Episode Summary

In this deeply anointed conversation, Malaine Lea Butler and Sarah Turner unpack the realities of navigating marriage, motherhood, and ministry in a world saturated with compromise. From house churches to home life, they expose the spiritual warfare threatening families and reveal how deliverance, intimacy with God, and Spirit-led parenting can radically shift your household.

Sarah shares her journey of faith from growing up in church to choosing to fully follow Christ as an adult. She and Malaine go deep into the hidden battles couples face, the critical importance of resting in God’s presence, and how to guard your family against subtle spiritual attacks.

This episode is for the pioneering woman, the praying wife, the parent who’s done playing games with the enemy. It's time to build altars at home, raise children in discernment, and let the Holy Spirit lead everything from our decisions to our disciplines.

Takeaways

• Deliverance is a non-negotiable for breakthrough in your home.
• Rest isn’t weakness — it’s how we receive identity from the Father.
• Striving creates distance; surrender births intimacy.
• Marriage requires intentional spiritual alignment — it's not just love, it’s war.
  
  
• Pioneering house churches is a powerful model for raw, Spirit-led community.
  
  
• Your family is your first ministry treat it like sacred ground.
  
  
• Compromise in the home opens doors to oppression.
  
  
• Children must be trained to recognize the spiritual atmosphere around them.
  
  
• The Holy Spirit leads us into holiness, wholeness, and legacy-building.
  
  
• It all starts with YOU — your healing, your humility, your hunger.
  
  

 Sound Bites

• "I'm choosing to follow Christ now as an adult."
  
  
• "The Lord began to just open our eyes."
  
  
• "It's not against one another — it’s actually the enemy."
  
  
• "We were dating again — but now with Christ at the center."
  
  
• "The enemy is trying to rip apart families."
  
  
• "We need to teach our children to listen to the Holy Spirit."
  
  
• "The power of one little door being open..."
  
  
• "We are the temple of the living God."
  
  
• "We need to be sensitive to what we allow."
  
  
• "It’s a journey of drawing closer to the Lord."
  
  

 Bible Verse

2 Corinthians 6:17-18 (NLT)
“Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord... And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.”

 Call to Action

Is your home guarded in the Spirit?
Are your kids covered in prayer, or just exposed to culture?

This episode is your call to take spiritual ownership of your house.
Break the compromise. Clean the gates. Raise a remnant family.

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⏱️ Timestamps

00:53 – Introduction and Prayer
02:24 – Sarah's Journey of Faith
07:39 – Pioneering House Churches
10:25 – Navigating Marriage and Faith
20:53 – Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare
32:27 – Resting in God's Presence and Identity
40:19 – The Importance of Personal Transformation
42:46 – Prioritizing Family and Home Ministry
47:44 – Navigating Expectations and Commitments
52:19 – Recognizing Spiritual Warfare in Family Life
59:20 – The Impact of Compromise on Family Dynamics
01:05:12 – Equipping Children Against Negative Influences

About Sarah:

Hi Everyone , I'm Sarah Turner. I am originally from Missouri, USA... but call New Zealand home, as I've lived her for 17 years with my husband, Steve, whose originally from Tauranga. We've been married 17 years this year and have 2 beautiful children. Along with being entrepreneurs, creatives, pioneers in ministry and raising a young family, Steve and I are leaders (since 2017) of a collective of house churches we are a part of in our community, called 'Living Rooms'. We are worshippers at heart as well. 

We also run, with a team, a hub in our city to gather 'the Ekklesia' in various ways through worship, prayer, meeting/fellowship, training/equipping and other points of connection, to create opportunities to unify the body of Christ in our community. It's called The Sanctuary.

Over the last couple years, God has done and is doing a beautiful work in us... we've experienced deep areas of breakthrough and deliverance that has freed us to pursue the Lord with a whole new level of surrender and intimacy with Jesus. All glory to God.... the realisation of what it means to 'be' in Christ and functioning from that place in all we do, rather just 'do' things for Him has been transformational in our individual and in our community.

Find Sarah:

www.livingrooms.nz and www.thesanctuary.org.nz

🔗 Connect + Share

Follow Malaine: @malaine_lea_butler and @xoedenhouse 

Follow Sarah Turner: @sarahturner.nz

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