I have 3 kids and for a year now my family has been going through rough times. My boyfriend and father of my kids decided he wanted to be single. We continued to live togeather, and I prayed everything would work out. But it just got worse every month. I couldn’t sit buy and watch my family separate so I followed him and found he was with a girl and her son.

That broke my heart but i still continued to pray. Jan. 2009 he was diagnosed

Please pray for restoration of my marriage and the salvation of my husband.  We will be married for 24 years in August but he has left our kids and myself over a month ago.  This is not like my husband.  I pray that God would remove him from the enemies and the enemies from him and to send a Christian to him to talk about Gods love, our marriage, our family and to help him to fall in love with me again

My husband is with another woman in a far country. That really crushed my heart. But I’m not giving up or losing hope because I know God is in control. Please pray for my husband to come to his senses, repent of his sins and go back to the Lord and eventually to me, his covenant wife. Please pray for the restoration and healing of my marriage. I believe nothing is impossible with God. Lastly, I really need intercessors to stand with me in prayer and agreement for the

I have a urgent prayer request. I have an electric bill due by the 26th for $500+. the whole bill is over $1,000, but they want a little over $500 by next week. I’ve talked to the electric co. & my management office, but to no avail. I don’t believe the charges are justified. last year, PEPCO overcharged me and ended up giving me over $300 credit. I believe I’m due a credit again. it’s just me, and I don’t use that kind of electricity, even with the heating. I pay $130 monthly on… Read More

Please pray for my mother and father-in-law.  They’ve been having problems.  Both are very good people and care very much about their children.  But with the chaos of raising 6 children, managing a family owned business their relationship started to get cold.  I ask for your prayers so that they can come to know God as not only the one who can save their marriage, but the one and only who can save their lives. Thank you for all your prayers.

Please pray for Sylvia Martinez.  She has two (2) cancerous brain tumors and have spread throughout her head.  She received radiation for eighteen (18) days.  We are asking that God heal her of this dreaded disease and to give her family the strength to help Ms. Martinez in whatever help she needs in this difficult time.

In God’s Love,

Sara

Please pray for Armando Martinez.  He is in a stage of coma and is going through surgery for a tumor in his head.  Armando is in his mid thirties and has very young children one of them is a 3week old baby girl.  Please pray for God to use and guide the hands of the doctors operating on him.  Also, for strength for all his family and friends.  Thank you so much for every prayer.  God Bless you all.

Hello.  I have found comfort in your website and the prayers for my family.  Back in February I asked you all to pray for me and my family.  Things started to get better and we began counseling.  However, the stress of our sick son and other things placed us back at the beginning, and this weekend my husband did walk out of our lives.  I think that God is giving me strength and some peace right now.  However, I want more then anything for us to get back together and work out

I need prayers for me and my 8 yr. old boy in this time of our lives.

Thanks!!!

Vanessa…

April is always my favorite month of the year. I love to watch the newness of life springing up around me with the hope that green grass and budding flowers will soon appear in abundance.

This month we reflect on the newness of life as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He lives that we might also have life eternal with Him.

With all things new, we’re bringing the outdoors in as Melissa Michael’s offers… Read More

With the rampant immorality we all witness around us through the news media, movies, magazines, etc. I know many Christians feel as if Christ might return at any time. And He may. But as Scripture says, no one will know the exact time or hour, so we ought to live our lives with eternal purpose so that we might not be ashamed at His coming (1 John2:28).

As Christians we live in this world, but we have been called out of this world by the sovereign and righteous word of our Creator and… Read More

Hi Friends!

As you may have noticed, I don’t have a Q & A posted this month. Instead, I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some exciting things that are happening in my life!

If you didn’t see recently on the AOL home page, entertainment news,  Facebook, MySpace or my website page…. I signed on to do a new television series called “Perfect 10″ for the ABC Family Channel! ”Make It or Break It” is a one hour drama that follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls… Read More

Do you trust God enough to enter His rest?

Take a look at this verse, and let it soak in for a minute:

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of… Read More

Teach us delight in simple things. Rudyard Kipling

As I’ve written before, I’ve battled depression for several years. Mostly, it’s under control because of my medication, exercise, periodic visits to a counselor, family support, and other things I try to make a part of daily life.

One of those “helps” is being grateful for the small miracles that happen every day. Depression can be a black cloud looming over my head, and noticing everyday wonders has helped poke holes in the clouds to let God’s… Read More

Sky’s flushing red from today’s long race and children lie in beds and I sit on worn chair in the hallway.  It’s my nightly post, seat at day’s finish line.

From chair there under light, I open pages and read into doorways, into those bedrooms with children tucked under quilts, children waiting (or not) for sleep to slip under covers too.

I’ve found our bookmark in Little House in the Prairie, opened to where we’d left off last night.

“No! Don’t read us a story!” Child voice calls… Read More

If Jesus had not left the beauty of heaven,
where He was adored and worshiped as God,
and entered humanity through a dark,
cold cave of obscurity,

if He had not endured betrayal by the ones He loved most,
and stood silently while mere humans
plucked out His beard
and spat on His face,
and struck,
and whipped,
and accused,
and mocked Him;

if He had not lifted and carried the rough, heavy instrument of His death,

and laid His hands against the cross beam,

and accepted nails into His flesh;

if He had not… Read More

Every spring as I see the little green stems poking out from the ground and pink flowers start to burst on the trees, I get excited about leaving winter behind. While I do love the coziness of being huddled inside near the fire, after awhile I start longing for the first glimpse of spring.

The signs in nature of a new season emerging make me smile. I am in awe of the amazing textures and colors God created, so why not enjoy them inside too?

Here are a… Read More

While not your traditional Easter fare, my recipes this month were chosen because of their ingredients.  Fruit Salsa, Veggie Salsa, and Oven Stew are all made with pure ingredients, nothing artificial, wholesome food, nothing from a box, can or jar.

Have you ever noticed when a true chef cooks something the flavor is fit for a King? I used to wonder why until I watched a chef at work.

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? Luke 14:34

A… Read More

Recently I’ve heard from several readers saying that their heart’s desire is to entertain, but their husbands just do not enjoy it. Some don’t like kids, and some just don’t enjoy people in general.

Dear Sandy,
I love having people over but my husband really does not. Or rather he is okay with having ‘adults only’ over but finds other people’s children very challenging to be around. We have three children of our own but we seem to raise our children differently than a lot of people. Anyway I… Read More

When my son Brad was about three years old, he went through a little phase.  He learned to play on my emotions when asking for things.  Upon hearing “no,” he would reply, “But mommy, that will make me happy.”  Then he would give me his most drop-dead gorgeous smile and bat his eyes at me for effect.  Boy did he know how to work me over!  Some of the requests were for things like a lollipop before dinner or staying up several hours past bedtime.  And while… Read More

Martin Luther said, “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”  Spring is the beginning of all things new. By receiving His resurrection from death we enjoy a new life.

John 11:5 says, “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”

I have been excited for the month of April; three of my favorite authors have new books.  Amy Wallace completes her… Read More

Since the beginning of time the gift of scent–spices and oils have carried its way through out history. Today, just as thousands of years ago; essential oils are a huge part in our every day life. From toothpaste to perfume, essential oils are there—whether as a preservative or a fixative for common ailments—we are dependant on their properties.

More than likely, you are using scent to lift your mood or just smell prettier than that onion you just cut up! (As for that onion or garlic smell… Read More

Have you ever heard any of these lines from your adult child?

• I’m just too tired
• But Mom, things are different today
• You just don’t understand
• I’ll start on Monday—I promise
• Things will be different this time
• It’s not my fault

When you make the decision to stop enabling your adult child, you will have to be firm in not listening to these common excuses. Real healing begins when a parent stops believing the excuses and lies, and insists on truth. As we develop our action plan for dealing with our adult child, there… Read More

“On Easter Day, the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.”
Douglas Thornton

Easter Day is so full of joy and promise–of promises filled and yet to be realized–and a glimpse to life everlasting.  We have gone through a long period of Lent, pondering the sufferings of Christ and his ultimate death so that we could live. Easter Day dawns, and as the sun rises on the horizon, the rays illuminate the glory of God’s kingdom and tease us with the

Virginia Smith is a writer of humorous novels, a speaker, and an avid scuba diver. She left her twenty-year career as a corporate director in the summer of 2006 to launch her career as a writer. Since that time she has written or contracted ten novels.

Ginny writes in two genres: contemporary fiction and mysteries. A Taste of Murder (October 2008) is her sixth release, following Stuck in the Middle (February 2008), Sincerely Mayla (February 2008), Just As I Am (February… Read More

This month, CWO welcomes a new addition to our team, Sarah Lopez. Sarah is joining CWO as a blog moderator. As an active member of the blogging world, Sarah in on the lookout for our featured blogger each month. This month’s pic is Seed Thoughts…

I chose Tracy Keck’s  ‘Seed Thoughts’ for April 2009’s blog of the month for multiple reasons; Tracy demonstrates a sincere love for the Lord through her blog site by sharing God’s written word in practically every article she writes about, she even has encouraging words of His faith… Read More