Over A Cup

We know prayer is important, but it can be so hard to find the time to focus throughout our busy days! The laundry piles up, the dishes begin to stink, we trip over toys and socks and wonder if we’ll ever catch up. It’s like shoving snow in a snow storm! 

These tasks that might at first take us away from the throne of God can be the things that bring us to him. Learning to pray while doing my chores has changed my attitude about many of my daily tasks and given me more time to abide in Jesus. Win-win! 

In this episode learn how to turn those times of complaining and frustration into times of worship and prayer with God.

Resources:

• Abide: 40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily 
• Abide 5 Day Challenge 

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"Your word is a lamp for my feet,
    a light on my path." Psalm 119:105, NIV

During the Christmas season, it can seem like we’re being pulled in so many directions that we don’t have a moment of quiet to ourselves much less to slow down and get into God’s word.

Listening to the Bible is a great way to get God’s word in your heart as you go throughout your day. This is one of my favorite ways to connect with Jesus and I think you’ll find it helpful, too!

In this episode learn great tools and resources to help you to get started listening to your Bible today! 

Resources:

• Abide:40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily 
• YouVersion 
• Dwell App 
• NIV Dramatized Bible Audible 

Connect with Tara: 

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Facebook - Tara L. Cole Writer

OverACup Community Facebook Group

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philippians 4:6, NIV

With the year we’ve all had, we can struggle to focus on the good. It’s easier to see what is going wrong than what is going right. 

God knew that for us to lift our eyes to him it would take a sacrifice of praise. We would need to give thanks. 

In this episode learn:

• How giving thanks helps us overcome anxiety
• How giving thanks helps us focus on God
• Quick, practical ways to give thanks 

Resources

• Abide: 40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily
• Prayer in Practice J.L. Gerhardt 
• “Thank God for Something” Hawk Nelson 

Connect with Tara: 

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Facebook - Tara L. Cole Writer

OverACup Community Facebook Group

Right now as our kids boomerang in and out of distance learning or have transitioned completely to homeschooling, emotions can run high as we all make adjustments. There can be many tears from them and us! 

It leaves us wondering, how do we navigate these adjustments and handle the emotions in healthy ways? 

In this episode learn:

• How to Value emotions during the chaos
• Healthy ways to talk about and walk through feelings 
• Tips for adjusting to new routines 
• How to handle our many responsibilities 
• How to pause in Jesus’ presence

Resources:

• What Am I Feeling by Josh and Christi Straub
• Jesus Calling for Christmas by Sarah Young 
• Advent - Truth in Tinsel by Amanda White 
• Unwrapping the Names of Jesus by Asheritah Ciuciu
• Take the Listener Survey!

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The sunlight streamed through the playroom window as I settled into my favorite chair. The smell of coffee greeted me like an old friend and I reached for my Bible. Then I heard it. The patter of little feet on the wood floor. My quiet time I had longed for was cut short once again. 

As busy moms, how do we find time to meet with Jesus, even in the middle of our busy days? How do we prioritize our relationship with God with a to-do list a mile long and surrounded by family? 

In this episode learn how to:

• Prioritize time with Jesus
• Discover creative ways to spend time with God
• Be intentional in your time with God
• Connect with Jesus through Tiny Habits

Resources

• Take the Survey! 
• Million Praying Moms Podcast: Intentionally Inviting Jesus into Your Day with Tara L. Cole
• OAC Finding Hope in the Middle of the Chaos with Stacey Thacker
• Hope for the Weary Mom by Stacey Thacker and Brooke McGlothlin 
• Threadbare Prayers by Stacey Thacker
• Hope Grown Faith Membership
• Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
• Keys for Kids Podcast
• NIV Study Bible 

Connect with: 

• Facebook page: Tara L. Cole writer 
• Instagram @taralcole
• OverACup Community Facebook Group
• Abide 5 day Challenge 

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So many times right now life seems chaotic and out of control. How are we to hold to God during those times when we feel like everything is slipping away? How are we to find time with him when we are overwhelmed? 

This week Stacey Thacker shares how she clung to God even when her husband had a sudden cardiac arrest and her daughter was diagnosed with an illness that led to regular doctor visits. Through it all she stuck close to God, but not in a way you might expect. 

In this episode learn:

• How to see God even during the storms
• Why prayer is so important in our lives
• Practical ways to cling to God during the chaos
• How we can guide our children into a relationship with Jesus

Resources

• Threadbare Prayer by Stacey Thacker
• ESV Study Bible
• Growth Roots Journal
• Precepts for Kids
• Jesus Storybook Bible
• The Story of God’s Love for You (Jesus Storybook Bible for Adults) by Sally Lloyd-Jones 

Connect with Stacey: 

• Staceythacker.com
• Facebook (@OfficialStaceyThacker) 
• Twitter (@staceythacker)
• Instagram (@staceythacker)

Stacey Thacker is an author, blogger, speaker, and believer who loves God’s Word and connecting with women. Her passion is to encourage women in their walks with God and equip them to study the Bible. She created the blog community Mothers of Daughters and now blogs on her site, StaceyThacker.com. 

Thacker is the author of seven books including Hope for the Weary Mom: Let God Meet You in the Mess and has written a series of Bible studies, The Girlfriends’ Guide to the Bible. Her latest book is Threadbare Prayer: Prayers for Hearts that Feel Hidden, Hurt, or Hopeless. 

She worked with Campus Crusade for Christ for five years before becoming a full-time mom to four daughters. Her family lives in the Orlando, FL area.

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Exhaustion can zap our strength to pour into our families, ourselves, and our relationship with Jesus. When we can barely tuck our kids into bed at night, how are we supposed to read our Bible or spend time with God?

There is hope! In this episode, we dive deep into those things that cause exhaustion--to-do lists, physical health, depression, children, and more!-- and find practical ways to get our minds and bodies the rest we so desperately crave. 

In this episode learn how to:

• Focus on what is most important
• Find help for physical exhaustion and depression
• Develop healthy self-care 
• Handle bickering and resistant children
• Lean into God’s Spirit and find strength

Resources

• Out of the Ordinary “2020 You Need to Put your Pants Back On!”
• Yoga with Adriene Youtube 
• Be Held Instrumental CD by Christy Nockles
• YouVersion app
• At Home with Sally Clarkson Podcast
• Chatologie with Angie Elkins Podcast
• Fierce Calling by Doris Swift Podcast
• Keys for Kids Podcast
• Threadbare Prayers by Stacey Thacker 
• Sacred Rest by Saundra Dalton-Smith, M.D.
• NIV Dramatized Audio Bible
• The OverACup Community Facebook group
• Abide: 40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily

Have your plans been turned upside down? Did your hopes for 2020 vanish with the coming of COVID? Find hope as Doris Swift shares her God Story about how she learned to lean into him, especially when life didn’t go as planned.

In this episode learn how God...

• Grows us through unexpected circumstances 
• Cares about the details in our lives
• Equips us for his plan for our lives
• Meets our needs at exactly the right time

Resources

• Youversion Bible App
• Abide: 40 Ways to Focus on Jesus Daily
• The Cultural Background Study Bible 
• Women’s Devotional Study Bible
• Bible Study Fellowship
• Calm my Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow 

Connect with Doris:

Fear-fighting Scriptures

dorisswift.com

Fierce Calling Podcast with Doris Swift

Walking Deeper Facebook page with Doris Swift

@DorisSSwift on Twitter

Instagram @dorissusanswift

Doris Swift is an inspirational blogger, speaker, podcaster, and author of Goodbye, Regret: Forgiving Yourself of Past Mistakes. In ministry for more than thirty years, Doris is passionate about encouraging women to walk deeper in God’s word and use their gifts to impact the world for Christ. Doris’s writing has been featured on popular sites such as (in)courage, Just Between Us Magazine, Life Letter Café, Thrive Global, and Purposeful Faith. Her podcast, Fierce Calling, inspires women to take action where their passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. Doris currently resides in Florida with her awesomely supportive husband Brian. They make date nights a priority, enjoy visiting historic cities, and love spending time with their children and grandchildren.

Kim Wahl shares her God Story of when she found her 8 yr old daughter unresponsive from a diabetic coma. Through that time, her family learned how to focus on Jesus despite the chaos around them.

During this time of quarantine and crazy school schedules related to COVID, it can be so easy to let the challenges distract us from Jesus. Kim teaches us how to rise above the storm and place Jesus at the center.

In this episode learn to:

• Trust Jesus through the storms
• Find peace in His presence 
• Discover clarity in the chaos 

Resources

• The Complaining Cure by Kim Wahl 
• Veggie Tales
• Jesus Calling by Sarah Young 
• Table Topics 

Connect with Kim

• Onestepcloser.life
• Facebook OneStepcloser.life
• Instagram OneStepcloserlife
• Pinterest OnceStepcloserlife

Kim Wahl is a Louisiana girl with a deep appreciation for fried okra and beignets. She is the wife of the sweetest man alive, mom to three great kids and Nina to two adorable little firecrackers (with another on the way!). She is a teacher, speaker, ordained minister, and author who loves to communicate Biblical Truths that will enable you to get one step closer to the heart of Jesus. She and her husband Bill released their first book The Complaining Cure: How to Quit Grumbling, Stop Complaining, and Find Abundant Joy in November 2019. They co-lead The River Church on the shores of beautiful Lake Huron in Fort Gratiot, Michigan.

As a deer pants for flowing streams,

    so pants my soul for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God,

    for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalm 42:1-2, ESV

Like the writer of Psalm 42, do you desire to meet with God, yet you struggle to fight off all the distractions in your day? Do you begin your day with the best of intentions but find them quickly pushed aside by mounds of laundry, kid interruptions, or even Facebook scrolling? 

Join me this week as we learn how to intentionally plan for those distractions that keep us from God and find ways to help them draw us to him instead.

Learn tips and resources to fight distractions like: 

• Kid interruptions
• Social media scrolling
• Exercise guilt
• Anxious thoughts

Resources

Tiny Habits Challenge

The OverACup Facebook Community 

Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg

Exodus 14

First 5 App

The Bible Project

YouVersion

YouVersion Kids

The Action Bible

Indescribable: 100 Devotions for Kids About God and Science by Louie Giglio

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones

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