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Every Married Person Needs To Hear Havilah Cunnington’s Message: ‘Marriage Is Hard’

by Rhoda Gayle May 4, 2023

written by Rhoda Gayle

Every married person and those who plan to enter into marriage need to hear this message from Havilah Cunnington.

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In an Instagram post, Havilah Cunnington shared a valuable lesson about marriage. Her message came from her own experience of being married to her husband, Ben, for over 17 years. Any married couple can relate to her experience and her realization that marriage is never an easy ride.

“Marriage is hard… I don’t mean hard like it doesn’t have wonderful benefits and I would much rather be married than single… But marriage is hard and there’s this moment in a marriage and if you’ve been married for any length, you’ll get this. There’s a moment in every marriage where you realize that the person you married is not the person you’re married to. It’s really wild.”

Bayron, Cille (Photographer). (2022). Married Couple [Photograph], Retrieved May 5, 2023

“Marriage is hard”

It’s that sudden realization that the person you’re married to was not the same person whom you married on your wedding day. While change is constant, our understanding and love for our partner should also be constant.

“I think this is when marriages break up. Is there this moment in the relationship where you go, ‘You’re not who I thought I married but I’ll choose you again. And I’d rather you show up. I love you enough for you not to be the person that was in my head but to be the person that’s in my bed. And you’re allowed to have flaws and you’re allowed to not be a participant in my perfect picture. You’re actually allowed to be present in human and I love you still.'”

God’s help

Broken marriages happen when the challenge of constant adjustment and understanding becomes too overwhelming to handle. But what we should always remember is that marriage is a process of growth of two individuals called to be one.

“So to all the couples out there who may be feeling frustrated or uncertain, know that you’re not alone. Marriage is a journey, and it’s not always easy, but with God’s help, it’s worth it.”

For a married couple to last forever, God should first be the center of that marriage. It’s His love, mercy, and grace that could make a marriage work.

Reference: Instagram | havilahcunnington
Header Image: Bayron, Cille (Photographer). (2022). Married Couple [Photograph], Retrieved May 5, 2023

May 4, 2023 0 comments

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How To Set Boundaries In Your Life

by Rhoda Gayle January 29, 2022

written by Rhoda Gayle

Here’s how to set boundaries in your life.

Set Boundaries

In an episode of A Life You Love, host Renee Evans and guest Havilah Cunnington, founder of Truth To Table, talk about setting up boundaries in life. We are all allowed to say no and set up boundaries in our lives. We are our own steward of our own life.

Havilah shares her own experience of how she was able to learn about boundaries. As a Christian leader who grew up in a minister’s house, she has always made herself available to everybody. She never allowed herself to say no because she thought that it was not Godly.

“I did not understand boundaries or know anything about boundaries until I had a crisis in my life,” Havilah said.

Your Life

When she experienced postpartum depression, God led her through the process of healing. And one step towards her healing was setting up boundaries in her life.

“Boundaries are simply where I begin and where you end. Or where I end and you begin. We’re owners of our own space and that’s our stewardship. So, when I’m clear on what I need to own, life gets so much easier. When I am owning everybody else’s space, life gets really complex,” she explained.

For us to learn how to set up boundaries, we must first need to know that God made us responsible for ourselves. No one else is responsible for our life, our attitude, and our choices, it’s ours and only we can take care of those.

“I had to learn what God held me responsible for and those were three distinct things. My feelings, how I feel about life, my attitudes, what I think about life and my choices, what I do in my life. Those things were in my yard and I get to steward those areas and no one else is responsible.”

How To Have Boundaries | Havilah Cunnington and Renee Evans

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Moms Are Allowed To Set Up Boundaries

by Rhoda Gayle January 27, 2022

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Mothers are allowed to set up boundaries to steward their families.

Set up boundaries

In an episode of A Life You Love with host Renee Evans, Havilah Cunnington tells moms that it’s okay to set up boundaries. Today’s culture has taught us to be more active in our social platforms. It has taught us to respond to every email, text messages, chats and calls. But that’s not what God wants us to always do.

“In our culture we learn that every phone call deserves a phone call and every text deserves a text. What’s happened now is that the world is now dictating where our time is going because of what they are wanting from us.”

Good Steward

God wants us to have authority over our time and over our lives. If we continue to let other people dictate our everyday lives, we end up having little to no time to do what really matters the most. God wants us to be a good stewards of what He has blessed us with.

“Instead of feeling bad about saying ‘no’ or not responding, I want you to say to yourself, ‘I have chosen to be more obedient to God.’ Because it comes down to obedience. That’s it, I’ve chosen to be more obedient to God by stewarding my time. Period.”

Havilah then encouraged mothers to not be sorry for prioritizing our family. It’s okay to say no and set up boundaries.

“You can set up boundaries that have more of a filter… You’ll start to set your boundaries up to where people can’t quite get to you and have the access.”

“You’re not sorry, you are stewarding the most precious thing that God can give you and that’s a human life. And so, we are allowed.”

Setting Up Boundaries | Havilah Cunnington and Renee Evans

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Jesus’ Greatest Strategy In Fighting The Enemy

by Rhoda Gayle August 20, 2021

written by Rhoda Gayle

Havilah Cunnington shares the greatest and simplest strategy in fighting the enemy that we can all use.

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The executive director of Moral Revolution shares the story of how Jesus defeated the enemy who was tempting Him. While Jesus was fasting for 40 days, the enemy came to test and tempt Him. When the devil asked Jesus to turn the stone to bread, Jesus did not have to fight against him. He just told him what is written in the Scripture.

That is the simplest yet greatest way to defeat the enemy, use the Word of God against him.

“Jesus does something very strategic,” Havilah said. “He used a strategy that all of us can use today, He says ‘It is written man does not live by bread alone.’”

Jesus’ Strategy

“Jesus did not fight the enemy by telling him that He was really loved, really affirmed, and the last prophetic word that He was given.”

Whenever the devil is trying to attack you, be confident of who you are in Christ. Know that the authority on heaven and on earth has been given to you because you are now an heir of God.

“You are the DNA of Jesus Christ, you have His blood flowing through your blood and you have all authority of heaven and earth. It has been given to you because you are now following Christ, your eternity is set. I’m telling you the best days are going to be ahead of us. You’re going to be glorious, there’ll be no more fear, there’ll be no more tears, there’ll be no more pain. We are made for heaven,” she explained.

You don’t have to spend time picking over the enemy, by just knowing who you are, you can overcome the enemy. Jesus has won the victory!

“Your love is a weapon, everywhere you walk, everywhere you go, every room that you walk into. I’m telling you, you are warfare because of you are.”

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In Times Of Discouragement, Remember Who Called You

by Rhoda Gayle August 5, 2021

written by Rhoda Gayle

In times of discouragement, remember who called you into this place and position. Remember that God called you and not men.

Havilah Cunnington

Havilah Cunnington shared her testimony of how she overcame the discouraging word of a man. She was just 17 when she and her sister started their ministry. They went to places to share with people the Word of the Lord.

A month after their first speaking engagement, they were invited to a church in Arizona. As they were preaching, praying, and prophesying, the pastor cut them off and led the church in a different direction. Havilah later asked the pastor how he thought the service went – and that’s when she heard a very discouraging word.

“I don’t believe in anything you did tonight,” the pastor told her. “I don’t believe in the message you brought, I don’t even believe in women doing what you did. If I have known what you would bring, I would have probably never had you.”

Who Called You?

With tears, they came running to their parents and told them about what happened. Then her father reminded her that it was God who called her into ministry and not men.

“Well, I guess you get to decide if a man called you or God called you,” Havilah’s father said to her.

The enemy always wants to instill fear in us to cripple us from doing the works of the Kingdom. But we have to overcome the words of the enemy by holding on to the promises of God.

“The battles of the enemy, they get more intense, they intensify. Fear could never stay in one place, fear traps us more and more and more. Anxiety traps us more, more and more.”

In Timothy, Paul said to Timothy not to let anyone look down on him because he was young. The Lord is also speaking to us through that verse. Never let anyone look down on you because you are young or you are a woman because God is with you.

Remember Who Called You | Havilah Cunnington

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Teenage Girl Was On Her Way To A Weekend Party When She Heard God’s Voice Calling Her

by Rhoda Gayle June 17, 2021

written by Rhoda Gayle

This teenage girl was on her way to a weekend party when she heard God’s voice calling out to her. That moment changed her entire life!

Havilah Cunnington

Bethel Church pastor and minister Havilah Cunnington shared her life-changing experience when she was just a teen. Havilah grew up at church as her father was a minister. However, she really didn’t have a relationship with God. She was just a church kid trying to fit in while living a different life at school.

One weekend night, some guys picked her and her twin sister up to go to a party. They were seated in the backseat while the music is playing, it was a typical weekend night for a teenager. Little did she know that her life will be changing at that moment. Havilah suddenly heard the audible voice of God calling out to her.

“Havilah, what are you doing? You cannot live like this. I have a purpose in your life, you can’t do this,” God said to her as she remembered.

Weekend Party

Surprised by what she has heard, she asked their guy friends to turn the music down. Out of the blue, she then declared to them that God has a calling for her. She starting to cry as the Holy Spirit touched her. Havilah then invited them to come with her as she serves the Lord.

“I’m going to serve God. You’re welcome to come with me if you want but this is what I’m going to do,” she said to her friends.

God’s Calling

As she looked to her side, she saw her twin sister Deborah crying. Havilah knew at that moment that the Lord was also doing something in her heart. Their guy friends brought them back home, and when they entered their room, they surrendered their lives to God.

“God… I am not much, I am young, I’m 17, I’m a girl and I don’t have any special gifts or graces on my life… God, if you can use anyone, you are welcome to use me,” Havilah prayed to God.

That moment changed her and Deborah’s entire life and brought them to where they are now. Today, they are ministering to other people and encouraging them to also follow God’s calling for their lives.

Surrendering to God's Will | Havilah Cunnington

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June 17, 2021 0 comments

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Renee Evans & Havilah Cunnington Talk About Motherhood And Getting Rid Of ‘Mom Guilt’

by Rhoda Gayle June 16, 2021

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In a recent episode of A Life You Love with host Renee Evans, Havilah Cunnington talks about motherhood.

Motherhood

The two mothers who also work in the ministry shared their experiences as mothers. They talked about the difficulties that come with balancing motherhood and work life. They also discussed how they were able to get rid of “mom guilt,” the guilt feeling in motherhood.

“Stop expecting yourself to be an expert in a season you’ve never been in before,” Havilah said.

She then shared her experience of how she relied on the Holy Spirit during her difficult time as a mother.

“What really mattered was my relationship with the Holy Spirit, and asking Him what He wanted me to do, and doing that no matter what anybody else thought,” she said.

“Lean into the purpose that God has for our lives and asking for strategy. Instead of just trying to read a book, or ask somebody to tell me what I’m going to do with my kids, or how our parents raised us. We’re looking for a divine strategy just like our call, we’re looking for a divine strategy in our mothering.”

Motherhood

Mom Guilt

There will never be a “perfect mother” and no mother can be called successful or unsuccessful. It is not a role where we can fail or pass, it is a calling from God that humbles us.

“I don’t think mothering is a place where we feel the most successful. I think mothering is the place where we feel the most humbled.”

When asked by Renee what Havilah does to live a life that she loves, she said a very powerful message. She urged everyone to ignore losses and celebrate success.

“Any time I’m feeling that it [life] needs to be perfect, I realize that I’m putting standards to myself that God would never put on me. He knows what it’s like to be human and He knows that we can celebrate our success even in times of losing.”

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Havilah Cunnington Reveals The Objective Of The Enemy

by Rhoda Gayle June 15, 2021

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Bethel Church pastor Havilah Cunnington reveals the objective of the enemy in our lives and why he wants to steal everything away from us.

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In a conference, Havilah shared eye-opening truths about the enemy and his objectives in our lives. She referenced John 10:10 which reads: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

Havilah then revealed that the objective of the enemy is to steal everything from us.

“The enemy’s objective in our life is to take from us not because He wants it, but because He has a compulsive desire to have it,” Havilah said.

Objective of the Enemy

The word “steal” in the Scripture means “klepto” in Greek. It is where the word “kleptomania” came from and it is the compulsive desire to steal. The enemy wants to take your relationships, your finances, and your health, just because he wants to take it from you. And he is using all of this to shake your faith.

“We’re going to hit hard things not because we’ve done anything wrong but because we live in a fallen world. The Bible says ‘it reigns on the just and the unjust,’ which means just because you love God doesn’t mean you’re not going to face hard things. God doesn’t say He’ll deliver us from hard things, He says ‘I’ll walk with you.’”

God’s promise for all of us is that He’ll always be with us though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death. When dealing with the schemes of the enemy, do not fear, for God is with you!

Spiritual Warfare | Havilah Cunnington

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This Week Renée Evans And Heather Schott Discuss Getting Free From Addiction On A Life You Love

by GOD TV June 13, 2021

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“A Life You Love”, hosted by Renée Evans, is packed with powerful, anointed conversations with some amazing women of God! Renée isn’t afraid to have hard conversations. She dives into topics such as juggling motherhood and ministry, race and racism, missions, birthing, sex trafficking, comparison, and more – pulling out the gold in each one of her guests.

Meet The Host

Renée’s passion is to see the church be the hope to the nations that it was created to be. Leading by example in healthy relationships and families, social justice issues, and bringing Heaven to earth in the community in which they are planted. Her mission is to empower women and the church to be all that God has called them to be.

“My heart is to create a safe place for women to be vulnerable with one another, encourage one another, and glean from each other. ” – Renée Evans

“The purpose of this show is for Christian women all over the world to feel as though they are sitting on a sofa next to a girlfriend talking about life, purpose, family, and their unique calling.” – Renée Evans

The Guest List

Episode #1 – Havilah Cunnington, Founder of Truth to Table
Episode #2 – Heather Schott, Founder of Justice Reform
Episode #3 – Andrea Moore, Co-Pastor at Summit Worship Center
Episode #4 – Lauren Vallotton, Director of Operations at Bethel Redding
Episode #5 – Lorisa Miller, Lead Pastor and Founder of Upperroom
Episode #6 – Jenessa Wait, Social Media Influencer
Episode #7 – Holly Hayes, Founder of Sanctuary Project
Episode #8 – Kes Evans, Singer/Songwriter/Missionary
Episode #9 – Jasmine Tate, Worship Leader at Mercy Culture/Visionary of AXL Creative Co.
Episode #10 – Bethany Hicks, Co-Founder of Prophetic Company Global
Episode #11 – Jamie Ivey, Podcaster/Author/Speaker

“A Life You Love”

God never wanted us to live a joyless life, He wants us to enjoy it. Join our Relentless Woman Tribe as Renée dives into how to practically live a life you love!

Set your alarm and circle your calendars on June 6th @ 9pm EST as A Life You Love premiers.

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You Must Know The Strategies Of The Devil Before You Can Defeat Him

by Rhoda Gayle June 10, 2021

written by Rhoda Gayle

You must know the schemes and strategies of the devil before you can defeat him.

Havilah Cunnington

Havilah Cunnington, one of the pastors at Bethel Church, talks about the schemes of the enemy and how to defeat him. Many Christians when facing hard times often wonder whether it is a scheme of the enemy or a test from God or just the fruits of our actions and decision. We must know how to clear up that confusion in order to fight the battle.

“We can’t fight battles if we don’t know where they’ve come from,” Havilah emphasized.

Strategies of the devil

One must first know what the schemes and strategies of the enemy are before we can fight against him.

“You must understand your enemy for you cannot defeat what you do not understand,” she explained. “And you have a real enemy that hates your life. He is fascinated with defeating you, he’s obsessed with taking from you.”

Power of God in You

Some Christians don’t want to deal with the enemy, because they didn’t know that there is God’s power in them that can defeat the enemy. And some are always cautious about the enemy that they always blame the enemy for every bad thing that happened.

You must have the wisdom of God when discerning whether a situation is from the enemy or not. You must be fully aware of his schemes. However, do not be afraid of him. The same power that defeated the evil on the cross is in you, be confident in God’s power.

“I’m not going to spend my energy being afraid of the thief,” Havilah said. “I’m actually going to spend my energy building the abundant life that Christ came to give me.”

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