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Root of Impatience #5: A Lack of Trust in God’s Plan
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer It is so hard to be silent before the Lord and wait on Him to act. Psalm 37:7 says we should wait patiently, like we believe with all our hearts that God is about to move. I don't about you,...
Root of Impatience #4: The Need to Control
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer Proverbs 16:32 says, "Patience is better than power, and controlling one's emotions than capturing a city." This verse grabbed my attention because I like to be in control. In fact, most of...
Root of Impatience #3: A Lack of Faith When We Can’t See
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer "What are You doing, God??" I've asked that question more times that I can count in my 45 years. So any times I've wondered why, how, and what when it comes to the circumstances in my life,...
Root of Impatience #2: Fighting the Hard Seasons
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer There can be no doubt...God uses motherhood to train our character. In fact, motherhood is almost directly responsible for the deepening of my personal prayer life BECAUSE it was hard. And...
3 Ways to Teach Your Children About Patience
This post was originally published on The MOB Society on October 9, 2015. It is written by LaToya Edwards. I watched from the other side of the room as my son worked on a project at the table. He’d been there for 30 minutes and hadn’t made much progress. The...
Tips for Helping Kids Learn Patience
Today's article was originally posted on The MOB Society blog in October of 2015. It's written by Monica Swanson. Looking back, it seems like half of my childhood was spent waiting. Waiting for the bus, waiting in the lunch-line, waiting for my favorite TV show,...
Scripture Prayers for Your Angry Child
Just this morning my kids erupted in anger around the breakfast table. I bet you’ve never had a morning like that, right? Haha! I walked outside and watered my flowers because I had to take a time-out for myself to calm down, pray for wisdom, and seek Spirit’s help....
Root of Impatience #1: Not Understanding the Cost of Salvation
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer Are you afraid to pray for patience? Since I started talking about our newest prayer journal, Everyday Prayers for Patience, I've realized that many people are afraid to pray for patience. I...
Get a Free Chapter of Everyday Prayers for Patience
There’s an old joke that says, “Don’t ask God for patience. He’ll answer by testing yours.” I don’t know that God is sitting around in heaven just waiting to test our resolve, but parenting, and the Christian life itself, is fundamentally built on trusting something...
20 Tips for Moms of High School Seniors
Senior year is hard. Let's just get that out of the way, shall we? My oldest graduated in 2023, and I have another graduate coming in 2026. Acknowledging that it will be hard, with an emotional roller coaster of highs and lows, lasts, and bests before diving in can...
Helping Your Child Discern Their Calling, with Pam Farrel
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer We've been talking all this month about our children's purpose. And in the big picture, the message that I've tried to make run throughout each episode is that the main purpose God has for our...
Don’t Be Afraid to Pray for Patience
“Don’t pray for patience! God will answer by testing yours!” Have you heard that one, too? Honestly, until about year ago, I don’t think I’d ever actually prayed for patience…not straight up…because I was turned off by what might happen if I did. It was almost like I...
Teach Your Kids to Know God’s Voice, with Niki Hardy
GET YOUR FREE DEVOTION: Grace to Grow: A 5-Day Study of Patience and Prayer The other day, on our way home from a trip together, my son asked me how I can be sure that I'm hearing God's voice. I've been there. I get why he's asking that. This world has a lot of...
Scripture Prayers for Your Child’s Identity
Identity is a hot topic nowadays. Where are we and our kids to turn for direction and answers? Where are we to turn for truth? God’s Word. No matter what questions may come up now or in the future, the principles and truths in God’s Word stand firm forever. We can...
Learning to Let Them Lead, with Karen Ehman
Let's face it... Sometimes our children make choices we wouldn't have made, if we had the right to make those decisions for them. I'm not talking about bad decisions here...I'm just talking about decisions that lead them on a different path, or that don't line up with...
Helping Our Kids Find Their Place in the World, with Heather MacFadyen
Where do our children belong? How do they know what God's plans for them include? How has God gifted them to contribute in this world? Should they compare themselves to everyone else? These are some of the questions I'm tackling on the podcast this week with my friend...
The Most Important Prayer for the Launch Season
What should I do?? I'm confessing today, friends, that most of the time I have no idea what to do, or how to correctly respond to the challenges I face as a mom of two...one who has just launched into the world. There is so much I don't know...but I know the One Who...
Making Your Home a Place They Want to Come Home To
This week we're looking forward. Your kids are launched, you've settled into a new routine, and are (hopefully) thriving in your new season, when all of the sudden it's time for their first visit home! How can you prepare your home (and your heart) so that they are...