Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms

All this month, we're focusing on the launch season...preparing our hearts for it, knowing what to expect from it, and navigating it with grace. I am so excited to have this conversation with my friend, Melanie Young, because I happen to know that she enlisted her grown children, who are home from college right now, to help shape what she'll be sharing with us about conversations we need to have with our kids before they leave our home.  You're not only getting HER wisdom as a mom of 8, but also the wisdom of kids who have lived through this season with her. What conversations did they appreciate most before launching?  Tune in now to find out! *********** Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide, Praying God's Word for Your Child to Launch, by Gina L Smith. Whether your child is graduating, headed to school for the first time, the last time, or any time in-between, starting a career, marriage, or family, your desire is for them to launch well. Everything you’ve done has been an effort to point them in the right direction, and set in motion the ability to make right choices, take right paths, and be righteous before God. But there comes a time when prayer is the best action you can take. Join me today as we pray God’s powerful Word back to Him on behalf of our children using key verses and passages that speak to the idea of launching into the next season, whatever it is, well.  LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Child to Launch A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Melanie Young Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How will things change when our children leave our homes? And how can we begin to prepare for those changes now, before they even happen? Joining us today is author, speaker, and mom, Erica Wiggenhorn.  Launching a child is EMOTIONAL... It can bring so much joy, but it can also bring fear, anxiety, tons of choices that bring with them pressure to make the right ones. On today's show, Erica is going to shepherd our hearts through some of the things we'll want to be prepared for, because things WILL change...we can't, and shouldn't try to change that...but we can lean into it, be prepared for it, and navigate it with grace. Tune in now and get fantastic wisdom from a mom who understands! *********** Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide, Praying God's Word for Your Child to Launch, by Gina L Smith. Whether your child is graduating, headed to school for the first time, the last time, or any time in-between, starting a career, marriage, or family, your desire is for them to launch well. Everything you’ve done has been an effort to point them in the right direction, and set in motion the ability to make right choices, take right paths, and be righteous before God. But there comes a time when prayer is the best action you can take. Join me today as we pray God’s powerful Word back to Him on behalf of our children using key verses and passages that speak to the idea of launching into the next season, whatever it is, well.  LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Child to Launch A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Erica Wiggenhorn Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This season is dedicated to the moms who are launching their children. Maybe your child, like mine, has just graduated from high school, and you're prepping for a new taste of freedom, more independence, and less time at home. Maybe your child is graduating from college, or getting married, or simply leaving the safety of your nest permanently as they step out into the workforce. Whatever your circumstances...we're launching together friends, and I've brought together some of the wisest women I know to help us through it. Erica Wiggenhorn Melanie Young Lisa Whittle You won't want to miss this special season...even if you're not yet launching a child, don't tap out. I wish I had known this earlier, so I could've made some different decisions leading up to the launch season. Tune in, and glean what God has for you and YOUR household now. *********** Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide, Praying God's Word for Your Child to Launch, by Gina L Smith. Whether your child is graduating, headed to school for the first time, the last time, or any time in-between, starting a career, marriage, or family, your desire is for them to launch well. Everything you’ve done has been an effort to point them in the right direction, and set in motion the ability to make right choices, take right paths, and be righteous before God. But there comes a time when prayer is the best action you can take. Join me today as we pray God’s powerful Word back to Him on behalf of our children using key verses and passages that speak to the idea of launching into the next season, whatever it is, well.  LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Child to Launch A Summer of Prayers Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

We have spent this entire season talking about anger, both in our children and in ourselves. We had a crash course in what anger is from a science or biology standpoint, talked about the cycle of anger, learned what anger is from a biblical standpoint, and even touched on the power of learning to control our thoughts so we can help our children do the same (go back and listen to the season if you haven't already). It's been a robust season from a content perspective, and if the amount of struggle I had putting this season together is any indication, God is moving in people's lives...at least I pray so. Today though, I want to leave everyone with a lot of practical application for helping their children learn to manage anger in a positive way, so I invited counselor Michelle Neitert to join us. She is adding her professional experience to the conversation, and offers several incredibly practical tips for parents and caregivers.  Tune in now to glean from her wisdom. You won't want to miss this show! Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child, by Tricia Goyer. Praying for your angry child is essential because it is a way to invite God into your child’s life. As parents, we want the best for our children. We can read books, attend therapy sessions, and try different techniques. Ultimately, we are still determining what we can do. However, when we pray for our children, we ask God to intervene. We acknowledge that we cannot fix everything independently and surrender our children to God’s care Praying for your angry child doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming, it just has to be done. LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Counseling Referrals How to Control Your Emotions Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

What does the Bible have to say about anger? When we're talking about the Biblical application, or understanding of what anger is, we're talking about what's happening in the heart. Early philosophers and scientists, like Aristotle, believed the heart was the place to find the human soul, and the Bible, in some ways, supports this. The Bible has a lot to say about anger, and as a Christian first, and someone with degrees in Psychology and Counseling second, I choose to look at science through the lens of scripture. In today's episode we're going to define the following things: What IS "righteous anger," and can we really use it as an excuse? Why does the Bible say we experience anger? What does anger achieve for us? Are we getting what we want? Where does anger come from?  What should a believer do when they're experiencing sinful anger? Tune in now, and discover what the Bible has to say about what happens in our hearts (and what we can do to overcome)! Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child, by Tricia Goyer. Praying for your angry child is essential because it is a way to invite God into your child’s life. As parents, we want the best for our children. We can read books, attend therapy sessions, and try different techniques. Ultimately, we are still determining what we can do. However, when we pray for our children, we ask God to intervene. We acknowledge that we cannot fix everything independently and surrender our children to God’s care Praying for your angry child doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming, it just has to be done. LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Counseling Referrals How to Control Your Emotions   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

I'm a reactor. My gut response is to react to the circumstances of life. I can feel it bodily. My heart rate speeds up, my face gets flushed, and I start having ALL the thoughts. All of them—good, bad, and everything in between. In 20 seconds or less, my mind has already contemplated every worst-case scenario and may or may not have tried to convince me they're eminent. Thankfully, I've almost (key word, almost) mastered learning not to speak of or act on them until I've had time to process them privately. That's a choice I've realized I need to make that goes against what I'm actually feeling on the inside. It's a choice we all have as the Spirit of God is at work in us. On this week's episode of the podcast, we'll learn about the cycle of anger, and how we can learn to interrupt it in ourselves, and then help our children do the same thing. Tune in now! Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child, by Tricia Goyer. Praying for your angry child is essential because it is a way to invite God into your child’s life. As parents, we want the best for our children. We can read books, attend therapy sessions, and try different techniques. Ultimately, we are still determining what we can do. However, when we pray for our children, we ask God to intervene. We acknowledge that we cannot fix everything independently and surrender our children to God’s care Praying for your angry child doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming, it just has to be done. LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Counseling Referrals How to Control Your Emotions Everyday Prayers for Peace   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

What is anger? We've all felt it at one time or another, and most of us understand that it's a reasonable, human response. But how does Science define anger? What does it look like in our children? How can we recognize it? More than that, how can we understand what's happening in our minds and bodies when we get mad, and how can that translate to helping our children? That's what I'm going to attempt to settle for us in today's episode. Learn more about how anger works, the response it creates in our bodies, the cycle our emotions take when we experience it, and how it relates to other emotions in this short, but information-packed episode. Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child, by Tricia Goyer. Praying for your angry child is essential because it is a way to invite God into your child’s life. As parents, we want the best for our children. We can read books, attend therapy sessions, and try different techniques. Ultimately, we are still determining what we can do. However, when we pray for our children, we ask God to intervene. We acknowledge that we cannot fix everything independently and surrender our children to God’s care Praying for your angry child doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming, it just has to be done. LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Counseling Referrals How to Control Your Emotions   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

To kick off our conversation about angry kids this month, I dug all the way back in the archives of the Million Praying Moms podcast to episode #17, where we interviewed author, podcaster, and mom, Tricia Goyer about her new book at that time called Calming Angry Kids. As I tried to plan for this season, I just couldn't think of anyone else I'd rather have share with you on this topic, so I decided to clean up the older episode a bit and share it again today. For those of you who are new around here, the extra voice you'll hear is that of my previous ministry partner and cohost, Erin Mohring, whom we all miss dearly. In this episode, Tricia walks us through what she's learned from raising, fostering, and adopting a family of ten children. You won't want to miss it. Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child, by Tricia Goyer. Praying for your angry child is essential because it is a way to invite God into your child’s life. As parents, we want the best for our children. We can read books, attend therapy sessions, and try different techniques. Ultimately, we are still determining what we can do. However, when we pray for our children, we ask God to intervene. We acknowledge that we cannot fix everything independently and surrender our children to God’s care Praying for your angry child doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming, it just has to be done. LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Counseling Referrals How to Control Your Emotions Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

All this month, we're going to be looking at the issue of anger—in ourselves and in our children—and praying for God to help us be healed from it, and overcome it, so we can live more peaceful lives. Tune in to learn why this is so important, and join me for a time of prayer. Anger is a general word that can be used to describe lots of different emotions, and it's a total body experience with a physical, emotional, and spiritual expression. All this month on the podcast, we're going to try to understand anger better. We'll look at the science, we'll look at the Bible, and we'll put them together to get a better picture we can apply to our own daily lives and those of our children. Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child, by Tricia Goyer. Praying for your angry child is essential because it is a way to invite God into your child’s life. As parents, we want the best for our children. We can read books, attend therapy sessions, and try different techniques. Ultimately, we are still determining what we can do. However, when we pray for our children, we ask God to intervene. We acknowledge that we cannot fix everything independently and surrender our children to God’s care Praying for your angry child doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming, it just has to be done. LINKS:  This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Angry Child A Summer of Prayers Today's Show Notes Counseling Referrals Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How can parents know when their children are struggling with their identity? Are there signs? Phrases to listen for?   Joining me this week on the podcast is Nashville counselor, Sissy Goff. She's sharing important, incredibly insightful tips for recognizing signs that your children are struggling, and offering steps we can take as parents to right the ship. This episode is super practical. You'll leave with questions you can start asking to open up the conversation right away. Today's show is brought to you by our newest Prayer Guide,  Praying God's Word for Your Child's Identity in Christ, by Tara L. Cole. This resource is designed to help you know exactly what to pray for your children, empowering and equipping you in an area where most Christian parents feel a bit lost. If you want to pray purposefully for God to grow your child's identity in Him, this resource is for you.   LINKS:   Show Notes This month's prayer guide: Praying God's Word for Your Child's Identity in Christ About Million Praying Moms Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.