How do we disciple our kids with Matt Chandler
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 20 August 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
All in favor of being intentional about discipling your kids—raise your hand.
Great, it’s unanimous.
Now that we agree it’s important, how exactly do we do it?
Today on Pardon the Mess, Matt Chandler walks us through the idea of discipleship. You are going to be so glad you invested your time in listening to today’s episode!
As overwhelming as it might seem, the Lord has specifically placed each of us in our children’s lives as disciple-makers. Thankfully, our job doesn’t have to be complex. As Matt puts it: “We’re simply called to do whatever we can, whenever we can, to help our family become friends and followers of Jesus Christ.”
In their book, Family Discipleship, Matt Chandler and Adam Griffin lay out a very attainable rhythm of gospel-centered discipleship. It happens in three key areas of our family lives: time, moments, and milestones. Given even the slightest bit of intentionality, each of these three areas can be touched on practically and naturally.
Matt Chandler is the lead pastor at the Village Church in Dallas, Texas where he lives with his wife and three children. He’s an amazing communicator. If you’re not already hooked, let me leave you with my favorite parenting quote from Matt: “We’re working for the thank you when they are twenty-eight, not when they are fifteen” (I haven’t been able to get his words out of my head).
Ummm—yes! Let’s make sure we’re doing the God things that our kids will thank us for when they are adults, starting with discipling them in the Lord while they are still in our homes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is Cynthia Yanov, host A Pardon a Mess. |
| 0:07.4 | Parenting can get messy and that's why we're glad you're with us. |
| 0:10.2 | Each week we have honest discussions with our guests about the ups and downs of parenting |
| 0:13.7 | and the lessons God is teaching us along the way. |
| 0:16.4 | It's fun, it's real, and it's biblical. |
| 0:18.8 | We put our trust in a God who re-scripps our mess into |
| 0:21.5 | his greater message. That's the best parenting news we could ask for. Join us each week on Pardon |
| 0:26.0 | the Mess as we walk the Parenting Road together. Hey guys, is Cynthia. Welcome to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:31.2 | I'm glad you're with us today because we have Matt Chandler with us. Matt is the pastor of the village church in Dallas. He's an author, a speaker, |
| 0:38.8 | a dad, and he has a great word for us on discipleship. And I think this is an important topic always, |
| 0:44.1 | but especially as we start a new school year, we tend to think about things we want to do |
| 0:47.9 | differently, things that we can implement with our family. And so discipleship's an important one. |
| 0:53.0 | Now, sometimes that word can throw us when we're |
| 0:54.8 | trying to figure out what exactly does it mean to disciple our family, but I love how he says it in his book. |
| 1:00.4 | He describes discipleship this way. He says, leading your home, doing whatever you can, whenever you can, |
| 1:06.2 | to help your family become friends and followers of Jesus Christ. And that is a sweet way to say it and a very practical way. |
| 1:13.8 | He'll talk to us today about modeling it, talking to our kids about our faith, but also the |
| 1:18.4 | places where we kind of need to give ourselves a break and understand that it's not all |
| 1:22.2 | completely on us. |
| 1:23.7 | So it's a good word today with Matt Chandler. |
| 1:25.8 | This is the podcast you want to hear before school kicks off. I know I needed to hear this. |
| 1:30.4 | Before we get any further, though, I just want to remind you, if you have not grabbed a copy of our prayer journal, will you stop and do that? |
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