Truth at Home with Tricia Patterson

What do you do when your tummy hurts or your body feels strange? Sometimes uncomfortable feelings bring worried thoughts—and those worries can make us feel even worse.

In this episode of Truth at Home for Kids, we’ll explore 1 Peter 5:7 and a poem from my book, A Prayer from Fear to Faith. We’ll learn to tell a trusted grown-up when we don’t feel well, receive the care we need, and bring our worries to God. We’ll also practice simple ways to relax our bodies and take the moment one step at a time.

God made your body, and He cares about every part of you.

Featured truth: I can bring every body feeling and worry to God.

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7

Explore A Prayer from Fear to Faith for more prayers to help your child face fear with God’s truth.

Fear may speak—but God’s truth gets the final word.

Does school ever feel scary, big, or new? Whether you’re nervous about saying goodbye, making friends, or facing something unfamiliar, you don’t have to figure out the whole day before it begins.

In this episode of Truth at Home for Kids, we’ll explore Joshua 1:9 and a poem from my book, A Prayer from Fear to Faith. We’ll learn that we can miss someone and still be okay, ask for help when we need it, and take the next brave step with God.

You never walk into a classroom before God. He is already there!

Featured truth: God is with me wherever I go.
Scripture: Joshua 1:9

Explore A Prayer from Fear to Faith for more prayers to help your child face fear with God’s truth.

Fear may speak—but God’s truth gets the final word.

Have you ever felt lonely, left out, or scared—even when other people were nearby? In this episode of Truth at Home for Kids, we’ll discover that God sees us, understands us, and walks beside us through every hard place.

Through Psalm 23:4 and a poem from my book, A Prayer from Fear to Faith, we’ll learn to talk to God about our feelings, bravely ask a safe person for help, and notice others who may need a friend too.

Lonely is a feeling, but alone is not your identity. God is with you.

Featured truth: God walks beside me.
Scripture: Psalm 23:4

Explore A Prayer from Fear to Faith for more prayers to help your child face fear with God’s truth.

Fear may speak—but God’s truth gets the final word.

Thunder booms, lightning flashes, and sometimes storms feel scary! In this episode of Truth at Home for Kids, we’ll discover that even the wind and waves obey Jesus—and He is with us during every storm.

Through Mark 4:39–41 and a poem from my book, A Prayer from Fear to Faith, we’ll learn simple ways to steady our bodies, follow our grown-ups’ safety directions, and remember that no storm is bigger than God.

The storm may be loud, but Jesus is still Lord over everything.

Featured truth: Even the wind and waves obey Jesus.
Scripture: Mark 4:39–41

Explore A Prayer from Fear to Faith for more prayers to help your child face fear with God’s truth.

Fear may speak—but God’s truth gets the final word.

A scary dream can leave you feeling afraid even after you wake up. In “Peace After Scary Dreams,” we help children remember that the dream is over and they are awake. Together, we’ll practice looking around, telling God what felt scary, and turning our thoughts toward what is true and good.

Inspired by A Prayer from Fear to Faith and Philippians 4:6–8, this short episode reminds children that they can ask a grown-up for comfort and bring their worries to God, whose peace guards their hearts and minds.

When the lights go out, familiar things can suddenly look scary. In “Jesus Is With Me in the Dark,” we’ll talk about shadows, sounds, and the tricks our imaginations can play at night. Psalm 139:11–12 reminds us that darkness is not dark to God. Your child will practice naming what’s really there and speaking God’s truth aloud: Jesus is with me, even in the dark.

Inspired by A Prayer from Fear to Faith, this short episode is one you can listen to together at bedtime—or anytime the dark feels frightening.

What can you do when fear starts to feel bigger than you? In Episode 2 of Truth at Home for Kids, we keep learning how to bring our fears to God. This short episode gives children words to pray and a reminder that God is with them, even in the moments that feel scary. Listen together, then talk about one thing your child would like to tell God today.

Fear can feel really big, especially when you’re a kid. In this first episode of Truth at Home for Kids, we begin the journey from fear to faith with A Prayer from Fear to Faith. We’ll talk about what to do when you feel afraid and remember that you can bring every fear to God. Listen together, then come back whenever your child needs a little courage and a reminder that they are never alone.

Welcome to Truth at Home for Kids—a podcast created to help children slow down, breathe deeply, and fill their hearts and minds with God’s truth.

In each short episode, Bible teacher, author, and mom Tricia Patterson will guide children through Scripture, truth-filled affirmations, and prayer as they navigate fear, worry, big feelings, mistakes, loneliness, and new experiences.

We’re beginning with a special series inspired by Tricia’s newest children’s book, A Prayer from Fear to Faith. Because feeling afraid doesn’t mean you aren’t brave. Being brave means choosing to trust God—even when fear is still nearby.

Follow the podcast and join us as we grow from fear to faith—one truth, one prayer, and one brave step at a time.

Learn more and order A Prayer from Fear to Faith at triciapatterson.com.

Order the book here: https://www.triciapatterson.com/booksbytrish

Philippians 4:1-9

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.