<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bible blog page]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploring Faith Through Words and Community]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:37:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Accountability in Prayer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just know one thing: when you pray, God is going to answer your prayer. What does that mean for you and me? It means we need to be watchful. Pay attention to patterns, the dynamics of situations, and the changes happening around you so you can recognize how God is moving. His answer to your prayers may not look like the exact answer you are expecting—at least not yet. He has to work. And in His working, you are often given a faith seed first to build your faith. That seed is not the full...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/accountability-in-prayer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a089e46b5a26725fc91447a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 16:58:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134fa5_08555eae3e3e42058b9b41677fb4d715~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[His Faithfulness Endures with Me Forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[There once was a day these tiny feet were only a desire. As a little girl, I longed to have a brother to be alongside me, to protect me, and be my best friend. Now I know this may sound a little cheesy, but growing up, my dad wasn’t in my life every day. I had stepsisters and a half-sister, but they just didn’t create balance for me, as I was a girl also. I needed someone who I could reason with, even unjustly. Someone like a brother, who would be required to love me, but who was not a thing...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/he-is-faithful-to-fulfill</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699f14ca91604ab56c34e4ea</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4bececb702b14a15953b5099c3434a32~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleanse the Lepers]]></title><description><![CDATA[These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers , cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give." The title is this: " Cleanse the Lepers." Because this is not just a phrase tucked into a list. This is part of the Great Commission...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/cleanse-the-lepers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699778b27b02767d86659b24</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_53b42a4262c4412684bc5079c5efda73~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burying Treasure]]></title><description><![CDATA["Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.’” --Matthew 24:25 What does this mean? This statement is made by the servant , not the master himself . The servant is explaining why he did nothing  with the talent (money) he was given — he buried it instead of investing it. He describes his master as someone who: "Harvests where he has not sown"  —...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/burying-treasure</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6995db87bd1e38a23b7efa96</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:33:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4e19c4464e614ae890dbe3a6ac4a26fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faithful with a Few]]></title><description><![CDATA["His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'".  -- Matthew 25:21, 23  There are seven primary stewardships repeatedly identified in Scripture. These are the “few things.” Everything else expands from these. FAITHFULNESS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD (ABIDING) This is first and foundational. Jesus said: “Remain in Me, and I will remain in you… apart from Me...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/faithful-with-a-few</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6993d547d7d63c8ec61d6453</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:50:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fb820cb12bfc4a0c8dfc1d2d5b91890b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storing Treasures in Heaven]]></title><description><![CDATA["Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also".  --Matthew 6:19-21 Scripture is very clear that while earthly structures, possessions, and accomplishments may pass away, there are specific things formed within a person that are eternal. These are what Scripture calls treasure in heaven, inner formation, and...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/storing-treasures-in-heaven</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6993d0d4159d7fac9642ad28</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:39:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_e8523343686c49bf9db8325c44c0d49c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever He Governs, He multiplies]]></title><description><![CDATA[God doesn’t just ask for offerings—He asks for stewardship of life itself . Below is a full biblical map of what God calls us to give, yield, steward, or offer —not as loss, but as alignment . 1️⃣ Our Heart (the center of will, desire, loyalty) What it includes:  motives, affections, devotion, trust  Proverbs 23:26  — “My son, give me your heart…”  Matthew 22:37  — Love God with all  your heart ➡️ God doesn’t start with behavior—He starts with who or what has your heart . 2️⃣ Our Mind /...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/giving-my-all-what-does-that-entail</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6993ad63d7d63c8ec61d026c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:01:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66154d350a0b433da16d97d4ec3da8fb.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus Didn’t Come to Show Us How to Walk — He Came to Remind Us Where We Came From]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jesus wasn’t sent to Earth to give us a new religion. He wasn’t here to just be a moral example of righteousness. He is  righteousness—but that’s not all He came to reveal. He came to awaken our remembrance. Jesus came to remind us that we came from the Father, just as He did. Not figuratively, but literally . Born of Spirit, carried through the womb, sent with assignment. That’s not just His story. That’s ours. His birth was not a prototype of perfection—it was a signpost pointing back to...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/jesus-didn-t-come-to-show-us-how-to-walk-he-came-to-remind-us-where-we-came-from</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6978f15013a746db9d7b0849</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:18:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134fa5_6c29230aa84a429ead9ac24da9d47ce4~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_800,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Are the Awakening]]></title><description><![CDATA[You are powerful. Not because someone said so—but because you were born that way. The moment your soul entered the womb, the heavens knew: a light bearer was coming. You were not made to fit into the systems of man. You were made to shift atmospheres, to rewrite bloodlines, and to go where others refuse to go—because you are not just living a life… you were sent on a mission. Some are placed here to follow the path.But you… you were born to build it. You have lived your whole life knowing...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/you-are-the-awakening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6978eee4c81bade1ddc129c8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:05:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_496e3458564b6859616949~mv2_d_5920_3784_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Kind of Firstfruits.]]></title><description><![CDATA[James 1:18 — “He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.” When James calls us firstfruits, he is not binding us to the law. He is showing us something deeper, something alive. Firstfruits cannot be boxed into statutes or reduced to commandments written on stone. Firstfruits are living actions—deeds born out of righteousness, not obligation. The law can name what is right and what is wrong, but it cannot do. It cannot move. It...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/a-kind-of-firstfruits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c99bd35a84d94edbe24af0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:35:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df6e3707e56c48149aa966b40fb2cc74.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Him.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matthew 4:1–11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/just-him</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d18ca7f26d17d5daa9a02c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:59:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_2c48e655384f48dc9ac48ab51b300044~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Could've Been Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[“For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” —Mark 14:27 As I sit in heart with the Lord over the...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/it-could-ve-been-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c8b452d424f0454cc11062</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:12:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4562597834566b75703749~mv2_d_4000_6000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept NOTHING Less]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I will accept nothing belonging to you… not even the thong of a sandal.” —Genesis 14:23 After the allied kings saw Abram defeat the king...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/protect-what-belongs-to-him</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bfa1169bbd3d7fc28ae16a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:07:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_cd8aa22a1c5e479e90c421e96020e9ff~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[He sees me.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“You are the God who sees me.” —Genesis 16:13 Hagar, the mistreated, forced-into-pregnancy, Egyptian (not Hebrew) maidservant of Sarai,...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/he-sees-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bf94c651377663b72f8c7f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:35:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_9c5d230a1a2a4e5e9c7e5d1de2ddb1c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Were Made to Love What Was Created Before Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[We Were Made to Love What Was Created Before Us Somewhere along the way, humanity forgot how to simply exist with creation instead of against it. We rush past sunsets. We cut down what once gave shade. We consume more than we cherish. We fight for dominance over things we were actually meant to steward. But when you truly stop and look around, creation itself tells a story. The ocean does not compete with the sky. The flowers do not envy the trees. The birds sing freely without fear of...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/we-were-made-to-love-what-was-created-before-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a14f1c6956853008c645964</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 01:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134fa5_d31fb63115cf459a92d4d673395127d3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine Trying to Change, But “Satan…”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine realizing that your greatest enemy in life may not be what you were taught to fear externally… but the unexamined patterns within yourself. Take a minute and hear me out. For years, many of us have been taught to think of “Satan” only as an external being — a force entirely outside ourselves responsible for destruction, temptation, chaos, and suffering. After all: “He comes to steal, kill, and destroy.” And because of this, many people unconsciously begin living from what psychology...]]></description><link>https://encouraej.wixsite.com/encouraej/post/imagine-trying-to-change-but-satan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1237b0956853008c6371a1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:13:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134fa5_9831999178014ff5a4c94f671e10aded~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rae Beza</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>