Our most recent guest on the Ask About My Faith podcast, Moses Ehambe, is a player development coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves and a proud father of eight kids. His wife, Sarah, also joined us on the podcast, sharing her wisdom, knowledge, and insight on how to engage the whole family in connection with God. Through their stories, you will learn how to explain faith to a child, how to empower kids of all ages to live life on mission, and have the courage to share your faith while your kids are with you!
When God Became Real
Before Moses was explaining faith to a child or sharing faith with his kids, he was following the Lord as a young boy. However, Moses’ faith became his own during college. While at school, Moses met Sarah, and the two fell in love.
As a pro athlete of over 8 years, sports have always been a priority in Moses’ life. At the height of his career, Moses felt God ask him to step down from playing basketball while traveling internationally for the sport. Curious and confused, he visited a church after receiving this nudge from God to seek confirmation from the Lord. While at this church, a woman came up to him, prayed for him, and accurately confirmed the change that God was inviting him into. Proverbs 3:5-6 was a key passage that helped Moses follow God into new seasons and new opportunities.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.” - Proverbs 3:5 - 6
24 hours after knowing transition was officially coming, Moses received a job offer from his alma mater. This new job led the way for Moses to become a coach. One open door after another, Moses found himself coaching in the pro-basketball world. Now, he is in his fourth season of serving pro athletes as the training and development coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Practicing Sharing Faith as a Family
Whether it’s in the locker room, the airport, or at church, Moses is eager to share his faith and tell others about how God has influenced his life and changed his story. It was only natural as Moses and Sarah started having children to teach this principle to their kids. They are now pros at how to explain faith to a child and how to encourage their children to share their faith with others.
As a family, the Ehambes strive to steward a culture of faith in their home. Creativity and curiosity have been the gateway for their children to encounter God and watch God encounter others around them. Explaining faith to a child is less about teaching and more about leading by example. Moses and Sarah will proactively pray and ask God for words of encouragement so that they can bless people they meet. This habit of sharing faith is contagious.
Their kids now look forward to sharing the love of Jesus with the people they’ve been praying for! This practice has opened many doors for the Ehambes and their children to have conversations about their faith with others.
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There’s Always Enough Time to Pray
Life is busy, especially when you have eight kids with both parents working full time jobs! Yet business never prevented Moses and Sarah from sharing their faith.
When taking their kids to school, the whole Ehambe family will pray for the people God has placed on their hearts. Moses prays, Sarah prays, and then the children agree with their prayers and ask God to move creatively. These pre-school prayers have changed the lives of students, teachers, and even their friends at church. The persistence of the Ehambe family proves that our prayers change things and that there’s never a reason to not love well.
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Run the Play
Moses and Sarah have a few tips to help us live our lives on mission with God, regardless of what sphere of work you find yourself in.
Be intentional with your time and focus.
No one wants to be in competition with a phone, especially your spouse or children. As we become more intentional with those around us, we become more like Jesus.
Who knows how many conversations we may have missed with those around us because our phone has stolen our attention? As we set healthy boundaries with technology, we can become better at sharing our faith.
You’re blessed to be a blessing.
The Ehambes remind us that we have the honor and privilege to be generous with our time, our prayers, our faith, and our finances. We have all been radically blessed by the saving power of the cross and we have every reason to share it with others.
Moses, Sarah, and their children show us that life with God is simple and there’s always enough time in the day. As you head into your week, who’s one person you can pray for on your drive into work, school, or church?
Your prayers are powerful and have the potential to open up conversations about Jesus – the God who brings dead things to life, brings joy to our hearts, and brings light to the darkness.
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How Can I Help My Child Grow in Faith?
Helping your child grow in their faith is like planting a little seed – it needs care and consistency. It's not about having all the right answers. Rather, it's about telling them your faith story, showing them how Jesus is the only way, and empowering them to share their faith with others.
Follow our three tips for how to teach children to share their faith and how to help children grow in their faith!
1. Share Your Faith Story with Your Kids
If you're wondering how to teach children to share their faith, start with your story. Whether you think your faith story is boring or whether you think your faith story rocks, you have a story to tell! One of the ways Moses and Sarah Ehambe are teaching their kids to share their faith is by telling them true stories about God. Sometimes, it's stories about how they met the Lord, or other times they'll share about what it was like as a young Christian. The big thing is that they aren't afraid to share their wins and their losses, too!
Further reading: How to Share Your Faith Story
2. Lead By Example
Remember the phrase, "Monkey see, Monkey do?" If you're wondering how kids can share their faith or how to teach your children to share their faith, you have to lead by example. If we want our child to share their faith with others, we have to be willing to share our faith too.
Learn more about how to share your faith, wherever you are on your journey: 7 Questions to Help You Share Your Faith
3. Pray For Your Children and Pray With Your Children
Prayer is essential to the life of every Christian. As a parent, praying for your child is needed. We live in a fallen world, and your prayers are powerful for protection, hope, and joy. However, praying with your children and teaching them to pray is a great way to help your child grow in their faith and even grow to share their faith with others!
Check out our resources on prayer: 8 Ways to Pray Throughout the Day
Conclusion
As we finished our interview with Moses and Sarah, they gave us a few tips. They share how to live on a mission with God, regardless of what sphere of work you find yourself in.
