Million Praying Moms Blog
A Prayer for God to be Your Strength
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY You and I may not need to worry about the threat of a jail sentence for our faith, but that doesn't mean life is easy. Cancer, death, heartbreak, chronic pain, and brokenness plague our families, and we...
A Prayer for Christ-Like Friends
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY There were several times during my college years that I questioned my faith and wondered if God was real. During an especially hard time when my parents were separated, I wondered, “Why do I hurt so bad if...
A Prayer for the Wisdom of God
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY My daughter and I drove by Dinah's place of business one Tuesday night and there was a line out the door. “Tuesday must be half price night,” she said, with a slight laugh in her voice. The people in line...
A New Years Prayer
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY Happy New Year, friends. I hope today's prayer finds you well. I pray that His Spirit of peace will permeate your home, and that you'll walk into 2024 knowing Him just a little bit better. To download a...
A Prayer to Remember God is Not Finished With You
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY I have a tendency to spew. The first time it happened I was about 20 years old. After about six months of tension in a long time friendship, I erupted like Mount St. Helens and the relationship never recovered. It was ugly and I...
A Prayer for Hope in the Mess
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY One husband, two boys, and over 15 years later, my husband often looks at me and says, "You know, I really thought you were gonna be more organized." Poor guy. He thought because I was so organized while we were dating that somehow...
A Prayer to Remember God is Sufficient
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY You see, lately I have felt like the depths of my mess is going to flat-out swallow me whole. I'm talking about the mess that lives on the inside where people can't see. My flesh failed big time today. I yelled, I pouted, I sighed, I...
A Prayer to Remember God’s Grace
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY In my head, I'm the mom shopping at the store with all my kids smiling and helping to put healthy items in the cart. And I usually chat with a friend I bump into. In my reality, with my inner phantom mom standing cross-armed and...
A Christmas Prayer
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY Merry Christmas! In lieu of an official show, I wanted to share this Christmas Prayer with you. It's a perfect prayer to share with your families today as you celebrate the birth of Christ. As always, our...
A Prayer for Joy
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY We had a busy week. We drove back and forth, and back and forth some more. My girls were good sports about it, but it was wearing on us all. We drove by the big tree at least 10 times while we were busy driving back and forth. "Can...
A Prayer to Remember You Are Forgiven
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY You know those skeletons in your closet you hope no one ever finds out about? I have a few of those. I think most everyone does. Mistakes we made in college, stupid choices made in haste, financial decisions with long-term effects,...
A Prayer for Rescue
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY My friend Robin needed a rescue one day. She was walking home from class our senior year at Indiana University during the blizzard of the century. The odds were not in her favor as she set out uphill in the biting, wind-blown snow...
A Prayer to Remember How Much Jesus Loves You
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY The truth is, I don't remember one single day when I wasn't aware of God on some level. From the tender age of nine onward, and maybe even before, I've known God had a plan for my life, believed he was good and sensed him watching...
A Prayer to Remember God Never Changes
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY Every morning when I wake up and make my way to the same kitchen, the darkness of the morning is a friend to me because it hides the usual left-in-the-sink dishes. Slowly the sun comes up and I see spread before me a day much like...
A Prayer to Remember You Are Loved
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY We sit in the rocking chair, my husband bought for me my first Mother's Day, and begin the back and forth motion I used to rock her and her three sisters to sleep. We settle in with her blanket and she asks me, "Mommy, sing Jesus?" I...
A Prayer to the God of Miracles
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY Merriam-Webster defines a miracle as an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment. I think they're wrong. More often than not, God works in the small, not-so-grand events in our lives and calls that the...
A Prayer to Remember God’s Word is True
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY Some days we need a friend to look us in the eyes and tell us like it is. My friend Lisa is a truth teller in every good way. Right after my first daughter was born, I asked her if I was ever going to feel rested again. She looked at...
A Prayer to Remember God’s Word is For You
APPLE PODCASTS † SPOTIFY When I was a young Christian, I knew I should be reading the Bible. I believed it was the truth and that I should be obeying what it had to say. I embraced that mindset early on by the grace of God, but I didn't know how to activate...