71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Leaving Them Afraid of God

71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Leaving Them Afraid of God

Did the words "Ten Commandments" just do something in your body — a tightening, a little dread, a flash of that list and all the weight that always came with it — and now you're supposed to teach them to your kids? Are you afraid of handing your kids the same heavy, rule-based picture of God you grew up with — but not sure how to explain the Ten Commandments to a child without it sounding like a list of ways to fail? Do you want your kids to know the Ten Commandments without the fear — and do you just need someone to tell you how to do that without a curriculum, without a breakdown, without going commandment by commandment? You don't need a curriculum. You don't need to walk your kids through the Ten Commandments line by line. You just need to tell them the story in the right order. In this episode, we're talking about how to teach the Ten Commandments to children in a way that builds their faith instead of their fear — using the one sequence that changes everything: rescue, trust, then love in response. We go back to Exodus to look at what happened before God spoke a single commandment, and we give you one sentence that captures the entire Ten Commandments in a way that is simple enough for kids: the Ten Commandments are how we show God we love Him — by loving Him and loving the people around us. No breakdown. No list. No weight. This is how teaching kids to pray and talk to God connects to the Ten Commandments — it all starts with the right foundation, laid in the right order, so that every commandment your kids ever encounter lands in the right soil. And if you need faith Bible verses to anchor this for yourself first, Exodus 20:2 and Matthew 22:37-40 are where to start.   Free Resource → Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook]  Blog Post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-71 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-71]    Scripture Referenced * Exodus 19 — Israel trusted God before the commandments were given * Exodus 20:2 — Rescue came before the first rule * Matthew 22:37-40 — Every commandment hangs on love God, love people   Contact → hello@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 → @bemightymom Resources → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook]    Next Steps Step 1: Join a supportive community of moms seeking encouragement and sisterhood in the free online group — no social media required → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/]  Step 2: Sign up for the weekly Faith-Filled Front Inbox to receive biblical encouragement straight to your email → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter]  Step 3: Grow your relationship with God for free → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] The Faith-Filled Home Podcast is for the mom in the middle of her Spiritual journey who needs Healing Scriptures, Encouraging Bible Verses for the days she can barely hold on, the truth about Forgiveness, and a Morning Prayer that actually feels like something. Go from Scared of God to Christ-centered Motherhood.

70 | The Ten Commandments Aren't to Condemn You. Take This Lesson From Moses Himself.

Were you taught that breaking the Ten Commandments meant you were out — and have you spent your whole life trying to meet a standard you already knew you were failing? Do you believe in grace but still secretly feel like God is keeping score — like the forgiveness might not have fully covered everything on the list? Has your faith ever felt like a never-ending performance review — and did you ever wonder if there was something about the Ten Commandments everyone else understood and you somehow missed? The Ten Commandments were never meant to be a measuring stick. But fear-based religion and legalism handed them to you as exactly that — follow them and you're in, break them and you're out. In this episode, we're going back to Exodus 20 and reading the four words that appear before the very first commandment — the words that dismantle the law vs grace framework that legalism built. We're talking about what the Ten Commandments actually mean, why God's rescue of His people came before a single rule was ever spoken, and why breaking the commandments doesn't lead to condemnation when you understand the sequence. If you've been carrying the weight of a standard that fear-based religion told you God required — and you need healing scriptures to help replace that weight with truth — Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:23-24, and Exodus 20:2 have something important to say to you today. The rules were never the door. Grace was always first. That is the real meaning of salvation, and it changes everything.   Free Resource → Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook]  Blog Post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-70 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-70]    Scripture Referenced * Exodus 20:2 — Grace came before the first commandment * Ephesians 2:8-9 — Saved by grace, not by works * Romans 3:23-24 — All have sinned, and all are justified freely * Matthew 22:37-40 — Every commandment hangs on love   Related Episodes: * Episode 68 | Is God Watching You — or Watching OVER You? The Fear of God Lie and What Moses Reveals   Contact → hello@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 → @bemightymom   Next Steps Step 1: Join a supportive community of moms seeking encouragement and sisterhood in the free online group — no social media required → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/]  Step 2: Sign up for the weekly Faith-Filled Front Inbox to receive biblical encouragement straight to your email → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter]  Step 3: Grow your relationship with God for free → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] The Faith-Filled Home Podcast is for the mom in the middle of her Spiritual journey who needs Healing Scriptures, Encouraging Bible Verses for the days she can barely hold on, the truth about Forgiveness, and a Morning Prayer that actually feels like something. Go from Scared of God to Christ-centered Motherhood.

69 | Accidentally Teaching Your Kids to Be Scared of God? How Moms Raise Kids Who Love Jesus

Have you ever opened your mouth to talk to your kids about God — and heard your own childhood come out instead? Do you know the truth about who God is, but when the moment actually comes you still reach for the phrases that scared you as a kid — before you can stop yourself? Are you desperate to give your kids a different picture of God — but not sure you have the right words to do it in a Tuesday afternoon kitchen with a four-year-old? Teaching kids who God is shouldn't require a theology degree — but when the only words you have are the ones that were handed to you in fear, it's hard to explain God to a child without accidentally passing on the dread that came with them. In this episode, we're talking about two simple phrase swaps that change everything about how your kids understand who God is and whether He's safe. We're going back to Exodus 3:7 — what God said He was watching for before He ever gave Moses a single instruction — and turning that truth into language your kids can carry for the rest of their lives. Whether you have toddlers or preschoolers or somewhere in between, you're leaving this episode with real words for real moments. This is how teaching kids to pray and talk to God starts — not with a curriculum, but with one honest phrase swap in your everyday home. One small change — and the God your kids grow up knowing looks completely different. That is family prayer in the truest sense: handing your children a God worth loving, one ordinary moment at a time. Free Resource → GROW with God Workbook→ https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook]  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 — not by catching us * 1 John 4:18 — Perfect love drives out fear   Related Episodes: * Episode 68 | Is God Watching You — or Watching OVER You? The Fear of God Lie and What Moses Reveals * Episode 71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Leaving Them Afraid of God   Contact → hello@bemightymom.com Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen]  Connect → Join the free online community → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood]  Instagram → @bemightymom  Next Steps Step 1: Join a supportive community of moms seeking encouragement and sisterhood in the free online group — no social media required → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/]  Step 2: Sign up for the weekly Faith-Filled Front Inbox to receive biblical encouragement straight to your email → https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter [https://www.bemightymom.com/newsletter]  Step 3: GROW your relationship with God with this free workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/grow [https://www.bemightymom.com/grow] The Faith-Filled Home Podcast is for the mom in the middle of her Spiritual journey who needs Healing Scriptures, Encouraging Bible Verses for the days she can barely hold on, the truth about Forgiveness, and a Morning Prayer that actually feels like something. Go from Scared of God to Christ-centered Motherhood.

68 | Is God Watching You — or Watching OVER You? The Fear of God Lie and What Moses Reveals

Do you secretly feel like God is watching you — waiting for you to mess up — instead of watching over you with love? Are you exhausted from performing your faith, going through the motions, and never quite feeling close to the God you're trying so hard to get right with? Have you ever been afraid of God but felt too ashamed to say that out loud — because you're supposed to love Him, not fear Him? In this episode, I'm sharing the lie that fear-based religion planted about how God sees you — and what Moses's story in Exodus reveals about what God is actually watching for — so you can finally stop performing for a God who was never keeping score and step into the real relationship with God you've been desperate for all along. We're talking about why so many of us grew up carrying a fear of God rooted in punishment and wrath of God theology instead of love, what Exodus 3:7 says God was watching when He found Moses in the desert, and how the difference between a God who watches to catch you and a God who watches because He loves you changes absolutely everything — including how you talk to your kids about faith. If you need healing scriptures to replace the fear-based picture of God you were handed, this episode is where that starts. If you've ever felt like your faith was a performance review you were always failing, this episode is for you.   Free Resource → Start healing your faith today with the free FAITH Workbook → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook]  Blog Post → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-68 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-68]    Scripture Referenced * Exodus 3:7 — God sees the suffering of His people * Romans 8:1 — No condemnation for those in Christ Jesus * 1 John 4:18 — Perfect love drives out fear * Psalm 139 — He sees everything and holds you fast   Related Episodes: * Episode 60 | Should I Be Afraid of God? What Fear of God Really Means for Moms   Contact → hello@bemightymom.com Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen]  Connect → Join the free Facebook Group → https://www.bemightymom.com/recommends/facebookgroup/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/recommends/facebookgroup/]  Instagram → @bemightymom Resources → https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook [https://www.bemightymom.com/faithworkbook]    Next Steps Step 1: Join a supportive community of moms seeking encouragement and sisterhood in the free online group — no social media required → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/]  Step 2: Sign up for the weekly Faith-Filled Front Inbox to receive biblical encouragement straight to your email → 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 Podcast is for the mom in the middle of her Spiritual journey who needs Healing Scriptures, Encouraging Bible Verses for the days she can barely hold on, the truth about Forgiveness, and a Morning Prayer that actually feels like something. Go from Scared of God to Christ-centered Motherhood.

67 | Stop Building Your Faith Life Around Your Kids. Build A Family Prayer Life With Them.

Have you tried the "wake up before your kids" advice — only to have them wake up the second you do, leaving you frustrated before your day even starts? Do you feel like you're failing at faith because the routines everyne recommends just don't fit your actual life? Are you so focused on finding time with God around your kids that you've never considered what it would look like to bring them into it? In this episode, I'm sharing why the faith routine advice you've been given probably wasn't built for your life — and what it actually looks like to build your faith WITH your kids instead of around them. If you're searching for how to pray as a family without it feeling forced, wondering how to build a family prayer life that fits your real, chaotic day, or just trying to figure out how to pray for moms who are out of time and out of quiet — this one is for you. We're talking about why the mismatch between advice and real life isn't failure, what God actually says about where faith gets passed down, and how three simple minutes with BAM can become the most powerful thing your kids ever watch you do. Free BAM Prayer Framework — The three-step family prayer that works at 6:15am, before bed, in the car, or anywhere real life is happening → https://www.bemightymom.com/bam [https://www.bemightymom.com/bam]    Related Episodes: * 66 | Is Your Faith Routine Actually Working — Or Do You Need to Learn How to Pray Again? * 60 | Should I Be Afraid of God? What Fear of God Really Means for Moms   Contact → hello@bemightymom.com Podcast → https://www.bemightymom.com/listen [https://www.bemightymom.com/listen]  Connect → Join the free online group — no social media required → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/]  Instagram → @bemightymom New Here? Start Here → Episode 60 | Should I Be Afraid of God? What Fear of God Really Means for Moms Blog post for this episode → https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-67 [https://www.bemightymom.com/episode-67]    Next Steps Step 1: Join a supportive community of moms seeking encouragement and sisterhood in the free online group — no social media required → https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/ [https://www.bemightymom.com/groups/sisterhood/]  Step 2: Sign up for the weekly Faith-Filled Front Inbox to receive biblical encouragement straight to your email → 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 Podcast is for the mom in the middle of her Spiritual journey who needs Healing Scriptures, Encouraging Bible Verses for the days she can barely hold on, the truth about Forgiveness, and a Morning Prayer that actually feels like something. Go from Scared of God to Christ-centered Motherhood.