What do you do momma when you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and worn out as a parent? When you feel like there’s just not enough energy and resources to go around and you don’t feel like you have any more to give? You turned to that friend, family member, or seasoned mother you’ve seen live through the stages that you’re in right now and share how you’re feeling right now, and the response is, “maybe you shouldn’t have had so many,” or “have you thought about stopping having kids?”

In this episode, we discuss the biblical framework of "bearing one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2) and how God has designed the family to function in serving one another in love, with the father of the house setting the example, and the community of believers is called to uphold the struggling members of the body of Christ in serving and loving weary families.

Scripture Passages to Explore

Philippians 2

Ephesians 5:21-33

John 13:12-17

Matthew 11:25-30

Galatians 6:1-4

Mark 10:43-45

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:

Kingdom Family: Re-Envisioning God’s Plan for Marriage and Family - Book by Trevecca Okholm

He Giveth More Grace - Hymn by Annie Johnson Flint

Designed to Birth - ECourse by Lydia Braun

Full Quiver Parenting - Episode 6: At the Limit

Why Full Quiver Parenting?

In this episode, we dive into the heart behind this podcast and what the purpose is behind the things that we talk about.

In our family, we have found that taking God at His word has massive implications in everything that we do. We want to know the heart of the Father as Jesus Christ has revealed Him and to live according to His designs. It's not just about doing the "right things," but it's about the relationship that we have with God and how that shapes our hearts and our minds.

When God says that "Children are a blessing," we want to live in such a way as to know and experience the blessings of God in having children. The former generations of the church in America sold their birthright when it comes to the areas of family, marriage, provision (and so much more). And our heart is to take the thoughts captive for Christ, that the enemy used to turn the church away from God's designs and demolish the arguments that now hold the current generations in a bondage of iniquity.

Join us as we take thoughts captive for Christ!

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the tearing down of strongholds, as we tear down speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, ~ 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:

Deep End Podcast - The War on Generational Curses

What does it look like to partner with God in our fertility?

Oftentimes, phrases like, "we want to be good stewards of our fertility," and, "God has given us wisdom so that we can discern when the right time is for having a child," and even, "we need to make sure that we are taking good care of what God has already given us before we add more," accompany discussions around natural family planning. But what if we are having the wrong discussion to begin with? What if we aren't meant to be the one at the control switch for planning out our family size and timing at all?

In this episode, we'll be exploring what is at the core of natural family planning and if it matches with what we find in scripture. Get ready for a long discussion, lots of Bible passages, and an exploration into the heart of God and His design for us in marriage and family and how we can worship and sacrifice to God in offering ourselves, even our marriage and fertility, to Him in surrendering to His will and control.

Passages of Scripture for Study:

Genesis 1:28; 9:1; 9:7; 35:11

Genesis 38:8-10

Exodus 21:10

Deuteronomy 6:6-17

Jeremiah 29:4-7

Romans 12:1-2

1 Corinthians 7:3-5

Hebrews 13:4