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How to Handle Bullying with Prayer
Bullying. It has become a buzzword today. As we send our children off to another school year, it is one of our biggest concerns as parents. Will our child be bullied? Will they have to face a bully from last year? Will they be the bully? We pray the answer is “no” to...
A Monday Prayer for Moms {8/22/22}
Father, as we start a new week, help my children be rooted and grounded in the love of Christ, and filled with the fullness of God. In Jesus' Name, amen. 💚 Brooke ________________________________...
A Monday Prayer for Moms {8/15/22}
Father, as we start a new week, help my children remember all You've done for them, and find joy in the work of Your hands. In Jesus' Name, amen. 💚 Brooke ________________________________ What...
The #1 Thing to Pray When You’re Not Sure Your Prayers Matter
A few months ago, God didn't answer my prayers. Or rather, He didn't answer my prayers the way I wanted Him to. The truth is that He allowed the exact opposite of what I prayed for to happen, and while it wasn't a life or death situation, it rattled me. I found myself...
May They Remember God’s Truth
It's true, mom...your children could have to face battles they aren't prepared for during the school year. When those battles come...the temptations, hurts, or disappointments...what will they stand on? What will your children use to help them see their situations...
4 PRAYERS FOR TEACHERS
My palms sweaty, I faced the class. Twenty faces stared back at me. Some bored, some tired, many equally nervous. I paced to the whiteboard, picked up the dry erase marker, and wrote “Mrs. Cole.” “Good morning, class. I’m Mrs. Cole, and I’ll be your writing teacher...
A Strategic Prayer Plan for the New School Year
If we're going to learn to trust God with our kids, prayer must be at the top of our priority list. Not just asking Him to protect them, but praying His truth over their lives, communicating with the Father who loves them more than we do, and believing His truth for...
Praying through the Psalms, Part 1
Confession? I have prayed through the Psalms before. Several years ago, I took three months and prayed through the entire book of Psalms. It was absolutely perfect timing for me, because my family lost a family member during that time, and the Psalms offered me the...
How Prayer is a Crucial Part of Trusting God in the New School Year
If you are among the millions of parents preparing to send your child back to school, you may find yourself fighting some fear. And it doesn't really matter how you choose to educate your children...evil can happen anywhere. How is a normal believing mom or dad...
5 Verses to Pray When You’ve Become a Fearful Mom
It was mid-October and we had been gifted a beautiful fall afternoon. In celebration of my son's birthday we loaded up the car and made our way to an amusement park. I had decided that when it came to riding the roller coasters I would observe from the safety of the...
How to Trust God with Your Child in the New School Year
Are you worried about sending your child back to school? Are you concerned about their safety (remembering the tragic way we ended the last school year)? Do you wish you could control their circumstances, and wonder how you'll be able to trust God with your most...
A Monday Prayer for Moms {7/11/22}
Father, as we start a new week, strengthen and uphold my children. May they not walk in fear, but confidence, knowing You are with them. In Jesus' Name, amen. Note: From now through the end of August our Monday Prayer will be for our...
4 Ways to Make Prayer a Priority When You’re Too Tired to Think
A few years ago I did a survey of moms where I asked them one simple question; “If you believe you should be praying, but you’re not, why?” Some of the replies stayed on the surface, while others went beneath it to deep matters of the heart. But I think it’s safe to...
{Invocation} July 2022
Invocation is a monthly feature at Million Praying Moms for the purpose of starting each month with a prayerful focus. In case you aren't familiar with the term, an “invocation” is simply a prayer that introduces something…most often a sermon, or beginning of some...
6 Prayers for Your Teens
The teenage years can be hard. Thankfully, God's Word isn't silent on the character traits and positions of the heart our teenagers need most as they take steps toward adulthood. Take the list below and cover your child with God's living and active Word! Proverbs 9:6...
Why it’s important to understand God’s plan for the genders, Part 2
Tune in for the second episode in my incredibly encouraging and challenging time with Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher about their book, Jesus & Gender, and how to parent boys and girls who resemble Jesus. The goal of this short, 2-part season of the MPM...
Praying Through the Books of 1, 2, & 3 John
Sunday my oldest son turned 17. SEVENTEEN. And now we're facing his senior year. I often find myself making mental checklists of things I need to make sure we cover before he graduates, and God is faithfully showing me areas where he needs my fervent prayers. It's...
Why it’s important to understand God’s plan for the genders, Part 1
Let me tell you a secret. I rearranged our entire podcast schedule for 2022 so that I could have the privilege of interviewing Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher about the chapter in their new book, Jesus & Gender, that talks about parenting boys and girls who...