Welcome to Blended Kingdom Families! Living blended their entire lives, Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first-hand both the joys and difficulties of living blended. After coming out of one of the hardest seasons of their life, God asked them to partner with Him, in building Blended Kingdom Families everywhere. This has now birthed a ministry that desires to help others in remarriage and cultivate community among blended families. Today Scott and Vanessa discuss priorities within your marriage and home. They stress the importance of putting God first, your marriage second, and your children next. When you and your spouse are drawing closer to God, you will also grow closer to each other. God designed marriage to be a perfect reflection of who He is. When couples put God first and allow themselves to have an intimate relationship with Him first, He will bless their marriage. By serving God in this way, you are serving your spouse and children. Your children will watch you honoring God and each other. They will have a great example of what a Godly relationship and home is. Thanks for watching! We look forward to walking with you on your blended family journey! Want to join the Blended Kingdom Families Community? Connect with us! SUBSCRIBE: Website: www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com Podcast: https://www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com/podcast FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Looking for more Blended Family resources? Check out more from our video library! Blended Families and Step-Parenting | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeR144PafKE&t=34s Blended Families: Child Manipulation and Parent Alienation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUzc6iHIEsA&t=1027s Blended Families and Parent Guilt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooD1GW3a-DM&t=9s

Welcome to Blended Kingdom Families! Living blended their entire lives, Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first-hand both the joys and difficulties of living blended. After coming out of one of the hardest seasons of their life, God asked them to partner with Him, in building Blended Kingdom Families everywhere. This has now birthed a ministry that desires to help others in remarriage and cultivate community among blended families. Today Scott shares with us his heart and experiences with becoming a stepdad and what he wishes he had known beforehand. He shares practical advice with stepdads and soon-to-be stepdads. He encourages them that there is beauty in the blending and opportunities along the way to learn and grow. We pray this podcast blesses you today! Thanks for watching and we look forward to walking with you on your blended family journey! Want to join the Blended Kingdom Families Community? Connect with us! SUBSCRIBE: Website: www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com Podcast: https://www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com/podcast FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Looking for more Blended Family resources? Check out more from our video library! Blended Families and Step-Parenting | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeR144PafKE&t=34s Blended Families: Child Manipulation and Parent Alienation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUzc6iHIEsA&t=1027s Blended Families and Parent Guilt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooD1GW3a-DM&t=9s

Welcome to Blended Kingdom Families! Living blended their entire lives, Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first-hand both the joys and difficulties of living blended. After coming out of one of the hardest seasons of their life, God asked them to partner with Him, in building Blended Kingdom Families everywhere. This has now birthed a ministry that desires to help others in remarriage and cultivate community among blended families. On this weeks episode of the Blended Kingdom Families Podcast, we had the honor of interviewing our friend Summer Butler of the Blended Book Company. Summer is a wife, mother, and author of her new book "Blended: Aligning the Hierarchy of Heart and Home." In this interview, Summer talks about her ministry, book and experiences as a step-mom and how God spoke to her in the car one day and showed her that she was to raise her step-sons to love Him and call him Father. We dive into the topic of hierarchy in the home that summer speaks about in her book, and how when we place God first in our home followed by our marriage and then our family, it aligns the home into perfect order. Summer gives amazing insight and wisdom from a step-parents perspective on how we can be a support and encouragement for our stepchildren and that despite all we do for them, the reward of our hard work may not fall on our weekend or in a way that we would expect, but it's our service to them that matters. Our call as a parent is to steward and shepard our children to know and love Him above all. Summer's book releases July 29th 2020, be sure to check it out and to find out more about her and her ministry you can visit www.blendedbookco.com. We pray this podcast blesses you today! Want to join the Blended Kingdom Families Community? Connect with us! SUBSCRIBE: Website: www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com Podcast: https://www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com/podcast FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Looking for more Blended Family resources? Check out more from our video library! Blended Families and Step-Parenting | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeR144PafKE&t=34s Blended Families: Child Manipulation and Parent Alienation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUzc6iHIEsA&t=1027s Blended Families and Parent Guilt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooD1GW3a-DM&t=9s

On this weeks episode, we had the opportunity to interview our good friends Jonathan and Hannah Boles. We're so grateful for their heart to share their blended family journey with us. Jonathan and Hannah stress the importance of being still and knowing that God is in control. When we are still and surrender control to God, He shows us what only He can do. Surrendering your troubles to God and leaning into your spouse will bring you closer to each other and to God.

Welcome to Blended Kingdom Families! Living blended their entire lives, Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first hand both the joys and difficulties of living blended. After coming out of one of the hardest seasons of their life, God asked them to partner with Him, in building Blended Kingdom Families everywhere. This has now birthed a ministry that desires to help others in remarriage and cultivate community among blended families. Today Scott and Vanessa discuss the topic of child manipulation and parent alienation in regards to co-parenting and blended families. In blended families, child manipulation and parent alienation are behaviors that sometimes go unnoticed, and are subtle tools used by the enemy to steal, kill, and destroy. Child manipulation and parent alienation are generally created from feelings of guilt, shame, and fear which are all feelings that come from the enemy. When you manipulate a child in a blended family dynamic, it isolates them from your ex-spouse and their family which discourages a healthy co-parenting relationship. Thanks for watching and we look forward to walking with you on your blended family journey! Want to join the Blended Kingdom Families Community? Connect with us! SUBSCRIBE: Website: www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com Podcast: https://www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com/podcast FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Looking for more Blended Family resources? Check out more from our video library! Blended Families and Step-Parenting | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeR144PafKE&t=34s Blended Families and Parent Guilt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooD1GW3a-DM&t=9s #blendedfamily #blendedfamilies #coparenting

Welcome to Blended Kingdom Families! Living blended their entire lives, Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first hand both the joys and difficulties of living blended. After coming out of one of the hardest seasons of their life, God asked them to partner with Him, in building Blended Kingdom Families everywhere. This has now birthed a ministry that desires to help others in remarriage and cultivate community among blended families. Today Scott and Vanessa discuss the topic of blended family parent guilt. Guilt is a powerful emotion that when not addressed can cause turmoil in your faith, relationships, and parenting. Recognizing and addressing parental guilt is an important step in the healing and restoration of your blended family journey. Guilt is a tool used by the enemy to manipulate you and your relationships with others, including your spouse, ex-spouse, children, and stepchildren. Scott and Vanessa share biblical truth that will help you navigate parent guilt and give suggestions on how to discuss topic of guilt with your blended family. Thanks for watching and we look forward to walking with you on your blended journey! Want to join the Blended Kingdom Families Community? Connect with us! Website: www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com Podcast: https://www.blendedkingdomfamilies.com/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/blendedkingdomfamilies/ Looking for more Blended Family resources? Check out more from our video library! Blended Families and Step-Parenting | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeR144PafKE&t=34s Blended Families: Child Manipulation and Parent Alienation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUzc6iHIEsA&t=1027s #blendedfamily #blendedfamilies #coparenting #coparents