Embracing Life

25 Scriptures to Pray For Your Family

Prayer in and of itself is powerful. When you combine it with Scripture, well, let's just say you should be prepared to see some mighty things happen. It is very important to pray for your family ...

Speaking Blessings Over Your Family Members

The words of a loved one have a lot of weight and power. I’m sure you’ve had a loved one say something to you that hurt. Whether intentionally or intentionally, those words have stuck with you. But...

Praying Over Your Home

We take measures to protect our home. We lock windows and doors and install security systems and we buy insurance just in case something should happen. All are smart measures to protect your loved on...

Encouraging Scriptures For When Your Child Has A Speech Delay

My younger son has a speech delay, my older son has apraxia --a neurological speech disorder that requires frequent and intensive speech therapy to learn to speak. He didn't say his first words until...

When You Find Yourself Asking God "Why?"

When something unexpected happens in our life, or in our world, it's easy for us to ask God why it happened. We want to live the blessed "abundant life" (John 10:10b) that Jesus said He was bringing,...

15 Scriptures To Pray For Your Child with Special Needs

As a special needs parent we learn to advocate for our children--with insurance companies, with doctors and specialists, with schools, within churches, and within the community. But one of the best w...

20 Scriptures To Pray For Your Writing

A few years ago, after reading Beth Moore's amazing Praying God's Word , I discovered the joy of praying Scripture over various things that were important to me. I love praying scripture for my marri...

When God Tells You To Write A Book

I have dreamed of writing a book for a long time. I thought perhaps I would write a young adult book: as a middle school English teacher, I devour plenty of those, wanting to be able to share my love...