​When we need directions, understanding, instructions, we tend to reach out to Google and/or YouTube but what if…we were to look for the answer in the greatest instruction manual ever written?
Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United. Today’s love letter is a great reminder of this very truth: that His Word is the greatest treasure to guide to and through the answers to any question or challenge.
 
~Love Letter~
 
Consider My Word to be your treasure, a treasure to store in your heart to keep you from walking away from Me.
 
In My Word is a beautiful example of one who pondered my promises and drew upon them in time of need, and that is Mary. I can do the same for you. My Word is life and produces life in you. It is worth your time to study it. If you let it, it can guide and direct your life.
 
Many claim It is outdated, but I tell you, Beloved, there is nothing old-fashioned about it. It will help you out of the pit today just like it did your ancestors in the past.
 
I am forever the same but you are not and as you continue to grow in Me you will see different things in My Word to help and strengthen you. There's always something in My Word to encourage you, to lift you up and touch your life and to heal you.
 
My Word is your lifeline when you're sinking. You're not really sinking but you feel like it sometimes. The hard thing is to not walk in your emotions but to walk in the truth of My Word. Continue in My Word day and night. Declare My principles and promises over yourself and your family. When you do this, you will have life and life abundantly.
 
This should be exciting to you. My Word should be exciting to you. Beloved, My Word is truth and it is so great to walk in the truth. 
 
~DebraDolce

Thanks for joining me for Thursday’s Life-Coaching Truth.
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This past week we discovered a couple of the ingredients of shame that are revealed in the Old Testament of the Bible which are disgrace as a result of failure and rejection and they cultivate shame. We also learned that shame is also something that is heaped upon us by others. Remember, shame is internal and becomes part of us. 

As I asked the question in our workbooks, “When you think of a failure of yours, what two soul words come to mind,” I was blown away by the emotions that this word brought to the surface as EVERYONE used “shame” as one of their soul words.

Why do we equate shame with failure? Could it be because of the shame heaped upon us by others, whether it’s parents, albeit not maliciously, or family, friends? We have bought into lies that cultivate shame. What if when you experience a failure, we were to ask God to show you what you can learn from it so as to turn that failure into something that propels you forward rather than sneaking shame inside of you and pulling you backwards? This is cultivating grace and eradicating shame.
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Love,
Kim-Evinda

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“Nevertheless [despite your sorrow, there’s good news] I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage [your good and My glory] that I go away for if I do not go away, the Helper [The Holy Spirt, MY Spirit] will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.”

When someone gives you a gift, do you regift it or put it away and pull it out every now and then?

Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes Untied. Today’s blog is a great reminder of the value of The Gift that is each of ours upon the acceptance of Christ into our hearts and lives.

Tears ran down her face as she read and re-read this portion of scripture, especially as she read her convictions she had journaled.

            “What was accomplished because You went away really resonates with me: Because you went away, died defeated death, and rose again and ascended to Our Father’s right hand to mediate for us, we have been given the gift of Your Spirit to and for all who accept You. This is a huge gift for if You hadn’t of left, You would be confined to one place at a time, but now, You are omnipresent, all over. Your leaving meant You could be present for all of us through Your Spirit. What am I doing with this Gift?”

She pondered that last question and couldn’t help but think of the times she had re-gifted something someone had given her because of not needing what had been given to her or tucking it away as a sentimental something to be pulled out every now and then as a reminder of the person. “Oh, Abba, please help me to open this gift every day, several times a day to show my gratitude for it by using it!”

Friends, can I encourage you to think about this precious gift of His Spirit and what it is that you do with it? Do you put it in a closet and pull it out every now and then, or do you cherish it and use it every day as a part of your daily routine? God is not confined to time anymore; He’s in us and for us.

Love,
Kim-Evinda

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Thanks for joining me for Tuesday’s Life-Coaching Truth.
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Last year, I was reading Danny Gokey’s book Hope in Front of Me and there were several what I call mini downloads that I so align with and need to be resurfaced in my soul so I thought I’d share one. We either cultivate or eradicate. This still reminds and refreshes me as I continue healing from a three-year season of betrayal and rejection.  

​To cultivate means to take steps to grow, improve; to eradicate means to remove or destroy completely.

There are so many times that so many thoughts of hurting those who hurt me threaten my peace and if I don’t eradicate them quickly, they begin to cultivate…in other words root in my heart.

Friends, when we truly eradicate that which is not of Christ, then cultivating the good in us and about us can take over.
What do you need to eradicate that you may cultivate all that He has in you and for you today?

Thoughtfully,
Kim-Evinda

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More often than not, when going through a struggle we get pretty focused on the struggle instead of the One who can guide us through the struggle.
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Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s message is a great poem of pleas in a struggle.

Lord, I long for You
I desire You
I crave the intimacy that I know can be there
 
                Yet I sit here and stare
                Into the endless abyss
                Of deception
                and myths
 
Making me believe
I am no good for this
 
                I don’t wake early
                I feel the guilt
                Agony
                and despair
 
Because I care
 
                and I know there is something better out there
                Yet my human ways
                Of watching netflix
                Staying up late
                And choosing sleep
                Over the most important thing I will ever need
Gets to me
Eats at me
 
                I want to be better
                I desire to write this letter
                Not because it’s easy
                But because He sees me
 
He sees my heart
He sees my home
 and He knows
Without Him
I lose all hope
 
So where do I go?
Where do I run?
and how do I become a person of such
Discipline
and desire?
When all I feel
Is thrown in the fire
 
                Despite the guilt
                Despite the shame
                I have no one to blame
                and my God is the same
                Yesterday
                and today
                His forgiveness remains
                and though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
                He is with me
                Standing next to me in the furnace of fire
                Helping me rip out my hearts fleshly desires
                and making me change
 
The days ahead are dark
and I have no room for guilt
I have no time for shame
 
                The time to get right
                Is right now
                For soon every knee will bow
                and every tongue will confess
                That Jesus Christ is Lord
                and I attest
                That nothing but His love
                and His Word will be left
 
So I will stand
Against the powers of this present darkness
Praying life into this heart
Until I can truly embark
and rest in His grace
 
For day by day
We are slain
and it us up to us to choose
Who we let win the game…


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​In today’s technology, we are often asked to fill our surveys for this and that, whether it be for a product or for a service that we received. How do you handle those?
 
Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United. Today’s love letter is a great reminder that we should often take surveys of what’s in our heart.

Love Letter~
So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.
 
Meditate on this Word and let Me speak to you. Let this Word be impressed upon your heart. Let this truth bring understanding and keep you alert. Invite Me to help you be the guard over the affections of your heart for these are what's drawing you away. Your heart follows the mind. What are you focusing on and yearning for? This is how you fall away or slip back into the old ways.
 
Notice the Words, "So above all," this should cause you to focus, to look and be very aware because the enemy is slick to deceive so that you don’t even realize you’re slipping backwards or turning from Me.
 
This is why it is so important to pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being. Continually do a survey of your heart which is to check your emotions and the way you feel about things. Be alert and aware of what comes out of your mouth, for what comes out of your mouth is what is hiding in your heart. Speak truth to yourself and beware of your own intentions.
 
Remember, you may be able to hide things from others but you cannot hide things from yourself and you certainly can't hide things from Me.
 
Beloved, be intentional in all you think and in all you do so that out of your innermost being will flow the wellspring of your life.
 
~DebraDolce

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Thanks for joining me for Thursday’s Life-Coaching Truth.
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So after going through one of the most traumatic times in my life, I had this verse address (Romans 8:28) inscribed on my arm to remind me that NOTHING goes to waste, that He will use all of it for my good and His glory. Allowing that truth to seep into my soul was a lifeline in a time when I just didn’t want to exist. 

Now that it is behind me, there are many good things that He worked in this healing that no one can take from me! One of those things is the ability to look back and say I did learn TRUE AGAPE love in and through this…and I am able to pray for the betrayers.

Friend, His principles and promises will NEVER leave you betrayed, broken, abandoned, or rejected.
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I want to encourage you today that NO MATTER what you are enduring, He will bring use it for your good, if you let Him. Today, pick one promise in the Bible, there’s literally thousands, and read it, say it, memorize it and allow it to seep into your soul so you too can experience that He’s not done until it’s good!

​Seeping in His Love
Kim-Evinda
 
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Have you ever been so worried about something that it literally consumed almost every waking moment?
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Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Today’s word points us to the truth that there is a difference between concerned and consumed.

She sat still, as was her custom to do every morning before doing anything else. The music tugged at her heart, massaging it gently, softening the soul. Her eyes welled up as she revisited the news from the day before from one of her dearest friends.

​“Lord, I know, from experience, that YOU use ALL things, so I’m asking you to reveal the good from this one sooner than later.” The “C” word (not COVID) had struck again, too close to home with this friend and his family.

 Psalm 138:8: The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.
 
No matter what situation you or I find ourselves in, this verse is a powerful source of encouragement. It can be a life preserver amid the sea, an anchor for our souls. What is so sovereign about this verse is it speaks to us differently EVERY time we read it.

Why or how? Because life keeps happening and with life comes different storms of trials and circumstances.
Friend, in this global time of uncertainty, may I encourage you to look at this verse, read it, then say it aloud again and again. I guarantee you that when you do this and allow it to soak into your soul, it will bloom in your life:

Psalm 138:8: The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.

Now put the “thing that concerns you” in that portion of scripture. I’ll go first:
The Lord will perfect my friend’s family thru this bio duct cancer…

Here’s the condition to the promise: Does it concern us or consume us? If it’s consuming us, then we’re not trusting Him to perfect whatever it is that is concerning.

What is the “thing that concerns” you? Is it finances, your job, and all the other monetary things that are being threatened by this global chaos? What if we were to live like we believed the words in this promise? Well, I can tell you by experience that He will use it to perfect you in the process to prepare you for the promise, not allowing ourselves to be consumed by that which concerns us.

Concerned but not consumed,
Kim-Evinda

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