OH. MY. GOSH! Just what I needed today. I have been in tears and just overwhelmed with motherhood/wife hood and trying to honor God in all of it. Thank you for the encouragement!

Actually fighting back the tears. I am so convicted. My husband and I just had a talk this morning about discipline and raising up children in the fear of the Lord, with respect to authorities, and how to be firm, consistant and loving. Then I watched this, and the Lord just impressed on me the need to confess my faults, ask for grace, and continue on. Thank you, thank you, thank you. MORE OF THIS STUFF PLEASE. This is what Mamas everywhere need. Not coddling for lazy behaviors, or justifying becoming complacent. Thank you.

I really enjoyed this video Ashley! We had our third baby a few months ago and I have been feeling in a funk lately feeling the need to power up my motherhood and homemaking. I was really intrigued by the "Wise words for moms" product you described in that video. That sounds like a really good resource! I also liked how you include the consequence of disobedience and set perfectly clear expectations with your children. I will say that the big subtitles that were constantly changing and the body movement to illustrate the concepts you were talking about made it pretty hard for me to focus. I had to go back a few times realizing I was getting distracted and not paying attention to what you were saying anymore. But again, I really enjoyed what you talked about and will definitely be implementing some of these concepts! Thank you always for your content on intentional motherhood!

I saw you once picking up your little ones at church once and I wanted to say hi so bad cause I was watching you fir so long lol but I told my husband! That’s my KZfaq girl!😂 Then I figured out the military wife connection that hit more personally and I was forever your fan😄😊

Just bought it on Amazon. Wise words for moms. Thanks Ashley, another excellent video just when we all needed one!

Thank you for this! I recently found you because I have watched other peoples videos on how to heal diastasis recti. But I had no idea you were a Christian and also did encouraging videos other than exercise and diastasis healing so I feel like I’m getting a bonus!!! I’m glad God has brought you in my KZfaq path. 😊

I love Ginger Hubbard, she has a great podcast. I keep meaning to buy her wise words for moms chart. Loved all the advice in here, Ashley!

Thank you , Ashley, for pointing us to the Word! It’s all out of love for Christ and for the love of our children. 💛

Thank you for this encouraging video, Ashley! It was refreshing, especially in the current season with my kiddos. To borrow a quote from a local mom, "the children God blessed me with have been sanctifying me."

Yes to all of this! Especially the consequences! I find it really helpful to tell the kids that I need some time to pray and think about the consequences of their negative actions because I don't want to act out of anger. I want them to know how to walk away and calm down and not just react to our strong emotions.

I love this Ash! We also have the wise words chart and this reminded me to pull it back out and have a plan as we reimplement boundaries in our home! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 love seeing you use this platform like this.

I love this so much! I’m so thankful for your encouragement and the practical advice. You’re such a blessing to me and in turn, to my family. Praying God’s blessing over you and your family!

Thank you for making this! I’m grateful for the encouragement. Yes to it all!

really enjoyed this Ashley and would love to see more of these types of videos. I love how visual you are and I love watching how you have allowed God to transform your ministry!

Great video. Thank you for the email about it 💕

Very good video! This was sound teaching ❤

This was so encouraging! I'm struggling a little bit with consequences for my 2-year old, who doesn't fully understand when I verbally explain barriers, consequences, and heart-matters, so if you have any tips for those years, that's great! Thanks for what you do!

Amen to all of it! Thank you for the encouragement!

I agree with all of this! Another wonderful and helpful discipling tool is 24 Family Ways by Sally and Clay Clarkson. This is the foundation of much of our training and discipline in our home. When a behavior problem arises, we go back to the family way that it’s related to. Then, we ask our children about the family way, and if they are upholding it, reminding them of the promises and scripture connected to obeying the commands of the Lord. Of course, all of the 24 family ways are rooted in scripture.

Thank you for this!!! I only have a five month old daughter, but I have been praying fervently for The Lord to give my husband and me wisdom in disciplining! My parents were abusive, and my husband was evidently a very well behaved child who needed minimal discipline, so neither of us have great experience to reflect upon when it comes to proper discipline. Just this short video helped me feel better about the ways we do plan to discipline when our daughter is older, and when we have more children (Lord willing).

Ashley I so wish I lived near you!! And also that this video was longer, I could sit and soak up this wisdom all day haha. I’m a young mom of a near 2yr old boy and a daughter due this July (with prayerfully 10 more after that 😆) and so wish I had mentors and other moms around me that also stood for and valued things like this. Thank you for sharing these videos, I appreciate them so so much and just wish we could be friends in real life!!

I am really enjoying your Christ centered content. Just started your post partum workout plan and loving it. Thank you!

Love so much those kind of talks you should make more of that kind of content alongside health and workouts LOVE IT

Wow Ashley thank you ! I truly needed this video . I’m having some serious inappropriate behavior issues out of one child and I’m so exhausted with talking about it . I will definitely try the attempt to ask her how she feels about her punishment .

Great video! I really appreciate your insights and desire to parent in a way that honors God! A couple of things: While I totally agree that we should be feeding our children healthy, well-balanced meals and avoiding things like food dyes and processed sugars (and I do think they can affect us in all sorts of ways), I want us as Christian moms to be cautious of falling into a Pelagian view of anthropology. This view presents man as essentially good and capable of making moral choices, therefore sin must be the response to environment. Augustinian anthropology, on the flip side, is consistent with the biblical idea of total depravity and recognizes that sin stems from our fallen nature. In the throes of a toddler tantrum, I've often found myself thinking or saying, "well, she's acting like this because she's tired or because she ate sugar, etc., etc." when actually those external pressures simply exposed whatever sins she struggles with. I want to be clear that as parents we shouldn't be unnecessarily foisting difficulty on our children to get at the root of their sin (that training should be done patiently and with love and care throughout the natural course of the day) but neither should we excuse a child's bad behavior with what amounts to a "the devil/sugar made me do it." I don't think you were saying that, but I do know that it's a common perception in our culture. LOVE that you brought up teaching your kids to respect authority, the importance of that, and the language they use to do that! As an interesting note, most pastors split the ten commandments into the first four and the latter six. They'll say that the first four apply to God and the next six to man. Our pastors argue it should be split five-five since "Honor your father and mother." has a direct connection to God since parents represent God to their children. We see this in the OT where an adult child who struck or cursed his parents was to be stoned to death (Ex. 21:15, 17), the severity of the punishment reflected that the authority of God Himself had been violated.

Loved this type of video. Thank you.

Even thought I'm not Christian but i totally agree with the concepts you outlined

My biggest struggle are my own character short comings. 😢I want and try to teach these things yet I myself consistently speak unkindly, etc etc etc. 😢

Thank you for your words of wisdom! I am currently doing your pregnant with my 2nd and doing your prenatal program. But sometimes while I'm exercising, my 2 year old daughter would ask me again and again to play with her. I would tell her I will play with her after I'm done with the video because it's important for mommy to exercise. She would probably wait for 5 minutes, and then ask again. I want to set a good example to her that it's important to take care of our bodies (like your point #1), but do you think it would cause her to think exercise > her? (note: i'm definitely not an exercise junky...just 30 mins a day).

Same but I’m Muslim, but I also want my children to be a soldier as well and I like more Asian ways to train 😅

Loved this video and all your content Ashley. I had heard you mention the Wise words before and purchased, but just curious at what age you were able to implement it? Thank you!

Dear Ashley, Hi! :) I wanted to ask if you’d received the gift of the Holy Ghost since you believed, and also if you’d obeyed the gospel? The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, was shed for the remission of sins.❤️ By calling upon the name of the Lord in baptism, that is how that precious blood is applied to us. Sadly, many in the churches today are taught that they are washed from their sins the moment they believe, or by saying a “sinner’s prayer”, but the apostles of Jesus Christ never preached anything like that. “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” ‭‭(Acts‬ ‭2:38‬ ‭KJV‬‬) “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” ‭‭(Acts‬ ‭22:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬) Praise the Lord. I hope this helps you ❤