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4 Things My Wife Does That Make Me Love Her More Everyday
Today as my husband headed back to work after his lunch break, he handed me a flash drive. He said that it contained a guest post for my blog. If I read it, I had to publish the post on my blog. Nick knew my curiosity levels would be through the roof. It took less than 45 minutes for me to get the kids down for naps before I read this post. And yes, I cried while reading it. Nick’s Guest Post: When I offered to write a guest post for my wife’s blog because she is busy and has a lot on her plate, she thought I would…
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Why We Need To Celebrate Christian Dads
The Unsung Christian Hero: Dad! Yesterday, I had a emergency church board meeting that I had to attend. The topic of which was going to be a very challenging subject and one that no one was wanting to address. Since I am a part of the church board, it meant all the sudden my husband had to take on all the responsibilities of cleaning up the kids’ supper messes, bathing, jammies, story times, and tucking kids in by himself. This after he had been up since 5 that morning and done a full, long day of work. Normally, we do the bedtime routine together and it takes half the…
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Decisions I Made As A Single Woman That Continue To Bless My Marriage
*This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!* I still remember the day clearly. My 12-year-old self had recently finished reading I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Within my heart was a desire to be set apart from the world. For starters, I decided to save myself for my future husband. In my eagerness, I even plastered the verse from Proverbs on my bedroom wall, “She does her husband good, not evil, all the day of her life.” In my decision to do my husband…
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The Five Resources That Improved My Prayer Life
What Christian woman doesn’t want a better prayer life? We are relationship-orientated creatures to begin with and we crave the relationship with our Creator and Lord most of all. Yet, somehow the precious time of communication with God is often pushed to the side when it is what we need the most in our busy, frustrating, crazy lives. Honestly, I wish I could say that my prayer life was so much better when I was single with no husband or kids threatening every quiet moment of my life but that was not the case. Yes, I had the opportunity for many more quiet times with God but I failed…
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Bible Verses To Help Us Refocus On Jesus During The Christmas Season
The Christmas season is known for its hectic pace. There is shopping for gifts, eating gifts that you receive, wrapping gifts to give, decorating your house for Christmas, baking cookies to eat, caroling with friends, visiting family, attending work parties, eating food at parties, cooking for family and parties, cleaning up, practicing for Christmas programs, performing Christmas programs, and did I mention eating?? Whew, it is no wonder that as Christian women, we lose our focus on the true meaning of the season in amongst all those crazy moments of busyness. *This post contains affiliate links to help keep the ministry of Ambitions for Christ in operation. You can…