Prayer Archives - Better Than Blended

Join us for our 2019 Blended Families Fast!

by Willie and Rachel Scott | Jan 1, 2019 | (1) January, Family, Family Traditions, Husbands, Marriage, New Year, Prayer, Wives

When you think of fasting what comes to mind? No Food! Limited Food! Jesus fasted and was tempted by the devil! This isn’t bible trivia but do you know why so many people in the Bible fasted? Well, for several years, we attended a church that always began the year off...

Debunking the Myths around Summer Visitation

by Brandi Moses | Jul 16, 2018 | Blending, Co-Parenting, Family, Family Traditions, Husbands, Marriage, Prayer, Step Children, StepDad, Stepmom, Uncategorized, Wives

My stepdaughter spent 42 days with us every summer, usually broken into two chunks. That’s a lot of time with the sweet girl we only saw four days a month during the school year! I don’t know about you ladies, but I was a bit anxious the first few years,...

Be Kind to Yourself: Gift to A Stepmom

by Brad and Julie Luczywo | May 23, 2018 | (5) May, Blending, Blog, Family, Mother's Day, Prayer, Step Children, Stepmom

The journey of blended motherhood can be completely overwhelming and utterly beautiful. Somehow pain and joy coexist. One day we feel like oh yeah, I got this and the next we feel like crying in the bathroom with a pint of ice cream. In this daily struggle, it can...

Loving the Mother and Wife God Gave Me

by John and Hannah Bapties | May 14, 2018 | (5) May, Marriage, Prayer

My first experience with love was with my mother. Mom was such a loving and self-sacrificing person. She always made me feel like I was the most important person on the planet. She would help me catch spiders when I was 8. She would come and meet me several times a...

Open My Eyes: How To See Beyond the Pain

by Stephanie Cook | Apr 4, 2018 | (3) March, Death and Loss, Divorce, Family, Prayer

2 Kings 6:17 “ Then Elisha prayed and said, O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see. So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” We all have painful memories....

Prayer and Support in the Season of Court

by John and Hannah Bapties | Mar 21, 2018 | (3) March, Custody, Marriage, Prayer

Court and custody, what a challenging experience for any blended family. It is one of the heaviest things we can walk through. To share custody and decisions with someone who often disagrees with you and is difficult to get along with and to have to do this during and...