40. How to Teach Your Kids Who God Really Is: A Gentle Guide to “God Is Spirit”

Do you want your children to know who God truly is—not shaped by culture, opinion, or painful experiences, but rooted firmly in Scripture and truth?

In this episode of Grounded Kids Resilient Faith, we continue our Who God Really Is series by focusing on one foundational truth Jesus teaches in John 4:

God is Spirit.

This episode gently guides parents and those raising children to understand what it truly means to worship God in spirit and in truth, and why this matters deeply for raising children who remain faithful to the Lord when they are on their own.

Through Scripture, personal testimony, and practical discipleship teaching, we explore how worship changed because of Jesus and the resurrection—and how understanding God’s spiritual nature shapes resilient faith, guards against distorted views of God, and forms a life of whole-hearted worship.

Blessings,
✨ Tricia

Scriptures Referenced

John 4:21–24 — True worship in spirit and in truth; God is Spirit
Romans 12:1–2 — Living sacrifice and transformed minds

Commentary Referenced

Ben Witherington III, Who God Is: Meditations on the Character of Our God
(Lexham Press, 2020), pp. 66–78 Insights on God as Spirit, spiritual worship, fulfilled Old Testament worship, eschatological worship, and worship as whole-life devotion.

Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015).

Related Episodes in This Series

Episode 31 — How to Teach Your Kids Who God Really Is: A Gentle Guide to “God Is Holy Love”

Episode 36 — How to Teach Your Kids Who God Really Is: A Gentle Guide to “God Is Light”

Episode Call to Action

This week, pray or sing the Doxology daily over your children and your home.

Whether spoken as a prayer or sung together, let the Doxology remind your family of this truth Jesus teaches in John 4:

God is Spirit, and we worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.

We are not raising children to attend worship—we are raising children to live worship.

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