All topics can be adjusted to fit the specific needs of your group and schedule.
Raelene loves to use prayer and creativity to develop a new presentation for any event.
♥ an Overflowing Heart: Growing in Greater Intimacy with God
It is said of King Saul that he had no heart for God, of King David that he had a whole heart for God, and of King Solomon that he had half a heart for God. What is said of your heart? Using a heart box to represent a woman’s heart, Raelene takes your group on a walk through the Bible discovering the “treasures” God desires to place in each heart—treasures that will lead to greater intimacy with Him and a whole-hearted Christian walk. Based on Raelene’s book of the same name.
can be condensed to as little as one 60 minute presentation
♥ The Walk of Joy
Has life left you feeling empty and joyless? Do you feel like a “wrinkled-face” raisin having had the joy sucked out of you? Jesus offered His joy that our joy may be made full. As believers, our life should reflect a “plump, full” grape attached to the True Vine and full of abundant joy. Using analogies from the Father’s vineyard and John chapter 15, Raelene shares how you can walk in the full joy Jesus has given you—regardless of the circumstances you may have experienced or are now facing. And the key to the “walk of joy” is allowing it to be a “Journey to Overcoming Yourself.” Truly encouraging!
♥ Tea Time Treasures
Stress. Busyness. Unbalanced priorities. Which do you struggle with? Do you see yourself as one of God’s “treasured vessels”? Maybe the many chips, cracks, and imbalances in your life cause you to feel you have little or no value. We are God’s treasures, and understanding our value—even with all our imperfections—is Raelene’s purpose in sharing this special teaching from “Tea Time.” Using the elements of a tea setting, Raelene describes what each one represents and how they apply to our own lives. You will leave encouraged knowing that you are a unique vessel, created by the very hand of God, and that you have unique qualities God wants you to understand and use for His glory.
Based on her Bible study of the same name, Raelene shares the value of bringing the Old Testament alive through the Jewish Jesus. As a Jew, Jesus would have observed every command of the Law and the Talmud (the oral law), including when, where, and how He prayed. Bring new life to your prayer time with God by learning how the prayers Jesus prayed and the ones He taught to His disciples, as well as the importance of a prayer shawl (tallit), came from Jesus’ Jewish upbringing and hertiage.
♥ Four Steps to Fully Relying On God
Do you desire to have the same kind of strong, unwavering faith as those heroes found in Hebrews chapter eleven? Maybe this chapter causes you to feel discouraged, wondering how you might ever measure up to such acts of faith. In this presentation, filled with both humor and spiritual depth, Raelene leads you on a wondrous journey through the lives of frogs. You will gain new insights into how you can live Fully Relying On God in every area of your life following the frog’s example of relying on their hearing, their tongues, and their vision. As a result, you will be challenged to action and transformed by a new perspective.
Best when presented as a four-part teaching for a retreat or conference, but
can be adjusted to fit your needs to as little as one-60 minute presentation
♥ God’s Overflowing Waters
Every day we thirst for water in one way or another. We either desire to have a drink, to be cleansed with a bath or shower, or simply to swim in water for refreshment. But that is not all water is good for. In addition to providing for the above needs, God used water to increase the faith of His people. This presentation is a journey through the “water” events of the Bible and how God used water to bring change, rest, and growth to the lives of His people—and it is still His desire today. Raelene shares how God wants each of us to experience continued and increasing faith through His refreshing water.
♥ The ABCs for Women from the Garden
Wouldn’t you love to spend time in a tranquil place, being refreshed and renewed as a woman? Come to the garden with Raelene and let her lead you through the alphabet of God’s garden. She will inspire and encourage you through her insights into the lives of women from the Bible and from today. Topics include: Evergreens for Encouragement, Lavender for Laughter, and Vine for Value. You will be blessed with new perspective, continuing hope, and clearer understanding of God’s purpose for you as a woman.
Please request the Alphabet Information Sheet
♥ David’s Approach to Overcoming the Giants in Your Life
Are there “giants”—trials and circumstances—in your life today that you just can’t seem to overcome? Having overcome a long, difficult season in her own life, Raelene shares how ALL trials are opportunities to choose victory. Refusing to get stuck in self-pity and despair, Raelene began to find promises of hope in God’s Word. One such promise is found in the story of David as he defeated the Philistine giant with only a sling and five stones in his pouch. Applying the principles of victory which David used, you will learn the five steps to being an overcomer of the “giants” in your own life.
can be condensed to one 60 minute presentation
♥ The Shepherd’s Heart Revealed
When you have a clear understanding of Who God is and what He says about Himself, you will have greater confidence to walk through the circumstances of your life. His names are His promises to His people, of His presence and His power, to receive His peace in all things. Using Psalm 23 as the backdrop, Raelene shares how God not only reveals Himself through His Covenant Names—Yahweh and the compound Jehovah names—but also how they are still relevant in our lives today. You will be encouraged by God’s faithfulness and learn how to apply each of His names, with confidence, in your own prayer life.
♥ God’s Presents Flow from an Undivided Heart
Are you struggling to balance living in the world with living in whole-hearted devotion to God? Raelene shares how God’s presence brings about God’s presents so that you are equipped with everything you need to keep from having a divided heart. She creatively demonstrates the “bear” essentials of Loving His Perfect Way by measuring the world’s messages of love against the truth in God’s Word—thus keeping it whole and overflowing, rather than divided and confused. You will leave with a delightfully new perspective of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
♥ With These Twelve Stones
Do you struggle with finding time to grow in your relationship with God? Have you tried a variety of systems or methods of “how to pray” without success? Then “With These Twelve Stones” is for you. Named for the twelve stones (twelve sons of Israel) on the breastpiece of the High Priest’s ephod, Raelene shares how to bring these “stones” into your growing relationship with God through a study of the character of each of Jacob’s sons. You will find the freedom to develop your unique friendship with God according to your own individuality and time availability. Based on a portion of Raelene’s Bible study, “Surrounding God’s Glory.”
♥ Gathering Pearls from Life’s Irritations
Have the trials and difficult circumstances of life left you wondering, “What good can possibly come from this?” Even on the most difficult day, the answer is always the same: “God’s good will come of it!” He will use all circumstances to accomplish new growth in us. Using one of God’s most beautiful creations—the pearl, formed through years of “difficult circumstances” on the part of the oyster—Raelene shares how you can gather pearls from the “irritants” in your life.
♥ Queen of Everything!
“Queen of Everything!” What a wonderful thought, but have you ever wondered why, if you are queen of everything, you don’t seem to be in control? Have you been made to feel like a “worker bee” rather than the “queen bee?” You will have fun as Raelene leads you into determining which kind of queen you really are. Then you will learn how you can regain your rightful place in the throne room of God, the palace of your home, or in the courtyard of your workplace or ministry.
♥ From Black Boxes to Gold Hearts
Trials can bring us to a place of despair or to our knees in prayer. Which do you most often choose? Sharing from personal experiences, Raelene offers new hope and confidence to women who want to be thankful and joyful in all circumstances. She shares how to take the black boxes—the painful things we’ve hidden in our heart—and release them to God for His refining – burning away all that is not holy, and returning to us refined, gold hearts full of joy.
♥ The Joy of Mentoring
Do you wish you had an “older” woman in the Lord to encourage you, to teach you, or simply to pray with you on a regular basis? Or do you have a desire to mentor a “younger” woman in the Lord, sharing your life experiences and your love for God? Sharing from her own experiences in mentoring and using examples from the Bible, Raelene lays a foundation for the who, what, where, when, why, and how of biblical mentoring from Titus 2:3-5. This is a great presentation for encouraging greater intimacy and mentoring relationships among the women of your body, or as a springboard for starting a more formal mentoring program in your church.