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Speaker 1: Life Audio. You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms,

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Speaker 1: helping you pray God's word for your family in the

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Speaker 1: areas you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here,

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Speaker 1: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first

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Speaker 1: and best response in parenting. and every day we come

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Speaker 1: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children. Friends,

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Speaker 1: don't forget it's time to pre-order our newest devotional, Everyday

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Speaker 1: is a great preview or a companion for the book.

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Speaker 1: Find a pre-order link in our show notes. Today's devotion

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Speaker 1: is written in red by April Osteen Simons, author of

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Speaker 1: Jumpstart Your Day, brighten your mornings for a bolder, better life.

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Speaker 1: To learn more about April or more about our ministry,

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Speaker 1: visit millionprayingmoms.com. After a quick word from our sponsors, we'll

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Speaker 1: pray together for our families.

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Speaker 2: Psalm 145, 4. One generation commends your works to another.

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Speaker 2: They tell of your mighty acts. When you hear the

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Speaker 2: word legacy, you may think about what someone leaves behind

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Speaker 2: at the end of their life. But I believe legacy

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Speaker 2: is something we are building every single day. I was

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Speaker 2: blessed to grow up in a home where faith was

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Speaker 2: modeled for me. I watched my parents trust God and

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Speaker 2: pray and believe His Word and keep going through some

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Speaker 2: pretty difficult times. They weren't perfect, and neither was our family.

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Speaker 2: But faith, it was our foundation. Today, one of my

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Speaker 2: greatest blessings is watching that faith continue through my children

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Speaker 2: and grandchildren. But maybe that wasn't your story. Maybe you

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Speaker 2: didn't grow up in a healthy, faith-filled home. Maybe prayer

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Speaker 2: wasn't something you heard. Perhaps encouragement wasn't freely given. Maybe

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Speaker 2: what was modeled for you was dysfunction and fear and anger.

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Speaker 2: Maybe instability or addiction was or simply a life where

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Speaker 2: God wasn't part of the conversation. I want you to

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Speaker 2: know something. Just because you didn't come from a healthy,

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Speaker 2: faith-filled family doesn't mean one can't come from you. You

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Speaker 2: don't have to repeat what was handed to you. With

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Speaker 2: God's help, you can decide that certain patterns stop with

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Speaker 2: you and something new begins with you. And you build

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Speaker 2: that kind of legacy in ordinary days. It happens when

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Speaker 2: your children hear you pray, when they watch you forgive

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Speaker 2: someone who hurt you, when you apologize because you got

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Speaker 2: it wrong, when they see you turn to God in

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Speaker 2: a difficult situation instead of allowing fear to control you.

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Speaker 2: It happens in the words you speak over them and

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Speaker 2: every time you remind them that God is for them

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Speaker 2: and their lives have purpose. Maybe you're thinking, but I've

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Speaker 2: already made so many mistakes. Well, welcome to the club.

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Speaker 2: We all have. Building a strong family legacy doesn't require

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Speaker 2: a perfect past. It requires a decision about what you

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Speaker 2: will do from this day forward. Maybe there have been

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Speaker 2: patterns in your family for generations that you don't want

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Speaker 2: to pass on. You may not have chosen what was

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Speaker 2: handed to you, but you can choose what continues through you.

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Speaker 2: And you know what's amazing? Today can be the day

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Speaker 2: that you say, it ran in my family until it

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Speaker 2: ran into me. With God's help, you can draw a

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Speaker 2: line and begin something new. You can say, I'm planting

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Speaker 2: a new family tree, one rooted in faith and in

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Speaker 2: love and in forgiveness and hope and in the Word

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Speaker 2: of God. It may start with you, but it doesn't

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Speaker 2: have to end with you. The prayers you pray, the

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Speaker 2: words you speak, and the faith you live can affect

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Speaker 2: and impact generations you may never even meet. Remember, inheritance

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Speaker 2: is what you leave to someone. Legacy is what you

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Speaker 2: leave in someone. Let's pray. Father, thank you that my

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Speaker 2: past does not have to determine my family's future. Help

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Speaker 2: me build a legacy of faith and love and forgiveness

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Speaker 2: and courage and hope. Give me wisdom in how I

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Speaker 2: live and in the example I set for those coming

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Speaker 2: behind me. Where unhealthy patterns have been passed down, give

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Speaker 2: me the courage and strength to change them. Let my

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Speaker 2: life point my family towards you. And may the seeds

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Speaker 2: of faith I plant today continue for generations to come.

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Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, amen.

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Speaker 1: My guess is that if you're here listening to the

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Speaker 1: Everyday Prayers podcast, you kind of care about praying for

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Speaker 1: your children. My newest book, Everyday Prayers for Moms, Praying

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Speaker 1: God's Word for your children from newborn to emptiness is

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Speaker 1: a great resource for moms who desire to pray for

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Speaker 1: their kids. I don't know if you've ever looked up

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Speaker 1: at the end of the day and realized that you

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Speaker 1: didn't pray at all. So often we have this desire

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Speaker 1: to pray. But we may not know how to put

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Speaker 1: that desire into practice. I'm learning in motherhood that my

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Speaker 1: prayers adapt and change based on the season that we're

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Speaker 1: in as a family. I'm also learning to give myself

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Speaker 1: grace in those different seasons. I know God isn't after perfect,

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Speaker 1: polished prayers. He's after my heart. And He's after yours, too.

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Speaker 1: So my plan is to be intentional, whatever that looks like,

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Speaker 1: in this season. I hope that is your plan as well.

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Speaker 1: God sees our hearts. He's honored by our desire to

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Speaker 1: connect with Him. If you're feeling stuck in your prayer life,

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Speaker 1: It's a great guide to help you get started, jump

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Speaker 1: back in, stay consistent, grow deeper in your prayers for

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Speaker 1: your kids. It's also a great tool to share with

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Speaker 1: with your friends or with your family members that may

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Speaker 1: be seeking to know God deeper in prayer as they're

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Speaker 1: wanting to pray for their kids. I hope you will

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Speaker 1: grab your copy today at millionprayingmoms.com. We'll also put a

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Speaker 1: link in our show notes. Until next time, friends, may

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Speaker 1: the Lord bless you and keep you. Make His face

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Speaker 1: shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the

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Speaker 1: Lord look with favor upon you and give you his peace.