Our Role In Cultivating The Soil Of Our Children's Hearts

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About This Episode Parenting is not always easy, yet it is a worthy and noble task. In this episode we look at the Parable of the Sower and ask how each kind of soil got that way, and what that means for us as parents. We can't save our children, but it's our job to work the ground of their hearts so they're ready to receive the gospel. Drawing on Deuteronomy 11:19 and Proverbs 22:6, we share practical ways to do that: teaching the Bible throughout the day, giving kids opportunities to pray, teaching them who God is, modeling repentance and redemption, and living out our faith. Our garden, hard soil, and sunflowers following the sun help paint the picture.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode The Parable of the Sower — how does each soil get that way? Our role and God's role — we cultivate, but only God saves Teach the Bible all day long — Deuteronomy 11:19 in everyday life Teach kids to pray — giving them real opportunities Teach who God is — helping children know Him Model repentance and redemption — letting kids see the gospel at work in us Live it out — avoiding "do what I say, not what I do" Garden lessons — breaking up hard soil and sunflowers following the sun

Scripture Referenced Parable of the Sower Deuteronomy 11:19 Proverbs 22:6

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