Prayerful Support

My brothers, tomorrow we begin the series “31 Days of Prayer for Your Husband”

Let us be thankful for the women who pray for us and let us also pray for ourselves. Let the Lord know we are unified in our praise and in our petitions for his continued blessings to make us the men we must be to lead our families and reflect him from whom all blessings come.

Bruce 

Boaz Ministries

Womanthread

Boaz Ministries 

inspired by the Poet, Arlene Hunter

Among the sistas
there’s a singular tie that pulls and binds
and keeps our hearts and souls together

Getting to the good part

My sista/friend calls it “Womanthread”

And I am ever mindful of the struggles we endure
where I work
at my church
in my neighborhood
I see us
Smiling, caring, carrying, bearing
Keeping our heads up when life presents its drama
Our backs grow tired sometimes,
We bend, but do not break
Our hearts may ache a while
And we’ll sacrifice for love’s sake

My sistas stay strong against incredible odds
My sistas pray long to an awesome God

Searching for that good part

This is for my sistas, for us today
And all our tomorrows
I embrace us in our woman-ness
Threading joy clean through our sorrows

Bridget Edwards, © 2013
excerpted from the poem "Getting To The Good Part"
from, Come, Joy! Songs from the soft of night
(PublishAmerica © 2005)

A Praying Woman

As we enter into the month of July, I invite all women to join us as we access the Power that brings about transformation and healing through prayer over our men, our husbands.

Boaz Ministries

31 Days of Prayer for Your Husband

It’s me, it’s me, it’s me Oh Lord…

Beginning July 1st we will begin the series “31 Days of Prayer for Your Husband”. These short powerful prayers have been compiled from various web sites, which we will present as we did in October 2012 in the series “31 Days of Prayer for Your Wife”.

As a husband, I’ll be the first to say I am in constant need of prayer so that I may be lifted up and strengthened to be the man and husband God intends for me to be. We hope you will join us each day and share these prayers, of which every man and husband stands in need.

Bruce
Boaz Ministries

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To the fathers

 


We celebrate our men as fathers and father figures this Father's Day, 2013! We appreciate you!

B&B Edwards

Boaz Ministries 

Dad's Day

Boaz Ministries

Brothers, what will determine how good or how bad your Dad’s Day will be?

I say “Dad’s Day” because there are millions of father’s in the world who are clueless about what that really means. Being a father requires only our sperm to fertilize the egg of a human female for us to father a child. Being a dad and to be celebrated for it requires much, much more and these are the things that are of former, current and future importance in the lives of our children.

Yes we will get gifts, everything from a shirt and tie combo we hate to any number of obligatory gifts from the least to the most expensive. These things are nice and it is a tradition we should look forward to. However, if a once a year gift given on “Father’s Day” is the only recognition we will receive from our children, then we have failed in our “dadly” duties or we need to re-evaluate just what we have done and are doing in our relationships with our children.

The one sure-fire way to determine if we should be honored and celebrated Sunday is to wake up, look in the mirror and ask a few questions about our relationships with our children. If we can honestly say that we have unselfishly cared for and provided for their well-being without complaint or compromise; if we can say without question or pause that we have, and will always have time for them no matter how old they become or what their station in life; if we have consistently and lovingly taught them what is good and how to go about being a righteous person; if we have encouraged them to love and trust God; if they know that we are always proud of their accomplishments and always aware that they are not perfect; if they respect and trust us even though we as men are not perfect; if they are pleased with how we treat their mother; if they consistently look to us for guidance and we give it without judgment, then we will have a great Dad’s Day.

I pray that on Sunday morning each of us can walk away from the mirror with a smile on our faces knowing the Lord is pleased with how we have handled the great responsibility of being a dad after we have become fathers.

Have a great Dad’s Day my brothers,

Bruce