The Quiet Place

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Hebrews 12:2 I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed tonight. I am currently searching for new jobs and pondering the future, dreaming of good things and hoping for the least amount of disappointments. There is a lot of life happening right now and I find myself once again needing to fall into the arms of my savior. I can't do this, I need God's help and guidance. Tonight I turn to these verses as my reminders that God is my helper and he is always with me.  Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain the the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:4 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners...

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have Patrice  sharing about what it means to embrace singleness. We hope you are encouraged by her words as much as we were.  The Initial Shock: I remember standing there in awe of what just took place; there was no way I could get through this. It was my decision to pick up that phone and honestly I had no idea that it would be this hard. I listened as he begged for me to rethink my decision but something magical happens when a woman has made up her mind. I knew I deserved better and I ultimately knew that I wasn’t ready to spend the rest of my life with this man. Forgiveness is the Key: I wish I could tell you that my broken heart healed quickly but that would be a lie, it literally took me about two years to really forgive myself and to forgive him. After ending my relationship I realized that the person I had become was vindictive, unhappy, depressed and okay with settling for less. I didn’t care about my dreams ...

There have been so many thoughts in my mind lately it's crazy. I keep churning inside my brain trying to pick and choose what it is I have to write for you. Tonight I come back to this drafted post about God's greatest commandment. In the book of Matthew, Jesus states the greatest commandment... Matthew 22:36-40 New International Version (NIV) 36  “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37  Jesus replied:  “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’   38  This is the first and greatest commandment.   39  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’   40  All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Out of everything God outlined for us he chose this as the most important. What do you think was his reasoning behind this? I would argue that it was solidarity. Meaning that loving God is the most important because if we love G...

Today on the blog I want to take some time to share with you my thoughts on reading "21 Myths (Even Good) Girls Believe About Sex: Pursuing love with passion + purity" by Jennifer Strickland. But first, here is a little about the book and it's author... About 21 Myths and Jennifer Strickland For 15 years, Jennifer Strickland lived in the world of the elite, modeling throughout Europe and the United States. Glamour, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen. She walked the runway for Georgio Armani and even appeared as Barbie for the 35th anniversary of the doll in Europe. But at the height of her career, her heart hit rock bottom, and she found a relationship with God, leaving behind a business that degraded women’s worth. Today she shares around the country about the pain women experience when their life is based on outward appearance, and points them towards a relationship with God which gives them the power to overcome any life circumstance. In 21 Myths,...

In  December of 2013 I found myself attending an all night prayer meeting to support a friend. I thought I was just going to go, support my friend and see the guy I liked at the time. It turns out God had MUCH bigger plans for my heart that night. We arrived the all night prayer meeting around 11pm and entered a very beautifully filled sanctuary. I had the opportunity to pray for others and witness the healing power of Jesus. Little did I know that a few hours into that meeting the Lord would move my heart to full surrender. You see sisters I had been struggling for years with sin and bondage. I was so stuck I didn't even know it was possible not to be stuck. But that night I lifted my shortcomings to the Lord and asked him for freedom and forgiveness. The Lord was faithful to that prayer and set me free. For the first time I experienced the depth of Gods love and grace. He healed me from the mess I was in and made my life and heart more fruitful. It is a moment I will never forget...

Founders Note: This post is apart of a month long series on singleness that we are doing here on the blog. If you would like to be apart it email britney.thequietplace@gmail.com for more information. This first post is by Kara of Joy because Grace  and she is sharing her heart on  being single and seeking God.  Confession: I've been single my whole life. Yup, you read that right. All of it. 20 years. No first date. No first time holding a guy's hand. Nada. And it's been really hard. I've wondered if maybe something's wrong with me or if I'm not pretty enough or if maybe God just wants me to be single forever. Feelings of unworthiness would flood my heart and my mind, taunting me, causing me to doubt God's love. Most of my single life I've been okay with my lack of relationship. When I was in high school, I didn't really want to date; I was too busy. However, when I graduated and went to my university, I expected that I would start dating ...

Pursuing righteousness is a very real struggle. Sometimes it feels near impossible. We get lost in the busyness and shuffle of life, we get discouraged by our failures, feel frustrated with our own inability to change; especially when we know what choices we should be making. Romans 7:15-17 comes to mind every time I think of this struggle,  "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me." These verses encourage me because they remind me that my failures do not become me. God does not define me by my shortcomings. He knows that I will mess up on a daily basis and still calls me daughter. He loves me for who I am, not what I have done or what I will do. I am his, and that makes me an heir to the kingdom, a beneficiary of his great inheritance.  God's love is unconditional . Dictio...