Renewed Motherhood

For the mom praying for healing where there is brokenness — a promise from Psalm 139

For the days you long for quiet from the noise within — a promise from Psalm 131

For the mom feeling like it’s all on her — a promise from Psalm 127 

Take five minutes to breathe and center your heart before God with breath prayers inspired from Psalm 121

For the mom anxious about the future — a promise from Psalm 121

For the mom feeling down on herself — a promise from Psalm 103Find more content like this and subscribe to get weekly devotionals for moms in your inbox at Renewed Motherhood!

For the mom longing for security and rest — a promise from Psalm 84Find more content like this and subscribe to get weekly devotionals for moms in your inbox at Renewed Motherhood!

Take ten minutes to breathe and center your heart before God with breath prayers inspired from Psalm 73

For the mom wrestling with envy and discontentment — a promise from Psalm 73

 For the days you need to be reminded of the power of God within you — a promise from Psalm 68

For the seasons you need a fresh vision of the future you have in Christ — a promise from Psalm 65

For the moments of blowing it in motherhood — a promise from Psalm 51

Take ten minutes to breathe and center your heart before God with breath prayers inspired from Psalm 46.

For the moments you need an anchor in the midst of chaotic circumstances — a promise from Psalm 46.

For the mom longing to go deeper in her relationship with God — a promise from Psalm 34.Find more content like this at Renewed Motherhood and subscribe to get weekly spiritual encouragement for moms in your inbox!

For the days when you’re exhausted from pouring out — a promise from Psalm 23. 

Take five minutes to breathe and center your heart before God with breath prayers inspired from Psalm 22.

For the times you feel inadequate — a promise from Psalm 8. 

For those anxious nights you’re struggling to let go — a promise from Psalm 3. Find more content like this at Renewed Motherhood, and subscribe to get weekly devotional content for moms delivered straight to your inbox!

For the moments you’re not showing up as the mom you want to be — a promise from Psalm 1. Find more content like this at Renewed Motherhood, and subscribe to get weekly devotional content for moms delivered straight to your inbox!

As we delight in the love of our child, so God delights in our love for him! Worship is simply the expression of our love. It’s as simple as delighting in the presence of God with us… it’s acknowledging God as the Good Giver of our kids… it’s thanking God for his help or for an aspect of who he is. As we seek to live a life of worship in out motherhood, we don’t have to overcomplicate things.

What would it look like for us to dwell in the house of God in this season of motherhood? To worship God in every moment? Rocking a fussy baby, playing peek-a-boo on the ground, washing and folding little clothes... in every moment, God presents us with the space to be with and worship him.

As moms, we often wake up with a sense of just getting through another day… another day of preparing meals, changing diapers, getting work done, and simply keeping everyone alive! Psalm 23:6, however, meets us in our daily trudge and reminds us that every day, we are pursued by the goodness and mercy of God. When we believe that every day is of spiritual significance, we are led to receive the gift of God’s presence and work within us.

As a mom, it can feel like so much is riding on you. You are responsible for the life (or lives) of another human being, making sure they are fed and soothed and cared for. In a season where you are carrying so much, remember that your relationship with God is not one more thing you have to carry. Your faith is not another box to check but a relationship to rest in.

As we delight in the love of our child, so God delights in our love for him! Worship is simply the expression of our love. It’s as simple as delighting in the presence of God with us; it's acknowledging God as the Good Giver of our kids; it’s thanking God for his help or for an aspect of who he is. As we seek to live a life of worship through our motherhood, we don’t have to overcomplicate things.

Both through green pastures… a sweet moment of connection with your child or the joy of a growing family… and through dark valleys… the frustrations and struggles of motherhood or the silent mental battles being fought… in it all, God’s goodness and mercy accompany us.

We don't have to wait until we have more time or until our kids are older to go deeper in our relationship with God. Jesus invites into the full richness of a relationship with him now.

In whatever you might be facing in this season of motherhood, remember that the Good Shepherd meets you and lifts you up to a place of honor. He is not only your master, he is your friend, and this friendship holds joy that abides through any circumstance. 

In the midst of the internal battle of emotions we fight as moms, we can get out of our heads by identifying our harmful thoughts and resting in Christ’s promised victory.

In the suffering we are facing, we can remember that a glorious celebration is coming, prepared by our Good Shepherd, who gave his life as a guarantee of what’s to come. 

In all the fears we possess as moms, we can take comfort in the truth that God is both our defense against harm and against our own wandering. 

God doesn’t stand by our side as an onlooker, rather, he enters into our suffering with us.

If we feeling anxiety from existing in the unknown future, we can bring ourselves back to the present and remind ourselves of what is true. As Psalm 23:4 concludes: I will fear no evil, "for you are with me."

When we trust that our suffering lies within the sovereignty of God, we have hope that he will use it and see us through it. 

We can be confident God will empower us to walk in his ways because he is committed to his glory, and as his children, we share the family name.

We are not only saved by grace, we continue in grace every step along the way.

Our worth is not tied up in our performance but wholly founded on God’s unconditional love.  

Knowing and fellowshipping with Jesus is an experience of life that transcends our circumstances and feeds our souls with what they most deeply need. 

You are not on your own to figure out the way forward. You are being led into abundant life by a God who loves you. 

Because of Christ’s death and resurrection on our behalf, we can cease striving before God and rest in his grace.

In all the ways kids slow us down, we are reminded that our worth is not tied up in what we do or produce but in the finished work of Christ. Follow us on Instagram @renewed.motherhood!

Beside Quiet Waters: Our needs are not something to shove down in an attempt to be better or stronger; rather, our needs are something to be embraced as the pathway to God.

Beside Quiet Waters: Devotional 2 - As moms, when the moments of our days feel insignificant or small, we must not forget that they are embodied by our big and great God. Subscribe to the Renewed Motherhood Newsletter: https://renewedmotherhood.substack.com/

Beside Quiet Waters: Devotional 1 - In the exhaustion and demands of motherhood, Psalm 23 invites you to draw near to God, your Good Shepherd. When you are weak and weary, you can fall back upon him to sustain you and your family. Subscribe to the Renewed Motherhood Newsletter: https://renewedmotherhood.substack.com/

As parents, we get the unique opportunity to observe up close the unfolding of our kids' lives and to spur them on in the areas we see God at work. The character of Barnabus in Acts teaches us three godly aspects to incorporate into our encouragement.  Support Renewed Motherhood: https://subsplash.com/u/renewministries/give

In our suffering - our loneliness, postpartum depression, health issues - it can be easy to question God. Acts reminds us that God is sovereign over all and uses even our trials to further his mission. Even when we don’t see a purpose, we can trust there is one, and push on.  Subscribe to Renewed Motherhood: https://renewedmotherhood.substack.com/

We need confidence to engage the world around us and to point people to Christ. But it’s not just evangelism that we need help with. The ordinary things in the day-to-today of motherhood often require immense bravery as well. Act’s account of Stephen points us to our source of bravery and reminds us to look to Christ.

Even in the season of raising kids where there are so many demands on our finances and our time, God calls us to trust him and hold loosely to what he has given us. Resting in the security of God’s fatherly care, we can be freed from anxiously holding on to what we have and enter into a life of generosity.

We are called to be vessels of God’s healing power as we join him in his work to mend the brokenness around us. This can be as simple as lovingly bandaging the scraped knee of a toddler or offering emotional support to a friend who has just suffered a miscarriage. Acts reminds us that any instance of God’s healing at work is nothing short of a miracle. 

Wondering how to share the Gospel with your kids or those you do daily life with? To be a witness for Christ, we don’t have to have a shocking testimony story or be professional apologists. We simply authentically share what God has done in our life. Subscribe to Renewed Motherhood: https://renewedmotherhood.substack.com/