Million Praying Moms Blog

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I make myself a cup of coffee and sit down in my big red chair. It's not even six in the morning. In the last week, I've slept a sum total of ten hours. I'm severely lacking and beginning to think sleep is a thorn in my flesh and I...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I had a fight at obscene-30 in the morning. Maybe it was just because I was alone in the hotel room and felt vulnerable lying there in the dark. Or maybe it was because I'd had my breath taken away by an insult two days before, and I...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I wanted Jesus to heal my uncle. I sat across from my husband at our favorite local pizza dive with tears in my eyes and said, "I'm not ready for this." I knew it was coming. I could feel it in my bones and in my heart. A season of...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  A few years ago, I sat in our navy blue minivan with my husband beside me and our three-year-old daughter strapped in her car seat behind me. I was eight months pregnant with our second daughter and we were moving to a new town...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  James 1:17 tells us that, "Every good and perfect gift is from above." It might be in the form of a good dish of beans and rice with ketchup, or it might be a simple reminder that we're not alone. Whatever it is, I'm convinced that...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I sat in the late evening sun on the front porch of our home, head in hands, tears streaming down my face, rendered speechless by the realization that I didn't have what it took to be the kind of mom I wanted to be. Before having...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  We are the ones who wake early to make lunches for school. We wash dishes until well past midnight and fold laundry without seizing. We are the boo boo kissers, the shoe putter-onners, and the seatbelt checkers. We are in constant...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I walked downstairs and surveyed the mess before me. The laundry pile resembled the trash heap on Fraggle Rock, totally out of control. Stacks of trash meant for the dumpster needed to be sorted. Mounds of toys, clothing, and other...

We're entering into a season where the words of the Christmas story will be plastered all over the place—stores, front yards, doorways, and even schools—but with no intentional link to the true Christmas story…no understanding that things like joy, peace, and love can...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  We have a snack jar on our counter filled with tasty and healthy snacks. Our boys know they can grab a snack before a long car ride or after getting home from an excursion. They race to the jar to pick...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  It's the week of Thanksgiving here in the United States, so I am taking some time to be with family and make memories offline. In lieu of an official devotion and prayer, I wanted to share this...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  A few nights ago my husband came home to find me at the tail end of a bad day. I don't remember now why it was so bad, but I'm sure it had something to do with an overloaded schedule, unmet expectations, and no idea what we were...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I recently heard a story about a little boy who, because of abuse and neglect at the hands of his own parents, went to live in a foster home. His foster parents were loving people who longed to give him a...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  When we realize the goodness of God, we get a glimpse of how human we are. Knowing our humanity, it's hard to imagine ourselves as able to please God. Just how do we go about that? Listen to today's...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My daughter is almost proud of what she doesn't know. As an emerging reader and student, she does not hesitate to ask me 100 questions about every topic under the sun. She is not perplexed by the vast...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  After only one week back in school after a long summer, it was canceled until further notice. Hurricane Harvey was on a path to our suburb south of Houston, and no one knew exactly what to expect. Then,...

  APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  In that season, I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. My original plan had been to go straight from college to seminary. With a forthcoming degree in psychology, I found myself wanting to know more about what...