Kingdom parents, THIS IS IT. 🧡 Every single one of you who signed up for the Everything Parent Award your certificate is below. Find your name. Download it. Print it. And then go get a frame because this is going on your wall. This is not a participation trophy. This is not something you scroll past and forget about. This is a declaration. A reminder. Something your children will see hanging in your home one day and ask about and you will get to tell them that you never gave up, even when it was hard. So here is what I need you to do right now: Download your certificate. Print it out. Get a frame any frame, any store. Put it somewhere you will see it every single day. May 31st is almost here and I need you ready. Not just for the day but for what this represents. You did the work. You stayed. You healed. You showed up. And now it is time to celebrate that out loud. All certificates are attached below as a PDF file Do not let this sit in your downloads. Print it. Frame it. Own it. You earned this. 🧡 In honor of Frances Marie Williams. @Courtnie Harris @Jennifer Baumgart @Tjmarii Hastings @Soranlly Castillo @Teniqua Spence @Janelle Alexander @Precious Rouse @Tilanie Williams @Joy Perry @Amma Alexander @Renee Smith @Amanda Griffith @Keisha Valdez @Jeanne Carron @Martha Munro @Jahquette Davis @Bianca Fields @Shanai Blake @Alonna Brickhouse @Adriana Perez

Father God I come to you on behalf of every parent in this community who woke up today already exhausted. The ones who didn't sleep because their mind wouldn't stop. The ones who are holding a household together with nothing left in them. The ones who are parenting through pain they never dealt with, showing up for children while they themselves are bleeding. God I am asking you to meet them right now. Not when they get it together. Not when the house is clean and the kids are behaving. RIGHT NOW. In the middle of the mess. I rebuke the spirit of overwhelm that has made this parent feel like they are drowning with no way out. I rebuke the lie that says you are not enough. I rebuke the exhaustion that has been used as a weapon to make them quit. I bind the spirit of burnout in the name of Jesus. And I release supernatural rest. Not just physical sleep but the kind of rest that only comes from You. The peace that passes understanding. The kind that holds a person together when everything around them is falling apart. Restore their joy. Restore their vision. Remind them why they started. They are not behind. They are not failing. They are exactly where You need them to be dependent on You. In Jesus name. Amen.

Kingdom parents, this week we are shifting the conversation. We’ve been talking about discipline, consistency, boundaries, yelling, tiredness, moods, and calm boring consistency. Now lets go deeper Your child does not just need correction.They need training. A lot of what we keep punishing, we may have never actually taught. We tell them to listen, but have we trained them how to listen? We tell them to clean, but have we shown them what “clean” actually means? We tell them to calm down, but have we taught them what to do when their body feels overwhelmed? We tell them to pray, but have we modeled how to talk to God? We tell them to apologize, but have we trained them how to take responsibility and repair? This week, we’re not just asking, “Why won’t my child behave?” We’re asking “Have I trained them for what I keep expecting from them?” That question may humble us, but it will also help us grow. So welcome to Training Week. We are going to talk about how to train our children in listening, cleaning, calming down, apologizing, responsibility, handling no, and walking with God. Not perfectly. Faithfully. Because kingdom parenting is not just reacting to behavior. It’s building character. Question for today: What is one thing you realize you’ve been correcting, but you may need to start training your child in?

Kingdom parents, Every year on May 31st, we celebrate the Everything Parent Award in honor of Frances Marie Williams. This is not just another post or something we scroll past. This is a movement. My grandmother, Frances Marie Williams, raised me. She was my everything. She did everything, even when it was hard, even when nobody saw it, even when she had every reason to give up. And when I look at this community, I see her in so many of you. Parents who are tired but still show up, healing while raising others, carrying a past and still pushing forward, parents who don’t have it easy but refuse to quit. So on May 31st, we honor that. We honor you. This is how we’re showing up. You wake up intentional. Not rushing, not overwhelmed, not pouring into everyone else first. You get dressed, do your hair, get your nails done, put on something that makes you feel good. You take yourself out, whether it’s to eat, to sit in peace, or just to enjoy your own presence. You take pictures, real ones, proud ones, the kind that say “I made it through some things.” I will be sending out certificates to every parent who signs up, because you deserve to be recognized. Then we show the world. You post your pictures, you tag the community, you send them to me, and I’m going to share them so the world can see what strength really looks like, what resilience looks like, what “everything” really looks like. We celebrate everything else in this world. Now it’s time to celebrate ourselves. If you’re joining this movement, drop your name below. This is your moment. Don’t sit this one out. Because May 31st belongs to the parents who never gave up. In honor of Frances Marie Williams, let’s show the world what “everything” really looks like.

We’ve been talking about training our children to listen. But now we have to ask: Are we listening too? Some of us want our children to listen the first time, but we don’t listen until they fall apart. We don’t listen when they say they’re tired.We don’t listen when their body is overstimulated.We don’t listen when their behavior is trying to communicate something.We don’t listen when the room is already too loud.We don’t listen when our child is asking for connection.We don’t listen when Holy Spirit is telling us to pause.We don’t listen when God is correcting our tone.We don’t listen when our spouse or support system says, “You’re doing too much.” We keep saying, “My child doesn’t listen.” But sometimes God is asking: “Do you?” And I’m not saying this to shame anyone I’m saying it because parents need training too. We cannot train listening while modeling ignoring. If your child keeps melting down at the same time every day, listen to the pattern. If your teen keeps shutting down when you start lecturing, listen to the room. If your toddler keeps acting out when you’re on your phone, listen to the need. If your child keeps saying, “You never hear me,” don’t dismiss it because they’re young. Listen. Listening does not mean the child becomes the leader. It means the parent gathers wisdom before responding. And yes, parents need consequences too. Not punishment. Consequences. If you keep yelling, the consequence may be that you need to pause and apologize. If you keep ignoring your child’s emotions, the consequence may be that you need to sit down and repair. If you keep scrolling instead of being present, the consequence may be putting your phone away during certain hours. If you keep disciplining from anger, the consequence may be stepping away before correction. If you keep ignoring Holy Spirit’s warning in your chest, the consequence may be repentance. Because kingdom parenting is not just about getting our children under control. It is about submitting ourselves to God too.