Posts Tagged ‘Christian parenting’
Happy Mother’s Day!
Someone asked me recently what would be the best Mother’s Day gift I could receive. I only had one answer. I just want my prodigals home. Today, thousands of mothers pray for the same answer. Thick picture albums sprawled across the floor of their children from birth into the growing years. They laugh, they cry,…
Read MoreGod’s Plans are Filled with Hope
I often think of Mary, mother of Jesus, on Good Friday. I can only imagine the heavy sorrow she bore as she laid her eyes upon Jesus on the cross. When that was not enough, she again would look upon His body for the last time as He was placed in the tomb. Oh, how…
Read MoreParent’s Prayer for 2024
2024 is tomorrow and as you make your New Year’s resolutions and goals, look to God for something new that God will do in your hurting son or daughter. God truly has a heart for your prodigal wayward child for He wants a relationship with them as much as you. As you pray this prayer,…
Read MoreChristmas is for the Broken
Christmas. Another special event of the year with festive parties, holiday shopping madness, food preparations, packing for travel, and just plain busyness. Splashes of family gatherings with Christmas songs, and carols sung around the evergreen tree sounds so magical. In reality, many parents and their families are broken, hurting, shattered, and struggle with thoughts of…
Read MoreSHATTER THE STRONGHOLDS!
SHATTER THE STRONGHOLDS! New Book Sneak Peak! Do you want to break the strongholds over your child in crisis? This book (Drafting stage) will take you into the spiritual war room to pray with authority as you decree God’s Word for deliverance and declare God’s promises for restoration. INTRODUCTION Prayers with cries of desperation often…
Read MoreWho Gives The Next Heartbeat? Who Gives the Next Breath?
Today’s parent suffers from anxiety and fear, the two biggest enemies which paralyzes a parent’s faith when their child is in crisis. A child has run away. A daughter was just incarcerated. A son is laying in the hospital from an addiction. Crises continue to wreak havoc on parents in today’s world and these crises…
Read MorePray. Wait. Trust.
PRAY. WAIT. TRUST. Three words. Words which make you stop, think, and meditate on when all you have left is your child in crisis. I used to have an ideology when a child reaches a certain age, they grow up and figure out their problems or the problems fade away. Boy, was I wrong. In…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is the most celebrated holiday of the year. Social media is flooded with pictures of happy mothers and their children as well as husbands telling their wives how wonderful she is as a mother. What you do not see are the broken-hearted mothers who are grieving privately in their homes, at work, and…
Read MoreEmotionally Wrecked
Your chest is tightened, your stress is through the roof and you fear that if you let one tear out, you will fall apart. You say to yourself, “I don’t know how much more I can take before I lose it.” Does this sound familiar? Parents across the globe are already overwhelmed by world events…
Read MoreWhy Won’t God Heal My Broken Child?
The diagnosis was finally revealed! A five-hour test which God set up for all of our questions to be answered. Years of prayer, waiting, and wondering. We now know. Like many parents, I prayed a lot over my child. My daughter was dealing with so many issues and felt many times broken and defeated. As…
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