April Cassidy's Blog, page 25
August 2, 2018
Top 5 Pitfalls on This Journey
Photo by Raúl Nájera on Unsplash On this lifelong journey as I seek to become the woman, wife, and mom God created me to be, there are some common snares. I have fallen into them myself, at times, and I have seen other women fall into them, too. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the […]
July 28, 2018
Prayer Day
Photo by Michael Heuss on Unsplash Prayer is one of the greatest ways that we can talk to the Lord and fellowship with Him. Prayer is not a magic spell. It is about a two-way relationship. This is an example of a prayer we can pray for ourselves and others that is loosely based on […]
July 26, 2018
Avoid Such People
When we think of what it means to be godly Christian women, sometimes we think that means we have to tolerate anything from other people. We may think being respectful means that we don’t confront people when they sin or speak up when we are being mistreated. We may think it means we have to […]
July 19, 2018
God’s Healing for Suicidal Thoughts
Photo by Oscar Keys on Unsplash I am so thankful for this dear sister’s story and for the victory she has experienced in Christ! We have all felt the darkness of despair. May we all experience the Light and hope of Jesus like this wife and mom did. (Shared with permission.) ———— Dear April, I […]
July 17, 2018
Devotional Give Away by Our Daily Bread!
Share this video on any social media account and leave me a comment about where you shared in order to be entered into a drawing to win one of 10 of Our Daily Bread’s new devotional books, “God Hears Her.” This is a new devotional for women by women to help us grow in our […]
July 10, 2018
A Critical Spirit VS. a Godly Rebuke
Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash As believers in Christ, we are not to have a critical, judgmental spirit, but there are times when we do need to share a life-giving, godly rebuke. We don’t just want to ignore a situation where someone is hurting others or himself/herself. How can we rightly discern the […]
July 1, 2018
6 Reasons NOT to Criticize Your In-Laws
Photo Credit – Flickr Before we get into the issue of why not to criticize our in-laws, let’s define criticism. When I am speaking about criticism in this post, I am talking about: having a critical, judgmental, negative, condemning spirit toward others that cannot be pleased. insulting other people. fault-finding. gossipping. looking down on others […]
June 24, 2018
The Importance of Finding Your Family Vision – by Shelly Wildman
Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash A guest post by newly published author of the Christian parenting book “First Ask Why,” Shelly Wildman. It would be a fabulous follow-up to my book, “The Peaceful Mom – Building a Firm Foundation with Christ As Lord”: ———– Have you ever taken your kids on a trip but not told […]
June 21, 2018
Is “Hating Men” the Answer?
Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash A number of prominent women – college professors and women in the mainstream media – have been quite vocal lately about that they believe women should hate all men. They point to many examples of men who mistreated women, who sexually abused them, who assaulted them and raped them. […]
June 17, 2018
My $10 Bill Incident
Note – Thank you for all who have been praying for my Grandma and my family. Grandma passed away peacefully on June 8th with each of her sons there at her side, holding her hands. She is with Jesus now and will never face sadness, illness, suffering, pain, or death again. We miss her greatly, […]
