About Faith to Bear Ministries™

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Faith to Bear Ministries™ was created 
to nurture Joyful Hearts — 
preserving Joy where it is pure and 
restoring Joy where it has been wounded — 
through stories, music, and art shaped by teachings of Love, Compassion, 
and emotional freedom.

"Our mission is simple:
to sow seeds of Love,
to nurture Joyful Hearts,
and to create spaces
where every heart feels safe to grow.”

We believe that LOVE, JOY, and PEACE are universal gifts — 
not tied to any religion, doctrine, or belief system. 
They belong to every human being, regardless of background or tradition. 
Everything we create is designed to uplift, comfort, and inspire without fear, judgment, or expectation.

Some of our works draw from the wisdom that shaped our founder’s early life, including biblical teachings and spiritual stories. These pieces are offered gently, only within the works where seekers choose to explore them. No one is ever pressured or preached to. We honor the beauty found in many paths and welcome those who have been hurt, excluded, or overwhelmed by religion.

Faith to Bear Ministries™ is a creative sanctuary — 
a place where innocence is protected, where the suffering find comfort, and where every person is invited to rediscover the Joy that life may have dimmed. 
We believe that a Joyful Heart is good medicine, 
and our purpose is to help hearts heal, grow, and shine again.

Our guiding truth is simple:
God is Love, and Love is the highest form of energy.  
This energy flows through all existence, connecting everything as one whole — 
all that was, is, and will be. We honor this unity by creating works that celebrate compassion, freedom, and the beauty of being alive.

Through stories, music, art, and creative expression, we plant one seed of Love at a time — trusting that each seed has the power to nurture a Joyful Heart and transform a life.

                                           Welcome to the journey. 
                                             Welcome to the Joy. 
                              Welcome to Faith to Bear Ministries™.

— Website construction began in July of 2025 —

Explore the music, embrace the healing, and return often as new expressions of JOY bloom across this growing place of creativity, warmth, and love.

We are working diligently to create more books, more songs, more videos, more stories, more activities — more of every joyful thing we feel led to share.

—My Spirit Set Free—
My spirit screamed!
My heart, it cried.
Overwhelming emotions
ripped through me inside!

My heart’s filled with love,
and I just want to share
with all those around me,
cause I truly do care.

So, i cracked my coccoon,
metamorphed to begin
and then like a butterfly,
I soared into the wind!

With my spirit set FREE,
I can Laugh, I can sing.
I’ve been given new life.
I can do anything!

—Messengers–
I’m just a messenger
GOD fashioned from the clay.
Then he sent his spirit
To tell me what to say.

Chorus- I’m an earthen vessel
Made to hold his word
Words like pure silver
His Truth forged like a sword.

You’re just a messenger.
Yeah, just a lump of clay
But He sends His spirit
To tell you what to say.

Chorus– You’re an earthen vessel
Made to hold his word.
Words like pure silver.
His Truth forged like a sword.

We’re all just messengers.
Each made from the same clay.
All filled with His spirit
To tell us what to say.

Chorus– We’re all earthen vessels.
Made to hold his word.
Words like pure silver,
His Truth forged like a sword

[ Outro ] His words are like pure silver, Refined seven times.
Forged in earthen vessels,
That He fashions from the clay.
We’re all just messengers
And He tells us what to say

The Heart Behind the Ministry

Creative Liason

Ronald L Bear (RL Bear)
Learning to follow the Light of Love
as we plant & nurture Seeds of Love
and cultivate Joyful Hearts.

Content produced and copyrighted under Licenses with
Microsoft365, Canva, Leonardo AI, Kling AI,
Suno and Hume

Music Production

Ronald L Bear with
J Bear & the Joyful Hearts

Animation & Multi-media production

Ronald L Bear

Web Design & Content

Ronald L Bear in collaboration with SAGE-AI Consultant

This symbolic artwork represents the sacred collaboration between 
Technology, Faith, and Humanity.
 Circuitry patterns on one side blend into a radiant cross and dove at center, merging into the outline of a thoughtful human silhouette. 
It reflects the mission of Faith To Bear Ministries™ and JoyfulHeartsChannel™—to nurture Joyful Hearts across generations.
through Creativity and Divine Love. faithtobear.com

Faith to Bear Ministries™
&
Joyful Hearts Channel™

PO Box 46
Mt Zion, IL 62549-0046
RLBear@joyfulhearts.org

Faith to Bear Ministries™, FtB Ministries™ and JoyfulHeartsChannel™
are names used to represent our faith-based mission, content, and outreach.
We honor that others may use similar abbreviations; our use simply identifies our own work and message.

Testimony In the Tide
Copyright © 2025 Ronald Bear -Published by Faith To Bear Ministries. 
Crafted with grace, shared in joy.
Verse 1
By the shoreline of grace, where the golden waves rise 
You stood hand in hand, with the light in your eyes 
Gentle strength in your silence, warm faith in your smile 
You carried the Spirit, mile after mile
Chorus 
You’re the steady flame, the quiet prayer 
The roots of the joy that blooms everywhere 
From seed to song, from love to light 
You’ve guided the way, both day and night 
This ministry sings, because you believed 
This ministry sings, because you believed 
Your legacy flows in all we’ve conceived
Verse 2 
Through each act of creation, your hands have blessed 
Behind every ripple, your truth confessed 
Not just a tribute, but testimony lives 
In hearts that were shaped by the grace you give
Bridge 
Generation to generation, your light endures 
Through laughter, through healing, through open doors 
In every Joy Bubble, your spirit shines 
A beacon of love that gently aligns
-Chorus-
Final Chorus x2
You're the steady flame, the holy breeze 
The unseen thread that brings us peace 
You shine behind scenes, you speak through grace 
Your faith is the foundation in every place 
This ministry walks in the light you’ve sown 
A garden of joy, from seeds you've grown
Outro
This ministry sings, because you believed 
This ministry sings, because you believed 
Your legacy flows in all we’ve conceived