I love this chapter! To be honest this is my favorite chapter of Praying Circles around Your Children by Mark Batterson. Instead of me listing them off right now, let’s read through the chapter. Here are my favorite parts: “…prayer is not about our agenda for God at all; it’s about discovering God’s agenda for…
Are you ready to look at circle number 1? Let’s jump right in! “Part of your role as a prophet-historian is to know your children and know Scripture so you can train them in the way they should go.” (p. 45) What a great point! We must know the Bible so that we can pray…
I hope you have been enjoying Praying Circles around Your Children. Today we are reading chapter 3. It’s a short chapter but full of great nuggets of wisdom. “I have come to terms with the fact that I’ve done more things wrong than I’ve done right as a parent, but I’ve taken courage from this…
“Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means ‘Teacher’).” John 20:16 (NIV) A few weeks ago I was meeting a friend and my sister for coffee at Kneaders. I filled up my coffee cup and turned to head toward the table. “Louise.” I heard my name…
Welcome back! Today we are looking at Chapter 2, “The Legend of the Circle Maker.” Please share in the comments your favorite parts of the chapter. Let’s get a good discussion going. Here are my favorite sections of chapter 2. “It’s imperative to distinguish between your will and God’s will. Every prayer, including your prayers for…
Today starts our new series and our first book study. We are going to read a chapter a day of my favorite parenting book, Praying Circles around Your Children by Mark Batterson. Let’s jump right in! After reading chapter 1, “The Greatest Legacy You Can Leave,” can you see why I wanted you to read it?…
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Kurt and I were in New York City last week which is why I did not write a Worship Wednesday post. While in New York City we visited the Metropolitan Museum of…
Praying Circles around Your Children by Mark Batterson is my new favorite parenting book. My copy is full of underlined sections and notes in the margin. I have read it many times and learn something new each time I read it. I found it to be so practical that I am buying a copy for…
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” I am writing this because I need the reminder. We make plans, we set them into action, and suddenly they get derailed. I have been wrestling with the Lord over something since December. I had a…
Every year between Christmas and New Year’s I organize my filing cabinet in preparation for preparing my taxes. After hearing a friend talk about her unorganized paperwork, I thought I’d write about my simple system. Because we live in a small house every inch counts. This means keeping things simple. We fit all our paperwork…