From a Daughter’s Heart to the Father: a response of love to Love

When it comes to You – Papa, I’m lost for words with all to say.. You are mercy, beauty and majesty personified to me. I haven’t seen another like you, and I know I never will.

In you I experience things that none other can provide. You are peace to my mind. You are rest to my soul. You are assurance to my heart. You are the promise of Jesus in my life.

If there is one word that I could use to describe you, it would be –

Home.

You know me intimately and deeply. I don’t see harshness in you – only mercy, compassion, grace, tender understanding and a knowing that goes beyond words; reaches into eternity..

The most high King is who you are, Papa; yet you sit by my side to give me companionship & friendship like no other. As you connect, I realise time and time and time again that it is YOU who has created me, whose very hands have formed me, whose very breath is in my lungs and whose DNA runs through my veins.

In you, I learn of who I am.

You hold me so close that time and space collapse in your embrace.. I giggle like a little kid in your presence, while at other times you make me tremble with awe, for you are holy..

My childlike awe, wonder & innocence restored in the light of your face – I worship the one who taught me that it’s glory that defines me.

You read between the lines and you answer me, even when my thoughts are still rambling inside my head , and my words are still forming in my mouth.. you interrupt with a grace that remains unparalleled, and a knowing that tells me you find me when I’m lost..

You treat us with a dignity we know we don’t deserve, yet internally desire, for your design of us is – holy.

I can read the Bible and it tells me over and over that you are faithful – I read it, I meditate on it, I decree it, I declare it; but when I look into your eyes, I read the word that has been embedded into my spirit and suddenly, the need to turn pages is over.

For I have found the One that is my genesis and the One in whom my being called culminates…

You’ve been watching over me all my life, whether I realized it or not; but the moments that I do are sacred – etched in gold, eternal gold.

Freedom is my design – that is the essence of what I have been taught of you. You take me back to my roots and you reintroduce me to myself each time I forget.

You remind me that I was made for flip-flops, not heels; shorts, not skirts, cartwheels, not the Cambridge Cross.

You told me I carry fire, I carry revival, I carry Jesus – I carry life!

And I take that life everywhere I go – Matthew 5:16 comes to mind, Papa as I say this, and I pray that you would enflesh that truth till legacy meets Maker – face to face..

You just have to look at me and you win my yes..

In you, I quietly trust. To you , I fully surrender.

Walking with you has revealed that the pain this life hands me over is nothing as compared to the magnitude of your love – Your love is great!

It finds me, it pursues me, it defines me, it grounds me, it anchors me and gives me permission to fly at the same time. Thou art a mystery none can unravel, none can fathom. But just receiving a few glimpses Papa, every now and then, are like glimmers of gold for you alone, are Shekinah glory ✨️

When things made no sense, you assured me that you knew what you were doing and as I simply trusted in you, the journey unraveled and looking back in hindsight, I can see that you wasted nothing.

I don’t need to see the dots connect, when you have translated my pain into purpose.

“Look to me, just look to me,” I still remember you saying. And as I did, you came through.

Every single time.

Knowing you is a journey, a journey of vulnerability that tests and tries my fears, anxieties, insecurities; and yet , I’m willing to gladly pay the price when I have your sight in my sights..

With you around, it’s easy to remain uncompromised. It’s easy to have faith, it’s easy to believe. It’s as effortless as breathing for you are heaven itself to me.

“Keep to my flow,” I’ve heard you speak as you have guided me through the twists and turns that life threw my way. And each time I yielded, I found a little bit more of myself. That’s why I call you,

“Father.”

When you come, You fill the whole room, making it glow with a heavenly radiance that reminds me I’m home..

No pressure, no pretense, no performance.

All you want is all I am. So I give you my heart for you are where my treasure is kept.

Each encounter I have with you is timeless – making history with you has become my favorite thing to do!

The gift of Your presence is life buoyancy – In you, I come alive!

You enable me to laugh out loud and then bring me to a holy hush in a thread of communion that I know will go on forever, for now that you’ve claimed me, I am forever yours – you are my Jaan, my Life.

You are my Papa Jaan.

When I look into your face, I know it’s not by works, but by grace. I realise I don’t deserve it and I couldn’t earn it, yet I never feel unworthy for your presence is Love itself.

I’m responding Papa, I’m learning to.. As I behold your face, that’s exactly who I’m becoming – a response of love to Love.

As a blogger, I often say, “as I wind down to a gentle close,” but with you, I can never say that, for that is untrue.

This relationship is eternal, it is everlasting. It will go on forever and ever and even as I speak to you, and even as I write I say again – I’m lost for words with all to say.. so all I’ll say is –

Thank you!
You are my Papa Jaan.

The backbone of my life,
The pillar of my strength,
The recurring theme of my song,
And the reason I can still move on..

To say the least –
I ❤️ You.

Prayer for my friend:

Jesus,

You are Savior, King, Lord — and a Friend who sticks closer than a brother [Proverbs 18:24].

In your word, you reveal that none can come to the Father apart from you. But we thank you, we are not apart from you. We are a part of you.

You also say Lord, that no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him (Matthew 11:27)

We long to receive the Father’s love, His care, His touch. Only You can bring the supreme gift of the Father’s manifest presence into our lives, and today, we are asking you to..

For Papa’s golden presence is the best gift You have ever given me — and I pray You would lavish that same goodness upon each soul, each heart that is opening before you now.

We love You. We trust You. We thank You for what You will do in response to this prayer.

With much anticipation,
In Your mighty Name, we pray,
Amen 👑

Friend,

🎶 I can’t leave you without the sound of music! It’s so vital to our journey I feel. So here I am attaching a beautiful song to tether your heart to that of your Father..

Like I said,

It’s a response of love to Love.

❤️

https://youtu.be/3keDinaolZI?si=Go0JpqSGN-_6v5Ca

In early 2019, I remember having penned down a prophetic letter from the heart of the Father to his beloved children.. I would love for you to have a peek into this:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2019/04/18/from-the-fathers-heart/

What did He say?!

Can you feel your heart beating?

Welcome Home 🤗

NOEL: A 3-Day Advent Devotional rooted in Love, Forgiveness & Belonging

A 3-Day Advent Devotional cover titled NOEL in large golden letters with a star inside the O. Text says For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, Isaiah 9:6 KJV. Scene shows a wooden manger filled with hay and white swaddling cloth, beside a glowing lantern and red velvet fabric, dusted with snow, red berries and pine branches. In the background, a starry night sky with the bright Star of Bethlehem shining over the town of Bethlehem with warm lights in the houses." — …*and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.*..

Family,

Our 3-day Advent devotional — NOEL — has come to a close, and my heart is so full.

If you journeyed with me day by day — thank you. If you are finding this now — welcome home. I wanted to create one quiet, organized place where you can partake of all three days together, without searching around.

🎬 As I prepare the stitched video of the whole devotional, I needed one single link to hold it all — one place where you can receive, re-read, and rest in what Advent really means. This is that place.

I AM LOVED. I AM FORGIVEN. I AM HIS.
All in one place, all because of Jesus.

DAY 1 – I AM LOVED

THE GIFT HAS COME!

🎁

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/10/22/the-beloved-of-god-an-advent-devotional-1-i-am-loved/

Because a child was born, you are no longer forgotten. You are seen. You are held. You are loved.

DAY 2 — I AM FORGIVEN

✝️THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/10/23/beloved-of-god-advent-devotional-2-i-am-forgiven/

Because a Son was given, your past is not your prison. The manger made a way to the Cross, and the Cross made a way home.

DAY 3 — I AM HIS

🌟THE PROMISE IS OURS

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/10/24/beloved-of-god-advent-devotional-3-i-am-his/

Because He came, you belong. Not a visitor. Not an orphan. A Son, a Daughter..Now and forever.

Come Back Anytime

Family, this page will stay here — quiet, organized, all in one place. When you need to remember who you are this season, come back and partake again:

I AM LOVED.
I AM FORGIVEN.
I AM HIS.

Because Jesus — the reason for the season — has come.

✨️NOEL ✨️

🎄 Watch the Full Stitched Devotional — All in One

This is the full 3-day NOEL stitched video — I am Loved, I am Forgiven, I am His — all in one place, because Jesus has come.

You can watch it here on Pinterest:

Stitched Video Link:
https://pin.it/6m3ANk1oN

A sound to stay in Noel 🎶

Beloved, if you want to stay in the wonder a little longer — press play and let this echo in the background as you linger.
This is the song I’m keeping on in my own watches this Noel.

https://youtu.be/5Vwu-t7QRaE?si=4KVi7-_KTUVv6NLO

P.S. From my table to yours

If these three words — I am loved, I am forgiven, I am his — stayed with you this Noel, I want to send you to a beautiful table — Ann Voskamp.

She does beautiful, quiet work around Christmas time – I personally love it! So feel free you to catch up with her devotionals and blog posts at:

https://annvoskamp.com

Celebrate him even as you are celebrated..

Sealed with awe & wonder,

Simran ❤️

🎄❄️☃️

Kingdom Come: Building What You Become — A Practical Guide to Building Kingdom

I know you’re here, friend because you want to build the Kingdom of God and advance the cause of Christ in the earth today..

It sounds like a large work.

But it’s doable!

The Lord told me once —

“This is a large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. The smallest act of giving or receiving makes you a true apprentice. You won’t lose out on a thing.” [Matthew 10:41-42, MSG]

I thought building Kingdom was about doing more. But He showed me — building is about becoming, becoming more like Love.

And becoming happens in the small, every day acts of kindness & obedience.

I know some of you reading this feel unsure right now — where do I start? What if I’m ordinary? What if I’m not equipped?

Friend — God uses ordinary people, like you and me. All we have to do is step out of our comfort zone.

And when resistance comes — because it will, when you start building — you don’t need a sword to swing. You have a Table to sit at. Bread to receive. Thanksgiving — eucharisteo — grace, joy, peace — to remember that victory is already established, and guaranteed.

So how do we build, practically, every day — doing as Mother Teresa once said, ‘small things, with great love?’

Here is my practical guide — 5 small things that have built Kingdom through me — ordinary, simple, doable — wherever you are:

1. Ask people for prayer:

I always ask people that I come across for prayer –
grocery boys, delivery boys, electricians, maids, masseuse, friends, relatives, family, and people always respond because everyone is in need and we have the solution.

Use this tip as an opportunity to release the power and presence of Jesus into the lives of those that need Him.

Trust me, this always works.

2. Open up conversations with perfect strangers:

One time a beautiful woman asked me about an Ayurvedic oil I was using. The topic was healing, and I found myself talking about Jesus. We chatted and spoke for at least two hours that evening, and by the end of it both of us were uplifted.

3. Share the Word:

God will always give you a word for the person you are ministering to.

• If someone is hurting, the word is healing.

• If someone is in lack, the word is provision and abundance.

• If someone is in a relational conflict, the word is reconciliation and restoration.

• If someone is lost, the word is Jesus!

Never hold back.
Words create realities.

4. Use Anointing Oil:

If someone you know is suffering from a disease or illness, take some oil (olive, coconut, etc.).

Bless it. Pray over it. Release some healing scriptures into the oil. And share the oil.

Encourage the person the healing power of God will make them well.

I’ve been doing this for some months.

God always shows up.

5. Don’t forget the poor:

I naturally have a heart for the poor so serving them comes easy to me.

In an area close by, all I did was pray.

And God brought Revival!

Among the poor and the homeless.

A certain church reached them with provision + the Gospel! Today they know Jesus. They have hope and all that they need in him.

A Prayer for Building Kingdom:

Father,
we thank you for sharing your heart with us. Open our eyes to those You have called us to serve. Give us the grace, compassion, courage, willingness and desire to take steps toward our destiny that bring you all the glory!

In Jesus’ precious Name
Amen.

God uses ordinary people, like you and me, friend. All we have to do is STEP OUT of our comfort zone.

I prepared the following as little squares for you — so you can screenshot and save them to your gallery, keep them on your phone, share them on your stories — whatever helps you remember to build Kingdom doing small things with great love.

Building What You Become — Two Tables to Keep Building:

As you step out to build Kingdom in small things — you will need two things to keep going when you feel unsure:

1. A Table to remember — Eucharisteo:

When resistance comes, you don’t need to shout louder — you get to sit at the Table. Break the bread, take the cup, and remember — He is Risen, you are risen — victory established at the Table is guaranteed in building.

Read my heart on this gentle Table:
Eucharisteo — Receiving the holy grail of peace, grace and joy with thanksgiving:
https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2022/04/08/eucharisteo/

2. A Way to sow — Small Things With Great Love:

Kingdom is not built in big leaps — but in small things with great love — a cool cup of water, a prayer, a word…

Read the practical in pictures:
Small Things With Great Love:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2021/12/18/small-things-with-great-love/

Small things, great love — Table, thanksgiving — this is how we build what we become.

Building with you,

Simran 💛

A Christmas Quote to Touch Your Heart | Soul and Substance 27

Love doesn’t abandon truth, and truth doesn’t have to abandon tenderness.

We have been told we must choose.
Be loving, so soften the truth.
Be truthful, so harden your love.

But Jesus never chose.

For truth that is void of love, is void of power.

Though it sounds correct, it cannot transform. And love that is void of truth is void of substance — it may comfort for a night, but it cannot heal.

Real love doesn’t abandon truth.
It tells the truth, because it loves too much to let you stay lost.

And real truth doesn’t have to abandon tenderness.
It doesn’t need to shout to be heard. It doesn’t need to wound to be honest.

Truth has a voice.
And when it is from God, it sounds just like love.

That’s why His Word never comes at us cold. It comes close – A Holy Bible on a wooden table. A lantern lit in the dark. A warm mug held in tired hands. A cross glowing in the distance, not to shame us, but to say — I came for you.

Love is not truthless.
Truth is not voiceless.

And today, His truth over you is this: you are loved, you are seen, and you are still being led home in love.

Speaking the truth in love,

Simran 💙

🎄❄️✨️

Revival Is Now: God Is Moving in Signs, Wonders and Miracles

Poster with dramatic sunset sky, dark clouds on left, golden light breaking through on right. At top small text: THE SAME GOD | THE SAME POWER | TODAY. Large gold text: REVIVAL Again, Again in script. Below: NOT JUST A MOMENT, BUT A MOVEMENT OF HIS PRESENCE. In middle left, quote: "Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?" PSALM 85:6. On right, a bright glowing cross shining through clouds with rays of light. At bottom, silhouette from behind of a woman with long hair, arms raised in worship, overlooking a city and mountains at sunrise. At bottom text: PRAY | SEEK | REPENT | BELIEVE | WATCH FOR HIS GLORY. FOR OUR NATIONS. FOR GENERATIONS. Revival starts with us. — *Let your heart become his home ..*

As someone still walking on the road to revival, what I have realized is that Revival happens only when the King of glory is seated on the throne of our hearts. Idols come crashing down and anything that threatens a continual flow of communion with the heart of God, is severed from our lives.

David was a man after God’s own heart…

I believe with all my heart, that this is a generation of Davids, Daniels , Deborahs Esthers , Gideons , Marys and Abigails..

Each believer is learning to tap into his/ her prophetic identity & destiny to see Kingdom come and Revival manifest as a tangible fruit of a heartfelt union and a seamless connection with a very heart beat of heaven.

》AUTHENTIC TESTIMONY

I saw this in August. And I believe you will see it too.

August 2026 was not just a month, it was a wave.

What led to it, pray tell..

Ok!

No big stage, no announcement – just obedience.

He led – I prayed, I interceded.

In a quiet room, in an atmosphere, best described as a holy hush; I watched God move. First on my heart, and then in my circumstances.

What began as simple intercession became a series of suddenlies. I didn’t plan a series – I simply yielded to the flow of the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit led the cursor, and the testimonies began to line up like bread crumbs of hope.

To confirm what I was experiencing in August, the Lord made my paths cross with Apostle Katherine Krick.

My prophetic revelation on the time I was in was not only confirmed, but I was introduced to a most wonderful and dynamic woman of God, a fiery revivalist, whose work is commendable even as it is controversial.

I am attaching her reel down below because she has blessed me deeply and carries the sound of what God is doing now. May the Lord bear witness:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbzI3EsBXU6/?igsh=eXpxMW5na2VqdTRj

Raw, Unfiltered real moments of glory..

But why am I doing this?

Because someone scrolling late at night needs to know: God is still moving!

I consolidated what I saw that month. Not bullet points for hype, but signs of hope. Each one is a whisper that heaven has not forgotten you.

Moves of God-

God was moving — not in the was, not in the will — but in the now. In living rooms, in prayer closets, in small gatherings, over coffee at Starbucks. People came home seeking prayer, and as they did, God would move!

suddenly, things started shifting. Migraines fled, back aches vanished, chronic body pain subsided, hips were healed. What had felt stuck for years suddenly found alignment.

Doors opened. Prodigals came. The things we had been praying behind the scenes for started manifesting in the natural. It was fast — because when God moves, things happen fast.

Strongholds were breaking — patterns that had held for years were losing their grip, mindsets, addictions and cycles of fear were cracked open by light — and doors were opening. What had been shut and sealed was swinging open — favor, provision, conversations that only God could orchestrate..

New Wine-

New wine is about ditching religion for genuine, authentic, personal, one-on-one relationship with Christ.

It’s not about going to church with perfect attendance, ticking boxes, having all your ducks in a row.

It’s about personally reaching out with vulnerability and desperation to Jesus and letting Him into those parts of our lives that need His touch, that need His moves, that need Him to invade and intervene.

Fresh oil, fresh joy, fresh revelation. Not old skins, but new wineskins ready to hold what He is doing now.

Revival has come–

We keep praying for it to come, but what if we recognized it has landed? In small, ordinary yet hallowed places.

He has broken through and He won’t stop now, for
one breakthrough is a doorway to the next. Once He breaks through, momentum belongs to Jesus.

And the King is unstoppable!

Why This Matters Now–

If you searched Google for “is revival here,” “end times revival,” “move of God 2025,” or “signs of revival” — this is for you.

You’re not looking for another service, another program — you’re looking for Him. And He has already come.

If He is moving in a hidden home in India in August, He is certainly moving near you, too.

I want to be quick to add something..

If you’re not experiencing this in your own personal life yet, do not despair!

I will be sharing practical tips & resources with you that are sure to spark off a fire in and through your life that will bring Revival to the earth.

You don’t have to manufacture revival — you just have to make room for the One who has already come.

》PROPHECY & PRAYER

Prophecy is the means through which we are called to build our lives in the endtime move of God – prayer is what sees it into manifestation.

So friend, Prophecy & Prayer work hand in hand!

“Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.”

(Habakkuk 1:5)

Prophecy is catching the heartbeat of God and calling forth things that are not as though they are ( Romans 4:17), while prayer is the tool to birth what God has spoken (from heaven to earth).

What are the prophets saying in this hour?

1. CHUCK PIERCE:

“We need to move to our next place of glory. For that we must receive new revelation from God. If you are in a place of confusion, listen for God’s voice to receive the necessary instructions that will bring new order to your life and circumstances.”

2. LANA VAWSER:

“While I was in the USA the Lord spoke to me about the visitation of a REVIVAL ANGEL that is being released across the earth that is marking the season we are in. We are in a season of revival and it is beginning to build and sweep across the earth.”

“It’s time! It’s time! It’s time! It’s time for the GREAT REVIVE!”

3. NATE JOHNSTON:

The Lord is raising up a new breed — Nate Johnston calls them the Wild Ones. God is awakening a new breed of church reformer, and they are coming as a sign of the new wine and the beginning of a new era of His Church. They are wild, not rebellious — undignified Davids, movers and shakers, demonic-stronghold breakers who care more for His presence than for reputation. They are the new wineskins — soft, surrendered, ready to hold the fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This is why old skins can’t hold new wine.

Some Scriptural Promises I’ve been declaring during my night watches over my community, region & nation:

▪︎ Psalm 24 (Possess the gates)

▪︎ Psalm 85 (Revival)

▪︎ Leviticus 26 (Reward for Obedience)

▪︎ Acts 2 (the Outpouring)

▪︎ Isaiah 43:19 (New Thing)

I’ve put these together in a Free Printable PDF and am attaching the link down below:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:fef6352d-7ebb-418c-9b81-6442fd3b71ea

My hope & prayer is that as you declare these Scriptures, you will bear in mind the Word of the Lord:

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

(Isaiah 55:11)

Daily decrees and declarations:

Prophecies & Promises are seeds, and the way to mature them into mighty oaks of righteousness in our lives is through Prayer.

Though effective at any hour, prayer yields monumental results especially in the night watches. I have personally witnessed this and therefore, testify.

Prayer is the midwife of Revival..

🌙 The first wave of revival that God released in through my life was in August – precisely after about a month of keeping the night watch.

I write more about this in another blogpost , called – Clarion Call. There are 2 main nightwatches that I talk about, But before you dive in, I want you to know that even should you start with simply 15 minutes, it’s a great start.

That’s how I began!!

The Lord will slowly expand your spiritual capacity to pray as you continue to yield to his momentum…

Let me link the post down below for you:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/09/28/clarion-call/

Family, the night watch is a place to war and legislate heaven on earth. It is a direct invitation into breakthrough.

“Breakthroughs are not born in comfort.They are birthed in the crushing stillness of the night… .. This hour is not for the casual.This hour is for the chosen.”
– Daily Healing Prayers

At this point, I will testify that ever since I have started keeping the nightwatch, my life has not been the same. It has transformed from glory to glory with fresh moves of his Spirit and fresh expectation for each season.

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”

(James 5:16)

For more insight into my August season of revival and breakthrough, please check out this post:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/08/18/breakthrough/

However,

I don’t just want to leave you with a testimony – I want you to carry something back home.

So I have curated a Revival worship music playlist on Spotify that you can save and listen to in your quiet time, over coffee, as you prepare meals, or even include in your night watch ⌚️

🎶 No need to download — just click and worship with me!

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/09/18/revival-worship-playlist/

A Prayer to Seal This Word:

Father, in the Name of Jesus, I seal this word over every heart reading this.

I pray for every home, every prayer closet, every small gathering — let new wine come. Let fresh oil, fresh joy, fresh revelation pour out.

I pray for the unction of the Holy Spirit to enable each soul to contend for a mighty move of your Spirit in their homes , neighbourhoods , communities , cities and nations.

Where there is apathy or complacency , we repent , and we ask that you shift us to holy hunger and desperation in you.

We will not relent till you establish your Son as the praise of the nations.

Amen.

As we part ways, friend – Be assured that we are united with one accord, and Scripture promises that where there is unity among the brethren, blessings will flow.

Signed with holy fire,

Simran 🤍

A Milestone to Celebrate — All Glory to God!

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To Him be the glory — every word, every seed, every soul.

Family!

I am overjoyed to share a little God-wink with you all today —

Soul and Substance 27 has been featured among the
TOP 100 Christian Women Blogs to Read Worldwide!
Listed by FeedSpot

At #84, with a Domain Authority of 91!

I first saw this sitting with a cup of chai, and I just whispered — thank you, Jesus.

This recognition means so much, not because of a number, but because it is a beautiful reminder that God’s Word never returns void. What He breathes in secret, He can carry to the ends of the earth.

This blog was never about me. It was always about — More souls. More hearts. More Jesus.

Thank you for being part of this journey — for reading, for praying, for sharing, for being family. Every comment, every prayer, every time you shared a devotional — you stitched this story together.

This milestone belongs to all of us, and all glory belongs to God alone!

Thank you for being part of this journey!
This recognition is a reminder that God’s words have the power to reach hearts across the world.

All glory to God.
Every word, every seed, every soul.

Here’s the listing:

You can view the full list here: FeedSpot – Top 100 Christian Women Blogs

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Domain Authority 91 means our little home on WordPress is highly trusted worldwide, helping more hearts find Jesus.

With love and gratitude,
Gursimran
Soul and Substance 27

🤍 I was crying and laughing and locking eyes with Him at the same time.

Beloved of God | Advent Devotional #3 I Am His

Advent devotional image with manger, Christmas lights, and text I AM His - Not just loved, not just forgiven, but His - John 1:12 - Because He came, I belong, child of God — *Hallelujah!*

Sweet pea,

Amidst the backdrop of richly ornamented Christmas trees, steaming hot chocolate milk, gingerbread cookies and a blazing new year on the horizon, I am reminded in this season of Advent that the glad tidings of great joy point to one key message —

The package of you and the package of me has been safely delivered to its rightful Owner, the Lord is His name. The gift of you and the gift of me has been reconciled back to the Father’s heart through His Son, Jesus. And the present of His presence is now our portion, our pleasure, our prize.

If Day 1 whispered that we are Loved, and Day 2 declared that we are Forgiven, today Advent invites us to come home and say, “I am His.”

We are not lost in transit this season. We are not wandering between the lights and the tinsel.

We are taken. We are His. The cry of a Babe that pierced through the dark on that holy night still continues to draw our hearts into deeper relationship with the One who came so that we could find our way back home.

Let’s unpack this a bit..

God left His home in heaven, so that we could find ours in Him.

Home is a place of safety, intimacy and fellowship. It is a space that creates an environment where there is acceptance, there is love, there is connection, there is protection, there is peace, there is freedom.

The Good News is that home is not a place anymore, home is a Person and His name is Jesus. For He is Immanuel — God with us.

In our trials, He is with us. In our triumphs, He is with us. In the valley, He is with us. On the mountaintop, He is with us. Wherever we go and however we do, He is with us.

In times of turbulence, He was with me. In times of loss, He was with me. In times of heartache, He was with me. In times of persecution, He was with me. In times of warfare, He was with me. In times of adversity, He was with me.

At all times, He was with me.

I may have felt lonely, but I was never alone, because Immanuel – God with us – was ever present!

And He wasn’t with me as though it was a burden to Him, but rather a blessing. Sharing my pain and suffering with Him has only seen Him dignify it and transform it by pulling me closer still.

And what wrecks me the most is that He isn’t leaving.

He promises to remain by my side, no matter what. His love is loyal, consistent and committed. And because it is, we are not abandoned. We are not forsaken. We are much loved children of God who are in fact, taken.

That’s the beauty of Advent, friends. It is to celebrate this kind of love that our Messiah is coming — a love that breaks all limits to gather His beloved sons and daughters from the ends of the earth and call each one to take their seat around the Father’s table because in Him, we are all family.

Each precious child of God heaven-breathed and heaven-sent into the earth for such a time as this. Hearts knitted together by His Spirit and stories woven together to fit one another like the missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle reveal the Father’s heart for community — a place we call our own.

But the heart of such a community of friends and family is always found when each unique person knows what it means to belong and be at home in the heart of God for themselves.

Each comfortable in their own skin because they know they belong.

For in the center of God’s heart is where home is found. Here is where we find wholeness and experience shalom— nothing missing, nothing broken.

We come to Him the way we are, and find that He takes us in the way we are. His unrestrained love and compassion meets us at our point of need and fills our empty cups back to the overflow — much like that steaming cup of hot chocolate milk on a cold Advent night.

And our only reasonable response becomes a life-style of God worship. He leads, we follow. He beckons, we come. He calls, we answer.

Because now we know we are home.

Safe, loved, covered, protected and deeply cherished children that belong to a most beautiful and faithful Father, who gave up His one and only Son for us, so that no matter who rejects, insults, offends or betrays us, we can always find a safe place in Him and find ourselves at home in the arms of His love — our true Home.

I love how this sentiment is so poignantly expressed in one of my favorite songs this Advent season – ‘O Holy Night’ —

O holy night the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn

The gospel we are leaning into this Advent, friends, is about the Messiah who came as a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths, heralded by angels, born in a manger in the dead of night to a virgin called, Mary — a beautiful story the echo of which continues to resound in our hearts as we approach each Christmas with the wonderment of what was and the mystery of what will be yet another miracle in the making — the story of you, the story of me — the story that the Messiah is still writing in the blood-stained ink of Calvary, rescripting our messes and mistakes into a masterpiece that exalts Him and brings Him all the glory.

All because God chose to be one with us so that we could be one with Him, embracing Immanuel with all of our beings, as we confidently proclaim,

“I Am His.“

A Hushed prayer:

“Father God, I am overjoyed that I belong to you as your prized and beloved child. You are my home, and today I just say — thank you. I am Yours.”

So, as we get ready to wind up this short, crisp , 3-day advent devotional , let’s take a moment together , look heavenward and simply say:

“I am the Lord’s beloved — that is my identity. I am washed – I am holy. I am not my own. I belong. I am His.”

🎄❄️ The paradox of this little devotional, family is that as we draw it to a close, the season is only just beginning. The lights will continue to twinkle, the hot chocolate will keep steaming, the cookies will still be baked — but now we know, we were never just waiting for Christmas. Christmas was waiting for us. Because He came, we belong.

And belonging?

That is the real Christmas magic.

🎁

As we head into the season, I would love to start it in our midst with the resonance of a song that seems particularly suitable for our devotional today!

🎶 We belong to You 🎵

https://youtu.be/c6fJL_cU5rk?si=oZt-GT2gsmzIMJTh

Have yourself a merry ‘lil Christmas this year ☃️

Beloved of God | Advent Devotional #2 I Am Forgiven

A little note before we begin, Beloved —

If the Family Restoration Toolkit helped mend the cracks at home, Day 2 is for the crack in your own heart.

Before we can forgive them, we need to remember — we are already forgiven.

Let’s sit with that today.

DAY 2: I AM FORGIVEN

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” — Isaiah 1:18

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus…

If you’ve heard Carrie Underwood sing “Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus,” you know — it’s the perfect backdrop for today.

Friends, the freedom and restoration we feel because of the blood our Messiah shed — that is the real reason we celebrate at Christmas.

This time of year is a potent reminder: because Christ came for us, we no longer need the blood of bulls and goats at the altar. What was required by the Law has been fulfilled in Christ — our living hope.

We need only believe that His finished work is enough. It is Christ-righteousness, not self-righteousness, that saves us.

And this is the Good News — it’s a grace-gift. We could never earn it. Our Father freely gave us salvation, we can only humbly receive it.

So it matters nothing what our past looks like. Because of Jesus, we have forgiveness, a brand new start today, and a hope for tomorrow. As Christine Caine says,

“Your history does not define your destiny. You can start bad and finish good in and through a relationship with Jesus Christ.”

This is what the shed blood at Calvary looks like. We are no longer captive to who we once were or what we once did. In Him, we are reconciled to God, and our identity, purpose and destiny are eternally restored.

Once we are grafted in, the size of our sin and shame does not matter. The antidote — the blood of Christ — is more than enough to cover us, no matter what we’ve done, how bad it is, or how long we’ve done it.

The blood is enough.

A beautiful story from Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz comes to mind.

Anne visited a woman on death row who thought her sins were too big for God to forgive. Anne asked if she had ever been to the ocean and seen the little holes made by crabs.

The woman nodded yes.

Had she seen the medium holes children dig for sandcastles? Yes.

Could she imagine the huge holes machines dredge for a channel?

The woman was baffled.

Anne asked — what happens to all the holes, no matter their size, when the tide rolls in?

The woman smiled.

Anne said, “That’s the blood of Jesus pouring out.” The water covers all the holes equally. His blood is sufficient for all our sin and shame.

It is this scandalous grace we are invited to step into. He makes all things new.

After what our Messiah has done, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Instead of shame, we wear glorious robes of righteousness — cleansed, white as snow — so we can look heavenward with gratitude and declare:

I am Forgiven.

A Hushed Prayer:

Father God, please help me to see myself the way You see me — as a holy and dearly loved child of God. Thank You for the blood of Jesus that cleanses me and makes me white as snow. Amen.

🎶 Worship With Me Today:

Before you go, beloved — press play and let this be your prayer today.

No more striving, no more shame. Just thank Him for the blood that made you white as snow. I’ve been sitting with this song on loop as I wrote Day 2, and I pray it washes over you too 🎵

https://youtu.be/dhU-Omwg2rU?si=G0GEwIYZqq9nZZcf

Rest in it today, beloved — you are already white as snow.

Rejoicing in grace,
Simran 🤍
Shalom Home | Soul & Substance 27

P.S. Missed us yesterday?

Catch up here →Day 1: I Am Loved — Beloved of God

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/10/22/the-beloved-of-god-an-advent-devotional-1-i-am-loved/

Start the Beloved Christmas Devotional from the beginning and build your Shalom Home day by day.

Prayers for Family — Biblical Toolkit for Total Restoration

Family Restoration Biblical Toolkit cover showing a warm family dining scene with Healing, Peace, Unity, Generational Blessings, Shalom peace in our home sign, with tools inside: Scripture Guided Prayers, Worship Resources, Communion Guide, Anoint Your Home, Relevant Links and Teaching Resources — *Shalom – peace, wholenes*ps, security, prosperity, victory, tranquility, quietness & rest…Nothing missing, Nothing broken…

Friend,

I’m penning down something which is not just a regular blog post, but rather an activation to lay down the bricks of repair & restoration within our lives.

How to use this:

Ok..

This is not a devotional to be read cover to cover in one sitting.

Think of this as a Tool Kit. I have organized everything God has been teaching me into structures — so that you have it all in one place, right when you need it.

You don’t have to use every tool today.

Some tools will be for now. Some will be for later. Some you may not need at all — and that’s okay.

So as you go through this, take what resonates with your spirit, pick what you need for your season, and leave the rest at Jesus’ feet. Come back to it whenever you need a brick of repair.

This is not about doing more. This is about living in Shalom — Nothing missing, nothing broken.

Use what you need. Holy Spirit will guide you.

Brick by brick.

Let’s start?

FAMILY:

It is the most basic, foundational unit of society and the enemy has targeted this for as long as one can remember. A healthy, thriving home is a threat to him, and he knows that the sooner we realize it, the more aware we will become of his schemes and not fall prey to them.

Yet, family, some things remain beyond our control and in recent years there has been a breakdown of this most precious and powerful part of our world.

I understand there is hurt, trauma, injustice, persecution, offence and unforgiveness. But the good news is that God has not left us without hope. Hope has a name – His name is Jesus. And He has a lot to offer…

“Take another look. I’m going to give this city a thorough renovation, working a true healing inside and out. I’m going to show them life whole, life brimming with blessings. I’ll restore everything that was lost… I’ll build everything back as good as new… And Jerusalem will be a center of joy and praise and glory.”

— Jeremiah 33:8-9 (MSG)

We are the spiritual architects of our home..

SALVATION:

To have a saved family serving the Lord is to have a whole family in Christ. Perfection is not the goal, love is…

“Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”

(1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

🌙 There is a beautiful prayer online that I heard in the wee hours of the night.. It explains about how the restoration of a family is tied to individual wholeness, mutual understanding and prayer covering. Let me link it down below:

https://youtu.be/zcbAU1FMGSw?si=PJ1Ow9jSzzpvgwS7

Though it says to pray this between 3-6 AM ( which is the most powerful time to intercede), I strongly suggest that you do it at any time of the day that you want even if it is only for 15 minutes at a time..

☆ A Prayer for Your Family — Whenever You Need It

I stumbled upon this prayer and it ministered deeply to me, so I believe it will be a blessing to you too.

It is a prayer for your family built on Isaiah 54:17, that no weapon formed against your family, your home, your peace, rest, health, provision, and relationships shall prosper.

While the video mentions the 3am–6am hours — those quiet dawn hours when concern for family can feel heaviest — this prayer is not limited to that window.

You can play it whenever you have time — morning, evening, as you work, rest, or simply let it play softly over your home. Let the peace of Christ take authority over fear, pressure, and every hidden burden, and let the God of peace guard your heart and your household.

May it strengthen your family and remind you that Jesus Christ has authority here.

☆ Bonus Tool — Lectio for Families 👪

If you are looking for a simple way to pray Bible together as a family — 5-10 minutes a day —

Lectio for Families is a free daily family devotional from 24-7 Prayer — uses P.R.A.Y — Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yes — Scripture, conversation, prayer together.

(For families with children 7-11, but works for all ages)

▪︎ Links below: https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectioforfamilies/
Lectio 365 app — https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectio-365/

Also friend, I have put together a compilation of 5 basic Scriptures that you can stand on to see salvation + restoration break out in your family. Click the link below to get your FREE PRINTABLE PDF:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:6cc385cc-26a1-4110-855f-90beddf54060

Good, so far?

We have some ground to cover!

Literally, friend. I call your home – Holy Ground. God has given you this territory to reclaim and redeem it for the sake of the Kingdom!

So I commission you to guard the gates of your home. Some practical ways to do this are:

Pray in tongues:

This is a very potent spiritual weapon to wield in times of warfare where there is chaos , strife, division or any kind of assault on your family.

Woman with eyes gently closed and arms lifted in a posture of prayer as she speaks in tongues

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.

(2 Corinthians 10:4, NKJV)

So if you have the gift of tongues , then please use it.

If not, I am attaching a link to a video which I have used so many times that I have lost count! Let your heart stay in rhythm with the track I’m sharing. As the Lord gives you the intentions/burdens to pray into, may you experience breakthrough.

https://youtu.be/56z-jZBfdpM?si=lNxFAnf3kUf_dYVo

2. COMMUNION

Broken bread and communion cup on wooden table with text: Broken Bread, Agape Love

Communion is more than a ritual – it is a spiritual weapon to enforce the victory of the Finished Work of Christ at the Cross of Calvary on our behalf in the context of the battles that are us assigned to our destiny.

🍞🍷 I like to take communion daily. My practice is simple – I take a small wafer of Marie biscuits along with some water in a plastic bowl. These make up my communion elements!

My advice to you also is simple – gather your communion elements & pick up scriptural promises of God (use the PDF I have created and ask Holy Spirit for more personal promises). The Word of God says –

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony..

(Revelation 12:11, NKJV)

Through the years, I have fought and won many battles, in Jesus’ Name as I have engaged communion warfare. Speaking his Word out aloud over my challenges exalts & establishes his Truth over my life, what is established comes to pass!

For a more detailed teaching on communion, I will link up a video by Madison Yount – a holistic health practitioner and deliverance minister. Here we go –

https://youtu.be/eaWbMP7FXK0?si=JwfpC3NoJG0gRpVQ

3. ANOINTING HOME:

Woman in white with open Bible in hand is anointing the doorpost of a godly Christian home

I have personally tried this and can testify that it has shifted the atmosphere of my home so dramatically that I ended up writing an entire post on the power of anointing your home, and will link it down below:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/08/22/holy-ground-anoint-your-home-and-reclaim-territory/

..the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

(Isaiah 10:27, KJV)

4. WORSHIP MUSIC

As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir… and they were defeated.

(2 Chronicles 20:22, NIV)

This is one of the simplest , most enjoyable & powerful ways to transform the atmosphere of your home and the nature of your circumstances.

As you receive and release the presence of God, chains will break, strongholds will shatter, captives will be set free and battles will be won!

🎶 When it comes to my family, one of my favourite songs to play is – For me and my house, by Here Be Lions. Link below:

https://youtu.be/uTkXcRzDKZU?si=ENRZU-VSpInZx66a

Woman singing aloud to the Lord with hands to heaven and worship music playing in background

5. WORD OF GOD:

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow..

(Hebrews 4:12, NIV)

▶️ Play the Word of God in your home on a regular basis. You may use an audio Bible for this purpose. Play it while making breakfast or dressing your kids for school, because what you are literally doing in the spirit realm is releasing swords into the atmosphere of your home!

A brown leather bible with an audio bible playing the Word of God out loud changing atmosphere

Friend, there is tremendous power in putting up Scripture on the doorpost of your home. Each room can have a different scripture. But, in general, I have compiled a FREE PRINTABLE PDF, linking post below:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/08/28/surprised-by-joy-free-resource-for-you-2/

Friend, allow me to speak into a prophetic identity – You aren’t just ordinary, You are a Repairer of the Breach.

Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

Isaiah 58:12, NKJV

God is not calling you to fix everything in one night. He is calling you to lay one brick today.

One scripture on the doorpost.
One worship song playing.
One prayer in tongues.
One communion at your table — even with a Marie biscuit and water, Jesus honours it.

That is how Shalom returns. Nothing missing, nothing broken. Brick by brick.

My blessing over your home:
May your home be filled with light again. May peace return to your rooms and laughter to your table. May the presence of the Lord be the very atmosphere you breathe. In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

Your next step: Pick ONE tool from this kit today. Just one. Use it. And come back to this toolkit whenever you need another brick.

If this blessed you, send it to one family who needs restoration.

I love you. Your family is worth fighting for,

Simran 🤍

Ok.. let’s talk about the elephant in the room: Money.

So many family fights start not with anger, but with anxiety about money. Bills, debt, and lack steal peace faster than anything else.
True Shalom means nothing missing — including in our wallets.

God doesn’t want your home restored spiritually but stressed financially.
If money pressure is weighing on your home right now, I’ve shared my heart on building a firm foundation next — [Read here: Laying Financial Foundations for a Shalom Home –

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/09/21/financial-foundations/

Laying one brick at a time with you,
Simran
Soul and Substance 27

Shalom Home 🤍

Ps: Like Jesus , I saved the best for the last..

A fiery prayer by Pastor Robert Clancy to address the spiritual root of a strained marriage, unexplained individual behaviours within the family, any threats to sabotage family unity and peace.

If sensitive to power dynamics in spiritual warfare, then please refrain from this prayer. But if you are desperate and hungry for breakthrough-deliverance, go ahead and let nothing stop you.

I personally have felt blessed as a result of all of his prayers that I have heard by God’s grace thus far.

It is an honor to share what he pours out so willingly and sacrificially into our lives –

Pps:

Do you have a daughter from God?

Congratulations! She’s a gift..

She was always created to be free to be herself – to be authentic, to be unique, to stand out, to explore, to adventure, to grow, to change, to transform, to live, to breathe, to run.

But to do all these things , she needs a covering – a prayer covering. And that is exactly what’s on my heart, as I seek to share what God has deposited in my spirit:

I am also linking a short post I made years back when I myself was growing up in Christ, and the way I felt about it. This may bring some perspective on your daughter’s journey – I don’t know. Let’s see what unravels..

Hello Freedom: Modern Day Song of Songs

Let’s do this!

Before I draw this post to a close, there is something burdening my heart which I want to share with you..

Someone once said – Because you’re in Christ, your life is now not a hopeless end , but rather a story of unending hope..

But how do we tangibly break into that hope?

That’s the question on the table today.

I have written what I have learned thus far about breakthrough in a post titled – God of Breakthrough (Baal Perazim). I do believe that the God who empowered me to break through can & will do the same for you, should you come to him with a tender heart and a contrite spirit..

…Whomsoever will let him come..
(Revelation 22:17)

Watch here:

https://soulandsubstance27.home.blog/2026/08/18/breakthrough/

If you have managed to make it to the end of this, all I want to say is –

“I’m proud of you.“

The Beloved of God: An Advent Devotional #1 – I Am Loved!

Candles will be lit, cakes will be baked, wreaths will be hung, trees will be decorated, ornaments will shine, lights will glow – and in the busyness of it all, you will forget the one most important thing that this coming season serves to remind us of…

Let’s unravel that a bit, shall we?

The Beloved of God:

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1)

For 400 years, there was silence.

The Silent Age.

The Messiah was anticipated. God had promised Him. The prophets had spoken. The people were hanging onto every word.

The atmosphere was tense, forlorn, oppressive. Hope was sure, and yet — there was the waiting, the mystery, the suspense.

Can He be found?

And then, through doubts and fears, shadows and tears, came the break of dawn.

A baby’s cry pierced the darkness. The first beams of light broke through. In a hallowed manger on a starlit night, Hope arrived.

His Name: Immanuel, God with us.

Israel was waiting for a Messiah to save them from Rome. But God’s plan was grander, more glorious, more all-inclusive.

I believe God is a Father. The most Perfect Father. But for Him to be revealed as Father to us, someone had to take away our sin and shame so nothing could hinder our union with Him ever again.

And that Someone was Jesus.

He did not come as expected. Not with the pomp of a military dictator, but with the humility and fragility of a helpless babe. Almost taking us by surprise. And yet — so perfect.

Because we don’t just need rescue from enemies around us. We need reunion with the Father within us.

We were made by God, for relationship with God, and Jesus is the One who connects us to God.

He came to remove the barrier of sin and shame.

He came to redeem us from spiritual oppression and translate us into righteousness, peace and joy.

He came to deliver us from the orphan spirit and give us the Spirit of sonship, so we can cry, “Abba! Father!”

He came to restore our identity as much-loved children.

He came to affirm our worth as cherished, closely held, delightfully known sons and daughters.

And because He came, we celebrate.

This is the reason for the season — not that we are merely put up with, but that we are delighted in, sought after, fought for, and relentlessly pursued.

2000 years ago, Love laid down His privileges, wrapped Himself in flesh, and came to us. And because He did, we can go to Him.

We can go to Him as holy, pure, dearly loved children — each a living flame of love so fierce it makes darkness back off and make way for the King of glory to not just enter, but abide and inhabit.

For the dwelling of God is now with men.

So today, in whatever you are facing, take it back to the baby in the cradle and whisper:

“I am Loved.”

A Hushed Prayer:

Father God, open my eyes to the wonder and mystery of Your great love for me in this season. Remove all sense of separateness. Pull me closer and draw me into the beauty of my union with You.

In Jesus’ precious Name, Amen.

In closing, I am leaving you with a Christmas soundtrack by Chris Tomlin – something that captures the heartbeat of the season and keeps the wonder of Christmas alive!!

https://youtu.be/tmByDf-AiKo?si=jlgzcQoPjxjf8do8

Celebrating him even as I am,

Simran ❤️