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Can You Build a STABLE Foundation After Betrayal?
Betrayal trauma recovery is tricky. Here's the good news. It's possible to thrive and heal after experiencing betrayal trauma.

Kirsten D. Samuel
Nov 1, 20245 min read


Grief Coaching or Counseling: How to Choose The Right Path for You
We all grieve when someone we love passes away. We can also experience what’s known as ambiguous grief,

Lea Turner
Oct 29, 20246 min read


How to Let Go of Pain When Living with Mental Illness
Pain has a way of twisting you up inside. Pain will make you do things that you didn’t think you were capable of.

Jesslyn McCutcheon
Sep 27, 20245 min read


Who Am I? How the Stress of Our Child’s Addiction Affects Our Identity
When our children struggle with life-destructive addictions, as their mothers, we can become entrenched in trying to save their lives.

Dawn Ward
Sep 16, 20245 min read


How to Take Steps Towards Freedom from Anxiety and Fear
It’s not uncommon for those who struggle with anxiety and fear to attempt to mask their weaknesses.

KellyAnn Snyder
Aug 20, 20249 min read


Bible Verses to Help You Walk in God’s Purpose for Your Life
God has a purpose for your life, one that brings Him glory as you share His life-giving message of love and salvation with others.

Dawn Ward
Jul 25, 202411 min read


How to Pray When Your Heart is Breaking
The saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. This is true in many areas, but especially in parenting. We can all look back and see things we wish

Terri Brown
Jun 24, 20246 min read


How to Surrender Our Lives to God
But what about surrendering our will to God and to his plans? Do we willingly submit and lay down our own plans to yield to Him?

Dawn Ward
Jun 3, 20247 min read


When Your Heart Breaks for Your Child
When we as mothers surrender our plans to God’s, we become free to love our children in a new way.

Jodi Dauses
Apr 29, 20248 min read


How to Trust God with Your Prodigal Child
When we learn to trust God with the lives of our prodigal child, we don’t cease to have influence in their lives.

Dawn Ward
Apr 22, 20247 min read


Surfing at Baby Beach - A Devotional
I hung up the phone in tears.
No school during the pandemic? I relied on the school to give me respite care for my disabled child.

Rachelle Keng MD
Apr 8, 20245 min read


Bible Verses to Pray Over Your Struggling Son
Are you raising a son? Or has your son suddenly become a man with responsibilities of his own?

Dawn Ward
Mar 22, 20248 min read


4 Powerful Ways to Encounter God
There are many ways to encounter God when we have a personal relationship with Jesus.

Mary Rooney Armand
Mar 11, 20245 min read


How to Praise God with All Your Heart
How do we praise the Lord with our whole heart? How do we worship Him with our very being, our soul, our will, our mind, and our emotions?

Dawn Ward
Feb 18, 20245 min read


Burning Bushes: Believing and Accepting God’s Unexpected Invitations
And when I’m looking at my schedule on any given morning, I am usually interrupted at least once.

Melanie Makovsky
Jan 29, 20248 min read


How to Manage Expectations When the Holidays are Hard
Learning how to manage our expectations during the holiday season means we will come to accept that things may not always be going our way.

Dawn Ward
Dec 18, 20238 min read


How to Live In God's Grace
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace." John 1:16 ESV What is Grace? Grace means "God's unmerited favor bestowed...

Dawn Ward
Nov 4, 20236 min read


The Futility of Life Apart From God
Solomon was forced to come to terms with a difficult question: Where is God in all this pleasure and can He be included in giving his life m

Annie Weber
Nov 2, 20232 min read


A Mother's Day Prayer for Struggling Moms
"This is the word of the LORD your Maker, the one who formed you from the womb: He will help you. Do not fear, Jacob my servant, Jeshurun...

Dawn Ward
May 8, 202310 min read


Do You Need a Mindset Makeover?
"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3 CSB Do you struggle habitually with...

Dawn Ward
Mar 31, 20238 min read
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