208: finally talking about this . . .modesty

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

It’s only May, but summer weather has officially started for us…and skin is out! It seemed like a good time to talk about modesty. It’s something Katie really wanted to avoid talking about for a long time, but she felt really at peace now doing this episode. We’re excited to share with you guys our thoughts on this topic!

Immodesty is distracting. It’s loud either in attitude, dress or deed. When something is loud, it’s not longer giving glory to God. It’s stopping right here with me saying “look, this is my body, focus on that instead of the bigger picture of being here to glorify Christ.” It’s not always the amount of skin being shown. It can be the way the skin is being shown.

The two things we can say with confidence on this discussion of modesty, that we feel like Scripture speaks to, are:

#1 - We should have a heart to desire it. God desires it. We should be growing and maturing in this area. It shouldn’t be how much can we get away with, but more so how do we glorify God? Ultimately, we were created to glorify Him. I Corinthians 10:31 - “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” What is our main motivation when we are putting on these clothes and going out in public?

#2 - A man’s perspective has to come into play and into the modesty conversation. Not any man, but a father or husband who loves the Lord and is surrendered to Him. We feel like that is a big piece of the modesty conversation that is missing. Ephesian 5:23 - “ For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”

I Corinthians 6:19-20 - “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."

We hope that after listening to this podcast you look at modesty as a virtue that you want to pursue after throughout the duration of your Christian walk!

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0:00.0	Okay guys, so it's only May but it feels like Summer has officially hit for us and that we're already
0:09.2	recording podcast episodes on the fly. Moving our equipment around to make it work in between
0:16.5	road trips and all of that stuff. So we're back here in our garage today. But the other thing is
0:23.7	it's summer time and skin is out. It seems like a good time to talk about modesty. It's kind of
0:32.0	funny. This is something that I really want to do avoid talking about for a long time. I don't know,
0:39.2	I guess we'll hear what Alisha thinks about it in a couple minutes here. But I actually feel like
0:43.7	really at peace doing this episode now. And so I'm excited to share with you guys our thoughts
0:49.6	on modesty. And hopefully here from you guys, our listeners, what your thoughts are.
0:56.7	Anyways, we hope you guys enjoy this episode. If you do last week, so many of you guys took
1:04.8	my little encouragement to screenshot your favorite episode and share it in your stories.
1:09.2	That was so fun. Thank you guys so much for not only spreading the podcast to your communities
1:15.0	on social media and also showing us what episodes are really sticking out to you and what
1:20.0	encouraged your families. So thank you guys so much for doing that. If you haven't left a rating
1:23.7	or a review, you could do so on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you're listening. And as always,
1:29.2	we love when you comment on YouTube. So without further ado, let's get going.
1:45.1	That you had kind of determined to never speak directly to. Oh, yeah, definitely.
1:51.7	I remember it's come up numerous times. We've gotten a lot of questions about it ever since
1:57.5	starting the podcast. It's been one of the more, you know, frequently requested topics since we
2:04.1	started the podcast. And for whatever reason this week, it just you were at peace with talking about
2:11.2	it. I was at peace with talking about it. I don't think I've ever had as many as much apprehension
2:17.7	as you have. And that's probably from naivety. You know, I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm a guy.
2:21.4	I don't know what the situation is. But it just seems like we're both united right now on this
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