Kingdom Fruitfulness Comes From Rest
Is there an area you know your child is needing to grow in? I meet with parents all the time that want to see their children grow in patience, kindness, peace, etc. But how do we practically encourage this kind of growth in our kids?
It’s important that we have this foundation…
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Healthy Families Will Save the World
Have you ever thought about what you want for your kids’ future? I think the heart of every parent is to set their kids up for success, but if we don’t deal with our own hurts we can easily slip into making decisions that benefit us now instead of securing our children’s future…
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Protecting My Family From Rushing
Recently, I had a dream from the Lord that rocked me. It was kind of wild, but afterwards I realized the huge keys that God was wanting to give me to protect my family.
I had a dream where two unsuspecting guys were on my property. I knew in my dream they were not safe…
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3 Quick Tips for Activating Your Kids in the Prophetic
Want to help your kids grow in the prophetic? If your child has ever felt frustrated in the prophetic or you’re not sure where to start, these three quick tips will help your kids confidently step into the prophetic.
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The Necessity of Joy
Recently, the Lord has been challenging me to remember one of my life messages: the joy of the Lord. I feel like there is a really important word right now for us to live full of joy, despite our circumstances.
The joy of the Lord is far more important to the well-being of the believer than we’ve known. In fact, it’s the determining factor in whether we receive the inheritance God is trying to give us. I’ll show you what I mean in Psalm 2, it starts off with the writer under attack from an enemy.
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A Key to Being Refreshed in God’s Presence
Are you or your kids in need of being refreshed? There’s actually an amazing key to being refreshed in God’s Presence tucked away in the story of Gideon. This powerful truth is impactful for your whole family!
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The Power of Testimonies for Our Families
Have you ever heard someone share a story and it really encouraged you? When we hear of amazing things God has done, we have the opportunity to grow in our faith for what God will do in and through our own families! Testimonies reveal the way He thinks and if we pay attention, our minds will be renewed to think more and more like God.
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Keys for Raising Kids Who Hear God’s Voice
How do you help your kids hear God's voice? There’s actually a really profound truth tucked away in the story of one of my favorite heroes in the Bible: Hannah, Samuel’s mother. There’s something in her story that is so profound, and it helps teach us how to raise our children to know and love God and hear His voice.
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Do Your Kids Know What Jesus Paid For?
Easter is just around the corner! It can feel like this season comes up so quickly that we just go through the easter egg hunts and family dinner, and we miss the opportunity to teach our kids what Easter is all about.
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Declare: I Am a Carrier of God’s Peace!
Our kids carry the peace of God! We want our kids to realize that no matter what storm they encounter, no matter what is going on around them, they have God’s peace! His peace is not just so they can make it through the storm, but so they can shift the storm and change it!
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Is It Possible To Not Worry?
Is not worrying possible in the face of a pandemic?
When Paul tells us in Philippians 4:6 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything,” he is first and foremost telling us it is possible to not worry. Believing this is the first step to curing worry in our lives, even if the world around us is in crisis…
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A Home Full of Thankfulness
With Thanksgiving coming, it’s the perfect time for us to talk about kids and thankfulness, especially since it seems as though we have entitlement sneaking into our kids’ lives more and more. Oftentimes, entitlement can be boiled down to a lack of being thankful for what we have…
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Declaration Card Sets for the Whole Family
Why are declarations important? Declarations are a powerful form of prayer, so powerful in fact that God spoke declarations to create the entire universe. When we declare the truth of who God says we are, it not only helps line up our beliefs about our families with the Truth of God’s word, but it will also recreate our homes and relationships to look like God’s home and relationships.
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5 Effective and Loving Ways to Discipline Your Child Part 2: The No Fun Chair
There are many verses in Proverbs about the rod of discipline. Proverbs 22:15 says, “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.” All throughout my childhood I heard this phrase, “Spare the rod, spoil the child.” What this meant was that if you didn’t spank your children, you would ruin them. Many people focused on the rod specifically, instead of discipline…
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Are Your Kids Giving the Devil Access to Their Lives?
Sometimes when God speaks to me, and I feel like it’s for our whole family, I begin to implement what He is saying into our everyday routine. He has been really speaking to me through Ephesians 4:26-27, “Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.” In the same thought Paul later says, “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God…
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How Do You Teach Your Children to Value the Bible?
Are you feeling the emphasized importance right now to be consistently reading the Bible? A lot of times we commit to year-long reading plans that incorporate both the Old and New Testament each day. However, in this season, it’s a great time to ask God, “What stories should I be reading and focusing on?”…
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Talking to Our Children About Pornography Part 2
What do you do if your children have been exposed to pornography? Our children spend a lot of time on their screens, and even our culture is changing to more remote work with the internet being the staple that keeps us connected to school, jobs, family and friends…
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Jesus Is Interrupting Fear
As a parent, there’s nothing that can make you worry as much as your kids, right? One morning I was up reading my Bible, and I saw something I hadn’t seen before of how Jesus handled a dad’s fearful situation…
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Do You Pray Like an Orphan?
Have you ever prayed with someone else, and you realized their view of God was drastically different than yours? When we pay attention to how we pray, it can reveal what we truly believe about God and our relationship with Him. This was made so clear to me one day when my own daughter acted like an orphan; it made me realize asking God for things is vital to our relationship with Him as our Father…
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Spiritual Warfare and Children
Once I was asked the question, “What do I do when my kids give too much attention to the devil?” It was written by a children’s pastor who has a child fascinated with destroying the devil. The Bible says in 1 John 3:8, “The son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.” Because of this, it is important to destroy the devil’s works - it’s our job.
But how we do it is just as important…
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