Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Philippians 2:3-5 As wives and mothers we spend our days looking to the interests of others. There is much to do in caring for a family and home. As we go about our day do we think of our husbands and children as more ... continue reading...
Simple Ways to Keep Christ the Focus this Christmas Season
I'm sharing a snippet below from a podcast about how we can keep our Christmas traditions simple and Christ-focused: "As the busy Christmas season is upon us we can find ourselves all wrapped up (literally wrapping too) in planning, cooking, cleaning, shopping, decorating, ministry activities and a multitude of other tasks that seem to come about during the Christmas season in addition to just the normal activities of life that we are dealing with. I personally can lose focus and need to ... continue reading...
Preparing Our Families for Sunday Morning Worship
How many times does Sunday morning roll around and you find your heart in a state of chaos instead of calm to worship the Lord? How many Sunday’s do you arrive at church and realize you haven’t taken the time all week to pray for your pastor or your church family? I want to share with you some simple steps we can take to prepare our hearts and the hearts of our families for Sunday morning worship to the Lord. Prayer Spend time in prayer for your pastor and church family. Pray ... continue reading...
Thanking God in the Negative
The message excerpt I'm sharing below is taken from a radio program that I believe every parent should listen to. It is by Ney Bailey and she is sharing a program entitled "God is in Your Most Desperate Situation" at Revive Our Hearts. We are reminded that once we become Christians we are still going to deal with difficult situations and because of that, we are going to deal with varying emotions. Ney reminds us in this message that we are to put our feelings and our trust in the Lord ... continue reading...
Do You Take Delight in Being a Keeper of Your Home?
“As Christian women, this is the attitude that should characterize our lives. We are to be women who love our homes. We are not to merely workers at home, but we are to take great pleasure in working in our homes. We are to thoroughly enjoy the sphere that God has assigned to us.” ~Carolyn Mahaney I have been reading a book called At Home With Madame Chic: Becoming a Connoisseur of Daily Life and although it is not a Christian book it gave me much to ponder about how we look at our ... continue reading...