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How to Pray When Your Family Is Under Spiritual Attack
Have you ever experienced news that rocked your world? The sudden death of a loved one, marital infidelity, or a job loss are just a few examples of life-altering events. Addiction entered our lives unexpectedly. The news that our son was using drugs caught us completely off guard. In shock, we were unprepared to handle the situation. We needed help if we were going to survive this assault on our family. We need to learn how to pray when our family was under spiritual attack.

Dawn Ward
6 days ago7 min read


When Loving Him Is Breaking You: Finding Soul Care in the Midst of Addiction
When your husband is battling addiction, it can feel like your entire world is spinning off its axis. The chaos, the lies, the broken promises—it all adds up to a deep exhaustion that permeates every part of your life.
As Christian wives, we often feel the weight of responsibility to keep things together: the home, the kids, the faith. And we do it while quietly carrying the grief of watching someone we love slowly self-destruct.
But here’s a truth I want you to hear loud an

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God Was There With Her: The Lord's Presence in My Daughter’s Addiction Journey
When your child is battling addiction, every moment feels like a crisis waiting to happen. You wake up each day bracing for a phone call, a message, a silence that lasts too long. But even in the most fragile moments of fear, God can break through with a whisper so clear, you never forget it. Four months into my 17 year old daughter Regan’s treatment, I was still holding my breath. She had been doing well, connecting with her recovery group and finally starting to look health

Janelle Martin
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Faith in Difficult Times: Embracing Patient Endurance Through Life's Trials
How can we have faith in difficult times? With patient endurance as we trust God to see us through our trials in life.

Kerry Sue Teravskis
Mar 295 min read


The Power of Forgiveness: It’s in the Journey
Forgiveness is one of the most challenging yet liberating acts we can ever experience.

Michele Vrabel
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Darkness to Light: How Jesus Helped Me Get Unstuck After Trauma
I began to understand how and why my trauma was keeping me stuck. It was grueling and uncomfortable, but I kept coming back.

Rebecca Medina Stewart
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Loving Dependently
Not long ago, I purchased a Bible for a friend doubting God’s love and highlighted all the times Scripture mentioned the term.

Rachael Adams
Dec 2, 20244 min read


Bible Verses to Pray Over Our Struggling Daughters
Your daughter may be struggling. Raising daughters to become confident women in this world is challenging.

Dawn Ward
Nov 26, 20249 min read


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
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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
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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


The Day Addiction Knocked On Our Door
I will never forget the day addiction knocked at our door for the first time. It came in quietly, unannounced.

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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
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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


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

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