The Warrior Mama Podcast
234 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsBethany Kimsey welcomes you for a quick cup of coffee, some laughs and maybe a few tears as we talk about the realities of motherhood. As a mother of 8 children ranging in age from 5-21, Bethany has learned the freedom of applying gospel truths to the daily details with children. Together we will learn how to take spiritual truths into the micro and macro moments of motherhood. How do we make this fuzzy intersection of real life mothering and the gospel clearly defined for vision and confidence? Connection happens when we meet together in the real spaces-- the kitchen tables of life-- sharing stories of hope, truth, and grace. When God breaks through everything changes about our motherhood, and we can walk with confidence and purpose.
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31. Table talk with Sandra Stanley-Balance
June 23, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits down with her good friend and mentor Sandra Stanley to begin the conversation about understanding the lie of balance and accepting that as mothers we don’t have to do all the things. Sandra shares how she has learned to live with purposeful presence in her seasons with her children and how she has learned to say no confidently. She shares the importance of learning more about the perimeters of your current season of life. Sandra pr...
Table talk with Sandra Stanley-Balance
June 23, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits down with her good friend and mentor Sandra Stanley to begin the conversation about understanding the lie of balance and accepting that as mothers we don’t have to do all the things. Sandra shares how she has learned to live with purposeful presence in her seasons with her children and how she has learned to say no confidently. She shares the importance of learning more about the perimeters of your current season of life. Sandra pr...
30. Lies of Motherhood- Balance
June 16, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is starting a new series called Lies of Motherhood. She begins the conversation that will dive into fighting the battle of our minds and the lies we face in our culture. Throughout the upcoming weeks Bethany will dive into the truth that shatters those lies and help you create a foundation where you can be confident, assured, and you can speak the truth. In this series you will hear both painful and funny stories from other moms that wi...
29. Parenting our Highly Emotional Children
June 09, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing some things God has taught her about how to parent highly emotional children and how to walk by their side as they begin to understand who God is and how he made them. Highly emotional children are often quick to get angry and quick to get sad, their emotions take big swings. Bethany shares the word picture that has helped her speak with grace to help her children see the long-term vision and connect them to God’s purpose of ...
Parenting our Highly Emotional Children
June 09, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 49 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing some things God has taught her about how to parent highly emotional children and how to walk by their side as they begin to understand who God is and how he made them. Highly emotional children are often quick to get angry and quick to get sad, their emotions take big swings. Bethany shares the word picture that has helped her speak with grace to help her children see the long-term vision and connect them to God’s purpose of ...
28. Walking with your fearful child
June 02, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing some things God has been teaching her lately about how to deal with fear in our kids. Our first instinct as a parent is to want to make that fear go away. We want to talk it out and rationalize it with our child. But, what if we approach this with a more Kingdom focused perspective. What if instead of rationalizing it away, we help our child understand why they have fear and how to lean on God through that. We can ...
27. Answering your questions about the ages and stages
May 26, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBDo you ever feel totally alone as you walk through all the different ages and stages with your kids? Today, Bethany is sharing some questions she has gotten from other mamas to remind us all that other moms face the same things you do. And the good news is, none of us are alone in it! Jesus is walking along with you. You are on a journey with your kids and he is walking right alongside you. You do not have to be perfect! You don’t have to have the right answer for everything, you don’t...
26. Table Talks with Troy: Gospel Conversations with your Young Adults
May 19, 2021 06:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Troy is joining Bethany again to talk about the young adult years, and how to have those gospel conversations at this stage. This is the stage full of life decisions; they may be going to college, getting married, and making decisions on what they want life to look like. Bethany shares what a sweet time this can be as the transition from being just a parent goes into being a friend and mentor for that child. All the while, helping guide them i...
25. How to have gospel conversations with your young adults
May 12, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week, Bethany is continuing our talk of how to have gospel conversations with each of the different ages and stages. This week we are focusing on the young adult age. This can be such a fun time for our kids, maybe not always for us moms though! This can be a time filled with worry as we watch our children take on the world and see them begin to make life impacting decisions on their own. Maybe your child has entered this age and they already know J...
24. Table Talks with Troy: Gospel Conversations with Teens
May 05, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sitting down with Troy again to talk about their experiences in the teen years. Specifically, how do we share the gospel with kids in this age in a way that will be beneficial to them. Whether we like it or not, they will be getting ready to soon leave the home. We can only pray that we have trained and equipped them to handle the world they are going out to. Most importantly, we want to know that their faith can withstand the stru...
23. Table Talks with Troy: Gospel Conversations with Toddlers, Elementary Age, and Tweens
April 28, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is joined by her husband Troy as they share their journey together through all the different ages and stages with their own kids. Troy walks with us today through his perspective on the toddler, preschool, middle school, and tween years. Bethany and Troy share some of their challenges from each stage and how they have overcome those. They are reminding us today that while we want to raise good kids, we really should be focusing on ra...
22. Gospel Conversations in the Teen Years
April 21, 2021 05:30 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is continuing the discussion on how to have gospel conversations with our kids! This week is all about teenagers! Some may find the teenage years fun and exciting as your child is becoming one of your very good friends, others may find it scary and daunting! In our teenagers we see they are striving more for independence and starting to make some decisions for themselves. It can be easy to start worrying if we have prepared them well fo...
21. How to Have Gospel Conversations with Tweens
April 14, 2021 14:03 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table. This week we are still talking about all the ages and stages. Today we are talking about the tween years. That’s the new term, right?! This is the age of middle school years, where they are becoming independent, they are figuring out their true identity, and starting to learn the why behind what they know. Bethany shares that during this stage we want to focus on teaching our child the why behind the gospel. Why do they believe what they believe, why do we ...
20. How to Have Gospel Centered Conversations with Elementary Age Kids
April 07, 2021 05:30 - 28 minutes - 39 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is continuing the talk about how to have those gospel centered conversations with kids in every age and stage of life. This week we are focusing on the elementary age. Maybe you have a child in that stage, maybe you will have one soon, or perhaps your child has already been through that phase but you just want to reflect on that time. Either way this week is for you! The elementary phase is an interesting one because they are still litt...
19. How to Talk to Your Toddler or Preschooler about Jesus
March 31, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is diving into how to have those gospel conversations with the toddler age. If you are currently in those terrible 2’s momma, then this one's for you! The toddler phase is full of curiousness and exploration. This is a phase where the world is just entrancing and exciting for them. But as our kids walk through this exploration phase, this is a time that we can begin helping them explore God and how he is in every piece of their life....
18. How Do I Have a Gospel Conversation with My Child?
March 24, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing with us how to have gospel conversations with our kids. As moms we want to speak to our children in a way that is life giving and gives them the hope of Jesus. But how do we do this? That can feel like such a heavy burden that I am responsible for having those gospel conversations with my child. What if I screw it up, what if I say the wrong thing, I am too inadequate for this! Mama, those things just aren’t true. God ...
17. How Do We Walk in Joy?
March 17, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! Pull up a seat today as Bethany is talking about finding Joy through God’s grace. Surprisingly enough, the word joy doesn’t have anything to do with a feeling at all. The word joy in greek means grace recognized. Some days it is hard to find Joy. Maybe it’s your kids not listening, they are fussing and fighting, or maybe you just have a million things on your to-do list for the day. It’s hard to feel joy in these moments! Then we start to think, if it's ha...
16. Why Do We Need Friends?
March 10, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table. Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to spend some time with Bethany as she shares about why friends can be so important. When we think about our friends, a dozen things come to our mind. Fun times, good laughs, a person to talk with, a shoulder to cry on. But have you ever stopped to think about what God says about friendship? In Exodus 17 we see the depiction of what true friendship should look like, When they are in the midst of battle, Moses is wear...
15. How Do We Pray for Our Kids?
March 03, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! Today Bethany is sharing what it means to truly pray like a grace filled warrior. Do you ever feel like prayer is just another thing on your checklist? You know that you are supposed to pray for your family but after you do, you are still in this place of doubt. Did He really hear me? Did I say the right things? What if I don’t have enough faith? Mama, that is not how God designed prayer to be. He didn’t design it to be a checklist, or an ATM where we...
14. Preparing for the Battlefield
February 24, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! Bethany has been talking about what it means to be a grace filled warrior. This week we are talking about what it means to be a grace filled warrior on the battlefield. The first step to winning the battle against the enemy, is realizing that you are on the battlefield. As Christians we are not only on the battlefield on the bad days, but in every moment. Ephesians 6 says, “Be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might, put on the whole armor th...
13. Hope Givers, Vision Casters
February 17, 2021 06:30 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is talking all about hope. Not hope in the context that culture takes it today where it is full of uncertainty, but hope as it is defined by God. The bible uses hope, as an expectation of what is sure. It is characterized by confidence and trust. As moms, we get to share with our kids this confidence and trust that they can find in trust. We can teach them to hope in what Jesus has given them and what he has promised them. It...
12. Who We are in Motherhood
February 10, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing more on what it truly means to walk with Christ as a grace filled warrior. Second Corinthians 2:14 says, “but thanks be to God in Christ who always leads us in triumphal procession. We are invited to triumphantly follow Jesus everyday in our motherhood. He is victorious and we can walk in this procession with him, and let him lead us to triumph. He leads this triumphal procession even in our motherhood. This week Bethany is ...
11. Grace Filled Warrior
February 03, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBEverything Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is talking all about feeling overwhelmed as a mom, and what design God has to help us from having this feeling creep in! Do you ever see other moms who just seem to have it all together. Maybe they have that picture perfect life on social media. They always have the best family photos, they do all the fun activities with their kids, and their house always seems to be perfectly decorated and clean! That’s when we begin p...
10. Psalm 23- When We Feel Afraid
January 27, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBThis week, Bethany is talking all about potty training! If you aren’t a mom at the potty training age, or maybe you have long passed that stage, don’t worry this episode is still for you. God takes little moments like potty training and uses it to teach us a motherhood lesson that can be applicable to all stages of motherhood! Bethany shares this week on the podcast how God used a moment in potty training, to teach her about what a good shepard He really is. Have you ever felt l...
9. He Gently Leads You
January 20, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table this week with Bethany Kimsey! This week we are getting a little more personal. Do you ever just feel like a failure as a mom? Maybe like that everyone else is getting it right besides you? And that just maybe, you weren’t cut out for this whole motherhood thing. This week Bethany is sharing her own worries and insecurities when it comes to being a mom. Being a mom is hard, no matter what age your kids are or how many you have. But the good news is tha...
8. How Do I Handle Sibling Rivalry? (Part 2)
January 13, 2021 06:30 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBLast week on “When God Breaks Through”, we talked about changing our mindset in the midst of sibling rivalries. This week, Bethany is talking about how we approach our child in the situation. When it comes to these moments, we have to think about what our long term goals are for them, despite the upclose mess of whatever fight or squabble is happening today! Sometimes the best thing to do is for everyone to take a step back and spend some time in reflection. This allows the child to ...
7. How Do I Handle Sibling Rivalry? (Part 1)
January 06, 2021 06:30 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBWelcome back! Today’s episode is all about sibling rivalry. Let's be honest, we all have this in our homes from time to time. Kids fight, they argue, quarrel, and fuss! The problem is, we live in a culture that says this is okay! Yes it is going to happen, but what if God wants us to have a different perspective on this? What’s sometimes difficult in this moment is not to just focus on sibling rivalry or the issue at hand, but to prepare our hearts as moms to figure out how we ...
6. Christmas Devotions and Traditions to Try
December 16, 2020 06:30 - 18 minutes - 26 MBWelcome to the kitchen table! Christmas can be hard! Do you ever feel like you make all these plans for fun activities, crafts, or devotionals to do with you kids, and then none of it gets done? It can leave you feeling like a failure. In this week’s episode Bethany shares with every mom that this is just not true! We cannot measure ourselves by what we do, but how we do it. God isn’t worried about you completing a devotional book. He isn’t limited by how well or how poorly you believ...
5. God Hears Our Prayers
December 09, 2020 07:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBWhat does it mean to really pray for your child? We all know what prayer is and we know the power of prayer. But do we know how to effectively pray? This week Bethany dives into what it means to pray for our children and the effect this can have on motherhood. It is one thing to tell someone you will pray for them, but it's another thing to be a woman who defines her life by prayer. How often are we actually turning to God in prayer? Too many times we tend to say “I got ...
4. The Christmas Conversation of Grace
December 02, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBWelcome back to this week’s episode of, “When God Breaks Through”. This week Bethany answers another fellow mama’s question. Don’t forget you can send in your questions, as well. Just visit Bethany’s instagram and facebook page @bethanykimsey to send a message with your question. One mom asked, “How do you do Christmas? How do you lead and have devotions that lead your children well? What is your perspective with all the craziness that Christmas can bring?” Have you...
2. How Do You Walk with Your Kids Towards Grateful Hearts
November 18, 2020 05:30 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this week’s Thanksgiving episode of When God Breaks Through, Bethany shares a listener’s question. “How do I successfully help my children navigate the world’s culture of entitlement and how do you teach gratitude and speak into this area with Gospel conversations?” Bethany has discovered three different areas where we can find the opposite of gratitude in our children’s lives. -Possessiveness -Selfishness -Entitlement In parenting, we can identify each of these a...
1. When You Feel Lost in Motherhood
November 18, 2020 05:30 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBWelcome to the kitchen table with Bethany Kimsey! Have you ever walked away from an interaction with one of your children and thought, “I have NO IDEA what to do?” Motherhood can leave us floundering in our thoughts. Sometimes we don’t know what to do with the situation that has presented itself. It leaves us feeling befuddled. Bethany Kimsey encourages us that we can find refuge and an invitation in Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and ...
3. How to Hold the Heart of Your Child
November 18, 2020 05:30 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBWelcome back to the kitchen table with Bethany Kimsey for this week's episode of When God Breaks Through. This week Bethany answers another fellow mama’s question sent in via Instagram and Facebook. Don’t forget you can send in your questions, as well. Just visit Bethany’s instagram and facebook page @bethanykimsey to send a message with your question. Kimberly asked, “How do you have a good friendship with your children while at the same time carry the authoritative role? How do you...
When God Breaks Through Trailer
November 10, 2020 23:18 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBBethany Kimsey welcomes you for a quick cup of coffee, some laughs and maybe a few tears as we talk about the realities of motherhood. As a mother of 8 children ranging in age from 5-21, Bethany has learned the freedom of applying gospel truths to the daily details with children. Together we will learn how to take spiritual truths into the micro and macro moments of motherhood. How do we make this fuzzy intersection of real life mothering and the gospel clearly defined for vision and confid...