Let us pray and stand strong together!!

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Let us pray together....
We have so much power in Jesus Christ! More than we will ever realize this side of heaven! Let's grab hold of that power! Let's resist and fight the enemy and the fearful strongholds he has on us. We are here with you! Let us all pray! Let us stand strong together!!

Too Cute...Tuesday!

We were in the doctor's office for Hadley's 2 year appointment

& she was checking out her baby's scripture patch.

Thank you Baby be Blessed for your wonderful ministry.

"For I know the plans I have for you,"

declares the Lord,

"plans to prosper you and not to harm you,

plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 20:11

Thank you so very much for sharing...

Hadley is simply ADORABLE!

{If you have a picture to share on Too...Cute Tuesday, please email them to babybeblessed@gmail.com .~Thank you so much for sharing your family with us!}
When emailing your photo's you are giving BbB permission to post them on our blog and website.

Marvelous Monday!

THE WINNER IS....


Keshia said...
I SOO want one of these for my son!

CONGRATULATIONS!!



Thanks for every single one who entered!
Make sure to come back on Friday for another chance!!

Yay...Free Friday!

It's another FREE FRIDAY!!

And this week we are giving away another Baby be Blessed Gift Certificates worth $56.00!

Want a chance at winning it??

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!

~ENJOY your weekend!!

We will be back on Monday with the winner!!

Prayer Requests

Let us pray for one another!


"The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth." Psalm 145:18

"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." Matthew 21:22

"Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:13-14

"This I command you, that you love one another." John 15:17




Lord, let us join together as one body today. Allow us to freely share our burdens here Father...knowing and trusting that you hold every one in your mighty hand. Allow this to also be a place of praise, as you are always working around us. Let praise continually be in our mouth Lord...even in the tough times. Father we love you, and I PRAISE you for the opportunity to enter your throne room with the many that I love and care for. We raise our hands, hearts and lives to you. In JESUS name, Amen.

Too Cute...Tuesday!

Here are pictures of 8 month old Madelynn on her dedication day.

The doll is from her Aunt Noell!

Thank you so much!

Michelle

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Madelynn is so beautiful! I just love her pink dress!

Thanks so much for sharing Michelle! Give her some big smooshes from us!!

{If you have a picture to share on Too...Cute Tuesday, please email them to babybeblessed@gmail.com .~Thank you so much for sharing your family with us!}
When emailing your photo's you are giving BbB permission to post them on our blog and website.

Marvelous Monday

You are simply the best!!

Guess WHAT??!! $432.00!!! THAT'S WHAT!

What an amazing blessing to just send over $432.00 to Ana Maria!

Let's say that again......$432.00!!

A HUGE THANK YOU to the wonderful 14 people that made such generous donations to this sweet girl! ~We love you so much for it!

We also want to thank the previous contributors prior to this giveaway!

Thank you ~ Thank you!!

It truly is the body of Christ working together! We ask that you would please pray for Ana Maria and please keep spreading the word about Giving a Blessing to her this month!

We are $300 away from our goal!! Whoo Hoo!!

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And now the winner of the giveaway......

{Drum roll please!}

Ms. Amy Wilkerson! YOU have won our $56.00 BbB Gift Certificate and also the beautiful necklace from The Pearls of Wisdom!

~Again, we thank each and every one of you!
You ARE the best!!

Yay...Free Friday!

We are so excited about our Giveaway this week!!

This week we are giving away another $56 Baby be Blessed Gift Certificate AND a beautiful necklace donated by The Pearls of Wisdom!

This necklace has a 1.25" sterling silver washer that is carefully hand stamped with "beloved, let us love one another". A white coin pearl dangles in the middle to give it a classy finishing touch.

Isn't it beautiful?

To enter, please make a donation to our Give a Blessing recipient Ana Maria through the chipin below. Each dollar equals a chance at winning!

We set it up separately because we will be able to see who and how much was donated directly for the giveaway. Monday we will roll the funds over to her direct chipin on the left sidebar.

Thanks so much!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Ruth...Online Bible Study!

Have you heard of the Bible Cafe for Women??

CLICK HERE to check it out!

I found this website through a friends blog and I fell in love! Isn't it awesome?! I just love the idea of women all over the world doing a bible study together!

We're running close to June 22nd, but you still have time to order your book. I signed up and ordered my book this morning. How about you? Will go through this study with us as well??

Hurry!! Go and sign up!
If you do, please let us know. We would love to share thoughts and keep in touch throughout the study!

Have fun and be blessed!!

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

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Simple Truth -by Leslie Ludy
Being a mother is truly the most intense, exhausting, demanding, exhilarating task I’ve ever undertaken. It’s funny how speaking in front massive crowds or writing a book that I know will be read by thousands suddenly seems like no big deal next to the challenge of training and discipling four mischievous little munchkins with sticky faces! In the process of leading my little ones toward God’s patterns, I’ve been reminded afresh of some very simple Gospel truths – so simple that even preschoolers understand them – yet so simple that many of us overlook them in our daily lives! For example…

Love is not rude…(1 Cor 13:5)

Such a basic truth of the Gospel – even children can grasp the meaning of this principle. And yet, how many of us as Christian adults adopt rudeness toward others in our daily life? We are having a bad day, so we take it out on everyone around us. We are tired or feeling stressed, so we snap at a family member. Someone offends us, so we fire off an email full of harsh criticism in response. We are in a hurry, so we cut in front of someone pretending not to notice them. And it’s especially easy to adopt a rude attitude toward those we live with. But as a Christian man once said – you are only as holy as you are in your home! For many of us, that’s a sobering thought.

Love does not seek it’s own (1 Cor 13:4)

We teach this principle to children, but as adults, it’s easy to breeze right by this simple exhortation. How easily we become caught up in our own interests, our own expectations, and our own agendas! I have been laboring to teach my little ones that God’s love puts others first. God’s love is not caught up in self. God’s love is selfless – constantly seeking to take the lowest place, rather than demanding his own way.

Hudson, my five-year-old is beginning to learn these principles in small ways – letting his younger sister have the first turn on the slide, letting her choose the sippy cup she wants instead of demanding it for himself, or learning to speak kindly instead of rudely when his younger sibling takes the toy he wanted.

As I challenge my children in these areas, I’ve been reminded afresh of the most basic truths of Christian honor – and inspired afresh to showcase that honor even in the simplest areas of my life – by the enabling power of God. What an amazing impact Christians could make upon this world if we consistently lived out the most basic truths of God’s Word!

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Hmmm...the most basic truths of God's Word. Seems so simple but can be so very hard. They go against the grain of our sinful flesh. But that is where Christ wants to set us free! We stand in His strength "by the enabling power of God" and Wow....

I loved this article and it frequently came back to my mind so I wanted to share it with you.

Challenge your children! Challenge yourself!!

Watch out world....here we come!

Give a Blessing to Ana!

Ana Maria




This is a just a small glimpse of what Ana deals with...
what her room looks like...
and how sweet she is.

Did you know?

Ana's medications cost us around $3,800.00 per year?
These are medications insurance will NOT pay for.

Also, they are waiting to see if they have to go to a more specialized neuropathy center and just the cost to travel is much.

If the Lord places it on your heart, please make a donation to Ana.

If it is only one dollar or five...together, it all adds up to be much!

Too Cute...Tuesday

We just got our doll last week and Sullivan LOVES it! It came during nap time so Daddy put it beside her in bed. She was so excited when she woke up! They have been inseparable- church, Nana and Papa's, the grocery store. It seems that Sullivan has a new best friend!

Thank you so much, she is beautiful.

Chelsea Price

Awe...you can see the love in her eyes! Thank you so much for sending in pictures of your precious Sullivan, Chelsea!

{If you have a picture to share on Too...Cute Tuesday, please email them to babybeblessed@gmail.com .~Thank you so much for sharing your family with us!}
When emailing your photo's you are giving BbB permission to post them on our blog and website.

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~Winner of yesterday's Giveaway is.............

Anne and Andy said...
I am a blog follower.

Congratulations! Enjoy your Gift Certificate!!

Yay...Free Monday! =)

Thank you all for being so sweet about Yay...Free Friday!

Last week was VBS so it was crazy busy but a wonderful blessing! Please pray for the young hearts that accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior! I see their little faces in my mind....God is amazing!

So! We are starting off the week with a Yay...FREE MONDAY!!
A Baby be Blessed Gift Certificate worth $56.00!

HOW TO ENTER:
You will receive One chance for leaving a comment under this post and additional chances for:

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! {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!

Hope everyone has a joyous Monday!!
The winner will be announced tomorrow morning!

Prayer Requests

Let us pray for one another!

"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." Luke 11:9

We would love to pray for you! Please share below and we will be honored to spend some time in prayer over each and every request.

Too Cute...Tuesday!

Hi! Yesterday was my sweet Allison's first birthday, and she got a precious
Baby be blessed doll. She LOVES IT!! :) ~Libby Christiansen

"Be Strong and Courageous.

Do not be terrified;

do not be discouraged,

for the LORD your God

will be with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:9

Hope you had a wonderful Birthday Allison!

You are one beautiful little girl!!

Marvelous Monday!

It's a Marvelous Monday!! =)

Thanks for your patience! It has been a busy day!

We've started VBS (round #1) for the year and so this morning was packed full of praising God through Word, Craft and Song! It was such a blessing and I look forward to tomorrow!

SO...(drum roll please =)......the winner of Yay Free Friday is?????

Daughter of the King said...
Thank you BbB for your generosity!!
mamamacathy@comcast.net
June 4, 2010 8:16 AM

Congratulations!!
I will email you right now!

Have a wonderful day!!

Yay...Free Friday!!

WHOO HOO!!

It's YAY...FREE FRIDAY!!

We Love FREE FRIDAY'S!!

And we LOVE giving away Baby be Blessed Gift Certificates worth $56.00!

YAY!!

Want a chance at winning it??

Well, the rules are pretty much the same as every week!

One chance for leaving a comment under this post and additional chances for:

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!

~ENJOY your weekend!!

We will be back on Monday with the winner!!

Prayer Requests

Let us pray for one another!

"This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." 1 John 5:14-15


Misty Leigh Newsome~ My nephew, Baby Jack, is over 3 months old and still in the NICU after being born at 25 weeks, 6 days. He lost his twin brother Ben at 6 days old, and he's been fighting ever since. He was born at 1 pound, 12 ounces, and is now well over 6 pounds. He had to have bowel perforation surgery on 5/11 and will have a 2nd surgery in early July. ... See MoreHowever, yesterday he came down with an infection and had to put back in level 3 and incubated. Please pray for healing over this recent development. My sister's blog is: http://mattandbaileywalkup.blogspot.com/

*Please pray for our Give a Blessing recipient this month~ Ana Maria
http://www.helpcureanamaria.com/

Please continue to pray for~
* Please pray for my friend Jill who is also working through health issues...

*Pray for Ben RickettsPlease look @ my FB page and read about baby Ben. Im saddened to say that baby Ben is now a little angel in Heaven last night.

*That we would know our next steps in life, whether it be fostering or adopting or something else that we do not know of yet.

*Struggling with infertility for 2 years. unexplained. Husband deploying to Afghanistan this summer. Please pray for protection.

*Pray for Laken Mia..born yesterday with a heart defect. Will require surgery soon...possibly a transplant.

*Please pray for my pregnancy and that we see a heartbeat on Monday and for our friends son Parker L. who is fighting cancer.

*For my sister as she ends this somewhat abusive relationship. Let her feel loved and not alone.

Pam Gribble Starratt ~The family of 4 year old Chrissie Patterson. She passed away last week after a very brave fight with having risky heart surgery to repair defects. The blog is All Are Precious In His Sight.

Danae 'Leali' Hudson ~For Ronelle, Vashti, Evan and Caitlin, and Steve

Teresa Armstrong Moore ~cheyenne may she have her path illuminated.

Lea Wilkerson Thomas ~Please pray for my little cousin, Brady Northern. He turns 4 on June 8th and has recently finished chemo for a brain tumor. His MRI last week showed that the disease has spread and there are no more curing options. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/bradynorthern/journal

Sherry Loftis Gould ~for a young lady pregnant (4th time) and a drug user.

Angie Erin Garay ~The family of Danny Tomlinson. He goes to my church and he got swept away here in Nashville by the flood waters 3 weeks ago. Family, friends, strangers, church members, and rescue squads search for him daily. Please pray that he is found so the family can have some closure.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=118093348220472&ref=ts

Anne Lockard-Heirigs ~That my husband and I get a court date in Russia to bring our baby girl home and out of that orphanage. For all the other orphans that they find their new families.

~Please also pray along with us for God's blessing concerning family salvation's, marriages, our children, health issues, jobs and finances...and so many other unspoken burdens on hearts.

Praying in faith!

{Please add your prayer requests below}

Give a Blessing

I would like to introduce to you our Give a Blessing recepient for the month of June!

Miss Ana Maria!!

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About Ana...
Ana has Oxidative Phosphorylation Complex I Defect. Ana's defect is a primary Mitochondrial Disease. Ana's only chance for a cure is through God. Please consider praying for Ana on a daily basis.

{From Ana's Mommy}
God always amazes me. We are in need of prayer. We are asking God to guide us and the doctors in making the best decision about Ana's neuropathy pain. In the coming month or so she will undergo a brain and spine MRI along with a lumbar puncture to see if we can get more information about what might be causing the new issues. We are working with the doctors on where to take her for the neuropathy... they are recommending a special neuropathy clinic at a major neurology center... they haven't said exactly where yet. Everyone is a bit scared about anesthesia for the tests as she had a bad time last time she got it. We have started raising money, so that when the decision is made about where to take her we don't have to worry about the financial aspect of it.


Please visit their blog by clicking HERE.

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Here's how you can help...

~SEEK Be still and pray. How does God want to use you?
~PRAY! Visit their website and let them know you are praying!
~DONATE! Every penny adds up to make a difference!!

{If you can only donate $5 -PLEASE do so!!}
~SPREAD THE WORD!! Grab a copy of the chipin widget below and place it on your blog/website!!



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Give a Blessing Giveaway!

For each dollar that you donate, you will receive a number or chance to win our giveaway! For example if you donate $5 you will receive 5 numbers or chances.

All the donations go directly to the family so you will have to forward your chipin pmt confirmation to us to be entered. Once received, Laura will send you numbers which is how we will draw the winner.

What could you win?!

First Place Winner...
A Baby be Blessed Gift Certificate!
$56.00 value


Second Place Winner...
A FREE Tee of your choice (Youth or Adult) from Wild Olive!!
This includes shipping and tax, US only.


Third Place Winner...
A FREE bow of your choice at Sugar -n- Spice Boutique!!
This includes shipping and tax, US only

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Would you join with us to help sweet Ana Maria?
I pray that you would....

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."
1 John:11

Too Cute...Tuesday!

We ordered Ellie's doll to give her when her baby brother was born. She loves her dearly and sleeps with her every night! We are so touched by your ministry that we have ordered two more dolls as gifts for family and friends and plan on ordering more as well.

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~We're so glad that Ellie loves her doll!! Thank you so much for sending in her pictures (Ellis is simply precious!) and thank you for helping us spread the Word of God through these dolls!