27. Relationship Killers, Maintaining Influence & Mom, Are You Out of Order?

So much parenting wisdom is tucked into this week's episode. First, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, reminds moms that INFLUENCE in our child's heart is a PRIVILEGE and thus we must delicately guard it from relationship killers.  Then Val looks at the first half of the key elements of learning to live a lifestyle of Feasting with the Father - by helping moms to not get "the cart before the horse."  We moms have a tendency to push our kids to a relationship with God when our own relationship with Him is suffering.  We must love Him first and then draw the hearts of our children to Him.Read Val's blog post that corresponds to this episode, click here.*Influence is a privilege.  We want to continually have a mindset of maintaining the right to influence our child’s heart if we want to continue to have that privilege in their lives on a long-term basis.  Don’t waste this privilege.  Don’t squander it. Be careful to not allow walls to build up in relationship between parent and child. There are many ways we can lose influence because we allowed relationship killers to infiltrate.Watch out for these relationship killers! They come in as disrespectful attitudes.  They sneak in through selfish actions.   Parents are often as guilty as children in having disrespectful attitudes and selfish actions.  Beware of these sabotages to our family relationships!*Mom, are you out of order? What do kids need most from their mom?  They need a mom who is  Living a Lifestyle Feasting with the Father in the midst of our worries, fears, celebrations, prayers, decisions...In Matt 22:37, Jesus sums up the law of God's heart, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.  Then secondly, love your neighbor as yourself."  As moms we have a tendency to get those two out of order by thinking that loving on our kids and pushing them to God’s banquet table is more important than us personally loving Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. We need to love God first, then draw Send Val your encouragement and thoughts about the show.Support the showVisit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.comJoin Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyFollow Val on Instagram and her Facebook Public Page Practically Speaking MOMWe're on a mission to strengthen families.Want to help cover some of the costs of the show? click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!Here's some other ways to give:Cash App: $valPSMPaypal: [email protected] with a credit card HEREAll donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible. THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms."May the Words of my mouth and the medit...