Category: Heart Matters

• Why? For Your Good and His Glory

  

  The only thing that promises to work for your good is God.

  Rachel Bland

  November 1, 2018

  Doubt, Faith, Heart Matters

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• God is For You

  

  “Discontentment gives Satan a wedge to start speaking lies into life, the heart, and the mind. And with full disclosure, when I start letting those lies be the thing I hear, I turn into an even bigger mess. It’s. A. Vicious. Cycle.”

  Rachel Bland

  October 16, 2018

  Control, Doubt, Faith, Heart Matters, love, Satisfaction, Worship

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• Following Jesus

  

  A couple of months ago The Go Project contacted me about writing for their blog and asked me one question: What does it mean to follow Jesus? Take a look at their website, and check out what I wrote for them below or click here! What does it mean to follow Jesus? I think this…

  Rachel Bland

  August 9, 2018

  Faith, Heart Matters, Sanctification

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• Enough or Too Much?

  

  I’ve spent the majority of my life trying to be the person everyone else wants me to be. I tried to find my identity in what other’s expected me to be, and that left me feeling empty and not enough. I think back to school achievement; and it didn’t matter how many A’s I had…

  Rachel Bland

  July 15, 2018

  Books, Faith, Heart Matters, Resources, Study Tools

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• A Powerful God in a Crazy Life

  

  Our chains and our gates may be a way for God to demonstrate His great power over our lives, which allows us to see God’s goodness, love, and faithfulness towards us in a much deeper way.

  Rachel Bland

  June 25, 2018

  Control, Faith, Grace, Heart Matters, peace, Power, Sanctification

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• Doesn’t Matter the Cost

  

  I have this really great co-worker–who I’m thankful is now my friend–Carrie. She is my go to person when I’m out shopping. I need her approval for basically every new thing I buy. But even if I’m a little bit nervous about a new outfit combination, she’s the person I text. She’s also hilarious! I’m…

  Rachel Bland

  June 13, 2018

  Faith, Heart Matters, love, Satisfaction

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• Battle Cry

  

  I was stuck–stuck in this pit of self-destruction. When I stopped looking at my pit, and looked up, I saw God.

  Rachel Bland

  March 15, 2018

  Doubt, Faith, heart, Heart Matters, Satisfaction, Study Tools, Teach, Worship

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• This. Is. War.

  

  “in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him, who loved us.” Romans 8:37 I was scared (quite possibly terrified) about what the new year would bring simply because 2017 was a sweet year. Sure there were struggles, but overall, God did some really big things in my life (Ecuador) that I would…

  Rachel Bland

  February 6, 2018

  Doubt, Faith, heart, Heart Matters, Sanctification, Satisfaction

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• Brutally Honest

  

  I don’t want you to ever think my life is perfect. I especially don’t want you to be deceived by my posts on social media that I have everything figured out. If we are being completely real, brutally honest, I do not live a perfect life and I definitely do not have everything figured out.…

  Rachel Bland

  January 16, 2018

  Control, Discipleship, Doubt, Faith, heart, Heart Matters, Power, Sanctification, Study Tools

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• Walk in Love

  

  I can still hear my principal from Castle High School saying, “If you are wearing a Castle shirt of any kind, you are a representation of a Castle Knight wherever you are. Be a good representative of us.” Who or what do you represent? My answers consist of my school, my church, my family, my…

  Rachel Bland

  January 9, 2018

  Faith, Heart Matters, love, Sanctification, Teach

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