A Preacher’s Wife

Welcome to Day 4 of our 30-Day Family Prayer Challenge! 🤎

Today we’re praying that our families will develop a genuine hunger for God’s Word—not simply owning a Bible or reading it because they feel like they’re supposed to, but opening Scripture with a desire to know God and understand His truth.

📖 Today’s Scripture: Psalm 119:18
🙏 Today’s Prayer Focus: A Hunger for His Word

The psalmist prays for God to open his eyes so that he can see the wonderful things in His instruction. That little prayer reminds us that Bible reading and prayer belong together. We can come to God’s Word asking Him to help us see, understand, and be changed by what He has revealed.

Today we’re praying this over our families—and over ourselves:

Father, give us eyes to see and hearts that hunger for Your Word.

Grab your Bible and something to write with, and let’s spend a few minutes together.

Read it. Write it. Pray it. 🤎

Tomorrow we’ll continue with Day 5: Growing in Faith — Romans 10:17.

Welcome to Day 3 of our 30-Day Family Prayer Challenge! 🤎

Today we’re praying that our families will learn to trust God—even when they don’t understand what He is doing or can’t see what comes next.

📖 Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:5–6
🙏 Today’s Prayer Focus: Trusting God

There will be circumstances the people we love simply cannot understand. There will be unanswered questions, difficult decisions, unexpected changes, and times when God’s way may not seem like the easiest way.

So today we’re asking God to teach our families—and us—to trust Him with our whole hearts rather than depending entirely on our own understanding.

As you pray today, think specifically about the people you love. Where might they need to trust God right now? And where might you need to trust Him with them?

Grab your Bible and something to write with, and let’s let God’s Word guide our prayers.

Read it. Write it. Pray it. 🤎

Tomorrow we’ll continue with Day 4: A Hunger for His Word — Psalm 119:18

Day 2: Loving God | 30-Day Family Prayer Challenge

Welcome to Day 2 of our 30-Day Family Prayer Challenge! 🤎

Today we’re praying one of the most important prayers we can pray for our families: that they will love God wholeheartedly.

📖 Today’s Scripture: Matthew 22:37
🙏 Today’s Prayer Focus: Loving God

Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest, and His answer points us to something deeper than simply knowing about God or growing up around faith. We’re praying that the people we love will know God, love Him for themselves, and allow that love to shape the way they live.

And, as always, we’re not only praying this for our families. We’re asking God to grow this in us, too.

Grab your Bible and something to write with, and let’s spend a few minutes together letting God’s Word guide our prayers.

Read it. Write it. Pray it. 🤎

Tomorrow we’ll meet back here for Day 3: Trusting God — Proverbs 3:5–6.

Welcome to Day 1 of our 30-Day Family Prayer Challenge! 🤎

For the next 30 days, we’re going to spend a few minutes together each morning doing something simple:

READ IT. WRITE IT. PRAY IT.

Each day, we’ll take one Scripture from our Family Prayer Challenge, look briefly at what it means in context, write it down, and then use the truth of God’s Word to guide us as we pray for our families.

Today we’re beginning with one of the most important things we could ever pray for the people we love:

That they would seek God.

📖 Today’s Scripture: Jeremiah 29:13
🙏 Today’s Prayer Focus: Seeking God

We’ll look at the context of Jeremiah 29, what this verse meant to the people who first received it, and how it can guide us as we pray that our husbands, children, grandchildren, parents—and ourselves—will be people who seek God wholeheartedly.

Grab your Bible, your free 30-Day Family Prayer Challenge printable if you’re using it, and something to write with.

And remember, you aren’t doing this alone. There are sisters joining us throughout October, praying through the same Scripture on the same day.

30 days. 30 Scriptures. One family intentionally brought before God.

Read it. Write it. Pray it.
And I’ll meet you back here tomorrow for Day 2. 🤎

What do you do when what’s in front of you feels too big to fix, carry, or figure out on your own?

In Psalm 61:2, David cries out, “When my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

Recently, I heard one of my favorite preachers, Cliff Goodwin, share something about this verse that surprised and delighted me. The Hebrew carries the sense of a rock that is high—beyond David—and some translations bring out the idea of “the rock that is too high for me.”

What a beautiful picture.

David isn’t asking God to make him strong enough to climb the rock himself. He’s asking God to lead him somewhere he cannot get to on his own.

Sometimes the rock really is too high for us. We can’t fix everything. We can’t control everything. And we don’t always know what to do next.

Maybe the answer isn’t to become a better climber.

Maybe the prayer is simply, “Lord, lead me.”

In this week’s Midweek Reset, we’re spending a few minutes in Psalm 61:1–4 and remembering that when our hearts are overwhelmed, we were never meant to be our own refuge.

God is the Rock.

📖 Psalm 61:1–4

My prayer is that together we can become women whose minds are shaped by God’s Word instead of by the world around us.

Midweek Reset: When Everything Is Changing, God Doesn't

Everything in my life seems to be changing at once. My daughter is preparing for marriage, my oldest son is leaving for Marine Corps boot camp, and my youngest just got his driver's license.

These are all wonderful milestones, but I've discovered something: Good changes can still be hard changes.

After 21 years of motherhood, I'm finding myself asking a question I never expected: Who am I when my children don't need me in the same ways anymore?

In today's Midweek Reset, we're talking about navigating life's changing seasons, finding our identity in Christ, and taking comfort in the beautiful truth that while everything around us may change, God never does.

His character doesn't change. His faithfulness isn't seasonal. And our identity in Christ doesn't disappear when a chapter of our lives comes to an end.

Whatever season you're walking through, I hope today's episode reminds you that you can find comfort and security in the One who remains the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Scriptures: Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8

My prayer is that together we can become women whose minds are shaped by God's Word instead of by the world around us.

Almost two years ago, I was a BookTok girl who loved fantasy and romance novels. Then I saw an Instagram reel that made me angry—not necessarily because I thought she was wrong, but because deep down, I knew there was truth in what she was saying.

In this episode, I’m sharing a part of my story that requires me to be pretty open and vulnerable. What started as conviction over sexually explicit content eventually revealed something much deeper about my heart: what I was filling my mind with, what was getting so much of my time and attention, and how unwilling I initially was to surrender something I loved.

We’ll talk about the difference between simply enjoying fiction and allowing something to become an idol, whether sexually explicit books can affect our hearts in ways similar to pornography, and why I eventually had to stop asking, “Am I allowed to do this?” and start asking better questions:

Is this glorifying God?
What is this producing in me?
What appetite is it cultivating?
And if God asked me to surrender it, would I be willing?

This isn’t about creating a list of books Christian women can and cannot read. It’s about examining what is shaping our minds—and what we do when God brings conviction.

Nearly two years later, I can see the fruit of repentance, and more than anything, I’m thankful that God didn’t leave my heart where it was.

📖 Scriptures: Philippians 4:8; Matthew 5:27–28; Romans 12:2

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My prayer is that together we can become women whose minds are shaped by God’s Word instead of by the world around us.

Are you really listening—or are you just waiting for your turn to speak?

In this week’s Friday Focus, we’re looking at the simple but deeply convicting instruction in James 1:19–20: be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

As we head into the weekend and spend time with our families, friends, and church family, let’s practice listening before we respond. We don’t have to correct every misunderstanding, say every thought that comes into our minds, or win every disagreement.

Sometimes wisdom looks like being quiet long enough to truly understand the person in front of us.

Your Friday Focus this week: Listen before you respond.

My prayer is that together we can become women whose minds are shaped by God’s Word rather than the world around us.

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Scripture: James 1:19–20

Have you ever found yourself worrying about what you’ll need tomorrow before you’ve even finished walking through today?

In Exodus 16, God provided manna for the Israelites in the wilderness—but He taught them to gather what they needed for that day. Reading that story reminded me of the way Jesus taught us to pray: “Give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11)

Sometimes we want tomorrow’s manna today. We want tomorrow’s answers, tomorrow’s strength, tomorrow’s provision, and tomorrow’s grace because knowing we’ll have enough makes us feel secure.

But there’s a difference between planning for tomorrow and trying to carry tomorrow.

In this Midweek Reset, we’re talking about what Israel’s daily manna can teach us about trusting God’s provision, Jesus’ words about worrying for tomorrow, and learning to receive what God has given us for today.

Maybe God hasn’t given you what you’ll need for tomorrow because today isn’t tomorrow.

He has given you grace for today. And when tomorrow becomes today, He will still be faithful.

Scriptures: Exodus 16; Matthew 6:11, 31–34; Lamentations 3:22–23

My prayer is that together we can become women whose minds are shaped by God’s Word instead of by the world around us.

What does it actually mean to abide in Christ—and what kind of fruit should that produce in our lives?

In John 15, Jesus describes Himself as the vine and His followers as the branches. We cannot produce lasting spiritual fruit by simply trying harder. Fruit comes from remaining connected to Christ.

In this episode of A Preacher’s Wife, we’re digging into what it means to abide in Jesus, what Scripture says about bearing fruit, and why genuine faith should produce visible change in the way we live.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about asking ourselves an important question: If I am abiding in Christ, is there evidence of His work in my life?

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🤎 My prayer is that together we can become women whose minds are shaped by God’s Word instead of by the world around us.

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