You probably know that the Christian year begins with the first Sunday of Advent (the fourth Sunday before Christmas) and that Christmas is the second season in this year. Did you know that the “liturgical” season of Christmas is only twelve days long – lasting from Christmas through Epiphany whenContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” (1 John 3:18 NLT) Let us pray and declare the following over our families today: God,Continue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.” (Micah 7:7 NIV) This past weekend I visited with a grandmother whose five-month-old granddaughter is inContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “According to local Israeli outlet i24News, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers moved into Kfar Aza, one of the communities Hamas terrorists invaded early Saturday morning, and discovered about 40 dead babies, some decapitated — highlighting the brutalityContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] Let us pray the following over our families today: God, Thank you for the beautiful young lives you give parents to steward and for the grace and joy that is upon parenting when you areContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and the future on Thursdays this year.] (This post adapted from “Five Powerful Prayers to Pray Over You Kids – From Head to Toe”*) Father, give my child pure thoughts. More specifically, as Your Word exhorts in Philippians 4:8-9, pursue their mindsContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “Some find their strength in their weapons and wisdom, but my miracle-deliverance can never be won by men. Our boast is in Yahweh our God, who makes us strong and gives us victory! Our enemiesContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents], Even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (ProverbsContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’” (Matthew 19:14 NIV) Last spring I attended a state-wide conference that had a lotContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children and our future on Thursdays this year.] “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” (Proverbs 22:6 NIV) God, Your Word is flawless, your Way is perfect, and you areContinue Reading