Author: Amy

  • Praying for our children– and pouring our hearts out like water

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      Good morning and welcome to our first day of praying for our children together. I’m glad you are here, reading and praying with me. If you are reading and praying along using Stormie Omartian’s The Power of a Praying Parent, our reading today is just the foreword and introduction. She opens the book with…

  • Join me in praying for our children?

    Join me in praying for our children?

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    It has been some time since I have invited our group to study or pray together and, well, now that I have two teenagers and one almost-teen, it has been way too long! Regardless of your child or children’s ages, I’d love to invite you to read and pray with me as guided by The…

  • Love— I love watching it increase & overflow!

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    This verse really grabbed me today: “May the Lord make your love increase & overflow for each other and for everyone else…” —1 Thessalonians 3:12 Last night I had the joy of watching my kids and husband lavish love all over our friends’ children. They hugged, they carried, they giggled, they comforted, they swung the…

  • Praying for those to follow His will (from Colossians)

    Praying for those to follow His will (from Colossians)

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    Good morning! This was from my devotional today and it was too good to keep to myself. These words and their meanings are so beautiful and true. I think it is a perfect scripture to pray for our families and ourselves. Simply replace “you” with the names of those for whom you are praying. For this…

  • Seek The Right Priorities!

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    Scripture: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you” Matthew 6:33 Observation: Ask God for guidance Act on it honestly All you need (and want) will be provided. Application: I don’t believe this says that all I ask for I will be given always. I…

  • Abundant Joy!!!

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    “You reveal the path of life to me; In your presence is abundant joy; At your right hand are eternal pleasures.” —Psalm 16:11 Thank you, Father!!! What does this mean to you? It’s so beautiful to me, that’s for sure. Happy Easter, friends. He is RISEN!!!

  • SOAP: We are His sanctuaries!

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    Good morning, friends! Oh, how I have missed posting on a regular basis! I keep hearing instruction to post my SOAP devos on a more regular basis and plan to get back on track very soon. I am praying about what my reading schedule should be so that I can share it with you, as…

  • SOAP: Keeping Hope in Pain

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    Scripture: 20 “Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers. 21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. 22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more”    -Job 8:20-22 Observation: God…

  • SOAP: Love Each Other

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    So this is the verse that grabbed me this morning:"This is my command. Love each other." There's a lot to observe in that, if you choose. You can take it in little ways and big ways. You can think about just who 'each other' may be and just what 'love' may mean, exactly. And/ orYou…

  • Sending my son to Edinburgh. Solo.

    Sending my son to Edinburgh. Solo.

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    By the time you read this, my oldest child will be on a plane bound to Edinburgh, Scotland. Solo. And I might be on a plane headed back to Houston after watching his plane take off. Oh my goodness. As I write this,  I’m on a plane to Chicago, which will be his launching point…

  • SOAP: Healing on the Sabbath– WHY?

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    This morning my reading took me through John 4. In John 4, Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath. This, of course, causes quite an uproar. No work is to be done on the Sabbath, even the carrying of a mat. So healing on the Sabbath had to be a BIG DEAL. Scripture: This scripture…

  • Drinking from the firehose of life… or balancing Giant Jenga

    Drinking from the firehose of life… or balancing Giant Jenga

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    Hi friends. (Even if I have never laid eyes on every single one of you, I still feel like we’re friends since you’re reading about the details of my life. So I hope the casual greeting is okay with you.) This summer has been super crazy packed full. It’s been filled with gorgeous, beautiful amazing…

  • SOAP: Love one another deeply

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    Good morning from Healdsburg, California! My reading this morning was Isaiah 36-37, Psalm 76 and 1 Peter 1.  The Scripture that grabbed me was this one: “… love one another deeply, from the heart.” from 1 Peter 1:22 Observation: We are being instructed to love deeply. Love is something that takes effort. It’s an action…

  • Uganda, Seychelles, Bordeaux, San Francisco and Sweden – Back from three weeks away

    Uganda, Seychelles, Bordeaux, San Francisco and Sweden – Back from three weeks away

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    Last week I returned home from just over three weeks away. Chronologically I was in San Francisco, Bordeaux for VinExpo (with stopovers in transit in Paris for lunch and ice cream!) rural Uganda with Love Does, the Seychelles (off the coast of Africa), and Stockholm, Sweden. I also spent MANY hours in the Dubai airport…

  • SOAP: A prayer for knowledge and discernment

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    I am in love with so much of the scripture I have been reading daily! Check this one out: “And this is my prayer:  That your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless…