I feel far from God with Jeannie Cunnion
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever feel far from God? This week, we get to dive into a crucial conversation with Jeannie Cunnion. She helps us unpack this very common feeling amongst believers. She has so much encouragement around why God desires us to get closer and closer. And then, she also gives us practical ways we can grow closer to God.
There isn’t a finish line for growing closer to God. We are all on our own journey with God. It’s personal and it takes time and it’s never-ending. However, we so often compare ourselves to other Christians in our lives. We believe others have arrived spiritually and we are behind. I am praying this chat gives you assurance and comfort in your own journey - no matter where you are in this season.
My favorite part is when we talk about “effort” vs “earn.” Sometimes, we confuse our effort to grow with the desire to earn something. The truth is that we can take steps to get to know God more without getting stuck in the lie that we must earn God’s love. Let this conversation with Jeannie give you peace and a new desire to grow closer to God through His presence.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What to do when you feel far from God
- How do we learn to put effort into our faith - without feeling we must earn it
- How to be on your own faith journey - while parenting kids on their own journey
- Why do we do what we don’t want to do
Enjoy!
Courtney
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Pardon the Miss. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents. |
| 0:14.2 | It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me. |
| 0:18.6 | But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy, |
| 0:22.0 | but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful |
| 0:26.2 | and messy journey of parenting. |
| 0:35.9 | Guys, I'm really excited to tell you about a new movie that's coming out on October 4th called Whitebird. |
| 0:40.7 | And there's two reasons I'm pumped about it. |
| 0:42.3 | First of all, I got to preview it and see it ahead of time. |
| 0:44.9 | And I can honestly say it is a wonderful movie. |
| 0:47.5 | And the second reason I'm excited is from the same group that gave us the movie Wonder. |
| 0:51.9 | Do you all remember that movie? |
| 0:53.1 | It is one of our family |
| 0:54.2 | favorites. And there's something special that happens when you're trying to teach your kids about |
| 0:58.2 | virtues and values and what's important in life. And then it comes to the screen and they can see it |
| 1:02.9 | in a way that it really tugs at their heart. So this is the same idea. It's from the world of |
| 1:07.0 | wonder, which sparked a move it to choose kind. And then the next inspirational chapter |
| 1:11.3 | comes with Whitebird. It's about a boy struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled |
| 1:16.3 | for his treatment of Augie Pullman. Julian is visited by his grandmother, played by Helen |
| 1:20.7 | Mirren, and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape |
| 1:26.3 | Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Can you get your |
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