Why Colton Dixon and His Wife Rely on Prayer In Parenting
By Movieguide® Staff
Former AMERICAN IDOL contestant and Christian artist Colton Dixon recently opened up about parenting his two young twin girls, Ava and Athens.
Dixon and his wife, Annie, said their perspective on balancing work and family changed after they had twins.
“Learning to say ‘no’ more often, even if they’re opportunities, because I know that when I say ‘yes’ to something, I’m ultimately saying ‘no’ to being at home with my family,” Dixon told Faithwire. “So that’s something that we really pray about, we weigh.”
Dixon said that he and his wife rely on prayer for many of their decisions as a family.
“It comes back to that whole thing of … not settling for good or better when you can have His best,” he said.
Movieguide® previously reported on Dixon’s outlook on his music:
Dixon also recently released a new song called, ‘Build a Boat,’ which he hopes encourages people to stand firm in their faith.
The song, which Dixon released in April 2022, takes a unique look at the flood story in the Bible, showing Noah’s faith from Noah’s perspective.
“What I think Hollywood can get wrong sometimes about the Noah story is that there was a big struggle back and forth between Noah and God,” he said. “There’s this whole complex of Noah or Evan Almighty if you will, not wanting to do this thing that God’s asked us to do. But the way the Bible tells the story is that God asked Noah to build an ark. And Noah was obedient. That’s it. It’s so simple, so beautiful. Doesn’t mean it was easy, but Noah was obedient.”
“That challenged me in my own faith walk, going, ‘Yeah, you know what, I want to be known as someone who when God asks me to do something big, my response is yes.’ So that was one aspect of the story,” he continued. “Two, Noah and his family are in the middle of this drought. Right. So it would have seemed absolutely crazy. He would have been labeled as insane for building this huge ship. He just made me think of again, the time that we’re in right now, even these last couple years, like it may feel like you’re in a dry season, but you know the promises of God—maybe He is showing you something that’s to come, and it makes zero sense and you have no idea how you’re going to get there.”
However, Dixon challenged listeners to stand firm in their faith and not let fear overcome them in their current season of life.
“I think it’s so important for you to rise up to the occasion to put fear aside and to have faith anyway. Because I think faith is what pleases God. And faith is almost like that key that unlocks God’s ability to get whatever that thing is to you,” he said. “I think there’s like this reward waiting on the other side of crazy faith. Faith is what precedes the miracle. So don’t be afraid to step out. Even if you’re in the middle of a desert and God has asked you to build a boat. It’s like ‘Alright, I’m gonna build a boat, and when that water does come, we’re gonna ride it out together, because you’re with me.'”
“I would just want to encourage anybody, no matter what that season looks like, if you’re in that dry season, to step out and to have faith anyway, because he’s a good God. And whatever He’s promised you it will come to pass. Just don’t give up,” he added.
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