Female by Design

In This Episode Francie talks about:

• Parenting in partnership with God iis building a narrative - a reality where heaven and earth overlap and intersect in our home and God reveals himself in every room of our house.
• Ephesians 3
• The more you know the heart of Father God for you, the more you can show it to your kids.
• Have moments with each kid to show them you are not too busy for them, and to pursue them spiritually and emotionally.
• The key priority foundational principle to having a powerful family worship culture is heart connection. Heart connection is the currency of the kingdom.
• It's not about the facts of week or activities, it's the feelings behind those that allow us to be known. This is how we mirror the Father heart of God to our children.
• Seven Days of Marriage Declarations: A Guide to Experience God's Heart and Heaven's Possibilities in your Marriage - A free gift when you subscribe to the newsletter

Prayer: Father God, thank you that you pursue us to have a relationship with you as a family. Thank you for revealing yourself to us so that we can know the love of Jesus. Father, we invite you into every room of our home so that we can know you more and draw closer to your Father's heart for us and our family. Thank you for parenting us as we parent our children. You are a good and perfect Father. We want you to change our hearts and minds to be more like you. We praise you as Immanuel, God with us, inside our hearts and home. Amen.

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

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In This Episode Francie talks about:

• Hosting God's presence in our home as a family
• Enjoy your children each day the way God the Father enjoys you as his child.
• As image bearers, we are made to know Him and show Him. We know him as a father and mother and then show Him to our children.
• Zephaniah 3:17

Prayer: Father, we are so grateful that you love us and rejoice over us loudly with singing. Thank you that you pursue us with your Father's heart and enjoy us as your children. Open up our hearts to receive more of you. Thank you for your divine invitation to know you more. We want to know you more so that we can show more of you to our kids. May our home be filled with your presence this week as we enjoy each other and our children the way you enjoy us. Amen.

Watch this episode on Francie's YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/VFntC6cK8LM

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

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In This Episode Francie talks about:

• Psalm 91
• The Blessing - Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes and Elevation Worship
• Deuteronomy 7:9
• The Lord your God is a covenant keeping God.
• Numbers 6:24-27
• Luke 1:17
• God's economy is based around families being strong together.
• Bonus Episode: Freedom From Fear
• Bonus Episode: Prophets of Peace
• A stripping leads to a great filling.

Prayer:

Father right now, we have time to turn our hearts back to you like never before. We invite you, the living God into the rhythms of our day as a family unit. We praise you for your goodness and faithfulness during this season. Thank you for your covenant blessing over our family. Redeem what the enemy has meant for destruction during this season and bring back a sense of connection in our families across this nation. We want to prepare the space for you to move in our homes as you turn our hearts as parents back toward our children. Renew our spirits as we wait upon you Lord. We find peace knowing we are nestled safely in the shadow of your wing. We choose faith over fear each day as you have given us this precious gift of time. May we use it to recenter our hearts and our homes toward you, our covenant keeping God. Amen.

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

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In This Episode Francie talks about:

• Learning to follow His lead in our homes in everyday life.
• Ephesians 3:16-21
• Knowing Jesus practically
• 5 Keys to making family worship fruitful and not just another devotional time
• Main Goal: Know Jesus as a family
• Ephesians 3:19
• Philippians 3:8
• Principle 1: It's all about heart connection with God and each other.
• Isaiah 62:3
• Principle 2: Be flexible.
• Principle 3: Be okay with messy.
• Principle 4: Display your own personal journey with your kids.
• Principle 5: Keep going.
• Galatians 6:9

Prayer:

Father, may we seek to know you every day so that everything else pales in comparison. We are thankful that you delight in us as your children and so we can show that love to each other. We trust you during this season of our life as our world is so different right now. We pray for those who are working so hard to care for the sick and protect those who are not. As we gather together, as a family in our home to worship you, we pray that all we do brings you glory and honor. Fill our homes and our hearts with your peace.

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Zephaniah 3:16-20
• Francie shares a personal story of dealing with fear
• 2 Timothy 1:7
• Jesus as Peacemaker
• Speaking peace to others
• We are temples

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

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In This Episode Francie talks about:

• Sex points to our calling to fruitfulness
• John 17
• We are made for abundant fruitfulness and leading in the world with love.
• Where our bodies go, our hearts go.
• Psalm 133
• Results of oneness
• Blessing others out of marital unity
• Sex is a beautiful love song

Prayer:

Thank you for the gift of sex and that it's more than we could have imagines in the past. It's more meaningful than we every knew. You long to be one with us and have written it on our bodies. As we reflect you in all things, we see your love story written on our bodies. Thank you for replacing my old thoughts about sex with new ones. Glorify your name through our sex lives and our call to be on mission through it all.

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

Donate to the Heaven in Your Home Ministry:

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Mentioned in this episode:

• How to practically encounter God in uncertain times
• 1 Corinthians 2:16
• "The mind is the organ that receives God's thoughts through faith."
• The consequences of worry are a fragmented and divided mind
• Romans 12:2
• Reflect the image of God: the Peace, the power and the nature of God to our friends and family members
• Philippians 4
• Ban the word "worry" from your vocabulary
• Be aware of constant input into your mind (social media, TV, news)
• We aren't after a worry-free life, but a fear-free life.
• Replacing our fragmented thinking with his peaceful thoughts

Prayer: Thank you God that I was made to be receiving the thoughts of God. Help me to meditate on what is true, pure and lovely. Help us accurately reflect you to our friends, family and a lost world that is watching. Replace our fears with your truth. Thank you that we are no longer orphans who are cast out, but you are our Father. You never sleep or slumber, and you are never caught off guard.

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

Donate to the Heaven in Your Home Ministry:

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Is there more to sex than we have been told?
• Genesis 2 says we are image bearers.
• Our bodies are like mirrors of God
• Sex is a point of revealing a higher love story.
• Romans 1:20
• The fellowship of family.

Prayer:

Father thank you for providing us a Spirit of wisdom and revelation. Thank you God that we have your Holy Spirit that gives us insight into your heart so that we can join with all of creation to communicate awe and wonder of who You are. Our bodies proclaim this invitation that we are made to be connected to your bigger vision and embrace the eternal gift of your love. Show us how to honor you in our marriages as we remember that we are created in your image.

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

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Francie is sharing her story today of how God set her free from fear.

Mentioned in the show today:

• The Root Systems of our Hearts
• A million "what if's"
• The spirit of Fear
• The Peace of God grounds us, and opens us up and gives us expansive capacity to love and think clearly with a sound mind.
• Practical ways to retrain thinking
• Practicing silence
• I won't be able to receive what God has for me until I let go of what is binding me.
• Psalm 34
• Your invitation to power, love and sound thinking

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

Donate to the Heaven in Your Home Ministry:

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Thanks for joining Francie on this episode of Heaven in Your Home. We hope you'll be inspired by this episode, and feel led to share it with someone you know would be ministered to by Francie's message.

In This Episode Francie talks about:

• The application of the gospel
• 2 Corinthians 5:17
• Theologian, N.T. Wright
• We are carriers of heaven

• 2 Corinthians 6: 10-20 Glorify God with your body
• Your home is a God encounter
• Psalm 73:28
• Matthew 18, Phillipians 2
• Mutual submission of being for each other
• Training kids to recognize God's presence
• Tasting God's glory in the daily grind
• Genesis 1-3
• The Renewing of the roots systems of our hearts
• Isaiah 27:6
• John 15

Resources:

101 Course: Strong Foundations to Starting Well: CLAIMING A HEALTHY VISION FOR MARRIED SEX

To build a love that lasts, you must begin with a strong foundation. Whether you're newly engaged or in need of a new lens, this course is essential. You'll be equipped to set a Biblically integrated and practically grounded vision for sex, marriage and the calling to steward the gift of pleasure and intimacy. This course is pivotal as you begin to unlearn unhelpful perspectives and sift through shame, lies and painful messages you've received over the years. Learn more here.

Donate to the Heaven in Your Home Ministry:

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