I Don’t Know How to Fight the Lies I Believe
About this episode
Scarlet Hiltibidal discusses the lies mothers often believe and how to combat them with biblical truth.
Motherhood can make us believe some pretty convincing lies. I’m messing up my kids. Everyone else is doing this better than I am. If my child is struggling, I must be failing. I need to be a better mom before I can feel okay about myself. In this episode of Pardon the Mess, Scarlet Hiltibidal brings the listeners in, talking about the specific lies you might easily believe about yourself, your children, and your motherhood—and what happens when we start answering those lies with the truth of God’s Word. Rather than trying to become moms who never struggle with fear, comparison, guilt, or insecurity, we can learn to recognize the lies we're believing and bring them into the light of Scripture. The gospel reminds us that our identity isn't determined by how well we parent, how our kids behave, or how we compare to the mom next to us. Our hope is in Jesus, who has already done what we could never do for ourselves. Scarlet also shares practical ways to fight these mental battles with biblical truth, remembering that God's grace meets us right in the middle of our messy motherhood. Thank you, listeners, for being part of this week’s “Messy Mom Moment” by sharing (via Scarlet’s…
People in this episode
Host: Scarlet Hiltibidal
Topics covered
- motherhood
- mental health
- Christian parenting
- identity in Christ
- overcoming lies
- biblical truth
Keywords
- motherhood
- lies
- Christian parenting
- identity
- gospel
- mental battles
- scripture
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Pardon the Mess, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, Romans 8:1, Galatians 6, Hebrews 12
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