BONUS: Share: Generosity
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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“You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God” (2 Corinthians 9:11)
Jesus gave his life so that we could live ours fully and God wants us to give and give generously and joyfully as a response to that. Generosity is more than giving money, especially for our kids! We can and should give generously with our talents and time as well. It may feel small to help greet people at church, mow a neighbor’s lawn, open up your home to others, or pack shoeboxes at Christmastime, but all those small acts of generous service transform hearts and honor God.
As you pray generosity over your kids this week, I encourage you to make a list of the things you and your family can do together to give generously and share the love of Jesus. Maybe it’s a financial goal for a donation, one service project a month, or stepping up to serve at church. Whatever it is that you decide, do so joyfully together.
Remember, the gospel is more about giving than receiving, so let’s pray that our kids’ lives reflect that and that they will learn to love sharing.
Lord, we are blessed to be a blessing. I pray that _________ would be known for generosity their entire lives. Whether it is giving financially, giving with time, or giving with talents and resources, I pray that they give cheerfully because of the gift that you give us: the gift of life. As a family, may we be on the lookout for ways we can be generous together. Amen.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:14.7 | Hey friends, welcome back to Pardon in the Mess. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and we are on week 31 of praying together through the school year. |
| 0:22.7 | We're doing an adrenaline called A Life of Faith. |
| 0:24.4 | And this section is all about how we can pray that our kids share Jesus. |
| 0:28.5 | And what does that look like? |
| 0:29.8 | And the topic today is generosity, which you know this entire topic fires me up. |
| 0:34.5 | I could talk for hours about how that was a part of my upbringing. My mom |
| 0:39.5 | and dad were both super generous and that impacted my own faith. And it's part of the legacy I'm |
| 0:44.6 | trying to instill in my kids that just living generously and sharing things in a way, not just your |
| 0:49.8 | things or money, but your time and your talents and your smiles, all in a way that draws people |
| 0:54.8 | back to Jesus. And I have seen it work over and over again. And it just makes me have such purpose |
| 1:00.0 | during the day to say, Lord, what have you given me? And where do you want me to step in and share |
| 1:04.8 | and be generous with my life so that other people meet you? So I'm super passionate about it. Again, I could talk for hours. But if you go back to |
| 1:12.3 | a week, I think, I don't know what the week was, but it's November 24th. I did an episode called |
| 1:17.0 | What Matters Most, and I do it like a whole 30, 40 minutes about generosity. So go back if you |
| 1:22.0 | want more practical tips there. But I'm going to share a story up front here. Just this more about just life right now. |
| 1:29.0 | And then we'll get into generosity. But everyone's been asking me like, how are you? |
| 1:34.0 | Senior year? I'm like, I'm good. I have the moments of Tiri. But now I know why these people that |
| 1:39.0 | have gone before us are looking at me with like these scared eyes. Like, are you okay? |
| 1:43.6 | And April hit and we got back from |
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