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Invest in What You Want: Read the Bible and Pray

October 10, 2017 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

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. 

Filed Under: Encouragement, Faith, Prayer Tagged With: invest, pray, prayer, Read, read the Bible, relationship with God

Read to and with your child…

September 30, 2015 By Mrs. Mom 3 Comments

Read to and with your child

This post is going to be the first in, what I hope to be, a series of posts presenting and discussing children’s books.  Today, I just want to introduce the concept…

 

In my home, we take a lot of time to read.  Every month, my children get a book allowance and visit the library.  We have a reading area in our home and spend time reading everyday.  Well, just about everyday. 🙂  My children read for a  set amount of time when they come home from school and I read for at least an hour a day. I try to encourage my children to read in various ways.

As we take time to read, I have found such great joy in reading to my children.  Not only do I enjoy reading with my children, but I often find that I learn something new, as well.  I have also recognized the benefits in reading with my children.

Here are a few benefits of reading with my children

  • I get to connect with my children through, what we normally find to be, a great story.
  • I get to hear how much they are improving in their fluency and vocabulary.
  • I give them an opportunity to share something with me that they enjoy about the story.
  • I am able to explain some of the hard topics that they find difficult to comprehend when we read together.
  • I am also able to spot situations, placed in books, that I find conflicting to what we believe and what we teach our children.  With this, I now have an opportunity to teach them the differences between what we have read and what we believe.  (This one is one of my favorites)

In this series, I will be sharing books that I have read with my children. I’ll be discussing the topic of the books and doing a mini review of the book. Sometimes, I will even share thoughts from my children on the books. My hope is to encourage you to read to and with your children.

Today, I would like to encourage you to take some time away from your busy schedule to read to your children.  I am not telling you when to do it, how to do it, or for how long.  In our house, we don’t normally do bed time stories.  Instead we do afternoon or quiet-time reading.  My children can also read at any other time of day that they want.  I am simply suggesting that you take some time, if you don’t already, to enjoy a nice story with your children.  Perhaps you can take a trip to your local library, book store, or used book store to find some hidden treasures.

Whatever you decide to do, get excited about reading and enjoy sometime connecting with your children through a great story.

Do you have any children’s books to recommend?  Let me know in the comment section.  I’d love to hear from you.

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, Children's books, parent child read, Read, reading

The Unbeatable Spirit of Faith

June 18, 2012 By Mrs. Mom Leave a Comment

This morning I needed a bit of a pick me up. I have a lot to do today and many times with so much going on, it’s easy to get discouraged. Knowing this, I decided to be proactive. I grabbed a quick inspirational read that would get my day going in the right direction.

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Great read for this morning

“The Unbeatable Spirit of Faith” by Gloria Copeland did the trick. Packed with scripture and knowledgable quotes from the word of God, it affirmed in my spirit that

all things are possible with God

So now it’s up and at’em with my day as I believe God is able in every situation of my life.

 

Filed Under: Mom-Me Reads Tagged With: encouragement, faith, Read

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