December has arrived and it’s time to quiet our hearts as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. I hope these 5 Free Advent Devotionals bless you! 1. Keeping Our Hearts Focused on Jesus – by the Good Morning Girls The Good Morning Girls Advent Study includes: – Weekly Devotions – Assigned Daily Scripture Reading – Daily Family Activities – Recipes – SOAP Journaling Pages We also have the children’s resources available too! The Advent Study for Kids includes a memory verse for the week (and some great ideas on how to help your children memorize the Bible), the verse of the […]
Read MoreMaking Your Home a Haven: Week 4 – Fasting
Welcome back to Week 4 of the Making Your Home a Haven Series! This is our final week! And this week is not an easy one. While fasting is sweet to the soul, it does have unpleasant side effects. It requires discipline but I can guarantee you the blessings –far surpass the temporary pain. This week’s Spiritual Focus is Fasting and Solitude. Last November my heart was heavy going into the holiday season and so I chose a passage of scripture from Psalms and I began meditating on it every morning. Alongside my meditation, I decided to also fast my morning […]
Read MoreMaking Your Home a Haven: Week 3 – Prayer
Welcome back to Week 3 of the Making Your Home a Haven Challenge! This week’s Spiritual Focus is Prayer. I was recently listening to a podcast where the man said that some Christians today have more of a “Cruise Ship” mentality than a “War Ship” mentality. What he meant was that some Christians seem to want to live their life trying to entertain themselves. Parents have become the “Fun Directors” of the family. But we cannot fulfill the great commission this way! Instead – we need to remember that we are at war against the enemy of our souls. 1 Peter […]
Read MoreMaking Your Home a Haven: Week 2 – Meditation
Welcome back to Week 2 of the Making Your Home a Haven Challenge! Keep your candles burning and your thankful heart going and let’s add to it! This week’s Spiritual Focus is Meditation. Some days a scheduled quiet time just can not happen. Emergencies, sicknesses, a busy season at work, or family members who need us, just simply make it impossible. It would be wrong for us to put pressure on ourselves to always create the “Pinterest Perfect” quiet time. Life just does not work that way. So what’s the solution when an extended time alone with the Lord is not […]
Read More10 Fun & Easy Ways to Practice Gratitude With Your Family
I remember having a talk with one of my children late at night and they told me they just wished they could experience God like I do. They couldn’t feel God’s love the way I seemed to and I did not know how to make God real to them in the moment. Unanswered prayer and discouragement from other things in life were flooding out all of the things that my child knew to be true of God. And in that moment the only answer I had was – “look at all we have to be thankful for.” Yes, there are […]
Read MoreMaking Your Home a Haven: Week 1 – Gratitude
{Cue the Confetti!!!} It’s time to begin the 9th Annual Making Your Home a Haven Challenge! This week’s Spiritual Focus is Gratitude. So, pull out a journal or your Women Living Well Habit Tracker and turn to the Gratitude page and begin! If you don’t have a Habit Tracker – you can print these pages below. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. (Psalm 136:1) Every day this week, pause and write down a few things you are grateful for. It is scientifically proven that listing the things we are grateful for improves our […]
Read MoreGod Uses Our Weaknesses
Today we have a guest – my dear friend Ruth Schwenk from TheBetterMom.com. She writes: There are plenty of opportunities for a mom to feel weak. -When we haven’t managed to hop into the shower—and it’s time to make dinner. -When we arrive late for Bible study . . . with no shoes for the toddler. -When we see on Facebook another mom’s cupcakes for her child’s birthday party. -When we end the day by counting how many balls we dropped. For the longest time, I resisted my weakness. After all, who is proud of not having everything figured out? […]
Read MoreThe Making Your Home A Haven – 9th Annual Fall Challenge – is back!!!
Welcome back to the Making Your Home a Haven — 9th Annual Fall Challenge! This is the Soul Care Edition and it will run through the entire month of November. If you’ve been around a while – you already know all about this series and might even have your candle going right now! Each week I will give you one practical tip and one spiritual discipline that you can do to create a haven in your home. Is your calendar full? Do you feel tense, rushed and even panicked at times? You need soul care! I believe we can create a physical […]
Read MoreWhen You Wonder…Where Is Your Happy Ending?
Today we complete our study through the book of Ruth! This is one of my favorite studies I’ve done with you – so thank you so much for joining me on this journey!!! If you missed any part of this study – all of the free resources and videos will remain available on this page —-> HERE. Now it’s time for the final video. I love happy endings but if life is hard and your future is unsure…you may be wondering…where is YOUR happy ending? Don’t miss this video! It’s the entire point of the book of Ruth! {if you […]
Read MoreGood Morning Girls Resources {Ruth: Week 5}
This is it! Our final week in the book of Ruth. This is an EXCITING week as it all comes together! Boaz is a picture of Jesus in this beautiful love story and we are going to see how Amazing God’s love is for us! So enjoy your study – it’s not an easy one this week and at times it’s a little technical – but if you do the hard working of digging into the deeper meaning of this love story – I know you will be blessed and filled with hope! If you do not have the study […]
Read MoreAre You A Worrier?
Are you a worrier? Do you torment yourself with disturbing thoughts? The word “worry” means to allow one’s mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles. If you are a worrier or if you know someone like this – then this video is for you! Join me as we discuss the topic of worry and how it relates to Ruth. {If you are reading this in an email or feed – click here to view the video} I saw this quote recently on Facebook that said: Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things you cannot change. Prayer is […]
Read MoreComing Soon!
Coming this November – the 9th Annual “Making Your Home a Haven Challenge” is back! It’s a new year and it’s time for a new edition! Some of you may remember that last year – we mixed the Bible Study titled – Rest and Release – with the challenges. So this year, we are going to continue going deeper in our walk with the Lord, as we practice 4 Spiritual Disciplines. I will announce the weekly schedule once we complete our study through the book of Ruth. But for those who are returning and remember how this works – you […]
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