Tending Your Soul

In the midst of a dark culture, remaining steadfast to the message of the gospel is difficult. Join me in the garden as we lean into 1 Thessalonians and consider Paul's letter to these people who are loved and chosen. Let's see what God might teach us in these life-giving words. Free guide to cultivating intimacy with God: marieldavenport.com/start

Is there someone you have been praying for so much that you have forgotten to give thanks for God’s action in their life? Is there someone you have felt competition towards rather than remembering their work and faith before God? Join me in the garden as we lean into 1 Thessalonians and the example of prayer Paul offers there. God will tend our souls by His Word as a gardener tends a garden as we slow down and lean in. Get your free guide to the TEND method at marieldavenport.com/start

What incredible hope Paul imparts to the Ephesians, who are living in a corrupt, spiritually dark culture. They are surrounded by pleasures and comforts vying for their attention. Perversions ran rampant and believers were being persecuted and hated. We can relate! We need the same hope that he offers them. Join me in the Garden of the Word as the Gardener of our soul tends to us with His true hope. Download your free guide to Scripture memory, the TEND method and tips for an effective quiet time at marieldavenport.com/start

How can we walk by faith with Jesus as Lord over us? Faith is believing that what God says is true, regardless of what we see. Join Mariel in tending your soul in the book of Ephesians and learn from the example of the ancient Ephesian church. Get your free download at marieldavenport.com/start Follow along tending through Ephesians with your own downloadable reading plan and tending journal: EPHESIANS JOURNAL Continue tending through any book of the Bible with your own Tending Through The Word Journal: TENDING THROUGH THE WORD JOURNAL

We have obtained an inheritance having been predestined to the purpose of God's will. Join Mariel in the Garden and turn it all over to Him who is already in control as you walk through Ephesians 1. Free guide with tips for memorization and tools to cultivate an effective quiet time: marieldavenport.com/start ⁠Tend your soul through the book of Ephesians: ⁠TENDING THROUGH EPHESIANS JOURNAL⁠ Keep tending your soul through any book of the Bible with the ⁠TENDING THROUGH THE WORD JOURNAL

In a chaotic, noisy world we need the continual reminder of the gospel, not just to share with others but for our own hearts. Join Mariel in Ephesians as we consider the gift of the gospel in a fresh way. Download your free TEND guide at marieldavenport.com/start ⁠Tend your soul through the book of Ephesians: ⁠TENDING THROUGH EPHESIANS JOURNAL⁠ Keep tending your soul through any book of the Bible with the ⁠TENDING THROUGH THE WORD JOURNAL

When someone we love speaks, we incline to listen. God is speaking and has been speaking His Word since Creation. How can you and I lean in to listen? Join me in the garden as we consider this today. Get your guide to cultivate intimacy with God>> marieldavenport.com/start

As a new routine kicks off this autumn, join me as we invite God to tend to our souls even in the new beginnings. HE was there in the beginning and He remains even still. Let's lean into that in the garden. Get your free guide>> marieldavenport.com/start

How do you know where you're headed if you don't have a plan? This is true for most things in life, including Bible study! In this episode we explore a couple method for spending time in the Word of God. Join me and let's ask God to show us what might work best as we prepare the soil of our hearts to bear fruit from His Word. Be sure to get your free booklet on cultivating intimacy with Jesus at marieldavenport.com

What does the posture of our body and the posture of our soul have to do with our time with Jesus? Join me in the garden today as we consider this question together before God. Get your free booklet, Tools for Tending Your Soul at marieldavenport.com

What do you need in order to have an effective quiet time? Do we need the commentaries, colored pens and podcasts? Or is it really possible to meet with the Lord with just His Word and His Holy Spirit? Join me in the garden as we explore what props work best for us in this time with Jesus. Prayer calendar: marieldavenport.com/prayer Tending Together Community: marieldavenport.com

Jesus was busy yet He sought time away from distractions to spend with the Father. How can you and I follow His example so that we might tether our hearts to Him in the midst of this tangled world? Join me as we explore this idea together. Gather with others who can encourage and cheer you on towards time with Jesus in our community! Find out more HERE at Tending Together.

We can persevere in the hard things, the new rhythms and the unknowns when we know the WHY. Why do you want to meet with God? Why do you need to cultivate your soul by the Word? Join me as we consider what Scripture says and identify our purpose for spending time in the Word of God. Join the community, Tending Together! Find out more at marieldavenport.com/community

As we wrap up tending our soul through James 1, let's let God examine our actions along with our words and our thoughts. Step into the garden with me, as let's invite the Gardener to transform us with the gospel and teach us to live that out in what we say and do.  Keep tending through James with the Tending through James downloadable journal CLICK HERE. Join our community as we tend our soul together by the Word of God in Tending Together. CLICK FOR DETAILS.

What is real freedom? Is it doing whatever we want, running towards wherever our heart leads? God's word refers to itself as the perfect law of liberty. Join me as we seek to find true freedom within the boundaries of safety and joy in James 1:25.  Looking to join a community of God chasers who are tending their soul by the Word? Tending Together is my online community that might just be what you're looking for! CLICK HERE for details.