Metro Detroit preacher and social media celebrity Tatianna Merritt.
“You are not alone.”
That is the message that Metro Detroit preacher and social media celebrity Tatianna Merritt asserts. She offers readers advice on how to quiet the chaos in their lives and find their inner calm to face 2023 with confidence in her first devotional book, “Devotions of Love.”
“No matter what life brings, there is no need to face it alone,” Merritt said in a press release about her intimate book, which takes readers through the steps necessary to allow God’s love to enter those vacant spaces. “I am a true testament that nothing you face in life can keep you from the love of God.”
Merritt is urging readers to find peace and solace in their faith at a time when people are looking for change and fulfillment as they get ready to start a new year. The influential person, who is now an author, guides readers on a daily voyage of discovery to overcome life’s challenges by acknowledging God’s love in every situation.
Merritt is a strong believer in the influence of living a genuine Christian lifestyle. She is committed to educating her audience about the value of prioritizing faith and themselves through the creation of inspirational, persuasive and motivating material. She is an example of how one may live the life one wishes through faith, and she currently has 100,000 followers, a number which is increasing.
Merritt is not new to her encouraging role in helping women to put themselves first amid their hectic life. When she isn’t producing content for the beauty, fashion, faith and fitness industries, she is passionate about sharing what fuels her fire.
She recently sat down and spoke with the Michigan Chronicle about the inspiration behind writing the book, which was birthed from a place of pain.
Two years ago, she and her husband, Pastor Jonathan Merritt of Straight Gate International Church, were going through what she described as a difficult time in their lives.
“I mean, divorce came up. It was really bad,” she said, adding that as a woman of faith (and mother of four) going through a difficult time helped her reach higher heights in God. “The Lord always says… tribulation is going to come. Like your life is not just going to be peaceful. But keep me…in the forefront, keep me as your foundation and I will help you through this.”
That is exactly what He did for Merritt as she said that He told her to wake up early before everyone else and pray.
“It seemed too simple,” she said at first, adding that spending quiet time with the Lord produced some fruits that shocked her world and changed her marriage. “I got a notepad…and every single day…. starting from there I just started to have more peace…. God just gave me like a release to let every feeling that I have just be let out to Him….And I realized like at that moment, like God is love, like no matter what you’re going through, He loves you no matter what.”
From feelings of hopelessness to joy, she took her notes and formed them into a book.
“I was journaling, everything like that God says about us in His Word,” she said, adding that it was all positive and she wants others to know they too are loved by God. “I have a lot of young women or even just women in general who come to me for prayer that you know, don’t know how to pray or don’t know how to start, or don’t know what to pray for. … I wanted to create a tool for other people.”
She adds that her book, with reflections for the day and night, helps people to learn to lean on God throughout the day, and she looks forward to the next chapter in her life, and the lives of her readers.
“Obviously, when you put something new out there and you’re attached to it, not sure how it’s going to be received. But I mean, from my family, from friends from strangers – people I don’t even know – they’re messaging me on Instagram or resharing and just saying how it’s inspired them and … so to me, that’s an honor really, that I’m able to help. That God’s using me.”
For more information on the devotional visit tatiannamerritt.com.
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