Encouraging Scriptures for Stay At Home Moms

If you’ve recently quit your job to listen to that stirring from God to become a stay at home mom, then you’re going to need some verses to tuck into your arsenal. Anytime you’re following God’s calling in your life, the enemy is sure to be right there trying to tear you down. One of the most powerful tools in the battle against him is God’s word. 

These verses are ones that have encouraged me through the years. I like to write verses down that God gives me for that season and tape them up all over my house. Anytime I feel that doubt coming on, I think on these. 

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)

When You’re Doubting God’s Provision

“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:19

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” Philippians 5:6

“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work” 2 Corinthians 9:8 

“Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?” Luke 12:24

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” Ephesians 3:20

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things”. Matthew 6:31-32

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” Matthew 7:11

When You’re Doubting Your Calling to Be A Stay At Home Mom

“…And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14b

“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands” Proverbs 138:8 

“And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them” Isaiah 42:16 

“The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands” Proverbs 14:1

“Give her of the fruit of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates” Proverbs 31:31

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still” Exodus 14:14

When You Feel Like Giving Up

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10 

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” Jeremiah 29:11 

“You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand” John 13:7

“Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go” Joshua 1:9b

“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me” Psalm 50:15

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:6-7

“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up” Galatians 6:9 

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ” 1 Peter 1:6-7

“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day” Psalm 46:5

“The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles” Psalm 34:17

“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait on the Lord;Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” Psalm 27:13-14

When You Don’t Feel Worthy

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” Matthew 10:29-31

“…I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:11b-13

“…when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Psalm 139:15b-16

“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:17

“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8

“But (her) delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law (she) meditates day and night (She) is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that (she) does, (she) prospers” Psalm 1:2-3

“Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” Luke 12:6-7

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine” Isaiah 43:1

“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” 2 Corinthians 5:21

“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” 1 John 4:4

In your journey as a stay at home mom, don’t forget that…