Entrusted with a Child's Heart... Again

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They're the joyful agains our children shout on the swings, the exhausting

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agains of cooking and laundry, and the difficult agains of discipline.

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So much of what we do as mothers is on repeat.

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So what if we woke up with clarity, knowing which agains we were called

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to, and went to bed believing we are faithful in what matters most?

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We believe God's Word is the key to untangle from the

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confusion and overwhelm we feel.

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Let's look up together to embrace a motherhood full of freedom and joy.

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Hey there, Mama.

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Thanks for joining us for an episode of Again, brought to

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you by Entrusted Ministries.

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I'm your host, Stephanie Hickox, and today I'm joined by three wise, wonderful women.

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Emily deal, Jen Frackman and Betsy Corning.

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Today's show is going to focus on and trusted with the child's heart.

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This is our main study that we have for moms.

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It was written by Betsy in 1999 and has transformed so many families.

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When you're sharing something wonderful that has blessed

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you, it's a service to others.

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And so we're not doing this for vanity sake or to be promotional.

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We truly believe that this biblically -saturated study

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will bless your parenting.

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It will affirm the things that you're already doing in

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accordance with God's Word.

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And it'll probably set you back on track in some areas too.

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Motherhood will always be difficult.

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It will always be a sacrifice.

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But it's so much easier when we know we are doing the things

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that God has called us to.

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So we hope you're blessed as you listen and hear more about this resource that

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has truly helped each of us untangle what biblical motherhood really means.

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Jen, how many kids do you have and what are their ages?

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We have four children.

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Three biological.

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Our oldest daughter is 14.

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And we have a 12 year old son, a nine year old son.

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And then we adopted our youngest, who is now a seven year old.

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We adopted her, actually I was in the delivery room when she was born and I

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got to take her home from the hospital.

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So we've had her since day one.

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That is such a beautiful testimony and I can't wait to do a

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whole episode where you share her story.

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Emily, how about you?

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How many children do you have?

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We have two children.

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One boy, 17, and a girl.

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12.

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Aunt Betsy, how about you?

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Well, I have three children all grown and married and living in different

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states and with lovely spouses.

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They all are married well, and I have 10 grandchildren, ages 22 to five.

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So we're feeling all the, the ages and stages here.

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And I have three boys and a girl.

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My boys are 12, 10 and nine, and my daughter is almost six.

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It's hard for me to say that.

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But she is getting older.

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Well this is interesting.

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I'm gonna throw this out there, because Stephanie, your mother is my sister

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and her firstborn daughter--You--was born five years different than

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my firstborn daughter Emily.

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Right.

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And there's a girl born on our side of the family every five years,

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oh, that's right.

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Yeah.

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Lots of boys

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okay, Jen, here's another question for you.

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How were you introduced to Entrusted with a Child's Heart

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I was introduced to Entrusted at our church.

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Probably about 15 or 16 years ago, and we were infertile at the time

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and I was being a safe family, which is kind of like foster care.

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And we had a little one in our home that I felt like I needed to have some tools

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to be able to parent that one with.

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And so I took Entrusted before I was even a mom, and then took

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it again when I became a mom.

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And then again and again.

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Again.

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And then eventually I've led the class as well.

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So I've taken it a number of times,

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Well, we're definitely seeing the again theme coming through.

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That's wonderful.

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It's really neat that you took it before you had children even.

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I did, yes.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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That's awesome.

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Yeah, it was super helpful.

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I kinda had an idea a little bit, some tools in my tool belt

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and can you talk for a second about the model that you

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piloted this year in leading it?

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Oh yeah, that was really fun.

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We, I would lead on Wednesday morning, we would lead a small group with the women.

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In person in the mornings and then in the evening, a different night of the

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week, we would meet with those same women that were in the small group

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along with their husbands at our house.

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and we

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would go over the same material with the couples and it was really beautiful

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because we got to discuss things and talk about things as couples.

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So the husbands got to be involved, and the wives and husbands talking

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it over together was just a really beautiful, beautiful thing.

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It was a lot of fun.

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That's fantastic.

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That intense discipleship and how you really dove in.

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And I love that your husband was willing to devote that

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time with the husbands as well.

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I'm sure that was so fruitful for them

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yeah, it was fun.

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Emily, how were you introduced to Entrusted with a Child's Heart?

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I found Entrusted through the school that my kids were attending.

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I found out that they were doing this Bible study called

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Entrusted with a Child's Heart.

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And so I called the school to see if I could attend the Bible study because

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the church was actually conducting it.

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So I began the study when my son was in first grade and I was

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really, really seeking something.

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And I, I was raised in a Christian home, but when you start raising your

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own, you realize how little you know.

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And so I was really seeking something out.

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So I took the study when my son was in first grade, I took it again.

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And again.

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And then after I had taken it several times, I wanted to

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bring it to our church mamas.

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And so we ran it several times out of our church.

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And it's just been an abundant blessing that has just reaped huge benefits

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and and I'm forever grateful for it.

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So That's how we came to know Entrusted.

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Hmm.

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Wonderful.

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See you're doing it again and again

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I think it's so rare to take it once.

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You just want to take it over and over.

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Yeah.

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Yes.

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So I'll go next.

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You might be noticing that I'm saying Aunt Betsy.

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So I grew up just really, really respecting my aunt and we lived farther

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away, but whenever I'd come to visit, I just thought it was so special and

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I had a great respect for the way that she and my uncle raised their family.

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And even as a little girl, that was just the greatest desire of my heart to follow

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the Lord and point my family to him.

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And so

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When I graduated college, I had an opportunity to come live with my aunt

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and uncle, and I can remember sitting on the couch one day and us talking

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about our hearts and for the family and I think we have very similar values.

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I've always felt a really strong relationship with Aunt Betsy and

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that's been super special to me, kind of my hero in real life.

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Then I remember finding out that I was pregnant knowing that Entrusted

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was going on and I went and said, oh, can I sign up for the class?

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But I wasn't telling anyone I was pregnant yet.

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And they said, why don't you wait a little bit to take it?

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And I was thinking, oh no, I wanna get in right away.

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And so I was able to just listen to the audio CDs and have that in my heart,

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then my next opportunity to take it was a little bit later and repeated

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it a couple times and then have had the pleasure of working for Entrusted.

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And I think what's so amazing is even through, editing the most recent version

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of the videos and hearing the lessons multiple times, every time I hear a

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clip, the Lord just works so much in my heart because it's so Scripture

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-saturated and I can't hear it too much.

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I am like, thank you, Lord, that was exactly what I needed.

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I was thinking, do I let my son grow out his hair right now?

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And then I'll hear

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a clip.

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and it's, it depends on the attitude and I'll think, Ooh, thank you, Lord.

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You provided that answer right at the right time.

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So I think it's such a blessing to repeat it, and I love that it was

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written so that there's something for every age, every stage in each lesson.

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this really isn't a study.

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Just for moms of newborns or toddlers.

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It's so beautiful that we see some grandmas taking it and their

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heart to pour into a generation.

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It's such a beautiful, beautiful resource of how we can point children to the Lord

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faithfully and it's neat to have seen my whole life, the fruit of the study aunt

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Betsy now that we've shared how wonderful it is, would you share with us, just take

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us back a little bit to how Entrusted began and how the Lord called you to it?

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Sure,

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And I would say that first off, Stephanie, I see her as a little mini me.

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We don't look anything at all the same on the outside, but on the

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inside we're so much the same.

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And I'm looking back more than 20 years when Entrusted started in 1999, but before

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that, 10 years before that, my husband and I were involved in planting a church.

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And we were doing a lot of discipleship because we came

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out of the Navigator ministry.

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And then after that we realized that being in leadership at this new church,

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there was a lot of counseling of young families that needed to be done.

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And it really pulled a lot of energy and resources from the leadership

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to spend the time, then you know, continued time in trying to help

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some people get back on track.

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And as an elder's wife, I was drawn in to, be a support there for the wives.

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And I would listen and as David and I would continue to pray for these

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couples or talk and discuss the situations, we would say, wouldn't it

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be great if there was something that could intervene on behalf of these

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families long before the crisis hit?

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And we had been so grateful to go through the Navigator ministry for 12 years

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and have such godly couples modeled to us about marriage and family life

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and I felt like that was a luxury, a luxury that I had, that I would like

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to pass on and not hoard for myself.

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I needed to steward it.

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So I began to pray.

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Lord, help us at this church figure out a way to reach families with

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biblical principles so they could have a strong foundation and not

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be reaching these times of crisis.

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And I prayed about it.

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I read through the Bible that year on families and just looked

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up everything I could on families through the Bible, was just putting

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it together in my head and then not thinking at all of writing a study.

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Just praying and, and I remember my prayer was some days just as simple

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as Use me, use me to answer this.

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Little did I know after the second year, so this would be 10 years into the church

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a group formed to be a mom's ministry.

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But I had always, always done things with my husband and it was a hard thing for me

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to think of separating off and just being with moms and they said, well, we wanna do

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a mom study and we want you to write it.

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I was like, me write it.

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Why me?

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I thought, I, I honestly thought there must be a hundred Bible

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studies out there like this.

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Well, the reason was, Because it needed to go the whole school year and there aren't

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any Bible studies out there like that.

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But it really only took me a nanosecond to answer because I knew that

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that's what I'd been praying for.

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And by that time, I had been praying that prayer for two years, and

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I knew the Lord was calling me.

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You answer it, even though I felt entirely unequipped.

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I'm not a upfront speaker.

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I'm a really put my head down and work behind the scenes person.

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But I said, out of obedience, I will do it.

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And then little did I know that summer my daughter would be getting married, so

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I'd be writing the lessons week to week.

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Sort of, in a panic had a great new understanding of what pastors do but

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thankfully at that point I had read through the Bible two years on families,

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and then I started to put the study together week to week and The Lord took

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it around the world in, in one year.

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We were completely shocked.

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The first day I walked into that class, there was over 200 ladies.

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So I felt like this is a need on people's hearts.

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And you know what?

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There was just as many moms of junior highers as there was of toddlers, and I've

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always wanted women to know this is for.

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All moms of all ages, no matter their spiritual maturity or the age of

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their kids or the stage of their kids.

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And it's not opinion.

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We are teaching biblical principle.

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That's first and foremost, and we memorize scripture like we did in the navigators.

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Well, after that year, somebody, one of my very best friends came and said to me,

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well, you need to make this transferable.

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And I thought that almost killed me to do it that year and teach it that

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long.

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How could I possibly make it transferable?

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But I had people come alongside me and help me.

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One lady who came up.

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During the very first class that I met for the first time, Nancy

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McDonough, she came and she said, I would love to help you do anything.

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And she has worked with me for 20, over 20 years as my right hand in this ministry.

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But I would say that after 20 years, I have always thought there must

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be a hundred studies out there.

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And to this day, no, I still haven't found it.

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I have women Attempt to reach us or reach us from all over

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the world looking for this.

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And so we're just so grateful that the Lord allowed us to put this all

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together and all the help of all the women that have made it come together.

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And I look at it as my gift to, mothers,

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We're very grateful.

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For the gift aren't we?

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I know when I took Entru sted, it was so encouraging to hear you

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speak about the value of a mother.

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And I felt so affirmed.

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I like to say that Entusted i s a systematic theology of parenting.

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The intentionality of how it all comes together and how you and

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the Lord have the chapters build.

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It really is so powerful.

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And it's rare to have a resource that's so much about biblical principles.

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And biblical convictions and not opinions.

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And I think it's incredibly refreshing in a world where you're constantly.

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Inundated with opinion.

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To have a study that's so rooted in biblical truth.

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And timeless truth.

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It was really freeing for me to come in and take a break from

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all the opinions of the world.

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And to say, these are the foundations I can stand on.

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And all of those question marks I'm walking around with.

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There are some solid answers to cling to

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agreed.

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I also think it was super helpful that she would give practical ways of

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how we could implement the scriptures that we were learning or the truths

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of parenting so that we weren't.

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Having the scripture apart from real, practical, daily advice of what that would

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look like and how we could make it work in our family, that was super helpful.

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Mm-hmm.

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It's the theological meets practical, right?

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Yeah.

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Mm-hmm.

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Well, the books that I had read prior to that were mostly

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written by men and they were sort of theological big picture.

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But I thought, as a mom, I.

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I needed like the nitty gritty kitchen on the floor with my child.

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Yes, advice, but I didn't wanna do it in such a way that everybody felt like they

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had to do things exactly like we did.

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I just wanted to give a hint of how you can apply it.

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I want the Holy Spirit to be the one that helps you apply so that we're

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not all the same, but we all are.

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Very unified in the biblical truth.

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And that's one biblical principle in and of itself, how we live under

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the authority of God's word and yet can be so diverse and unified.

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So we will talk about, Convictions and standards for families.

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And we don't have to be all exactly the same, but we definitely have things that

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bind us together in unity in the word.

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I

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am so glad you said that.

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I, I remember the first time I sat in the study, I kept waiting for Betsy

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to tell me the rules, what are the rules to raising a successful child?

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And I'm sitting there with my book and my pen and they never came because

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you always take it right back to the Bible and you kept it very practical.

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Very biblical and that's when my heart was knitted to and trusted because

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it was never about your family.

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It was about doing it the biblical way.

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And I, and I just love the study for that.

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Mm-hmm.

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I never wanted to give examples, so it seemed like it was

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about us, but I wanted to give enough of a story so that it was real.

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Yeah.

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So that you knew that the biblical principles.

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Are livable but I wanted people to work, work your own salvation out with fear and

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trembling right with you and your husband.

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Think together how this applies to our family.

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And it may be a little different between families, but it's important

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that we have those standards and those foundational pieces.

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I want a lady that's sitting there to

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not think about me at all.

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Just think.

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About their relationship with their mother and father, their relationship

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with their children, their husband.

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I want this to all be like, how is the Lord working and churning

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in their hearts, the Holy Spirit to really, really change them?

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And I see that happening, and one of the reasons I see it happening is because

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it's a longer study than typical.

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And the beauty of it is that the Lord set this out and he said, I want women

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to spend this amount of time together because I want them to dive deep.

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And I, I want them to let themselves be known.

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And, and some people are just afraid to pray or they're intimidated by memorizing

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scripture or whatever it is, but the camaraderie within the groups helps

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develop this ability to be vulnerable and talk through things and really go deep.

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Yeah.

Betsy: 00:19:04

If you can talk deep and know that you're

Betsy: 00:19:07

confidence is guarded within that group, and you can really

Betsy: 00:19:10

mutually minister to each other.

Betsy: 00:19:12

We love to have single moms in there.

Betsy: 00:19:14

We love to have them.

Betsy: 00:19:16

Not just table single moms.

Betsy: 00:19:17

No.

Betsy: 00:19:18

We want everybody mixed up.

Betsy: 00:19:19

We want all kinds of ideas all kinds of families so that we

Betsy: 00:19:23

can work through things together

Jen: 00:19:26

I love that.

Steph: 00:19:27

Mm-hmm.

Steph: 00:19:28

Entrusted truly is unique and the length that it is 20 lessons.

Steph: 00:19:33

And then of course we love.

Steph: 00:19:35

the small group days for bonding and that helps you to grow and get to

Steph: 00:19:40

know each other and awesome ways to

Emliy: 00:19:43

I met my nearest dearest friends when I started the bible

Emliy: 00:19:45

study, when my son was in first grade.

Emliy: 00:19:47

And those have remained my nearest dearest all, all throughout the years.

Emliy: 00:19:53

Because you do sit and.

Emliy: 00:19:55

You cultivate these relationships whether you like it or not.

Emliy: 00:19:58

Mm-hmm.

Emliy: 00:19:59

because you're sharing all of the heavy stuff.

Emliy: 00:20:01

There is no time for light and fluffy if you're going to plow deep and have

Emliy: 00:20:06

effective change for your family.

Emliy: 00:20:08

There's no room for light and fluffy.

Emliy: 00:20:10

So it cultivates community of moms and friendship

Jen: 00:20:15

I

Jen: 00:20:15

think it was great too because it created a sense of community for.

Jen: 00:20:20

When you were home alone with that newborn baby and that toddler, I would

Jen: 00:20:24

look forward to those mornings where I was gonna be in community with women

Jen: 00:20:28

who understood and felt the same way and could encourage and inspire me.

Jen: 00:20:34

And then I'd also get biblical truths to come home to that I could.

Jen: 00:20:39

Put into practice and I would feel refreshed, and it felt like every

Jen: 00:20:43

week when I went, it was like, oh, that's exactly what I needed.

Jen: 00:20:46

How could that happen every week?

Jen: 00:20:48

And it did.

Jen: 00:20:49

There was something in it every week where the Lord spoke to

Jen: 00:20:51

me that I need it just then.

Emliy: 00:20:54

Yes.

Betsy: 00:20:54

That's sweet to hear you say encouragement because I would say

Betsy: 00:20:59

that's the my number one motivation to encourage young moms or moms of any age.

Betsy: 00:21:04

And I say this in the introduction of entrusted, if I'm not

Betsy: 00:21:06

encouraging you, I'm not.

Betsy: 00:21:08

Doing my job because you're not coming to be overwhelmed, but to

Betsy: 00:21:13

know that there's an answer, that there is a Lord that is with you

Betsy: 00:21:17

and near you and will lift you up.

Betsy: 00:21:18

And all of these things that are truth that we really want you

Betsy: 00:21:22

to know that are life giving.

Betsy: 00:21:23

And so that encourages the heart of each mom that is our goal.

Betsy: 00:21:28

Of course.

Jen: 00:21:30

That's great.

Jen: 00:21:31

I love the verse that Betsy emphasized with Psalm 1 27, 1,

Jen: 00:21:36

unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.

Jen: 00:21:41

It's a good reminder that we're supposed to still be laboring.

Jen: 00:21:44

We're supposed to still be doing our part, but that.

Jen: 00:21:47

In the end, we can go to bed, laying our heads on our pillows, knowing that the

Jen: 00:21:52

Lord's ultimately in control and all we need to do is just rely on him and be

Jen: 00:21:59

faithful and trust him for what he has planned for our families and our kids.

Emliy: 00:22:04

That's so good.

Emliy: 00:22:06

I would say for us it was again, it was God, just the timing was so perfect.

Emliy: 00:22:12

I was struggling with discipline and, structure of, how that would be.

Emliy: 00:22:18

And and so I learned about coming full circle, and that has, Just revolutionized

Emliy: 00:22:26

how I dealt with my kids discipline-wise and and empowered me to be more consistent

Emliy: 00:22:31

and to not give up and just to commit it to the Lord and stay faithful to it.

Emliy: 00:22:37

And that definitely impacted.

Emliy: 00:22:40

So greatly that first time, I could go back each time and say

Emliy: 00:22:44

something because you pull something different out each time you take it.

Emliy: 00:22:49

It's never a one and done study because you can pull biblical truths out at

Emliy: 00:22:54

each stage that your child is at.

Emliy: 00:22:57

So that would be the first time.

Emliy: 00:22:59

I could take it now and pull truth out for teenagers.

Emliy: 00:23:03

It's that effective.

Emliy: 00:23:04

But that first time, it was the full circle

Emliy: 00:23:08

discipline.

Emliy: 00:23:10

Mm-hmm.

Steph: 00:23:12

Absolutely.

Steph: 00:23:14

Yeah, I was a classroom teacher before I took Entrusted, and I saw how when I

Steph: 00:23:18

set clear boundaries for students, it was almost like they were magnets you

Steph: 00:23:22

would think, I'm gonna draw a line right now, and I'm gonna say, you may not act

Steph: 00:23:27

like that in this classroom, and you'd think that they're not gonna respond well.

Steph: 00:23:31

But then they would be at my desk and wanting to talk to me, and

Steph: 00:23:35

I just noticed that, wow, kids respond so well to these boundaries,

Steph: 00:23:39

but Entrusted helped me add to that knowledge with the full

Steph: 00:23:43

circle when you walk through it in such a kind, gentle, loving way.

Steph: 00:23:48

Mm-hmm.

Steph: 00:23:49

And then at the end you get to tell your kids, it's all done.

Steph: 00:23:51

We don't have to talk about this anymore.

Steph: 00:23:53

And good for me personally, so many instances I've held onto shame of my sin.

Steph: 00:23:58

And I am so thankful for that model that I can teach my kids.

Steph: 00:24:03

Biblical discipline is so kind and so loving and so restorative and,

Steph: 00:24:08

and entrusted displays that, I've never seen it so beautifully laid out

Steph: 00:24:12

. Emliy: Well said.

Steph: 00:24:13

All right, so we hope you're thinking at this point, how can I learn

Steph: 00:24:16

more about Entrusted with a Child's Heart?

Steph: 00:24:18

We have our study for moms that we've talked about this morning.

Steph: 00:24:22

We also have a book for couples that you could go through with

Steph: 00:24:25

your husband or as an individual.

Steph: 00:24:27

And we have a coordinating children's curriculum and study that pairs along well

Steph: 00:24:32

with the mom study that children can do.

Steph: 00:24:35

Learning those principles as well.

Steph: 00:24:37

You might be thinking I wanna bring this to my church, but

Steph: 00:24:39

I don't know who will lead it.

Steph: 00:24:41

And often God is calling those of us that don't feel equipped and we

Steph: 00:24:45

would love to help walk you through how you can bring it to your church.

Steph: 00:24:48

But we would just encourage you, don't hold back.

Steph: 00:24:51

If you could look back in a year from now and say, wow, this year

Steph: 00:24:56

transformed one of the most important things I'll ever do with my life

Steph: 00:25:00

we really believe that you won't regret it.

Steph: 00:25:03

. The Lord is with you.

Steph: 00:25:04

He is near, and we want to encourage you to look to him, to untangle motherhood.

Steph: 00:25:10

He really does have the answers in his word.

Steph: 00:25:13

We know you're busy, Mama, so we are truly grateful you joined

Steph: 00:25:16

us for this episode of Again.

Steph: 00:25:19

If you're looking for more information about building your home on the

Steph: 00:25:22

foundation of Jesus Christ, head to www.

Steph: 00:25:25

EntrustedMinistries.

Steph: 00:25:28

com to learn more about our study for moms, Entrusted with a Child's Heart.

Steph: 00:25:33

This scripture saturated study has blessed families around the

Steph: 00:25:36

world, and we want it for you, too.

Steph: 00:25:38

Before you go, I want to pray this benediction over you

Steph: 00:25:42

from 2 Thessalonians 1, 11 12.

Steph: 00:25:46

We're rooting for you.

Steph: 00:25:48

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His

Steph: 00:25:53

calling, and may fulfill every resolve for good, and every work of faith by

Steph: 00:25:59

His power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in

Steph: 00:26:05

Him, according to the grace of our God.

Steph: 00:26:08

And the Lord Jesus Christ.

Steph: 00:26:10

Amen.

Steph: 00:26:12

Until we meet again.

Steph: 00:26:26

We know you're busy, Mama, so we are truly grateful you joined

Steph: 00:26:29

us for this episode of Again.

Steph: 00:26:31

If you're looking for more information about building your home on the

Steph: 00:26:34

foundation of Jesus Christ, head to www.

Steph: 00:26:38

EntrustedMinistries.

Steph: 00:26:40

com to learn more about our study for moms, Entrusted with a Child's Heart.

Steph: 00:26:45

This scripture saturated study has blessed families around the

Steph: 00:26:48

world, and we want it for you, too.

Steph: 00:26:51

Before you go, I want to pray this benediction over you

Steph: 00:26:54

from 2 Thessalonians 1, 11 12.

Steph: 00:26:58

We're rooting for you.

Steph: 00:27:01

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His

Steph: 00:27:06

calling, and may fulfill every resolve for good, and every work of faith by

Steph: 00:27:11

His power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in

Steph: 00:27:17

Him, according to the grace of our God.

Steph: 00:27:20

And the Lord Jesus Christ.

Steph: 00:27:23

Amen.