Moms in Prayer Podcast

When Christ comes into our lives, He changes the way we think and our desires—our ambition and our passion now becomes Christ.” God has done everything for us. He has loved us despite our sin, failures and lack. He chose YOU. And as you pursue Him, He begins to refine and sanctify you. He gently leads you and teaches you how to walk in a way that is pleasing to Him. He opens your eyes to opportunities to serve Him and love others. Listen in to hear these humbling truths from 2 Corinthians 5 as we talk with our Maine State Coordinator, Michelle Homchuck.
The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org

ABOUT OUR GUEST
My husband and I have served at a church in Central Maine that began in our home over 20 years ago. I first experienced Moms in Prayer (MIP) through the invitation of a friend. My four children were all still young and homeschooled at the time. Seeing the need to pray for them, I quickly gravitated to a MIP group and found encouragement and power through praying scripture.
My involvement in MIP has changed everything in our family and church life and I have witnessed the Lord do exceedingly abundantly more than I asked or thought. He has been faithful through one child’s prodigal season and I have seen Him work in each of my children’s lives to deepen their personal relationship with Him. Now I have the privilege of praying for my grandchildren as well.
One of my passions is to reach out to new moms and teach them the heart of prayer for their little ones. My hope is that my own journey will encourage other women to begin praying for their children while they are young and keep going, even when they have grandchildren.

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“My duty is to be faithful and answer the call. God’s duty is to work on the heart.” It is by God’s mercy that we can live in fellowship with Him and serve Him. It is by His grace that He works in and through us to sanctify us and impact others. It is by His kindness that we have the gift of the Holy Spirit and can experience His power at work. It is all from Him and for Him! We find powerful reminders of God’s great power and mercy in 2 Corinthians 4. Listen in as we walk through the chapter with homeschool mom of two, Heidi Gomez.
The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org

ABOUT OUR GUEST
Heidi Gomez is a mom of two young kids, Georgia (7) and Noah (6). She’s been married to her wonderful husband for 9 years and they live in Southern California. She is blessed to be a stay-at-home mom and a homeschool mom. She is also a part of a local Moms in Prayer group.

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“We can’t control our kids’ every move, but we can pray that God will work in their hearts for their protection. Prayer is that comfort as we put our confidence in who God is and what He can do.” As we learn about God and His attributes, we find a peace and confidence that can’t be found anywhere else. Listen in as we dive into 2 Corinthians 3 with our North Carolina State Coordinator, Jayme Kirk, and are reminded of the power of the simple gospel.
The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org

ABOUT OUR GUEST
The first time I heard about Moms in Prayer was at Missions Day at my church. My local area coordinator had a table set up there. She wonderfully shared how we could gather as moms to pray for our children and schools, releasing the stress and anxious thoughts that burden us. So, I started a group right away with one other mom! God was faithful to bring others to pray with us for the schools in our area. And, it’s such a God thing that, in the following years, I was able to host that same Moms in Prayer table at my church, continuing to share the vision that all schools be covered in prayer!
My favorite Scripture verse and one I cling to, is Ephesians 3:20, “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us…”
I have been married to John since 2009 and we have two teenage boys, Cooper and Cade. We enjoy activities together in the “great outdoors” from the mountains to the coast!

SCRIPTURES
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 NLT
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
    Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
    Write them deep within your heart. Proverbs 3:3 NLT
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26 NLT
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 1 John 5:14-15 ESV
“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord. “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Jeremiah 31:31-33 NLT
And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began. John 17:3-5 NLT
Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. 2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT

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“One of the most important things that moms can teach their children is that they have access to God’s forgiveness. Because they will always return. They will always remember that grace opened a door for them.” As we continue in our 2 Corinthians series, we are joined today by our Director of Central America, Diana de Fouler. She walks us through chapter two and reminds us of the great grace and forgiveness that has been extended to us by God and how we need to teach that to our kids. As we live lives full of love and grace, our children will find a safe place in us and learn how to go to God in all things.
The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org

ABOUT OUR GUEST
Diana de Fouler is a gifted Bible teacher who has contagious conviction for the power of prayer. She currently serves as the Moms in Prayer Central America Director, overseeing the ministry in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Diana lives in Panama City, Panama with her husband of 41 years. They have two grown children and three wonderful grandchildren. 

SCRIPTURES
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 ESV
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:12-13 ESV
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 ESV
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2 ESV
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 ESV
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-39 ESV

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Today kicks off our newest series through the book of 2 Corinthians. Division Coordinator, Deborah Bryant, opens us up with chapter one, reminding us of our who our great God is—full of mercy and comfort. No matter the struggles we face, God is faithful to walk with us. “He meets us in our suffering with His tender presence and strengthening power. And He doesn’t stop there. He uses what we have walked through to equip us to comfort others.”
The Moms in Prayer Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit ChristianParenting.org

ABOUT OUR GUEST
When our daughter turned five, I found myself anxious about her starting kindergarten. Around that time, I read a book about Moms in Prayer International, and it deeply resonated with me. Just days later, I saw a friend while shopping and to my surprise, she had read the same book! Right then and there we decided to start a Moms in Prayer group together.
Through Moms in Prayer, I began—and continue—to learn how to surrender my fears and worries, letting God replace them with His peace and comfort. Now years later, meeting weekly with my Moms in Prayer group remains one of the most meaningful and powerful things I do as a mom.
My husband and I live in Des Moines, Iowa. We’re blessed with a daughter, and a son and daughter-in-law, who also live nearby.

SCRIPTURES
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 ESV
The heart of man plans his way,
    but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16:9 ESV
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31:8 ESV

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