Always keep on Praying!

Prayer doesn't need proof, it needs PRACTICE!


"...be alert and always keep on praying." Ephesians 6:18


What a great subject to give attention to today~ praying! As I grow closer to God, He has taught me that prayer should be a top priorty in our daily lives. My eyes have opened: pray first, worry less. Pray first, do not try to fix a problem alone. Pray for everything GOOD in your life instead of only what is wrong in your life. Pray for the Lord to change you to be who He wants you to be rather then trying to get the Lord to grant a wish that will somehow in your mind make life better.


It would be perfect everyday if we could wake before your family, find a nice spot and have that time alone with God. If your like me, struggling each day to be that morning person, then it makes that time you need difficult. Although this goal of mine is something I will keep praying about it hasnt completely happened yet! Maybe theres a reason? Do not be discouraged, look for other ways to get that precious time in!


First, I have a prayer list.. its a guideline for things I want to pray about each day, prayers I want to say for others, my husband, my children, worries, goals, myself to grow in faith, homeschooling..our health, ect. Also blessings I want to praise God for! When my day gets busy, I often forget! what did i really want to pray about today? Prayer journals are a great guide. I love to look back and see all of the different ways God has answered!

Next, it may not be the quiet prayer time you desire..its serving and prayer time all at once! I pray when I am vacuuming.. as I clean my home, watch all the things on the carpet dissapear so does the worries I may have while I am praying.. I pray when I am loading the dishwasher..shampooing my hair, taking a walk, setting the plates for dinner or lunch, sweeping, mopping..always praying! Instead of viewing cleaning as such an annoying chore or never ending chore...it can become a very important part of your day. The time flies by too! My home is clean and so is my soul, amen!

I want my children to learn the importance of prayer! Having my kiddos create their own prayer list is a great guide for them as well. I helped my children create their prayer list and also had them cut out pictures from magazines. Works as a great lesson with learning to cut with scissors and being creative! They found pictures of plants to thank God for his creation..pictures of family, pets and even a picture of traveling, since one important prayer of theirs was to see family more. It was a really fun activity!

We set a timer for an alarm to ring on every hour so that we could stop what we are doing and pray! This creates the passion and excitement for prayer! I also explained to my children the different things I pray about, what daddy prays about and how I pray even while cleaning~ which they thought was super funny! Try to have stop, drop and pray day atleast once a week.


There is so many different prayers that can happen in one day that goes beyond just meal time prayer! Here is one for morning that I love~~ 

(author is unknown)
A Child's Prayer for Morning
Now, before I run to play,
Let me not forget to pray
To God who kept me through the night
And waked me with the morning light.
Help me, Lord, to love thee more
Than I ever loved before,
In my work and in my play
Be thou with me through the day. Amen.


Other ideas with your children is when daddy goes to work- pray he arrives safely to all his destinations. We like to pray when we are all buckled in the truck for a safe drive. If we hear someone is sick, I tell the children and ask them to pray. Its amazing how these things can give your children a passion for praying. Since we starting making prayer a big part of our lives my children have come up with their own prayers! Even when they see I am not my best, feeling down or impatient..they come up to me and say, I prayed for you momma. How that melted my heart, words cannot say!!!


As you start to add praying more to your childrens lives and your own, pray that He helps you with this new wonderful goal!


Bless Our Family
All praise to You, Lord Jesus,
Lover of children:
Bless our family,
And help us to lead our children to You.
Give us light and strength,
And courage when our task is difficult.
Let Your Spirit fill us with love and peace,
So that we may help our children to love You.


All glory and praise are Yours, Lord Jesus,
For ever and ever.
Amen.

Blessings, Sarah Beth

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My blessing in Life, my hubby!

                                   My Blessing In Life  Sweet poem had to share!

Every morning I wake up and see,

The most handsome man lying next to me.

He's the one I cherish and love,

A blessing sent from Heaven above.

I will love him as a faithful wife should,

And do everything for him I could.

I would let him know everyday,

That I love him more than words can say.

For the two children we have together,

And the love for God in each other.

It will keep our love for each other strong,

And the Lord will guide us away from all wrong.

I thought this poem was simple and sweet. I have been reading alot of books on how to be the woman and the wife God wants me to be. There was alot of things that completely suprised me! Its funny if you look in book stores there are alot of books that show you how to change your man, how to get them to do what you want and so on. God does not want us to be that way! We are to be our husbands biggest cheerleader.

H for hubby!! ;}

Cheer and pray him to keep moving forward in every part of his life. Its amazing to speak with woman who like to put their husbands down and point our all their faults. Dont be this kind of woman! As wives we really should lift our husbands up...we are to be a help mate! ;) Put your husband first in life. And really our guys dont ask for much..clean clothes, a nice packed lunch~maybe do something special, add a note or even a favorite old photo of you two.

Your children need to know how important daddy is. When I know my husband is almost home, we get ready.. we hurry and pick the house up, I spray perfume and throw on lip gloss... kids are clean and the tv is off.. we wait and when he comes thru the door..everyone is jumping up and down..yay daddy is home! Its the BEST time of our day, everyday!! Its amazing how much in turn he shares his love with us..I get more smiles and kisses..suprise flowers from him. He becomes the best man he can be with his family behind him showering him with love.. Try it, I dare ya!

I use to be the woman in charge, my way or the high way...I was very wrong & sinful with that way of thinking! Everyday I say a prayer..."change me LORD to be the woman that you want me to be"  It all starts with our husbands.. What can you do to make your husband feel first in your life? Be his cheerleader!!

Blessings,
Sarah beth

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Homeschooling is Lifeschooling, our bell never rings!

Cannot believe its already May and very close to June! What an amazing year it has been, my first full year of homeschooling draven and partially alyssa and ofcourse jayce too ;)Wahooo! I have already learned sooo much! When i first started to homeschool I thought I had to sit at the table for hours pouring over books, HOW WRONG I WAS! Everyone has different learning styles that they benefit from the most. Finding each of my childrens is a joy for me. I would have to say visual and hands-on are two very important ways we learn here. One of our daily lessons is a bible story, I read as they snack, my 2 youngest cannot just sit still so a snack is a great way to get them to atleast sit down ;) then we color or paint what we remember from the story..which I try to color too and when I am done, go over the story more colorfully! Anyways, then they tell me what they colored, then later that day or the next day we watch a cartoon on the bible story. Instead of them just listening they are coloring and really thinking, what was the story about? My children love to color so its a great way to study anything from the parts of a plant, the human eye lol to a wonderful bible story!!

We are beginning to wrap up for the summer..its hard to say that because our schooling is a LIFE not just a specific amount of time. We read constantly, my children help cook and clean and we find so many lessons in the way we live. Daddy teaching draven to change the oil to at the dinner table them two giving eachother math problems. Even at the grocery store, draven says this is cheaper by so many cents. Every moment is a learning moment..I try to bring excitement in everything we do, teaching or relating it to a bible story. Homeschooling is Lifeschooling! So as we prepare to stop for summer were not really stopping at all..we will still be doing science experiments such as an egg bouncing and tending to a garden, reading~lots of reading, sounding words out in books and any word we see, math and discovering this amazing world God has created for us. Our homeschooling summer is going to be awesome!! This year has proved everything I thought homeschooling can be, an exciting way to learn with my children.

I love every moment of homeschooling.... thank you Lord for convicting me!!!!!!!!!

Terrible 3's or a fearless boy?

My heart has lept more than ever lately. my youngest, jayce is the most accident prone child I have ever met! It doesnt help that he is completely fearless as he jumps and runs. On thursday we were in the produce section and he was walking all around the fruit. I filled a bag of apples and then pushed my shopping cart to find him, I knew he was near by and as I was turning my head and saying Jayce, Jayce...I SMACKED my shopping cart right into the side of his lil face. UGH :( I was completely stunned! Was his eye okay!? Oh no! His cheek was red and on the corner of his eye I seen blood. There was a small cut just under a fresh scar from the monkey bars. You could tell that area of the eye was really soft, I thought for sure at first he would need stitches. I kept praying, let him be okay. As we headed to the bathroom I could see his cut stopped bleeding and it wasnt as bad as I had thought, whew. I kinda feel what is he going to do next? But you cant ignore the fact that his face could have been looking directly at me, I was calling his name. And if he was, his eye would have been punctured. I know God had saved his eye, I imagine his angel swoopped down and turned his lil face in a different direction. I may not have been looking but our heavenly Father was. He always is! It brings me comfort and mothers of 3 year old boys need comfort! With my daughter I didnt have to worry about her safety the way I do with Jayce and its been 4 years since my oldest was at that stage. I am not sure if Jayce is more fearless or if I have forgotten! But goodness, he sure does scare me. Just today he decided to climb up concrete stairs and when I told him to come down he jumped down on each step! Its a good thing I pray for his protection every day! Thank you Lord for awnsering and saving his eye!

I love, love being a housewife

I love, LOVE being a housewife is a sentance from my heart that I say silently.. usually in the evenings when schooling studies are completed, dinner was devored and my children are starting to settle down..my home is neat, not perfect but neat. Candles glow and the scent is filling the air. window blinds are open showing us the sun is slowly going down.. this is my moment..i love being a house wife. To too many the title is demeaning..no paycheck, no self worth. And at one point I can honestly say i gave in and felt the same way. But God has opened my eyes and my heart and showed me the right path, for me. I love the quest for being a woman of God.. supporting my husband, being joyful to him, praising him for his hard work. My heart swells and my soul is completely happy when I am teaching my three brown eyed babies. I love caring for my children.. today i had one on one time with jayce my youngest.. he was dirty from playing outside so i suggested a warm bath..he was thrilled. i ran him a warm bubbly bath and gently washed the dirt away..it was a sweet moment, he was playing with his orange dinosaur and smiling at my complete attention on him. I loved it! I know God is opening my eyes more and more, convicting me to be a stay at home mom, homeschooling and number one showing them to lean on HIM, to live in breath in HIM..give thanks, be joyful and pray. I have so much to learn but finally feel like for once I am on the right path. What a great feeling! Its important to me that I am teaching my children so they will not be searching for their purpose in adulthood..i pray my childrens talents will be revealed and if you do not have the Holy Spirit within you then you will always feel lost. I will be blogging soon about raising boys and raising girls. Its old fashion but HE is guiding me!