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God Hears Her Podcast

Parenting Boundaries (Steph Thurling)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Bible, Christianity, Womensbiblestudy, Womensministry, Female, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Society & Culture

4.9 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: Steph Thurling is the Executive Director of Christian Parenting and host of The Christian Parenting Podcast as well as a speaker and the co-author of Raising Prayerful Kids. Steph has her master’s in youth, family, and culture from Fuller Theological Seminary and has a background in youth and children’s ministry. She loves helping families grow closer to each other and to God through meaningful experiences and conversations. Steph lives in Minnesota with her husband and three amazing and hilarious kids.  

 

Show Summary: Parenting and mentoring children comes with countless decisions—but how do you know when to say yes, when to say no, and how to hold loving boundaries that truly matter? Steph Thurling discovered the power of healthy boundaries through a difficult postpartum season and the ever-changing phases of motherhood. In this God Hears Her conversation, Elisa Morgan sits down with Steph to explore what it looks like to set wise, grace-filled boundaries, raise children who love Jesus, and keep the long view in mind through every season of parenting. 

 

Notes and Quotes:  

“You learn that you have to say no to things and that some things might be good for another family, but they might not be good for you.” —Steph Thurling 

 

“I learned that He will see me through it and that nothing is permanent. There are seasons for everything. There are seasons that will be easy and there will be seasons that will be hard, but no matter what, He is walking through it with us and will hold our hand and will light our path. We can rely on Him for provision.” —Steph Thurling 

 

“There is good community out there. God puts people in your life to get you through.” —Steph Thurling 

 

“My ultimate goal in my parenting is that my kids will know, love, follow, and share Jesus. That’s the best thing we could want for our kids. So, it’s really important that while we focus on the good things for our kids, we keep the best thing in mind.” —Steph Thurling 

 

“He is writing their story and I’m not. We have to trust Him with that even if it might look hard for a while.” —Steph Thurling 

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I want them to follow Jesus and that's the best thing that we can want for our kids.

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And so it's really important that while we focus on the good things for our kids, we keep the best thing in mind.

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And so sometimes that means we have to redirect our conversations or the decisions that we make as a family

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so that we can continue to point

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our kids to Jesus and that our family can continue to be centered around him.

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You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women where we explore the stunning

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truth that God hears you. Join our community of encouraging

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one another and learning to lean on God through scripture, story, and conversation at

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God hears her.org. God hears her. Seek and she will find. Hey friends, before we get started, feel free to download or print our new Bible study show notes

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to fill out while you listen.

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You can find those on our website.

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So today we're talking with Steph Thurling.

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Steph is the executive director of the Christian Parenting Organization, the podcast host for the Christian

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Parenting Podcast, and a mother of three. Today we're going to talk to her about all things parenting,

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so let's dive in. The conversation we're about to have, I know, is going to strike straight to the

1:25.8

heart for a lot of women. And then there are going to be

1:28.7

some women on the outside going, hmm, not me, click, but I want to encourage you to hang in there

1:35.2

with us. We're going to be talking about the topic of parenting and how it shapes us, how it

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shapes our children through us, how it shapes our world. So whether you're a mom

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or a mom wannabe or a grandma, or maybe you have relationship with kids in your world. I welcome

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you. Our conversation is going to be with Steph Thurling. And she is with Christian Parenting Podcast, among other things.

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Steph, welcome to this conversation.

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