Welcome to Faith Mom. Mentor the podcast for moms who want more than just surface level faith for themselves and their kids. I'm Anne, and if you're a mom who feels unsure where to start, spiritually worries. You're not teaching your child enough or wants a calmer, more confident faith at home, you are in the right place here.
We cut through the noise and get grounded in truth. Each episode helps you know God deeply, teach your tween faithfully and build a home that feels strong, steady, and Christ-centered even in the middle school years. If you're ready to stop guessing, start leading with confidence and grow a faith, your family can actually live out.
You are in the right place. Welcome to the Faith Mom. Mentor. Let's start with a simple picture. When a baby is born, the baby already has everything they'll ever have. Hands, feet, eyes, a heart, a mind. Nothing is missing. Those parts don't show up Later, they grow. They mature with time care, nourishment, and guidance.
A baby doesn't learn to walk by trying harder. They walk because their legs grow stronger as they are supported. That picture helps us understand faith. Because when someone is born again at any age, it works the same way. You are not given faith in pieces. You are not missing spiritual parts. You are not behind.
You are born complete, and you grow from the inside out. When Jesus spoke with Nicodemus, he said something surprising. It's found in John chapter three. You must be born again. Jesus told Nicodemus. Nicodemus was confused. How can a grown man be born again? And Jesus gently helped him understand this wasn't about a physical birth, it was about a spiritual birth, a birth that comes from God, a birth shaped by God's thoughts.
God's truth, God's spirit. Being born again means God places new life inside you. New understanding, new direction, new capacity to know him. Not all at once, but truly and fully. Just like a newborn baby. Everything is there, but it is not mature yet, and that is not a problem. That is the design. Think about a baby again.
Baby learns the world through their senses. They see faces before. They know names. They hear voices. Before. They understand words. They feel comfort. Before they understand love. They learn what they experienced. Most faith grows the same way. When someone is born again, they begin learning to sense. God to notice his truth, to recognize his voice through his word, to feel his steadiness when everything else feels shaky.
This is why faith is not about performance. It's not about try harder. It's not about do better. It's not about keep up. It is learning how to walk peacefully in agreement with God as he teaches you. In God's kingdom, we don't fake it until we make it. We grow because we belong to God. A child doesn't earn their place in the family.
By acting grown, they grow because they are loved, protected, and guided. Faith works the same way. When faith flows from new birth, it grows naturally and over time, it changes how you think, how you respond, how you live, not from pressure or performance, but from identity. You are a child of God. Before you ever quote, get it right end quote, there's a moment in the story of the prodigal son that matters deeply.
It says he came to his senses. He didn't fix his life first. He didn't clean himself up. He didn't perform well. He remembered who his father was. He remembered the goodness of his home, and when he returned, he was not welcome because of his performance. He was welcome because he was a son. That is new birth faith.
It begins with knowing. I belong. I am loved, I am cared for, and everything else grows from there. The older brother in that story believed something different. He believed love was earned. That approval came from doing enough that staying close meant striving harder, and because of that, he missed the joy of the father's house performance.
Faith always steals peace. Peaceful faith flows from knowing who you belong to and moms that matters deeply for you. Because what you live out quietly your children. Notice walking peacefully doesn't mean life is calm. It means you are anchored and established. It means when your child struggles, when questions feel heavy, when faith feels thin, you are not trying to perform your way into security.
You are growing from a place of belonging. Your faith doesn't need to be loud, it needs to be established. January is National Mentor Month, and this matters because God never designed faith to grow alone. Babies need guidance. Children need modeling. Believers need mentoring. If you are a mom who wants to walk peacefully, not by pressure or performance, but by truth, a faith mom session may be the next right step for you.
This is a calm, supportive space to talk through faith questions, parenting concerns, and how to grow steady, not stressed. You. You can schedule a Faith Mom mentor session at Life and Peace ministries.com. Schedule a Faith Mentor session. You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need a place to grow when someone is born.
Again, God gives them a helper, a teacher, a guide, not someone who shames, not someone who leads. Faith grows as the spirit of God helps you understand and make sense of life through God's word. You begin to recognize truth. You begin to see clearly. You begin to walk steadily. This is why faith affects everything, your thoughts, your emotions, your responses, not because you're forcing change, but because life is growing inside of you.
Faith is not nervous. Striving faith is assurance. It is learning to trust what God has already said is true. Faith rests on God's word, the full story he has given us. And when you believe him. You are not guessing, you are agreeing with truth. That kind of faith brings peace. The kind that steadies weak knees and strengthens tired hearts.
Babies don't rush growth. They grow because they are fed care for and loved. And faith grows the same way. If your faith feels young. That does not mean it is weak. It means it is alive and living. Things grow best when they are nurtured, not pressured. Your child does not need a perfect example. They need a real one.
A mom who walks peacefully. A mom who trusts God's truth. A mom who knows where her confidence comes from. When your faith flows from new birth, not performance, your home becomes a place of steadiness. If you've been trying to perform your way into peace, you can stop striving. God invites you to grow, not prove.
And if you want help learning how to walk this out with confidence, mentoring is available to support you. You can schedule your Faith Mom Mentor session at life and peace ministries.com. The link is in the show note. Faith was never meant to feel heavy. It was meant to lead you into a peaceful life.
Remember this, you are doing sacred work as you nurture. Faith in your home and it matters more than you realize. Thank you for choosing to spend this time growing stronger and steadier in truth. If today helped you take one more step forward, then head to life and peace ministries.com for simple.
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Until next time, keep leading with faith. Your faithfulness is shaping a legacy.
