Ep. 16 - Praying for Our Kids
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 22 December 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
What a week to pray joy for our children. The simplicity of the words of one of the most famous Christmas carols says it all:
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
We have joy in this life because of one thing: the Lord is (not has) come.
The baby we celebrate this week left his heavenly home to be born in a manger so we might have eternal life. He brings forgiveness, redemption, and, yes, joy for all of us at Christmas and all our days.
No matter what we face in our earthly lives, he has overcome all things, and we live in victory through Christ our Savior. The Lord is come—present tense! He’s come for our ups, our downs, our good, and our bad. He is our Lord in all things.
Rebecca Carrell joins us today to talk about the importance of praying joy for our kids, especially when, as parents, it is so easy to be hyper-focused on their happiness. And she has a great reminder for us on how joy in our lives can actually become our strength.
In Christian circles, there’s always a lot of discussion on having “joy” in our lives instead of “happiness.” If you haven’t listened to our interview with Max Lucado from last week on happiness, take a minute to do that! Max has a great point when he says that God wants both joy and happiness for us.
This week, join me in praying that our kids have the kind of joy that comes not from the things we can give them but from a Savior who knows them and wants a personal relationship with them.
And let’s pray that when they face the inevitable difficulties of life they may remain joyful, knowing that Jesus came to earth to heal, restore, and make all things whole.
“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” Luke 2:10
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is Cynthia again. |
| 0:07.9 | I'll post a part in the mess, and I am so glad you're with us again this week as we continue |
| 0:11.8 | to pray for our kids this school year. |
| 0:14.4 | And this week, as we're rolling into Christmas, it's only appropriate that we are |
| 0:17.7 | praying joy over our children. |
| 0:19.8 | And so I'm going to read us the scripture of the week that we are praying. It our children. And so I'm going to read us the |
| 0:21.3 | scripture of the week that we are praying. It's Luke 2, 10 through 11, but the angel said to them, |
| 0:26.4 | do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the |
| 0:31.7 | town of David, a Savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord. Today, here with me is Rebecca Carroll. Hi, Rebecca. I'm so |
| 0:40.9 | excited to be on your podcast. I mean, this is so fun. Well, we're downtown, Dallas in her studio. |
| 0:47.0 | She is a, what's that official title for what you? Yeah. So morning show co-host is what I call |
| 0:51.7 | myself. Okay, morning show. a DJ is probably equally descriptive. |
| 0:56.0 | Okay, yes. |
| 0:56.7 | And she does a phenomenal job on KCVI and we love her. |
| 1:00.2 | And I was coming down here because she's so sweet to have me on her podcast. |
| 1:03.2 | And I thought, this is the one for Rebecca Carroll because, and I mean this, I wouldn't say this if I didn't mean it. |
| 1:07.7 | And I told you just before we started. But when I was thinking through someone that just exudes joy, it's you. Oh, what a compliment. Thank you. That, |
| 1:16.1 | that honestly, I'm not 100% sure what to do with that, but thank you. Well, you need to, yeah, |
| 1:20.4 | you tuck that away because I think you do. You just exude joy. And I was here doing a podcast |
| 1:24.8 | with you maybe a couple months ago and your grandmother was about to |
| 1:27.8 | pass away. Right. And you were very, very close to your grandmother and hard time. And I remember |
| 1:32.0 | thinking, even waiting for the phone call hour by hour, you've just had that sweet sense of |
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