Brian Simmons and Gretchen Rodriguez write in a unique way, like in the voice of God, on how God doesn't want us to fear the future. His gift to us is to trust the future He has for our lives.

"The modern rush to reach the next big door-buster has stolen our ability to relax through Thanksgiving dinner. There’s no deal greater than Jesus’ birth, and we don’t have to wait in line for it," says Meg Bucher.

This Friday Post comes from devotional writer Sarah Young, where she reminds us that our focus this holiday season and every holiday season should be on Jesus and his sacrifice to come as a baby to bring relationship between God and man.

"I’ve really been aware the past two weeks of how much salt and light matter to those around us," says SEELE editor Ally. "It often may feel and seem that those around us aren’t seeing our faith or getting enough of Jesus. But, they are, even though we may not realize it.

SEELE editor, Ally poses the question: “why Settle For A Good Man When You Can Have A Godly Man?” In this day and age when the world is becoming more challenging, we need men who are also half bearers of the image of God to know their identity in their Creator God, to be surrendered to God, to know what it means to walk with Holy Spirit, to be filled with Holy Spirit, and to rely our Triumphant God as he leads his household.

For today's Friday Post, SEELE’s Editor Ally, shares when you know God and are walking with Him, Son and Holy Spirit you will know your identity and value in HIM. And because of that, you will position your life to be lived from a place of victory, only accepting the whole loaf, not crumbs because crumbs aren’t fulfilling- they don’t satisfy.

For today's Friday Post, SEELE’s Editor Ally, shares a challenging question: "Are you living from a place of purpose?" The most fulfilling life is when we choose to live from the purpose that God has called us to live and Ally points out how important this question was for Jesus and how important it us from us.

This devotional is taken straight from Sarah Young’s ‘Jesus Calling’ on when you feel defenseless. Going to God directly should be our first line of defense and our answer when we feel weary.

For today's Friday Post, SEELE Editor, Ally shares in a new series that as we’re all getting back into the swing of things in this age of Covid, and as we start up again, we may be faced with questions of trying to discern the voice of God. In this new decade, the roaring 20s, what a roar it will be with seeing many signs and wonders from God. But, with moves of God in this year there will also be moves of the devil. In order to make it through 2020, we have to resolve to go deeper with God, to be in a deeper relationship with Him to overcome what the decade may throw at us.

We’re all getting back into the swing of things in this age of Covid, and as we start up again, we may be faced with questions of trying to discern the voice of God. Some of us have been asking God for months or years, “what should I do in this situation?” Some of us have been trying to discern the voice and will of God in a matter for so long that we’re exasperated wondering, “where is He?” In these moment, we must exercise wisdom to discern His will.

For today's Friday Post, SEELE Editor, Ally shares in a new series that as the world is getting back into the swing of things in this age of Covid, we must remember that it is God Who we will need in all seasons to get through all types of situations. It is God who we need to resolve to keep our eyes on.

For today's Friday Post, SEELE Editor, Ally shares that even though we live in an unjust and unfair world, there are ways to fight for justice. There's always something we can do.

For today's Friday Post, SEELE Editor, Ally shares that when you're overlooked, underestimated and rejected, seek God and find another way.

"2020 has been a hard year for us all from the Coronavirus that’s still running rampant, to hurricanes, the racial unrest in the United States, to the recent Beirut explosion, and to the killings happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we’re all having our limit of what we can tolerate," writes the Editor of Seele. "But, in all these things God is faithful and He is on the throne, working in all this year’s pain," she writes.

Today’s Friday Post is written by elementary music teacher Cassandra Portee, who shares that God doesn't look at the outer appearance of things, but rather, He looks at the heart.

Today’s Friday Post is written by elementary music teacher Cassandra Portee, who unpacks the hymn Worthy Of Worship. If you missed it, catch her recent unpacking of the hymn ‘It Is Well With My Soul’.

Summer is an opportunity to get prepared for what's to come, to dive in and partner with God on what He wants to do in the colder months. Have you made time this summer to get alone with God and prepare for what He wants you to do in autumn and winter?

Knowing when to part ways, as peacefully as possible, when you're being undervalued and mistreated.

God gives us a clear standard of what a friend looks like in the Bible. Looking at Psalm 1: 1 we see that standard or rather measurement of what friends should look like in today's Friday Post.

In today's Friday Post, SEELE editor Ally, poses the idea of packing for a trip and paralleling it with having the necessary spiritual packing materials for eternal life.

Concluding with the series: “Black Lives In The Bible,” SEELE Editor, Ally points out another intriguing Black woman in the Bible, who’s blood is still running through the veins of Black Jews in Israel today: The Queen of Sheba. We encourage you to sit down to Netflix this weekend and watch the film: The Red Sea Diving Resort, as it shows through suspenseful and action-packed scenes how the state of Israel in the 80s, over a period of several years went into Sudan on secret military missions, called Operation Solomon, to bring its Black Jews, the children of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba back to their homeland- Israel. Today’s Friday Post will help you understand how thousands of Black Jews are residing in Israel today, though they face systemic racism and murder at the hands of Israelis.

Continuing with the series: “Black Lives In The Bible,” I had planned to highlight the life of Asenath, the wife of Joseph in the Old Testament. But, the situation going on in the U.S. has me wanting to write a letter to Black people instead. “There are far deeper issues Black Americans need to face than solely the police and White subjugation,” says SEELE Editor, Ally.

Continuing with the series: “Black Lives In The Bible,” we see Zipporah, a Black woman and the wife of Moses. We see through her brother-in-law and sister-in-law (Moses’ siblings), that through a situation they were racist towards her. And we see because of this situation God hates racism, as well as having His decisions challenged by man’s opinion. Racism is not a skin color issue, it’s a heart issue. In looking at the account of Moses’ siblings’ racism towards his wife, we see that the Hebrews were held back from moving forward, until Moses’ sister’s bad heart was sanctified and transformed. Racism doesn’t just hold back the racist, it holds back the subjugated as well.

To kick off this series: “Black Lives In The Bible,” Seele Editor, Ally unpacks Simon of Cyrene, who helped Jesus carry His cross up the Via Del Rosa, and he had a personal encounter with Jesus, as He served the Savior in His final hour, an encounter that you and I are invited to have with Him as well. We see one key factor, symbolism really that as Simon carried the cross and followed Jesus, Jesus was modeling discipleship. Jesus was still leading as He walked into death. Blacks and minorities who carry their individual crosses of racism are to follow Jesus, as He leads us into a victorious life. All people in the crosses that they bear are to follow Jesus, as He leads all into a victorious life.