The Warrior Mama Podcast

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is continuing the discussion on how to have gospel conversations with our kids! This week is all about teenagers! Some may find the teenage years fun and exciting as your child is becoming one of your very good friends, others may find it scary and daunting!

In our teenagers we see they are striving more for independence and starting to make some decisions for themselves. It can be easy to start worrying if we have prepared them well for the world they are about to face! Mama, no matter what you have or haven’t done up to this point, you can rest in the fact that God is actively pursuing your child everyday!

Bethany shares this week how to start guiding our teenagers towards seeking God’s wisdom in every decision. This is the time to start letting your child make those decisions and learn what God would want for their life.

Don’t forget to head over to https://bethanykimsey.com to grab your copy of the free prayer guide along with other resources, such as conversation starters to begin introducing the gospel into your conversations.

Head to this link to grab your copy of the ages and stages guide to learn what we should be talking about in each stage with our children!

https://view.flodesk.com/pages/607a40fa6b2fd805959a2464

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your messy moments from the teenage years or where you need help walking through this time.

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is joined by her husband Troy as they share their journey together through all the different ages and stages with their own kids.

Troy walks with us today through his perspective on the toddler, preschool, middle school, and tween years.

Bethany and Troy share some of their challenges from each stage and how they have overcome those. They are reminding us today that while we want to raise good kids, we really should be focusing on raising kids that love Jesus. When rules are broken, we don’t want to see this just as a time to correct that behavior. Instead, we want to focus on learning what our child’s sin tendency was that cause that behavior, where they are with God in their life, and use that broken rule as a means to bring the Gospel alive in their life.

Don’t forget to head over to https://bethanykimsey.com to grab your copy of the free prayer guide along with other resources, such as conversation starters to begin introducing the gospel into your conversations. Head to this link to grab your copy of the ages and stages guide to learn what we should be talking about in each stage with our children!

https://view.flodesk.com/pages/607a40fa6b2fd805959a2464

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then!

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits down with Rachel Fahrenbach, where they share their struggles, stories, and triumphs on the lie of comparison.

All women compare themselves to a standard, whether it is to other women, an internal measurement, or how we were raised. Rachel provides truth and a lens on how resting with God can bring you peace, clarity, and contentment.

Rachel and Bethany remind us there is no true standard that God puts us to, and he gave us our children for a reason. And, to remind yourself that what your life looks like on the outside to others is not a reflection of what goes on behind your walls or who you are as a person, mother, or spouse.

Rachel discusses the importance of Sabbath, sitting with Christ each week across from one another to unfold and reflect on the week. This space is different from prayer time, Bible study, or Sunday morning worship. This is dedicated time where you sit in your thoughts, experiences, and moments for him to speak truth into your life. This is a place of abounding grace, not condemnation. What others think or say does not define you; what God says about you explains you. This dedicated time can help bring you peace when you feel the attack of lies from the enemy.

If you are interested in learning more about Rachel, you can find her bio below:

Rachel Fahrenbach is the author of Rest & Reflect, a guided journal that helps you implement a rhythm of rest and reflection in your week through the practice of Sabbath. Her desire to see moms reclaim a deep joy and stabilizing piece in their weeks by actively choosing to rest. To support them in this choice, Rachel offers encouragement and resources for implementing a Sabbath practice at https://rachelfahrenbach.com. Rachel and her husband live in the Chicagoland area with their three kiddos.

Head to Bethany’s website to share comments, questions or to drop a quick note. You can also subscribe to her newsletters for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. She has created journal pages to help you identify the lies you’re hearing and change your thinking. You can grab them right here.

Welcome to the kitchen table with Bethany Kimsey!

Have you ever walked away from an interaction with one of your children and thought, “I have NO IDEA what to do?” Motherhood can leave us floundering in our thoughts.

Sometimes we don’t know what to do with the situation that has presented itself. It leaves us feeling befuddled.

Bethany Kimsey encourages us that we can find refuge and an invitation in Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

We can call to Him even in the day to day, in the potty training, in the sleepless baby, in the mood swings of our teenagers, and God will answer.

Mama, He understands these great and hidden things.

He has given us a great task, and at times it can feel so daunting but I share how to step into the throne room and trust God’s invitation.

For more information, head to my website https://bethanykimsey.com.

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany tackles the last lie of the series, comparison. Comparing our lives to others causes us to feel that we do not measure up in one way or another. The enemy does his very best to convince us to feel defeated, discouraged, and inadequate in different aspects of your life. But, God invites us to anchor tightly in his word to declare the truth.

Romans 3: 21-24, 28 explains how God freely makes us right in his sight through his grace. Bethany shares how Titus 3: 4-7 has been one of her favorite scriptures and how there is not a single act of work that you can do to make God save you anymore than he already has.. These two passages declare that God doesn’t love us because of our performance or the work we do. He loves us, period.

Many of us were conditioned to believe that love and success are contingent on performance alone, leading us to compare our lives to others leaving us feeling inadequate. But, never one did God say that our value is based on how our children turn out. God is instead reaching out his hand with a sacred invitation to parent our children surrendered to him.

What matters is that you are walking with God in his glory while he guides and leads you to make wise decisions.

Head to Bethany’s website to share anything you would like for her to answer. You can also subscribe to her newsletters for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. She has created journal pages to help you identify the lies you’re hearing and change your thinking. You can grab them right here.