Less Chaos. More Grace-Filled Confidence. Learning to Choose Well.
Thank you for being here at The Purposeful Mom! I wanted to share these Character Cards with you that you can use during your devotional or prayer time with your children. The idea for these cards came out of an earlier post I wrote about how we do devotions with our children. During that time, we […] Read more…
As our family works to learn Scripture together, there are a variety of methods we have used to help make the Bible verses stick. An easy and fun way to learn the verse of the week is to make a Bible verse puzzle! I originally got this idea from Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler. […] Read more…
Teaching Scripture to your children is a huge part of raising your little ones in a Christian home. When we hide God’s Word in our hearts, it accomplishes the purpose for which it was sent! {Isaiah 55} When we first began doing devotions with our children, we wanted to make sure we included every member […] Read more…
After I shared a post about starting devotions with your kids, reader Sonja asked if I could share the character cards we use when praying with our little ones. A few months ago, I made a simple prayer box with an inexpensive index card holder I got at Walmart. I stuck the words “prayer cards” […] Read more…
Welcome to the Spring Into Summer series! Throughout the next two weeks, I hope to give you some tools to prepare for a fun, creative and relaxing summer. Today we’ll start with something that’s close to my heart: doing devotions with your kids! Deuteronomy 6:6-9 says, “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall […] Read more…
Today I wanted to show you some of the Scriptures we have hung in W and L’s room. The green one beyond the red frame says, “Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Colossians 3:20”. We bought these picture frames for $1.99 each at IKEA a couple of years ago. I […] Read more…
Psalm 119:11 says, “I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.” Will and Leah, ages 5 1/2 and almost 3 are memorizing this particular verse this week. To make it fun, I wrote it out on a piece of paper, cut it up and hid the pieces around […] Read more…
William and I were talking the other night before he went to bed. He told me he was afraid of the shadows in the corner of his room, so we went in search of a Bible verse to comfort him. We found this, the New Living Translation of Psalm 23:4b, “I will not be afraid, […] Read more…