Have you ever felt like giving up because life keeps knocking you down? Maybe you've experienced heartbreak, betrayal, career setbacks, or one disappointment after another. You've prayed, you've tried to do everything right, and you're wondering how much more you can take.

What if tenacity isn't just something you're born with, but something you can develop?

I've faced failed relationships, professional disappointments, and a personal breakdown that tested my faith and resilience. There were moments when I wanted to quit, but I learned something about perseverance that changed how I approach life's challenges.

In this episode of Rebecca Has Spoken, I'm sharing the five questions I learned to ask myself when facing adversity, how my Christian faith helped me persevere, and why developing mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual resilience matters more than you might realize.

We're getting into the power of your mindset, the importance of the company you keep, trusting God through difficult seasons, and what it really means to keep going when life isn't turning out the way you expected.

If you're struggling with discouragement, self-doubt, disappointment, or feeling stuck in life, this conversation is for you.

Because you can't always control what happens to you, but you have more power over how you respond than you may realize.

In this episode, we explore:

• How to develop tenacity and perseverance during difficult times

• Finding hope when you're tempted to give up

• Trusting God's faithfulness through trials and uncertainty

• The connection between faith, resilience, and emotional maturity

• Why your friendships and the words you speak matter

• Building the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual strength to face adversity

Scriptures referenced:

Romans 5:3–4 | James 1:2–4 | 1 Samuel 18:1 | 1 Samuel 23:16 | Proverbs 18:21

💜 Join the conversation: What's something you're struggling to persevere through right now? Share in the comments. I'd love to hear from you.

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Because painful lessons don't define you. They refine you!

How do you forgive someone who has deeply betrayed you—especially when that person is family?

After uprooting my life for a promising opportunity, I was fired. The experience left me devastated, humiliated, and struggling to understand why God had allowed it to happen.

In this episode of Rebecca Has Spoken, I'm sharing my personal testimony of family betrayal, the struggle to forgive what seemed unforgivable, and the powerful lessons God taught me through one of the darkest seasons of my life.

If you're wrestling with unforgiveness, resentment, emotional wounds, or learning to trust God after disappointment, I pray this episode encourages you to keep going.

God can bring beauty from ashes—even when you can't see it yet.

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The church has been lying to you about Christian dating and finding a husband! In this episode of Rebecca Has Spoken, I challenge the passive dating advice many single Christian women have been given and unpack what the biblical story of Ruth and Boaz teaches about marriage, reputation, initiative, and putting yourself in a position to be found.

I also share practical Christian dating advice on where to meet godly men, how to navigate online dating, and how to prepare for a Christ-centered marriage.

If you're a single Christian woman praying for a husband and wondering whether you should simply wait on God, this episode is for you!

Are you in a waiting season, praying and fasting for marriage but still feeling anxious while you wait?

In this episode, I share what God showed me when I was single in my late thirties and thought I was doing everything right, and how it changed the way I approached waiting on God for marriage.

If you are navigating Christian singleness, wanting marriage, and learning how to trust God while you wait, this conversation on finding peace in waiting and preparing for a godly marriage will help you check your heart and reset your focus.

Press play to hear what shifted for me before I became a wife — and what it could mean for your own waiting season.

Are you a single Christian woman navigating Christian dating and wondering if him being a Christian is enough for a lasting godly relationship?

In this episode, we unpack what it really means to be equally yoked beyond a shared faith label, and why so many Christian relationships still feel misaligned. If you are looking for practical Christian relationship advice that goes deeper than church attendance, this conversation is for you.

We talk through dating as a Christian woman with discernment, boundaries, and standards, including different definitions of faith, spiritual maturity, life purpose, values, lifestyle compatibility, and personality differences. You will learn how to stop overlooking good compatible men and start focusing on what actually creates alignment for marriage.

If you want clarity on being equally yoked in faith and purpose, setting standards without settling, and choosing a partner wisely in Christian dating, press play.

Are you waiting to be chosen in dating instead of learning how to choose wisely? This Christian dating advice episode is for you.Rebecca Has Spoken helps Christian women stop second-guessing and settling and start dating with clarity, confidence, and faith. In this episode, Rebecca shares why waiting to be chosen keeps you stuck, how she gave away her power of choice in her 20s and 30s, and what shifted before she met and married her husband at 41.

If you're navigating christian dating, struggling with red flags, emotions, or knowing the difference between wants and non-negotiable needs, this conversation on dating advice for women and relationsip advice for women will help you think wisely, guard your time and attention, and approach relationships with biblical wisdom.

Learn what it really means to date intentionally, why his interest doesn't equal obligation, and how to set Christian dating boundaries rooted in faith. Plus, a preview of next week's episode on compatibility.

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Are you so focused on if he likes you that you never ask if you even like him?

In this Becoming a Wife episode, I break down why nice girls finish last in early dating — and it's not because you're too kind. If you're stuck in people pleasing in dating, over-invested and worried about his opinion while ignoring what you actually want, this Christian dating advice is for you.

We'll talk about what a nice girl really is in dating, what mindset to carry instead of pressure and anxiety, and how to stop chasing love by staying open without getting attached to the outcome.

Part of the Becoming a Wife series for Christian women learning boundaries, self-worth, and faith-aligned dating. New long-form every Tuesday at 7am.

The most important dating lesson I learned way too late: my real power was being willing and able to walk away. I used to be the Queen of Second Chances. I gave chance after chance and called it patience. In this Becoming a Wife episode, I share how learning the power of walking away changed how I approached boundaries, commitment, self-worth and choosing the right man — and how I met my husband 2 months after I finally did it. In this episode: why walking away is so powerful, how to tell the difference between being patient and staying too long, how to walk away when you still have feelings, and when taking him back is the right call. If you've ever felt powerless in dating, wondered how to know when to leave a relationship , or felt like you were being too nice in dating and repeating the same patterns, this is for you.