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Love from a Biblical Perspective | UNCONDITIONAL: A Love for the Ages – Week 1/4 | 724

MomStrong International

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This month at MomStrong International we’re studying love. God created us to be in relationship with our Creator, and until that relationship is secure and growing, we are going to have a hole in our hearts that nothing else can fill. Join me for week one of UNCONDITIONAL: A Love for the Ages.

Scriptures Mentioned

Psalm 103:10-12
John 16:27
1 John 4:7-11
Isaiah 58:11
Hebrews 13:4


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The Radical Cost of Following Jesus, Part 1 and Part 2
Dare to be a Daniel: Talking to Your Kids About Standing for the Lord
A Spiritual Crisis and a Crossroad: How Should Christians Respond?

Keeping Sex Alive in Marriage – 723

MomStrong Sisterhood

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A few weeks ago, a weary mom found the courage to ask a question that’s on the hearts of many of married couples: “How do I keep sex alive in marriage?”  Join me today as I tackle this important question and encourage you to keep the home fires burning! Marriage is worth it!

Mentioned in the Podcast

Heidi St John Guide to Romance25 Ways to Stay Married for 25 Years
Sex is a Creative Process

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Leaving Legalism, Loving Jesus with Kendra Fletcher 722

MomStrong Sisterhood

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Have you ever found yourself leaning too hard into a rules-based lifestyle? This was the case for my guest today. After living a decade in the chokehold of a legalistic community, Kendra emerged to find healing, grace for herself, and a renewed faith the stood apart from the religious confines of her rigid church. We also tackle to topic of the common overreaction of legalism—which is to miss God’s heart and end up in another ditch. Tune in for this important discussion!

Kendra Fletcher is a mother of 8, speaker, author, and podcaster. She is the author of Lost and Found: Losing Religion, Finding Grace, and Leaving Legalism, and she regularly writes for Key Life Ministries. The Fletchers reside in California, where they play in the Pacific Ocean as often as possible. Find Kendra on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
 
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The Power of Contentment: Find Balance & Breathe Week 4/4 | 721

MomStrong International

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This month at MomStrong International, we’ve been talking about what it means to embrace God’s priorities. One of those priorities is rest. If you struggle to rest, chances are you are also struggling to be content. Listen in and learn why embracing this biblical principle matters more than you may realize. You are loved!

Scripture

Jeremiah 32:37-44

Toxic Masculinity? – 720

Becoming MomStrong, Current Events

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Recently, a viral ad sparked frustration when it took aim at “toxic masculinity.” Today, I’ll address a few questions from listeners about God’s view of male and female and why I believe we need more, not less masculine men in our culture. Ultimately, our struggle is not with our gender. It’s a struggle with sin, and neither sex is immune the the struggle. God has created us differently. Let’s celebrate what He has created!
Articles Mentioned
Scriptures Mentioned
  • 1 Peter 2:11
  • Ephesians 5:3
  • Proverbs 6:27
  • Isaiah 50:7
  • Romans 13:14
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The Case for Discipleship with Leslie Nunnery – 719

Becoming MomStrong

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Have you ever struggled to understand the “how” and “why” of discipling your children? Join me today as I talk with my friend, author Leslie Nunnery, about the HOPE that springs from a life devoted to following Jesus. Parents who know Christ have His promises to guide them—and when we pass His truths to our children, God promises to do the rest.

Leslie Nunnery, a homeschool mom of 4, is the co-founder of Teach Them Diligently along with her husband David. God has given her a strong burden to minister to Christian families to help support, encourage and equip them to disciple their children, protect their marriages, and serve God in the ways He has planned for them.

As parents, we’ve been given a powerful promise with clear instructions. God tells us in Deuteronomy to “teach our children diligently.” This passage—as well as many others—gives us great insight into how to train our children and how to enjoy the promised blessing that always accompanies the mandates we are given. So, why are we as Christian parents still uncertain? Why do we live in fear? Why are we losing our children in record numbers? And what can we do about it?

Teach Them Diligently: Raising Children of Promise is a solution-focused, easy-to-read guide that is parent-centric and sets out to make the point that Christian discipleship—as commanded in the Great Commission—starts in the home.

Where will I see you this year? 

Finding a Balance Between Work and Rest | MSI Week 3/4 – 718

MomStrong International

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Ecclesiastes 4:6 says that rest is a better option than labor, yet Galatians 6:9 tells us not to lose heart and grow weary–not to stop working. What’s happening here? We know the Word does not contradict itself, so there must be something important in both passages. When do we labor and when is labor unimportant? God commands us to labor with our hands. Labor is good, yet work for the sake of accolades or profit is a waste. Labor and sacrifice for the Gospel is both modeled and blessed by God.

Jesus modeled labor and rest beautifully for us. This week, we’ll come to understand how God’s priority of salvation directs both our labor and our rest.

Moms, if we’re honest, some of us struggle to find value in having a clean living space for our family. So.much.work. Some of us struggle to see the value in training our kids in the area of chores because it’s often harder to teach them how to clean a toilet (You know, with soap.) than to just clean the thing yourself. It’s more work to train a child to do a chore the right way, and follow through with their work, then it is to just do it yourself while they play happily in the other room, or sleep until noon. When we give in to that, we raise a generation of children who do not know the value or the deep satisfaction of working hard. But then again, we’re modeling balance (or at least we’re supposed to be). Listen in today as I touch on this month’s Bible Study at MomStrong International.

Mentioned in Podcast
Colossians 3:23
Mark 1
Mark 6
Ecclesiastes 5:12
1 Thessalonians 1:10

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