Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship

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230. Your Family as a Team with Jeremy Pryor Jun 13, 2021

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Western culture teaches us that the purpose of family is to launch us into individual success. But what if this family vision is radically broken? Jeremy Pryor joins me to share how he encountered the biblical vision of family as a multigenerational team on mission. We talk about the factors contributing to radical individualization in our society and practices for uniting the generations of your family around a mission.

Jeremy met his wife April in Jerusalem in 1997 when they were students. They’ve spent the last 20 years building Team Pryor together. The have five kids: Kelsey, Jackson, Sydney, Elisa, and Kaira. They live in a multigenerational house with Jeremy parents and April’s mom in Fort Thomas, KY just a few miles from Cincinnati, Ohio. They’ve founded and lead several businesses and non-profits including Epipheo (a video production agency) Just Sew (a quilt shop), FamilyTeams.com (training content for families) 1000 Houses (a network of Cincinnati disciple-making households) and The Story-Formed Life (a discipleship training resource). For fun the Pryors study Hebrew, take groups to Israel (join us), enjoy deep conversation over great food and read Tolkien by firelight.

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229. Your Family Is Your Mission Field! Jun 06, 2021

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As we begin a series highlighting families that are on mission to impact their world for the sake of Jesus, we want to start with the reminder that YOUR family is your first and greatest mission field!

Jay walks through Jesus’ command in Matthew 28:18-20 and applies it to family life. He then highlights the following advice for “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you”: lead yourself well, learn to apply the gospel to the trials and challenges of life, lean into the power of conversations vs. devotions, be intentional with a few routines, let your children see you struggle, doubt, and repent.

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228. Advice for Making a Growth Plan for This Summer May 30, 2021

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Hopefully this summer allows you time to rest, relax, and recuperate. But it also provides a season to grow, improve your walk with Jesus, your health, or your relationships. This week Jay provides a Summer Growth Worksheet as well as a set of reminders on what sets us up for successful transformation. Remember the following:

1. If you have too many goals, you’re more likely to fail across the board.

2. An end of summer goal should be challenging, but reasonable.

3. Your goal should consist of daily (or multiple) very doable baby steps.

4. Reward yourself every day you take your daily step.

5. Find a partner or family member to share your plan.

6. Success gives momentum for success.

Resources Mentioned:

Your Summer Growth Plan: http://www.letsparentonpurpose.com/wp- content/uploads/2017/06/Summer-Growth-Plan.pdf

Your Future Self Will Thank You with Drew Dyck: https:// www.letsparentonpurpose.com/2021/01/03/your-future-self-will-thank- you-with-drew-dyck/

How to Start or Stop Any Habit: https://www.letsparentonpurpose.com/ 2019/06/09/how-to-start-or-stop-any-habit/

The Surprising Power of Small Changes: https:// www.letsparentonpurpose.com/2019/06/02/the-surprising-power-of- small-changes/

Falling in Love with the Process: https://www.letsparentonpurpose.com/ 2019/06/16/falling-in-love-with-the-process/

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227. How Extended Family Dynamics Affect a Marriage May 23, 2021

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Most of us grossly underestimate how much our extended family is going to affect our marriage. Jay walks through a number of ways your childhood home and extended family shape how you walk into your marriage. He lists several situations where extended families impact your marriage throughout the years. And finally he gives a list of questions to help you process and even thrive through your extended family circumstances.

Questions for couples to consider:

- What are the situations we need to address and repent of?

- In which relationships do we need to develop firm boundaries?

- Which circumstances do we simply need to accept as one of the particular crosses that Jesus would have us bear as we serve one another and our family?

- What are the opportunities we see to build on what we have and grow in fruitfulness as a family?

- If we could dream, and God would help us to be a part of a multigenerational family that he would use to bless the world, in what ways would we like to see that happen?

Resources Mentioned:

Broken Marriages Can Heal with Steve and Lisa Goldberg https:// www.letsparentonpurpose.com/2021/04/25/broken-marriages-can-heal- with-steve-and-lisa-goldberg/

Depression and Anxiety in Marriage and Parenting with Jenny Price https://www.letsparentonpurpose.com/2017/12/18/lpop-49-depression- and-anxiety-in-marriage-and-parenting/

Myths and Realities of Extended Families: https:// www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/myths-and-realities-of-extended- families/

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Sex: A Marriage Killer or a Killer Marriage with Matt and Jenny Price May 16, 2021

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Sex is one of the greatest gifts God gave to husbands and wives. But it is also one of the deepest sources of pain and bitterness in marriage. Pastor Matt and Jenny Price join me once again for a fun, honest, and encouraging conversation on how to increase the fun and joy of the marriage bed. This conversation could help transform the atmosphere in your marriage!

Matt and Jenny Price have been married for 30 years and have five biological and adoptive children. Matt is the senior pastor of Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church in Stuart, Florida, where he has served for 25 years. He and Jenny have fostered a local church environment centered on the gospel, service, and transparency. In addition to serving alongside Matt, Jenny runs her own coaching business and has spent years as a foster parent mentor on the Treasure Coast. They also have pets (Jojo), hobbies (construction and the beach), and date nights to Longhorn.

Resources Mentioned:

www.covenantfellowship.com

www.jenneagram.com

His Needs Her Needs 

The Five Love Languages 

Sacred Marriage

Love and Respect

Depression and Anxiety in Marriage and Parenting with Jenny Price: https://www.letsparentonpurpose.com/2017/12/18/lpop-49-depression- and-anxiety-in-marriage-and-parenting/

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225. Communication with Matt and Jenny Price May 09, 2021

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In polls of mental health professionals, communication problems were cited as the most common factor that leads to divorce. On the other hand, couples with strong communication skills grow deeper in love and friendship even while weathering major storms. Matt and Jenny Price join us to share their wisdom and insight from over 30 years of marriage and 25 years of counseling couples at Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church.

Resources Mentioned:

www.covenantfellowship.com

www.jenneagram.com

His Needs Her Needs

The Five Love Languages

Sacred Marriage

Love and Respect

Marriage on Mission with Jenny Price: https:// www.letsparentonpurpose.com/2019/09/15/marriage-on-mission-with-jennyprice/

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224. The True Cause of Divorce May 02, 2021

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About 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. There are many reasons given, but just about every single divorce boils down to one common denominator. Listen as Jay explains how dangerous hardness of the heart is in a marriage. Then walk through these questions in your own marriage:

- Am I being honest with myself, really?

- Who am I receiving council from?

- Are my ears hard?

- How have I contributed to the current state of our marriage?

- What’s at stake? Have I counted the costs?

- When I made my vows to my spouse and God, did I intend for this current issue to be an exception?

- Am I believing the gospel in my marriage?

- What is the major step of repentance or the baby step of resolution God is calling me to take?

Resources Mentioned:

Listen to last week's episode, "Broken Marriages Can Heal with Steve and Lisa Goldberg": https://apple.co/3nDOEC5

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223. Broken Marriages Can Heal with Steve and Lisa Goldberg Apr 25, 2021

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On the outside, Steve & Lisa Goldberg looked like the perfect couple. On the inside, they were miserable. This reality had slowly been building in the first six years of our marriage. It exploded with revelations of resentment, betrayal, brokenness, and fear. But God welcomed a prodigal daughter home, saved one of His own and restored a marriage. Listen to Steve and Lisa share their transparent story of failure, redemption, and restoration.

Steve & Lisa founded Side By Side, a nonprofit organization inspiring and encouraging couples to value, nurture and restore their marriages. Their deepest desire is to see all marriages God-centered and thriving. Over 90% of the couples Side By Side has served have reconciled marriages! They live in Raleigh, NC where Steve is a Worship Pastor and Lisa is the Executive Director of Side By Side. They have a fun-loving 8 year-old son and a rowdy Shih Tzu.

Resources Mentioned:

Side By Side, staysidebyside.org

Our Journey From Hurt To Hope: A live, 1-hour musical storytelling experience.

Steve and Lisa’s Free Ebook: Help! I Just Found Out My Spouse Is Having An Affair: A Step-By-Step Guide to Navigating the Reveal of Infidelity

222. Bitterness, Forgiveness, and Restoration with Jimmy and Kristin Scroggins Apr 18, 2021

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There is a sense in which every single one of our homes is a broken home, because we’ve all been marred by the brokenness that sin causes. Pastor Jimmy and Kristin Scroggins join me for the final episode in my Parenting Challenges series, as we explore a gospel based understanding of forgiveness, bitterness, and restoration. As we learn to be parents who model forgiveness in our own lives, we secure a platform to have crucial conversations with our children on the power of releasing others from their wrongs.

Jimmy and Kristin Scroggins have been married for twenty-six years and have eight children: James (Reilly), Daniel (Mary-Madison), Jeremiah, Isaac, Stephen, Anna Kate, Mary Claire, and Caleb. They have served at Family Church since Jimmy became the lead pastor in July 2008. Under Jimmy’s leadership, Family Church has grown to a network of neighborhood churches in South Florida. The Scroggins family is passionate about Family Church’s mission to build families by helping them discover and pursue God’s design.

Resources Mentioned:

Full Circle Parenting Book: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Circle Parenting-Crucial-Conversations/dp/1087713447

www.fullcircleparentingbook.com

The Three Circles App: https://lifeonmissionbook.com/conversation-guide

https://gofamilychurch.org

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221. Self Care for Special Needs Families Apr 11, 2021

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The challenges facing a special needs family can be crushing. With no end in sight, it’s vitally important to have a plan and strategy for self care as a mom and dad of a special needs child. Today Jay answers a host of questions sent in by parents of special needs children.

From strategies for self care to tips for communication and bonding as a husband and wife, Jay shares the wisdom from his experiences as the parent of a child with cancer and the foster/adoptive parent of several children who experienced severe trauma.

Resources Mentioned:

The Northumbria Prayer Community

Self Care After a Crisis

Raising Kids in a Screen Saturated World with Eliza Huie

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