Healing After Hours with Shaniqua

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Something has taken up too much space in your life. Maybe it's an addiction. Maybe it's anger, fear, destructive habits, temptation, obsessive thoughts, or a cycle you keep promising yourself you're going to break. You've tried to stop. You've told yourself, “This is the last time.” But somehow, you keep finding your...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You've already accepted that it's over. You stopped expecting anything to change. Maybe you stopped praying about it because you were tired of getting your hopes up. You told yourself to accept what happened, live with the disappointment, and move on. But what if the situation you're calling finished isn't finished yet? T...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! How many times does someone have to show you who they are before you believe what you're seeing? They hurt you. They apologize. You let them back in. Things get better for a little while. Then somehow, you end up right back in the same place. And because you love them, because you remember the good moments, or because you keep hoping th...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You keep telling God what you don't have. You don't have enough money. You don't have the connections. You don't have the experience. You don't have the platform, the resources, the education, the confidence, or everything you think you need to begin. But what if you've been so focused on what's missing tha...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You're tired. Not just physically tired. You're tired of fighting the same battle, praying the same prayer, dealing with the same situation, and wondering how much longer you're supposed to keep going. Part of you wants to keep believing. Another part of you is exhausted. If you're at the point where you're wondering...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Everybody saw what you did. Maybe they talked about it. Judged you for it. Reminded you of it. Or made you feel like the worst thing you've ever done is now the only thing you're allowed to be known for. But while they were looking at your sin, they forgot something. They have needed grace too. In John 8, a woman was brought before...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! There's a different kind of pain that comes from watching your child hurt and realizing you can't simply make it disappear. You would trade places with them if you could. You would take the pain yourself. You would make every phone call, knock on every door, ask every question, and do whatever you could to get them the help they ne...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You went to the doctor expecting one thing, but the news you received was something you weren't prepared to hear. Maybe you received an unexpected diagnosis. Maybe your test results came back abnormal. Maybe the doctor mentioned something that frightened you, and now you're trying to process what it all means. You've been thin...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Have you ever looked around and wondered, “God, how are they getting ahead while I'm trying to do everything right?” You're trying to make good decisions. You're trying to treat people right. You're praying, waiting, working, and doing your best to stay faithful. Yet somehow, it looks like the people cutting corners, hurt...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You're taking care of everybody. You're checking on them. Helping them. Praying for them. Making sure they have what they need. You're the person people call when something goes wrong. But who's checking on you? Who's asking whether you're tired? Who's noticing when you're overwhelmed? Who's takin...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Some betrayal hurts differently because of who it came from. You expected certain people to protect you. Stand beside you. Keep your confidence. Defend you when you weren't in the room. You never imagined the person who would hurt you would be someone from your own family. And now you're trying to figure out what to do with the pai...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! What do you do when you're already down to your last, but somebody is still depending on you? SPEAKING & MINISTRY Invite Shaniqua Smith to speak or minister at your upcoming women's gathering, conference, retreat, church service, prayer gathering, or faith-based event. Speaking • Prayer Ministry • Message + Prayer Speaking &amp...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You’re still praying for it. Still waiting. Still believing. Still trying to trust God. And then you look over and see her living the very thing you’ve been asking God for. She got married.  She had the baby.  She got the opportunity.  Her business took off.  Her family seems to be thriving.  Her prayer seems answered... and yours still feel...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You didn't create the situation. You got pulled into it. And somehow, when everything went wrong, you became the one who had to suffer for it. That's where we find Hagar. Sarah had a plan. Abraham went along with it. Hagar became part of a situation she didn't create, and when the consequences became painful, the tension event...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! You keep trying to earn the love they seemed to give someone else so easily. So you give more. You become more understanding. You forgive more. You wait longer. You keep hoping that if you love them well enough, eventually they'll choose you the way you've been choosing them. But love was never supposed to feel like an audition. In...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! If you've reached the point where all you can say is, “God, I can't take it anymore,” let me pray with you. Maybe you're emotionally exhausted. Maybe your mind is tired. Maybe you've been carrying responsibilities, worrying about people you love, waiting for answers, or trying to stay strong while privately wondering how...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! If the only words you have right now are, “God, I need You,” this prayer is for you. Maybe you’re waiting for healing. Maybe you need peace in your mind. Maybe you’ve been praying for a breakthrough and wondering when something is finally going to change. Or maybe life has simply become so heavy that you don’t even know what to ask God for a...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! If you've been carrying emotional pain, spiritual heaviness, fear, anxiety, or feeling stuck in the same cycle... this is your invitation to stop striving and spend time in God's presence. Sometimes we become so familiar with survival that we forget God has called us to freedom. We settle into patterns of fear, shame, exhaustion, o...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Life is loud. Our minds are full. Our hearts grow weary. Sometimes we don't need another sermon, another opinion, or another answer—we simply need to rest in the presence of God. This spontaneous worship session is an invitation to slow down, quiet your thoughts, and make room for the Holy Spirit to minister to your heart. There is no s...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Have you ever stopped to think about everything God has already brought you through? There were seasons you thought would break you. Days you wondered if you'd ever smile again. Moments when the pain felt unbearable, the answers never came, and the future seemed uncertain. But you're still here. Not because life has been easy, but...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! Have you ever walked into a room and felt the weight of fear, anxiety, discouragement, or spiritual heaviness? Sometimes what changes the atmosphere isn't louder music, more words, or another message. It's the presence of God. This prayer is for anyone longing to experience God's presence in a deeper way. Whether you're s...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! If you've been carrying more than you've told anyone, quietly holding everything together while feeling exhausted inside... this prayer is for you. Not every burden is visible. Some people are carrying grief they haven't talked about, anxiety they hide behind a smile, responsibilities that feel overwhelming, or emotional pain...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! f you've been searching for peace, comfort, or another message to quiet what you're feeling inside... maybe what your heart truly needs isn't another video. Maybe you simply need to spend time in God's presence. This episode is an invitation to slow down, quiet the distractions, and worship without an agenda. There is no...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! In this episode of The Secret Place with Shaniqua Smith , we're setting aside the noise, the pressure, and the distractions to simply worship. This is a place to be still before the Lord, to rest in His presence, and to let worship become your prayer when words are difficult to find. Whether you're grieving, waiting, overwhelmed, s...

Send me a message if you have any questions or comments! No matter what you're carrying today, you don't have to carry it alone. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, discouraged, uncertain, or simply longing to spend a few quiet moments in God's presence, this prayer is for you. Life has a way of filling our minds with responsibilities, worries, unanswered questions, an...