What if the thing you've been praised for as a mom is actually the thing quietly holding your child back, not because you don't love them, but because being nice. Won't prepare them to stand when truth is challenged. In this episode, you'll discover how Psalm 12 reveals your real mission as a mom and how one simple shift can help your child choose truth over approval even when it's hard.
Welcome to the Faith Mom Mentor, the podcast for moms who want more than 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 kids enough and wants a calmer or 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 are ready to stop guessing, start leading with confidence and grow a faith, your family can actually live out your in the right place.
Welcome to the Faith Mom Mentor for, let's begin with an honest question. What do you really want for your child? You want them to be kind? Yes. But deeper than that, you want them to know God, love truth, and stand firm when it matters. And that's where many of us quietly struggle because we celebrate when people say, your child is so nice.
And that feels like success. But scripture gives us a deeper lens. Psalm 12 describes a world filled with flattering lips and a double heart, A world where truth is blurred and words are used to gain approval. And when we train our children primarily to be like that and to be liked, we make.
Unintentionally prepare them to stay silent when truth is needed most. Picture this, your child is in a group chat. Someone starts gossiping and it's not kind and it's not even true, and your child feels that tension. If I speak up, I'll stand out. If I stay quiet, I'll fit in the moment right there. That is where discipleship becomes real and it reveals something deeper.
Is their identity anchored in approval or in truth? David opens Psalm 12 with a cry. Help Lord, the faithful are disappearing. He is looking around at culture where? Truth is questioned. Words are manipulated. People live if they answer to no one. Does that sound familiar? But here is the turning point. God responds, now I will arise.
He. This is not just comfort. This is the heart of the gospel. When humanity was lost in sin, God did not stay distant. He arose in the person of Jesus Christ. He stepped in, he rescued, he secured what we could not fix. So your role as a mom is not to fix the culture. It is to. Anger your child in the God who already overcame all culture.
Psalm 12 continues. The words of the Lord are pure, like silver, refined. This is your anger. This is your stability. The world offers shifting opinions. God offers pure, steady truth. So your mission becomes simple and powerful, not raising a child who is. Light, but raising a child who is grounded because deep down what you really want is to know your child is saved, secure, and walking with God.
This is where everything begins to change in your home from seeking approval. To sharing truth, you model a heart that values God's voice above people's opinions. You move from momentary happiness to lasting joy. You aim for eternal security, not temporary comfort. And third. You move from avoiding discomfort to providing clarity.
You lean into hard conversations with love and truth. Let's look at a real life example. Your child comes home upset, saying things like, they said I was weird. And instead of brushing it off, you pause, you connect, you guide, and you might say. Tell me how that felt, and then gently bring truth such as, you know what's beautiful?
God already decided your worth. You don't have to earn it from people. Now you are not just correcting behavior, you are shaping identity because here is the truth. Your child's acceptance is not earned socially, it was secured fully and completely through Jesus Christ. We were separated from God, Christ.
Came in mercy through him, we are brought near and now your child doesn't have to chase approval. They can live from acceptance. That changes everything. To help you walk this out practically, I created a free five day Psalm 12 Bible study just for you. This is designed to help you move from overwhelmed to clear.
And confident in your role, and you can download it using the link in the show notes. And if this is resonating with you, I want to invite you to listen to episode 26, why Everything Changes When You See God Rightly. In episode 26, you'll learn why Breakthrough starts with your view of God. How's. Psalm eight, reshapes identity and confidence and how to guide your tween in real, lived out faith because when your child sees God clearly everything begins to align.
You are not called to raise a child who blends in. You are called to raise. A child who knows truth walks with God stands with quiet confidence. And this doesn't happen through pressure. It happens through steady gospel centered moments. One conversation at a time. Before you go, 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. Head to life and peace ministries.com for simple faith. Field resources designed to support you as you know God deeply, and teach your tween faithfully, including faith, mom, t-shirts, and ways to connect for speaking and faith mentoring.
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