Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: Intentional Conversations

with Debbie and Michael W. Smith

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The Raising Boys & Girls podcast is bringing you Intentional Conversations from parents and experts in the trenches! Join Sissy Goff and David Thomas this week as they visit with award-winning Christian artist, Michael W. Smith and his wife, Debbie on raising kids and grandkids by God’s grace.

Check out Michael W. Smith’s new book, The Way of the Father

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Helpful Insights from this Episode

It’s never too late to be rescued. Michael W. Smith

One of the gifts we try to give our kids is to get them all together as much as possible. Debbie Smith

God doesn’t do things by accident. There is a reason He puts certain people in families together. Debbie Smith

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What I wish I knew then that I know now: It’s not about me. I don’t want to be “the man.” I want to be a servant. Michael W. Smith

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Be ready to be inconvenienced. Interruptions can be a good thing to grow you and get you ready for ministry. Debbie Smith

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Every stage of raising a child has something to be challenged by but also something wonderful about it. Debbie Smith

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Let prayer be the stone you stand on as everything is swirling around you. Debbie Smith

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God is right there with you. He doesn’t want you to do this by yourself.

Be honest with your kids. Don’t be afraid to say I’m sorry. Michael W. Smith

Keep expectations in line in parenting. 

Whatever it takes, as long as it takes. God’s timeline is not the same as ours. Debbie Smith

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If you don’t know what to pray, just pray, “God, I need you.” Michael W. Smith

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Things the Grandkids are Teaching Us

• Patience.
• To see things with childlike eyes.

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