Christian parenting, Encouragement, family

Happy Mothers Day!

Hi, beautiful mother!

I pray the Lord blesses you richly through your family today, that they will celebrate you for all the many ways you have deeply loved them.

But even if that doesn’t happen, I want to encourage you with this word:

You matter. All you have done for your family has not been in vain. Even if you have not been acknowledged by those you have poured your life into, God has seen you. He saw every sacrifice. Every attempt to do what is right. Every effort you made to keep the peace. Every act of love. And He has a plan, even through every mistake and every wrong turn, to work it all out for the good.

All is forgiven. TODAY is what matters. Rise up, woman of God, and LOVE. Not in your own power, but through the life-transforming power of the One who loved you first and gave His life so you and your family can LIVE. No matter what they choose today, you choose love.

And never lose hope. For the One who is the Living Hope lives within you. You are stronger than an army in His power. More lovely than all the roses through His love.

Rise up, woman of God, and be who you are … in Him.

Join with us in prayer for mothers throughout the world at the Prayer Wall:

A Prayer for Mothers

For the deep devotional Bible study for women on covering your family in prayer and breaking free from anxiety and other strongholds, Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder, as well as the accompanying Prayer Journal and Power Planner, visit MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com.

Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder – deep devotional Bible study for overcoming the enemy and tearing down the barriers to oneness with Christ and others
Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder Prayer Journal – guided conversations with the King for freedom from anxiety and other strongholds, accompanies the Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder devotional Bible study
Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder Power Planner – an undated day planner for building a life-time habit of walking in Christ’s leadership and power moment-by-moment, accompanies the Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder devotional Bible study
 

If you’d like to help your children draw near to God and practice inviting Him into every circumstance and difficulty all throughout the day, we highly recommend Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus prayer devotional packed with questions to recognize God’s voice, questions to ask Him, and steps to healing from trauma and fear. An accompanying Listen to Me Prayer Journal helps kids process what God is teaching them through the devotional, and the Every Day with Jesus Prayer Journal diary helps them get in the habit of seeking God every morning and inviting Him to guide them throughout the day.

Family read-aloud prayer devotional
Prayer Journal for Listen to Me
Daily Diary for adventures with Jesus

Mikaela Vincent and her husband are missionaries who live by faith, trusting in God to provide for their needs as they pray for and share Christ with the nations. If you would like to help their ministry through a donation, or by shopping at Mikaela’s online bookstore, click the buttons below:

For more deep Bible study workbooks, Pure-As-Gold Seal novels and homeschool Bible curriculum for all ages, visit MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com:

Any proceeds this author receives from the sale of the deep devotional Bible studies and other MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com books mentioned in this post go to shining Christ’s light in the darkness and seeing the nations come to Him. 

Thank you for your support! If you have any questions or want to help with this ministry, please contact Mikaela.

Bible studies for kids, Book Recommendations, Christian parenting, hunger for Christ, Kingdom Culture Kids

5 Steps to Help Your Children Know Jesus

Do you think children can’t understand the gospel fully? That they’re too young to repent of their sins and choose Christ?

Don’t be that parent who hinders your children from coming to Jesus.

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14

As a parent, you can be the catalyst to help your children know Jesus in deep, intimate ways.

  1. The first thing you’ll want to do is cultivate an intimate relationship with Christ yourself. We recommend Delight to Be a Woman of Wonder for moms and Dare to Be a Mighty Warrior for dads. In fact, the 100 strategies for removing the barriers to oneness with Christ and others in those two books are the same, so you can study together.
  2. Put in place a daily time in the Word together with your children. You can read through the Bible a few verses at a time, as God leads, and talk about it together, or use a deep age-appropriate Bible study, like the Pure-As-Gold Seal books for children and youth available at MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com.
  3. Help your children recognize God’s voice of Truth, so they won’t be led astray by enemy lies. We recommend Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus. If you need help with this yourself there’s a free guide to knowing God’s voice at MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com.
  4. There is much we can say about helping connect your children with friends who will grow together with them in the Lord rather than lead them astray, but ask God to lead you to a church with a children’s program where your child will be safe and nurtured in his/her faith.
  5. And last, listen to your child’s heart. If God is drawing that precious one to Himself, don’t be the one to stand in the way. Share the gospel in a way he/she can easily understand. We recommend pages 40-47 in 1-2-3 Walk in Step with Me for ages 8-12, and pages 47-53 of Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus for ages 4-8.

A Pure-As-Gold Seal Bible study workbook for ages 8-12 packed with powerful activities to help the truth go deep in their hearts, so they can know the King who knows them, let His power change them, and let His love in them change the world around them

MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com

Go all the deeper in your walk with Christ with this Prayer Journal designed to practice what you’re learning in the 1-2-3 Walk in Step with Me Bible study workbook. Available lined or unlined (for those who like to write and draw).

MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com

Mikaela Vincent and her husband are missionaries who live by faith, trusting in God to provide for their needs as they pray for and share Christ with the nations. If you would like to help their ministry through a donation, or by shopping at Mikaela’s online bookstore, click the buttons below:

For deep Bible study workbooks, Pure-As-Gold Seal novels and homeschool Bible curriculum for all ages, visit MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com:

Any proceeds this author receives from the sale of the deep devotional Bible studies and other MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com books mentioned in this post go to shining Christ’s light in the darkness and seeing the nations come to Him. 

Thank you for your support! If you have any questions or want to help with this ministry, please contact Mikaela.

Christian parenting, homeschool

We’re Giving Away Two Free All-Access Passes!

Did you miss the Relational Lifestyle Summit online Christian homeschool conference last week? Would you like access to all of those sessions, so you can watch them at your leisure?

I have two free All-Access Passes I’m giving away!

I’ll draw from those who respond in our Facebook Group or here at our home website.

  1. Comment on this post: “I’d like a free All-Access Pass”
  2. Make sure you give me your email address. The sooner the better.

Included in your Relational Lifestyle All-Access Pass:

  •  Anytime you want, lifetime access to the Relational Lifestyle Summit membership zone
  •  Listen on-the-go: Audio downloads of all video sessions
  •  Read at your own pace: Text transcripts of all video sessions

If you’d like to skip the drawing and buy your All-Access Pass, click the link below:

About the Relational Lifestyle Summit:

Do you long to experience the abundant life Jesus came to offer … within your family and homeschool experience?

Learn from 25+ speakers how you can flourish in the good soil of life-integrated relationships. You may never be the same!

Day 1 – The Relational Lifestyle

Do Life Together

  • Ken Sande — Are You Just Co-Habitating? Reintegrating Relational Life in Your Family
  • Rachel Jankovic — Just You and Jesus Ain’t Christianity: Reintegrating Relational Life With Your Church
  • Kevin Swanson — Jesus Didn’t Run an Academy: Reintegrating Relational Life in Education
  • Jason and Tori Benham — Beauty in Battle: Overcoming Marital Isolation in Work & Ministry
  • Dr. Joel Beeke — How Jesus Redeems Us and Our Relationships (It’s a Package Deal!)

Day 2 – Relational Family & Church

Enjoy & Worship God Together

  • Scott Brown — How to Integrate Family Life With Church Life
  • Todd Wilson — How to Have Fun together…at Home, or in an RV, or Anywhere!
  • Doug Wilson — Divine Dining: Savoring God’s Goodness as a Family
  • Phil Telfer — The Importance of a Relational Approach to Media Choices and Media Consumption
  • Eric and Leslie Ludy — Single But Not Alone: Raising Young Adults With a Relational Mindset

Day 3 – Relational Learning & Teaching

Explore God’s World Together

  • Kevin Swanson — Learning to Worship: Recovering the Awesomeness of God in Education
  • Tauna Meyer — Raising Doers, Not Just Hearers: The Power of Life Application in Learning
  • Charlene Notgrass — Breaking Out of the Mold of Traditional Schooling: Field Trips, Electives, and All of That!
  • Steve Demme — Beyond Labels: The Power of Relationships in Raising a Special Needs Child
  • Ginny Yurich — Walk by the Way, Teaching Spiritual Truths through Natural Means

Day 4 – Relational Work & Ministry

Steward & Disciple God’s World Together

  • Elisha & Kathryn Voetberg — Family Fusion: What Our Parents Taught Us About Working and Serving Together
  • Nancy Campbell — How Hospitality Shapes the Heart of Christian Family Life and Ministry
  • Dave Tucker, Chad Roach — How to Prepare Your Kids to THRIVE in Any Economy
  • Rory Groves — The Family Economy: Discovering the Family as It Was Designed to Work
  • Rob Rienow — Your Family and God’s Plan for the World
  • The event is coming up soon: April 8-12,, and it’s free for a limited time!

Join Christian families from more than 120 countries online for the  Relational Lifestyle Summit April 8-12. Hit the button at the top of the page to learn more and register for free (for a limited time only!).

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Looking for Bible curriculum to help your kids grow in character and walk as one with Christ and others? Check out these Pure-As-Gold Seal books for all ages from MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com:

Teens, ages 14+:

Delight to Be a Woman of God – Bible study workbook for teen and single women on listening to God, following His lead, unlocking your beauty, overcoming conflict, breaking free from fear and other strongholds, and finding the godly husband the Lord has prepared for you
Dare to Be a Man of God – Deep Bible study workbook for teen and single men on listening to God, walking in truth and integrity, breaking free from strongholds, finding the godly wife He has prepared for you and fighting for what matters most

Preteens, ages 10-13:

Delight to Become a Woman of God – Deep Bible study workbook from a mother’s heart to her daughter’s for tweens ages 10-13, to help them experience God’s deep love in powerful ways
Dare to Become a Man of God – Deep Bible study workbook from a mother’s heart to her son’s for tweens ages 10-13 on loving others well and fighting for what matters most

Older Children, ages 8-12:

1-2-3 Walk in Step with Me – Bible study workbook loaded with fun activities to help the Word go deep, for character development in ages 8-12 through a deep, life-transforming walk with Christ
1-2-3 Walk in Step with Me Prayer Journal – Draw, write and practice what you’re learning in the 1-2-3 Walk in Step with Me Bible study workbook.

Novels for older children and teens, ages 8+:

Rescue from Darkness: Book 1, Chronicles of the Kingdom of Light – Christian fantasy novel with a purpose, help your older children know who they are in Christ and fight for what matters most
Sands of Surrender: Book 2, Chronicles of the Kingdom of Light – fun fantasy adventure for overcoming enemy lies with Truth and breaking free from strongholds

Children, ages 3-8

Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus – A wonderful family read-aloud prayer devotional loaded with Scripture to help kids of all ages get in the habit of walking in Truth
Listen to Me Prayer Journal – Accompanies the Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus prayer devotional for ages 4-8 or the whole family

beginning reader
Help kids to freedom from fear
Great mom-daughter read-aloud

Mikaela Vincent and her husband are missionaries who live by faith, trusting in God to provide for their needs as they pray for and share Christ with the nations. If you would like to help their ministry through a donation, or by finding your Christmas presents at Mikaela’s online bookstore, click the buttons below:

Any proceeds this author receives from the sale of the deep devotional Bible studies and other MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com books mentioned in this post go to shining Christ’s light in the darkness and seeing the nations come to Him.

But please ignore unrelated advertisements WordPress places here. The author has not approved those links and does not receive any money from them.

Thank you for your support! If you have any questions or want to help with this ministry, please contact Mikaela.

Encouragement, Kingdom Culture Kids

For Our Kids Today

This is a sweet word from the Lord He asked me to share with you as I prayed for our kids here in this Kingdom Culture Parenting community….

You don’t have to be the best. You ARE the best, because the One Who is the Best at EVERYTHING is within you. And success by Heaven’s standards is not how many “A”s you get or how many people approve of all the the things you do, but only this: Did you love? Matthew 22:37-40. Are you loving God? And are you loving others? Then you are doing all I have asked you to do. So, whatever new task you take on that seems overwhelming, just ask Me, and I will help you do that. I will empower you. Philippians 4:13. Because asking Me to help you is one of the ways you love Me. And doing well at your chores and schoolwork is loving Me AND loving those around you. But you can’t love like that on your own. It’s My love that makes it easy. So, receive My love for you. Know how much you mean to Me. And then, let Me empower you to also love those around you. Okay, let’s go! Today, let Me help you triumph over that mountain of stuff you’ve got to do. Because through My love, you are more than a conqueror! Romans 8:37-38.

If you’d like to help your children draw near to God and practice inviting Him into every circumstance and difficulty all throughout the day, we highly recommend Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus prayer devotional packed with questions to recognize God’s voice, questions to ask Him, and steps to healing from trauma and fear. An accompanying Listen to Me Prayer Journal (actually on sale now at Amazon for just $3.75!) helps kids process what God is teaching them through the devotional, and the Every Day with Jesus Prayer Journal diary helps them get in the habit of seeking God every morning and inviting Him to guide them throughout the day.

Family read-aloud prayer devotional
Prayer Journal for Listen to Me
Daily Diary for adventures with Jesus

Our featured photo below gives you a peek into one of the many truth-packed pages with life-changing instructions for walking as one with Christ.

Just one of the many meaningful pages of the family prayer devotional, Listen to Me: Heart Talks with Jesus, by Mikaela Vincent at MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com. Help your children grow in character through the life-transforming power of God’s love.

Mikaela Vincent and her husband are missionaries who live by faith, trusting in God to provide for their needs as they pray for and share Christ with the nations. If you would like to help their ministry through a donation, or by shopping at Mikaela’s online bookstore, click the buttons below:

For deep Bible study workbooks, Pure-As-Gold Seal novels and homeschool Bible curriculum for all ages, visit MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com:

Any proceeds this author receives from the sale of the deep devotional Bible studies and other MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com books mentioned in this post go to shining Christ’s light in the darkness and seeing the nations come to Him. 

Thank you for your support! If you have any questions or want to help with this ministry, please contact Mikaela.

family, forgiveness, Good News, hope, hunger for Christ, listening to God, love, more than a conqueror, prayer, trials, Uncategorized

Pray for the USA

Lord, we need You. Desperately. 
Break our hearts for what breaks Yours.
Awaken us.
Heal us.
Save us.
Set us free.
Make LOVE our one cause we fight for.
Forgive us, Lord, for we have sinned greatly
against You and against one another.
We have judged and slandered
those who judge and slander.
We have ranted against prejudice,
while prejudice reigns in our own hearts.
We have each in our own way
sought to kill, steal, and destroy.
We are a people in need of a Savior. 
A people in need of True Love.
Tear down the lies that cause dissension,
and replace them with truth and grace. 
Put an end to hatred and murder,
and restore to us understanding and life.
For those who have sinned, 
and those we have sinned against, 
come and meet us in our dark places,
and heal us. 
For those who have not understood, 
give us now understanding. 
For those who have not cared, 
let us now truly care. 
For those who have lived in fear, 
give us now faith. 
For those who have stood for love,
give us now favor. 
When we cry out to You, O God, hear us,
and answer us with Your forgiveness and salvation.
Open the ears of those who have been closed.
Soften the hearts of those who have been hardened.
Open the eyes of those who have been blind.
Heal those who have been wounded.
Let us see You as You truly are,
the wounds on your brow, Your hands, Your feet.
Let us see Your loving arms spread wide in welcome,
and choose at last to surrender to Your embrace.
Give us the courage to hate what we have become, 
and surrender to You.
For You alone have the power
to transform us, heal us, and set us free.
Save us now, O Lord, like only You can.
We need You.
Anoint Your church to speak Your words
of hope, salvation, and healing to every heart.
Help us fight for the things that matter,
to make this nation a safe place for our children,
and their children, and generations yet to come.
Awaken us now, O Lord, to You.
For You are the LOVE we long for.

In Your name we pray. Amen.

Dare to Be a Mighty Warrior
Fight for the things that matter most. LOVE! (For Dare to Be a Mighty Warrior and other deep Bible studies, prayer journals, and books for all ages on listening to God, following His lead, and walking in oneness, visit MoreThanAConquerorBooks.com.)