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Parenting Wisdom from the Bible's Most Influential Mothers (Part 1 of 2)

5/7/202627 min

Rhonda Stoppe wants to motivate godly moms to “step up” to be a powerful influence on their children and their children’s faith. She shares examples of “fearless, flawed, and faithful” moms in the Bible, whose stories can encourage mothers and families today.

 

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Rhonda Stoppe· Guest0:29

    [upbeat music] I wanna walk in a manner worthy of my calling. As a mom, I know I have been called to the ministry of motherhood. You know, they, moms these days, they pee on a little stick, they put the picture on social media so everybody knows they're expecting, and they go buy all the cute maternity clothes, and they decorate the, you know, nursery, and that's how they prepare for motherhood.

  3. Jim Daly· Host0:58

    Yeah.

  4. Rhonda Stoppe· Guest0:58

    But they don't prepare for the ministry.

  5. John Fuller· Host1:00

    Hmm. Well, that's insight about the tasks of motherhood and the calling as well from Rhonda Stoppe, and she has a really powerful challenge for moms today. Uh, as we'll learn on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, moms, you have a critical role in raising your own children and also impacting the culture. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

  6. Jim Daly· Host1:19

    You know, John, that clip, the mention of the ministry of motherhood, I've not heard it like that.

  7. John Fuller· Host1:24

    Hmm.

  8. Jim Daly· Host1:24

    That's powerful.

  9. John Fuller· Host1:25

    Yeah.

  10. Jim Daly· Host1:26

    And, uh, we wanna encourage moms, of course, and we can't understand everything

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