Busy Moms Christian Homes

Mama, have you ever wondered if all the laundry, dishes, cleaning, and endless household tasks really matter? Homemaking can feel exhausting and repetitive, but the work you do in your home has a greater purpose.
In this episode, we’re exploring why homemaking matters and how you can approach your daily responsibilities with joy instead of frustration. We’ll talk about remembering who you’re serving, seeing your home as a place of ministry, and trusting that God can use even the smallest everyday moments to plant seeds of faith in your children.
Your children are watching and listening as you go about your day. From singing praises while you fold laundry to praying for strength when you feel overwhelmed, your ordinary routines can become opportunities to point your family toward Jesus. Your work matters, Mama, and God can use it to bear fruit in your home for years to come.
Read this blog post - Why Your Homemaking Matters 
Read about the habits I have in my home - 5 Habits for a Christian Home
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Mama, your home is more than just a place to live. It’s a space where your faith can be lived out every day, and prayer is one way to invite God into the everyday moments of family life.
In this episode, we’re talking about why it’s so important to pray for your home daily, asking God for protection and inviting the Holy Spirit into the spaces where you live, work, rest, and raise your children. We’ll explore how praying ahead of time helps prepare your heart and mind, reminding you to turn to God for wisdom and guidance when challenges arise.
Your Christian life doesn’t stop when you close your Bible. It carries into how you care for your family, respond to difficult situations, and create an environment rooted in faith. Through intentional prayer and Scripture, you can prepare your home and family for whatever each day brings, trusting God to be your refuge and strength.
Resources:
For prayers to pray over your home, grab my 30-day guide Pray Over Your Home
Pray Protection Over Your Home From Spiritual Attack
Why You Should Pray for Your Home and Family

Motherhood is joyful, exhausting, and full of change. Walking with God helps us navigate every season with faith, patience, and strength.
In this episode, Alyssa shares five practical ways to strengthen your walk with God, from surrendering your frustrations and praying over your journey to spending time in Scripture, talking with God throughout the day, and ending your day in prayer.
Walking with God isn’t another task to check off your to-do list. It’s learning to take every step with Him, inviting His presence into the ordinary moments of motherhood and building a home rooted in faith.
Check out these resources:
Walking With God
How to Know If God Is Listening
Who Does God Say You Am?
 
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Have you ever wondered if you’re praying wrong—or if God is even listening?
In this episode, we’re talking about prayer, why it can sometimes feel like God is silent, and how to keep seeking Him when you don’t have an immediate answer. We’ll look at the importance of praying consistently, studying Scripture, listening for the Holy Spirit, and being willing to hear God’s answer—even when it’s different from what we hoped for.
Prayer isn’t about finding the perfect words. It’s about coming before God with an open heart, surrendering our desires, and trusting Him with the answer.
 
Next steps:
Read Am I Praying Right? How to Know If God Is Listening
Read God Doesn't Give the Desires of Your Heart
Get the guide Pray Over Your Home

Life changes constantly. Seasons change, motherhood changes, and we change—but God does not.
In this episode, we’re talking about the comfort of serving a God who is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Whether you’re in a season of uncertainty, waiting, loneliness, joy, or change, His love, goodness, grace, and faithfulness remain the same.
Whatever season you’re walking through right now, you can trust that God is with you and that His plans are good.
 
Check out these resources:
When Life Changes, God Does Not
When Prayer Feels Empty
Reminder of God's Gentle Leading
 
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As moms, our instinct is to protect everyone else first. But when it comes to spiritual warfare, we need to put our own “prayer mask” on first.
In this episode, we’re talking about praying protection over yourself, surrendering your fears and burdens to God, and asking the Holy Spirit to reveal where you need His protection. From there, you can pray over your family and your home with a clearer heart and mind.
You don’t have to be a perfect mom. You can come to God broken, tired, and imperfect—and ask Him to give you the strength, wisdom, and grace you need.
 
Next steps:
Read "Praying Protection Over Your Home" for the prayers you can use.
Check out "Praying Psalm 91 Over Your Home."
Grab my 30 day guide "Pray Over Your Home."

Fall is here, and it’s time to make your home feel cozy and welcoming without spending a fortune!
In this episode, we’re talking about simple, budget-friendly ways to decorate for fall using what you already have, thrifted and dollar-store finds, natural items from outside, and decor you can reuse year after year.
We’ll also talk about being good stewards of what God has given us while still enjoying the creativity and beauty He’s placed in our hearts.
Check out all my ideas and free downloads HERE.
And because I'm not a Halloween mom (and maybe you aren't one either), read THIS.
Grab your tea and let’s get your home ready for fall—without overspending!

Hey Mama! We're back into September routines — whether that's back to school, back to homeschool, or just back to reality. Lunchtime can feel a little icky for kids: they're hungry, tired, and sometimes just need a pick-me-up in the middle of the day to remind them they're loved.
In this episode I'm sharing 15 lunchbox notes (10 general + 5 for the harder days) you can tuck into your kids' lunch — most are tied to scripture, a few are just things I say to my own boys. These are things you can write on a post-it, reuse whenever you need them, and keep in your back pocket for the monotonous stretches later in the year when routines start to feel boring.
We'll talk about:
15 lunchbox notes you can send today (grab the full list + verses on the blog)
Why filling your kids' love cups matters, especially when you can't be there with them
Praying over your child's lunchbox as you pack it
The High-Low-Buffalo way to talk about their day when they get home
A reminder to fill your own cup too, Mama — you can't pour from empty
You've got this, Mama. Grab your tea, hit play, and let's get into it.
Want more? Check out Pray Over Your Home — a simple 30-day guide to help you pray with confidence and cover your home and family every day. Link in the show notes.
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Sometimes faith is hardest when God allows something we love to be taken away.
In this personal episode, Alyssa shares the story of losing her beloved horse, mAJor, and how she came to see that God had given him to her for a season—and then took him away when she could no longer carry everything he represented.
Drawing from Job 1:21, Alyssa reflects on what it means to trust that God is good both when He gives and when He takes away. If you're walking through grief, change, or a season that feels like more than you can handle, this episode is a reminder that you were never meant to carry it all alone.
Scripture: Job 1:21
Resource: Pray Over Your Home — a 30-day guide to help you consistently pray over your home and family.
For more, check out my website www.littlebitoflavender.ca
 
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Does God give you the desires of your heart? Psalm 37:4 can sound like a promise that God will give us whatever we ask for—but there’s much more to this verse.
In this episode, we unpack what it means to delight in the Lord, align our hearts with His will, and bring our desires and struggles to God through prayer. We’ll also look at James 1:6–8 and talk about how we can teach our children to pray with faith while trusting God’s plans above our own.
If you’re learning to deepen your relationship with God and build a home rooted in prayer and biblical truth, this episode is for you.
In this episode:
What Psalm 37:4 really means
How our desires change when we draw closer to God
Why we can bring our everyday needs and struggles to God
How to pray for God’s direction instead of treating prayer like a wish list
Teaching our children about prayer and faith
Grab my 30 day guide "Pray Over Your Home" and start today.
Read this post for more on God giving the desires of our hearts.
 
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