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Jani Ortlund

Jani Ortlund is the wife of Ray Ortlund, serves as vice president of Renewal Ministries, and podcasts at He Restores My Soul. She’s the author of Help! I’m Married to My Pastor: Encouragement for Ministry Wives and Those Who Love Them.
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Mothering Little Children with a Big God

Mothering Little Children with a Big God

Jul 29, 2021
Mothering will demand more than you can possibly give — but not more than God can do through you.
Jani Ortlund
Jul 29, 2021
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When Your Husband Is Your Pastor: Counsel to Wives in Ministry

When Your Husband Is Your Pastor

Counsel to Wives in Ministry

Feb 20, 2021
If you are married to your pastor, you are in a unique position to love the church — and to be hurt by the church.
Jani Ortlund
Feb 20, 2021
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The Other Woman in His Life: How to Strengthen Your Son’s Marriage

The Other Woman in His Life

How to Strengthen Your Son’s Marriage

Jan 9, 2020
When a son marries, a mother gets to learn how to love a new daughter — and relearn how to love her son.
Jani Ortlund
Jan 9, 2020
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Let Your Waiting Say, ‘I Trust You’

Let Your Waiting Say, ‘I Trust You’

Jun 18, 2019
We often wait because we must. We have little choice in the matter. But patience is our gift to our Father while we wait.
Jani Ortlund
Jun 18, 2019
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Teach Them About Marriage Before the World Does

Teach Them About Marriage Before the World Does

Aug 29, 2018
Marriage is sanctifying. Marriage is intoxicating. Marriage is about God. Your children can begin to learn this at a very early age.
Jani Ortlund
Aug 29, 2018
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The Hardest Part of Mothering

The Hardest Part of Mothering

Jun 14, 2018
Have I done enough, said enough, been enough? No one told me that the hardest part of mothering was the part when they leave.
Jani Ortlund
Jun 14, 2018
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Most of Life Is Waiting

Most of Life Is Waiting

Jan 24, 2018
“What if . . . ?” Two words that enslaved me for years until I began to hope in God.
Jani Ortlund
Jan 24, 2018
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Only Love Prevents Adultery: Letter to a Would-Be Adulteress

Only Love Prevents Adultery

Letter to a Would-Be Adulteress

Sep 18, 2017
Don’t go there in your mind. Don’t go there with your heart. Don’t go there with your body. In the end, adultery only brings misery.
Jani Ortlund
Sep 18, 2017

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