Fighting for Peace in Your Home [Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Your Home 2 of 5]
Famous at Home - A podcast by Josh + Christi Straub
Welcome to episode 2 of 5 in our Summer Series called, Cultivating a Spiritual Growth Environment in Your Home.One of the most frequent questions we're asked is how we maintain a spirit of peace as a family of five and all we have going on. "How do you carry such calm in your interactions with each other?" wrote one long-time listener. To begin, peace doesn't come without a fight.In this episode, we talk about practical ways you can war for and cultivate peace in your home. We talk about: Why our bodies feel safer in chaos than peaceSpecific ways to consecrate your home and use prayer as your greatest weapon in the war for peaceHow to take dominion over what God has given youKeeping short accounts of sin in our livesPlaying the long game when seeing the day-to-day overwhelmThis series comes with a pdf workbook / discussion guide to go along with all five episodes (found in show notes below). You can use them in your small groups, with your spouse, or as a companion guide to the content.Show Notes:Download the free workbook / discussion guide for the Summer Series. https://www.famousathome.com/summerseriessignupOrder a copy of the Famous at Home book:https://amzn.to/3y1jJFzJohn Eldredge's Daily Prayer (Head of Household)https://wildatheart.org/praySign up for the Famous at Home Starter Bundlehttps://www.famousathome.com/newsletterWatch this episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/MyzmAb20XrgTime Stamps: 0:52 Introduction 3:10 Why we use the words fighting and peace together7:15 Defining peace10:05 Peace according to Philippians 414:20 Why we feel safer in chaos than we do in peace17:54 The spiritual and real life implications of not warring for peace in the here-and-now21:05 How it looks practically to war for peace23:10 How to make decisions for peace and walk in Jesus’ authority27:05 Prayers to pray to war for peace in your home30:36 Practical ways to pray and war for peace in your home 42:30 Keep short accounts of sin in your life43:20 Playing the long game for your soul