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What does the Bible actually say about spiritual warfare and your authority in Christ as a Christian mom?

In episode 97 of The Purpose of Motherhood, Ashlee Kasten kicks off a new spiritual warfare series for Christian moms, exploring what Scripture teaches about the enemy, how to recognize his lies, and how to stand firm in the victory Jesus has already won.

Learn how to strengthen your prayer life, pray for your children, recognize spiritual warfare in your home, and teach your kids to stand on biblical truth. Ashlee unpacks key Scriptures about the armor of God, resisting the enemy, and understanding your authority in Christ so you can lead your family with faith, wisdom, and discernment.

If you're a Christian mom seeking biblical guidance on prayer, spiritual warfare, Christian parenting, and building a Christ-centered home, this episode will help you lay a strong foundation.

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IN THIS EPISODE 🎙️
00:00 – Welcome Back to The Purpose of Motherhood Podcast
02:00 – Biblical Spiritual Warfare: Recognizing the Times We Live In
05:13 – The Armor of God and Your Authority in Christ
07:25 – Finding Freedom in Christ From Fear and Spiritual Bondage
09:44 – What Jesus Says About Spiritual Warfare and Abundant Life
12:07 – Spiritual Oppression, Healing, and Discernment in Christian Homes
14:29 – Your Family Is Not the Enemy: Understanding Spiritual Warfare
16:37 – Recognizing the Enemy’s Lies and Spiritual Deception
18:55 – How Christian Moms Can Walk in Their Authority in Christ
21:20 – Teaching Your Children to Pray in the Name of Jesus
23:47 – How to Stand in Spiritual Authority and Protect Your Home in Prayer

🎧Tune in next Monday for another episode of our Spiritual Warfare for Christian Moms series

Is something fighting to keep you from praying for your kids? In this episode, we dig into the spiritual attack on prayer for your children and expose the enemy's three favorite tactics: distraction, discouragement, and division. As Christian moms building faith-filled homes, we don't have to feel powerless — Ephesians 6 gives us a biblical blueprint for prayer that actually works, even when it's just two minutes long.
You'll learn why prayer isn't about eloquence but about posture and total reliance on the Holy Spirit, why isolation makes you vulnerable, and how unity with other believers can tear down the enemy's plans. If you want to disciple your children with confidence and stand firm as their prayer warrior, this episode will equip and encourage you.
In this episode:
The enemy's #1 tactic to keep you from praying
Biblical strategies from Ephesians 6 for spiritual warfare in prayer
Why community and accountability matter for faith-filled moms
How to partner with the Holy Spirit — even in short, simple prayers

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Is the fruit of the Spirit something that just happens for other moms… or is there actually a way to grow it in the middle of your own everyday chaos?

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In this episode of The Purpose of Motherhood podcast, Ashlee gets honest about a struggle every Christian mom knows well — wanting to respond with patience, kindness, and gentleness, and instead running on empty by 9am.

Ashlee shares a lesson she learned from gardening, of all places, about how the right soil changes everything, and how that unexpected lesson pointed her straight to John 15:4 and Jesus’ call to “remain in Him.” If you’ve ever felt like bearing good fruit as a mom is just about trying harder and gritting your teeth through the hard moments, this episode will shift the way you think about it entirely.

Together we’re walking through what it practically looks like to remain in Him even when your mind is consumed with everyone else in your home, including why fruit isn’t something you produce through effort, but something that grows naturally out of staying rooted. Ashlee shares three practical, doable ways to remain in Him in the middle of a full and busy home: opening your Bible and memorizing it, learning to pray as a habit, and keeping worship music on.

This episode is for the Christian mom who wants a faith-filled home, who wants to disciple her children with confidence, and who is tired of feeling like patience and gentleness are personality traits she just wasn’t born with.

In this episode we cover:
• What John 15:4 actually means for busy Christian moms
• A gardening lesson that reframes how you think about bearing spiritual fruit
• Practical ways to stay rooted in Christ without adding another thing to your to-do list
• How staying rooted in Him equips you to disciple your children with confidence

The Purpose of Motherhood podcast exists to help Christian moms build faith-filled homes, disciple their children with confidence, and find their purpose in the everyday moments of motherhood.

Is obedience still something Christian moms should be pursuing... or have we moved past that? In this episode of The Purpose of Motherhood podcast, Ashlee tackles one of the most misunderstood topics in Christian parenting today — and she is bringing Scripture into the conversation.
If you have ever heard "we're not after obedience, we're after the heart" and felt confused about what that actually means for how you parent, this episode is for you. Ashlee opens up about a childhood memory of breaking her arm after disobeying her dad — and how that moment taught her something about obedience that no conversation ever could.
Together we are walking through what the Bible says about raising obedient children, including Ephesians 6:1-3 (the command AND the promise), Proverbs 22:15 (folly bound up in the heart of a child), 2 Timothy 3:1-2 (children disobedient to their parents as a sign of the last days), and more. You will learn why obedience and heart work are not opposites, why disciplining your children with consistency is one of the most loving things you can do, and how raising obedient kids now is directly connected to raising children who will fear the Lord and walk in wisdom for the rest of their lives.
This episode is for the Christian mom who wants a faith-filled home, who wants to disciple her children with confidence, and who is ready to stop apologizing for believing what God's Word actually says.
In this episode we cover:
What the Bible says about obedience and why it still applies today
The cultural lie that has crept into Christian parenting — and how to push back
Why folly is already in the heart of your child and what that means for how you parent
The connection between honoring your parents and fearing the Lord
Practical ways to raise obedient kids without parenting from fear or harshness
Why discipline and love are not opposites — they work together

The Purpose of Motherhood podcast exists to help Christian moms build faith-filled homes, disciple their children with confidence, and find their purpose in the everyday moments of motherhood.

What do you do when you sense your family is under spiritual attack? Today on the Purpose of Motherhood podcast, Christian moms get a front row seat to one of the most powerful conversations we've had on this show.
Shauna Pope — registered nurse, mom of four, nana to seven, and mentor inside the TPOM Flourish Community — sits down with Ashlee to share the real story of how the Lord taught her to recognize spiritual warfare and pray with strategy and authority over her kids when they were under attack.
This is not a theoretical conversation. This is one mom's raw, faith-filled testimony of what it looked like to stop being passive and start fighting for her family on her knees... and what God did when she did.
If you want to build a faith-filled home and disciple your children with confidence, this episode will give you the tools and the courage to do exactly that. Christian moms, it is time to stop playing defense.
In this episode:
How to recognize when your family is under spiritual attack
What strategic prayer actually looks like in real life
Why Christian moms cannot afford to be passive in the spiritual battle for their kids
How one mom's obedience changed the atmosphere of her entire home
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