Grow Alongside Your Children: Why Raising Kids Who Love God Starts With You.

**Episode 2:** Grow Alongside Your Children: Why Raising Kids Who Love God Starts With You. Last week my eight-year-old granddaughter looked up at me and asked, "Ima, how does God speak to you? How do you *know* it's really Him?" I didn't reach for a lesson plan; I just told her the truth. And right there, I realized something: I could only answer her because I never stopped growing. Before we can disciple our children, we have to stay committed to growing ourselves. So in this episode, pull up a chair and grab your coffee. We're talking about why God rarely compares His people to things that stay the same. He calls us trees, vines, branches, living, growing things. He plants us in motherhood while we're *still* growing, and then He uses our children to grow us up in Him. You'll hear the (slightly embarrassing) story of what the Holy Spirit said to me while I was scrubbing my refrigerator with a toothbrush, why the heat and the dry seasons don't disqualify you, and the freeing truth every Christian mom needs: your children don't need a perfect mother, they need one whose roots are growing deeper into Christ. **In this episode:** - Why God's favorite pictures of us are living, growing things - What to do when the "heat" comes and your faith feels dry - How being cleaned and pruned is part of growing - The one small growth rhythm to start this week **Scriptures:** Psalm 92:12–15 • Jeremiah 17:7–8 It's not simple, but it *can* be done. One ordinary moment at a time. [🌱 **Free gift:** Grab *ROOTED: 7 Scriptures Your Child Needs to Know.* (Insert your ManyChat trigger: text/comment **ROOTED**, or link.)](4thisgeneration.com) [*New episodes every Tuesday. Follow so you never miss one.*](4thisgeneration.com) Chapters - 00:00 The Conversation with God - 03:03 Growing in Faith - 06:03 The Promise of Growth - 08:47 The Heat and the Drought - 11:55 The Cleaning Process - 15:01 Raising Children Rooted