How do we, as Christians, live to the fullness of what God has in regards to Christian community?

Hey everyone!

We asked you to submit your questions about fellowship, community, and friendship over on Instagram, and in this episode, we'll share our experiences in answering 9 of the most common questions we received.

If you're looking to make friends as a mom...

If you want to know how to balance time spent in deep fellowship vs. time spent proclaiming the Gospel to non-believers...

If you want to know what to do if you're introverted...

This episode has it all!

We hope this encourages you and helps you to finally step into the amazing blessing of godly community.

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

0:50 Biblical Community

5:31 Q1: How to use discernment when making godly friends

13:47 Q2: How to make friends as an adult while being a busy mom and wife

21:27 Q3: Standards for people you will and will not hang out with

22:59 Q4: Balancing spreading the gospel and building godly community with believers

23:26 Q5: Where to start

24:17 Q6: If your husband doesn't see it as a priority

25:07 Fellowship realities as a mom

36:15 Q7: Would you be friends with a non-Christian?

37:00 Q8: How to confront sin in a sister

43:06 Q9: How to have community when you're introverted

51:43 Prayer

Resources:

AFM+MH on IG: https://www.instagram.com/asformeandmyhousepodcast/

Milena on IG: https://www.instagram.com/milenaciciotti/

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@asformeandmyhousepodcast/

Starting and ending our day like this has been a total gamechanger during this busy season with so many littles.

It's taken tweaking and refining, and we're still open to feedback on it, but it's blessed us so much that we just had to share it with you guys.

This routine gives us time to focus on what's most important, it allows us to shepherd our children in the way we desire to do so, and it keeps our home running smoothly while staying well-kept.

We'd love to hear if this inspired you to try something similar! Also let us know what your routine looks like, we're always looking for ways to improve ours in order to be closer to the Lord.

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

5:09 The Surprise Blessings of These Habits

7:40 Why 4:00 AM

12:42 Before You Say It's Too Early...

19:01 The Morning Habits

24:14 Scripture reading

29:14 Movement

39:04 Getting ready

41:21 The Evening Habits

48:20 Cleanup Dance Party!

51:21 Bedtime for Littles

Resources:

A Brief Theology of Sleep by John Piper: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/a-brief-theology-of-sleep

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Milena on IG: https://www.instagram.com/milenaciciotti/

AFM+MH on IG: https://www.instagram.com/asformeandmyhousepodcast/

Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@asformeandmyhousepodcast/

We came across a beautiful clip of Rich Mullins recently, where he tells the story about how he got saved when he was 2 or 3 years old.

It's sweet, but it brings up the question: can kids that young really be saved?

Which brings up...a lot more questions.

Join us as we dive into this question from the perspective of a mother and a father who desire their children to be saved with "boring testimonies", who are thinking a lot lately about what it really means when Jesus tells us to be like little children.

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

0:40 Rich Mullins Clip

9:27 The Simplicity of Salvation

11:41 Mark 10:13

14:33 Romans 8:26

21:20 God Made YOU The Mother/Father of Your Children

Resources:

Milena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milenaciciotti/

AFM+MH Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asformeandmyhousepodcast/