When U Pray

May is for Mother’s and this guest blog is from Jennifer Hopwood, sharing her story of becoming Gretchen’s mom A mother to Gretchen:A little over 8 years ago, I got the pleasure of becoming Gretchen’s mom. It wasn’t as easy as others told me it would be. After almost 2 years and fertility treatments, I…

It’s May and that’s for Mother’s, here is the story of Natasha Jones, life without a mother on Mother’s day. Mother’s Day Without A Mom Some know or will eventually know what its like to spend Mother’s Day without your mom. For those who haven’t experienced this yet, let me give you a little insight.  Losing…

Our first mother featured in a May is a new mother, I asked her to tell me about her reflections this first year. Here is Jordyn’s story Being Kyrie’s momI’m Jordyn Anese and in 2019 God chose me to be a mother. I’m sure a lot of you are thinking “Unt unt you and that…

Raise your hand 🙋🏽‍♀️ if you have had some days when you just hung your head and thought “How can I keep doing this?” Do you ever just get frustrated and try to figure out “where is God in this?” Do you keep trying to figure it out and coming up short? Yeah me too…

“But the Lord said, “My grace is all you need. Only when you are weak can everything be done completely by my power.” So I will gladly boast about my weaknesses. Then Christ’s power can stay in me.”‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9‬ ‭ERV‬‬https://www.bible.com/406/2co.12.9.erv Man this time in my life is creating an even greater need in me…

“Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.” The soldiers threw dice to divide Jesus’ clothes between them.”‭‭Luke‬ ‭23:34‬ ‭ERV‬‬https://www.bible.com/406/luk.23.34.erv Jesus said the people didn’t know what they were doing, I said the crowd may have not known but the church people knew, they even wrote it out for the world…

“Praise the Lord! Every day he helps us with the loads we must carry. He is the God who saves us. Selah”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭68:19‬ ‭ERV‬‬https://www.bible.com/406/psa.68.19.erv “God, you give true peace to people who depend on you, to those who trust in you.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:3‬ ‭ERV‬‬https://www.bible.com/406/isa.26.3.erv During this time of uncertainty and isolation it is imperative that we…

As we are all facing increasing pressure to stay in the house and stay positive how are you holding up? I’ve not been in this situation before and I bet many of you have not either, but guess what? We will survive, nothing good lasts forever and nothing bad does either. In the meantime we…

Don’t quit! “Figs might not grow on the fig trees, and grapes might not grow on the vines. Olives might not grow on the olive trees, and food might not grow in the fields. There might not be any sheep in the pens or cattle in the barns. But I will still be glad in…

“God, I praise you! Hear my prayer and do something!”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭109:1‬ ‭ERV‬‬https://www.bible.com/406/psa.109.1.erv Do you ever feel like screaming at the world “DON’T YOU SEE I AM IN PAIN”? Do you ever wonder how they can be so blind to what you are going through? Yeah me too. Do you ever wonder why they are so…

Man, I’m sitting here rereading old posts and thinking “I was so intune with the spirit” and as I try and write now I’m stuck, blocked, uninspired and I’ve been torn up about it. I’ve been praying and trying to figure out why I don’t have anything to say and it hit me, I’M STILL…

Joy, joy, God’s great joy. Joy joy, down in my soul, sweet beautiful, soul saving joy….this song this song. Whenever the choir sings this I am on my feet singing all out. Fast forward, now I’m trying to live this same feeling. Always be full of joy. Never stop praying. Whatever happens, always be thankful.…

Anybody else get excited when reading the word of God and see the words “And it came to pass”? I get excited and start praising God whenever I see those words. They create a feeling of joy inside of me because I know they reflect fulfillment of a promise. These words are normally spoken after…

We had a very strong conversation about prayer at bible study and it really made me think. To sum it up someone was saying that you have to pray a certain way to get the most out of your prayer. I immediately felt like “would God be that petty”? Would he be so petty that…

The holidays are coming quickly. As we travel from place to place or receive visitors please remember one thing. Be kind. I know family dynamics can be tough and cause you grief but don’t give in to that, allow your loving kindness to shine through. : “Jesus has the power of God. And his power…