Praying God’s Word, One Week at a Time

Today, as I was reading my friend Shelley’s blog, she shared a blog she was following. She follows The Poe Family. The writer of that blog, Brittney, came up with an idea to help her pray the Word this year. I think it is a fabulous idea. I firmly believe God leads us (our eyes, feet, etc.) to things He wants us to witness. I have mentioned that I am praying for a change in my family. That we all grow closer to God and together…by prayer, in the Word, in our actions, etc. I am so excited to have found this idea (Thanks Shelley and Brittney!).
Brittney began by sitting down and writing out some topics that she wanted to pray about. She then found scriptures to go along with each topic and made a note of that scripture beside each topic. At the beginning of each month she chooses 4 – 5 topics (depending on the number of weeks in that particular month). If you would like to see Brittney’s topics and learn more about this idea you can go here to her blog.


I am choosing to use Brittney’s topics as examples but I really want this to be personal for me so I am going to pray and come up with what God wants ME to pray for specifically. All of us are different and what I may really want God to do in a certain area, you may need help in another. I think it is exciting to think about how God will reveal himself to me in different ways throughout the year.

My favorite scripture right now is Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

If we are not asking, how can we receive? If we are not seeking, then how in the World are we going to find? Too often we pray, but do we believe that prayer is really going to be answered? Do we make ANY effort to dig into the Word and find THE answer we are looking for? I am preaching to myself! Psalm 119:105 “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” How can we have direction if we don’t look for it in His Word?

Running behind

It seems like I have been running behind on things since Christmas. Brady's been sick with a cold for what seems 2 months now. He's finally kicking it, thank goodness. I'm hoping he doesn't catch anything else for a while now. He was about over one cold when I gave him another so it's been awful lately. I've been behind on my blogging, reading other blogs, participating in Wake Up Wednesday (I've REALLY been missing out on that), housework. It's just all a mess around here. But I'm hoping things will start to get better this month.

Oh, another thing I've been behind on is uploading pictures of Brady on here. Sorry guys. He's growing so much. He has 2 bottom teeth now. I am trying not to compare him with other babies around me but sometimes it's hard. I know he'll do things on his own time and I'm enjoying him as much as I can right now. He will be running around destroying the house before I know it. Here's one picture of my little sweet Brady Bug. He LOVES the dishwasher. I just hope his love for the dishwasher continues when he's older.



Well, my fasting is over. If you are just now reading about this, I fasted with my church for 21 days this month. I gave up some things in my life to spend more time with God. I needed Him to direct me in some decisions I needed to make. I really feel like God is leading me to change churches so we can go as a family. I have not announced it officially, but this coming Sunday will be my last Sunday at Word of Grace. That is, unless God answers my prayers and Wes decides to start going there with me, Brady, and Logan. If you would, please pray with me that happens or God will direct our paths to the perfect church for us. I'm really praying that miracle happens. It's hard leaving this church. I'm going to miss everyone so much. But it's not always easy obeying God. So, I'm going to obey and trust that our family will be turned around this year and draw closer to God.

Well, I better get off here. I'm behind enough as it is. Thanks in advance for your prayers. I also hope that you guys aren't as behind as I am. I thought this being a stay-at-home mom thing would be easier. I thought I'd have a clean house and laundry done all the time. Boy was I wrong. I need some motivation!