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Prayers for Strength: An Excerpt from Being Mrs. Mom the Not So Average Superwoman

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Being Mrs. Mom the Not So Average Superwoman Book CoverAs you go throughout life, you will run into situations where you just won’t feel like you have enough strength to make it through.  You can try to muster up you own strength to push through, but the truth is that there is no better place to get you strength, than from God.  There are scriptures you can read, affirmations that you can say, but more importantly you should talk to God and pray for strength.  Still, sometimes you might wonder what you should pray.  Enjoy this excerpt, below of Prayers for Strength, from my book Being Mrs. Mom the Not So Average Superwoman.

 

In this excerpt there are prayers that you can pray that focus on  different areas your life, relationships, and focus.  I encourage you to make time daily to pray these prayers.  They are based on scripture and I’m sure that they will bless you.  

 

Prayers for Strength

  1. Lord, You are the source of my strength. I will sing of Your praise daily.  When life get hard and I have to walk in faith, help me to remember that you are with me and have fully equipped me for every good work.
  2. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight Lord, for you are my Strength. Help me not to be anxious or to worry about anything.  Help me to cast my cares upon you daily and to seek first Your kingdom.  You told me that you would supply all of my needs, so I look to You as my Provider.  Help me to trust you when it is hard and I am tempted to fear.
  3. God, You are my strength and power, and You make my way blameless. When I am overwhelmed and feel like I can’t go on, remind me to put on the armor of God and to remove the cape, if I have attempted to put it on again. 
  4. You have girded me with strength for the battle, Lord. You have subdued under me those that have risen up against me.  When the enemy comes in to my life and situations, like a flood, You said that You would lift up a standard against him.  Help me to trust you and stand in prayer, as I await your salvation.  Thank you for fighting my battles.
  5. Lord, I trust you for my family and my personal protection. I will not be afraid of the terror by night, or the arrows by day.  I will not fear what could be done to me.  I will not seek to defend myself.  Help me to stand on Your word and to be reminded that You have placed Your hedge of protection around me and my family.  Help me to remember that You will keep us safe from all hurt harm and danger.  Thank you for not appointing me to wrath, but instead redeeming me and my family to yourself.
  6. Father, help me to love what You love and to hate what You hate. Let my joy be found in You and in Your strength.  Be to me as you were to the Israel, a Strong Tower and Defense.  Remind me daily of your loving-kindness and tender mercies. 
  7. You have commanded me to be strong and of good courage. Help me to not be afraid or dismayed.  Help me to remember that You are with me, wherever I go.
  8. Father, You have equipped me for every good work. Help me not to take on more than you have given me to do.  Help me to walk in the Spirit and not according to the flesh.  Help me to not be deceived by the enemy, but to gird my loins with truth. 
  9. Bless me with your peace, as I make prayerfully make decisions. Help me to support my husband, encourage and guide my children, and disciple the women that you place in my path.  I desire to fulfill your great commission, but I need Your help.  Help me to accept what you give me and to rest in You, as I do your will.
  10. Father, I place all that I am and all that I have into your hands. Let me remain in right standing with you.  Let me always seek to build a relationship with you.  When it is all over, I want to hear You say that You knew me well.  I want to hear your say, “well done, My good and faithful servant.”  For this reason, I will not despise your chastisement, but instead I will embrace your leading with follow you obediently.  Give me the strength to walk out your calling on my life and empower me to be the woman that you have called me to be.

Pray these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.

I hope that you enjoyed this excerpt.  Don’t miss out on Being Mrs. Mom the Not So Average Superwoman.  I’m sure that you’ll be blessed and encouraged by it.  

Invest in What You Want: Read the Bible and Pray

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Sometimes, while going through life, it is easy to feel burned out and overwhelmed.  This is even more common when we haven’t spent the time necessary for rejuvenation, alone with God in His word or in prayer.

So many people say things like, “I don’t have time to read the Bible,” or “I don’t know how to pray.”  However like anything else in life, we must invest in what we want. 

Do you ever say these things? 

If not, what do you say? 

Do you take the time that you need to spend with God? 

Do you want a better relationship with Him?  

Do you want to hear His voice, for yourself? 

Do you want to know His will and plans for you?

Do you want freedom from stress and peace of mind?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, the answer you desire is found in God and His word.

I encourage you to take some time to read the Bible.

Yes, it’s a big book, but you don’t have to read it all in one sitting.  You could read it one chapter at a time.  You could start at Genesis and just read. 

I’m currently in a group and we are studying the Bible one chapter at a time.  However, if you’ve never read the Bible, from cover to cover,  I suggest that you start with reading the books of the Bible, first.  If you feel like you could handle both, you could read and study it at the same time, but if the idea of this feels overwhelming, just pick one thing. 

My suggestion is that you start out by reading the word, one chapter at a time and that you journal about your observations and thoughts.  Write out how you could apply your readings to your life and situations.  At the end of each journal, write out a prayer to the Lord, that was inspired by your readings. 

Yes, if you journal a prayer, you are still praying.  That’s actually how I got started praying.  I’d sit and journal out my prayers.  I was afraid that someone would hear me and I only wanted God to hear me, so I would journal.  After building a relationship with Him and reading more of His word, I became more confident in my prayers.  I started saying them out-loud, but I still journal prayers.  The prayers that I would journal always started with “Dear God,” and ended with “In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

I encourage you to take the time to invest in your relationship with our Heavenly Father.  You’ll feel more refreshed and encouraged than you ever have.  He will rejuvenate you, while you are in His presence.

If you are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and frustration, this is the place to start.  Enter into the presence of God and allow Him to fulfill your needs.  You have a God sized hole inside of you that longs to be filled.  You might be filling up on the wrong things, and that’s why you feel the way that you do.  If you take the time to fill up on Him on a daily, and even throughout the day basis, you will find that your life will change.  Your anxiety will go away.  You won’t feel depressed.  You will be less frustrated.  

Think about it, but don’t just think about it.  Do it.  Invest the time necessary to build yourself up in the Lord, establish and continue a relationship with Him, and be strengthened through prayer. 

Praying in Faith: Cultivating Life 3-5 Minute Video

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This week, on Cultivating Life’s 3-5 minute video, be encouraged to pray in faith.  We take a look at what Jesus said about prayer.  We are encouraged not to doubt, but instead to tell the mountain to move, in faith.  

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10 Prayers to Pray Over Your Children

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As a mother, with four children, I know that it is hard to send my babies out into the world.  Daycare, school, events, none of this is easy.  We are charged, as moms, with one of the best and hardest callings in the world.  We are called to nurture and love our children;  to help them become who God has created them to be.  We carry our children within our wombs, as they grow.  Once they are born, we raise them, as best as we know how, loving them and protecting them from danger.  We teach them how to live.  We show them how to love.  We train them and coach them to be who God has created them to be.  Yet, we can’t keep them in our physical arms forever.

One of the first challenges of a working mother, a mother going to college, or even one that volunteers, is putting her baby in daycare.  If a mother happens to avoid that one, she will soon face the challenge of sending her 4 or 5 year old to preschool or kindergarten.  If a mother chooses to homeschool, she still does not escape the challenge of raising her child and slowly allowing him or her to go off into the world and explore through social connections.  We haven’t even talked about high school, college, or adulthood.

We hear the news reports.  They aren’t fun to listen to or read.  Children go through so much today and it is very public.  Turn on the nightly news and hear of manipulation, abuse, scandal, kidnappings.  If one is not careful, a mother could have a panic attack trying to figure out how she could protect her babies from all of these troubles and more befalling them. Will they become sick?  She wonders, am I a good mother?  Will I do them any justice? However, she forgets one thing.  It is not her call to protect her child all of the time, throughout the entire duration life.  She is not God.  [bctt tweet=”However, she forgets one thing. She is not God.” username=”@beingmrsmom”]She has to do what the Bible says.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.~Philippians 4:6, 7

We can all use a little peace.  Add with the stress of the world and the cares of this life, we could definitely use a lot of peace.  This peace does not just come.  You have to do something in order for this peace to even begin to come your way.  You have to be willing to give God the things that you are most concerned about.  In this case, your children and their futures need to handed over to the Lord.  I want to help with this today.

There are key scriptures that I have prayed over my children for the past 14 years.  When situations arise and fear attempts to grip me, I have to remind myself of what the Lord has said.  He would not leave me nor forsake me. (Deuteronomy 31:6)  I have had to speak, pray, and meditate on the promises of God.  I have to remind myself that God is faithful and that all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. (2 Corinthians 1:20)  I have to praise Him, when I recognize His faithfulness.  So, what exactly does His word promise?  I am going to share 10 prayers with you that are directly related to the scriptures in the bible and God’s promises to us, who believe.  The prayers are in bold and the scriptural references follow them. When you pray these prayers, pray them out loud.  Get them ingrained in your heart, so that you pray them with faith and without any doubt. (James 1:8)

  1. Lord let my children be taught by You and give them great peace.  Let all who have a hand in teaching them, be ordained by you.   Isaiah 54:13  “All of your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.”
  2. Lord keep my children safe from all hurt, harm, and danger.  Place your hedge of protection around them.  Let no evil befall them and no plague or calamity come near to their dwelling.  Keep them safely under the shadow of Your mighty wing of protection.  Psalm 91:10  “No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling”  (I recommend that you read all of Psalm 91)
  3. Lord bless my children, for they are the fruit of my body.  Give them increase as you have given increase to me.  Deuteronomy 28:4  “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds,  the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.”
  4. Lord help my children to be strong and courageous.  Let no man be able to stand before them, all of the days of their lives.  Be with them as you were with Moses and remind them that you will never leave them or forsake them.  Bless them with the fruit of the spirit.  Let them not be overtaken by fear, but instead allow them to live in power, in love, and with a sound mind.  Joshua 1:5  “No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life;  as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.  I will not leave you nor forsake you. ” Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Corinthians 15:33
  5. Let each one of my children, (Insert names here), increase in wisdom and in stature and in favor with You, God, and with man, even as Jesus did.  Let them keep good company because you said in Your word that bad company corrupts good character.  Luke 2:52  “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.”
  6. Father, all of the days of their lives, give them a heart to delight themselves in You, Lord; and give them the desires of their hearts.  Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
  7. As they grow and learn, give them wisdom Lord.  No matter if they turn to the right or to the left, let their ears hear Your voice behind them saying,  “This is the way; walk in it,” and may they follow you all of the days of their lives because you are their Shepherd. Isaiah 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”  Psalm 23
  8. Father I ask you to forgive all of their iniquities, heal all of their diseases, redeem their lives from destruction,  clothe them with lovingkindness and tender mercies, satisfy their mouths with good things, and renew them continually.  Psalm 103
  9. Help them to retain the knowledge of You, God, and do not give them over to a reprobate mind.  Instead, keep their minds, by the power of your Holy Spirit.  Let no weapon formed against them prosper and every tongue that rises up against them in judgement be condemned.  Help them continually to put on the armor of God that they may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  Ephesians 6:10-18; Romans 1:28; Ephesians 1:13; John 17:11-12; Isaiah 54:17
  10. Help me and those that you have ordained, to train them up in the way that they should go, so that they will not depart from that way, when they are older.  If you have it for my child/children to be married, prepare a spouse for my child and prepare my child.  I pray that they would both love you, Lord and not be given over to sinful pleasures or the works of the flesh.  I come against the spirit of fornication, sexual immorality, divorce, confusion, rejection, and separation on behalf of my child and his/her future marriage, right now.  In the name of Jesus, I tell these mountains to move and I believe that they shall be moved.  In Jesus name, I pray all of these things. Amen   Proverbs 22:6; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Acts 10:2; Ephesians 5:18; Matthew 22:37; Matthew 21:21; 1 Corinthians 6:18-20; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:2

[bctt tweet=”Rest assured that God will hear each one of your prayers.” username=”@beingmrsmom”] Pray them in faith, knowing that He cares about you and everyone & thing the you care about.  I tell you this; the Lord is faithful.  He is not a man that He should lie and like one of my favorite scriptures says, if you put your faith and trust in the Lord, you will not be put to shame. (Romans 10:11)

I would recommend that you pray these prayers over your children daily.  Watch as the Lord fulfills His promises to you and your children.

I hope that you were blessed and encouraged by this.

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On My Heart

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This morning I’m sitting here, thinking. I have something on my heart.
Normally I’d be thinking about my family, my day, my plans, my desires…but not today.

This morning I am thinking about the less fortunate. The poor…

There are poor people in this country. They live at a level that is below the normal American standard of living. This morning my heart goes out to them.

There are also poor people that live in other countries that not only live below a certain standard of living, but they are dying. Their children are dying. They search the trash and find no food. Not only that…they do not have basic human rights. There is no chance for them to get out of poverty…and there is no one in their country to help them because of a dictatorship.

They don’t have freedom of speech. Not even those that are considered the elite of the country. What they see, hear, and do is controlled by the government…

This is sad…

So this morning, I pray for all of the less fortunate. I pray for the abused. I pray for those that don’t even know what they are lacking because they are kept from knowing what they could have.

This morning I pray that we as Americans would not take our freedoms for granted. I pray that God would help us see how blessed we are. We are blessed to have food, water, shelter, books, television, music…choices.

If you understand what I’m saying, join me in this prayer.

Father God, we come to you humbly asking you first to forgive us if we have been ungrateful for the blessings that you have given us. Help us to see how blessed we are in this country and not to take it for granted. Help us to utilize the voices and freedoms that you have given us for your glory and your purpose, to help others. Father, help us to see with your eyes and hear with your ears, the needs of others. If we can help, let us help. If there is nothing that we can do, let us pray. Help those in need God. Help the mother that cannot feed her child or herself. Help that father that has no way of providing for his family. Help the broken and the wounded. Help the forgotten…we pray that the brainwashing would cease. We pray that all people would have basic human rights like freedom of speech. Lord do what only you can do. Go where only you can go. Save souls and lives. Show them that you are God.

In Jesus’ mighty name we pray…Amen

Cherish what you have been blessed with and I hope you have a great day…

In My Prayers…Autism

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I do not have a child with Autism. However, I pray for all families that do. I pray for the children, some of which are now adults. I pray for our country…for an awakening…in all areas of mandated health care and all health care alone. I pray for healing…I pray for the truth to be revealed and change to come…(I didn’t know, until I did my own research. Now I know…now, you are in my prayers daily)