Bold Truths / Raw Faith By Restored Ministries

I am stepping back but leaving almost 7 years of content here for you to be encouraged. Come connect on Facebook Instagram Twitter/X Wordpress and You Tube. We are Restored People Community - formerly Restored Ministries. My main profile is Michelle Cosby Bollom - you can connect with me there too. All my books are available on Amazon & Barnes N Noble. Stay Blessed and Always Be Encouraged ❤️XXOO

When you can fully step into trust you will enter into peaceful rest and no more stress ❤️ The wise council God gives when I’m awake is confirmed by my sleeping heart. Day and night I’ll stick with God; I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go. — Psalm 16:7-8 MSG A person steeped in the ways of God will usually be able to discern the ways of God. A heart that desires His plan more than its own, is likely to give good advice, even in the darkness of the night. Sometimes we think the council of God is out of reach so we often strive for lesser recommendations. Perhaps we have such a hard time discerning between our own agenda, and God‘s, we do not trust those impulses. Are they from God? Or are they from self? We often do not know. Thankfully, God does not leave us there. Be encouraged; He is our counselor, and He will direct us. And when the dividing line between His will and your heart begins to blur, consider that the two might be falling in line with one another. If you have l

Don’t Stress About Your Steps Do you feel that your dreams are off track and somehow you must have missed God for your own self-righteous imaginations? Joseph wasn’t off track - but he must of felt like he was with all the problems he was going through after sharing his God dream with others. The plans of his brothers for harm fit with the plans of God for good. God saw the whole tragedy ahead of time and had woven His plan into it. Or…. Had God seen the plan and woven the tragedy into it? We are not sure exactly how God’s sovereignty operates in the self-will of humanity, but we know that it does. Even when life throws the unexpected at us, it is never unexpected for God. We are never as off track as we think we are. God orders our steps, even when we aren’t sure of them. Seek God and His will and be determined to pursue it, but don’t stress about your steps. God always puts them in order. Within your heart you can make plans for your future, but the Lord chooses the steps you take to get

You can be confused, but still remain confident in the Lord You can be bewildered, but still believing in the goodness of God. You can be worn out but still be trusting and waiting on God to move …. Job felt the same way I bet - he was all those things yet he was just as sure of his own integrity as he was of God’s goodness. Job refused to be intimidated into a false confession by the accusations of his friends. Thinking of those “almost”polar opposites - I thought of my own life and how sometimes

How To Stay On Track Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He is the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health. — Proverbs 3:5-8 The Message

Let all things be done decently and in order. — 1 Corinthians 14:40 Do all things in a beautiful and orderly way!! (TPT) Merry Christmas & Happy New Year - we will check ya back in January for our monthly #Podcast - #ThePursuitOfAPromise XXOO -

Peace can actually be painful for some people. Some are always looking at life as one mess mounting after another. They are Hyper - Focusing on the next shoe to drop. Unlearning this way of life can be hard. For some that is how you dealt and how you were raised or witnessed life. You learned to always deal in chaos. Evil foreboding can quickly overtake and occupy your thoughts. You were the one that could get busted in the lip and keep on whistling. When the wheels are coming off the bus you knew how to change a tire quick or walk. If it’s not drama filled - you don’t know how to deal with it. That way of coping protected you for a time but it also actually fuels pride … never Peace. This is many people …. This was me for way too many years. It’s exhausting! I crave I protect I guard at all costs Peace now. What I found is Peace is a Person. It’s not found in the perfect circumstances relationship’s or things of the World. He never told us to fight battles … He told us to stand

Let’s lead with our ears today and not with our mouths. Be more intentional with the words you speak today. Weigh your words and measure the pace. When you’re slow to speak, anger rarely gets to take the reins because this pace diffuses its haste. — Thoughts from Breathe Daily Devotional by Charlotte Gambill Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. — James 1:9 Click the Bell

"Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you." —Ephesians 6:10 TPT XXOO

Proverbs 29:25 is a warning, it tells us “the fear of man brings a snare”.. Being overly concerned about what people think of us, and fearing their possible rejection of us is actually a dangerous trap of the enemy that he uses to try and control us. It will either muzzle or silence us from speaking the truth, when necessary, or provoke us to say what people want to hear instead of the word of the Lord that they need to hear. — Rick Renner Click the Bell

How you look at a problem will determine how quickly you get out of it. No temptation has come upon you except what is common to mankind. For God, Who is faithful, will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able to bear; but with the temptation, He will make a way of escape, so that you may be able to bear it. — 1 Corinthians 10:13 AFV XXOO Michelle

These things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day! Habakkuk 2:3 (LB) Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. ~ XXOO Michelle

Here’s a story about a recent off the cuff comment that was less than genuine — and it had me sharing some important promises for living the life you want. Come connect with us @restoredpeoplecommunity ❤️

Rejection - it doesn’t feel good. But what if it’s really God’s protection for you? Sometimes we must trust the Divine Departures and Gifts Of Goodbye. Not everyone can go where God is taking us. Seasons change and friends can come and go. But only One remains! Trust God with the sifting of the wheat from the chaff. He knows what and who you need to do His will. Some friendships don’t last for long, but there is one loving friend who is joined to your heart closer than any other! Proverbs 18:24 TPT ~ XXOO Michelle Cosby Bollom

Lord, I have chosen you alone as my inheritance. You are my prize, my pleasure, and my portion. I leave my destiny and its timing in your hands. Your pleasant path leads me to pleasant places. I’m overwhelmed by the privileges that come with following you, for you have given me the best! The way you counsel and correct me makes me praise you more, for your whispers in the night give me wisdom, showing me what to do next. Because you are close to me and always available, my confidence will never be shaken, for I experience your wrap-around presence every moment. My heart and soul explode with joy—full of glory! Even my body will rest confident and secure. For you will not abandon me to the realm of death, nor will you allow your Holy One to experience corruption. For you bring me a continual revelation of resurrection life, the path to the bliss that brings me face-to-face with you. — Psalm 16:5-11 TPT In Your presence is Total Celebration. - Psalm 16:11 CEB. Happy Holy W

When things seem soft and shaky and short lived - there is only one thing that stands firm & forever …True, the grass withers and the wildflowers fade, but our God’s Word stands firm and forever. —Isaiah 40:8 MSG

LORD, you created so many things! With your wisdom you made them all. The earth is full of the living things you made. — Psalm 104:24 ERV Message translation states “Overflow” in place of the word full. God is full of endless possibilities - maybe it’s time you start believing for something greater… His hand is never shortened! Get ready for an “overflow” especially when the world is screaming at us with much fear of lack. XXOO Michelle Cosby Bollom #RestoredPeopleCommunity

Shout "Hallelujah!" because God's so good, sing anthems to His beautiful name. — Psalm 135:3 MSG Instead of shouting a Oh’Hell Naw … Let’s learn to instead raise a Halle-Lu-Yeah! Your weapon is a melody. I raise a Hallelujah!!!! With everything inside of me I will watch the darkness flee In the middle of the mystery Fear you lost your hold on me! Louder and Louder! I raise a Hallelujah! I go to sleep In the middle of the storm. I raise a Hallelujah! Let’s hear our praises ROAR! Up from the ashes Hope will arise Death is defeated The King is alive! Sing a little louder… In the presence of my enemies Sing a little louder… Louder than the unbelief Sing a little louder… My weapon is a melody Sing a little louder… Heaven comes to fight for me Louder and Louder! Let’s hear our praises ROAR! Up from the ashes Hope will arise Death is defeated The King is alive! #RaiseAHallelujah Turn up the volume and place it on repeat today if you need to. ❤️

What a promise that tells us that God will deal with those causing us trouble. It is right and just for God to trouble your troublers. — 2 Thessalonians 1:6 TPT God will do what is right. He will punish those who are causing you trouble. — 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ERV

Don't allow the world's viewpoints or religious doctrines to determine or diminish who God is for you. Grab a hold of this Promise! #ThePursuitOfAPromise #RestoredPeopleCommunity Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—Ephesians 3:20 AMP