I Don't Want My Kids to Have My Fear of God

Did you dread going to church as a kid — not the early morning, but something deeper, something in your chest you couldn’t quite name?

Do you want to raise your kids with faith, but carry the weight of knowing you’re handing it to them while you’re still untangling it yourself?

What if the fear you grew up with doesn’t have to get passed down?

Listen to Episode 73 | I Don’t Want My Kids to Dread Going to Church — Raising Them Without the Fear of God I Carried:

In this episode, I’m sharing the fear that lived in my body pulling up to a church parking lot every Sunday — where it actually came from, what it built in me about who God is, and what I am actively giving my boys instead. If you’ve ever sat in a pew wondering if you were truly loved or just conditionally tolerated, if you grew up believing the Ten Commandments were a list of ways to lose your soul, this one is for you.

We’re going to Romans 5:8 — WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS — and what it actually means for the little girl who grew up under the fear of God that legalism built. Because that version — the God with the off switch, the one keeping score — that is not the God of scripture. He is not waiting for you to slip up. And your kids don’t have to grow up knowing that fear.

If you’ve been searching for healing scriptures to replace the fear of God you were handed, or trying to figure out how to build family prayer that is rooted in love instead of dread — this is the episode that shows you what it looks like on the other side. Not because I have it all figured out. Because I am watching my boys grow up in awe instead of afraid. And I want that for your kids too.

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Scripture Referenced

Romans 5:8 — While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
Jeremiah 29:11 — Plans for hope and a future, not to harm you

Related Episodes:

Episode 69 | Accidentally Teaching Your Kids the Fear of God? How Moms Raise Kids Who Love Him Instead
Episode 71 | How to Teach Your Kids the Ten Commandments Without Leaving Them Afraid of God

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