Seven Prayers of Protection for this School Year
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We all saw the video clips of the shooting in Uvalde. We’ve heard the heart-wrenching cries and outrage of parents who lost their children in the shooting rampage. Part of me wanted to wrap my arms around these grieving and bereft parents. Another part of me wanted to roar at the TV and in my […]
8 Ways You Can Pray For Your Child in 2021
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This year looks a lot like 2020 doesn’t it? For my family, 2020 ended with an explosion in downtown Nashville knocking out all of our AT&T services—TV, internet, and cell service. (We are rethinking this communications strategy.) And we all witnessed the chaos and destruction in our Capitol last week. Can we agree the world […]
Covering Your Child’s Room in Prayer
Many times, when one of my children was at a camp, sports practice, music lessons, or Mother’s Day Out, I would walk by an empty bedroom and be drawn in. Not always sure of what to pray, I surveyed the room for clues. Other times, I stormed a room—furious at the enemy for interfering in […]
A Mother’s Prayer
I’m sharing the blog today with Ann Edwards, a good friend of mine and Preschool Minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, TN. Though I am not a mother, I have known some incredible mothers. God supplied some wonderful women who spoke truth into my life after my mother died. One of those women impacted […]