Lori Schumaker

Encouraging women to face the challenges of life with the hope of Christ.

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God Is With You When Others Are Not - Praying for Your Children to Love Each Other Well - 21 Days to Unconditionally Delight in God’s Love {Part 1} - Soaking In the Moments With the Gift of Family - If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us? {A Bible Study Review, Giveaway, and #MOH Link-Up!} - What to Do When You Feel God Has Abandoned You - Are You Missing the Moments That Matter Most? {#MOH Link-Up & Giveaway!} - Moments Make All the Difference :: #MomentsofHope Link Up - Dear Mom, This Is for When You Need to Guard Your Heart {#MOH Link-Up} - To the Woman Pondering the Abortion Debate: This Is My Story {#MomentsofHope} - When You Are Tired of Dealing with Regret {#MOH Link-Up} - Yes! You Are a Miracle and Most Wonderfully Made! {#MOH Link-Up} - Finding the Kind of Hope that Lasts - 63 Years of Loving Well – The Ingredients to a Lasting Marriage - 10 Memorable Bible Verses for the Grateful Heart - When Hope Was Born - Seeing Through the Holiday To-Do List {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - May Your Christmas Be Filled With Hope - How to Plant Hope in the Hearts of Our Children During the Holidays - How Do We Experience A Special Kind of Joy at Christmas? - A Prayer for When You Are Weary {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - A Prayer for Hope When Life Is Difficult - Bible Verses About Adoption That Give You Hope - When Being Grateful Is Not Easy and You Need Encouragement {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When Surrendering Is the Breakthrough We Need {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When Discouragement Threatens Your Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Even When You Feel God Is Not There {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Things Adoption Taught Me about Fighting Fiercely - Thankful for the Miracle of Adoption - Bold Faith and Brave Surrender's Role in the Adoption Journey: Our Story - Adoption: What Can I Do to Help? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Understanding Identity and the Adopted Child: The Effects of Adoption {#ChosenandWorthy} - The Kind of Love That Heals What Is Broken {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The Surrendered Hearts Book Releases Today! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Why Is Praying the Lord's Prayer a Powerful Way to Pray? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Why Do We Pray? And Other Big Questions! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 17 Things Adoption Has Taught Me About Loving Well {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - My 2018 Book Recommendations for Living an Inspired Life! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How to Dribble, Shoot... and Fly on Wings like Eagles - What is the ACTS Prayer Model and How Can It Help Me Pray? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How to Powerfully Use Scripture to Pray Over Your Children - My All-Time Most Popular Posts Offering Christian Encouragement {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - What Does Choosing God Mean to You? {#MomentsofHope Link-up & Giveaway} - A Prayer for Our Children to Follow Jesus {Moments of Hope} - 7 Scriptures to Pray When Your Children Go to School | Hope for the Back-to-School Mom - For the One Who Needs to Move Forward {#MomentsofHope Link-Up & Giveaway} - What I Wish My Younger Self Knew About God-Sized Approval - Bringing Calm Back Into Our Chaos {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Finding Jesus in the Broken Church {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Getting Unstuck : Letting Go of the Past and Choosing to Live Again {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Do I Really Need to Forgive Instead of Get Revenge? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How Prayer Revives our Focus and Brings Clarity {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When People Hurt You {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Motherhood, Encouragement, and Becoming Me: A Video Tribute to Mom - 11 Ways to Encourage Your Husband to Be the Best Dad He Can Be (without nagging!) - Finding Inner Strength from the Pain of Yesterday {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Accepting That Life Isn't Fair (and 5 Things to Do to Overcome the Hurt) {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Victim or Victor? What to Choose When Someone Hurts You {#MomentsofHope} - 7 Reasons Why Connecting to the Ultimate Love Matters {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The One Parent Helpline You Need to Listen To - Learning to Pray Like Mary - How Prayer Unlocks Our Spiritual Eyes {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 7 Ways Prayer Will Make You See Your True Identity {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 13 Things That Hinder an Effective Prayer Life {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Breaking up with Shame: When God's Heart Is Bigger Than Our Sin - 7 Truths That Will Enable You to Get Over Betrayal and Rejection {#MomentsofHope} - Dealing with Rejection, Betrayal, and the Lies of False Guilt - Mother's Day Poem of Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 80 Years and 80 Secrets to Living Life Well - Mom, You Are My Hero - A Brand New Offering! The Longing for More Email Course! {#MomentsofHope} - Hearing God - A Prayer for My Child - Only You Have Been Chosen to Mama This Unique Child - 7 Ways Holy Confidence Makes You a Better Parent - What Emotional Baggage Are You Bringing Up the Mountain? - How Unconditional Grace Transforms Your Relationship - When Our Friendships Need a Reconnection {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How Does a Weary Mom Find Bravery? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up & Book Giveaway} - Christmas Identity: From the Manger to the Cross and Beyond {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Would the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up + Stolen Jesus Book Review and Giveaway} - When Gratitude Is Lost in the Messiness of Life - 10 Ways to Bring Joy to Someone Who is Grieving - Would You Be Brave Enough to Share Your Story? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Who Could Use a Little Bit of Gratitude? Check Out this Roundup of Resources! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up & Free Email Series} - When You Need a Reminder That You Are God's Child - What Christ’s Victory on the Cross Means for Marriage (& 5 Steps to Embracing It!) - Whose Voice Will You Choose to Listen To? - A Prayer for Raising Resilient Children {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Are You Living as Though You Are Redeemed? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When It Feels Like God Has Abandoned You (and 6 Ways to Pursue the Truth) #MomentsofHope Link-Up - Winning the Battle Against Issues of Self Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The Story of Your Scars - Choosing Joy When Everything Falls Apart - When Your Something Better is the Thing You Fear Most - How to Get Unstuck with Grace and Patience - Leaving the Lies of Shame Behind - What Does Your Something Better Look Like? - When Forgiving Yourself Isn’t Easy - How to Build a Lasting Love Story {Marriage Series} - To the Mom Desperately Searching for Balance in Her Out-of-Whack Life | #MomentsofHope Link-Up - Why We Need to Stop Letting Fear Control Our Parenting {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Ways to Get Your Parenting Energy Back {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The Testimony Tour: When Knowing about Jesus Just Isn’t Enough - 3 Truths to Remember When Marriage Gets Hard - When the Roads of Life Lead You Away from Christ - Truth for When Fear Threatens the Special Needs Parent {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How to Return to God When Life Has Pulled Us Away {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Fighting Boldly for Truth When a Broken Past Threatens Your Worth - Uniting Together in Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - On Living Single, the Crazy Things People Say, and God's Beautiful Plan - When Life Is Hard and Marriage Hurts {Rising Above Unhappy Times} - Learning to Trust More Than Before | The Unexplainable Church Review & Giveaway {#MomentsofHope} - What 3 Unremarkable Women of the Bible Have to Do With Your Self-Worth - 2 Important Truths from the Word of God about Who You Are - When Life is Hard and Trusting God Even Harder {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - A 3-Part Strategy That Will Make You Trust God More - 5 Things to Pray When You Want to Be a Better Wife - A Prayer for the New Year {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Important Things We Must Tell Our Boys - 25 Outstanding Ways to Love Yourself God's Way - When Your Commitment Feels Too Difficult - 11 Strategies for Dumping Emotional Baggage - To the Girl With a Worn out and Weary Self-Worth - 5 Reasons I Failed to Appreciate My Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Introducing the Summer Sizzle Blog Hop Series! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Why Discard Your Joy? - A Prayer to Receive God's Grace {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - 7 Suggestions for Raising Your Children God's Way - To the Wife Who Is Always Disappointed by Her Husband - The Blessing of Meeting on Higher Ground {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 7 Ways to Not Hurry God - Hope for the Frazzled End-of-the-School-Year Mom {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Just Choose Jesus: Betrayal and the Church - 11 More Places to Help You Learn to Love Yourself {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 3 Things to Pursue When You Feel Like Quitting - You Are Worth More Than That! - Hope for the One Who Feels Unworthy After a Painful Divorce {#ChosenandWorthy} - The Power of Remembering in Whom We Have Our Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Finding Rest for Your Weary Soul - When You Feel Like an Imposter - What You Need to Remember When You've Lost Your Identity - When You Need the Words to Pray Against Your Child's Fear {MomentsofHope} - How to Be Free of a Wounded Past Identity {#ChosenandWorthy} - How to Repair a Broken Identity - On Grief, God, and Wrestling with His Goodness {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Love Notes to Remind You of Your Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - On Race, Lies, and the Truth that Sets Free {#ChosenandWorthy} - Why Waiting Has You Questioning Everything! - Whisper Yes and Stop Fear Now - What Label Are You Wearing? {Plus Giveaway} - 9 Things Vulnerability Says About Your Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Finding Freedom from Approval Addiction - When Betrayal Threatens to Shatter Your Confidence - To the Girl Who Doesn't Know She Is Worthy - Learning to Trust God {Guarded by Christ Book Review + Giveaway #MomentsofHope} - More Than a Victim #ChosenandWorthy - A Chosen and Worthy Identity; {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - No More Shame; You Are Chosen and Worthy - A Prayer to Experience True Love {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Surrendering It All for a God-Sized Restoration - Making Scary Decisions: 6 Steps to Peace {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Does What You Remember Give You Hope? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - A God-Sized Hope to Conquer the Storm - Filling the God-Sized Hole in My Heart - When Our God-Given Identity is Under Attack {#MomentsofHope Link-Up) - Claiming the Victory of a Hope-Filled Life - Determination and Motivation - A Prayer for My Child - Why Are You Wrestling with Not Good Enough? - You’re Already Amazing: Embracing Your Self-Worth - Hope for When You Feel Invisible - A Prayer for When You Need to Get Back Up Again {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Protecting Yourself from Self-Defeating Thoughts {Part 3} - Praying God's Word and Moments of Hope Link-Up - Shaking Shame {#LiveFullWalkFree Review & Giveaway #MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Fear Fighting: When You’ve Lost Sight of Yourself - The Heart of Investing in Others - A Prayer in the Fight to Defeat Fear in My Hurt Child - Identity in Christ - A Prayer for My Child - Recognizing Light and Darkness - A Super Fun Moment! - 5 Ways to Keep Your Wonder Fresh - Stinky Laundry and Healthy Boundaries? - Choosing to Believe - 9 Things That Do Not Teach Our Children Excellence - When Grief Wants to Drown Your Soul - Where Does Rejection Leave You? - Taking Time to Nurture Our Marriages - What I Found At His Feet - 7 Truths to Remember When Betrayal Strikes {Series} - When Loss Turns Into Moments of Hope {Link-Up} - Keeping Priorities Straight {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - How to Use Happiness as Your Weapon - Making Marriage a Priority {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - A Prayer for Joy {{giveaway}} - Finding Joy in the Hard Places {Giveaway and #MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Win One of My Top 10 Christmas Joys! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - If You Say So, I Will Go; Making the Hard Choices in Life - When Gratitude Feels Too Difficult - 5 Ways to Make the Holidays Less Hectic and More Meaningful - Holding onto Joy When Life Hurts - A Prayer for Hope and Gratitude in the Midst of Suffering {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 10 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Your Home {Grateful Heart Series} - A Prayer for a Grateful Heart {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Gratitude - 3 Doors that a Grateful Heart will Open - A Grateful Heart Mini-Series {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Gratitude in all Circumstances? - Choose Hope this Christmas with these 13 Gift Options! - When Your Future Seems Unsure - Spark Story Podcast: Our Adoption Story and the God Who Saves {#MomentsofHope} - Finding Time for Bible Studies {#IamFound #AnUnexplainableLife Review and Giveaway} - Good Enough or Not Enough? {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - One Thing You Can’t Ignore When Overcoming Shame - Longing for Daily Peace {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Celebrating, Exhaustion, and Marriage? {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Hope for the Mom Who Doesn’t Measure Up - Our Words Matter {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Staying in the Game When Fear Presses In - Loving Your Spouse Well When Your Nest is Almost Empty - Loving Your Spouse Well While Parenting Teens - Putting the Broken Back Together {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - How to Love Your Spouse Well During the Busy Parenting Years - How to Survive the Unknown Roads in Life - Strength from the Vantage Point of Today - The Humbling Witness of Unshakable Faith {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - The One Way to Love Well as a New Wife - Hope for the Girl Pursuing Her Passion {Part 2} - Hope for the Girl Pursuing Her Passion {Part 1} - Friendship Matters {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - 6 Ways to Trade Defeat for Triumph Even When You Are Sick - When You Feel It's Too Late - Because You Are Not Alone {Declare Conference and Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Because You Matter Even When I'm on Vacation - Why Gratitude Matters {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - What Legacy Will You Leave? - Is There Hope In This Hate? {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - 11 Matters of the Heart That Simplify Motherhood - Happy 4th of July and Moments of Hope Link-Up - When God Walks Into the Room and Moments of Hope Link-Up - When You’re Not the Mom You Wanted to Be - Yes, You Are Wonderfully Made and Moments of Hope Link-Up - The Healing Journey and Moments of Hope Link-Up - The Armor of God and Moments of Hope Link-Up - Healing Relationships, Medical Missionaries and Moments of Hope Link-Up - Are You Compelled to Follow Him? {#ComeWithMe Review and Giveaway} - All That Matters Lies in the Heart - Moments of Hope: A New Link Up! - On the Other Side of Tragedy; Life Is Beautiful {Book Review} - Stuck in the Replays of Life? {Series}:Betrayal and Living Again - Life Really Isn’t Fair: Betrayal and Unconditional Acceptance {Series} - Who Am I? The Truth About Betrayal and Identity {Series} - Betrayal and Guilt: The Truth You Need to Know {Series} - Who Is Your Just One? Making a Difference One Person and One Moment at a Time - There is Hope in Our Tomorrow - Am I Strong Enough? - Rest and Beachin' - Will I Ever Experience True Peace? - 11 True Stories of Redeeming Love: When You Need More Than the World Can Give - A Radically Different Love - 21 Day Challenge {Part 2} - The Doors I Shut - 2016 - A New Year with New Open Doors - My Favorite Things - A Fun Giveaway! - Creating an Atmosphere of Healing {Series}: Betrayal and Revenge - He Fills Our Gaps - It is Removed. You are Redeemed - Raising Up One - Recharging at the Beach - We Are Expecting Healing - Whispers of the Enemy - New Beginnings - To Be Your Mother - The Strength Inside of Me - 3 Simple but Critical choices we ALWAYS Have - Reconciling Hope With Acceptance - Finding Balance in a World That Has None - Why Don't I Take Care of Myself? - The Sacrifice of Love - Why is the Worst Adoption Question Really an Opportunity?