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Having children makes a mother feel so vulnerable. Of course you love your child, and while we can’t control everything, we can surely pray for everything. I recently read something from Leslie Ludy that really impacted me. She said that during busy times of motherhood we shouldn’t let our prayer life hit the back burner. She said it’s the times we barely have time to pray that we actually need prayer the most. In fact, it’s during these times we can’t afford to not pray! Lately I’ve been thinking about what my kids will face as they grow up and I’m…

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I’m sure there have been times when you’ve let anger get the best of you and later regretted it. I know I have. Sometimes we mean well and have the best intentions but our emotions take control and may cause us to react in ways that are not Godly. In the heat of the moment, take a second to talk to God about it. Here’s a prayer you can say to help calm your anger. Father, please forgive me when I allow anger to control what I say and do. I want to honor You in the way I manage my…

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Have you ever experienced praying to the Lord and then having to spend a long time waiting for His reply? Worse, it’s as if He never listens and everything just seems to ‘hang?’ If you say yes, this article is for you. I once experienced my laptop freezing in the middle of writing some articles. Boy, I tell you that if your computer gets stuck when you’re in the middle of your job you’ll be very frustrated. You get irritated and impatient, even probably tempted to manually restart your computer by pressing the reset or power button. It was during…

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Having children makes a mother feel so vulnerable. Of course you love your child, and while we can’t control everything, we can surely pray for everything. Here are my best prayers for moms. Lately I’ve been thinking about what my kids will face as they grow up and I’m determined, among the “urgency” of daily life, to pray for specific things in their future. Not just who they’ll marry or what they’ll be when they grow up (although these are great prayers) but for other less obvious things. Here are the things I think all moms should pray for their children.…

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For some, the Holidays bring an influx of emotions. Emotions that have neatly stayed tucked away somewhere in our spirits and come protruding out of us at the first mention of “Jingle Bells” or the first sight of a nicely decorated Thanksgiving table. If you are anything like me, the Holidays brings you a sense of mourning. Mourning a loved one who once was the figure who brought the family together for the holiday, and since has passed on. My late mother was that person in our family. She often had the Christmas Tree up and decorated well before Thanksgiving…

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I have a friend whose brother and sister-in-law have been unable to conceive a baby. The family is not Christian, so when I was praying to God to allow them to give birth to a healthy baby I prayed that He would use this to make Himself real to them. I prayed that through this the couple, their family, their friends and eventually their healthy child would see that God was at work in their lives. As I was praying the word “tomorrow” came to my head. At first I was confused as to where that word even came from.…

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I am a big believer in a mother’s prayer. All prayers are powerful, but I feel a mother’s sincere prayer is one of the most powerful tools we have has a parent. Praying has been a staple in my life as a parent. Prayer guides me, aides me when times are tough, comforts me, and provides insights. It was my prayers that often made the difference in how things turned out with my children. I believe they might have turned out for the worse if I had not uttered them. As I reflect back on the years of raising my children,…

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Today you may be thinking… Today I don’t feel like praying.  I don’t feel like worshiping. I don’t feel like being Christian like. I just want to be angry. I don’t want to fight anymore. I just want to say forget it all.  I’m struggling with feelings of anger. I pray and it feels like God is silent.  I know that He’s listening and I know that He’s working things out for my good. However, my mind, body, and soul has not come to accept that yet.  My heart hurts. I feel like I can cry at any minute. I feel let down and…

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I pray that all young women recognize how worthy, gifted and beautiful they are! I pray that just because I typed “I pray” whoever is reading this doesn’t immediately decide they shouldn’t finish reading it. I pray that women understand that being a woman is more than a physical attribute or bearing children. I pray that for those entering adulthood they realize “just because you can” doesn’t mean it’s in your best interest (having sex, using drugs, talking like a drunken sailor-no offense to our sailors). I pray that for those who are lonely that they recognize they don’t have…

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