Inner Strength Insights with Jamie Knapp: Scriptural Insights for Latter-Day Life

Ever notice that it's never just ONE bad thing that happens? They say, "When it rains, it pours!" Why is that? I think there's lots of reasons, but one reason we can absolutely control. In this episode, I talk about the simple thing we can do to bring more miracles, and fewer "bad things" into our lives. Whether you are using this to support your study of Come, Follow M...

Pain, sickness, divorce, heartache, scraped knees. All of them hurt. And I often can't make them go away. When I can't, it feels really heavy... like I'm carrying the weight myself. I feel their pain. It's weird, but we all do it. Yet, my brain knows it doesn't make sense for BOTH of us to suffer. So, why is it so hard to let it go? I've asked myself this question A LOT the...

Free class to help your kids have a healthy relationship with screens: https://www.innerstrengthparenting.com/freeclass Alma failed.   At least, that's what the world would say.   The Lord asked him to preach to the people of Ammonihah, and he couldn't get them to listen.   Sometimes we try to teach our kids, and they don't listen to us.   Did we fail?   In this week's episode, I s...

Whether they are 2 or 22, our kids know when we worry they're messing up too much. They sense our doubt. And when we aren't sure they'll make it, neither are they. How do we fiercely believe in our kids - especially when there's evidence we shouldn't? How do we believe with all our heart they will succeed - even when they're messing up? How do we believe in them- so that th...

There's few things parents worry about more than kids whose faith is wavering. Doubts come up. Our kids hang out with friends who make us nervous. What then? Are we failing?   I wonder if Alma had those same thoughts when Alma, the younger, started to fight against the church.   Where did I go wrong? Have I failed?   And yet, the Lord did not correct or chastise him.   Instead, heaven told him...

Sometimes my fears won't be quiet.   I want to have that inner peace, but there are so many reasons to worry.    So many things to try to figure out.   And when my mind is so loud, I forget whose role it is to create the miracle.   I get so busy trying to do it myself that I forget it's not my job.   In this week's podcast, I talk about the people of Limhi and their journey to hush the...

Kids seem to have selective hearing. As they grow up, they hear; they just don't always absorb, lol!   In this episode, I talk about the story of Abinadi. I discuss how he got a wicked, self-absorbed priest to not only listen, but to change his entire life. The principles that were true of his story also relate to our efforts, as parents, to get our kids to listen AND internalize the words we...

This week I was at a school volleyball game to watch my kiddo. (And yes, they are still my kiddo in my mind even though they have long-since outgrown the title!😆)A mom saw me and told me she watched my podcast every day. She listens to try to help her grown son who is making some "dumb" decisions. As I listened, one thing stuck out to me more than anything else: She LOVES her son, and s...

Raising kids who don't argue is actually a commandment. Yikes.  I'm guessing the only parents who have nailed that one only have one child.  For the rest of us, it's a big more complicated.  But, helping kids argue less IS a righteous desire, so it's also an area heaven is happy to help with. In this episode, I share 3 simple steps from King Benjamin to help you help your kids argu...

Access the FREE Money and Spirituality class here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com/freeclass You know when you pray...and the heavens seem silent?   You're in good company.   Enos was eventually told by the Lord he would get whatever he asked for.   What would it be like to have that kind of access to the blessings of heaven?   But, Enos didn't start there.   He started on his knees, with lots...

I worry about my kids. I try not to, but that human brain of mine does it anyway.   I notice when my kids feel weighed down.   I notice when they are irritable (it's hard to miss),   I notice when they have doubts.   And I want to help.   Jacob felt the same way about his people.   He noticed they were starting to struggle.   So, he taught truth... and THEN he shared a story.   I've heard...

Anxiety is an uninvited part of my life. Apparently, it was for Jacob, too. And yet, he was an incredible leader with amazing faith. How did he do it? Even when he worried? In this episode, I talk about what Jacob worried about. It's the same things we often worry about as parents. I also talk about what he did to continue living his mission, serve the people he loved, and not get frozen by wo...

Access FREE tips, classes, and insights to help you love your life, live your mission, and raise kids who do the same here: ⁠ https://www.jamiekknapp.com  Nephi cried for his posterity. If you've ever shed tears over your kids, you're in good company. As parents, we want so much for our kids to be happy, successful, and to have faith. But sometimes, they struggle. In this week's episod...

Access FREE tips, classes, and insights to help you love your life, live your mission, and raise kids who do the same here: ⁠https://www.jamiekknapp.com The best coaches have a gameplan...but they also study the other team. They learn what they are most likely to do when...so that they can defend themselves and win. Life is no different. Ok, so it actually is different...because the stakes are so...

Access FREE tips, classes, and insights to help you love your life, live your mission, and raise kids who do the same here: ⁠https://www.jamiekknapp.com It's easy to trust Jesus when life is good. What about when it's not? How do you help your kids trust Him? How do you compete for their hearts against social media and popular culture? In this week's episode, I talk about how Isaiah kn...

Access FREE tips and insights to help your kids develop a true relationship with their Savior here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com/comefollowme The promises and prophesies and the last days are not just for some random group of people; they are for us.   Nephi knew it. And so, he copied several of the writing of Isaiah into his writings.   But what do they all mean?   They speak of our day. So do the...

Access FREE 60-minute Class to take the stress out of Come Follow Me and help your kids develop a true relationship with their Savior here: Come Follow Me | Jamie Knapp (jamiekknapp.com) You hate being wrong. And messing up.  And yet, we all do it every day.  And sometimes, it's the same mistake over and over again.  We criticize our spouse or get too busy to do the most important things.  Whe...

Nephi struggled with feeling enough.   At one point or another, we all do.   He had been shown visions, talked with angels, witnessed miracles.   And yet,   He still fell short of who he wanted to be.   And, in the moment of sorrow after losing his dad, the feelings overwhelmed him.   He couldn't make himself do what he knew he should do.   He was frustrated with where and who he was.   He cri...

Check out videos, free classes, and more to help you love your life, life your mission, and raise kids who do the same here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com Sometimes things happen in life that we didn't choose - and yet they impact us in very real ways. We end up feeling discouraged or frustrated by situations that seem outside of our control. Satan would love for us to stay in that space - where...

Check out videos, free classes, and more to help you love your life, life your mission, and raise kids who do the same here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com Sometimes heaven calls it's best warriors by walking them through storms. I would consider Nephi one of those warriors.  Nephi's family was a mess. He was surrounded by people who whined and complained and tried to tear down every righteou...

Access the FREE More Mom, Less Maid Challenge here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com/moremomlessmaid Being shown what to do isn't just for prophets. It's for you. It's for your kids. In this podcast episode, I explain WHY and HOW Nephi was able to get such clear, specific answers to prayer when he asked. I talk about how you can have a very similar experience, and why you absolutely need th...

Access the FREE More Mom, Less Maid Challenge here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com/moremomlessmaid In this episode, I talk about the Vision of the Tree of Life. I talk about what Lehi's journey (as a parent) looked like as he made his way to the tree.  I also talk about what keeps our kids (and Laman and Lemuel) from making it to the tree. But must importantly, I talk about a part of this story t...

Access the FREE More Mom, Less Maid Challenge here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com/moremomlessmaid It's easy to trust God when everything is working out. But what about when it doesn't? What about when heaven asks us to do hard things and everything is falling apart? What about when heaven asks us to do things that make absolutely no sense? How do you keep doubt at bay long enough for the mir...

Access the FREE More Mom, Less Maid Challenge here: https://www.jamiekknapp.com/moremomlessmaid It's easy to believe until life doesn't turn out how we planned. Then the doubts come. So, the question is: How do you believe even when? How do you help your kids stay strong in their faith even when everyone around them doubts? In this episode I talk about the key to spiritual trust and how we...