School Year Prayers From a Mama’s Heart – April

School Year Prayers From a Mama’s Heart – April

Wisdom doesn’t come natural. It’s not something you can give to your child on their tenth birthday and expect them to cherish it, treasure it, and keep it forever. It’s a day by day, moment by moment process. The hard part is that children have to learn wisdom for themselves. Although I would love to impart every ounce of wisdom I contain into my children, wisdom in itself does not come from me. Wisdom only comes from God. I can manipulate, coerce, and train my children certain nuances about wise decision making, but real wisdom will only be attained if

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School Year Prayers from a Mama’s Heart – March

I looked around the room and I saw a girl who seemed uncomfortable. She looked terrified to be in church, and she obviously didn’t know anyone in the group. I was faced with a choice. I could walk across the room and make her feel welcome, or I could sit down where I felt comfortable with people I had already built relationships with. The Holy Spirit nudged my heart and I crossed the uncomfortable line and invited her to sit with me. I’m so thankful I did. That girl is now serving in her own ministry and now she is

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School Year Prayers from a Mama’s Heart – February

Love is difficult to define to a child or anyone really. While the world sells love in red lipstick, smooth skin, an hour-glass figure, and luscious eye lashes, we know real love has nothing to do with appearance or performance. Although we know this in our minds, sometimes our actions speak otherwise. We praise our children for great performances. We post the highlights of their accomplishments and we rally behind them as they do well in school, sports, and other activities. There is nothing wrong with cheering on our kids. I think it’s necessary and even appropriate. But if we

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School Year Prayers from a Mama’s Heart – January

With every new beginning is the excitement of new possibilities, new opportunities, and a fresh start. As we pack lunches with our new way of clean eating, zip up the backpacks the night before because we are determined to make this year the year that mornings are not chaotic, and actually remember to put dinner in the crockpot before we walk out the door, let’s remember to sincerely pray for the hearts of the people under our roof. There are lots of lists to prepare, charts to post and meal plans to execute, but all of these are useless if

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School Year Prayers From A Mama’s Heart – December

We are almost halfway through the school year! Can you believe it? Time is flying by faster than ever! If you have missed this series, I think you will really enjoy the verses and specific focus for each month. It helps me to constantly remember that my children’s hearts are being formed day by day. The way we pray for them, influence them, and train them is such a vital part of their development. I have plenty of days that I mess up, feel overwhelmed and forfeit my “perfect mom” card, but there’s one thing we can all do that

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School Year Prayers From A Mama’s Heart – November

If you missed the first few months of this series you can find them here: August September October Click HERE for your School Year Monthly Calendar. I cannot believe it is already November! Every year the school year seems to zoom by faster and faster and this time of year seems to slip away quicker than any other. I love the fall season and the excitement of gearing up toward Christmas, but more and more I am feeling the need to savor every single moment with my children. God is reminding me how short our days on this earth really

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