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In that season, I was trying to figure out what I In that season, I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. My original plan had been to go straight from college to seminary. With a forthcoming degree in psychology, I found myself wanting to know more about what God's word had to say about the human heart and mind. So it seemed logical that seminary was the right place to go next. I remember praying, "Lord, show me the right path. Show me where to go. I want to walk beside you, not in front of or behind you. Help me hear your voice and follow your leading for today." Today's devotion and prayer is taken from Brooke McGlothlin's book, Everyday Prayers for Patience: Give Yourself and Your Kids the Grace to Grow. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
I heard the front door slam and my heart dropped, I heard the front door slam and my heart dropped, feeling beyond helpless, I could see our oldest son walking out into the vast acres of open land just beyond our property. We don't slam doors in our home, so this action was a big deal. Clearly, he was very upset about something, and I didn't even know about what, much less what to do about it. Helpless, was there anything I could do besides run to my room, kneel, and pray? And when I say pray, I don't mean a basic "bless my son" prayer, but a crying out "Oh Lord, please help him" prayer with tears in my eyes and anguish in my chest, kind of prayer. Listen to today's podcast with @lisajacobson_author, based on Colossians 4:12. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment "lovedevo" (make it one word) below and we'll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
We know that laws govern our natural world, the la We know that laws govern our natural world, the laws of gravity, relativity, and inertia, to name a few. Sometimes they work in your favor, like when gravity allows you to go for a walk without floating out into the atmosphere. Other times, gravity is a bummer, like when you drop your brand new cell phone on a gravel road, speaking from experience here. When it comes to our human nature, we must also live by certain laws to experience a good life, like it or not. The principle of influence, just like the influence of the laws of nature, is not up for debate. It's part of our human nature. Listen to today's podcast by @monicaswanson_ based on Proverbs 13:20. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment "lovedevo" (make it one word) below and we'll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
Recently, when one of our sons was home on break f Recently, when one of our sons was home on break from college, he hung around after family devotions. “Mom, Dad,” he said, “don’t ever stop doing that. Don’t ever stop reading the Bible to my siblings.” He went on to explain that a few of his Christian friends at college were able to examine things by the word of God. Although most were raised in Christian families, they are mostly clueless about scripture. He explained that although he sure didn’t think he was paying attention during devotions while he was growing up, when someone says something that doesn’t mesh with God’s word, the verse just pops into his mind. “I had no idea I was learning so much. Thank you.” Only one out of twenty Christians have family worship together. Does your family? If so, what can you do to make it happen more regularly? Listen to today’s podcast with @raisingrealmen based on Proverbs 6:20-23. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment “lovedevo” (make it one word) below and we’ll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
The warmth of the sun after days of rain beckoned The warmth of the sun after days of rain beckoned us to the outdoors and we had to follow the siren call. We had great hopes of traipsing through orchards to pick our favorite apples, but our plans were thwarted when the word “closed” became visible on the entrance sign. I had slowed down to make the right hand turn but continued on instead. “Perhaps the farm to the left will be open,” I thought to myself and slowed down again to head in a new direction. Apparently, by that time, the person driving the truck behind me was displeased at my indecision and slammed on his horn as he passed me. I cried. It was a bit of an extreme response to a not that big of a deal situation, but I had too much pent up emotion from recent struggles and it poured out the moment I was pricked. Listen to today's podcast with @beckydaye now! To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment “lovedevo” (make it one word) below and we’ll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
I've spent a lot of time over the years parenting, I've spent a lot of time over the years parenting, pondering my parenting situation, even questioning God's love for me and why He thought I could deal with these hard-to -handle boys when I plainly struggled in every way. I used to dwell constantly on how unfair it was that God gave me hard boys. But at some point I had to choose to focus less on changing the habits and personalities of my boys and more on addressing my own...because I'm the only person I can truly control and even that is debatable. There comes a time when a mom has to embrace the truth of who her kids are instead of wishing they were different. Listen to today's podcast by @brookemcglothlin. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment “lovedevo” (make it one word) below and we’ll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
While doing some research on my backyard grapevine While doing some research on my backyard grapevine, which surprises me every year by surviving another northern Canadian winter, I stumbled across the word terroir. Terroir is used by wine tasters to describe how the soil in which a grapevine grows affects the taste of the fruit and therefore the wine. If my spiritual roots are in the soil of selfishness, I won't be able to live an unselfish life. The fruit of a life rooted in selfishness is more selfishness. However, if my spiritual roots are deep in God's love, God's love changes me, helping me to be the person God created me to be. Listen to today's podcast by @littleshootsdeeproots. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment “lovedevo” (make it one word) below and we’ll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
Is your child struggling with being diligent? Mayb Is your child struggling with being diligent? Maybe in school? Maybe in another area that feels harder for them than their peers? School is hard. Learning is hard. Sports are hard. Some of us struggle more than others, but there is always hope. And as were reminded in 2 Chronicles 15 -7, "But you take courage. Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded." Listen to today's podcast by @taralcole. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! THIS MONTH'S FREE GUIDE: Get our free guide on how to love your children the way God does! Comment “lovedevo” (make it one word) below and we’ll send you the download link to this free 5-day devotion! #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
Allow me to explain 😬 Last year it became clea Allow me to explain 😬 Last year it became clear to us that we needed a new Christmas tree. My son is allergic to real trees 🙁 so we have to do artificial and the one we’ve had for over a decade was in sad shape, mostly because our white rescue kitty, Nermal, adores it. I’m telling you, he has a sweet rescue story, but he’s a bit of a jerk. Beautiful, pure white, but a bit of a jerk 🤷🏼‍♀️ We love him anyway. However, something comes over Nermal when the tree comes out. He gets happy. The tree becomes HIS tree. He lives there. Climbs up in it and nestles in like a bird. Or rather, nestles in and watches all the birds 👓. And over the years, the spots where he likes to nestle for hours at a time have started to sag badly under his weight. He was severely malnourished when my husband found him in a mud puddle on the side of the interstate, but, well, he’s not now 😉 Anyway, the tree was in sad shape, so much so that my father-n-law noticed it last Christmas, and offered to give us one of my mother-n-law’s 3 trees. When he said that, my husband and I looked at each other and smiled. You see, this was no small offer. My MIL LOVED Christmas. She had 3 separate Christmas trees, one for each of her sons and their families, and she took such great pleasure in getting each of them entirely too much to put under it. Her trees not only lit up her home, but also her street, as two of them were right at large, beautiful windows on either side of the house. My MIL has been in assisted living for a few years now. She’s in her early 70s, and has Dementia and Parkinson’s. To say her decline, especially at such a young age, has been hard would be a serious understatement, especially at Christmas. To have one of her trees (my favorite of the 3) is something special that we will take such great delight in this season. I don’t normally allow Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. I’m a stickler about it, to be honest. But when we dug this beauty out at my FILs house today I knew it had to go up. The world could use a bit more light right now, and this is one way we’ll share it. John 8:12 💚Brooke Peep Nermal under the tree 🐈
💚What is love? 💚 In a world filled with so 💚What is love? 💚 In a world filled with so many definitions of love, it’s easy to get confused. But Scripture reminds us that God is love (1 John 4:8). That’s the foundation of our newest FREE 5-day devotional series, Loving Our Children as God Loves Us, based on @rachaeladamsauthor’s new book, Everyday Prayers for Love. Over the next five days, we’ll guide you through how we can love our children unconditionally, intentionally, lavishly, obediently, and sacrificially—just as God loves us. Join us on this journey to learn how to reflect God’s love to your children. Sign up now at the link ink in bio, or just comment with the word “lovedevo” (make it one word) and we’ll send a sign-up link right to your PMs! #ChristianMoms #BiblicalParenting #GodIsLove #millionprayingmoms
Strength is easy to love. It doesn't take convinci Strength is easy to love. It doesn't take convincing to be awed by the power of the ocean, the forces of nature in a storm. We wonder at professional athletes with extreme physical prowess and cheer wildly at the growing strength of our own children on the court or on the playing field. When my teenager was just a toddler, we giggled proudly at his earnest attempts to flex his muscles—fists tight, face grimacing and an attempt to show his strength. No doubt some adult had taught him that this display was worthy of attention and smiles because it's cute and we love strength. Listen to today's podcast by @katiewestenberg To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
Everything felt overwhelming in our new town and n Everything felt overwhelming in our new town and new school. Unfamiliar faces all day, a school building I didn't know my way around and no one I could call my friend, all made me desperately homesick. At the end of my first day, I fell into my mom's familiar arms and the tears poured down my cheeks. My mother was my refuge and comfort from the overwhelming heartache I was experiencing. I was grateful her arms were home and my shelter no matter where I was. Psalm 46:1 gives us wonderful news that God is our refuge and strength and a very present help in trouble. Listen to today's podcast by @myjarsofclay. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
Be honest, mom. How many times since you brought t Be honest, mom. How many times since you brought those blue or pink bundles home from the hospital have you wanted to quit trying? Maybe it's something much more serious than crafting that makes you want to give up. Your areas of weakness could be totally different, but I bet if I asked you to list them right now, you could spout them off one by one. How many times a day do you catch yourself thinking about what a failure you are, or how your one big mess up will probably land that little person who watches everything you do straight in the counseling chair a little bit later in life? How much of your day do you spend glorifying your weaknesses, dwelling on them, allowing negative internal commentary about them to beat you down, and wondering what will happen if everybody finds out the truth about who you really are. Today's devotion and prayer is taken from Unraveled: Hope for the Mom at the End of Her Rope, by @brookemcglothlin & @staceythacker To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
Through my car window, I saw him slouching against Through my car window, I saw him slouching against the pizza parlor wall. His clothes were tattered and dirty. Beside him stuffed into a grocery sack was what appeared to be all of his belongings. Moved with compassion, I ordered an extra pizza and drink. When I approached him to give him dinner, he took the pizza from me and then proceeded to throw it at me. Instead of being met with gratitude, I was met with anger. Today's devotion and prayer is taken from A Little Goes a Long Way: 52 Days to a Significant Life, by @rachaeladamsauthor. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
LOVE TALKS #4 How is a believer to love the Lord LOVE TALKS #4 How is a believer to love the Lord their God with all of their their soul? And what is the soul, anyways? Join Brooke and @rachaeladamsauthor as they host @debrafileta to answer this question and give you a biblical understanding and practical application you can begin living out today! Don’t miss Debra’s explanation of six ways you can begin taking care of your soul today so that you function from a place of fullness and not emptiness. So important for today’s Christian woman. All of our talks are designed to help you live out the Great Commandment, and they are in celebration of Rachel‘s new book written in partnership with #MillionPrayingMoms, Everyday Prayers for Love. Pre-order your copy now anywhere books are sold or comment with the word “love,” to have a link to pre-order sent to your PMs. Also, grab Debra’s newest book, Soul Care, and find life-giving rhythms to help you avoid burnout and experience real joy. Finally, share this with a friend who needs to be encouraged! We need each other, and Debra’s message might be exactly what your friend needs for such a time as this. Tag her in the comments. This wraps up our series of Love Talks where we’re talking about how to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. To find all of them, or catch up on videos you missed in the series, look in our story highlights. 💚Brooke
When our girls were young, I often wondered whethe When our girls were young, I often wondered whether the small tasks of mothering meant anything. I had moved from a successful news career to a life as a farmwife and stay-at-home mom. Life was a series of nighttime wake-ups, unending nursing sessions, picture books read and reread, and applesauce scooped onto Dora the Explorer lunch plates. It all felt so mundane. I wish I could have had a crystal ball to see how my faithfulness in the little moments would matter so much. Today's devotion and prayer is inspired by the book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl, by @jenniferdukeslee. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
How do we love God with all our soul? Living out How do we love God with all our soul? Living out the Great Commandment in today’s culture isn’t easy… “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself” Luke 10:27. What does it mean to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and how does that apply to your teenagers? What does it mean to love the Lord your God with all your mind, and how does that apply to your difficult neighbor? What does it mean to love the Lord your God with all your soul, and how does that apply to your friend who is voting differently from you? What does it mean to love the Lord your God with all your strength, and how does that apply to your challenging marriage? Monday we’re continuing to celebrate the release of our newest devotional prayer journal, Everyday Prayers for Love (available for pre-order anywhere books are sold) with our last “Love Talk.” We’re getting real about how today’s Christian can love God with all of their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and what this should look like reflected in our relationships. We think it’s perfect timing, and conversation you don’t want to miss. Joining us Monday (11/4) at Noon EST is @debrafileta, who will be talking to us about loving God with our soul. I can’t wait! Join us! 💚Brooke #millionprayingmoms #lovetalks
There's something about the written word, isn't th There's something about the written word, isn't there? Something about being able to hold a slip of paper or a card with someone's handwriting, with the words they've thought about and inscribed just for you. I think that's part of why, as much as I use the Bible apps for study, I have to have that Bible I can hold and flip pages in for my quiet times and in church. I love to run my fingers over the words in THE word as they are read aloud in church. But the Bible is so much more than a sentimental piece of memorabilia—it's the living and active word of God. How committed are you to the word? How much time have you invested in study, memorization, and meditation? How integral are these practices to your spiritual life? Listen to today's podcast with @terilynneu based on Matthew 4:3-4. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
How often do we stand before our little ones and c How often do we stand before our little ones and children admitting our weaknesses and asking for God's help. I'll be honest, I'd rather hide the hard stuff from my kids. I want to protect them. I want them to see smiles and success more than struggles and shame. But the problem with presenting the Christian life as only mountaintop experiences and no valleys is that when our children face their own valleys, they may believe God has abandoned them. Listen to today's podcast with @sandrapeoples based on 2 Chronicles 20:12. To find the link in bio, visit www.millionprayingmoms.com/podcast, or search “Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms” anywhere you listen to podcasts! Get our free guide on how-to-pray for your kids. Comment “pray” below and we’ll send you the download link. #millionprayingmoms #everydayprayers #prayingforgirls #prayersforboys #prayingforfamilies #everydayprayerspodcast #christianpodcast
LOVE TALKS #3 How is a believer to love the Lord LOVE TALKS #3 How is a believer to love the Lord their God with all their mind? Join Brooke and @rachaeladamsauthor as they host Dr. Joel @muddamalle to answer this question and give you a biblical understanding and practical application you can begin living out today! Don’t miss Joel being a total dad at the end 😂 and his list of resources to help you begin the process of renewing your mind. All of our love talks are designed to help you live out the Great Commandment, and they are in celebration of Rachael‘s new book written in partnership with #MillionPrayingMoms, Everyday Prayers for Love. Pre-order your copy now anywhere books are sold, or comment with the word, “love” to have a link to pre-order sent to your PMs. Also, grab Joel‘s newest book, The Hidden Peace, in order to find the key to that biblical peace you’ve been looking for. Finally, share this with a friend who needs to be encouraged! We need each other, and Joel’s message of hope might be exactly what your friend needs for such a time as this. Tag her in the comments. We will see you next week for Love Talk #4 where we’re talking about how to love the Lord your God with all your soul! 💚Brooke McGlothlin
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