#134: The Environment of Your Home — Why it Matters and How to Cultivate it

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The holidays are upon us! Unfortunately, that can mean added stress. With so many more decisions to make, Christmas shopping, house decorating, and excessive socializing can become a recipe for shorter fuses with--and toward--our loved ones.

But alas, not this Christmas. In this episode, Josh and Christi spend time talking about the environment of their home, what God is teaching them, and how they are cultivating their environment this holiday season.

Here are some talking points:

* Cultivating your environment requires intention. That you intentionally decide to stop running ragged and miss the moments.* **Parental warning: We also talk about the existence of Santa Claus and how we talk to our kids about him.* How listening to the Holy Spirit is so crucial to the environment of our home.* Since life and death are in the power of the tongue, how we are choosing to speak life into our home and what that means for one another. * Christi's desire to cultivate peace and joy* Josh's living out of James 1:19--being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

Show Notes:

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0:00.0	I think those will be the filters, like all the decision makers. Peace and joy. Does it cultivate peace? Enjoy.
0:08.6	You're listening to the Famous at Home podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub, the podcast formerly known as In This Together.
0:17.6	Kind of like Prince, but not.
0:24.9	We're now in this together helping you be famous at home so you can thrive on your stage. Every one of us has a stage and no matter the stage we show up on,
0:31.7	we all feel the stress of work, travel, and just plain busyness. Unfortunately, it's our loved ones under our own roof
0:40.5	who often get our leftovers. But what if we didn't have to choose between work and our family?
0:47.9	Research shows the more connected we are to our spouse and kids, the more fun we have on our respective stage. So when your
0:56.9	tires hit that driveway, keep in mind, the greatest red carpet you'll ever walk is through your front door.
1:04.3	You are famous at home. Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast.
1:16.1	We are so grateful just to get to talk with you again today.
1:20.6	We're talking, we're sort of just wrapped up our series on the seven core decisions of being
1:26.2	famous at home and we're making a transition
1:28.8	into holiday season and we're Christmas tree oh Christmas tree some people are going to be like
1:35.3	that's too early it's too much people react very strongly hey I want to say something whether
1:40.0	you react strongly or not Christmas lights are up I know like know. Like not in our house. We haven't gone
1:46.1	there yet, but I mean, come on. Hallmark Christmas movies starting at Halloween. That's, I may,
1:51.9	okay, this is just, I'm just going to put this out there, okay? This is, this is just from my
1:56.7	heart to yours. What did you do? No, this is just a helpful tool for all those listening. See,
2:02.8	you might be like us. You've cut the cord. We don't have traditional cable or whatever. We have
2:08.2	Netflix, but you can't watch Hallmark Christmas movies on Netflix, can you? No, but Netflix
2:13.9	has their own now that they're making. Everybody's copying. Hallmark channel.
2:17.8	They are not as good, okay?
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