Getting Ready for a Great New Year.

As much as things have been challenging for us all this year, I am definitely grateful for all the little milestones we’ve created.

As soon as the pandemic shut down the world in March of this year, we paused, pivoted, and sought the Lord for our next directions. In doing so, we obtained an incredible new headquarters for Soulful Image Magazine. We have a fantastic office that now houses our business, some of our interviews, meetings, and more! We found ourselves a Mentor who has helped connect us with some great people and resources and as well given us some solid advice about our publication. We have more writers and contributors than ever before. We started to introduce facebook and instagram lives and recorded interviews. We created our first ebook called, “Act Like You Cannot Fail.” And we are excited about some incredible connections we’ve made in the last little while which is going to take us to the next level very quickly. Regardless of what is happening, God can and will still bless you when you take your eyes off of fear and doubts. He will reward you when you press through to creating and focusing on your end goals.

Normally, we commit to printing 3-4 issues a year. Due to the pandemic, we said we would focus on 2 print issues but have also added complimentary issues online to help serve the community. In doing so, we have attracted new readers and potential advertisers. Our Loral Langemeier and Les Brown issues are the best selling issues we have to date.... even during what some say is a recession. So, never let outside circumstances dictate your outcome.

Overall, we have still completed 4 issues; 2 online and 2 in print. We feel very happy about that, with this being our very first Holiday Online Shopping Guide! This year we wanted to focus on the miraculous spirit of Christmas, the joy, the giving, and let’s not forget the celebrating! Despite what is happening in the world, let’s not forget to celebrate and focus on creating a miraculous new year. 2021 will be what you envision it to be as long as you think, speak and act like you cannot fail. You can create miracles for yourself and your family as long as you believe it is possible.

In this issue, we focused on great shopping gift ideas you can find mostly on amazon. But don’t miss out on some great articles such as How To Have A Stress Free Christmas, You Gotta Put In The Work, Miracles: The Reward For Our Obedience, 5 Ways To Fuel Your Families Financial Future, and more!

May this issue bless you and all those who helped contribute to it. May you bless the advertisers by ordering from them and sharing this issue with your family, friends, and community. Read on!

Tracey-Acadia Thomas Founder & Editor-In-Chief

In December last year we asked our community of followers if they had the power to fulfill a miracle what would it be. We received a flood of responses from healing sickness and diseases, eliminating world poverty, restoring relationships, eliminating hunger, homelessness and every extreme needs throughout the world. Do you know what all of these responses showed us? People truly do care about the conditions of families, relationships, their lives and want to make a difference throughout the world globally!

But the question is how can you effectively create these miracles or any miracle in your life and the world altogether and actually see them come to pass? How can you make this next decade the most miraculous decade of your life?

Here are a few things you will need to do consistently allowing you to create and manifest any miracle in your life.

1. Believe Miracles are Possible!

Without belief you cannot have it. You cannot receive what you do not believe. But if you believe it is possible and you believe it is yours without doubting you can and you will receive that miracle according to God’s will for your life. God knows what is best for you and the timing that is best for things to show up in your life when you submit everything to Him. You must believe miracles are possible and that God is a miracle working God that loves you and has your BEST interest at heart.

2. Prayers and Declarations

When God created the universe He spoke everything into existence. His thoughts became words and His power in His words manifested in the physical. God has given us the same creative power through our own words. So when you pray and declare the promises of God over your life, your circumstances, or circumstances happening in the world, you will manifest your beliefs according to God’s will.

Praying God’s word is Powerful! It cannot go back to God without it accomplishing what it was sent and created to produce. You need to pray focused intentional prayers and Declarations of what you want and believe is possible. When you speak powerful words your ear gate will hear your voice’s commands which will increase your belief and set your heart, mind and behaviours in the direction you need so that you can do your part to bring your desired miracles to pass.

3. Take Action and act like it is already done!

When you believe it is possible to receive your miracles, and when you line up your prayers and words with conviction and power, your actions will begin to show your belief and you will prepare to receive that of which you are seeking.

E.g. A person who was fired and is believing God for a financial miracle starting with a new job must first believe that God will provide what they ask and need. They will display faith through bold prayers and gratitude followed by actions of belief. They may begin putting out resumes and then prepare for interviews they expect to receive. The point is in order to receive miracles you must prepare for them as if you are expecting them to occur.

God will meet you right where you are in your faith. The important thing is you must believe. Pray boldly and declare words of conviction. Then take action with the expectation that you Will have what you are praying for. Do this in everything submitting it all to God and you can experience a decade full of miraculous results, breakthroughs and success.

Begin to see yourself creating a miraculous decade, becoming a powerful leader in your families, relationships, and communities. Commit yourself to doing your part. Everyone plays a part in God’s master plan. So focus on your purpose and eventually combined actions will make great impacts globally.

Tis the holly jolly season once again! December is here and if you are anything like me, your brain has already sent a million signals that lots should be happening right now in terms of preparation, and rightly so. So here are some of my recommendations as we tackle this season of celebrating our Saviour’s birth.

You can start by creating a budget for gifts. Budgeting for gifts is such a therapeutic activity that is guaranteed to put some cheer into your holiday prep. Knowing exactly how much you have to spend and being intentional about sticking to that puts so much joy into giving. Not just that but it makes it super easy to determine where you can afford to shop generally based on your limit. It helps you to determine the gifts/cards that could be home-made if they are treats or DIY’s so that you are putting that much more personal love into your gift-giving.

And then comes the topic that is sometimes just a bit tricky to deal with. Although you would love to be able to attend all the events and parties of all the wonderful women who you have met through networking, you must face the reality that this will not be possible this year due to Covid. Finding gracious ways to connect either over zoom, making phone calls and creating these scheduled times will help with the feelings of overwhelm as your schedule becomes more manageable and as you are able to look at your calendar with the ability of managing social distancing and spreading your Christmas spirit.

Shopping your local thrift or consignment store or even your own closet in order to get your hands on fabulous holiday finds is another great way to maximize your dollar-cost value at this time of the year. While you may be able to mix and match pieces in order to create completely new stunning ensembles, the feeling of walking out of a store with an entire outfit costing $20 is phenomenal. Who says Christmas time has to send you into a maxed out credit card mode? Certainly not!

Delicious, decadent entrées and treats help create the atmosphere at your own shin-dig. Making lists of dishes and stocking up early on ingredients weeks in advance is a must. There is no one happier for the holidays than the woman who is prepared for these holiday small gatherings with their wonderful gift-giving experiences and those glamorous outfits that put absolutely no pressure on the pocket book.

Founder & Editor-In-Chief

Tracey-Acadia Thomas