The Warrior Mama Podcast - 18. How Do I Have a Gospel Conversation with My Child?

18. How Do I Have a Gospel Conversation with My Child?

03/24/21 • 29 min

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The Warrior Mama Podcast

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing with us how to have gospel conversations with our kids.

As moms we want to speak to our children in a way that is life giving and gives them the hope of Jesus. But how do we do this? That can feel like such a heavy burden that I am responsible for having those gospel conversations with my child. What if I screw it up, what if I say the wrong thing, I am too inadequate for this!

Mama, those things just aren’t true. God has commissioned you for a time such as this and he has already equipped you with everything you need to have these gospel conversations with your child.

This week Bethany is talking about how do you know how to start this conversation and how you know what your child is ready for.

It doesn’t matter what age your child is, or how far away from Jesus you think they have gotten. It’s never to late to have those gospel conversations. That may look different than what it looks like when having those conversations with a child.

Join Bethany at the kitchen table to learn together what those gospel conversations look like at any age!

Don’t forget to head over to https://bethanykimsey.com to grab your copy of the free prayer guide. You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share where you need prayer this week, and how she can help pray for you!

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing with us how to have gospel conversations with our kids.

Mama, those things just aren’t true. God has commissioned you for a time such as this and he has already equipped you with everything you need to have these gospel conversations with your child.

This week Bethany is talking about how do you know how to start this conversation and how you know what your child is ready for.

Join Bethany at the kitchen table to learn together what those gospel conversations look like at any age!

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17. How Do We Walk in Joy?

Welcome back to the kitchen table! Pull up a seat today as Bethany is talking about finding Joy through God’s grace. Surprisingly enough, the word joy doesn’t have anything to do with a feeling at all. The word joy in greek means grace recognized. Some days it is hard to find Joy. Maybe it’s your kids not listening, they are fussing and fighting, or maybe you just have a million things on your to-do list for the day. It’s hard to feel joy in these moments! Then we start to think, if it's hard to find joy in these light afflictions, what are we going to do when the hard stuff hits?

God promises us his grace in all the moments. God’s grace rescues us. His grace can release us from the bondage of the places that we feel held back or ashamed. The gospel changes everything.

This week Bethany shares 5 ways that God’s Grace can help us become anchored in Joy in our daily lives.

It changes the way we walk

We don’t get burdened down as easy, but we know to quickly go to our source of Grace. No matter how many times I have to go back and be reminded of this grace.

It changes our sight

God is the one we can run to in everything with our sight locked on him. Grace helps us recognize he is the one we need to see.

It can deepen our faith

In the painful and hard moments we walk through, this will become our anchor.

It helps us introduce faith to others

We get to share this grace with our kids and be the aroma of Jesus to our kids.

It is promised that you will be filled with his joy

Romans 15:13 says, “may the God of hope fill you with all the joy and peace”

This is the way we walk, and this is what we put our hope in.

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19. How to Talk to Your Toddler or Preschooler about Jesus

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is diving into how to have those gospel conversations with the toddler age. If you are currently in those terrible 2’s momma, then this one's for you!

The toddler phase is full of curiousness and exploration. This is a phase where the world is just entrancing and exciting for them.

But as our kids walk through this exploration phase, this is a time that we can begin helping them explore God and how he is in every piece of their life.

This week Bethany is sharing:

How to include God in every conversation you have with your child
How to help your child see the goodness of God through your correction of them

The truth is, the toddler phase is full of a lot of correcting. Days are spent saying “no, don’t do that, or please stop that!”It can get wearisome and you begin to think it's just your kid or maybe you're doing something wrong.

I know these moments make you feel hopeless and like you are just annoyed with your child. But have hope because you have Jesus. Do not accept those lies mama! Think of this as your opportunity to share the gospel. This is the time to let your child know that you don’t have to be good enough because God is big enough.

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. You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your messy moments from the toddler years, and how you met those situations with grace in light of the gospel.