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Hey there! I’m Jodie, and I’m glad you’re here. I’m a wife, a mom, and a writer who thinks God is infinitely tender, infinitely strong, and infinitely the reason we can lives marked grace, purpose, and joy. He’s pretty amazing, and nothing make happier to talk about him with friends like you! Read More

On the Blog

Does God really want to hear us complain?

October 22, 2021

The Lord is good to those who wait for him (Lamentations 3:25)

Be Expectant: Four Things to Help You Wait Well

October 15, 2021

Robbie and Mary - Before Marriage

Marriage (and how I’m praying for my boy + his bride)

September 24, 2021

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Does God really want to hear us complain? 😳 . @

Does God really want to hear us complain? 😳
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@valmariepaper says yes - but it’s not cuz he loves “the drama.” It’s cuz he loves US - and he knows he’s the only one who can redeem our complaints, comfort us in our lament, and change our hearts!
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More on the blog - link in bio.
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#prayer #lament #pray confidently + consistently
@valwoerner

Why pray? If God loves us and can do whatever he w

Why pray? If God loves us and can do whatever he wants, can’t we just trust him to deliver? And why is prayer so hard sometimes??? 🤔
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These are just a few of the questions @valwoerner tackles in her 🔥 new book, PRAY CONFIDENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY. I’ll be chatting with Val on Wednesday 10/20 at noon ET (watch live or later on IGTV)…and if there are any questions YOU want me to ask her - like “Why do I get so distracted?” 🙋‍♀️- drop em in the comments!
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#pray #IGLive #newbook #prayer #howtopray

Welcome home, Grayson. We’ve been waiting for yo

Welcome home, Grayson. We’ve been waiting for you. 🥰
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Grayson Curtis Cole was born on 10/10. His life will forever remind me of John 10:10 (a perfect birth-date verse) and Christ’s promise of “life to the full.” And also of Lamentations 3:25, that God is good to those who wait for him. 💙 So good.
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…And P.S. a belated HBD to @geoffcole. 🎂 Could there be a better gift than bringing a BABY home from the hospital on your BIRTHDAY?? (You know you’re excited to try the Flashlight Gloves for those 2AM diaper changes… I love being your MIL. 😉)
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#welcomebaby #john1010 #family #dadgifts

I don’t know which description of PRAYER I like

I don’t know which description of PRAYER I like better: “The mother of a thousand blessings” or a power that has “arrested the progress of the thunderbolt.”
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What phrase in this quote from St. John Chrysostom (whose work you are no doubt familiar with 😉) captivates you? Do tell! 👇

(P.S. “Bridled the rage of lions” is def up there…who writes like that?? #Goals)

Happy October! May you see God’s bounty this mon

Happy October! May you see God’s bounty this month and “come home laughing, with armloads of blessing.” 🥰
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#prayingthescriptures #october #harvest #doitagain

Every good and perfect gift. 💕 . . . 📷 @jenf

Every good and perfect gift. 💕
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📷 @jenfariello we love you!
#wedding #marriage #charlottesville #virginiawedding #pippinhill #everlastinglove #family #grateful #answertoprayer #immeasurablymore

Tomorrow it’s WEDDING BELLS for these two - and

Tomorrow it’s WEDDING BELLS for these two - and we could not be more grateful to God!
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If you want to know what I am praying for Robbie and Mary today, click the blog link in my bio - and feel free to borrow the prayers for your kids’ current or future marriages (or your own!)
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#marriage #marriageprayers #prayingthescriptures #weddingweekend

You might have prayed for something and then, when

You might have prayed for something and then, when it didn’t happen, maybe you stopped - thinking God didn’t want to answer that prayer, for whatever reason.

But God’s answers continue to unfold, long after we finish praying. Weeks, months, and years later.

Generations, even.

And even if we have stopped consciously praying, the Holy Spirit in us never does. He is always praying for us, helping us, lifting our needs before God - sometimes in ways that go beyond words. (Romans 8:26-27)

I’m teasing this out on the blog this week as we look at how years-long prayers for our children find their fulfillment in God’s perfect way, and in his perfect timing.

The post goes live on 9/24. It’s a personal one, born out of a heart that’s overflowing with gratitude to a God whose answers are always “immeasurably more.” 💕
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(The blog will show up in my bio, or get it via email by subscribing at JodieBerndt.com)
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#prayer #prayingthescriptures #Godstiming #immeasurablymore

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