desperately wants to keep us distracted and unfocused,  so we are no longer focused on our one true love at these times.
Beloveds, can you relate or is this something you are experiencing now? Please open your Bibles or reach out to prayer partners; rebuke the lies of the enemy and reassure yourself that they don’t belong with you. God is our helper, protector, and truth speaker. We are never alone! Hallelujah! I pray this scripture resonates deeply in your hearts and encourages you as it did me. Speak this Psalm of truth over you today:  Psalm 121
1 I look up to the mountains--
    does my help come from there?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth!
3 He will not let you stumble;
    the one who watches over you will not slumber.
4 Indeed, he who watches over Israel
    never slumbers or sleeps.
5 The Lord himself watches over you!
    The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
6 The sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon at night.
7 The Lord keeps you from all harm
    and watches over your life.
8 The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
    both now and forever.
Love,
Ashley

Have you heard the exciting news? Milan & Kay Yerkovich, Best-Selling Authors of the book How We Love will be joining us as our guest speakers in our How to Love Who You Love workshop May 12th.  Take this quick little quiz and if you answer yes to any of these questions, please accept this invitation to join us and learn why you love who you love the way that you love!

1. Do you have a hard time becoming vulnerable and asking for help or even just a hug?
2. Do you keep score on your own mistakes and those of others especially those that affect you? 
3. Do you have a hard time delaying gratification and waiting for something you want?

Plan on joining us to see how these questions relate to relationships!

​Looking forward to seeing you
Kim-Evinda

Has someone ever offered you their opinion without you asking for it? It can be unnerving at times, can’t it?
Welcome to Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and Wednesday’s Word with Trench Classes United. I’m so happy you joined me for some heart to heart time.
So I’m just going to get right to it, what’s in my heart that is, so come on in for a sneak peek at my journal and a personal struggle.
Journal entry: “Lord, I’m really struggling to not stay in my head about people who profess to have accepted you, to love you, and yet…don’t necessarily live for you. At least that’s my opinion.”
What came out of my pen rendered me humbled, and I know it was Him, because Coffee Hour Friend, I know firsthand that He speaks to us in ways unique to us and since I was writing to Him He wrote through me!
Daughter, I’m not asking for your opinion; I’m merely asking you to love them!
Talk about a sweet piece of humble pie!
And then I flipped the pages back in a study I’m doing about being thankful…and I came across this answer to the question: what has been your response to new life in Jesus and in what ways is death still to come, meaning in what ways do I still need to die so I can grow?
My answer: New life has taken time. It’s been a process of dying; some things slower to die than others, and still some things just needing that one little cut to be dead that I would continue to rise in Christ.”
Conclusion: My opinion of someone else’s relationship with Christ can actually interfere with my own relationship with Christ and is of no significance compared to how I love them.  Can I encourage you, Coffee Hour friend as it says in 1st Peter 4:8: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Love,
Kim-Evinda

Invitation Tuesday

Have you ever received a tongue-lasing from someone you love or care deeply about…unexpectedly? The shock value is often what escalates that not-so-kind verbal blast into an all-out disagreement and before you know it, two people who care about each other are on opposite sides of life.
Welcome to Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and Invitation Tuesdays with Trench Classes United.
What would it look like if after the unexpected tongue lashing, we stepped back, sort of bent down emotionally, in other words, humbled ourselves and tried to sort through our own emotions of it, and then look for clues as to why they felt the need to spill like a volcano all over you?
It’s not easy but possible and powerful for it frees you to really listen without agreeing and it frees you from that need to defend yourself.
Join us to learn how to work through those waves of internal emotions and lessen that tendency to defend yourself. 

Looking forward to meeting you
Kim-Evinda ​