1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Life audio. 2 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping 3 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicola atte Bell. 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: Here we believe prayer isn't a last resort, It's our 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: first and best response in parenting, and every day we 7 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: come together to partner with God for the hearts of 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: our children. Today's division is part of our Start your 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: Summer with Psalm series and is written and read by me. 10 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 2: We will be in Psalm nineteen and we'll pray for 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 2: our children to desire God more than the finest things 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: in the world. We are spending two weeks praying the 13 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 2: Psalms together for our children as we jump into summer. 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,639 Speaker 2: Then we will begin our summer book club on June fifteenth, 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: featuring the book When Mothering Is Hard and No One 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: Sees by my friend Selene Roberts. Y'all, I just love 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: this book and I can't wait for us to read 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: it together. There's a community. Make sure you have your 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: copy and that you are on our email list. To 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 2: do both of those things, you can head to Million 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: Prayingmoms dot com. You can find a link in our 22 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: show notes, and that's all you need to do to 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 2: get signed up for the book club. After a quick 24 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors, we'll pray together for our children. 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: Psalm nineteen. The heavens declare the glory of God, and 26 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: the sky above proclaims his handiwork day to day pours 27 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is 28 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: no speech, nor are their words. Whose voice is not heard. 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: words to the end of the world. In them, He 31 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: has set a tent for the sun, which comes out 32 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 2: like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and like a strong man, 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the 34 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end 35 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat. 36 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. 37 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 38 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. 39 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: The commandment of the Lord is purer in lightening the eyes. 40 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The 41 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 2: rules of the Lord are true and righteous. Altogether, more 42 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold, 43 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, 44 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 2: by them, is your servant warned. In keeping them there 45 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 2: is great reward who can discern his errors. Declare me 46 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 2: presumptuous sins. Then let them not have dominion over me. 48 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: Then I shall be blameless and innocent of great transgressions. 49 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of 50 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my 51 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: Rock and my Redeemer. This Psalm opens up with a 52 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 2: description of creation declaring the glory of God, Creation speaking 53 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 2: out the majesty and holiness of God. And as I 54 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: read verses one through six in Psalm nineteen, my prayer 55 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 2: is that my children would hear Creation speaking of God's glory. 56 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 2: In Romans, Paul describes that creation testifies to God and 57 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: who he is, that we can see God in Creation, 58 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: that it declares the glory of God. And here in 59 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: the Psalms we have a beautiful picture of this that 60 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 2: day to day pours out speech, and night to night 61 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are their words. 62 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 2: Whose voice is not heard, Their voice is heard through 63 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 2: all the earth, that the heavens declare the glory of God. 64 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: The sky above proclaims his handiwork, that creation is speaking 65 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 2: out who God is. And my prayer for our children 66 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 2: is that they would hear, that they would notice, and 67 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: that they would listen. In our world of having our 68 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: heads down in our devices more than we have our 69 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: eyes up on the things around us, we want to 70 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: slow down. We want to put our technology aside. We 71 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 2: want to step outside. We want to feel God's goodness. 72 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: We want to feel that warmth of the sun. Verse 73 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 2: six says that there is nothing hidden from its heat. 74 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 2: As the sun searches out the hidden places of dark 75 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: and permeates it with light, so does God's word and 76 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,559 Speaker 2: our hear art. And we want to hear what God 77 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: is saying. We want to notice and see what He 78 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 2: is doing. And we want to teach our children to 79 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 2: do the same thing. So this summer, how can we 80 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: like slow down a bit and step outside, really get outside. 81 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 2: Not only do we know just biologically that being outside 82 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: is good for us, It's good for our circadian rhythm. 83 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: It's good for our sleep to see the sunrise and 84 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: the sunset, and to be outside in the day and 85 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: to experience the sun. But here we see that there's 86 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: something spiritual to this as well, that God speaks to 87 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 2: us through nature, through his creation. And so whether that 88 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 2: looks like a scavenger hunt that you can do with 89 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 2: your kids outside, or simply being outside and at any 90 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: certain point during the day in our household, I've been 91 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 2: trying to take a pause every afternoon once I picked 92 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 2: the kids up, and to go outside together during the 93 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 2: baby's fussy period, right that kind of witching hour at 94 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 2: the end of the day when he is just a 95 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 2: little bit aggravated, and I find if we can get 96 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 2: outside during that period that he usually is a lot 97 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 2: more enjoyable. And so creation is speaking. We want to 98 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: pray for our children to notice and listen, and we 99 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 2: want to model that for them. As Psalm nineteen continues, 100 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 2: David writes about the law of the Lord and the 101 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 2: words of God, the teachings of God. He writes in 102 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: verse seven that the law of the Lord is perfect, 103 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 2: it's reviving the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, 104 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 2: making wise the simple. I want my children to delight 105 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: in God's word and let it revive and refresh their souls. 106 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 2: That's such a beautiful picture that the Word of God, 107 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 2: the law of God, the rules of God can actually 108 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 2: refresh and revive us. Our souls can so often be tired, 109 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: and our children's souls can be tired. We can see 110 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: them worn down from the things of the world. And 111 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 2: the Word of God is our refresher, it's our reviver. 112 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: He is the one who brings our hearts alive. And 113 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: I also love the statement that he makes wise the simple. 114 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 2: The testimony of the Lord makes wise the simple. We 115 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: can pray for our children to have wisdom that comes 116 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 2: down from heaven. That's a prayer that I pray often 117 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: over myself. God, give me your wisdom that comes from heaven, 118 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 2: wisdom from above, wisdom that's beyond myself, that comes from 119 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 2: you and you alone. And I want to pray that 120 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 2: over my children as well. We are pretty simple people, 121 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: and we want the Lord to come in and give 122 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 2: us the supernatural wisdom so that we can walk with him, 123 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: that we can know his will and abide with him 124 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: and will walk with him and what he's doing on 125 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 2: the earth. In verse ten, he says that the law 126 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: is to be more desired than gold, the finest gold, 127 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 2: and sweeter than honey, and he gives the qualification of 128 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 2: in drippings of the honey. Colmets like this finest food 129 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: and the finest prize of finest gold. For that we 130 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 2: are to desire God's Word and God's Law above those things. 131 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 2: And I just want to point out here that when 132 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 2: David is describing desiring God's law or his word at 133 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 2: this point, that they did not have access to God 134 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 2: the Spirit like we do today, and so the way 135 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: that they would come to know God and interact with 136 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: God was through his word, through his law. So we 137 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 2: don't seek God's word even today with access to the Spirit. 138 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: We don't seek God's word for the point of knowledge. 139 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: We don't want to just build up a bunch of knowledge. 140 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: Paul writes that knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 141 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 2: And we want to read the law, delight in the law, 142 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 2: delight in the word of God and what He is 143 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 2: speaking and saying to us for the benefit of relationship. 144 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 2: The point is not knowledge, it is relationship with God. 145 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: We seek God's word because we are seeking God. We 146 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: are seeking God himself. We believe his word is one 147 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 2: of the main ways that we can come to know 148 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 2: Him more. And so when we read David's words in 149 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: Psalm nineteen, we read them with that in mind, that 150 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 2: we want to desire God's word more than the finest 151 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 2: things of the earth, and we want to pray for 152 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: our children to do the same, because we know that 153 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 2: when they value God's word, they will value God more. 154 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 2: That God's word plints us and leads us into a 155 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 2: relationship with Him. I want to pray that for our children. 156 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:07,439 Speaker 2: In verse fourteen, It's one of my favorite favorite prayers, 157 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: to pray, let the words of my mouth and the 158 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 2: meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Oh Lord, 159 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 2: my Rock and my Redeemer. I pray this prayer anytime 160 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 2: I get the privilege to lead a women's gathering, a 161 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: youth gathering, wherever I may be speaking and sharing God's word, 162 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 2: I share this verse as a prayer, usually at the 163 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 2: beginning of my talk. And I really think about this 164 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: verse as I'm preparing a message or preparing a teaching 165 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: and I want everything that I say to be pleasing 166 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:45,719 Speaker 2: to God, to represent him well. I don't want to 167 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 2: speak out of turn. I don't want to take scripture 168 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 2: out of context, something that I take very seriously, and 169 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: so I always pray this verse as a covering or protection, 170 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 2: asking the Lord to really help me in this But 171 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,839 Speaker 2: as I was reading this song today, I got really 172 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 2: convicted that I don't often pray this verse in my 173 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 2: private life. That I pray this verse when I'm on 174 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 2: a stage or I'm speaking and teaching God's word. But 175 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 2: am I praying this verse as a prayer over the 176 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: way that I'm speaking to my children? Yesterday I raised 177 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 2: my voice with my daughter Josie over something so so silly, 178 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: and she said, Mommy, I really don't like when you 179 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 2: raise your voice and me and I thought, well, I 180 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 2: really don't like to have to raise my voice, right. 181 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 2: I want you to do what I ask you the 182 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 2: first time I ask you to do it, and then 183 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 2: I wouldn't have to raise my voice, was my thought. 184 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: But as I read this passage this morning, let the 185 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 2: words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart 186 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 2: be pleasing to you. I want that to be the 187 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 2: case as much in my everyday moments with my four 188 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 2: year old as I do when I stand on a 189 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: stage to deliver a message of God's word and God's truth. 190 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 2: I want all of my life to be a representation 191 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 2: of Christ and his love. And so today, maybe you, 192 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 2: like me, need to pray this verse over our homes. 193 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 2: That this summer, as we begin our summer, starting it 194 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 2: with praying the psalms, would we pray for God to 195 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: let the words of our mouth and the meditation of 196 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 2: our hearts as we care for our children this summer. 197 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 2: As summer brings with it different rhythms and different activities, 198 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: different things that we are doing, maybe travel sprinkled in 199 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 2: here or there, different excursions and outings in our places 200 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 2: that we call home. May the words of our mouth 201 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: and the meditation of our hearts be pleasing to the Lord, 202 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 2: our rock and our redeemer. He is the steady in 203 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 2: the midst of our changing schedules. He is the one 204 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 2: who redeems us. He pulls us up out of the 205 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: pit and sets our feet on solid ground. Would you 206 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 2: join me in prayer today? Father, May my children notice 207 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 2: and experience you in nature and bring you praise and 208 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 2: honor as a result. When we go outside this summer, 209 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 2: may we see you. May I point you out to 210 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 2: my children, and may they experience you in your world 211 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 2: that you've created. May they delight in your word in 212 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 2: your law. Father, May they desire it more than they 213 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: desire the finest things in this world. May they desire 214 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 2: you more than they desire anything else. Help me to 215 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 2: point them to you again and again, and Father, May 216 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 2: the words of my mouth and the meditation of my 217 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 2: heart be pleasing and acceptable in your sight, Oh Lord, 218 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 2: my Rock and my redeemer, in Jesus' name. Amen. I 219 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 2: hope you're planning to join us for our summer book 220 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: club beginning on June fifteenth. Head to the homepage to 221 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: our website to find out more. Until next time, friends, 222 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 2: May the Lord bless you and keep you, Make his 223 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 2: face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May 224 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 2: the Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.