My Virtual Mentor: Stewardship & Generosity with Boyd Bailey
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
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🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that once a month we are doing a mentor episode? We will cover a different topic each month in hopes to provide helpful content for you and your local mentor.
1) listen to the episode
2) talk about it with a mentor or friend that is a season ahead of you
If you’re just getting started - don’t miss the first few episodes:
- My Virtual Mentor: Why Mentorship Matters
- My Virtual Mentor: Intimacy with God
- My Virtual Mentor: Personalities and Temperaments
If you have been around this podcast for any length of time, you know that I am passionate about generosity. I was raised in a home that lived out their faith with generosity. The biblical concept of generosity and stewardship is one that gives meaning and purpose to my daily life. It’s been so fun to pass down this legacy of generosity to my kids and watch them step into this way of life.
Today, I have the absolute honor of interviewing Boyd Bailey. Boyd is the President of the National Christian Foundation (NCF) in Georgia. He is also the author of several books, including his latest, The Power of Generosity: Experiencing God’s Amazing Abundance - How to Change the World Through Acts of Kindness.
My favorite part is when he shares a GREAT idea. He gives his grandkids money at Thanksgiving and they come back together at Christmas to talk about what they did with the money and time. What a fantastic tradition! I am 100% doing this.
Enjoy!
Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction and Personal Connection
(02:00) Boyd's Current Endeavors and Family Involvement
(04:06) Understanding Stewardship and Generosity
(10:03) Practical Generosity in Family Life
(18:03) Hearing from God and Spiritual Growth
(22:01) Benefits of Generosity in Relationships
(24:58) The Impact of Generosity on Family Dynamics
(29:07) The Power of Generosity Book Overview
MY VIRTUAL MENTOR GUIDE (INTIMACY WITH GOD)
Scripture to memorize:
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21
Scriptures for prayer and study:
Matthew 6:19-21
Matthew 5:14-15
I Timothy 6:7
Matthew 25:23
Books for further study:
The Power of Generosity by Boyd Bailey
A Life Well Spent by Russ Crosson
Love Your Life Not Theirs – Rachel Cruze
The Truth About Money Lies – Russ Crosson
Discussion questions:
Did your parents teach you about the concept of stewardship?
Are you aligned on finances with your spouse?
Where have you seen generosity impact your own life?
What are some practical ways you can practice generosity in this season?
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Resources from today’s show:
Connect with Boyd
The Power of Generosity - Boyd’s latest book
Light ‘Em Up Acts - Courtney’s act of kindness program
Christian Parenting Christmas Gift Guide
Super Simple Science with Dr. Fizzlebop
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:02.0 | Let's stop Christmas. |
| 0:10.0 | All I want for Christmas is the weather to be below like 70 degrees. |
| 0:14.0 | That's the heart of a Texan right there. |
| 0:16.0 | But I know if you're like me, finding the perfect gift for the people you love, it should feel joyful, right? But it often feels stressful. So between the busy schedules and crowded stores, it's easy to |
| 0:25.3 | lose the joy of giving. And that's why Christian Parenting created the 2025 Christmas gift guide, |
| 0:30.3 | a one-stop collection of thoughtful, faith-filled gifts for every age and stage. And inside this guide, |
| 0:35.5 | you'll find meaningful ideas for kids, parents, |
| 0:38.0 | grandparents, and your friends, all designed to point hearts back to the true reason for the season. |
| 0:43.2 | Plus, we've included some of our very favorite advent resources from family activities to |
| 0:48.1 | devotionals just for kids so you can keep Jesus at the center of Christmas. And best of all, |
| 0:53.0 | it's completely free. Check out the guide |
| 0:55.3 | today at Christianparenting.org slash Christmas and make this Christmas your most meaningful |
| 1:00.3 | and least stressful. |
| 1:32.4 | Hey friends, welcome back to Part of the Mess. I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and I am fired up about today's guest in this episode. But first, I want to remind you about this mentor series. If you're new here or you're just tuning in to this one, you're like, what are you talking about? Once a month this year, I really felt led to do a mentor episode. And what that means is it's called my virtual mentor and then we'll go through different topics. We've done one on, let's see, our intimacy |
| 1:37.9 | with Christ. We've done one on personalities and temperaments. And this one is going to be all |
| 1:42.7 | about generosity and stewardship. And so my hope is that you'll listen to this episode and then you will get a lunch with a mom or a mentor, someone just a season ahead. You'll both listen to it and then you'll talk about it. And this saves you some time when I was in a mentor group years ago. In fact, this entire series is based off of that experience. It was 18 years ago. I was with Regina |
| 2:01.4 | Williams, and we had a binder and homework and scripture memory and all the things. And it really |
| 2:05.6 | changed my life. And so I went through that binder and pulled out some of the topics that I felt |
| 2:09.5 | for young moms or even high school moms or middle school moms that were the most impactful |
| 2:14.5 | to my life. And this was one of them. When she did the session on stewardship |
| 2:19.1 | and how would we steward our lives as a couple and a family, it really got my attention because I |
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