Risen Motherhood

Sweet Summer #kitchensinkprayers | Fruit: Goodness | Written by: @hannah_._anderson Ideas: Bookmark or screenshot this slide to come back to when you have a free moment. Text or dm this prompt to a friend and pray together later.... Pull out the saved post when you're gathered with your family to discuss and pray not just for moms, but the whole family! Copy and paste the prayer into a document, print it, and prop it up by your sink or wherever you spend the most amount of time. Stop and pray right now! See more

Sweet Summer #kitchensinkprayers | Fruit: Peace | Written by: @tilly_dillehay Ideas: Bookmark or screenshot this slide to come back to when you have a free moment.... Text or dm this prompt to a friend and pray together later. Pull out the saved post when you're gathered with your family to discuss and pray not just for moms, but the whole family! Copy and paste the prayer into a document, print it, and prop it up by your sink or wherever you spend the most amount of time. Stop and pray right now! See more

When we talk about the fruit of the Spirit with our kids, it’s easy to reduce it to do this, don’t do that. But the fruit of the Spirit isn’t primarily a list of qualities to follow. It’s the outworking of an inward transformation. When we trust in Jesus, the Spirit takes up residence in our hearts. By his power, he makes us new creations. He changes us from the inside out. Out of our new hearts flows the fruit of new life. When we used to respond in anger, we respond in lo...ve. When we used to give-in to our impulses, we have self-control. When we used to be lazy, we respond in faithfulness. The Spirit makes us new and our lives bear fruit. So if this list of fruit feels impossible to you (or your kids), take heart. Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit will take a lifetime. These questions here are just a basic conversation to get you started. But it’s exactly thatgetting started. We’re all growing and learning how to obey God and his word. It’s about progress, not perfection. And remember, what’s impossible for you, is not impossible for God. He freely gives the fruit of his Spirit to all who respond to him in faith.

This is the reality of my heartthat I look on others and instinctively measure myself as either inadequate or superior in comparison. Never have I struggled with this more than in my first few months of motherhood. ‘She seems so natural as a momand I look like such a clutz.’ Or, even more humbling to admit, thoughts like this sneak in: ‘Hasn’t she read that book about baby sleep? I’m pretty sure it would work for her if she would give it a try like I did’ This is an exhau...sting way to live. It keeps my heart in a constant limbo of emotional security and insecurity, one moment at peace with my constructed identity but the next, shaken to the core and feeling fragile. ...But you know what? There is something bigger than all our differences, bigger than all the measurements and status. Christ is bigger. He is all. When we look at ourselves and at others, we look for Christ, in and through all our differences. We are no longer worrying what others think of us or racing to prove ourselves, to peg ourselves as inferior or superior to another mama...We’re living out this identity as a people holy and dearly loved, finding a new confidence, freed to bear with each other and forgive each other and live in peace as one body. Read more from @jennywrenreed in the article linked below: https://www.risenmotherhood.com//all-in-all-how-jesus-tran

Another week, another fruit of the Spirit! This week we're talking about Peace! In our latest Sweet Summer article, @tilly_dillehay unpacks what peace really is and how we can have it! "How can we get peace when there’s clutterWhen there is so much noise? When we haven’t had a good night of sleep, and when our own children, and our own hearts, are producing much of the sin and conflict we deal with each day? How can we have peace when the world’s idea of peace is not availab...lethe kind of peace that comes from clean, quiet, and absence of people who make life harder? How can we have peace when there is no peace? Read more (and grab the discussion questions!) at the link in our profile! And if you're following along in our "Read and Respond" journal, turn to page 8 to study the scripture passages for yourself! https://www.risenmotherhood.com//peace-blessed-are-the-pea