Posted on May 31, 2025
by Faith Hayes
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It’s was March 2020 and UPS Bob changed our whole week with five minutes…
Category: Courage, Depression, Family, Friendship, kindness, Missions, Relationships, The Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Bible, Bob, christianity, community, connection, Courage, faith, Friendship, harmonica, heart, jesus, kindness, loneliness, neediness, Relationships, singing, The Gospel, UPS, women
Posted on May 20, 2025
by Faith Hayes
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“I spent the first 18 years of my life in church but I had to come to jail to have someone show me how to live it.”
Category: Bible, Missions, Prison, The Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Bible, christianity, compassion, Ellie Holcomb, faith, jesus, lost, ministry, pain, prison-ministry, The Gospel, wandering, women
Posted on March 7, 2025
by Faith Hayes
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Your marriage may be the single, most important ministry you have to a dying world…
Category: Marriage, Missions, Suffering, Testimony, The Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Bible, christianity, faith, faithful, god, husband, jesus, Marriage, married, ministry, preaching, The Gospel, wife, women
Posted on March 1, 2025
by Faith Hayes
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Your. Story. Matters.
Category: Courage, Life Purpose, Missions, The Gospel, UncategorizedTags: Bible, christianity, church-girls, compassion, faith, god, jesus, ministry, preaching, prison-ministry, teachers, The Gospel, women
Posted on March 23, 2024
by Faith Hayes
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The second we think we are “safe” because we are in church, raised in the church and doing God’s work, we are dangerously UNsafe. I’ll be honest: I’ve met a lot of church girls in prison. Pastors’ daughters. Christian counselors. Youth group leaders. Homeschooled kids. Church secretaries.
Category: Bible, Courage, Depression, Life Purpose, Missions, Prison, Studying Scripture, Testimony, The GospelTags: Bible, christianity, church, church-girls, church-pews, dr-tim-keller, faith, faithful, god, heart, jesus, ministry, neediness, preaching, prison-ministry, sunday school, teachers, The Gospel, the-prodigal, theology, women
Posted on March 9, 2021
by Faith Hayes
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Don’t be threatened by someone else’s talents, gifts, or abilities. There is a downfall that often plagues people in leadership: other people’s successes. I’ve met plenty of people who are threatened by another person’s success in their same field of work. Pastors can be… Continue Reading “It’s Not a Contest”
Posted on July 6, 2019
by Faith Hayes
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“Can you pray for me?” The question caught me off guard. We were in the hallway of the education building where young inmates were coming in for their afternoon classes. YOs are generally not very friendly. Especially with someone they don’t know. The trust… Continue Reading “The Power of ONE”
Posted on July 4, 2019
by Faith Hayes
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Hey friends, Wanted you to know that my website has been updated with some free resources on studying the Bible…Three video series that encourage studying the Word and living for Jesus. The Brave and Courageous Living series is three stories of women from different ages and stages of… Continue Reading “FREE Bible Studies!”
Posted on June 7, 2019
by Faith Hayes
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Do you even take ex-felons?” I was sitting cross-legged on the floor and the question came from a teenage girl on a chair in front of me. She was just a kid. Still had a baby-face and a childish look about her. Her voice… Continue Reading “Do you take ex-felons?”
Posted on April 23, 2019
by Faith Hayes
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What if the broken places of your story are being woven in a way that will bring someone else to Jesus and the place that real healing can be found?