Surrendering - December Edition

Well today we conclude our year long prayer focusing on Surrendering.  Hasn't it been wonderful relying on the faithfulness of God - the most faithful!!! I greatly appreciate you joining in this collective prayer circle.  Here is a reminder of our prayer journey this year:

Printable Year Plan

And here are our prayer verses for the month of December

Printable December Verses

What a wonderful place to end this year's prayers - The Gospel. When it comes down to it The Gospel is our light and our understanding. I hope during this holiday season you will have the time to share it with someone, to live it in front of many and to reflect on it for your own edification. Blessings to you, my friend!

Surrendering - November Prayer Focus

Welcome to our collective prayer focus for the month of November.  It has been a wonderful year of surrendering it all to our God and watching Him do exceedingly more than we could imagine.  As a reminder our year long plan is below

Printable Version

So this month we are are going to Focus on the strength of the Lord, His power, His presence and us having nothing to fear

Printable Version

Just click on the link for the printable version if you would like to print and post somewhere to remind you to pray.

Thanks for joining in and praying with our blog community.  God is awesome and He certainly hears the prayers of His people.

Make it a great week......be strong and courageous!

Surrendering - October Prayer Focus

Welcome to October, friends!  And welcome to our collective prayer focus for the month of October.  I have really enjoyed praying this overall Surrendering Focus for the year.  Here is a reminder of our prayer focus by month

Click here for a printable copy.

Now for this month we are going to be focused on being IN HIS CARE.

Here are our verses for this month

Click here if you would like to print this month's verses.

If you want previous month's verses, just click the surrendering label on the right of this page and each month's surrendering post will be available to you.

Life has ups and downs. Some days can be tough.....some years can be tough....but remember whatever is going on hold on to Him, obey, do all that you do for Him with all your heart and soul.

In His care we can and will get through it all.

Thanks for joining in and praying with me.

Praying for you today!

Surrendering - September Prayer Focus

What a year this has been so far.  Can you even remember back to January when we started this year long prayer journey?  We are now rounding the corner and heading to the finish line.  I don't know about you, but I always find that God really shows me whatever my focus is for the year.  This year has not been an exception.  I have been reminded again and again this year about not only the need to surrender to Christ but also the benefit of surrendering to Christ.

If you need a refresher or perhaps you are just joining us, here is our prayer guide for this whole year

You can click here for a printable copy of the year long plan.

This month we will be focusing on the Right Now.  It is easy to get distracted about things from the past.  It is easy to get distracted by what we hope for or fear about the future.  But oh how powerful it is to stay in the Right Now.  

Here is our focus verse for this month.

Click here for a printable version of September's verse.

What a gift to pray together.  Thanks so much for joining in.

Surrendering - August Prayer Focus

Welcome to our August Prayer Focus.  As a reminder we are praying this whole year for our surrendering to God's will and His way.  Here are the focus areas for the entire year

If you'd like to print this as a reminder click here for a printable copy. 

As I was working on this I thought it was a tough one.  I thought, boy this month is really going to stretch us.  But maybe it will just stretch me.  Maybe this is not a hard thing for you.  Either way, I invite you to join me in praying that we are able to love those who clearly or back stabbingly or even slyly seek our demise, wish us harm or just plain act ugly toward us.

If you need a printable copy click here.  We all probably need to print and post this one to see every day.


I hope you will join me in this prayer focus as we pray for those who don't wish us well.  I am trusting God to honor these collective prayers and to give us strength, peace and His victory....which is always better than the victory we are imagining in our own heads.

Thanks for joining in!

Surrendering - July prayer focus

Welcome to July! It is time to prepare for our July prayer focus.

Here is a reminder of our prayer plan for the year

If you still need to print the yearly plan, click here.

In July we will be focused on doing the Word. Not just reading it. Not just memorizing it. We want to focus this month on living and doing the Word. Here are our prayer verses for the month of July

To print this month's verses, click here.

Don't we spend a lot of time trying to change people, trying to change circumstances, trying to change ourselves.  This month we can stay focused on the Word and just operating in Its truth and maybe other people, circumstances and we might change.

Thanks for joining in this collective prayer.  There is definite power in prayer and certainly in collective prayer.

Hope you have a great week!

Surrendering - A Year of Prayer June Edition

Before I get to today's topic I want to say a BIG thanks for all the birthday wishes and entries for the Gift Cards.  So far it was the biggest number of entries we have ever had.  You girls love these three stores as much as I do.  So our two winners are

S. Erdner! 

and 

Olda P.!

I hope you enjoy your shopping experience.  I may have gone to all three stores on Saturday just to scope out a few things you might buy......there's lots of good stuff out there so Enjoy!!!!

Now onto our topic of the day.....So far I would say May wins the fastest month of the year.  It zoomed right out of here.  So we are now onto our June Prayer Focus.

Here is a reminder of our prayer plan for the year

If you still need to print the yearly plan, click here.

Our focus for the month of June is No Worries. Raise your hand if you need this one. If you didn't raise your hand, feel free to pray it for me. For a long time I have had several hobbies.....shopping, reading, worrying. While I am much better than I have been in the past, I can still jump down the worry rabbit hole with the best of them. This is going to be a great reminder for me to trust God and who I KNOW He is.

Here are our focus verses for June

If you want to print a copy of this month's verses, click here.

Thanks for joining in on this collective prayer

Here's to a worry free June!

Make it a great week, ladies!

Surrendering - A Year of Prayer May Edition

Anyone busy and pulled in a million directions this month?  So as we enter into May I invite you to participate in this month's prayer focus.  As a reminder, here is the plan for the year.

If you want to print the prayer focus for the year, click here.

And our prayer focus for this month is Enter into Worship.  Listen, the busier we get the more focused we need to be on God.  The more tired we are, the more we need to turn to Him.  The more the world demands of us, the more we need to seek His presence.  

I hope you will join in as we collectively pray for all of us to have a worshipful spirit. 

Here is our inspirational verse for the month:

If you want to print this month's verse, click here.

Thanks for joining in prayer with our blog family.

I hope you have a great week!

Drug Take Back Event - and a Reminder

This weekend is an official drug take back event.  If you have expired medication or medication that you will not be using, this is your chance to clean out.

Why? Medication needs to be disposed of properly to protect our environment and particularly our water supply. Also, with drug addiction and abuse so rampant it is really best to not have unneeded medication in our homes.

I was doing a little research on this and apparently our water supply has lots of micro-plastics in it.  These are teeny tiny particles of plastic that come from various sources.  Some of this comes from just regular old plastic items breaking down over time.  But the surprising source was some products like exfoliants and some tooth pastes were actually made with micro-plastics in them.  I know.  I was like what the what?????  This micro-plastic inclusion has been banned in the United states for 4 years.....but is still allowed in some parts of the world.  The mere fact that this was ever allowed is mind boggling to me.  Anyway, medication that makes its way to the water supply clings to this micro-plastic making our water supply even worse.  By the way, I did all this research on the internet.....so that makes it true....right?

How? This weekend you can take any old or unneeded medication and turn it in to be disposed of properly.
 - completely confidential
- no personal information collected

The National Take Back Event is this Saturday, 10:00 am - Noon

Where? 
Huntsville - the North Side of Wheeler Ave next to the Huntsville Police Dept (815 Wheeler Ave 35801)

Alabama A&M University Student Health Center

Madison - The Madison Police Dept (100 Hughes Road)

Harvest - CVS Pharmacy ( 5859 Hwy 53)

Meridianville - CVS Pharmacy (12275 Hwy 231-431

To find a location near you click here and put in your zip code.

Now here is your important reminder:
We are in the last week of April, encouraging you to finish strong with our prayer focus for this month.



See you back here on Friday.

Surrendering - A year of prayer April Edition

First, I loved all your emails and texts and phone calls about Monday's blog post.  Thanks for playing along....who can't use a good laugh here and there.  While I may not be a runner I am still a prayer so let's do this April edition of our year of praying together.

Here is our year long prayer guide

If you still need to print it to post and keep handy, just click here.

How perfect that this month we are praying for renewal.   It is spring.  We are in the midst of Lent.  It is a season for renewal.  Here is our inspiration verse for this month.

Click here to print this month's verse.

Whatever you need to renew in your life, the heart is a the perfect place to start.  

Here's to renewed hearts.....relationships.....outlooks.......friendships.....enthusiasm.....passion......love.....forgiveness...

Thanks for praying with me!

Reset for Spring

While I am clearly not a fan of the whole springing forward thing, I am very much a fan of the freshness, the newness, the reset that seems to come about as the season changes over.  Nature alone will draw us in.....green is coming back.  The trees are getting newly decked out.  Sweet flowers are shooting from the earth....and it just feels inspiring.  A whole new energy comes with spring.  We want this fresh, aired out, buffed to shiny.  Hence the whole "spring cleaning"......

Do you have a spring cleaning plan or routine?  Well I don't have a set itemized list but here are some things that I plan on spiffying up over the next few weeks to kind of reset and feel new

1) Ceiling fans - I am totally about to hit every single ceiling fan in this house.  Here is the duster I use

Campanelli Microduster

 And I will get all the blinds too.....and probably anything else that is standing still. Once I get this thing in my hand I pretty much can't stop.  It has quite a long extension handle and I just find myself dusting everything I can reach.

2) Next up I am trying out the new

Mr. Clean has always been a faithful cleaning companion.  I love a magic eraser.  This cleanser has a fun little spray action.  So me and Mr. Clean are about to get some quality time in.

Then remember the Tablescape book I was gifted for Christmas.....well here's my next tablescape inspired from its pages.

   

I bought these blue melamine plates at Belk.  They are on clearance and an additional 50% off.  I can't find them on line so check your local store.  I bought the blue but they also had a green and a teal.

On the two end place settings we folded the napkins the long way

Then for the side place settings we folded the napkins in a square

And remember those napkins are the ones I made and posted about here.

In addition to spiffying up everything, you know what else we could use this spring.....the Right Direction

There are all kinds of decisions being made right now.  Join us in this month's prayer focus and pray for the Right Direction for kids making college decisions, marriage proposals, summer plans and trips, etc.

Happy Spring, Friends! Wishing you sunny days ahead.

Surrendering - A Year of Prayer March Edition

Welcome to our March prayer focus.  If you are just joining us, we are collectively praying by the following guide this year

if you would like to print the year long guide click here.

In March we will be focused on praying for Right Direction

Our inspirational verses for March are

If you would like to print this month's verses, click here.

Our God is so big but cares about every detail of our lives.  Join me in prayer this month for the right direction in absolutely every aspect of our lives.  And I am sure you also a know a few people who are desperately in need, whether they or know it or not, for His perfect guidance.

Thanks for joining us here as we collectively seek the right direction.

Meet you back here on Wednesday.

Encouragement.....for you

This is the last week of February.  I hope you have had the opportunity to encourage someone, to pray for encouraging spirits and to be encouraged yourself.  If you need to refresh yourself on our prayer challenge for the year just click here.

Since it is the last week, I wanted to encourage you.  One of my favorite Pinterest Boards is "Words".  I pin all kinds of quotes and scripture there.  When I am looking for the right words to share with someone, I often pop over to my Pinterest Board for some inspiration.

Today I am sharing a few of my favorites that I have pinned

and most of all I hope you know

You can find more inspirational words on my Pinterest board, just click the Pinterest button which is on the top right of this blog page.

I hope you are encouraged and that you are able to encourage others as you go thru this week.

Make it a great Monday!

Surrendering - A year of Prayer February edition

I hope you enjoyed our collective January prayer for Salvation.  As a reminder here is our prayer guide for the year

Click here for a printable copy of the year long plan.

For February we wil be focusing on Uplifting Each Other.  Yes, who could use a little uplifting?  Did everyone raise their hand?  Me too!  So let's pray we speak, behave and show each other some positive reinforcement this month.

Here is our inspiration verse for this month

Click here if you would like to print the February verses.

I think these prayers are applicable for our homes, our communities, our states, our nation, this world. So as we go through the month let's really think about different areas we can specifically pray this uplifting

teachers to students

students to students 

parents to children

spouse to spouse

boss to employee

employee to employee

coach to athlete

neighbor to neighbor

customer to retail worker

you get the picture......there are so many relationships that provide the opportunity to have encouraging words spoken and prayed.

Thanks for joining in with us here on the blog.

I am so encouraged by your willingness to collectively pray this year.

Surrendering - A year of Prayer

You all know I love a good word for the year.  I can lose focus.  I get sidetracked and therefore fairly ineffective, so a word to keep coming back to helps me stay grounded and on the right track.  Last year we were INTENTIONAL and focused on doing some very intentional things to appreciate and encourage others.  

Over the holidays I was reflecting on the year and watching all the "look back" shows the networks like to do this time of year and I was struck by all the hard things that happened.  Yes, lots of good things happened, but here is the story that brought me to my knees.......a 9 year old girl commits suicide....I am still not over it.  It rocks me every time I think of it.  What is going on in this world when a 9 year old child can even carry out a suicide attempt.....but even more importantly when a child thinks this is their only solution?  I was moved to SURRENDERING......not in a give up kind of way but in a we need God in a more than ever kind of way.  Would you join me this year in surrendering a very specific topic each month to God?  A collective focus of prayer.  Here is our schedule for the year

If you want to print the plan and post it somewhere click here for a printable format.

I don't know a better place to start than Salvation.  Would you join me this month in praying for Salvation for the lost in our city, state, country, this world? 

Here is our inspiration verse for the month

I will be praying this month that God will open eyes and soften hearts to receive the salvation He has demonstrated and provided for us all.  I hope you will join me.

If you'd like to print and post the inspiration verses to help remind you of our focused prayer this month just click here for a printable format.

I am excited about us collectively surrendering our cares to our God!

Wishing you a great week.  See you back here on Wednesday.