163 results for tag: Ashlee

In the Word: Be Glorified in Us

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals.  As we study God's Word together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dive in Scripture with us!  “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." Matthew 6:5-6 READ: As the first petition in the Lord’s Prayer, hallowing God’s name should be of utmost importance to us. This God-centered approach to prayer focuses our hearts on Him first and foremost. Our primary goal in prayer ...

A Place to Belong

Deep down we all long to be accepted and pursued. We yearn for a place to belong. This longing is also accompanied by a deep sense of rejection when we feel as if we don’t fit in or seem to be forgotten by others—when you don’t get called back after the interview, when someone else gets the promotion, when you don’t make the team, when everyone around you seems to be bringing home their babies and your arms feel heavy with emptiness.  But dear sister, please hear this: as your friends are posting pictures of beautifully decorated nurseries while yours remains empty, as the moms in your community meet together, and they don’t think to ...

In the Word: The Father’s Care

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals.  As we study God's Word together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dive in Scripture with us!  “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven" Matthew 6:9 READ: The pattern of prayer that Jesus set for us in Matthew 6 begins with a declaration of God as Father. When we come before God in prayer, we pray not to an impersonal deity, but to the One who sent His only Son to die in our place so that He ...

Our Glorious Adoption

One of the most precious themes in Scripture is that of the sonship of believers in Christ. This profound truth is filled with such hope and freedom and joy. In Christ, you have been adopted into the very family of God! The term adoption carries with it a strong sense of compassion, love, and permanency. To be adopted means to be given a secure and lasting place in a family in which you did not formerly belong. We must savor this remarkable aspect of our salvation. We were once “by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us” has brought us ...

The Proof Of God’s Love

We are all sinful beings. In fact all of creation—every drop of rain, every blade of grass, every fish in the sea—is groaning under the weight of sin. Our sin separates us from the presence of our Holy God, and there is nothing that we can do to remedy this on our own. We can never measure up to the insurmountable holiness of God. If we were to gather all of the “goodness” in our lives, the sum of everything good and right that we have ever done or will ever do, and place it before the Lord, it would be to Him like a filthy rag (Isaiah 64:6).  Left un-cured, our sin condemns us eternally. What we greatly and desperately need is forgiveness. ...

In the Word: Pray Like This

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals.  As we study God's Word together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dive in Scripture with us!  “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. ...

Alive Together With Christ

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” -Ephesians 2:4-7 But God. These two little words carry life-altering significance. Whenever you see these words, you know something big is about to happen. You were once dead… but God. You had no hope… but God. Sin had a hold on your life… but ...

The Gift of Simeon and Odelle

As we consider the profound impact that our Hope Babies have had on our lives, we can be filled with gratitude toward them, and toward the Lord. In this series, we reflect on some of the ways that we can say "thank you" to our precious babe(s) for the gifts that they have been and continue to be to us. We welcome you to contribute to this series by writing your own reflection on the impact your baby(ies) has had on your life and submitting it HERE. My dear children,  Not a day goes by that I do not think of you and thank God for the gift of your precious lives. Through your short lives on earth and the ...

When Death Overtakes Someone You Love…

God’s Word speaks thoroughly and abundantly into every season of the heart. As we study His Word, we learn that within its pages are found the ultimate source of comfort and peace for the sufferer. In this series, we will seek to carefully and compassionately apply these ancient, scriptural truths to feelings and experiences that are common in grief. Five years ago, I was laying in a bed in the emergency room, holding my precious daughter. She had ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes. Her cheeks were soft and her lips were pursed, as if she was singing. I could not stop staring at her. Yet, despite the wonder of taking ...

In the Word: God is Loving

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. Over the next several weeks, we will be looking at different characteristics of God—specifically reflecting on how each aspect of His character offers us hope in the midst of our grief.  As we study together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into the infinitely beautiful character of God along with us!  “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” Jeremiah 31:3 R...