Inside: When your mind wanders and your heart is slow to settle, don’t let that keep you from praying. Keep praying. Pray until you pray. In Homemaking Matters, I shared something I’ve learned in my own prayer life: “Sometimes you need to just sit with the Lord before the words come. There are days when I…
Inside: Like Epaphras, we may not be able to change a situation, but we can pray. God is working in ways we may never fully see. When we think about serving others, prayer might not be the first thing that comes to mind. We usually picture meals delivered, a kind note in the mail, a…
Inside: These 20 Scripture-shaped prayers help us bring the hidden struggles of the heart before the Lord and grow in holiness, one quiet step at a time. A place to start when you don’t know what to pray. When someone kindly asks, “How can I be praying for you?” I’m often quick to think of…
Inside: Is your prayer life feeling dry or stuck? This gentle reminder from John Piper encouraged my heart—and I hope it does the same for yours. We’ve spent a lot of time walking through the Sermon on the Mount on the podcast, and though we wrapped up the series about a year ago, I often find myself…
Inside: We don’t always get what we ask for in prayer—but in His grace, God gives us something better. This moving letter reminds us how He shapes our hearts through unexpected answers. Sometimes the answers to our prayers don’t come the way we imagined. This letter, attributed to a Civil War soldier, captures the kind…
Inside: As we spend time with the Lord and continue to bring ourselves before Him, He makes us more like Jesus. How many times have you started a project and didn’t finish it? A book and only read part of it? A bible reading plan and just stopped in the middle of it? What about…
We begin our next section as we work through the Sermon on the Mount, warning us not to be like the hypocrites. Our reminder in this next section is still for us not to do our righteous deeds to be seen by men, and this includes our prayer life. Matthew 6:5-15: 5 “And when you pray,…
I had a friend recently ask me for a book recommendation on prayer, and as I was pondering which of my favorites to share with her, this idea to share my top favorites came about. Out of all the emails and messages I get, most of them are regarding book recommendations so over the next…
Prayer is simply talking to God. As believers, we have access to God the Father through our relationship with Jesus Christ. Prayer reminds us we are dependent on God for every aspect of our lives and we grow in that relationship by communing with Him in prayer. Donald Whitney reminds us in regards to the spiritual…
Inside: I’m sharing a favorite prayer from the Valley of Vision Puritan Prayer book that has been impactful in my walk with the Lord and in my prayer life. I’m sharing today from a well-loved book that has been impactful in my prayer life: The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by…
Inside: Our best parenting is done by prayer. We can love and guide them, but only the Lord can change their hearts. God’s Word reminds us in John 15:5, “apart from Me you can do nothing.” That has been such a continual reminder to my heart over the years. There are many things I can do…
I have appreciated The Valley Of Vision – A Collection of Puritan Prayer and Devotions to lead me in my morning prayer time. I’m sharing a beautiful reminder today of our need for Jesus. When you get a quiet moment read and pray over these words: Need of Jesus LORD JESUS, I am blind, be…
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ~ John 15:5 In the verse above “apart from me you can do nothing” is a continual reminder that I am utterly dependent…
Inside: So often, we don’t know where to begin in praying for our husband. This scripture-based prayer has been one I pray for him daily. I’m so thankful to the Lord for the gift of my husband. He is a man who loves the Lord and desires to do all things to please Him. May I…
I know I utter the words every parent does when their child celebrates another birthday, “where has the time gone???” It seems like yesterday that we were just buckling in car seats and still eating in high chairs but this little boy the Lord has gifted our family with is now a man. I have…
So thankful to the Lord for the gift of my husband. He truly is a man who loves the Lord and desires to do all things to please Him. May I remind him today how much I love him, honor him and respect him. May I do him good and not harm all the…
Inside: We can love our husbands deeply and still respond sinfully at times. Being right about an issue doesn’t make our response right. Listen to the Podcast: Some verses in Proverbs can make us smile a little when we picture them: “It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a…
Inside: Need a reset with your Bible reading? I’m raising my hand too. A little encouragement to simplify and begin again. Listen to the Podcast (5 minutes): Maybe summer threw your routines off a bit, or life has just been full, and you’ve realized you haven’t been spending as much time in God’s Word as…
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