Praises and Prayers!

Let us Pray and Praise together!


My heart. It is learning to be still and listen....so many things whirl in my mind. Heavy things and joyful things, but in all things -my mighty God! He is here. I trust.

Will you join together with us in prayer and praise today?
Will your heart open with us. Pray with us. Praise our mighty God with us?

I hope you will....

Too Cute...Tuesday!

Hello!

I have loved your dolls for so long and when you opened your Christmas Cart last fall, I set an appointment reminder in my email so I wouldn't miss an opportunity to get one for my son, Avery. It was such a blessing because not long after the doll came, I found out I would be deploying to Afghanistan for 6 months. I slept with for a few weeks before I left and we gave him his doll for Christmas. I left a few days later. I am going home next week and can't wait. But I wanted to show you a few pictures of my son with his doll.

thank you for your ministry!
Amber

~AWE!!! Avery is so darn handsome!

Love these pictures...and THANK YOU so much for sacrificing for our freedom!

Whew! Yay...FREE Friday!

Whew! Finally!!
So sorry for the delay for Yay...Free Friday!

This week we are giving away a finished scripture crown which reads:

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16

It also comes with a removable bow from Sugar n Spice Boutique!

OK~The Rules!
You will receive one chance for leaving a comment under this post.

Additional chances for the following:
A blog post, Our button on your site, If you are a follower of this blog, facebook mention, Twitter RT...or anything else you can think of to help us spread the Word of God, one doll at a time!

*please leave a separate comment for each... for example if you blog and have our button on your site that will be two separate comment entries- #1 I blogged, #2 I have your btn. This makes it SO much easier to choose the winner and make sure I don't miss any one's extra entries!

*Winner will be chosen Monday!*

Also, in case you don't follow us on facebook or twitter...we would like to announce that the Cinderella dolls are now available on line! Support Show Hope and bless your own little Cinderella! Each doll has a scripture patch with Maria's flower and each doll is SIGNED by Steven Curtis Chapman himself! Click on the banner below for all the details.




Also, If you purchase a doll...please forward a pmt receipt to be entered into a drawing for a FREE personalized BbB doll!! Thanks so much! Show Hope is an awesome ministry! (please email to babybeblessed@gmail.com )

Well, I'm off to our second soccer game of the day!
Enjoy this beautiful fall weather!!

A few of my favorite things....Living Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a child

in the way he should go,

even when he is old

he will not depart from it"

-Proverbs 22:6

Today I would love for us to share some of our favorite things...some of our favorite "tools" per say, that help us train up our children. Obviously, this is our desire for Baby be Blessed Dolls. To be used as tools to train. But, let me make my heart on this very clear.

These things are in NO way....EVER....to replace directly reading the word of God to our babies from our Bibles.

Ever.

But-there are "tools" out there in which can be used in our everyday lives that draws us to the Word of God. Here are a few of my favorites.

Kolton rarely sits still. As Grandma Shopp says...he just doesn't have any sit in his butt!

So when he IS still I wanted to take advantage of it. Since the kids have started school, Kolton and I eat lunch alone together. What a great opportunity! I read the Bible to the older kids during breakfast, so how awesome to read this Storybook Bible to Kolton during lunch!

I really love how each story brings Christ to the heart.

Another thing that I love is Seeds Family Worship!

Putting scripture to music...it's amazing! What an awesome way to remember God's word. I've heard my kids quoting scripture (which caught my ear) and then realized that it was the scripture from the Seeds Family Worship CD's.

It's catchy and so fun!

Another love I have are all the beautiful things we can put in front of our eyes during the day.

Our eyes are the door into our soul...lets fill it with God's promises and hope! I think we all could use a little (or a lot) of that during the day!

I absolutely LOVE this Child of the King -Product by "Show Offs Art" and sold by DaySpring and ps... This beautiful print is on sale 56% off at $24.99!

So how about you? What "tools" have you used or surrounded yourself with to train up your children? I've included a linky below so we can all share!!

Can't WAIT to see all your discoveries!!

Too Cute...Tuesday!

*Email from our sweet friend, Danae*
I saw that you were missing some pictures and I thought I'd send you a few :)

{Amahle}

The picture labeled 'Amahle' is Amahle, one of our sponsored children in South Africa, and Vashti Downs, the co-founder of Project O

{Bezuayehu}

The photo labeled 'Bezuayehu' is my husband Steve, myself, our sponsored child in Ethiopia, Bezuayehu, and her mother. You can't really tell in the picture, but they live in a mud and straw shack about the size of our bathroom. They live with three other siblings in an area that contains rabid dogs and cats and has a high AIDs infection rate. They called us family when we came to visit them.

{Zulu}

The photo labeled 'Zulu' are two little girls who live in the Valley of 1,000 Hills. Martin Downs, Vashti's husband, told us that these two little girls watched as their parents were murdered. They now live with their aunt who fears for their lives. Since they saw the faces of their parents killers, the people will come back and kill the girls.

{Wanellie}

The picture labeled 'Wanellie' is a picture taken at a South African homeless shelter. Wanellie is a 3-month-old baby who lives at the shelter with his mother and father. In South Africa, homeless shelters are a business and they have to be paid for. Nellie was a great mother and, I kid you not, every time I was at the shelter, he was in the bath. You could tell how much she cared for him. It was really sad to see them there.

Hopefully those pictures are good for Too Cute Tuesday :) Hopefully Vashti can send some more pictures when they distribute the rest of the dolls.

With Love,
Danae

Danae, thank you! ~Sweet faces of Jesus' people...I'm pouring my prayers over each one. Please join me. God be near....Father use these simple dolls to show your love, your truth and your hope to each of these children and every person they come in contact with. Bless them Lord, Protect them Lord, Guide them to you..... Jesus in your precious name, Amen

Marvelous Monday!

Happy Monday Everyone!

The winner of our Yay...FREE Friday is~

Charity Cathey said...
Oh I'd love to win this for our new baby girl, Faith! We adore your scripture dolls and animals!





Congratulations Charity!!
Please be sure to contact me with your shipping address!

Yay...Free Friday!

SURPRISE!

Our giveaway this week will be a new Baby be Blessed scripture animal!
I don't quite have it finished yet (when I do...I'll add the photo) but wanted to give you all an early chance to enter.

Let me just give you a little hint...
I can be for a boy or a girl...and I LOVE Bananas!

UPDATE: Obviously (i hope=) it's a monkey right? Did you guess??

This sweet monkey is sage green with espresso brown minky face and inner ear. His/her (it could be either) scripture patch reads: "He has made everything beautiful in its time" Ecclesiastes 3:11

The bow is just pinned on so if you have a boy, I'll leave it off but if you have a girl...I'll stitch it on and add some pink blush! So be sure to let me know! Enjoy!

The Rules!
You will receive one chance for leaving a comment under this post.

Additional chances for the following:
A blog post, Our button on your site, If you are a follower of this blog, facebook mention, Twitter RT...or anything else you can think of to help us spread the Word of God, one doll at a time!

*please leave a separate comment for each... for example if you blog and have our button on your site that will be two separate comment entries- #1 I blogged, #2 I have your btn. This makes it SO much easier to choose the winner and make sure I don't miss any one's extra entries!


Have a wonderfully blessed weekend!
Stay warm! (I just had to turn on our heat!)
Winner will be announced Monday!

Prayer Requests

Let us pray for one another!

I may have mentioned this before...but it stands strong on my heart this morning as we ask for your prayer requests. Satin tends to use the same tactics over and over. One of the most powerful lies the enemy has whispered to me personally is that I am alone. Lies of fear, lack of control and the unknown are have also been a crippling thing to push through.

"When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars." John 8:44

Sweet, encouraging, loving, fervently praying friends have helped me see these lies clearly.

As a Christian we are marked and ransomed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Satin has no authority over us...he can only lie to us. He can only make us doubt the hope, truth and power that we really have.

We may not know you, we may only know your name or a smidge of your story, but we would love to join together and pour our prayers over you.

You are NOT alone...there is NO need to fear...and GOD is in control!


"The Lord your God is the One who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." Deuteronomy 20:4


We are hear with you! We are praying for you!
If the Lord leads...please leave your requests below and continue to pray over last weeks requests.


1. Husbands salvation, Direction, Peace, Wisdom, a new (on fire) passion for the Word of God. His mighty hand on our family...

2. For Belinda, Uyen Nhi, Bezuayehu, the children of the Lafto center in Ethiopia, Ali, Amahle, Abigail, MD Jamil, Anand Kumar, and the twin granddaughters of Hlengwe.

3. Compassion Guatemala trip....

4. Please pray for my daughters health. She has an upcoming kidney u/s and VCUG. I'm sure everything is fine, but it's still scary.

5. our foster to adopt baby's birth father has finally decided he wants to see her & work a case plan to get custody. tuesday is our first visit. i need God to keep my attitude in check. not sure dad wants her for the right reasons & we want her forever

6. We could really use a financial blessing. Shawn was laid off and even though he found a new job quickly we are struggling. We've had out new house for almost 6 months but are still unable to move in. We can't afford requirements to pass inspection.

7. Please pray for my bff in china with hubby picking up 18 mo old little girl. They are all having a rough time adjusting, they expected it to be hard but need prayer for patience and for her to trust them. Thank you so much for praying.

8. Please pray for my niece Kelli Beth. She's 19 months and will be having super hip surgery next year. Her hip never fully formed.

...and, the Winner!

Thank you so much for your patience! I'm not sure what was going on with blogger yesterday, but every time I logged on...it would close back out!

What a blessing it was this morning to pick out the winner of our Personalized doll this week. It is......


Sophie said...My son has recently been given a devastating diagnosis of Mitochondrial Disease. His journey so far has been very hard on all of us. I can not tell you all how much a special prayer Lion would me to him on Christmas morning - it is the prayers of others helping us all to get through his journey.
Thank you for all you do!


Sophie, I was so glad that the Lord chose you! Please email me with all your Lion details! May God continue to bless you!

Yay...FREE Friday!

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; as it is written, "HE SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER."

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.

For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all, while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

I really LOVE Yay...FREE Fridays! My heart is cheerful! I am full of joy!
It's our opportunity to continue to give...and this is not to get any earthly rewards in return, only eternal ones. =)

This week we will be giving away a personalized doll of your choice to be included in the Christmas cart. As you know our carts are now closed, so this may be one of the last chances at getting a personalized doll under that tree.

The Rules!
You will receive one chance for leaving a comment under this post.

Additional chances for the following:
A blog post, Our button on your site, If you are a follower of this blog, facebook mention, Twitter RT...or anything else you can think of to help us spread the Word of God, one doll at a time!

*please leave a separate comment for each... for example if you blog and have our button on your site that will be two separate comment entries- #1 I blogged, #2 I have your btn. This makes it SO much easier to choose the winner and make sure I don't miss any one's extra entries!

Thank you so much for the opportunity to give...
All praises and glory go to our Lord, Jesus Christ!

Have a wonderfully blessed weekend!
Winner will be announced Monday!

Living Proverbs 22:6

This post has been started, stopped and deleted. Computer freeze ups and emotional freeze ups. Much has been going on in my heart...

I saw a quote on a blog (Holy Experience) by Ann Voskamp. This is was my first (of many) visits. I found her through the listing of bloggers going to Guatemala. They are there now...please pray over them. Her quote, or maybe a better term...simple truth, struck me to the core.

It was God trying to meet with me.

It read: "Wherever you are, be all there"
{I couldn't find the exact blog post so if you find it...please link it here...}

Let me tell you...I have not been "ALL" in anything for quite a while now.

When life is too busy and too crazy how can you be?

My faith, my marriage, my children, my ministries, my health and well...my life -was suffering.

The fact is...I've been at a crossroads. It forks to the left in "Tina's way of doing things" and forks to the right in "the Lord's perfect way". The choice should be simple right?!

Hmmm...a spiritual battle rages.

I was raised to never make waves. You just try to keep the waters calm and if a storm rages...you quietly hang on tight. Impossible way to live life. (Tina's way)

Throughout the years the Lord has healed me in many ways though I still aim to please everyone, I do not like conflict and I try to keep those waters calm. (Tina's way)

But storms rage....

I'm trying to be everything to everyone. What does the Lord want? (Tina's way isn't workin'=)

Storms have been raging here at Baby be Blessed. This ministry is here in my home so everything runs into everything else and effects all areas of my life. It's part of who I am. It's the work that the Lord has given to me....but something has to change. I need to do things the Lord's way.

I smile big knowing that were Satin tries to destroy there is eternal work being done. I won't let him take my joy and by smiling and praising BIG I feel it knocks Stain right between the eyes...and it does. He has no power here.

But one must decide who's yoke to hang onto...which fork in the road to take.

Changes are coming to Baby be Blessed.

I once again surrender this ministry to the One who entrusted it to me...

Not everyone will like the changes and that is okay. Some people will be upset not to get exactly every detail they want, but that will be okay because I am following the instructions of the Owner of this joint...I'll just forward all the customer complaints to Him. HA!

But seriously...we have gotten so many complaints lately. I understand them and thank you for your emails letting us know. These are not quality issues. They are not liking certain details on the dolls. We use what fabrics we have on hand to meet your requests. That is noted on the website. And I DO make mistakes and try my best to correct them in a Godly manner as they come up. But people getting upset over which side I put a bow in the hair...I will no longer do. I simply can't.

Sometimes people can be so very hurtful. They make accusations about my heart and my God.

My God knows me and my heart. I long to one day stand before Him and strive hear those wonderful words..."well done good and faithful servant". He is the only one I fear.

So please let me say {in love} loud and clear for all the world to hear...

THIS is my heart....

The purpose of these dolls: To be used as a tool to teach your children the Word of God and the hope we have in Jesus Christ. To spread the word of God...one doll at a time -That's it.

That's my heart, that's my mission and that's what we will continue to do.

"Wherever you are, be all there" and to that I say....Yes, Lord.

aka...Tina

Prayer Requests

Let us Pray for one another....
We are dedicating Wednesday's to prayer.

How can we be praying for you?

"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints" Ephesians 6:18

Please continue to pray over the requests (and praise!) from last week:

Leah-
I have been blessed in so many ways this year with a healthy baby girl in february! But a girl I went to school with had a little boy in may he was born with esophageal atresia with TEF and had to have surgery at just a day... old. He was doing was doing well at home until a few weeks ago he has had a hard time this past few weeks! Him and his family have been on my mind a lot lately. Please remember them in your prayers. To read more about there journey her blog is lindseyandphil.blogspot.com. thanks so much and God bless!


Stephanie-
WE HAVE A UPWARDS FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE HOSTED BY OUR CHURCH..TEAM PLACEMENT WAS DECIDED LAST WEEKEND BY LETTING THE KIDS DO BASIC DRILLS..THERE WAS A 12 YEAR OLD BOY THERE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CHURCH THAT HIM AND HIS FAMILY REGULARLY ATTEND.....HE WAS RUNNING DURING ONE OF THE DRILLS HE FELL TO THE GROUND FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND IT WAS BELIEVED WHEN THE AMBLULANCE TOOK HIM AWAY THAT HE BROKE HIS LEG..COME TO FIND OUT, HE DID, BUT IT WAS DUE TO TUMORS THAT WERE IN HIS BONES GROWING OUTWARD..IT CAUSED THE BREAKS..BUT HAD THAT NOT HAPPENED, THEY MAY HAVE NEVER REALIZED HE HAD THE TUMORS..THEY ARE DOING TESTING NOW TO DETERMINE IF IT IS CANCEROUS..PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM AND ALSO HIS FAMILY FOR THIS NOT TO BE CANCER, AND FOR THEM TO FIND A CHURCH HOME.

Steve-
we need a financial miracle! Steve still hasnt found a job and for some unknown reason, i should have gotten my $600.00 welfare check and the automated call shows we are cancelled. We should not be canceled all our paper work is in! IM SUFF...ERING ANXIETY DUE TO ALL THE STRESS. please pray for all the hardship we are going through IM NOT STRONG ENOUGH ANY MORE. I mean 600. per month for a family of 4 to live off of is not much with a 900. Rent PLEASE pray my landlord give us mercy. They have been for sooo long so please pray. Im tired of this bottomless dark pit we are living in. WE NEED GOD AND A MIRACLE! im going bannanas LITERALLY!

Tracy-
I just left my Li'l E at her first day of preschool. It was ugly. She FREAKED out. Please pray for her to adjust well and have peace. Pray for me to be consistent and loving and responsive. Pray for her to not regress to some of her most anxious behaviors over this new change...

Stephanie-
JUST WANTED TO REPORT THIS MORNING THAT MY M-I-L SAID THAT LAST NIGHT AT CHURCH THEY REPORTED ON THE LIL' BOY I SPOKE ABOVE ABOUT WITH THE POSSIBLE CANCER..HE WAS IN SURGERY YESTERDAY..THEY REMOVED ALL THE TUMORS OUT OF HIS BONES IN HIS LEGS..AND THEY ALL WERE BENIGN (SP?) PRAISE THE LORD!!!


So how can we be in prayer for you?
Please share and please pray...



Please leave your requests below~

Marvelous...um...Tuesday!

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday weekend!

It sure doesn't feel like Tuesday today and though I love having an extra day it often leaves the rest of the week in confusing caos! =)

We do have a winner however for last weeks Yay...Free Friday!
It is..............

Chelsey said...
I would love to win! Thanks for Free Fridays!

Congratulations Miss Chelsey! I will get your voucher information sent over asap!

Have a wonderful TUESDAY everyone!

Yay...Free Friday!

We are giving away another $56.00

to spend at babybeblesseddolls.com !!

The Rules!
You will receive one chance for leaving a comment under this post.

Additional chances for the following:
A blog post, Our button on your site, If you are a follower of this blog, facebook mention, Twitter RT, AND if you make a donation to our Give a Blessing over the weekend! {this is separate and in addition from our GaB giveaway. Forward your chipin AND leave a comment here}

*please leave a separate comment for each... for example if you blog and have our button on your site that will be two separate comment entries- #1 I blogged, #2 I have your btn. This makes it SO much easier to choose the winner and make sure I don't miss any one's extra entries!

I pray you each have a wonderful weekend!

Spend time with the Lord and your families....