Monday Message If you’re a parent and your child asks you for something they really, really want, chances
are you go out of your way to make it happen, right? Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United. Today’s love letter is a great reminder that we need only ask, and listen, to gain the jewel of wisdom. ~Love Letter~ When wisdom wins your heart and revelation breaks in, true pleasure enters your soul. If you choose to follow good counsel, divine design will watch over you and understanding will protect you from making poor choices. Read this again; meditate on it, and let it soak in. It's so important to desire wisdom, to seek it. Finding wisdom offers you help to follow good counsel and as a result, divine design will watch over you and understanding will protect you from making poor choices. When you're walking in the direction I have for you, you are protected. The closer you stay to Me, the better your choices are. The more you choose My way, the closer you get to Me. Do you see the correlation? I am always here helping you as you listen to Me and follow My lead. I desire you to have true pleasure in following Me and walking in My way. It's exciting to think that knowledge shall be pleasant for you and understanding shall keep you. This is why My Word speaks so strongly about wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Beloved, seek after these things. ~DebraDolce
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Tuesday Trench Truth So yesterday, as I was leaving to run errands, I saw a warning light on
my dashboard. I recognized it as I had seen it before; it was a low tire pressure signal. I scanned through the display to determine which tire and learned it was my back right tire. Now if I hadn’t paid attention to that, what do you think would have happened? Personally, that’s not a risk I’m willing to take as I tend to be a bit heavy on the pedal, if you know what I mean. We all have an emotional dashboard, and if we ignore the warnings from an undealt with hurt of any type, we go on to cause emotional wrecks in the lives of others, especially those we love. In the trenches we learn to understand the value of recognizing what we’re feeling as close to when we’re feeling it so as to avoid those collisions, if you will. We have a saying: Feelings aren’t wrong or right; they just are; we can’t let them drive the car. Identifying what you’re feeling prevents emotional wrecks. Have a terrific Tuesday Kim-Evinda Monday Message Where do you feel the safest?
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s message is a great reminder that it is in His presence that we find the peace that unties the knots of struggles in our life. Peace What peace could bring If we could only open up our eyes to see What satisfaction and peace really means We look to things Of this world and who or what we are doing it all for When in reality True peace Can only come From the King of Kings Communion Relationship A safe place to untangle it All the thoughts All the doubts All the questions of what this life is even about We want the house We want the wows When deep down The emptiness is loud and we wonder why we feel no joy We wonder why we feel so drained Exhausted We complain Playing this same old game Of who to blame Look around Look down Look inside Asking God to open your eyes In the crevices You hide Seeking to please Realizing this was not how it was meant to be Communion Peace Lies within the breath Of our God and Our King The one who sent His Son To die to have a relationship With you and with me Open your eyes now darling Feel the love that hums and the peace that sings As you rest beneath the shadow Of His almighty wings Faith-Filled Friday with Brandi Linai We’ve all heard that if you want something done, ask a busy person…but is
that really right thinking? Thanks for joining us for Faith-Filled Friday with Brandi Linai and Trench Classes United. Today’s Blog is a great reminder that to properly prioritize the things we think we need to do will bring more memories that make us smile. I don’t know about your house, but at my house, bunny rabbits have nothing on my laundry! It just seems to multiply and multiply and multiply some more. Just when I think I’m getting a handle on the laundry, here comes a sink full of dishes or a spill on the carpet that needs attention - if you know a secret to get the kids slime out of hair, clothes, the backseat of the car, I’ll pay you good money for it but we can talk about that later. Being vigilant about every crumb or mess in the house is exhausting. And time consuming. There will be times when you have to save the tidying for later…and be ok with that. I saw a headline recently that made me gasp, and apparently all of the internet and the world had the same response as I did. “The Queen of Clean Marie Kondo says she has kind of given up on tidying at home! Excuse me? Is she allowed to do that? She’s the tidying up guru who took our lives and our homes by storm back in 2014 with her books and tv shows teaching us all the joys of keeping a clean home. Now, after three kids she has thrown in the towel on tidy. The overwhelming response from her fans has been a disappointment. Followers of her movement feel betrayed and let down. But maybe Marie is teaching us a new lesson: The lesson of prioritizing time with our loved ones. Choosing to put the pile of laundry on hold while you make memories instead. Allowing the dishes to sit just a while longer so that you can be present in the moment with the people who matter most. So often we pray and ask God to make our lives more meaningful, to give us more time in the day to make those memories that last a lifetime, to help us juggle our busy schedules in order to fit it all in. But it could be a matter of realizing that God never meant for us to cram our days full of “stuff” to begin with. Maybe we just have to become ok with a little mess from time to time in exchange for a spontaneous dance party in the living room with the kids, that afternoon nap we’ve been denying ourselves for too long, or a quick dash to the ice cream shop just because. We don’t need Marie Kondo’s permission to let life get a little messy sometimes, although it is reassuring to us commoners to know that even “the queen” has her days. We need to give ourselves permission. If you’re anything like me, an extreme neat freak, admitted germaphobe, there is so much freedom in permission to self Love, Brandi Thursday's Trench Truth When Steve and I were writing Transform, and specifically Rising Above
Chaos and Confusion, we learned that any definition for the word “normal” does not include the spiritual self. Why is that? I absolutely love what Steve says about that so let me share it: “The reality, according to the Webster’s definition of normal, is that ‘healthy’ mental health isn’t normal because it leaves out the ‘spiritual health.’ If Christians lived out spiritual health in the church, they would be considered strange. Jesus’ ‘strangeness’ got Him killed. Can I encourage you with this truth: to be “normal” in a world that is starving spiritually is not the kind of normal He calls us to. Truthfully Kim-Evinda Wednesday Word Have you ever been asked a question that you couldn’t answer?
Welcome to Wednesday’s Word with Trench Classes United and Kim-Evinda. Grab your favorite break-time beverage and come on in for a few moments. Sometimes when we respond to questions, it’s like we’re on automatic, especially if the questions are from our littles, right? But have you ever been asked a question that pulled you out of auto pilot and made you stop and think? I have one of those for you today – actually, it comes from His Word, but before I get there, let’s lay a foundation. So here we are, getting ready to turn the corner toward the end of another year…already! Looking back through it all, I am humbled as I realize that the ONLY way I could have stood standing is by being plugged into my strength: JESUS! I shake my head in wonder, realizing it’s really quite simple: just plug in to my source…daily, and He will keep me on track! Why, oh why, do we complicate things, pulling away, inch by inch until suddenly, we’re UNPLUGGED! Now, imagine that it’s just you and Jesus in your quiet time. You are sitting still, being still, inviting Him into your moments. You begin to ask God to show you how to stay plugged in to Him; you even dare to ask Him what’s interfering with the connection. He begins to stir your heart, and things rise to your thoughts. All is still and you cannot deny that it’s Him in your midst and you feel this tender love, this acceptance like you have never felt before. He speaks your thoughts and then He asks you: “Do you want to be made well”? What is your answer? See, Jesus asked this question of a man who was crippled by some infirmity for 38 years! The Word doesn’t tell us how or why he was unable to walk, what infirmity he had but I love that it does tell us he had been this way for 38 years. I believe that’s in there to encourage us with this truth: It’s never too late to be made well, whatever the infirmity. Oftentimes it’s our own limited beliefs that prevent us from being made well. So let me ask you again, Friend, how do you respond to this question? What or who is preventing you from picking up, carrying on and following Jesus with your whole heart that you would be made well? Is the “who” you? When you are staying connected to The Source, He will reveal to you the “what” that is holding you back from the “you” you were intended to be, the places He wants to send you, the plans He has for your life. Is it your diet, your relationships, social media, finances, your thought life? Take a moment and be still; allow Him to help you reveal what it is so that you can answer yes to His question, “do you want to be made well?” He is who makes you whole. Love, Kim-Evinda Tuesday Trench Truth During my research on this root, I learned that there are 69 physical/emotional
conditions involving confusion! Is it any wonder it’s the enemy’s strongest weapon. Let me give you a few of the most common ones that may surprise you. Caffeine overdose (occurs when you ingest more than 2-300 milligrams per day though this is dependent upon the weight of the individual, but caffeine is also considered a stimulant/drug). Hyperventilation/difficulty breathing (healthy breathing is a balance of breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. When this healthy balance is off, it affects the blood supply to the brain) Sleep disorders (when sleep is interrupted, this can cause you to feel fatigued and irritable which intensifies/aggravates confusion). Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and overeating most certainly contribute to confusion because we know it’s not normal. We hide, we obsess, we lie to cover it up, but we can’t stop it. And if we are eating the wrong foods, overeating all the foods, giving back the foods, we are confusing our blood system, our intestines, and our brain.) Monday Message Do you ever get distracted at any time during prayer?
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Debra Dolce and Trench Classes United. Today’s “Love letter” is a great reminder that it’s in His quiet presence that we can hear the lessons and receive the love. ~Love Letter~ Quiet your heart in My Presence and wait patiently for Me. Don't think for a moment that the wicked, in their prosperity, are better off than you. Stay away from anger and revenge and/or comparing yourself and circumstances of life. Keep envy far from you, for it only leads you into lies. Yes, I say to quiet your heart in My Presence. As things come at you today trying to take away your peace, quiet yourself, breathe deep of My Presence. Envy is one of the ways that the enemy gets in when you open yourself up to lies. Offenses open you to deception, so be on guard. This is a fight and sometimes your life is a battlefield. Guard your heart with all diligence. When anger, thoughts of revenge and envy knock on the door of your heart, do not let them in for they will rule your life. Surrender them continually to Me. Sometimes this is a moment by moment course of action. But I say to lay these at My feet and let Me work things out for you. I know what is good and what will bring you joy. Surrender any hurt, pain or frustration to Me and don't try to figure things out in yourself because that can only come from Me. Many things come to steal your joy and your peace but I say sit in My Presence and give those to Me. Continue in My Word and in prayer, building yourself up in your faith. There are times the only way to quiet your mind is to pray, pray while you're working, pray while you're playing, pray while you're doing everything. In my presence you will find a way of escape. Be sensitive to what I'm saying to you. When you are frustrated or angry, you're not hearing what I'm saying to you. Stop, take a step back and look at the whole picture, see Me in this picture and listen to what I'm saying to you and you will find your victory. Beloved, I will be your victory and with Me all things are possible. ~DebraDolce |
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