Resources To Teach Your Children About Jesus | Ep. 04

Risen Motherhood

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Emily and Laura discuss the beginning stages of sharing the gospel with young children, and some of the common challenges. They also share practical ideas for getting started and making it work for your family.

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0:00.0	Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel
0:09.8	like the worst mom on the planet. Which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel
0:14.9	to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether
0:20.9	you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true,
0:25.9	encouragement and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us.
0:38.7	Hey guys, welcome back to Risen Motherhood. I'm Emily Jensen here with my sister in law,
0:43.5	Laura Whiffler. Hey guys, and we are, it's exciting, we're actually sitting on the same couch
0:48.8	right now. We're together. And last time we talked about post party post party. It's not a party.
0:55.8	Definitely not a party. Okay, post party body image. Hopefully thinking of that in light of
1:03.1	biblical truth. And today we are going to tackle kind of gospel instruction for our children.
1:10.3	And I know that this was something I didn't really start to think about that much until I got a
1:16.0	little bit closer to the toddler age, definitely. But certainly it is an important topic and it's
1:22.0	something that feels just really overwhelming and scary to jump into. As if we, we already don't know
1:27.1	enough about like breastfeeding and, you know, nab routines, all those things. And then you get this
1:33.7	huge thing of, oh, and you need to pass on your entire faith to your child, what does that look like?
1:38.5	Values and your belief system. Yeah, so definitely intimidating. It is. I think like there was this
1:45.2	definite transition point when my son turned, I don't know, maybe 18 months to somewhere in
1:50.5	there where it was like read all the books. It's very practical. It's very tangible. It's easy to
1:54.4	know how to get him the right food or choose the right formula. It's kind of scientific in a way
2:00.0	and easy. And then it's not easy. But I think you'll know what I mean. And then you get to like
2:04.6	raising their heart. And, you know, they're going to eat with food. They're going to eat and they're
2:08.6	going to, you don't have as much power over some of those things. But it definitely changes. And that
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