I love to hear my children praise each other, but too often I hear criticism.  I think that is normal when people live in the same home! One thing that has worked for us is to have Praising Contests.  We certainly still have bickering and criticism, but hopefully it helps the atmosphere of our home to at least have a praise once in a while from a sibling! We have a laminated page on the fridge that says: Micah:__

Have I told ya’ll about the book, ThePower of Crying Out?  I cry out to the Lord almost every morning in the shower.  I mean I pray in a loud voice, begging God to intervene in situations.  It really works!! The shower muffles my voice so the kids don’t think I’m dying (ha!  :O).  You can also cry out into a pillow  or in a forest by yourself or something. The Bible says that “the weap

We have been studying lately about lies we believe as Christians.  Almost the only thing the devil can do is lie to us, and he works overtime at it !  All we have to do when he lies is NOT believe him!!!!!  Woo hoo!  Use the shield of faith.  The truth will set us free! Lies we believe (I think these came from The Institute in Basic Life Principles) : I am ugly. I don’t have anything worthwhile to say.

Way to go wanting to have a quiet time!!  You know you need the Lord to strengthen you if you are going to be a great mom.  You absolutely cannot do it without Him, just coasting with your own power.  But how can we get that quiet time done??  I think we have ALL struggled with that at times. Terri’s Method: I recommend Terri Maxwell’s book,Managers of Their Homes.  The number one priority of that