E37 Declaring God’s Word Over Your Family: The Secret To Powerful Prayers

SHOW TRANSCRIPT:

Jen Cudmore (00:00)
Nothing is impossible with God, absolutely nothing. And we can approach the great I am, the alpha, the omega, the one who created all of heaven and all of earth. We get to talk to him whenever we want. He invites us several times in scripture to come to him, ask him, seek him. And yet so often we don’t, we forget to include him in our day to day life. So today I am joined by Alyssa Rand, who is the host of Revival Mom. podcast and she’s here with me today to discuss the power of prayer and how developing a passion to pray can radically change your life. So here we go.

Welcome to the show. This is where we go below the surface. And today we are talking about prayer.

So have a new friend with me. This is Alyssa Rand. She is the host of Revival Mom podcast. And we met a few weeks ago at the Faith on Fire conference and she was one of the speakers. And when I saw her give her message, I was like, wow, this woman has such confidence, such authority. I was like, I have got to get her on the show. So I’m really excited to have you here. Thanks for coming, Alyssa. Welcome.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (01:10)
thank you so much for having me. I’m excited to be here and just feel honored that you invited me.

Jen Cudmore (01:13)
Yeah, this is going to be fun. So

let me read a couple lines out of your bio just so everyone can kind of get to know you a little bit. Alyssa is a transformational speaker and coach. equips Christian moms to ignite revival in their hearts and homes, helping them walk in power, identity and intimacy with God so that they can raise kingdom warriors. I love that kingdom warriors. That’s awesome. Alyssa inspires women to live surrendered, spirit filled lives marked by signs, miracles and

Her mission is to see families restored, children walking with Jesus, and moms leading their homes from a place of overflow and not overwhelmed. man, seriously, I wish your podcast was around when I was raising my babies because you are so encouraging to moms. why don’t you start off by telling us how you like what, how did the podcast get started? What did that look like for you?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (02:07)
yes, I would love to share this story. It was not something I wanted to do. Let me just start there. ⁓ I was laying in bed one night and the Lord just said to me, he’s like, Alyssa, revival starts with moms knowing who I am and who they are in me. And I was like, that’s really cool Lord. I’ll pray on that. Because I didn’t really even know what revival was. Like I had heard it, but I was like, I don’t really know what that means. Okay, sounds good, right? But he’s like, no. And he said it again. And in that moment,

Jen Cudmore (02:12)
Of course. Hmm. Gotcha.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (02:37)
I knew what he was asking me to do. You he’s like, you’re going to help me with this. I was like, you are crazy, Lord. I can’t be the only other person who’s ever just like, what did you just tell me to do? yeah. And I was like, my husband doesn’t believe in you. My kids don’t want anything to do with you right now. I don’t even really know what revival is. Like, are you sure?

Jen Cudmore (02:41)
Hmm. Yes. Mm-hmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (02:59)
There has to be someone much more qualified, someone much more equipped, a pastor’s wife, someone who went to Bible school, like something, not me with this chaotic life that I have. And he just said, Alyssa feed my sheep. Revival starts in the home. And it was a couple months after that where I had this idea pop into my head about maybe a podcast.

Jen Cudmore (03:07)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (03:24)
That would be kind of neat, but as quickly as it came into my head, I was like, nope, not gonna do it. Don’t have the time, don’t have the like, nope, not gonna do it. And it was about a month and a half later when my husband and I were talking about something completely irrelevant, like not anywhere close to a podcast or a business or anything like that. And my husband just says, Alyssa, you know what you should do? I was like, what?

Jen Cudmore (03:46)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (03:50)
Because you know, when someone’s telling you what you should do, normally you’re like, ⁓ really? But he goes, you should start a podcast. You would be so great at that. And I was just like, all right, Lord, like I hear you. I guess I’ll do this.

Jen Cudmore (03:53)
Yeah.

I

love it. That’s awesome. Okay, so how long have you how long has your show been going?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (04:10)
⁓ started it in June of 2024. So about a year and a few months now.

Jen Cudmore (04:16)
Gotcha. Okay. so tell everybody, put all the links in the show notes, but tell everybody real quick right here, where can they find your show?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (04:24)
Yes, if you on any platform, Apple, Spotify, all the places, and it’s just Revival Mom, you can also go to Revival Mom podcast and that will have all the players listed out that you can listen on.

Jen Cudmore (04:37)
Yeah, sounds great. Sounds great. Okay, so.

⁓ So prayer, I can tell that you are passionate about prayers, same as me. And I know for me growing up, I knew that my mom prayed for me and I never really heard what she was saying, but I could totally feel it. Like protection, ⁓ opportunities, like I knew there was stuff going on behind the scenes. so when I had my kids, you when I got married and had kids, like that became really important to me. I was like, I need to learn how to pray because I want what’s best for my kids. And so for me, it really started just buying some books and

learning, you know, how to pray and then it ignited from there. So I would love to hear how did you develop a passion for prayer?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (05:18)
that’s such a good question. I was always the person who said, I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know what to pray. I don’t want to pray, especially don’t ask me to pray over people. And it was within the last two years when I really just was like, Lord, I want to see you more. I want to know you more. I want to have you in my home more. And I knew that that started with me. I knew that ⁓

Jen Cudmore (05:26)
Right.

Mm-hmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (05:46)
You know, if I wanted to see God move in my husband’s life and my children’s life, I had to talk to him. You know, I had to like actually ⁓ talk to him and find out what he thought and his desires and all these things. And I think the passion really started when we were driving through a bad part of town one day and I had my three young boys with me and there was a man standing on the side of the road holding a sign and it said, God bless.

Jen Cudmore (05:52)
Yeah.

Right.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (06:13)
And my, was six at the time. So he was just learning to read and the sign was small. And he goes, mom, what does that say? And so I told him, he said, well, why is he standing on the side of the road? And so we had, you know, short, powerful conversation about why he might be standing there. And as we go to drive away, said, mom, should we pray for him? And this is the kid who anytime I would go to pray or get my Bible out, he would cover his ears and roll his eyes so hard, like you could hear them in the back of his head.

Jen Cudmore (06:34)
you

my goodness,

my goodness.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (06:44)
And

so he said, should we pray for him? And I was just like, ⁓ yes, we should. And so I turned around, I gave him some snacks and I prayed for him. And as we’re leaving, that same boy, my son says, mom, I see why you love praying for people.

Jen Cudmore (07:01)
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Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (07:02)
And it was in that moment where one, revival in the home became crystal clear to me, because my children were seeing me, you know, being the hands and feet of Jesus. They were seeing me coming to the feet of Jesus. They were watching me pray, watching me worship. And so it was in that moment where I thought,

Wow, one, my prayers are working, like, because I had been praying, like, Lord, let him see you more, like, let my six year old just desire you to want to seek you to all those things. And so in that moment, I saw that the glimmer, right? I saw the fruit of that coming to pass. And from there on, I was like, wow, there’s nothing we can’t do with that. Like prayer is it. Prayer is it.

Jen Cudmore (07:45)
Yeah,

it is so exciting and ⁓ there’s so many aspects to it. I know we could talk all day long just about different tips that we’ve learned. ⁓ So tell me what would be ⁓ one thing that you learned that you would love to impart to the rest of us that you feel has been super important to you developing your passion and your passion for prayer.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (08:08)
Yeah, know God’s word and declare it. There was a time, I think you may have heard this story at the event, Jen, but ⁓ I was being really like a naggy wife, right? I was being just like horrible all week long. My husband breathed and it annoyed me. And I was just like, Lord.

Jen Cudmore (08:11)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (08:28)
I was like, I don’t like me this week. I know my husband doesn’t like me this week. And I don’t know what it is, but I’m not really liking my husband at all. So like, you need to show me like, what do you see in my husband? What do you love about my husband? And he reminded me of King David and Samson. And he just said, Alyssa, he is someone that…

Jen Cudmore (08:41)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (08:53)
women and children feel safe around. He is someone that men look up to as like a leader to them. And so was just, ⁓ okay. And so he was just like declare this over him. And so I just started to declare it and I actually said it to him, know, like prophesied God’s word over him. And two weeks later, he had someone reach out and ask him to start mentoring him.

And you know, it that leadership thing. And so I started to look deeper into that. Okay, King David, Lord, what else about King David? Well, he was a man after God’s own heart. And so I declared that over my husband. I declared that he is a man after God’s own heart. I declared that he is a friend to the Lord. I started to declare these things over him. And I also have asked God, what do you want me to declare over my children?

Jen Cudmore (09:17)
you

Mm-hmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (09:44)
Because

when we take his word, God’s word does not return to him void. That’s Isaiah 55, 11, I believe, where it says that God’s word goes out and it does not return void, but it does what it was sent to accomplish.

And so I just take that and I know that, you know, life and death is in the power of the tongue. And so I’m going to take God’s word, number one, God’s hopes and desires for them, which is why I ask, how do you see them? And I’m going to speak that out. And there’s something that happens when you use God’s word and you declare it and you speak it back to him where things just shift, they change.

Jen Cudmore (10:21)
Yeah, 100%. I had a similar experience with my children, you know, really for the first 10 to 12 years of their lives. I mostly just prayed things like help them be a good person and then, you know, some really good scriptures. But then as they moved into middle school and I started to get really nervous about them being so immersed in the world, you my kids went to public school. That’s where the Lord had wanted us to put our kids. And ⁓ so I really prayed a lot of protection around them. But then I also began to think about, well,

who do I want them to become? And then more importantly, who does God want them to become? And so my prayers really shifted to similar, like, God, what are you saying about my kid? What are the gifts that you’ve given them? And what are the, what direction do you want them to go? So I can help facilitate getting them into the right spheres and developing their skills so that they can become who they’re supposed to be. And God, it was like every time I turned around, he would show me,

take them here, show them this. And so I remember, you my son is the oldest and it’s so it started with him and me thinking about ⁓

the concept of how Daniel was so different. know, the book of Daniel is one of my favorites. And so the Lord had told me your son is going to be a Daniel. And so, I mean, it was like months of me meditating on that. Like, I don’t know what that means, Lord. You got to show me. I mean, I get the integrity piece, but then he also had me delve into my kids’ names. And so why did we name them these names? like took me deeper into the layers of that so that I could, again, better understand who they were meant to be and then help get them going.

that direction and know how to target my prayers. And so I am curious, one of the things that is extremely valuable is learning how to pray targeted prayers and measure the results. I would love to hear what you have to say about that.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (12:17)
Yeah, my son, he was in preschool. We had just started preschool and he was having a lot of trouble. They called me in for a meeting and they were just like, you know, Alyssa, he’s a joy. Like we’re happy that he’s here, but we’re kind of wondering if maybe we should stop and just have him start next year because he’s really far behind, which far behind in preschool.

really, you know, but he’s really far behind. He’s not getting along with the other kids. He can sometimes be a disruption in class. Like, and they just listed all of these things, right? That was going wrong in the classroom. And I left that meeting just feeling like, what is wrong with me? Like, what did I do wrong? You know, with moms, we go into that place, any parent, we go into that place of, no, what did I do wrong? What could I do better? And thankfully the Holy Spirit like stopped me. I was just like, wait.

Jen Cudmore (12:43)
know.

Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (13:09)
Like relax, take a deep breath, you know? And it was just like, this is what I want you to do. We are going to look at the word curses, things that have been spoken over him that don’t line up with who he is and who I have called him to be. And so we are going to cancel those things that people have said about him. We’re going to forgive those people for what they have said about him and your, and then he also said,

Jen Cudmore (13:22)
Mmm.

Yes.

Yes.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (13:33)
He’s like, now you get to ask me for forgiveness for the things you’ve said about your son, because this was my middle son, right? And so I was just like, I don’t know. He’s the middle child. He’s this and he’s that and he’s my wild child and he’s all, you know, all these things. And he’s like, and you get to ask for forgiveness for what you have said about your son.

And so I did that. I walked through that, all the things, like I’m weeping, praying, like I’m so sorry, please forgive me. And then he was like, now declare over him what I say about him.

And it was the same thing, you know, and so I’m like, Okay, Lord, what do you say about him? And I started to declare just over him, you know, that he is the most friendly kid, like he doesn’t know a stranger, right? He encourages people he wants to see he wants to have fun. He wants to invite people in like, he’s just this beautiful, joy filled, like, ⁓ amazing child. And so I, I started declaring those things over him, and went into some things like, Okay, now we’re gonna

bind any sort of like division or dissension that’s in the classroom, any sort of judgment, any sort of on either side, right? We’re going to bind those things. And I kid you not, Jen, the next day, I went to pick him up from school and his teacher goes, I don’t know what happened, but he was like a completely different kid today. And I was just like,

interesting. was like maybe he just had a good day. You know, maybe like we got enough sleep, maybe he’s getting used to it, whatever. No, it continued. Two weeks later, they gave him the honor student of the week award in his classroom. He got that award one more time throughout the year and by the end of the year they gave him an award that was the Mr. Friendly award.

Jen Cudmore (15:19)
Wow!

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (15:20)
This boy who they were saying, you know, not getting along with other kids. And I didn’t change, I didn’t take screen time away. I didn’t change his food. didn’t have even have a talk with him. It was literally going to God. What do I do here? And him walking me through this prayer and overnight then shifted, completely changed.

Jen Cudmore (15:45)
That is incredible.

I’m so glad you brought up the fact that sometimes we say things over our children that maybe we shouldn’t say, because I think we all do it and we’re not doing it on purpose. And usually it’s out of ignorance and we don’t realize that the words we’re saying can actually affect them. You know, one of the things I talk about a lot on the show is getting free of lies, labels and limitations. And when we’re the one that’s even accidentally putting a label on somebody else, we do have to go to the Lord and repent for that. And so I just, one thing

that I want to talk about is debunking the whole idea that repentance is such this huge deal. It’s really not. You just say, whoops, I’m sorry. Let me fix that. Lord, forgive me. ⁓ so I’ve had to do similar things. I definitely said some things over my children that I didn’t realize had a negative connotation and I had to take it back and cut it off. ⁓ So I totally understand that. so I just, if you realize that you have said something over

your kid that maybe you shouldn’t have said. It’s super simple. You just go to the Lord and say, Lord, I’m so sorry. I canceled that. I cut it off in Jesus name. That is not who my kid is. And then as Alyssa said, start declaring the, does God say about my kid? So yes, we all make mistakes. So it’s okay. Just own it, move on. It’s not a big deal. The Lord is bigger. He can redeem anything. Right? So

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (17:09)
100%.

Jen Cudmore (17:10)
⁓

Okay, so one thing that is super important or I feel like is extremely important to developing a healthy or just developing a better closer relationship with the Lord is the idea that when we approach prayer ⁓

We need to do it from a place of having a friendship with the Lord and just that ⁓ place of intimacy. And I know that is something that you have talked about on your show. So I’d love to hear your thoughts on just the concept of intimacy with the Lord and how it plays into prayer.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (17:39)
Yeah, it’s so important. mean, you think about, okay, because here’s prayer. You said going like you’re a friend, right? And it’s so true. We go to him with everything. This was where it started for me. I remember one day just like doing the dishes and I was upset about something and I instantly wanted to call my husband. And I realized in that moment that I was like, ⁓ I’m going other places before I go to God.

Jen Cudmore (17:48)
Hmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (18:08)
because I would always come back around to God, right? I’d call my husband, I’d vent, I’d say what I needed to say and maybe ask for his advice. And then I would stew on it some more and then I would go to God. And I was like, you know, Lord, you normally give me the solution. So maybe that should be my first step from now on. And so I just asked him, was like, Lord, please remind me when I get into those moments, like remind me to come to you first.

Jen Cudmore (18:11)
Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah!

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (18:36)
Remind me to come to you first. And it took some time, right? It wasn’t instantly overnight. I would recognize, I’m veering off here. Nope, Lord, what do you say about this first? And when we come to know the Lord and when we spend time with Him, because see, spending time, it can be reading your Bible. It can be in worship. It can be just sitting there in the quiet. Lord, what do you want to share with me today? What do you want? I even, ⁓

Jen Cudmore (18:40)
Yep.

Yep.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (19:06)
One day I was like, I should be reading my Bible right now, but Lord, I’m really tired. So I’m, and the kids aren’t home, my husband, I’m going to take a nap. Holy spirit, would you take a nap with me? And that’s literally, and can I tell you something? The question that I had, as soon as I woke up from my nap, he answered it, like before I even asked, you know, what had been on my mind. And so it really is just like taking your friend.

Jen Cudmore (19:25)
I love it.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (19:32)
along with you, you know, inviting them into every single part of your life and just having those conversations. I mean, sometimes that’s really what prayer is. It’s I’m going to come to my father in heaven and I’m just going to tell you how I’m feeling right now. I’m going to ask what you’re thinking. I’m going to, you know, ask you just this random question. Why did you make the leaves green on the trees? You know, I don’t know.

Jen Cudmore (19:57)
Yeah!

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (19:59)
But it’s just so important because then you know, you start to learn his character. You know the things that he would say. You know his heart, you know his desires. And then it’s a little bit easier to pray into what his desires are, what his will is, what he wants for his children, for this world, and also then to hear him and to know when you ask him a question and you receive that back.

Jen Cudmore (20:28)
Yeah.

That’s beautiful. It’s funny how similar your journey has looked to mine. I remember ⁓ working at my job years ago and ⁓ complaining to a friend of mine, this beautiful Christian woman named Deborah, and she would ask me, well, did you pray about that? And it ended up becoming a joke because I realized all I wanted to do was complain to people because I wanted to get people on my side. I wanted to prove I was right. And so by going to God instead of people, really ⁓ have to humble yourself.

right? And so that that’s really important piece of it. And I think also for me, ⁓ because this wasn’t really modeled in my childhood, I did not know that it was possible to have a back and forth conversation with the Lord. And so, you know, thankfully, he showed me that maybe like 10 years ago. And so I’ve been trying to develop that and be like, yes, it can be a normal back to back and forth. And

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (21:00)
Yeah.

Jen Cudmore (21:27)
That is one thing that I like to share with people is, hey, it’s not just asking him questions, although that’s really important, because he doesn’t care what we ask him. As long as we’re talking to him, he’s happy just to hang out with us. But ⁓ to tune your ears to hear and expect the answer, because for so many years, I would just show up and I would say everything I wanted to say, and then I would walk away. And that’s not really what prayer’s about, right?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (21:53)
Yeah, that’s so true. And I used to do that as well. You know, just like go to him, Lord, I want this, this, this. Can you do this, this, this? And then I’d walk away and he’s like, well, I would like to help you with that, but you’re not listening to what I would like for you to do to have that come to pass, you know, or whatever it is. ⁓ And it did take a little bit of time to really be like, okay, I’m going to ask you just one question and then I’m going to sit here.

Jen Cudmore (22:09)
Exactly.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (22:20)
and kind of wait, you know, cause he would sometimes talk to me through other people, you know, like confirmation through other people, or I’d hear something like a song would come on or, know, he can talk to us that way. and it’s not always that way. A lot of times that’s confirming what he’s told you before. And so yeah, waiting, waiting and being like, ⁓ you will talk to me. You do want to talk back. Like you would like to share with me and being able to do that.

Jen Cudmore (22:38)
Yes.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (22:50)
is so powerful.

Jen Cudmore (22:52)
also a lot of Christians have a hard time ⁓ for whatever reason, whether it’s faith or just not, you know, not having an opportunity, but they don’t know how to listen. They don’t know how to tune that. And it does take a little practice. ⁓ You do have to kind of work on it.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (23:03)
Hmm.

Jen Cudmore (23:09)
I don’t know work on it is the right phrase. You do have to lean in and learn. It is a process. But I’ll never forget this time every year me and my kids and my husband would help with the youth conference when we were living in Alaska. And ⁓ I remember my son attended a class on how to hear God speak. I was like, I really wanted to know what was going on without being too nosy. And he immediately came to tell me, was like, my gosh, mom, I can’t believe it.

and he was almost like trembling a little bit. Like he was just astounded. Like God spoke to me. I asked him a question and he answered me. And so that was just one of my favorite memories of, ⁓ you know, my children learning to pray and learning to hear the voice of the Lord. And we all doubt sometimes that’s why you got to go get confirmation. The Bible says, test the spirits, make sure it’s really, you know, who’s really talking to you. But ⁓ yeah, learning to listen and learning to hear him. So tell me a little bit more about how

that journey looked for you of being able to recognize that it’s God speaking.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (24:12)
I think it really was hearing something and then like testing it, like you said, right? Like testing the spirit. I would think like, okay, I believe that I’m hearing you. You say that, your sheep hear your voice. I believe that this is what you said. Does it line up with your character? Is it loving? Is it kind? You know, all those things. Okay, I’m going to do this and let’s see kind of, you know, what happens. And that started to build that within me. ⁓

Jen Cudmore (24:35)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (24:41)
Knowing like being confident that yes, actually I am hearing I am hearing you I went to the store one day and I was talking to one of the cashiers and I knew God wanted me to tell her, know Jesus loves you and has an amazing plan for your life And this was earlier on sometimes I still get nervous doing this which is so silly ⁓ But I I do and then I was really nervous to do it So I had this conversation with her. It would have been super easy for me to like do it It’s not like I was just blurting it out, right?

Jen Cudmore (24:56)
Hmm.

yeah, yes.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (25:11)
But I just said, okay, have a good day. And I walked away. I got to the parking lot and I was just like, Lord, please forgive me. Like I know I should have done that. Like just give me another chance and I will do it. The next week I was in the same store and walking. I’m like, okay, which checkout line do you want me to go to Lord? What checkout line am I going? And I’m walking, walking. He’s like this one. So I turned, there’s people in front of me. So I can’t see the cashier. I get up to the cashier. It’s the same girl from the week before.

Jen Cudmore (25:23)
Mmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (25:41)
And you can believe, I told her, I was like, I was supposed to tell you this last week when I saw you. And so I shared it with her. But God is so good that he is willing to allow us to build that trust. Right? And allow us to kind of practice that and allow us to see, testing it. Was this really you? Well, of course, he wants everyone to know Jesus loves them. So yes, he was telling me to do that.

Jen Cudmore (25:41)
Nice.

You

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (26:09)
And so I started it that way, but I also leaned into how do I hear you, Lord? Because people can hear, right? When we say hear, everyone thinks with their ears because that’s, but sometimes I see it in, you know, like in my mind type of thing. ⁓ And, or like get a feeling or something like that. So it’s just really picking up on how is God.

Jen Cudmore (26:16)
Mm-hmm.

Right.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (26:38)
speaking directly to me and to you.

Jen Cudmore (26:41)
Yeah, you definitely have to learn how things work in the spirit realm. And that can be really scary for a lot of people. And I’m hopefully going to do an episode on the spirit realm later. But it doesn’t have to be intimidating. And it’s really not scary. ⁓ It’s the unknown that’s scary. And when you learn how things work, then it’s not a big deal.

so tell me if you’ve had this experience. I think sometimes I have thoughts in my head that I know is not the way I would have thought it if it was me. That’s one of the ways I learned that it was God speaking is if I would have said, ⁓ if I would have talked about that concept or that topic, I wouldn’t have used those words or that language. So sometimes he talks in a way where I know it wasn’t my thought because it’s ⁓

He speaks it in a way that is different than my normal thought process. And I think that can be helpful to some people is they’ll have a thought and they’ll be like, that’s weird, but they don’t recognize that it’s actually the Lord speaking to them. So did you ever have that happen?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (27:40)
I have, as you said that I’m trying to think of a specific time or like a specific thing, but I have had that happen where, you know, or I won’t even be thinking about that thing. And it kind of like pops into your head and you’re like, oh, interesting. Okay. You know, maybe I’ll do that. Or, um, so I have experienced that. I can’t think of like a, a specific story on that. You know, this popped in my head, so I get to share this, think. Um, my.

Jen Cudmore (27:52)
Yeah.

Yeah.

Yes, so.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (28:07)
One of my sons was having a temper tantrum, right? I told him no for something. And he was this long winded, like yelling all the things, put him in his room, closed the door. know, things were getting thrown. You know, he was like little three or something. So temper tantrums can be big. And kicking the door and I walked in a couple of times and said, stop, like you’re going to sit on your bed. Walked out and it just continued. And finally, I was just like.

Jen Cudmore (28:22)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (28:33)
I’m about ready to lose it, Lord. You know, what do I do? And all of a sudden it was like this piece, but it was like, give him a hug. And I was like, oh, okay, let’s try this. You know, because I’m sitting here like, how do I discipline him? Do I need to take care of this right now? Like, oh my gosh, he’s gonna turn into this crazy kid who I can’t control. You know, like, well, we don’t wanna control our kids, but who is just crazy when they’re older and I’m not gonna be able to just like pick him up and set him in his room. Like, what am I gonna do? And I’m spiraling. And he’s like, give him a hug.

Jen Cudmore (28:53)
Yeah. Yep.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (29:03)
And so I knew like, ⁓ yeah, I wasn’t even going down that path, you know? And so I did, I walked in, I gave him a hug and within 30 seconds, there was diffused. He was calm, I was calm, you know, and we were able to talk about it and reconnect. And so, ⁓ yeah, that’s just one time that I, you know, I was like, that was definitely the Lord. Cause I was not headed there.

Jen Cudmore (29:23)
Yeah, that’s great. Yeah,

I get it. That’s great. I mean, I

I’m sure you can relate. can’t even count how many times I wanted to react a certain way around my child and the Lord was like, nope, you need to handle it this way. But because when you learn to tune in and listen and be like, okay, you know, I’m not just going to be in my flesh here and God, God can just download such wisdom and discernment on how to handle different situations that you normally would be clueless and you would have just handled out of emotion or whatever. So yeah, yeah, I get that. Okay.

so as we wrap up what is what else would you like to share with us as we sort of bring this to a close

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (30:05)
Yeah, I would just love to share that our words, our prayers, they are powerful. gosh, I saw the most amazing thing happen in my family. So one of the reasons that Revival Moms started was that I was very much the spiritual leader in my home. I wanted my kids to…

know God, I wanted God to be a part of our lives, I wanted them to have the peace, the joy, all the blessings that come along with following God, right? And I really struggled because it was all on me. It was all just piled on me because my husband wasn’t a believer. When we got married 14 years ago, he actually told me that

Jen Cudmore (30:43)
Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (30:54)
He didn’t believe in God, didn’t want anything to do with God, didn’t want any sort of religion in our home or his future children to learn any sort of religion. And at the time I wasn’t walking with the Lord. So I was okay with that. Like, sure, you know, that’s fine with me. It’s not really a big deal to me. And four years in, Jesus got ahold of me and most amazing, you know, most amazing thing that happened

Jen Cudmore (31:03)
Mm.

Mm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (31:23)
And for 10 years after that, I lived in a marriage where I was, we were on completely different paths, completely different pages, and he still didn’t believe in God, didn’t want anything to do with God. And so for years, 10 years, I prayed for him, prayed for this man, and started to declare, you know, those things that I shared over him, and would just go to the Lord and, ⁓

Jen Cudmore (31:34)
Yeah.

10 years.

Wow.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (31:53)
About four months ago, my husband, I heard him for the first time say that he believes in God and that he believes Jesus died for his sins and is our savior. And yeah, it was so amazing. And it was just, wow, God, really, you hear our prayers. You hear like, you hear those things and you will answer them. You know, when we are faithful and we don’t

Jen Cudmore (32:07)
amazing.

Yeah.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (32:23)
Don’t give up. Don’t give up in those things. ⁓ Because gosh, there are so many times that I talk to so many women and it can be weary.

Right? And it might not even be you praying for someone’s salvation. It might be something completely different. ⁓ And we can grow weary sometimes. It can feel like we’re growing weary. And how much longer do I have to keep doing this? How much longer do I need to keep praying? Like, I feel like I’m doing all the right things, Lord. And I’m just not seeing this come to pass. ⁓ But he, God is faithful.

Jen Cudmore (32:35)
Yeah.

Right.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (32:57)
And when we really get connected to him and when we are focused on knowing him and having a relationship with him, man, just the things that God does. mean, bringing my husband to salvation, like how amazing after 10 years, you know, so.

Jen Cudmore (33:08)
Hmm.

Yeah.

That’s amazing. That’s

so amazing. And you were saying at the conference that he recently was baptized and he’s he’s committed like this isn’t just for show like he legit. He’s serious about his faith. That’s amazing. ⁓ I’m so glad you shared that story. That’s really encouraging and uplifting. So okay, so I know you have a resource with some I’m trying to remember is it a list of prayers or declarations that you have on your site for people to download?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (33:45)
Yes, so both. have throughout it, it’s Ignite Revival and it’s powerful prayers and declarations. And I have declarations that I speak over my children and the declarations I spoke over my husband over the last two years. ⁓ And also just different scripture on like your authority through Christ. And as you’re speaking to build your belief in that while I’m speaking these things out, like God hears them.

Jen Cudmore (33:47)
Okay, cool.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (34:14)
that his word is alive and active, right? Sharper than a double-edged sword, right? And so just things like that within that. And, I know sometimes it can be difficult to be like, well, what do I declare? What do I pray? And so that’s a really great resource for that. You don’t really got to think about it. You just have it laid out and you’re like, all right, let’s do this.

Jen Cudmore (34:19)
Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, that

is so helpful when you’re first learning how to cover your family. Like I had to build up my own list because I was like, I don’t know what I’m doing. And so the Lord would just bring me different things and I developed my own list. So yes, if you don’t have something like that, I’ll make sure I have a link in the show notes. You can go pull that and start using that as you cover your family in prayer. So do you have any last, last, final thoughts for us before we let everyone go?

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (34:59)
you know, we say this sometimes, lean into the Lord. You’re like, yeah, but what does that mean? ⁓ Just make, ask him to, Lord, show me every, in each part of my day, how I can connect with you here. Show me what, show me how to speak with you here. Remind me to come to you first. And when you do that, he will.

Jen Cudmore (35:04)
Yeah.

Yes.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (35:25)
You know, it says the Holy Spirit brings to remembrance like what God says, what God’s word says, what Jesus says. And so the Holy Spirit will, He’s your helper. He’s your guide. And so when you ask, you know, just remind me, He will, He’ll give you a gentle nudge, you know? And so just lean into that, get into the word and just know, stand in that truth.

Jen Cudmore (35:50)
Mm-hmm.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (35:50)
and

the faith that God’s Word doesn’t return void. And so as you are speaking out His Word, praying His Word, it will do what it was sent to accomplish.

Jen Cudmore (35:59)
Yes, yes, amen. I love it. Thank you so, so much for coming and sharing with us today. I really appreciate it. I think that’s going to encourage a lot of women. So, all right, everyone, as we go about our week, let’s explore the depths of this final thought. Nothing is impossible with God.

Revival Mom – Alyssa Rahn (36:05)
⁓ thank you for having me.

Jen Cudmore (36:17)
He tells us in several places, right? Come talk to me, ask me anything. So that’s your challenge this week. That’s your reflection. Spend some time with the Lord and start asking him some questions that you have never thought to ask him before. I think you’ll be astounded at how he answers. So bless you everybody. Bye bye.