73 | I Don't Want My Kids to Have My Fear of God — Family Prayers That Raise Them in Awe, Not Dread

73 | I Don't Want My Kids to Have My Fear of God — Family Prayers That Raise Them in Awe, Not Dread

Have you ever caught yourself telling your kid "God's going to be upset with you" — and recognized that exact dread from your own childhood church parking lot? Do you know in your head that God is love, but when it's time to actually talk to your kids about Him, the only words that come out are the ones someone handed you? Do you want your kids to grow up in awe of God instead of afraid of Him — but aren't sure what that sounds like in your ordinary, everyday home? Raising kids who know God shouldn't require you to have your own faith completely healed first — but when the only language you have for Him is the fear-based version you grew up with, it's hard to know what to say instead. In this episode, I'm sharing where that dread came from in me, what Romans 5:8 — while we were still sinners — actually means for the kid who grew up believing one slip-up could cost her everything, and the one shift that's changing what my own boys believe about God. You'll walk away with a simple way to build family prayers that raise kids in awe instead of dread, starting tonight. Free Resource: Not sure what your next step with God even is? Take the free 2-minute quiz to find out where you are in your faith — and get a personalized guide made for exactly where you're standing → bemightymom.com/quiz Blog Post: Read the full episode blog post → www.bemightymom.com/episode-73 [http://www.bemightymom.com/episode-73] Scripture Referenced: Romans 5:8 — While we were still sinners, Christ died for us — God's love was never waiting for you to get it right 1 John 4:18 — Perfect love drives out fear — the trade every mom wants to make for her kids Contact → hello@bemightymom.com [ash@bemightymom.com] Podcast → bemightymom.com/listen Connect → Join the free Facebook group, Bible Study and Devotional for Moms, weekly micro Bible studies using the GROW method → https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom [https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom] Instagram → @bemightymom Resources → bemightymom.com/quiz Next Steps: Step 1: Join the free Facebook group, Bible Study and Devotional for Moms, for weekly micro Bible studies using the GROW method → https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom [https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom] Step 2: Sign up for the Faith-Filled email list → bemightymom.com/newsletter Step 3: Take the free quiz to find out where you are in your faith and get your personalized next-step guide → bemightymom.com/quiz

72 | Is God Good When Life Falls Apart? Healing Scriptures for the Mom Who Secretly Expects His Wrath

Do you love God — but notice something in your body that braces every time things go wrong, like punishment might be coming? Have you ever sat in a waiting room running the math — what didn't I pray enough, what didn't I believe hard enough — before you could even stop yourself? What if the voice that told you hard things were God correcting you was never His voice at all? In this episode, I'm sharing the hospital waiting room moment that finally showed me the lie I'd been living inside — that my son's diagnoses were God settling a score with my faith — and why so many moms who genuinely love God still carry that same low-grade dread. We go straight to the question underneath all of it: is God good even when the hard thing keeps coming back? And we let Jeremiah 29:11 answer it — not as a quote on a coffee mug, but as healing scriptures for the body that's still bracing. We're talking about what transactional faith actually is, why "this is your fault" sounds so convincing in a hard moment, and what it looks like to bring honest, searching prayer to a God whose plans for you were never to harm you. Not in the waiting room. Not in the diagnosis. Not in the thing that keeps coming back. If you've been turning your lament into self-blame, or quietly wondering whether God is actually good to you specifically — this episode is for you. Free Resource: Start growing with God today with the free GROW with God Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] Blog Post: Read the full episode blog post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-72 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-72] Scripture Referenced: * Jeremiah 29:11 — God's plans for you are to prosper you and not to harm you, plans for hope and a future * Romans 5:8 — While we were still sinners, Christ died for us — proof His love was never a transaction * Psalm 34:18 — The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, even in the waiting room * Romans 8:28 — God works all things for good for those who love Him — not punishment, but purpose Related Episodes: Episode 68 | Is God Watching You — or Watching OVER You? The Fear of God Lie and What Moses Reveals Episode 60 | Should I Be Afraid of God? What Fear of God Really Means for Moms Contact → admin@bemightymom.com [admin@bemightymom.com] Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen] Connect → Join the free Facebook group, Bible Study and Devotional for Moms — where we do micro Bible studies using the GROW method https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom [https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom] Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom [https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom] Resources → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] Next Steps: Step 1: Join the free Facebook group, Bible Study and Devotional for Moms, for weekly micro Bible studies using the GROW method → https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom [https://www.facebook.com/groups/bemightymom] Step 2: Sign up for the Faith-Filled email list → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter] Step 3: Start growing with God today with the free GROW with God Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow]

71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Fear. A Family Bible Study on God's Law as a Love Language

Do those three words — Ten Commandments — make something in your body tighten before you've even decided how you feel about them? Are you trying to teach your kids what God asks of them without handing them the same list-of-ways-to-fail-Him that you grew up carrying? What if you didn't need a single chart, checklist, or commandment-by-commandment breakdown — just one story, told in the right order? In this episode, Ash walks through the sequence in Exodus that changes everything about how kids (and their moms) understand the Ten Commandments: rescue first, trust second, love in response third. This is real Bible study you can use with your own kids tonight — no curriculum required, no theology degree needed. You'll learn the one sentence that turns "list of rules" into "love language," and why retelling it to your children quietly heals your own relationship with these commandments at the same time. Free Resource: Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook] Blog Post: Read the full episode blog post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-71 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-71] Scripture Referenced: * Exodus 19:8 — "We will do everything the LORD has said." Israel's trust came before the commandments were given * Matthew 22:37-40 — Jesus sums up every commandment in two: love God, love people Contact → admin@bemightymom.com [admin@bemightymom.com] Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen] Connect → Join the free Be Mighty in Sisterhood community https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/] Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom [https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom] Resources → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook] Next Steps: Step 1: Join a free community of moms healing their faith and building God-centered homes → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/] Step 2: Sign up for the Faith-Filled email list → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter] Step 3: Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook] The Faith-Filled Home is for moms wondering, "Is God Good?" Through daily devotionals, focused Bible Study on God and His attributes, Healing Scriptures, and Family Prayers that draw her whole household closer to Him, this is where she grows closer to God and leads her family home to Him.

70 | The Ten Commandments Aren't to Condemn You. Take This Lesson From Moses Himself — Because God Is for You, Not Against You

Did you grow up believing that breaking the rules meant you were one bad day away from losing God's love? Have you spent years measuring yourself against the Ten Commandments, certain you were falling short — and certain that the gap was proof something was wrong with you? What if the very first thing God said before He gave a single commandment was never about your performance at all? In this episode, Ash takes you straight to Exodus 20:2 — the four words that come before "you shall have no other gods" — and shows you the sequence fear-based religion quietly rearranged: rescue first, relationship first, and only then the commandments. This is real Bible study you can hold onto: Romans 3:23-24, Ephesians 2:8-9, and the truth that the gap between you and perfection was never evidence of your failure. It was evidence that grace came first, every time, for everyone — including you. Free Resource: Start growing with God today with the free GROW with God Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] Blog Post: Read the full episode blog post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-70 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-70] Scripture Referenced: * Exodus 20:2 — "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt." The rescue came before a single commandment was spoken * Romans 3:23-24 — All have sinned, AND all are justified freely by His grace * Ephesians 2:8-9 — Saved by grace, through faith, as a gift — not by works * Matthew 22:37-40 — Every commandment hangs on loving God and loving people Related Episodes: Episode 69 | The Lie About How God Sees You (previous in series) Episode 71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Fear (Thursday companion episode) Contact → admin@bemightymom.com [admin@bemightymom.com] Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen] Connect → Join the free Be Mighty in Sisterhood community https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/] Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom [https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom] Resources → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] Next Steps: Step 1: Join a free community of moms healing their faith and building God-centered homes → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/] Step 2: Sign up for the Faith-Filled email list → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter] Step 3: Start growing with God today with the free GROW with God Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] The Faith-Filled Home is for moms wondering, "Is God Good?" Through daily devotionals, focused Bible Study on God and His attributes, Healing Scriptures, and Family Prayers that draw her whole household closer to Him, this is where she grows closer to God and leads her family home to Him.

69 | Is God Good or Is He Watching to Catch You? How to Talk to Your Kids About Who God Actually Is

Have you ever opened your mouth to talk to your kids about God — and heard your mother's words (or your grandmother's) come out instead? Do you already know the truth about who God is, but in the actual moment still reach for the phrases that scared you as a kid, before you can stop yourself? What if you didn't need to overhaul every conversation — just have two new phrases ready for the moments that matter most? In this episode, Ash takes you to Exodus 3:7 — what God said about His people before He ever gave them a single instruction — and turns it into real, practical language for your home. You'll walk away with two simple phrase swaps ("God is watching you" → "God loves watching over you," and "God sees what you did" → "let's talk to God about it") and a thirty-second way to model honesty with God for your kids using the BAM Prayer Framework's first step: Be Honest with God. Whether your kids are toddlers or somewhere in between, you're leaving this episode with words for the real, ordinary moments — the ones that quietly shape who your children believe God is. Free Resource: Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook] Blog Post: Read the full episode blog post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-69 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-69] Scripture Referenced: * Exodus 3:7 — God sees, hears, and is moved by love for His people — not by watching to catch them * 1 John 4:18 — Perfect love drives out fear * BAM Prayer Framework (Be Honest with God) — modeling real, unpolished honesty with God in front of your kids Related Episodes: Episode 68 | The Lie About How God Sees You (previous in series) Episode 71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Fear (next Thursday) Contact → admin@bemightymom.com [admin@bemightymom.com] Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen] Connect → Join the free Be Mighty in Sisterhood community https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/] Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom [https://www.instagram.com/bemightymom] Resources → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook] Next Steps: Step 1: Join a free community of moms healing their faith and building God-centered homes → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/] Step 2: Sign up for the Faith-Filled email list → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter] Step 3: Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook] The Faith-Filled Home is for moms wondering, "Is God Good?" Through daily devotionals, focused Bible Study on God and His attributes, Healing Scriptures, and Family Prayers that draw her whole household closer to Him, this is where she grows closer to God and leads her family home to Him.