April Motl
April Motl is a pastor’s wife, homeschool mom, and women’s ministry director. When she’s not waist-deep in the joys and jobs of motherhood, being a wife, and serving at church, she writes and teaches for women. You can find more encouraging resources from April at MotlMinistries.com and on Amazon.
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How to Manage Financial Stress During the Holidays
Overspending, especially during the holidays, is easy for us all! One of the ways I have found to curb some of the struggle is to discover what is driving the perceived need to spend more than God...Monday, November 11, 2024
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4 Simple Ways Gratitude Can Save Your Marriage
When we were first married, I had a list of marriage do’s and don’ts that I had curated from books, Christian conferences, and more seasoned mentors. I’m not sure whether it was selective hearing...Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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5 Ways to Steer Your Teen's Dating Life Without Dictating It
Finding a spouse is arguably the single most life-impacting event we experience after following Christ. So, it makes sense that, as parents, we want to set our kids up for the best success possible...Monday, July 15, 2024
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5 Ways to Seek Strength from God as a New Mom
Motherhood greets us in a variety of places and stages in life. Some of us welcomed babies into our arms when we weren’t expecting to or with emergency health concerns we never saw coming. Others...Monday, July 15, 2024
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4 Ways Women Can Practice Seeing Themselves as God Sees Them
I can see in Scripture where lashing out harshly at my son is sinful. I can see in Scripture where gossiping to a friend is sinful. But somehow, it is so much easier not to see my running...Monday, June 17, 2024
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5 Ways Senior Women Can Be a Blessing to Others
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands,...Friday, May 17, 2024
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4 Ways to Invest in Your Marriage When You’re Exhausted
Some articles estimate that a middle-class American works more than a Medieval peasant. While my brain stretches to imagine how that is possible when one had to scrub clothes against a washboard or...Thursday, May 16, 2024
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5 Ways to Love Your Pregnant Wife
No matter how much a baby has been prayed for or wanted, there's no way around the profound ways pregnancy and having a baby change the marriage relationship! Many of the changes are wonderful!...Friday, May 10, 2024
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What Is the Importance of the Triumphal Entry?
Choosing a donkey held symbolism for Jesus because, in those days, kings rode donkeys. He was coming into Jerusalem humbly but also showing His connection to Davidic royalty. His reign would be...Thursday, February 15, 2024
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How Does God Want Me to Live My Life?
Being joyful in Christ, peaceful in Christ, and whole and abundant in Him alone is terribly important to the rest of our actions to seek His kingdom first. My walk with God has always been much...Monday, February 12, 2024
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3 Sneaky Ways Satan Tries to Harm Christian Marriages
Marriage and family are meant to be a picture of God’s love for us. Because these relationships were designed to glorify God, they have always been subject to the enemy’s attack. Way back in...Friday, February 9, 2024
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Comforting Bible Verses for Those Feeling Alone This Christmas
The holidays have a heavy way of stirring feelings of loneliness. Whether it’s the loneliness of being single or not having children, maybe the grief of lost loved ones or broken relationships, the...Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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3 Beautiful Ways Senior Women Minister to Younger Women
Especially in my teens and twenties, I was blessed with some amazing spiritual moms, aunties, big sisters—a whole bouquet of more seasoned women that blessed my steps along the journey to becoming...Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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How to Create Meaningful Thanksgiving Traditions in Your Family
While traditions create a beautiful sense of unity and stability, many get altered as family members pass on and new members join the family. To me, that’s the beauty of Thanksgiving! The...Monday, November 13, 2023
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What is the Full Armor of God? Bible Guide for Each Piece
The armor of God is an illustration in the Bible that reminds Christians about the reality of spiritual battle and describes the protection available to them. Each piece of armor has a distinct...Friday, November 10, 2023
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How to Love and Support Your Spouse When They Are Grieving
My husband has also been through a significant number of tragic losses. I've walked these "valleys of the shadow of death" with him. More than anything, I wished I could create a grief-lifter-type...Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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Helping Your Spouse Through Seasons of Stress
Life is inevitably full of things that add up to stress. How we handle the emotion of it all makes or breaks us as individuals and as a couple.Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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What Does the Bible Say about Bitterness?
One of the keys to protecting our hearts from bitterness and making sure we are pursuing peace with everyone, like God would want, is to pray blessings over people, especially the ones who have...Wednesday, August 30, 2023