Did you know there are more than 3,500 promises in the Word of God? The dictionary
definition defines promise in this way: a declaration or assurance that one will do a
particular thing or that a particular thing will happen.

Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes
United. What a comforting thought to think that there are more than 3,000 declarations,
assurances for us, and they are for any situation we encounter. Today’s Love Letter
shares the truth of are promise-keeping God.

~Love Letter~

My dear one, when I, Yahweh, delight in how you live your life, I establish your every
step. This is so exciting for you!

Let those who struggle, struggle no more. Know I am very close to you. When you walk
in My ways, you please Me.  I will establish your ways and direct your path. Isn't that
what you pray for anyway?

My Word is so full of My promises for you, your family, even your nation. Find My
promises; pray them and believe for your answer.

I gave you those promises so you can stand in faith, believing. I want you to believe for
your life, and all that concerns you. Then come to me for the concerns of the world
around you, for your nation, for the government. And talk with me about the schools and
those that have influence on the children. In this way, we can partner together.

Beloved, I have a plan for good and not for evil and that's for everyone. I work through
people to bring about My plan for all people who are seeking me with their whole heart. 

​~DebraDolce

He who has begun a new work, a good work, will be faithful to complete it…

For years I would always stop there, but that’s not the entirety of the verse. The rest of it
says…until the time of Christ. In other words, He loves us too much to leave us the way
that we are.

If you’re a parent, you know with your inner being you want the best for your child or
children, right?

Well, when we look to our Heavenly Father for parenting, we can easily finish this verse
without so much frustration and apply progression over perfection, trusting He will make
all things right, including those we’ve done wrong. This will help us to choose serenity
over frustration and anger. In fact, it’s in the progressing that He is perfecting.

If you’d like to learn how to surrender to serenity, and stay in the process to see your
progress, join us in a trench near you. For more information go to www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes

Progressing,
Kim-Evinda

The tears came trickling down as the words she read went through her mind, seeping
into her soul. Her thoughts seemed to scream: I want to live this, Lord, I really do, but
how? She continued reading, yearning for more insight to be free from the fury that
would rise every time, any time thoughts of this one person came to mind.

​Welcome to Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and Trench Classes United. Has this
ever happened to you, conviction mixed with frustration? Where you read truth and it
seeps into your soul and calls you to rise to the change? We pray this blog will open the
eyes of your heart and bring you freedom to love those who have hurt you.

She continued to read…and to cry tears of conviction, refusing to stop reading until she
had finished. It was the daily devotional from her church titled: The Explosive Power of
Love.

It started off with the command from Jesus Himself found in Matthew 5:44 directing us
to love our enemies. Oh, I’ve had to deal with many an unlovable, she thought to
herself, remembering just the other day while court-reporting a deposition thru Zoom
and wanting to reach through cyber space and wring the neck of the questioning
attorney and the doctor for making her job nearly impossible.

But she knew this devotion was taking her deeper, for that type of frustration and anger
is only temporary. What this devotion was addressing was geared more towards those
whom our hearts are more invested in. As she continued to read this devotional, she
realized she was still a bit stuck because any time she thought of the two main
characters in her life-changing betrayal, she struggled to find anything positive.

“I won’t stop trying to rise to this challenge of applying and complying with this incredibly
demanding verse. I can’t, especially if I call myself a child of Yours, God.”

She continued to read …” loving our enemies is not an optional request but a
command”!!! (emphasis mine)

She stopped, realizing how all-knowing of our Abba, that He knew there would be more
than one enemy! 

What enemy or enemies the enemy uses for evil, God will use for my good, she assured
herself. She sighed and closed her Bible, thanking God for His Word, for it truly was the
one foundation that would never crumble from under her; in fact, it would help her rise
above this painful season. And even if she didn’t see her betrayers face to face, she
was determined to separate the betrayal from the betrayer and pray for them. This was
a start.

Friend, we must remember that “the enemy” we are dealing with is Satan himself, not
the one(s) he uses as his minions to promote his agenda.

​Learning and unlearning
Kim-Evinda

When you have been hurt or betrayed, what do you do? Many of us have been taught to bury it, like a dog buries a bone, deep and almost unfindable. This sort of not feeling and/or dealing only creates more problems because eventually it comes to the surface of other circumstances. See, a momentary fix is only providing a temporary feeling which produces a long-lasting, not so positive result.

​If you’d like to learn how to meet life on life’s terms with serenity, join us for Surrendering to Serenity coming to a trench near you. For more information go to www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes

Surrendering…
Kim-Evinda

Where do you go when life is happening at a speed and intensity that makes you want
to run and hide?

Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes
United. Today’s message is a great reminder of this truth: God promises that life will not
be pain-free, but He also promise that His help is free.

Root down deep
Come back to Me
For trouble and strife
Are looming

The storm brewing
On the sky’s horizon
Is trying to break free
and pour down
Rain drops likes knives
and animosity

Lightning strikes
As I hold it back
The whole wide world
Sitting in the palm of My hand
and I just want you to know
That I Am
Has a plan

My one small light
Resides in the corner of your mind
and I just beg for you to please hold on
and let Me be strong

Don’t stop trying
Keep on fighting
Even when the light dims
and you feel as though you cannot win
Remember
and consider

How big your faith really is
When the lights go out
Do you still believe the moon will help you see?
and when your shut your eyes to sleep
Do you still believe the sun will wake at the break of day?

Or do you doubt
That all you see
Was ordered and ordained by Me?

So then I ask, dear daughter,
Where is your belief?

Be still now
and lean on Me
God your Father
God your King

“Look upon Zion, the city of our set feasts and solemnities! Your eyes shall see
Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be taken down; not one of its
stakes shall ever be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken. But there
the Lord will be for us in majesty and splendor a place of broad rivers and
streams, where no oar-propelled boat can go, and no mighty and stately ship
can pass. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our
King; He will save us.”
- Isaiah 33:20-22

​In His name,
Abigail

Did you know that no matter what difficulty you are facing, there’s an
encouraging promise in His Love Letters to us?

Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Debra Dolce and Trench
Classes United.

I love the promise in the Word of God that says: Do not grow weary in
doing good for in due time, you shall reap a harvest. We’ve all grown weary
in difficult times, but it’s the not giving up that brings the blessing; it’s the not letting others’ actions dictate your attitude and actions. Today’s LoveLetter is a great reminder of this very truth.

~Love Letter~
My love, if you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them,
then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of
the field shall yield their fruit. What a great promise this is for you.

Do not be hampered by what other people do or don't do. In other words, others’ actions
should not dictate yours. It is then that others will then see My goodness in your life, and
they will ask how this is possible when their life is so dry and desolate. This will present
more opportunities for you to share of My love and My goodness and then you can
instruct and show others the way.

Remember there is a season for everything. Ask Me and seek My counsel. Scripture
says the secret things I reveal are for you and your children.

Do not become weary in doing good for in due time you shall reap a harvest.
Beloved, I desire you to look refreshed and for you to flourish even when those around
you look dry and even withered. Then you can bring hope and even rain to their desert
because of Me. 

​~DebraDolce

Do you feel persistently angry with other family members and/or yourself?
One of our trenchers explains her struggle in this way:

“Rage/anger is a sub-root of my self-centered fear. My rage comes out of feeling powerless and
afraid. It can be a consuming, controlling, and destructive force.

Since my rage is born out of feeling powerless, it stands to reason that my rage is about control,
controlling my situation, controlling people around me because I am afraid. It is addictive and yet leaves
me empty for I am always searching for a release. It works hand in hand with my fear. I can delude
myself into believing that I have the rage under control.

I have finally come to believe in my heart, not just in my head, that only the Lord has control and
I constantly have to accept the situation as it is and surrender to Him. Once my mind enters the ‘spin
cycle’ with either of these roots, it becomes an impossible situation in desperate need of a spiritual
solution: My Higher Power, Jesus Christ.”

It is because of her growth in the digging and un-rooting process that she is able to recognize where her
rage comes from. You can’t stop or desist from doing something if you don’t even recognize that you’re
doing it or why you’re doing it! Join us in a trench near you to learn how to Surrender to Serenity ©

For more information on this upcoming class, please go to
​www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes

After praying for her son, she felt His prompting to call him, which she rarely did while
he was working. She validated herself with the reminder of not hearing from him after
trying two nights in a row with no answer.

He picked up on the second ring. “Hi, Mom. How ya doing?”

She was so relieved to hear his voice, she ignored his question and instead asked her
own: “How are YOU?” Before he could answer, she explained her tone: “I’ve called you
a couple of times; I was beginning to get worried. Once a mom always a mom.”

He laughed…and then he didn’t.

“You sound tired.”

“I am.” He went on to explain his work situation, that people were quitting and/or getting
fired, increasing his workload, how bad management was, and he ended with “there’s
just no end in sight.”

She knew her son well enough to know he valued his sleep and little sleep meant little
fuse. She also remembered how depressed he had been after a long bought of Covid
that had cost him his career, and how excited he’d been to get this new job.

She validated his frustration, and he continued with more frustrations. She practiced
listening and asking a question or two in between each one. “On your one day off, are
you doing anything to replenish your soul, making time to laugh, have fun?

His answers were “no” with explanations of just trying to stay caught up on sleep while
juggling fatherhood with his four kids. His responses shed some light on what was really
going on. His focus was on how tired he was/is, and not a solution.

He was discouraged and headed for burnout.

“Sometimes we can be so focused on the problem we miss the solution.”
“What do you mean?” he asked.

“Well, our brain only knows what we tell it. You keep reminding yourself how tired you
are that you are behaving tired.”

Silence
“Do you believe that God put you in this job?”
“Oh, for sure.”

“Well, where He guides, He provides.” You just have to ask Him for the strength. If you
keep telling yourself how tired you are, you’re going to remain tired.”

“Makes sense.” He paused and then burst out with: “I’m just fine!” in a joking tone.
“No, you don’t have to lie!”  She went on to remind him of a verse he used to always
say when endeavoring a trick on his skateboard, “I can do ALL things thru Christ…”

He finished the verse: “…who strengthens me.”

“Maybe you could try switching ‘I’m tired’ for that promise.”

Suddenly she could feel his demeanor change over the phone and in his words: “Well, I
can’t argue with that.”

She heard him smile.

They talked for a few more minutes before hanging up. She sat there grateful for having
not ignored the prompting to call him at work, realizing that he not only needed
encouragement, but she had needed to know he was okay.

Friend, can I encourage you in this area of understanding that the brain only knows
what we tell it; and what we tell it will come out in our attitude and actions. Pray this
prayer with me:

Father, thank you for your Spirit that lives within each one of us who have accepted you
as Lord and Savior. Help me to focus on your promises which lead to solutions instead
of my problems. Thank you for loving me too much to leave me focusing on my
problems instead of your promises.

Amen.
Kim-Evinda

Do you ever compare yourself to others, i.e. your home, your children, your financial
abilities?

I don’t know about you, but whenever I begin to do that, it almost always
cases jealousy to enter in, and in the recipe for anger and rage, it’s one of
the key ingredients.

Join us for tools to overcome jealousy and unresolved anger in our
Surrendering to Serenity Trench Class. Life is too short to spend it angry 

For more information on this upcoming class, please go to
www.trenchclassesunited.com/classes

What do you do when life seems so overwhelming you just want to go under?

Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes
United.

We’ve all had those days when life is just handing us too much, the to-do list keeps
getting added to instead of shrinking. It’s in those moments we need to look up, reach
out and recognize the One who’s really in control. We are not alone.

The sky burns bright
Orange like fire
As the sun begins to rise
and I feel not quite
Fully present
Fully known

Waiting for that warm feeling
That one that feels like home

Fully present
Fully known

and as I cycle through the day
I sit and I pray
Asking, Lord, why do I feel this way?

Off
and then on
Off
and then on

As the to-do list piles up
And the day drags on
Still feeling lost

Where is the joy

When you are the boss?
Where is the applause
The gold shiny stars?

When you feel so close
Yet so far

Lord, was I wrong?
Am I too far gone?

and You remind me
As the sky turns to haze
lightning strikes
and I hear that train
Bellowing out
Calling my name

This isn’t a game
There are no points to be scored
No trophies to be won
and when you get hit
You get back up

Because like the lightning that strikes
Illuminating the sky
You’re here to shine
The warrior inside knows
That now is the time

To lay down your pride
and swim into the night
As a being as bright
As the fire orange sky

​Yours, Lord, is the fight
Yours, Lord, is the time

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” - Acts 2:21