I’ve just swapped where I shop. And I’m getting healthier products for my home. A total win-win. Plant-based cleaning products, non-toxic laundry and dish detergent, and even coffee were in my last order! It’s as convenient as Amazon, but it’s simply better stuff and it’s proudly made in the USA. 🇺🇸💙 #wellnessbox #thewellnesscompany #shoppingclub #swapwhereyoushop #cleanhome

Let’s do a giveaway! I’ve been so encouraged by using the Hidden: Scripture Memory Journal the last few weeks, and I want to send another one to one of you! Plus, I’ll send all four of the CDs on our website- two family vocal albums and two piano albums! After the winner is announced, I’ll contact you to find out which cover design you prefer (she has so many options available!) and I’ll ship your package straight to you. 💙🎶 How to enter: 1️⃣ Comment your favorite Scripture verse. 2️⃣ Tag as many friends as you’d like in separate comments. 3️⃣ Share this reel to your Instagram or Facebook story for an extra entry! Giveaway ends Friday, September 22.

She is 100%, no matter what the emotion is. 😅 We pray the Lord gives us wisdom to shepherd her heart and use her big personality to be a shining light for Jesus and a blessing to everyone she meets! I am so humbled that God entrusted her precious life to us. What a responsibility and privilege. 💙 Her darling dress is from @cecilandlou 🍎

Our pastor preached on praising the Lord this morning, and it got me thinking… 😊 As believers, we ought to praise Him out of OBEDIENCE, not just in RESPONSE to what He does for us. He is worthy of praise because of Who He is, not just what He does. Yes, we should “praise Him for His mighty acts,” but also “according to His excellent greatness.” (Psalm 150:2) He is great, and deserving of all our praise. You know, you can praise your way out of a bad mood. When you point your attention to God’s greatness and start praising Him for His mercy, love, gentleness, forgiveness, healing, and many more attributes, you’ll renew your focus on HIM, instead of on your circumstance. 💗 This is an old Gaither song that came to mind when I was meditating on the message this afternoon- Let’s just praise the Lord! 💙 Have a wonderful week!

I’ve been memorizing in Ephesians 5 this week. Verse 1 says, “Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children…” Children are natural imitators. That’s how they learn and discover. Raylen is imitating everything these days. Hearing her learn new words and develop new skills is amazing, but it has reinforced to me how important it is that I closely follow Christ, emulating His character in my home. I must follow Him, because I have little people following me. I want them to see HIS character lived out in my daily life—His meekness, gentleness, constancy, kindness, and sacrificial love. 💙

Feltman Brothers sent us the sweetest little outfits for my little people. I love the hand-embroidered details on their classy baby clothes. These are just timeless pieces. 💙💗 Sundays are busy days around here, full of church services, nursery fun, choir practice, and lots of fellowship! We love serving Jesus! He’s been so good to us!

As we celebrate hitting 50K Followers on Facebook, all CDs are 50% off right now! So, my office assistant and I have been packaging up a bunch of orders for y’all! 💿 She’s a good worker. She requests that her paycheck come in the form of snacks, and she expects to be able to take a nap while on the clock. Other than that, she’s a pretty good helper. 😅 I think we will keep her. 😉 www.natalieraynesmusic.com. 🎶

I found the most delicious recipe for zucchini brownies from @iambaker. It’s a wonderful (and sweet) way to use up all that fabulous zucchini we’re getting from our garden this season! My little helper made it pretty fun too. 😉

Ingredients 
½ cup (112 g) vegetable oil
1 ½ cups (300 g) granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour
½ cup (64 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups finely shredded zucchini DO NOT DRAIN
1 ¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chunks

Instructions
* Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare a 9×13 pan with butter (or use baking spray) and line with parchment paper. (Allow parchment paper to go up the sides for easy removal.)
* In a large bowl combine oil, sugar, and vanilla until fully incorporated.
* Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined. Batter will be very dry.
* Fold in zucchini by hand. Allow batter to rest for 5 minutes.
* Add in chocolate chunks and stir again. Batter should appear more wet. (if not, let it rest for 5 more minutes and stir again)
* Spread brownie mixture into the pan and bake for 25-35 minutes. Brownies are done with an inserted toothpick is removed with crumbs. There should not be wet batter on the toothpick.

Finally decided on what I wanted for the wall in our living room. This is the wall on the opposite side that you see in all of our music videos, so I’ve never really figured out what I wanted to hang up. But after we had our family photos with @hannahdaniellephoto , I decided to order large prints from @smallwoodhome and put them there, so we can have some more variety in our video set-up! I am absolutely thrilled with how they turned out!! I’ll show y’all the finished product soon! 🙂