Rest, Our Inheritance: Entering the Rest of God in These End Times

Crucified for us on the Cross at Calvary, Jesus breathed His last breath and cried out, ‘It is finished!’ But as He did, I believe that what He finished on our behalf only marked the beginning of a new reality in our midst. Something that Scripture calls the Kingdom of God.

“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
(Romans 14:17, ESV)

‘Righteousness‘ is a huge word and a big reality. Jesus Himself paid a mighty price for us to receive an identity and inheritance based on the truth that we are the righteousness of God in Christ. It is not based on what we have done or are doing, but rather on what Jesus has done for us.

And in my walk with the Lord, especially in these end times on the earth, I have learned an important part of why Jesus died for us in terms of our inheritance as children of God and co-heirs with Christ —

REST.

Why?

If God sent Jesus to pay the price He did for us to be able to enjoy rest, then any part of us that tries to fight this is under the influence of a lie.

I discovered it truly is a lie of the enemy and the false narrative of the world that tells us that should we take the time we need to rest, recover and refresh ourselves, we are selfish.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

If anything at all, the Word of God reveals a very different reality. As children of God in Christ Jesus, we are called to strive for nothing other than to enter into the rest of God.

“Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.”
(Hebrews 4:11, ESV)

The truth is, whatever we need has already been purchased by Christ on our behalf. Our lives are now governed not by the strength of our works but by the promises of God in Christ Jesus. Our part is to rest in that truth, trust, and abide in Him as His much-loved children who know their Father is faithful.

But what about work?

As believers in Christ, we are a people called to lead productive and fruitful lives. Yet, we are a people primarily at rest. So how does this hybrid reality of ‘restful work’ play out?

I am discovering that when we remain at rest and abide in Christ, we can experience an internal rest and peace that only He can provide. We remain at rest when we release all the outcomes of our life situations into His capable care and let our expectations be grounded in Him rather than placing our confidence elsewhere.

Because we know we can trust Him, we find the freedom to embrace His process for us. As we walk it out hand-in-hand, we will find the power of connection and communion with the Lord provides us with all the strength we need without any striving.

It is, therefore, from the abundance and the overflow of our relationship with Christ that we are all called to love and serve, so we can effectively manifest a slice of Heaven on the earth in whatever it is that we have been co-missioned.

For in the Kingdom, our works flow out of our worship.

Rest – Receive – Release

Jesus did not die for us to live weary, exhausted, constantly stressed-out lives. On the contrary, He died for us to have peaceful, content, and tranquil lives secure in Him. And the truth is the degree to which we can learn to rest in the Lord is the degree to which we can receive what He has to offer, and the degree to which we can receive from Him is the degree to which we can release His love into the world around us.

Rest – Receive – Release.

Simply put, when we rest in the Lord, we position ourselves to receive, and when we receive, we position ourselves to release Heaven on earth.

In the light of this revelatory insight, a cry of my heart in response to Him has become,

"Help us, Lord, to rest in You so that we can receive abundantly the life that You provide extravagantly so that it may be released effortlessly."

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
(John 15:5, ESV)

☆New Creations in Christ☆

As believers in Christ, we are a brand new race of people called to live out the new creation reality. It is not a lifestyle of trying to fix everything on our own, struggling to find solutions in our limited wisdom, or even striving in our own strength — quite the opposite.

It is, in fact, a lifestyle that is completely at rest in the Lord. It is founded on humility and vulnerability before the Lord, where we admit that we need Him. For apart from Him, we can do nothing.

But in Him and through Him, all things are possible.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
(Philippians 4:13, NKJV)

☆Making time and space☆

For us to draw on His strength, we have to be willing to spend time with Him. To thrive amid an especially chaotic world in these end times, we need to be intentional about carving out some time with the Lord where we can reconnect with the rhythm and the cadence of His heartbeat.

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
(Matthew 11:28-30, ESV)

But how do we practically apply this principle to our lives?

I don’t think there are any right or wrong ways to do this, only what is most authentic and effective in connecting us to the heart of the Father.

Time to allow our souls to reconnect with the heart of God in a deeply personal way is key. For some, this could look like:

》Going for a walk outdoors to breathe in the awe-inspiring wonders of creation

》Fixing a jigsaw puzzle in the comfort of their home

》 Reading a fictional novel for recreation.

》It could even point to the desire to connect with a trusted friend and letting the joy of genuine connection restore their joy.

》 It could be a solitary activity like preparing an evening meal against the backdrop of some beautiful, gentle strains of instrumental music.

What I have learned in my journey is that committing to what is most authentic will be the most fruitful.

Letting time and space morph into a capsule in the hands of the Father to grant us the grace-gift of much-needed connection with His heart refuels, refreshes, and revitalizes our spirits to form the foundation of inner health and wholeness, as well as restful, productive work.

☆Be still and know☆

A brilliant way to spend time resting in the love of God is to enjoy the beauty of the stillness of His presence.

One such way I have found is ‘soaking.’ Simply put, soaking is a practice that enables us to breathe in and simply relax in His presence over some anointed strains of instrumental music. As we come into His glorious presence, music becomes a catalyst to connect us to the heartbeat of Heaven itself, thereby paving the way for a deep, heart-to-heart connection with the Lord.

Soaking in His presence allows us to spend quality time with Him, where we learn to release the emotional toxins we may have come with and just let God take over in as majestic, free-flowing, and effortless a manner as possible.

I have found soaking to be incredibly beneficial in tackling the effects of weariness and tiredness that seem to plague our lives so much. It is such a beautiful space to heal, rest and renew our strength. While many ministries online offer music for soaking, I recommend Eric Gilmour.

You can also experience soaking by creating an environment where we absorb anointed words of truth and prophecy over our lives as released by a man or woman of God through a trusted and reliable prophetic ministry. I have found spoken, prophetic words delicately arranged against the backdrop of some wonderful instrumental music through Graham Cooke particularly life-giving. Another soaking album in this regard is ‘Reflecting God’ by Liz Wright.

☆Biblical Meditation☆

The second way to enjoy stillness in the presence of God is a beautifully intimate spiritual practice called ‘Lectio Divina.’ Here we approach Scripture in a way that is so freeing and liberating that it needs to be experienced first hand. This practice teaches us to look at Scripture as a gift to be received, not a riddle to be solved or a problem to be dissected. We invite the Lord to breathe upon His Word in a way that makes it come alive.

We can commune with the Lord over anything that we are struggling with or that we believe the Lord is currently highlighting in our lives. It could be a passage on peace, love, forgiveness, or trust. So we can ask God to speak to us and receive the heart of the Lord in a way that is deeply personal and intimate, tapping into the opportunity to encounter Him as the Living Word as He breathes upon His Word and makes it real.

Though I have only recently taken up this practice, it has already worked wonders in bringing me closer to the heart of God in a way that is tangible and experiential. Apart from my one-on-one time with the Lord, I also use an app called ‘Lectio 365.’ Let me attach the link below:

The App

Though I have shared only some insights and revelations that I have personally gleaned from His heart in my walk with the Lord, I know that the Kingdom of God is deeper than the deepest ocean. All that He ever asks of us is to receive the life that He so freely offers so that we can share it with all those that we are called to love and serve in our generation.

After all, it is Christ in us and through us that accomplishes all things for His glory.

We need only be at rest to receive and release our truest inheritance — Christ in us, the hope of glory.

Young woman with hair in a top knot, eyes gently closed, arms stretched wide open as she looks up to the sky in a green hillside landscape at golden hour

If this piece stirred something in you, I want to leave you with this prayer for when we feel overwhelmed. Life can be challenging – take time to breathe, receive, and let His peace settle you 🕊

Signed in a sweet surrender,

Simran 🩵

NOEL: 25 Power-packed Decrees & Declarations for a Wonderful You this Christmas

You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.

(Job 22:28)

What is a Decree?

Kings have been known to make decrees since ancient times, and more often than not, they were binding. Let’s look into the Medes & the Persians, for example.

Once a king made a decree, it could not be revoked. It would be sealed with the king’s signet ring – a sign of ownership, authority and authentication.

It’s the same with us.

In the Kingdom of God, we are prophets, priests & kings.

Kings don’t suggest – they decree, they legislate, they rule.

So our decrees speak to a process of establishing a reality. What they did in the natural, we do in the Spirit.

Scripture says in the Book of Esther,

“Now write another decree in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”

(Esther 8:8)

We speak, decree, declare and legislate heaven on earth. Our decrees when sealed in the Name of Jesus and the Blood of the Lamb carry potency in the realm of the Spirit.

Hence, we must decree & declare our way into complete freedom and total victory!

👑🏆✨

Let’s begin, friend?

I’ve put together some decrees based on who God says we are in Christ. These are eternal truths which when taken to heart, shape our identity and destiny.

So let us begin ..

25 faith-filled decrees & declarations to establish our IDENTITY in Christ:

💖 I AM LOVED

“Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children.”

( 1 John 3:1, TPT)

🤍 I AM FORGIVEN

“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.”

( Ephesians 1:7, ESV)

🗝️ I AM REDEEMED

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

( Colossians 1:13-14 & 1 Peter 2:9, NIV)

🤲 I AM ACCEPTED

“He has made us accepted in the Beloved.”

( Ephesians 1:6, NKJV)

🕊️ I AM FREE

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”

( John 8:36, NIV)

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✨ I AM TRANSFORMED

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

( 2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV)

👀 I AM SEEN

“You are the God who sees me.”

( Genesis 16:13, NIV)

🌿 I AM WHOLE

“So you also are complete through your union with Christ.”

( Colossians 2:10, NLT)

🧠 I AM WISE

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”

( James 1:5, NIV)

⬆️ I AM RISEN

“For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.”

( Ephesians 2:6, NLT)

— 🌾 —

🏔️ I AM SURROUNDED

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.”

( Psalm 125:2, NIV)

👑 I AM HOLY

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession.”

( 1 Peter 2:9, NIV)

🌞 I AM AWAKENED

“Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

( Ephesians 5:14, NIV)

⭐ I AM CHOSEN

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

( 1 Peter 2:9, NIV)

💎 I AM AUTHENTIC

“Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”

( Psalm 51:6, NIV)

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🔥 I AM POWERFUL

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.”

( Acts 1:8, NIV)

🤝 I AM FAITHFUL

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.”

( Galatians 5:22, NIV)

🍇 I AM FRUITFUL

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”

( John 15:16, NIV)

🦁 I AM COURAGEOUS

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

( Joshua 1:9, NIV)

🌈 I AM HOPEFUL

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.”

( Romans 15:13, NIV)

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💪 I AM STRONG

“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

( Philippians 4:13, NIV)

🍃 I AM RESTFUL

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

( Matthew 11:28, NIV)

🏆 I AM VICTORIOUS

“Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.”

( Ephesians 6:13, TPT)

🙏 I AM THANKFUL

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

( 1 Thessalonians 5:18, NIV)

💍 I AM HIS

“My beloved is mine and I am his.”

( Song of Songs 2:16, NIV)

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🌙 Last night, I sat and recorded these decrees for you, my beloved family 🤍 Listen and receive with an open, tender heart –

https://youtube.com/shorts/YUcj6_0EUxA?si=N3sFA2aKWAG34Auf

Which declaration is yours today? Comment below — I AM ____

Type AMEN if you are receiving!

🎁 FREE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU!!

In closing — we are offering you a FREE Christmas gift — in the form of this designed printable — NOEL: 25 Decrees & Declarations for a FREE FULFILLED FRUITFUL YOU!! —

All 25 I AMs are in the designed printable, dear one. I use Google Chrome for best results. So allow me to leave you with some tech instructions:

》Press on the button — Pause for 1-2 seconds — till the option to Open is displayed on screen — Tap Open.

》Then — Share — Print — or Save as PDF

》Print it out and use daily!

“Open your mouth with a mighty decree;
I will fulfill it now, you’ll see!
The words that you speak, so shall it be!”

(Psalm 81:10, TPT)9

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Now as I bring this NOEL post to a gentle close, I want to release some glory over your life through decrees that I have spoken over myself this summer:

You are a Covenantal child of God: blood-bought, blood-washed, heaven-bound.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

You are healed, delivered, set free by the stripes of Jesus.

You are not ordinary – you are a sign and a wonder.

You are an oracle of God.

You are raised for altars, anointed for gates and destined for thrones.
–Dr Cindy Trimm

You are a breaker in this generation who can leap over walls, defeat Goliath and emerge victorious!

May you have a blessed Advent & Christmas season up ahead 🎄☃️❄️

Ps: I made a special ‘lil something for you 🎄❄️

We’ve been walking together for years, but I have never really told you how it all began! So let me unravel the mystery a bit ..

Holy Spirit would give me these one-liners.. revelations from the Lord’s heart. Seeking to unpack each one led to the birthing of a series of devotionals – all knitted together in one square inch of cyberspace – Soul and Substance 27.

This Advent, I have felt a stirring in my spirit to give out some FREE nuggets of pure gold ✨️

Here is a sample I would ❤️ for you to view:

Sealed with artistic fervor, prophetic ink & uncreated glory —

Simran | Soul and Substance 27 ✨️

Divine Duet: She Has Made Herself Ready

Bride in royal blue velvet dress with gold embroidery looking out arched window at sunrise, waiting for her Bridegroom-King, fairy lights, sheer curtains, castle in distance, Divine Duet She Has Made Herself Ready — *She has washed her garments*
*and made herself ready.*
*Without spot, wrinkle or blemish,*
*she stands victorious*
*for His love has made her steady.*

*Abiding in union as one with her Bridegroom-King,*
*His arrival, with bated breath, she awaits..*
*Rewards and recompense she knows He will bring,*
*For the King of Glory has now broken through the gates.*

*Betrothed to Him as His perfect one,*
*she gently whispers, Holy Spirit, come.*
*Emerging as His equal, His partner, His Bride,*
*awakened by love, with no veil to hide.*

*She is beautiful as she is holy, waiting for her Lord, the King of Glory,*
*Overcoming all things with power, grace and virtue,*
*For He has promised to come and make all things new.*..

Gratitude and Glory: 11K Views, 17 Countries, Top 100 #84

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OUR BLOG Miracle
11K Blog Views
Top 100 Christian Women Blogs Worldwide #84 | DA 91
17 Countries
JESUS DID IT!

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PRAY • BELIEVE • RECEIVE — *Soli Deo Gloria!*

The joy of victory was never meant to be held, it was always meant to be shared.

If I held it, it would sit in my chest like a small stone, cold and heavy. If I share it, it becomes light, it becomes bread, it becomes a table where more people can sit.

Today, the table is bigger than I ever imagined.

11,000 views on this small blog that started in a quiet room in Gurugram.

Top 100 Christian Women Blogs Worldwide #84, DA 91, as featured on FeedSpot — not because I am clever, but because He is faithful.

17 countries in the last 7 days alone. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. (Job 5:9)

Here are the 17 countries who made this possible — our WordPress family:

India, China, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Brazil — Brazil joins our global family today

From one pin on a map to seventeen. From Gurugram to Brazil, from India to Spain, from the United States to Japan.

First, thank You, God — for You do impossible things. Soli Deo Gloria.

Second, thank you, WordPress family. Thank you for visiting, for reading, for staying, for praying, thank you for coming back. You made Soul and Substance 27 what it is — A Hub of Prayer, Revival & Breakthrough.

You turned a blog into a living room where people from 17 nations sit together.

I could have held 11K as a number. A screenshot for myself. But the joy of victory was never meant to be held. It was meant to be shared with you.

So I share the joy now, openly.

11K + 17 Countries + Top 100 #84 + DA 91 = JESUS DID IT!

Thank you for being a part of this story.

Signed with gratitude, joy & amazement,

Simran 🤍

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Possessing the Gates of the Media, Join Us on YouTube

From Blog to Living Room — Let’s Continue on YouTube

“Now I have set before you a wide-open door that none can shut.“

(Revelation 3:8,TPT)

What the Lord has done in the last four days has been a rollercoaster ride!

Just four days back, I woke up earlier than usual and I felt the Lord directing me to create a clearer video on YouTube for the Advent devotional NOEL that I have shared with you, family.

I wanted a better quality video, honestly, than what I had offered you initially. So I went just to create that one video — with no strings attached, no expectations — absolutely with the sole intention of my heart being to serve you well and present something that is worthy of your time and attention.

One thing led to the next and before I knew it, I was on a journey with the Lord..

Family, when God moves, it is evident. When His hand moves, it cannot be stayed.
And when He opens doors, heaven backs it up.

That wide-open door is what I am sharing with you today.

Beloved, you have read with me, applied yourself with me, prayed with me here on Soul and Substance 27 for so long…

So I wanted to invite you — come join me also on YouTube @gursimranchhatwal8026

https://youtube.com/@gursimranchhatwal8026?si=QcokKUm9tSnXrpED

📺 🖥 📱

The Word is moving in power — and so are the lives connected to it.

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

(Isaiah 55:10-11)

Testimony Time: 4-day Miracle in Motion

To be quite frank with you – when I first posted the NOEL video, I didn’t expect much. However, God has moved in power and left us in awe!

4 videos crossed 1K views each in just – 2 days each, spread over 4 days!

I made a YouTube Shorts video 📹 watch here:

https://youtube.com/shorts/hNpmbTyYqss?si=_EyHb6Ne2ZTqjh71

Let me break this down for you:

Our first video to cross 1k –

🎥 Sanctuary Home — He blesses the home of the righteous: https://youtube.com/shorts/mFPStPf-7nE

Come, let’s watch the rest together:

🎥 Aqua War Room — Esthers, Deborahs, Daniels:

🎥 NOEL: A 3-Day Devotional

🎥 NOEL Full Stitched, Worthy video

🎄 ❄️ ⛄️

These are ALL Shorts that I’ve attached – 15-sec watch time ⏳️ each.

So should you feel hard pressed for time, this is a very practical and doable way to stay connected, stay awakened, stay in the game!

When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
(Proverbs 11:10)

It’s time we rise – for such a time as this..

No longer is it about us, but rather King Jesus , the glory of God.

Let’s seal this in prayer?

Father,

I thank you for each soul that has stopped to pay us a visit and give us your time, their attention.

I pray that the new wine you’re pouring in and through my life would continue to touch multitudes , transforming lives and bringing your Kingdom to the earth.

I ask that in each person’s life, you would show up as the Combatant– the one who takes militant action against spiritual attacks, the Breaker- the one who breaks open the way into a broad, open, spacious place where we can build, where we can create, where we can breathe, where we can play; as well as the Healer- the one who binds up our wounds and heals all diseases.

I ask that you would help us to respond to you in this hour – to be willing, yielded and anointed vessels that you can use to pour out your glory into the Earth.

Let Ekklesia Rise!

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, I pray..

In Jesus’ mighty Name,

Amen.

Friend, the Father loves you. Jesus fights for you. Holy Spirit empowers you. Stay connected to the vine, and fruitfulness will stream from your life. Give him the reigns of what you cannot control, alongwith your trust.

Watch him do what only He can do!

I decree majesties & miracles over your life!

Sealed with great hope,

Simran ❤️

Ps: If this blessed you, please spread the word!

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/

Welcome Home 🤗

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

3-Day Advent Devotional NOEL — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, Isaiah 9:6 KJV — Christmas manger with swaddling cloth, Bethlehem town lights under bright star of Bethlehem at night — …*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 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 Video Devotional — All in One

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

You can watch it here –

YouTube Video Link:

https://youtube.com/shorts/fC_LgsdHWy0?si=duTa6jkCVAMZkn0d

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 ❤️

🎄❄️☃️

NOEL Christmas wreath — lush green evergreen wreath with eucalyptus and red jingle bells hanging on white background, minimalist Christmas decor

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.

Testimony of Electrician Bhaiya’s Healing — Isaiah 10:27

I am a firm believer in the power of the anointing oil.

Isaiah 10:27 says — the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

I can personally testify. Through my own experiences —not only on my own body — but also as I have prayed and appropriated the anointing oil for several others, God has moved in power and in mercy and compassion — He has touched His people and He has done what only He can do — not by might nor by power but by His Spirit.

A most beautiful testimony stands out to me.

The electrician Bhaiya in our community met with a serious accident a couple of months back. He went through a hip replacement surgery and through his trials God has been faithful to him.

When he came to my place — I couldn’t help but pray and intercede for his healing. I sat with him for one or two sessions, after which his pain levels started to come down — from seven to about two.

I told him about the anointing oil. With a very tender heart and contrite spirit, he agreed and has since been regularly applying the anointing oil.

Today I met him – His countenance is shining. His pain levels remain at two. His healing remains sealed in the blood of Jesus.

And he has also reported being able to sit in postures that were earlier either difficult or not possible for him — and now he sits with ease and grace.

This is the power of the Living God. No physiotherapy. No exercises. Just pure grace.

Let’s celebrate the Lord and give Him all the honor He deserves

Amen 👑

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 🤍