Are you anxious about seeing certain family members during the holidays or encountering strained situations? Here are some helpful prayers: Lord, please fill that whole room and house with Your presence and Your angels, and send the enemy out. Build a shield of protection around our time together and block any plans the enemy hasContinue reading “Prayers for Family Gatherings”
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Stand on Love and You Will Stand
We are facing days such as never before. And the battles we fight are not what the world says they are. This is a spiritual battle we are in, and LOVE is the way we win. Romans 8. Now is the time to set aside whatever has been keeping you from the heart-work you’ve beenContinue reading “Stand on Love and You Will Stand”
Family Unity for Ministers
Ministry can take its toll on kids, especially if parents are so involved in their work they don’t take vacations or spend daily and weekly quality time as a family. In counseling missionary families whose children have walked away from the Lord or made other devastating decisions, I have found that, most often, the childrenContinue reading “Family Unity for Ministers”
No Competition
Do you struggle with feeling like you don’t measure up, especially when you’re around those who are strong in the Lord? Like your relationship with God is somehow inferior? Like the floor slants higher and closer to the throne for them, and meanwhile, you’re struggling just to have a quiet time? The Lord’s heart isContinue reading “No Competition”
Prayer for Sons and Parents
Father God, please lay Your hand on our sons, guiding them constantly into Your purposes. Pursue them with Your love. Bring to them disciplers, mentors, teachers and friends who will challenge them to walk as one with You and model what that looks like. Guard their eyes, ears, heart, mind and body from evil, andContinue reading “Prayer for Sons and Parents”
For Fathers
As Fathers Day approaches this coming Sunday, here’s some encouragement from the heart of our Perfect Father: My son, I know your heart. You have longed to be the perfect father, to not make the same mistakes your own father did, to raise your children up to love Me, to empower them to be allContinue reading “For Fathers”
Rest in Me
My beloved bride, today I’m calling you to rest in Me. Don’t be like the wife who rushes about to please her Husband, doing things I never asked you to do and missing out on the one thing that matters. Luke 10:38-42. Come, sit with Me awhile. Listen to My voice. Hear My heart forContinue reading “Rest in Me”
Battle for Our Hearts and Nation
What battles do you see our nation and families going through? “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” Psalm 31:24 NIV Lord, please get up in our face. Invade our space. Show Yourself strong. Overwhelm us with Your beauty. Sway us by Your grace. Woo us with Your love. Give usContinue reading “Battle for Our Hearts and Nation”
Raising Up Warrior Women of God
Let’s pray for our daughters today…. Lord, please grow our daughters up to love You with all their hearts. Protect them from the plots of the enemy to harm them or draw them away from You. Be a Shield around them, and give them wisdom to choose the paths that lead to LIFE, rather thanContinue reading “Raising Up Warrior Women of God”
No More Wavering
Do you feel sometimes like your spiritual life is a bit of a roller coaster ride? You swoop up onto a high, feeling so close to God; but then slip and hit rock-bottom all over again? I know what it’s like. I, too, used to waver up and down, and sideways, even. But, then …Continue reading “No More Wavering”
