Ep. 7 - Eleven Kids and Zero Apologies: The Blessing of Big Families (feat. Mandrae & Karissa Collins)

From The Family Outpost · 56:07

Show by All4One

Our culture has trained us to ask one question about children: what will they cost? Mandrae and Karissa Collins, parents of eleven in the DFW area, have spent seventeen years asking a different one entirely: what is a family for? In this conversation, they share the sermon that changed everything, the four-year journey to get Mandrae fully on board, what a Tuesday actually looks like with eleven kids, and why simple trust and obedience produced the life they never planned but would not trade for anything. Whether you have one kid or eleven, this one will reframe how you see your family.Episode Chapters00:00 Intro and Theme Music00:29 Welcome to The Family Outpost00:47 Framing the Conversation03:10 Outpost Challenge Field Report06:11 Meet Mandrae and Karissa Collins08:48 The Sermon That Changed Everything12:23 Responding to Pushback17:03 Trusting God With Provision19:05 Family as a Team23:51 Rhythms at Home28:16 Presence Over Perfection30:29 Making Time for Each Child36:38 Trusting God With Family Size43:06 Surrender and Obedience46:18 Hope in Loss and Waiting50:43 Outpost Challenge55:12 Closing and Thank YouOutpost ChallengeKarissa challenged families to sit down together, ideally every Sunday, and read the Word out loud as a family. Start with 1 John chapters 1–3. Have each person who can read take a turn reading a few verses, then pause and discuss. Ask the kids what they are getting out of it. Pray together. Worship together. The goal is not a perfect Bible study. The goal is creating a safe, recurring space where every family member has a voice and hears that the Word is for them too.Resources MentionedBe Fruitful and Multiply — book referenced by Karissa on trusting God with family size. The author was not named on air.1 John 1–3 — the Scripture passage assigned in the Outpost Challenge.Kingdom Hoops Basketball Club: https://kingdomhoopsllc.comMandrae and Karissa Collins on Instagram: @thecollinskidsfamilyMandrae and Karissa Collins on TikTok: @thecollinskidsLinksThe Family Outpost Podcast: https://www.all4one.org/the-family-outpost-podcastAll4One: https://www.all4one.org/4MUS: https://www.4mus.org/SportQuest: https://www.sportquest.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFamilyOutpostInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/all4one_ministries/

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