For many veterans, the transition from military service into civilian life is more than a career change. It can become a deeply personal journey of identity, healing, faith, and renewed purpose. For Michelle Poitier, Founder of Huldah Ministries Inc., that journey became a calling.
As a veteran, ministry leader, mentor, and prophetic voice, Michelle brings a distinct perspective to faith-based leadership. Her work centers on helping people confront hidden wounds, reclaim their voice, and walk boldly in their God-given assignments. Through Huldah Ministries Inc., she leads a veteran-led ministry that equips intercessors, watchmen, prophetic voices, and Kingdom leaders with biblical truth, spiritual discernment, and courage.
Her message is especially meaningful for veterans, women in transition, and believers seeking to live out their faith authentically after seasons of hardship.
Faith After Service: Discovering Purpose Beyond the Uniform
Michelle describes the most impactful moment of her military transition as the moment she discovered her purpose. After surviving significant personal trauma and deep despair, she found herself over 17,000 feet above sea level on the side of the Andes Mountains during Mariposa 1, alongside nine other disabled veterans.
In that moment, surrounded by the mountains, she faced a life-changing truth: she had survived for a reason.
For veterans navigating life after service, that kind of realization can be powerful. The battlefield may change, but the need for mission, discipline, community, and meaning often remains. Michelle’s story suggests that pain doesn’t have to be the end of the story. It can become a place where purpose begins.
About Huldah Ministries Inc.
Huldah Ministries Inc. is a prophetic equipping and discipleship ministry based in Jacksonville, Florida. The ministry trains, activates, and strengthens believers to fulfill their God-given assignments with wisdom, integrity, and authority.
Rooted in the mandate of Psalm 144:1, Huldah Ministries bridges spiritual formation and practical Kingdom leadership through biblical teaching, prophetic training, prayer initiatives, mentorship, and transformational gatherings.
A Veteran-Led Ministry with a Clear Mission
What makes Huldah Ministries distinct is its focus on what Michelle calls spiritual “reforging.” As a veteran-led ministry, it brings together military precision and prophetic authority with a mission to equip people to be “Trained 2 War, Anointed 2 Watch, and Mantled 2 Move.”
This language reflects a disciplined approach to spiritual growth. It is not simply about receiving encouragement. It is about being trained, strengthened, and prepared to stand with courage in faith, prayer, leadership, and service.
Living Faith in Daily Life
For Michelle, faith is not reserved for Sunday. It shapes how she leads, serves, mentors, teaches, and responds to people in need. Her daily commitment is to equip and encourage believers to understand their identity in Christ and walk confidently in their calling.
She openly acknowledges differing views within the broader faith community about ministry leadership, women in leadership, and prophetic calling. Yet her focus remains on obedience, humility, love, and faithfulness to the assignment she believes God has entrusted to her.
That kind of faith is practical. It shows up in conversations. It shows up in leadership decisions. It shows up in how someone creates safe spaces for others to heal and grow.
Veteran Healing and the Power of Reclaiming Your Voice
Michelle’s work is deeply connected to helping women, including women veterans and women leaders, move from trauma into restored identity. Her personal journey through childhood and adolescent trauma, military transition, and spiritual restoration helped shape the tools, resources, and wisdom she now uses to serve others.
Through Michelle Speakz and related ministry efforts, her message has reached over 189,000 individuals worldwide. During the pandemic, she also founded the Empowered 2 Thrive Community, a safe and strategic space that supported and equipped over 60 women globally, with reach spanning from Texas to the UK.
While the reach is meaningful, Michelle emphasizes that the true value is transformation: lives shifted, voices reclaimed, identities restored, and women empowered to rise beyond trauma into purpose.
Practical Faith Guidance for Veterans and Believers Seeking Growth
Michelle’s advice for anyone struggling to live out their faith or grow spiritually begins with a clear foundation: make the Word of God your guide.
1. Return to Scripture as Your Foundation
Michelle believes that for every affliction, challenge, or battle, the Word of God offers a spiritual remedy. Scripture, in her view, does more than inform; it transforms. Spending time in God’s presence and His Word helps believers recognize His voice and walk more confidently in His will.
2. Create Space for Stillness
In a world filled with noise, busyness can become a way to avoid what is happening beneath the surface. Michelle encourages people to get still and create room for God to speak. She says some of the deepest revelations come in quiet places where the heart is fully surrendered.
3. Stay Connected to Healthy Community
Spiritual growth is not meant to happen in isolation. Michelle encourages believers to remain connected to biblically grounded community and to seek wise spiritual counsel from people whose lives reflect the fruit of Christ.
4. Be Willing to Grow Beyond Old Environments
Growth often requires transition. Sometimes that means outgrowing environments, relationships, or places that no longer align with where God is leading. Michelle encourages you to stay humble, remain teachable, and trust that obedience will lead you where God desires you to be.
A Scripture for Strength in Spiritual Warfare
In this season, Michelle points to Zechariah 2:5 as an anchor: “For I… will be a wall of fire around her… and I will be the glory in her midst.”
For her, this scripture reminds her that when God calls someone, He also covers them. It has strengthened her confidence in seasons of spiritual warfare and reinforced her belief that security is not found in personal strength alone, but in the Lord’s presence.
This message can be especially meaningful for veterans and leaders who are used to carrying heavy responsibility. Faith does not remove every challenge, but it can become a source of peace, courage, and endurance.
Leadership as Stewardship
Michelle defines leadership as stewardship. She is inspired by the women she serves and by watching them rise, heal, and redefine themselves. For her, leadership is not about arrival. It is about continual growth so she can continue pouring from a full well.
Her definition of success reflects that same conviction. Success is not measured only by platforms, titles, or portfolios. She describes success as alignment, radical obedience, transformed legacy, and peace as a compass.
That perspective offers a valuable lesson for anyone in leadership: achievement without peace is incomplete. Influence without integrity is fragile. True success is found in faithfully occupying your lane with excellence.
Faith, Courage, and the Legacy of a Reforged Life
Michelle’s “why” is anchored in turning adversity into impact. Having walked through trauma and the silence that often surrounds it, she understands the cost of hiding pain. That experience fuels her commitment to create spaces where women can confront challenges, silence shame, and rebuild their lives with resilience and purpose.
She hopes to leave a model of leadership rooted in authenticity, faith, and courage. Through Huldah Ministries Inc. and Michelle Speakz, she desires to help women no longer define themselves by titles or silence, but by their God-given identity and voice.
Conclusion: Living Faith with Purpose After the Battle
Michelle Poitier’s story is a powerful reminder that veterans carry more than experience; they carry resilience, discipline, perspective, and the capacity to lead from places of deep transformation. Her journey through service, trauma, restoration, and ministry shows that healing can become a foundation for impact.
For anyone seeking to live faith more fully, especially after hardship, her message is clear: return to the Word, listen for God’s voice, stay connected to healthy community, and do not be afraid to walk in the purpose entrusted to you.
To learn more about Huldah Ministries Inc. and its work equipping believers for Kingdom leadership, visit https://www.huldahministries.com. To explore Living My Faith with James Fenimore, visit https://livingmyfaith.com/.
