Do you ever have snacks for dinner? This mama declares a DITY on Sunday nights. A DITY = Do IT Yo’self! It means grab whatever for dinner when Sunday rolls around because Mama’s not cooking! A typical menu for my four-year-old on Sunday nights is an apple, some cheddar bunnies and a bunch of popcorn.…
Daily Time
Use Prayer Sticks to Spice up Your Family Worship
How do you have your kids or grandkids practice prayer? Opportunities never fail to present themselves: at meal times, during Daily Time with God, at bed times, after someone gets injured, when needing help in school, while repenting. My favorite time to hear my kids pray is after family worship. How cute it is when…
When You Need Support to Bear 3,000 Problems
Where do you run for support when problems come? Technology makes garnering sympathy from friends immediate. I confess, one of my first thoughts is, Which friend can I text for some prayer cover? Sometimes, I don’t look for God’s support until the weight of too many problems become unbearable. I need to run to…
Biblical Truths
7 Benefits of Biblical Fasting: How to Fast the Right Way
Do you want to grow spiritually? Are you longing for a spiritual breakthrough? Give God your undivided attention through biblical fasting and see Him move on your behalf. In this post, I’m talking about the benefits of biblical fasting. I don’t know about you, but fasting is not my favorite subject. My fleshly nature tends…
Surprised by Meditation
You may be able to relate: your body is ready for sleep, but your mind isn’t. Frustrating, isn’t it? Some nights while trying to fall asleep, my mind is still racing after a busy day. Unfinished tasks threaten to nag my weary body back out of bed. I forgot to transfer the laundry. I started the…
Receive Comfort from These 7 Promises of Protection
Given what we know about the havoc hurricanes can leave, our insides start screaming for protection long before the storm arrives. Recently, I pulled up The Weather Channel app and the first image that popped on the screen was “the cone of uncertainty.” It’s used to describe where the eye of the storm could possibly…
Thriving
7 Benefits of Biblical Fasting: How to Fast the Right Way
Do you want to grow spiritually? Are you longing for a spiritual breakthrough? Give God your undivided attention through biblical fasting and see Him move on your behalf. In this post, I’m talking about the benefits of biblical fasting. I don’t know about you, but fasting is not my favorite subject. My fleshly nature tends…
How God Worked on Me While Fasting
God knocked on the door of my heart one day. I treated Him like a door-to-door salesman, “Yes, what is it?” He started talking to me about fasting. I tried to tell Him I wasn’t interested, but He was persistent. I couldn’t believe what He responded! Do you want to know what it is? Brace…
Surprised by Meditation
You may be able to relate: your body is ready for sleep, but your mind isn’t. Frustrating, isn’t it? Some nights while trying to fall asleep, my mind is still racing after a busy day. Unfinished tasks threaten to nag my weary body back out of bed. I forgot to transfer the laundry. I started the…
Relationships
Honoring Bloggers with the Blogger Recognition Award
The longer I’m a blogger, the more I realize how much work goes into it. Receiving recognition for it means a great deal. Thank you, Julie Loos, from Unmasking the Mess for nominating me for the Blogger Recognition Award and Cathy Mcintosh for nominating me for the Liebster Award! I appreciate it so much! I…
What Jesus Can Teach Us about Interruptions
Have you ever tried to finish an important activity, but were inundated with continual interruptions? This has happened to me before, but the other day took the cake. Trying to catch a webinar with four kids to watch and while your husband is out of town is no easy task. My plan was to extend…
4 Ways to Walk with Discretion
When I was in the fourth grade one Friday, I lacked discretion while in the company of my two friends. We had been sent to the library without the rest of the class for a specific assignment. It only took us about five minutes to find the required information. After that we sat at a…
Guest Writers
Guest Post – When God Ordains Writing for Children
It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Susan Chamberlain Shipe as she tells the story of God’s call to impart into the next generation through her devotional 52 Commands of Jesus for Children. I always begin a project with great expectations and enthusiasm. In 2013 when I began writing 52 Commands of Jesus for Children,…
3 Reasons We Can’t Afford to Trade in Our God Time
Guest Writer: Meghan Weyerbacher “…The best thing I can offer to this world is not my force or energy, but a well-tended spirit, a wise and brave soul.” – Shauna Niequist There was a time in my life more recent than not that life began to feel out of control. I was dropping balls daily…
Prayer Is a Conduit to God’s Power
Because of Christ’s sacrifice, you have 24-hour access to the ultimate power source. God’s amazing power transforms lives! Don’t let feelings of doubt, discouragement, and Satan’s deceit prevent you from talking with Almighty God.
