41. God Speaks in Whispers with Mark Batterson
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 17 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Is it really possible that we have been given the opportunity to have Mark Batterson on the podcast twice this year? Yes, it is! And it’s exactly what’s going down on Pardon the Mess today. Look at you 2020, actually giving us something good for a change. 😂
Mark is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC and a New York Times best-selling author of over eighteen books. When it comes to discerning the voice of God in our lives, Mark has a great word for us today.
As you’ve probably heard me mention ad nauseam, Mark’s book, In the Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, has arguably impacted my faith more than any book I’ve read in the last decade (other than the Bible). So of course, I didn’t miss the chance to talk about it on today’s podcast. Mark and I discuss how to navigate obstacles we face with confidence, knowing how God’s story ends and his great plans for our lives.
Mark and his daughter recently released a children’s book: God Speaks in Whispers. In their book, they share with us ways to teach our kids to listen for God’s voice and why we should pray for “long obedience” all of their days.
Lots of good stuff coming your way today! Dive in with me, and let’s be encouraged with the great reminder that God Speaks in Whispers.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:05.6 | Hey guys, I'm excited before we kick off today's podcast. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm excited to have a guest with us today. |
| 0:10.9 | I have Jonathan Pitts here. |
| 0:12.1 | Hey, Jonathan. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, Cynthia. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm so excited that you are on the Christian Parenting Podcast Network now. |
| 0:18.4 | Welcome to the group. |
| 0:19.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:20.2 | Hope you guys let me stay. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm definitely perfectly imperfect. So I think I'm qualified to stay. Yes, you're also messy, |
| 0:26.3 | which is why I have you here. But I wanted to just for a minute, let everyone hear a quick word from you |
| 0:31.6 | and let you tell them about the podcast. But let's just start with this. What's messy in your life right now? Yeah, so I'm a widowed dad and I've spent the last two years of my life doing life without my wife and partner for 15 years. I think what's messy is trying to figure out who I am post her because I've spent two years taking care of my girls and focusing on them. And right now it's messy trying to figure out who I am and what that looks like. And everybody's got an expectation of me. |
| 0:56.0 | And I'm like, okay, can I be me? |
| 0:58.3 | So it's just hard to figure that out. |
| 1:00.2 | Who am I? |
| 1:01.0 | Right. |
| 1:01.5 | And so that kind of leads into the second thing I was going to ask you. |
| 1:03.9 | But you have a new podcast, like I said, with our podcast network, which is awesome. |
| 1:07.8 | And it's called The Journey. Tell everybody about it and kind of why you |
| 1:11.3 | decided to do a podcast. Yeah, the journey just came out of that season of grief in which I looked |
| 1:16.9 | back and reflected, you know, Philippians 4-8 says whatever is true, right, honorable, pure, |
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