Why do families exist? What is God's plan for the family? Answering these questions provide a

foundational understanding to God's plan of reaching the ends of the earth with his salvation.

Parents are not spiritual delegation centers, but parent-led discipleship centers. In this two-part

series, we will learn God's plan for the family and how to practically turn your home into a hub of gospel-centered discipleship.

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Welcome to the Sheproos' faithful podcast, episode number 89, truth and encouragement to live gospel-centered lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hey, everyone, and thank you so much for letting me be a part of your day today.

If this is your first time joining me, my name is Lauren and I am the host of this podcast,

which is all about practical theology to help us ladies prove faithful with our roles and

responsibilities that God has given us.

I'm really excited about today's episode.

I have several goals.

Let me just list them out right now because I've gotten a lot of emails from women the past

couple months, just having questions about children, about family, about marriage. And I thought,

there is no better topic to address this than God's vision, God's plan for the family. And it's a great

encouragement to women in all seasons. So this is my goal for these next two

podcasts. One is to help women understand the purpose of having children, of having a family,

especially if you struggle with wanting kids or fear leaving your job, your career, or putting it

on hold, or whatever it might be, whatever fears are in your way of having children.

Maybe you're not even married yet. I know when I wasn't married, I was career focused,

and I was thinking, kids will get in the way. And I had a whole journey of where I am now

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