You’re on a marriage journey with your spouse, but for many of you, you’re also on a parenting journey. It’s one thing to keep God at the center of your marriage, but it can be another thing to disciple your children alongside your spouse. How do you journey along this life-giving, but often challenging, endeavor? On today’s episode of the WinShape Marriage Podcast, Marlee Arnold is joined by Amy Lowe, who brings her personal experience as a wife of almost 20 years and a mom to two teenagers. However, she also has professional expertise in this topic to boot since Amy oversees WinShape Camps for Girls and WinShape Camps for Families. She shares openly from her experience about how her and her husband practically disciple their children, make God a natural part of their family rhythms, and balance this endeavor with the role of the church and other resources like camp. If you’re a parent who desires for your kids to know and love Jesus, you’ll thoroughly enjoy this conversation.
You’re on a marriage journey with your spouse, but for many of you, you’re also on a parenting journey. It’s one thing to keep God at the center of your marriage, but it can be another thing to disciple your children alongside your spouse. How do you journey along this life-giving, but often challenging, endeavor? On today’s episode of the WinShape Marriage Podcast, Marlee Arnold is joined by Amy Lowe, who brings her personal experience as a wife of almost 20 years and a mom to two teenagers. However, she also has professional expertise in this topic to boot since Amy oversees WinShape Camps for Girls and WinShape Camps for Families. She shares openly from her experience about how her and her husband practically disciple their children, make God a natural part of their family rhythms, and balance this endeavor with the role of the church and other resources like camp. If you’re a parent who desires for your kids to know and love Jesus, you’ll thoroughly enjoy this conversation.
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Time Stamps:
(:56) Amy Lowe’s background
(3:35) By definition, what does it mean to disciple your children?
(5:40) What are some practical and tangible examples of how you disciple your children?
(9:46) How do you and your spouse get on the same team/remain on the same team in this discipleship endeavor
(13:12) How do you talk to your kids about God
(16:07) How you have made God a natural part of your conversations and rhythms in your family
(21:04) Any advice for parents in this discipleship endeavor who came to know the Lord as adults or grew up in homes where God was sequestered to Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings
(26:10) How do you balance what you’re doing in your home (discipling your children) versus what is being “outsourced”
(31:07) How do you pray with your kids
(33:49) What is the biggest prayer you find yourself praying for your kids
(35:36) One key takeaway from this conversation
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Links:
“The Jesus Storybook Bible” https://www.sallylloyd-jones.com/books/jesus-storybook-bible/
“How To Involve Kids in Prayer” blog https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/how-to-involve-kids-in-prayer/
“How To Explain God to a Child” blog https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/how-to-explain-god-to-a-child/
“Seven Simple Prayers To Pray for Your Spouse and Kids” blog https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/seven-simple-prayers-to-pray-for-your-spouse-and-kids/
“Prayers for Adult Children” blog https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/prayers-for-adult-children/ WinShape Camps Website https://camps.winshape.org/
WinShape Camps for Families https://camps.winshape.org/family-camps/
Carpool Conversations Podcast https://camps.winshape.org/carpool-conversations/
WinShape Marriage Website https://marriage.winshape.org/
WinShape Marriage Instagram https://www.instagram.com/winshapemarriage/