Praying for our kids: Contentment
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 24 January 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that” (1 Timothy 6:6-8 NIV).
Well that’s one way to put it bluntly, Paul. ⬆️
Today we’re praying contentment over our kids, and, let’s be honest, we probably need to be praying it for ourselves as well. Praying contentment for our children is praying they have an inner satisfaction and fulfillment no matter what their outside circumstances bring.
A great starting place is to pray that our kids live with gratitude, perspective, and inner peace— even when life brings the hard things we all face. Contentment seems most elusive when we’re suffering, but I believe Joni Eareckson Tada (an amazing Christian woman and quadriplegic) says it best in this quote: “When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.”
Let’s pray this week for our kids to find contentment by pursuing and trusting Jesus no matter what life throws their way. Thanks for joining me as we pray this week, and please take a minute to share our podcast with a friend or two!
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Hey guys, this is Cynthia, |
| 0:16.0 | I'm glad you're praying with us this week over our kids. |
| 0:20.3 | I was so encouraged this week. I received a message on Facebook or Instagram. I'm glad you're praying with us this week over our kids. I was so encouraged |
| 0:21.0 | this week. I received a message on Facebook or Instagram. I can't remember one of my personal |
| 0:25.8 | accounts. A woman from Seattle messaged me and said that she has become a believer just the last |
| 0:30.5 | several years and just has wanted to pray well for her kids. And so she found this podcast. |
| 0:35.3 | And every Monday morning, she drops her kids off at school. |
| 0:37.9 | And then she goes and pulls over in a parking lot, listens to a podcast and prays with us for her |
| 0:42.4 | kids. It was such an encouragement to me because especially someone who's sitting behind a mic, |
| 0:47.2 | so often I'm like, oh, am I doing this for myself? And if I am, that's enough, right? But are there others? Is this having impact? And sometimes |
| 0:55.2 | that becomes a question for me. And I know as you're doing it, sometimes you may be thinking, |
| 0:59.0 | like, does this matter? Is it having impact? Am I seeing a difference? I mean, if we're just real |
| 1:02.8 | honest, I think that happens sometimes. And I just want to encourage you to know that there are |
| 1:06.8 | thousands and thousands that pray with us every week for their kids. And it matters and it's |
| 1:11.6 | significant. And I'm just, I think of this woman pulled over in a parking lot. I'm like, |
| 1:15.6 | this is why we do this. We're praying together and we know that we're two or more are gathered. |
| 1:19.5 | And maybe we're not gathered physically in a room together, but we are gathering together as a |
| 1:23.4 | community each week of Christian moms and dads praying over our kids. And it matters. It's |
| 1:28.4 | significant. I just want you to be encouraged like I was from this woman in Seattle who's pulling |
| 1:32.4 | over in the parking lot and doing this every week. They were doing this together as a community. |
| 1:36.3 | I got a text also from a friend who said, another woman sends a text every week to a big group |
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