Refreshing The Soul

How can we experience joy when we're facing trouble or difficulty?   The short answer, we have to choose it. 🖤❤️   Our joy is directly connected to Jesus. When we choose Him, we choose joy.   In this episode, I share with you the 4 ways Holy Spirit refreshed my soul on how to choose joy in difficulty. ******************** Need More Refreshing? Follow me on my socials!   FaceBook // RefreshingTheS...

Sometimes our tears can cloud the truth that the thing you're facing is only for a season, that it doesn't end here, and that God can restore your joy. This week we're encouraging those who have been discouraged for a while. They have been weeping silently but showing up with a smile. Let's get to the root of our hope and how God can turn our mourning into joyful dancing! ******************** Need...

Are you looking for happiness? Your happiness is dependent on what's "happening", but joy is dependent on who Jesus is. In this episode we discuss: **What Joy is **The difference between happiness and joy **How to be filled with joy Share this message with a friend who you know may be looking for happiness but needs to find joy in Jesus!

In this last episode of the series, "The Gift of Peace," we discuss how looking to God as our Shepherd, leads to Peace.   We are more like sheep in needing guidance, help, protection and God is our good Shepherd that wants to tend to our souls, feed and protect us.   Don't be the sheep and shepherd of your life. HE alone makes us to lie down, gives us rest and peace for our souls!

“Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ In this life, there are some dark and valley places we will have to walk through. The work is in believing you’re not alone and that you’re safe when you’re there. This week’s episode is to encourage you to keep trusting the God...

Binge-worthy Netflix episodes. Kids needing help with homework. Texts from friends. Clients calling your phone. Dinner must be cooked. House must be cleaned. We can be so used to things pulling for our attention, that we don’t realize it can become the noise we look for to fill silent places. Do you distract yourself or feel discouraged when life or God seems too silent? God’s PEACE is the soundne...

What do you consider "peace"? Do you see yourself sitting by a quiet ocean taking in its beauty to be peace? Or perhaps a day of accomplishing all of your work with no hiccups or distractions? When peace is found in the condition of your situation and not your soul, it's not peace sis...it's a temporary fix to a temporary situation. God's peace is everlasting, surpasses all understanding, and does...

Do you constantly deal with negative inner dialogue that you are not enough, you will fail or you’re not worthy? Shame is a place where we no longer see ourselves through God’s eyes but through the eyes of what we’ve done or didn’t do. In this episode, Rachel has come to help us break shame off of us by reminding us that we MUST affirm ourselves from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed! ...

This journey with God is filled with unknowns and if we don't overcome the fear of what we don't know and what we can't see, we will not experience an abundant life of peace and will sabotage what God wants to give us by faith!   The more we grip God's hand and choose to trust His word, God will open our eyes to what HE SEES! There's more to you and your life than you can imagine or figure out on...

I will never forget the first time I experienced an anxiety attack when my husband was away in Iraq and I had my 3-year-old daughter and 6-month-old son.   When I look back at this dark time, I realize that I was never honest with MYSELF about the worries I felt pulled by. How can we be honest with God about the details of our life if we’re not willing to be honest with ourselves?   My beautiful s...

If you have a hard time delegating work to others, afraid to take steps in the unknown without the details or you take on too much responsibility, you have something deeper than a control issue. In this episode, we discover where the need to be in control comes from and what control really is! Let's peel back the layers together to find the root of the "controlling" soul!  A fresh new series await...

Are you doing things to fit culture's mold or to feel approved by others? My beautiful sister, you are enough already and your most authentic self in God is exactly who people need you to be! Check out this episode replay from Refreshing the "Inadequate" Soul.  Stay tuned for a new fresh series coming in November!!! Until then remember to rest, refresh and take care of your soul because soul care...

Sis, you don't have to perform or be perfect, God loves you because that is who He is! I know that our lens of how we view love may have been tainted by those who didn't know how to properly love themselves, but we will be able to see clearly that we are fully loved by God when we choose that His love is enough for us! Join me today as we end the Fully Loved series on how we can began to experienc...

When I finally decided I needed to know for myself that God was real, God revealed Himself to me by showing me "ME." He revealed why I said and felt the things I did in a specific conversation I had weeks ago. It was the most mind blowing and unforgettable experience I had for the first time with God. God just doesn't know about us...He knows us inside and out. He knows the details and complexity...

Does God really hear me? Have you ever questioned if God hears you? I believe we all have had moments where we felt the silence of God. When I look back at those silent moments I realized God was always there, but He was teaching me to KNOW He was there without the evidence I wanted to see. God wants us all to spiritually mature to a place where we know we are seen, heard and loved by Him despite...

Ok, so we deep-dived IMMEDIATELY in the first episode of the "Fully Loved" series! I have to be honest, I wasn't expecting all of what was said to come out, but I'm not surprised because I give God the mic when that record button turns on. God truly took over and I pray you hear his heart in this message for you! When we are seen, we can be "seen after." Who better to see after our souls than the...

Have you ever been in a place in your life where you felt too lost, too broken or too far from God to the point you weren't sure if you should even go back? We've all messed up and made choices that we aren't proud of. However, I have learned that God is warm, safe, and forgiving! He's waiting and hoping that you turn your heart back to Him. Sis, if you're breathing you still have purpose, you sti...

Are you in transition? Do you know that God has called you to more but fear has gripped your heart?   You're not alone! There are many of us who have been called to do what we've never seen before. We have God's word alone....and guess what? That's all you need!!!   In order to fully embrace who God intended us to be, we must come out of hiding behind our baggage, fears and excuses and hide in the...

Whether you are building trust in a relationship, find it hard to trust others, or constantly depend on yourself, this episode is for you! God wants us to come to a place where we trust Him first above any and everything. It's a walk sis, not a sprint. We will get there as we continue to choose Him daily to be our Hiding place!

To hide is to put or keep out of sight; to conceal from the view or notice of others. In Genesis, we see Adam and Eve tried to hide their nakedness from God because they were afraid. We can hide our true feelings, our vulnerability and our deep struggles from others because we are afraid. We're afraid of being punished or hurt for who we are and how we feel. In this episode, let's refresh the soul...

This month we're peeling back Psalms 32:7 to allow God to refresh our souls where we hide from Him and not in Him! We all want to feel safe, secure, and protected. But once that place of peace has been disturbed we can hide behind anger, relationships, defensiveness, silence and so on. Sis, I wouldn't be able to talk about this if I too did not wrestle with fears and trust issues. So this is a saf...

Don't get so caught up in the process that you lose sight of the promise! Check out this week's episode 🎙"Focus on the Promise!" I would love to hear your feedback or testimonies! Email me at restthesoul5@gmail.com ******************** Need More Refreshing? Follow me on my socials for your Weekly Meditation Scripture, Weekly Music for Your Soul, Weekly Free Resource and a Weekly Refreshing Message...

Are you stressed, heavy or weary? It's not always what we are carrying but it's who or what we are yoked to. That's why Jesus not only tells us to come to Him when we are weary or heavy, but He commands our souls to take on His yoke and to learn from Him.   In today's episode we discuss what we are yoked to that could be causing heaviness and how we can began to find rest for our souls by being yo...

There has been this one area in my life where I have not been hearing clearly from God. I shared my concern with my husband and immediately he said, "I believe you are blocking hearing what God has to say."As much as I did not want to believe it, I was desperate to find out why I wasn't hearing Holy Spirit. God revealed to me my unbelief in what He could do through me was keeping me from hearing....

Have you ever felt not wanted? Or felt you didn't belong or fit in? Some of us have allowed this lie to settle in our souls and it has now become apart of our identity. It's the way we see ourselves and how we believe others see us..."not wanted." Well today it's time to REFRESH that place in your soul!! In today's episode we discuss;   ** Where the lie of not being wanted came from ** Ways the "n...