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I Choose Today to Be Faithful One Step at a Time Remnant Series – Part 2

Molinda Hern May 10, 2025

Faithfulness. It’s not flashy. It doesn’t always get recognition. But it’s the heartbeat of a remnant life. I used to think that to make a difference in this world, I needed to do something big—start a movement, lead the charge, fix everything. But what I’m learning, step by step, is that faithfulness rarely looks like a spotlight. More often, it looks like quiet obedience in the small things. It looks like saying yes to Jesus on an ordinary Tuesday. It looks like choosing mercy instead of retaliation. It looks like staying rooted in the Word when distractions pull hard. It looks like following Rabboni—my Teacher—as I’m still learning. Because the truth is, before I can go out and make disciples, I have to be one. I have to walk with Him. Watch Him. Learn from Him. Fail and try again. Receive grace and give it away. Step by step. That’s why Micah 6:8 is such a lifeline for me: “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” That’s it. No 10-step plan. No public platform required. Just justice. Mercy. Humility. One step at a time, with

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I Choose Today to Trust the Process: Podcast Episode 7

Molinda Hern May 8, 2025

https://media.blubrry.com/3562980/content.blubrry.com/3562980/I_Choose_Today_to_Trust_the_Process_Clean.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:39 — 14.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWe’ve all been there—stuck in a season of waiting, wondering if God hears us. The tension of the unknown can feel heavy. Waiting tests our faith. It stirs doubts. It can make us question God’s timing. But what if waiting isn’t wasted? What if it’s the very space where God does His deepest work? Today, I want to talk about what it really looks like to trust the process—not just conceptually, but in the middle of real life. Whether you’re waiting for healing, direction, provision, or peace, there are four postures that have helped me stay grounded in the wait.   1. Position Yourself with Expectancy   Habakkuk said, “I will climb to my watchtower and wait to see what the Lord says” (Habakkuk 2:1). He intentionally pulled away from the noise and made space to listen. That’s what positioning ourselves looks like—it’s setting our hearts in expectancy, even when everything feels silent. Just like Zacchaeus climbing a tree to see Jesus, sometimes faith means doing the small, intentional thing to prepare for a big encounter. “Just as a seed takes time to break

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Even in the Silence, He Is There (As featured on (in)courage)

Molinda Hern May 3, 2025

The world didn’t stop. It kept turning, kept moving forward, as though nothing had changed. But for me, everything had. I remember stepping outside that tragic morning, my heart shattered beyond words. My neighbor stood in his yard, watering his flowers, exclaiming about what a beautiful June day it was. I could barely comprehend his words. How could anything be beautiful in this moment? My voice came out flat, almost detached from the reality crashing around me:“Well, my son just died, so I don’t know how beautiful a day it is.” Grief has a way of making everything around you feel distant, like you’re watching life from behind a thick pane of glass. You see it, but you’re not part of it. You exist in a different space—one that is heavy with sorrow and filled with deafening silence. Had God forgotten me? I had always believed in His presence, but grief has a way of testing even the deepest faith. If God was with me, why did I feel so alone? Why did my prayers seem to go unanswered? And how was I even supposed to pray in this kind of pain? What does one say to the Almighty when

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I Choose Today to Drop the Labels Episode 6 – The I Choose Today Series

Molinda Hern May 1, 2025

https://media.blubrry.com/3562980/content.blubrry.com/3562980/I_Choose_Today_to_Drop_the_Label_Clean.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:01 — 10.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSHave you ever carried a label that someone else gave you? One that stuck to your heart and became part of how you saw yourself? Maybe it was a word spoken in anger, or a judgment passed down that made its way into your identity. Sometimes, the labels aren’t even names people call us—they’re words we use to summarize our own pain. “Lazy.” “Too emotional.” “Not enough.” I’ve carried some of those labels, too. And for a long time, one of the most painful was the word “stupid.” That label was spoken over me when I was young, and it shaped how I walked into school, how I viewed challenges, and how I saw myself in the world. I was placed in a “remedial” group because I didn’t learn the way others did, and the system didn’t know what to do with that. Instead of getting the help I needed, I was just passed along—and the label followed me from grade to grade. By the time I reached high school, I wasn’t reading above a fifth-grade level. I didn’t understand grammar or composition. And

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I Choose Today to Trust the Power of the In-Between The Ordinary Series – Part 6

Molinda Hern April 22, 2025

As believers, when it comes to Easter, we focus on Good Friday, when Jesus died for the sins of the world, and Easter Sunday, when He rose from the grave to defeat death once and for all. Both of these days deserve every ounce of our awe and celebration. They are the visible markers of love and victory—the cross where the price was paid and the empty tomb where death was disarmed. But what about the day in-between? What about Saturday? That ordinary, quiet, grief-stricken day between the heartbreak and the miracle. The day when heaven seemed silent and hope felt buried. The day most of us skip over… but shouldn’t. Because even though it looked like nothing was happening, everything was already in motion. Scripture gives us a glimpse behind the veil: “He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, He went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits…” —1 Peter 3:18–19 Jesus didn’t wait for Sunday to start moving. He didn’t rest in death. He descended into the very den of death itself—and declared victory. To the author of death. To the powers of darkness. To the realm

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