BONUS: Marked by Stature
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
“The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” —1 Samuel 16:7
If we want our kids to grow in wisdom, stature, and favor like Jesus, how should we pray when it comes to stature? Merriam-Webster’s definition of stature speaks both to physical height as well as status or reputation; both are key areas we can pray over our kids.
Praying for physical growth is praying that our kids remain healthy and develop into adults who can best accomplish God’s plans for them. It’s remembering that our bodies are God’s temple, so we are called to care for them with the same concern and reverence we would show the physical church. It's praying over our kids’ physical relationships, their decisions related to alcohol and drugs, their health, and praying over everything that impacts their bodies.
Along with physical growth, stature includes praying over our kids’ reputations. Our reputation has the power to lead people to Christ or, if not done well, ruin our witness. It’s what the world looks at to see if we practice what we preach. Knowing that we’re called to live a life worthy of the gospel, let’s pray that our kids grow a reputation consistent with their faith.
Lord, we know you’re more concerned with our heart than our physical appearance, so cultivate in [name]a heart that’s marked by their faith in you. Guide each of my children to make decisions with both their body and reputation that honors you.
God’s word speaks:
- 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
- Proverbs 22:1
- Philippians 1:27
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.0 | Well, hey, friends. It's Courtney Defeo with Pardon the Mess. How are you? I hope I'm finding you well. Maybe you're exhausted. Maybe just |
| 0:21.0 | tossed your kids violently out of the car. I don't know. Whatever a Monday brings, but I know it can be |
| 0:26.2 | overwhelming as you drive away to think about all the things that you love and care for your children. |
| 0:31.2 | And so this series is called Marked by Prayer. It's a journal that Cynthia Yanov, the previous host |
| 0:37.1 | of Part of the Mess, wrote, |
| 0:39.1 | and I love it so much. And so we're going to go through it all year long. I can't believe it. |
| 0:43.4 | I've never done anything this many weeks in a row. But on Thursdays, we'll have episodes about |
| 0:47.9 | parenting and faith and all kinds of categories. But on Mondays, we will just do a quick five to |
| 0:53.0 | 10 minute prayer together on a different topic. |
| 0:55.5 | It's all about how our kids can be marked by faith versus marks by what the world is telling |
| 1:00.8 | them. So last week we did wisdom. This week we're doing stature and it goes on and on and to all |
| 1:06.2 | the things that we want our kids marked by from truth to compassion to confidence and purity and on and on |
| 1:12.5 | all the way through the school year. So I hope that you'll join us. Again, it's just quick, |
| 1:16.6 | five, ten minutes each Monday and you can listen back whenever you have time. And if you want to |
| 1:20.6 | follow along, you can get the journal that you can write more notes on each child or look up to |
| 1:25.4 | scripture and take some notes on what we pray for today. |
| 1:28.3 | And that is available at marked by prayer.org. |
| 1:31.2 | Again, marked by prayer.org. |
| 1:33.3 | Okay, this week, stature. |
| 1:35.5 | Because I'm immature, like an eight-year-old little boy, I started giggling because I thought, |
| 1:39.5 | yes, there are some of you that are like, heaven, help us, yes. |
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