A Mom's Lifeline
Brave Moms
Today we are discussing the most important thing to do to become a Brave Mom. This one thing sets the stage for everything else and is the key to success. I hope this changes your life as much as it did mine!
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Introducing Brave Moms Groups
Brave Moms
We are beginning a several month long series using the Brave Moms curriculum that we typically use in small groups. We'd love for you to join in with us as we learn how to be brave and to overcome weariness. You can join us on Facebook here or listen to the podcast weekly for the lesson. We hope you'll join us! Find this week's worksheet here.
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The Power You Need for an Overcoming Life
Brave Moms
How do you do life as a mom, which is already so tough, and go through the tough things we are facing as a nation and world? In this episode, we are answering that question and our hope is that you will be richly encouraged and equipped to be powerfully effective today.
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Encouragement for Your Mom-Heart Right Now
Brave Moms
There is so much going on in our world right now. From coronavirus to racial injustice to political discussion. It's a lot for anyone. How do we maintain peace in the midst of it all? How do we humble ourselves and ask God to change our hearts where they need to be changed? How do we know what our part is? We are addressing all of these issues in this episode. This episode is one big hug from my mom-heart to yours.
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Finding Time For Yourself
Brave Moms
Do you struggle to find time for yourself as a mom? In this episode we are discussing finding time for ourselves in two areas: Quiet Time to spend with God and Me Time to have our fuel tank filled back up for the challenging task of motherhood. We're talking about how we make the time, what it might look like in different seasons and how to get creative so that it does happen. If you have a desire for more time with God and more time for yourself then be sure to listen to this episode.
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Hope for Moms During a Pandemic (and every day)
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We are living in unique and challenging times as moms. How do we handle life with these new norms and stay sane? Join us for a dose of hope for your life as a mom as you navigate life during a pandemic and rise up above your circumstances. This episode will encourage you right where you are at.
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God is SO For You
Brave Moms
This is the episode you should listen to over and over again. We want you to know and believe how for you God is and what He thinks of you. If you can catch His heart for you it will change your life. There is so much hope and encouragement in this episode. We hope you'll listen! IN THIS EPISODE: God Loves You Psalms 139:17-18 Zephaniah 3:17 Psalms 18:19 Psalms 18:19 Proverbs 3:12 Psalms 149:4 Psalms 17:8 Isaiah 46:3-4 Isaiah 48:17 Proverbs 17:19 God is Near ...
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A Mom’s Brave (and stress-free) Plan for the New Year
Brave Moms
When a new year begins do you feel overwhelmed about setting goals and trying to stick to new plans that haven't worked for you in the past? We are brave moms and we are going to take on a new year in a new way. We will start by reflecting on our past year, asking God some questions and hearing His heart for us. Then we will consider our hopes and expectations and ask God to meet us in them. Let's start this new year believing that God says we are good moms and calls us to be brave and let's plan to have a year that is full of victories. Visit the link below for the (free) download that...
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More than Conquerors - Freedom from the Past
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In this episode, we are diving into what it means to get free and continue to live in freedom. God is so good and wants to heal our hearts and help us overcome lies and the pain of the past. This episode will be a powerful tool that you use to overcome the enemy. Free people free people and when you learn to walk in freedom you will become a mom who helps her kids walk in freedom. Seek freedom after freedom Practice connecting to God’s heart through your day not just in quiet time The fruit of the Spirit is fruit of WHO God is and when we lean into Him He cultivates those things in...
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A Mom’s Most Important Tool
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There is a tool that every mom needs and when she has it she is guaranteed to be successful. What is that tool? We are diving into what it is in this episode. If you ever feel like you just don't know what to do or how to overcome a particular problem this episode is exactly what you need. IN THIS EPISODE: Proverbs 2:1-11 James 1:5-6 Proverbs 8:11 Acts 7:10 CONNECT WITH BRAVE MOMS: | | If you love the podcast leave a review . It will take 30 seconds and I’d be so grateful. Plus, it will help more moms find this...
info_outlineCandace Jones believes there’s never an asterisk on what God asks us to do in His Word. She is an advocate for foster care. She has 8 children, 2 biological and 6 adopted. God called her and her husband to foster and the two of them have taken some wild steps of obedience. Candace doesn’t pull any punches in this interview. In this gut-honest conversation, she busts through excuses and misconceptions about fostering and shares her heart and what God did in her life to take such a huge leap of faith. After listening to this episode, you will be encouraged, challenged and informed on how to make a difference in the lives of children that desperately need you to do something. She also shares the most important thing any child needs. Don’t miss this episode.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- God calls husbands and wives together
- 30% of youth that age out of foster care become homeless
- The Holy Spirit comes and sets up camp so unmistakably when you foster. God wants these kids.
- The kids are hungry for scripture
- How would you give a foster kid back? It’s maybe a valid excuse but it’s still an excuse. The scriptures never have an asterisk
- Ask God to give you calluses on the right parts of your heart and keep the other parts soft
- God is not asking you to do more than He knows you can do
- I would not be good at that. Moses wasn’t good at public speaking… That excuse doesn’t hold up with God.
- Pride says - I’m not good at that. God only asks for our obedience
- How will it affect my biological kids?
- God never asks us to trade our kid's childhood for someone else’s childhood.
- Don’t get ahead of God and make assumptions
- You get to fill out a thorough questionnaire of what would work for your family when fostering
- 100,000 are legally eligible for adoption
- Half of all foster children are returned to their parents and half of those kids returned end up back in foster care.
- Half of all foster parents quit the first year. It can be very isolating. Gather your friends before you begin and have them pray. Have them come and sit with you.
- Start scripture memorization with foster kids. It is powerful.
- In our American culture maxed out is very self-inflicted
- What do we have in our calendar that is keeping us from doing God’s will?
- God removes so many excuses.
- Father of the fatherless and protector of widows, is God in his holy habitation. Psalm 68:5
- Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27
- How to support someone who is fostering:
- Contact a foster care agency and ask to get on their approved babysitter list. Offer them a regularly occurring night out.
- Go over with a coffee and sit with them and let them talk.
- Fold laundry, clean her kitchen, help her practically.
- Ask the kids sizes and get new pajamas, new underwear, new shoes.
- Don’t look left and right. Look ahead. Find an older mom who is a couple of seasons ahead of you to mentor you.
- All extracurricular activities fade in comparison to knowing the Bible and knowing what the truth is.
- Men often have financial concerns about fostering. The state of Texas and most states now if they are adopted from foster care or currently in foster care can go to college for free. Any state college. Tuition is paid. That also includes medical school, law school, and technical school. They also have Medicaid insurance through age 18. 100% of them qualify to go to college for free but only 3% of them take advantage of it.
- Cultivating a love for the Lord through scriptures. ABC printable scripture flash cards. Do 1 a week at breakfast. A whole week to talk about what it means. Discuss who said it in the Bible, what was going on, and when it applies to our lives. God’s Word has power.
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