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5 Verses Moms Should Memorize…and PRAY!

Salvation. It’s the most important thing we want for our children. The most important prayer our heart whispers every day. The most important cry of every Christian momma’s heart. More than a godly spouse, educational and financial success, power, position or health, we pray that our children will be saved. But we’re not alone in this deep desire to see our kids come to know Christ. It’s God’s deepest desire too! That’s why Jesus came… because it wasn’t His will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance – and that includes your children, and my children, …

Mom, Are You Fretting?

“Do not fret.” Do we, as moms, follow this? David uses the word fret three times and all three in one psalm, Psalm 37, verses 1, 7, and 8. The Hebrew word for fret means to glow or grow warm, to be angry, to kindle, to blaze up, to be hot, to be furious, to burn. Our English definition is tempered somewhat. In part, it means to feel or express worry, annoyance, or discontent, to agitate, torment, irritate, or vex, to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, etc. Used as a noun, it means an agitated or irritated state …

Teaching Gratitude to Ungrateful Children

Some things I vowed I’d never say to my children. Like this one. “Don’t waste those waffles, girls. Did you know there are kids starving in Africa??” “What?” My younger daughter, age four at the time, looked up at me and crinkled her nose. “In Africa. And all sort of other places around the world. Even here in our own country! Not all kids get to eat as much as you do.” “But I don’t want waffles! I wanted cereal!” My seven-year-old whined. “Too bad. Eat the waffles. Some children are lucky if they get a bowl of rice—and …

When Mother’s Day Disappoints

Did Mother’s Day live up to your dreams this year, or did you go to bed last night feeling disappointed? Did Mother’s Day live up to your dreams this year, or did you go to bed last night feeling disappointed? Click To Tweet Most of us have probably been there at least a time or two. Maybe you’re a single mom, so Mother’s Day for you has never meant sleeping in or having someone else help with the children. You love your children, of course, but Mother’s Day reminds you of what you don’t have: someone to help raise your …

Your Everyday Matters

John Lennon once said, “Life happens when you’re busy making other plans.” It couldn’t be more true for you and me but it took a few college people to open my eyes to one important truth found beneath what Lennon once said and it’s this: Your everyday matters. Feeling slightly out of place with my 30 something wrinkles, I make my mom to-do list in the corner of a tiny, stale classroom (which really should be an office); dozens of students mingle, getting to know each other as we collectively take a deep breath to gear up for the semester. While …

The Stretch Marks No One Told Me About

No one told me about the stretch marks that come after the baby is born. No one told me about the stretch marks that come after the baby is born… Click To Tweet Oh, I’d been amply warned of the blemishes that accompany pregnancy. I remember sitting in the waiting room with my firstborn tucked safely inside of me, his tiny form no bigger than a grain of rice. And as I’d flipped through a pregnancy magazine and munched on saltines to keep the morning nausea at bay, a seasoned mom had willingly filled me in on my soon-to-come reality. …

No Time for Hurry!

“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come” (John 2:4 NLT). Hurry. Hurry! Hurry!! Life is so often a big hurry! After our children are born we can’t wait for them to sleep through the night. Then we are anxious for them to sit up. Then to crawl. Then to walk. It is so exciting to watch for the next milestone in their development, but often we look too far into the future. It is easy to push our children along too quickly without waiting for God’s timing. When my first son, Luke, was a …

When Your Net is Empty, Keep on Fishing

Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I don’t call that insanity. I call it faith. There’s a story in the gospel of Luke where Jesus is sitting in Simon Peter’s boat speaking to a crowd along a lakeshore. When he finishes preaching, he tells Simon to put the boat out into deep water and let the nets down for a catch. “Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets’” (Luke 5:5). …

Uncover Your Hidden Beauty

In a world where high fashion reigns and beauty is skin deep, moms can sometimes be left feeling INADEQUATE. As we walk down every grocery store and pharmacy aisle, we are bombarded with products, pictures and items that make us want to look better, skinnier and prettier. All that pressure to look our best can really be a blow to the ego. How do we resist the temptation to focus on how we look on the outside? It’s simple, but not always easy–focus on our inner spirit and who God says we are. God wants us to concentrate on who we are in …

5 Ways Wives Need to Pray for their Husbands

Do you pray for your man? I mean really pray for him? Strategically? Intentionally? Specifically? I often tell women that much of my “wifehood” has been spent on my knees for my man. He’s a man who is passionate about God and about reaching this generation for Christ. He sees the big picture and is fervent about seeing people discipled and the church not only loving each other, but also escaping the Christian bubble and not just faithfully attending church but also being the church beyond her four walls. I, admittedly, am one blessed woman and I love my man …

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