Tending Your Soul

How can we walk by faith with Jesus as Lord over us? Faith is believing that what God says is true, regardless of what we see. Join Mariel in tending your soul in the book of Ephesians and learn from the example of the ancient Ephesian church. Get your free download at marieldavenport.com/start Follow along tending through Ephesians with your own downloadable reading plan and tending journal: EPHE...

We have obtained an inheritance having been predestined to the purpose of God's will. Join Mariel in the Garden and turn it all over to Him who is already in control as you walk through Ephesians 1. Free guide with tips for memorization and tools to cultivate an effective quiet time: marieldavenport.com/start ⁠ Tend your soul through the book of Ephesians: ⁠TENDING THROUGH EPHESIANS JOURNAL⁠...

In a chaotic, noisy world we need the continual reminder of the gospel, not just to share with others but for our own hearts. Join Mariel in Ephesians as we consider the gift of the gospel in a fresh way. Download your free TEND guide at marieldavenport.com/start ⁠ Tend your soul through the book of Ephesians: ⁠TENDING THROUGH EPHESIANS JOURNAL⁠ Keep tending your soul through any book of the Bible...

Living with an eternal mindset can be difficult in a world of temporal pleasures. Paul knew this well and from a Roman prison he offers us the encouragement of truth. Join Mariel in the garden as we Tend our soul by the Word. Get your free TEND guide at marieldavenport.com/start Tend your soul through the book of Ephesians: TENDING THROUGH EPHESIANS JOURNAL Keep tending your soul through any book...

Join Mariel in the Garden as she opens the Bible to the book of Ephesians. You will consider how to keep an eternal focus in a temporal world. Your soul will be nourished by your time with the Gardener of your soul. Download your free guide to a fruitful quiet time at marieldavenport.com/start Tend your soul through the book of Ephesians: ⁠TENDING THROUGH EPHESIANS JOURNAL⁠ Keep tending your soul...

Following Jesus changes people. It changed these Thessalonians from idol worship to serving the living and true God while they waited expectantly for the return of their savior. And following Jesus changes us! Let's lean in together and find out more about living expectantly from 1 Thessalonians in this episode of Tend Your Soul. Get your free download at marieldavenport.com/start Worn out fr...

In this age of influencers and celebrities, there is no shortageof people screaming at us: do like me, act like me, buy like me. The still small voice of the Holy Spirit invites us into the Word of God where we are forged into the pattern of our Lord Jesus. Join me in the garden as we lean into God's word through the TEND method in 1 Thessalonians and invite the Lord to forge us more into His...

In the midst of a dark culture, remaining steadfast to the message of the gospel is difficult. Join me in the garden as we lean into 1 Thessalonians and consider Paul's letter to these people who are loved and chosen. Let's see what God might teach us in these life-giving words. Free guide to cultivating intimacy with God: marieldavenport.com/start Worn out from dry seasons and not sure...

Is there someone you have been praying for so much that you have forgotten to give thanks for God’s action in their life? Is there someone you have felt competition towards rather than remembering their work and faith before God? Join me in the garden as we lean into 1 Thessalonians and the example of prayer Paul offers there. God will tend our souls by His Word as a gardener tends a garden as we...

When someone we love speaks, we incline to listen. God is speaking and has been speaking His Word since Creation. How can you and I lean in to listen? Join me in the garden as we consider this today. Get your guide to cultivate intimacy with God>> marieldavenport.com/start Worn out from dry seasons and not sure where to start with God? Tending Your Soul helps you slow down, open your Bible,...

As a new routine kicks off this autumn, join me as we invite God to tend to our souls even in the new beginnings. HE was there in the beginning and He remains even still. Let's lean into that in the garden. Get your free guide>> marieldavenport.com/start Worn out from dry seasons and not sure where to start with God? Tending Your Soul helps you slow down, open your Bible, and grow deepe...

How do you know where you're headed if you don't have a plan? This is true for most things in life, including Bible study! In this episode we explore a couple method for spending time in the Word of God. Join me and let's ask God to show us what might work best as we prepare the soil of our hearts to bear fruit from His Word. Be sure to get your free booklet on cultivating intimacy...

What does the posture of our body and the posture of our soul have to do with our time with Jesus? Join me in the garden today as we consider this question together before God. Get your free booklet, Tools for Tending Your Soul at marieldavenport.com Worn out from dry seasons and not sure where to start with God? Tending Your Soul helps you slow down, open your Bible, and grow deeper in faith—litt...

What do you need in order to have an effective quiet time? Do we need the commentaries, colored pens and podcasts? Or is it really possible to meet with the Lord with just His Word and His Holy Spirit? Join me in the garden as we explore what props work best for us in this time with Jesus. Prayer calendar: marieldavenport.com/prayer Tending Together Community: marieldavenport.com Worn out from dry...

Jesus was busy yet He sought time away from distractions to spend with the Father. How can you and I follow His example so that we might tether our hearts to Him in the midst of this tangled world? Join me as we explore this idea together. Gather with others who can encourage and cheer you on towards time with Jesus in our community! Find out more HERE at Tending Together . Worn out from dry seaso...

We can persevere in the hard things, the new rhythms and the unknowns when we know the WHY. Why do you want to meet with God? Why do you need to cultivate your soul by the Word? Join me as we consider what Scripture says and identify our purpose for spending time in the Word of God. Join the community, Tending Together ! Find out more at marieldavenport.com/community Worn out from dry seasons and...

As we wrap up tending our soul through James 1, let's let God examine our actions along with our words and our thoughts. Step into the garden with me, as let's invite the Gardener to transform us with the gospel and teach us to live that out in what we say and do.  Keep tending through James with the Tending through James downloadable journal CLICK HERE . Join our community as we tend ou...

What is real freedom? Is it doing whatever we want, running towards wherever our heart leads? God's word refers to itself as the perfect law of liberty. Join me as we seek to find true freedom within the boundaries of safety and joy in James 1:25.  Looking to join a community of God chasers who are tending their soul by the Word? Tending Together is my online community that might just be what...

No matter how much time and effort we put into studying the Bible and knowing all the theological answers and Biblical history, if we are not doers of the Word, we are deceiving ourselves. Commentaries, color coding and hours of study will never draw us nearer to God is we are not allowing God to truly tend our soul by His Word and thus living in response to what He is teaching us about Himself. J...

We might be familiar with the urging to be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger, but it isn't until we slow down and lean into the Word of God that we see God enabling us to do this. The TEND method invites us to see the Word in context and then to respond in such a way that we are able to walk out what God is calling us to in our every day life. Join me in the garden as we TEND thi...

You are surrounded by the good and perfect gifts of God for you, personally. Not feeling loved or gifted these days? Overrun by the wearisome battle around you? I invite you to join me in the garden as we lean into the book of James using my TEND method, and pause to notice the good and perfect gifts from the Father of Lights. Download your free guide to cultivate intimacy with God at marieldavenp...

Where do our desires lead? How can we tether our hearts to God in such a way that our desires line up with His and offer us life, peace and stability? Join me in the garden as we TEND through James 1:14-15 and we seek to know God better.  Get your free downloadable guide at marieldavenport.com/start and if you're looking to keep tending your soul all week, pick up your Tending Through the Wor...

How can we lean in to see from God's perspective, especially in seasons of trial? God through James offers this promise, "Blessed is the one who remains steadfast under trial." join me in the garden as we explore this promise and reflect on the goodness of God as we seek to know Him better through His Word. Get your free download at marieldavenport.com/start And don't forget to...

Oh how easy it is to boast in the temporal and material, isn't it? Those things will fade, as James teaches us in these verses, so I invite you to join me as we lean in and ask God to teach us to boast in the One who is eternal.  Be sure to get your free download of Tools for Tending Your Soul at my website marieldavenport.com And keep tending your soul by the Word with my Tending By the Word...

Who doesn't need wisdom in these hard times? God offers it generously and without reproach. Join me as we slow down and lean into His wisdom through the book of James using my TEND method. You are sure to be encouraged! Also, be sure to sign up for Tending through James, the weekly TEND Gathering Bible study. CLICK HERE for details and to register! Study begins July 12, 2022. And to keep tend...