Northeast Christian Podcast

Raising Future Adults | Intentional Parenting

Life is full of firsts. Naturally, parenting is too. From your baby's first steps across the living room to their first steps out into the world as an adult, your children will experience many things for the very first time.

As a parent, you have a role in how these "firsts" contribute to the formation of your child. The experiences they have are largely out of your control, but you can help form them as they slowly become adults who experience life for themselves.

Today, we're thinking through how you can contribute to your child's spiritual formation by discipling them through all the "firsts" along the way.

Vision, Values, and Plan | Intentional Parenting

If you want to raise kids that are leaders of consequence in the kingdom of God, you need a plan. But before you make a plan, you need to catch a vision.

This week of Intentional Parenting is super practical. Whether you still have kids in your home or not, you'll learn how to catch a vision for intentional parenting, identify your values, and make a plan to help you stay on track.

We've created four worksheets to help you work through this process. Download them through the link below:

https://www.necchurch.org/intentional-parenting-vision-values-plan/

Intentional Parenting | Introduction

There's no such thing as the perfect parent, but it is possible and necessary to be an intentional one. So how is it done? How can you bring intentionality to your children's spiritual development with the same passion and devotion you bring to the rest of their development?

We're spending the next five weeks exploring these questions together.

Even if you aren't a parent, this series is sure to provide practical tools for your spiritual formation.

Praying for the Lost | Summer of Prayer

Guest Speaker, Mark Moore, concludes our Summer of Prayer series. Praying for the lost always has a cost. If you're a "sideline" Christian, the cost to your comfort, relationships, and time will be too high. Mark walks through four different types of prayers Jesus prayed, and poses a challenge to all who claim to follow Jesus: are you willing to follow in Jesus' footsteps and pay the cost to reach the lost?

Prayers of Confession | Summer of Prayer

Adoring & Praising God

Prayers of adoration remind us of the character of God. This week, we're looking at examples from Scripture of what it looks like to adore and praise God through prayer.

Prayers that Shape History | Summer of Prayer

Prayer for Healing | Summer of Prayer

Summer of Prayer | Overcoming Fear & Control Through ”Withness”

Seeking control is not the solution to the human condition. It's the problem.

Fear happens when you feel out of control. So how do you overcome fear? The logical answer may be to seek more control over every little detail of life, micromanaging until there is nothing left to fear. But this "control" is an illusion, and all it takes is one unexpected turn to feel afraid and out of control all over again.

The solution? Be honest about your lack of control and lean in to the grace of "withness" through prayer. Prayer is simply being with God, sharing your unfiltered thoughts with him. If you want to overcome fear and control, you can't do it alone; you must learn the practice of "withness".

Summer of Prayer | The Power of Prayer

Even though "cultural Christianity" has largely lost social power and influence, it's clear that people still long for the transcendent. People still long to know God and access spiritual power in their lives. As followers of Jesus, we know that true spiritual power comes from prayer.