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Overwhelmed Mom? 15 Tips That Will Make a Big Difference

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. -John 10:10 ESV

I remember feeling overwhelmed after we brought our 5-year-old daughter home from Bulgaria. The extent and effect of the trauma she endured throughout her 4+ years in the orphanage blindsided us. And as we received one life-impacting diagnosis after the other, our world turned upside down.   

I was an overwhelmed mom.

My husband traveled and worked long hours...

7 Easy Strategies That Will Help You Train a Child Up God’s Way

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. -Proverbs 22:6 ESV

“If only they came with an owner’s manual!”

How many times has this thought crossed our minds over the course of our parenting years?

As Christian parents, we long to train our children up in the way of the Lord. But the world gives us temptations and often leads us astray. It muddles what we know of God unless we thoroughly know His Word and how to filter everything through ...

7 Back to School Bible Verses That Will Guide You When You Pray

The time has come, no matter how unconventional the scenario, for our children to return to school. Whether it is online or in-person, we need to send them prepared and prayed up! These 7 back to school Bible verses will help you do just that!

It’s easy to get hijacked by overwhelming feelings of anxiety and fear. We are learning the ins and outs of living with masks and hand sanitizer, while at the same time trying to conduct and participate in online meetings. Solid routines and adva...

10 Helpful Bible Verses About the Love of God to Be Grateful For

The love of God changes lives. It reaches in and heals what is broken and fuels us to live with purpose. It gives us the ability to love better and see the world through the eyes of compassion and truth.

The Love of God

This is the 7th of a 7 post series about the love of God that hopefully has deepened your faith and knowledge of how much you are loved. I hope you downloaded the free coordinating Journal to keep you on track every day for 7 full weeks.

Over the past 6 weeks, we...

Please God Help Me Know Your Unconditional Love

If you’ve been around here very long at all, you know that my past wasn’t always pretty. It held lots of hurt from betrayal, sin, and brokenness. I spent many years repeating the words, “Please, God, help me.”

It took a long time for me to discover and embrace God’s unconditional love. After an abortion as a teen followed by an abusive marriage and divorce, I hit rock bottom. I didn’t see myself as a child of God — created with and for a purpose. I didn’t see myself in the reflection of th...

I Am a Child of God: Why Is Now the Most Important Time to Know This?

I was enormous — already. I was nearing the 8-month mark in my pregnancy when I found myself sprinting across the zoo after my 2-year-old. On one foot I wore a medical boot because of a clutzy fall I’d had a few weeks before. However, as my son darted for the gated ‘Do Not Enter’ zone near the lion exhibit, neither belly nor foot would stop me from keeping him from harm.

I Am a Child of God

Can you imagine the sight? Can you imagine the chuckles and eye rolls as I waddled through the...

7 Ways to Change Your Life With God’s Unconditional Love

I remember when I met Jesus. Like, really met Jesus. It opened my eyes to the mystery of His all-encompassing love.  That was when I began learning that faith wasn’t only about salvation. It was also about the here and now — this side of the cross. I learned that to know God and His love is to change your life.

In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ… -Ephesians 3:4

God’s love empowers us to love well. After all, Scripture does sa...

7 Ways God’s Unconditional Love for Us Is the BEST Kind of Love

Last week, we dug into God’s Word to learn more about the character of God. We examined scriptures that show us the width and depth of His majesty and power. I pray that as you soaked in each Bible verse and lifted your prayers to Him, He revealed His wonder to you.

Today, we take the next step to fully knowing God’s unconditional love for us.

We go back to His Word so that we can find out how God’s love differs from all other love and why it is the best kind of love.

So we hav...

This Is Why You Need to Know the Character of God

The power of God is astonishing.

Majestic.

Mighty.

And the character of God is faultless.

Honest

Faithful

Compassionate

Wise

Knowing God Makes ALL the Difference

I’ve know the lyrics to the song Jesus Loves Me as far back as my memory takes me. But even though the truth of His love for me was planted before I could even walk, the depth of that love remained a mystery far into my adult years.

I knew God loved me, but I didn’t really know Him. Can anyone rela...

For When You Want to Know God’s Unconditional Love

It doesn’t belong to one culture, one financial class, one age, or one anything. Whether in the eyes of a friend sitting across from me at my own table or in the eyes of a perfect stranger across a crowded room, I see the longing for something more.

A something that says I want to be

Whole.

Vibrant.

Valuable.

It’s where our differences are immaterial — where we can look into the eyes of the sister next to us and recognize that the troubles of today go deeper. They go to t...