Everything from Parenting to Prioritizing Life with Michael W. Smith
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Michael W. Smith joins us to talk about family, loving your spouse well, focusing on what really matters in raising kids, and slowing down by prioritizing what’s important in our lives. You will love hearing about his heart behind creating a new children’s lullaby album. Oh, and we even talked about his friendship with Billy Graham and singing at Reverend Graham’s funeral.
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| 0:00.0 | We're so glad that you've tuned in to pardon the mess. |
| 0:07.5 | We're parents just like you, doing our best to raise kids who will love and follow Christ. |
| 0:12.7 | We hope you will join us and our guests each week for honest conversations about the good, |
| 0:17.4 | bad, and ugly of raising kids. |
| 0:19.6 | There's no perfect parents, just a perfect God |
| 0:21.9 | who stands ready to pardon our mess and guide us on the most challenging yet rewarding journey, |
| 0:27.3 | parenting. |
| 0:31.9 | Hey guys, Cynthia Yanop here. Stop it. You're not going to believe we are talking to Michael |
| 0:36.3 | W. Smith. And yes, I had to play |
| 0:38.4 | Friends of Friends Forever in our intro because there's not a one of us that didn't leave church |
| 0:42.5 | camp in the 80s boo-hoo into that song. Okay, or maybe that was just me. Okay, I may have creeped him out |
| 0:47.8 | a little bit in the beginning when I gushed about being a big fan, but either way, Michael W. Smith was super gracious, and you're going to get some great encouragement from him today. Here's a little sample. |
| 0:58.3 | I'll just be blunt. I think what parents, something to mistake a lot of parents do is they |
| 1:04.2 | invest so much in our kids. It's all about the kids. It's all about the kids. And you've got |
| 1:08.7 | to just remember going, you know what? First and foremost, first and foremost, your faith, you know, your relationship with Christ. |
| 1:14.6 | But, man, the second is going, you've got to stay in love with your wife or your husband. |
| 1:21.9 | Thanks for joining us and here we go with our interview. |
| 1:25.2 | Hey, Michael W. Smith. How are you? |
| 1:27.0 | I'm doing well. |
| 1:28.2 | Thank you. |
| 1:29.0 | We are so glad you're here today, and I just need you to know up front that I am about |
| 1:33.1 | the biggest Michael W. Smith enthusiast that might exist. |
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