IT'S HERE!

 It's here!

My family are I are beyond excited to bring you Engaging with Faith Family Devotional: 70 Fun Activities For Christian Families to Strengthen Faith!

When my kids were growing up I was always trying to find ways to teach them God's Word and help them grow in a habit of regular Bible reading and prayer. As I searched and searched for resources, I always came up empty handed. Now, you don't have to!

My grandson is excited for Engaging with Faith!

Engaging with Faith Family Devotional is a 70 day devotional for families to do together. Each day has a Scripture verse, a brief devotion that kids will understand, a Let's Reflect section with questions to help engage each person in conversation, and a Let's Do section with an off page activity you and your kids will love.

Engaging with Faith Family Devotional would make a great homeschool companion! As we homeschooled our kids, we always added in some Bible time. This devotional will give you Bible time as well as activities to spice up the school day!

While Engaging with Faith Family Devotional is a 70 day devotional, it is designed to help you, not stress you out! If it works for your family to do each of the 70 devotionals in 70 consecutive days, go for it! If it works better for your family to do it once a week, go for it! All that matters is you are intentionally engaging as a family and teaching your children about God.

Each day that you go through the book, your family will grow closer to God and each other. Engaging with Faith Family Devotional: 70 Fun Activities For Christian Families to Strengthen Faith is out now! Just click the banner below!

Engaging with Faith Family Devotional is my 4th devotional! I feel beyond blessed by God for the opportunity to bring you 4 devotionals. To check out all of my books, click HERE.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Oh friend, I am so excited! We've had a secret that was supposed to be shared in June, then due to circumstances beyond my control, it was pushed back not once but twice. But here we finally are!

My family are I are beyond excited to bring you Engaging with Faith Family Devotional: 70 Fun Activities For Christian Families to Strengthen Faith!

When my kids were growing up I was always trying to find ways to teach them God's Word and help them grow in a habit of regular Bible reading and prayer. As I searched and searched for resources, I always came up empty handed. Now, you don't have to!

My grandson is excited for Engaging with Faith!

Engaging with Faith Family Devotional is a 70 day devotional for families to do together. Each day has a Scripture verse, a brief devotion that kids will understand, a Let's Reflect section with questions to help engage each person in conversation, and a Let's Do section with an off page activity you and your kids will love.

Engaging with Faith Family Devotional would make a great homeschool companion! As we homeschooled our kids, we always added in some Bible time. This devotional will give you Bible time as well as activities to spice up the school day!

While Engaging with Faith Family Devotional is a 70 day devotional, it is designed to help you, not stress you out! If it works for your family to do each of the 70 devotionals in 70 consecutive days, go for it! If it works better for your family to do it once a week, go for it! All that matters is you are intentionally engaging as a family and teaching your children about God.

Each day that you go through the book, your family will grow closer to God and each other. Engaging with Faith Family Devotional: 70 Fun Activities For Christian Families to Strengthen Faith launches on September 6th, but you can preorder your copy today! Just click the banner below!

Engaging with Faith Family Devotional is my 4th devotional! I feel beyond blessed by God for the opportunity to bring you 4 devotionals. To check out all of my books, click HERE.

GRATITUDE MOM DEVOTIONAL: PRAYERS TO PAUSE, REFLECT, AND GIVE THANKS

CUE THE CONFETTI....

It's here! Gratitude Mom Devotional: Prayers to Pause, Reflect, and Give Thanks is here!

Motherhood is such a beautiful journey. But it's also a busy journey. Often times throughout the busyness of motherhood, we forget to pause and be grateful. In Gratitude Mom Devotional: Prayers to Pause, Reflect, and Give Thanks we are reminding to live a life of gratitude, not just in the beautiful moments, but even on the hard days of motherhood.

In this 70 day devotional, you will find a Scripture verse, short devotional, thought provoking question or activity, prayer, and journal space. Each day you will learn and grow in gratitude as you pause, reflect, and give thanks.

Gratitude Mom Devotional: Prayers to Pause, Reflect, and Give Thanks is available wherever books are sold. To order on Amazon, click HERE.

To celebrate, we have a fun giveaway going on over on Instagram today!

BIG NEWS!

Oh friends! I am so excited to share big news with you today!

I've been hard at work behind the scenes on a project and today I finally get to share it with you!

I have a brand new devotional book coming out! Joyful, Patient, Faithful: A 90 Day Devotional Book for Mom is designed to help moms in all seasons find peace and inspiration in the busyness of motherhood.

Each day you will find a Scripture verse, devotion, prayer, reflection task or question, and space to write out your prayers, thoughts, or ideas.  Joyful, Patient, Faithful is perfect for new moms or seasoned moms, full time working moms or stay at home moms, moms of newborns or moms of young adults, it really is a devotional for all moms.

Throughout Joyful, Patient, Faithful I share my own experiences and things I've learned throughout 23 years of motherhood. I share how I came to find my need for daily time with Jesus and how I accomplish it throughout the demands of motherhood.

My prayer is that you will be inspired, encouraged, and find Jesus in a new and fresh way as you create a daily, intentional habit of spending time with our Father.

Joyful, Patient, Faithful comes out March 9th but you can preorder now! To order, click HERE.

LIKE ARROWS {GIVEAWAY}

My babies aren't babies anymore. My oldest is already twenty and my youngest fifteen. People say don't blink because it goes by so fast, they couldn't be more correct. The years have flown by. With my oldest away at college, I often think over the twenty years of raising her and her siblings. Was there anything I missed in teaching them? Where did I lack? Did I mess anything up? Did I say anything that deeply hurt them? I pray to God to fill in any gaps I left, I thank Him for grace, and I praise Him that it is never too late.

Family Life has a new movie, Like Arrows, all about raising children and the legacy we leave them.

When conflict, rebellion, and resentment overwhelm their family, Charlie and Alice are forced to rethink their parenting strategy. In the process, they realize how critical intentionality and focus are when shaping and molding young lives. Family Life’s first feature film explores the challenges and joys that come with raising children. Through a journey that unfolds over 50 years, Charlie and Alice discover the unmistakable power of family. Together, they learn that knowing and living by God’s Word is what brings transformation and hope to any family.

Like Arrows encouraged, inspired, convicted, and challenged me in my parenting. As Charlie and Alice go through the years of parenthood, you will see yourself at some point. It may be their highs, it may be their lows, but it will likely be a good mix of both. You will end the movie challenged and ready to make a change for the better.

Whether you are thinking of having children, have little ones, have school aged kids, have teens, have adult children, or have grandchildren, this movie is a must see. It will change your life and your legacy in the best possible way.

Here is Matt Hammitt's new song Like Arrows:

I encourage you to check out the 8 day YouVersion Bible reading plan and study for Like Arrows. From the YouVersion app, search Like Arrows or click HERE.

To enter to win two Fandango tickets to go see Like Arrows in theaters May 1st or 3rd, complete each task in the rafflecopter below.

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HANDLING A REBELLIOUS CHILD

Handling a rebellious child is hard, heart breaking work. You wonder what you did wrong. Should you have spanked more, should you not have spanked at all. Should you have chosen a different schooling option. Should you have had stricter rules or lightened up a bit. You feel responsible. You feel angry. You feel tired. You hurt. You feel like a failure.

There are different types of rebellion. Maybe your child has an addiction that is physically harming them, maybe they lie constantly, maybe they are angry, maybe they disrespect everything you do and say. No matter what form of rebellion, there is an ongoing cycle that continues week after week, day after day. You talk, discipline, punish, talk more, get angry, cry, talk again, worry, seek advice and talk even more.

Let me ask you this: when is the last time you prayed?

I am not talking a quick, simple "Help me, Lord!" prayer, though those prayers are often needed. I am not talking tear filled prayers telling God you just can't do it anymore, though we feel this way. I am talking about clasping hands with your spouse and going to the throne room of God for your child.

You see, rebellion is a heart problem. All of the talks and punishments are not going to change that. Yes, they are most definitely needed. Any form of rebellion cannot go unpunished. But the only thing that is going to change it is a heart change. And the only way you are going to see a heart change is through prayer. Fervent, intentional prayer.

Friends, I know how hard this is. Believe me, I do. It's time to take it to God. To petition the King of kings on behalf of your child. We must be in prayer over all of our children on a daily basis. But when we have a child with a rebellious heart, we must go to the next level with prayer. The kind of prayer that is a fight for your child's life. Think of it this way, if you are not fighting for your child, who is?

Another thing we must do is remind the enemy that he has no control of your child and to kick him out of your family's life and home. This very real enemy we have thinks that he can take up residence in your home and when he does, he whispers lies to your family and wreak havoc. He needs to be reminded that he is not welcome and must leave. I love this scene from the movie War Room. You can feel the power as Elizabeth, played by Priscilla Shirer, tells the enemy to leave. People, this is what we must do! You have this authority! Use it!

I encourage you, if your child has a rebellious heart, it's time to take a stand. Get together with your spouse and, with hands held together in unity, begin to fervently prayer over your child day after day.

If your spouse is not a believer, go to your accountability partner, pastor's wife, your own parent, someone who will gather with you and go to God on behalf of your child. Someone you can trust. If your child isn't the one going through this but someone close to you is, will you stand in the gap? Will you join the parent in prayer?

Prayer changes things. Even a rebellious child. Let's fight for our children.

Night Night, Mommy & Daddy {giveaway}

Bedtime has always been one of my favorite times of the day. Not because now the house is finally quiet. It's because I love the bedtime routine. The snuggles, the kisses, the I love yous. My kids are all teenagers now and I still love this special time at night.

Added to our regular bedtime routine. we've had many nights of working on Scripture memory or reading a book together. These are the moments that make lasting memories.

Best-selling author Amy Parker has 2 adorable new board books, Night Night, Mommy and Night Night, Daddy. These books show an animal mommy and daddy with their babies at bedtime. What better bedtime stories!

Today we are giving away Night Night, Mommy and Night Night, Daddy. To enter to win, complete each task in the rafflecopter below.

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