1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Life Audio. You're listening to every Day Prayers with Million 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: Praying Moms, where we're dedicated to helping moms pray God's 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: word for their families in the areas they need it most. 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Over the last decade, we've 5 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: helped thousands of moms make prayer a priority for their families. 6 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: Our mission is to help you do the same. Prayer 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: is not a last resort. It's our first and best 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: response to the challenges of parenting, a partnership for the 9 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: hearts of our children that God invites us into. After 10 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: a word from our sponsors, will pray together for our children. Friends, 11 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Everyday Prayers Podcast with Million Praying Moms. 12 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: I'm your host Nicolette Bell, and I am excited to 13 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 1: welcome Stacey Thacher for our very last Share the Light Friday. 14 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: We've been doing this the whole month of December and 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: it has been so much fun. And we want to 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: say Mary Late Christmas a day after today, and you know, 17 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,199 Speaker 1: it can seem so just crazy, such a whirlwind heading 18 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: up to Christmas, and many of us are still surrounded 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: by family on the day after, but we just want 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: to take a minute to go what next? Okay, Christmas 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: is over? What next? How do we keep sharing a 22 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: lot of christ in this season? 23 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: Well, Nicola, I love this kind of this week between 24 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: Christmas and New Year's, A lot of people are off work, 25 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: a lot of people are traveling, a lot of things 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: are happening kind of around us. But it kind of 27 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 2: feels like, like you said, after we've been running around 28 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 2: like crazy people trying to make all the special things 29 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 2: happen that we hit Christmas in the day after, and 30 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: it's like we run into a wall and you just 31 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: kind of collapse. You just feel like, I don't know 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: who am I? What day is it? Like? What am 33 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: I eating today? 34 00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: Oh? 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: Christmas candy, That's what I'm eating today. I'm finishing up 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: the sweets and all the things. And I think there's 37 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: a real temptation just to kind of do nothing. And 38 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: I think that's healthy to refuel and recharge, Like even honestly, 39 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: I think you should. I definitely think you should. But 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 2: as you're doing that, to maybe take some time this 41 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 2: week to think about, Hey, we've been real intentional in 42 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: December to share the light of Christ with people around us, 43 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 2: but how can we think through what's going to happen 44 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 2: when I go back to work on January tewod, what's 45 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: going to happen when my kids go back to school? 46 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 2: How are we going to continue the story of the 47 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: light of the world on through the rest of the year. 48 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 2: Like we want to make sure that we're intentional. That's 49 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: a word I have said a lot on these Fridays, 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 2: is we want to be intentional, just like your little 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: girl holding up her little candle, singing, this little light 52 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 2: of mine, I'm going to let it shine. How can 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: you continue to be the light of the world even 54 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 2: after Christmas? Right? 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 1: Right? Because I think so often we can think about 56 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: Christmas Day and it can be like the end, right, 57 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: like we it's the advent, it's the waiting, it's the coming. 58 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: But like Christmas was the beginning for Christ, right, it 59 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: was the beginning for Jesus. It was the beginning of 60 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: his earthly ministry and what we study in the Gospels 61 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: and what will work towards now through Easter when we 62 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: celebrate his death and his resurrection. And so it's really 63 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: the starting point instead of the finish line. And it's 64 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: that the light has broken through from heaven to earth, 65 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: so that we can experience the presence of God with us, 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: and I think so often we can just miss that 67 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: mind blowing concept that we aren't having to work our 68 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: way to our God, that he came, Yeah, he came 69 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: to us, and not just for Christmas Day, for every day, 70 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: and how that really changes the way that we live, 71 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: how we interact with Him, with our families, with those 72 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: we know, with those we don't, you know, just inviting 73 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: that light into every area of our lives, and we 74 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: can just skip that or move on from it. I 75 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: feel light to. 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: The next thing. Yeah, And I love that you said 77 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: it's not the end, it's the beginning. I love that. 78 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: I love that and I think we we we just 79 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 2: kind of we quit. Yeah, frankly, we've been super uber 80 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 2: Christmas focused and we've been really making everything. And I 81 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 2: know you're tired. It's okay if you take a nap first, 82 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 2: like I want to. I want to say this, And 83 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: we know all the moms are tired, we know it, 84 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: but I think I think we have to remember. I 85 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: just love that visual that it's the beginning and we're 86 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: not done yet, like there's so much more to do. 87 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: I love this verse. I want to share this verse 88 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: real quick. It's from one Peter two nine. This is 89 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: your assignment, Like this is a it's big, but it's 90 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 2: not impossible. It says, but you are a chosen raised, 91 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his 92 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 2: own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him 93 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 2: who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light, 94 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 2: Like that is our special assignment. Our assignment is to 95 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 2: remember and to proclaim and declare and share what he 96 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: has called us out of and what he has called 97 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 2: us into, which is his marvelous light. And so Christmas 98 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 2: isn't the end, it's the beginning of that. Oh so good, Nikola, 99 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: it's so good, such a good, good reminder. So as 100 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: you're going back to work and as you're doing all 101 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: those things, to just be asking questions like is there 102 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 2: still someone in my life that I can bless? Is 103 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: there someone in my life that I can talk about 104 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: the true meaning of Christmas? Is there something I can 105 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 2: be sharing with my neighbor or my family members. Maybe 106 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: the people that are still visiting your house right now, 107 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 2: maybe they could use a little light this Christmas. And 108 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 2: maybe you're not finished with sharing the light of Christ 109 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: this season because the people that you love need it too. 110 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 2: They need it, the people that are visiting for the holidays. 111 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 2: That's such a such a good word, Nicolat. 112 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: I love that. I also think about you know, this 113 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: end of the year point is often a time of reflection, 114 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: you know, self reflection on how the year went, what 115 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: went on this year, how I grew, how I regress, 116 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: whatever that might look like. And you know, everybody's looking 117 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: towards the new year and what changes you might want 118 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: to make, you might want to put into place. I 119 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: don't love resolutions, but maybe rhythms or changes or that 120 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: type of thing. But you know, so thinking about the 121 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: light in that way too, of inviting the light of 122 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: Christ like into your heart and really searching those places 123 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: that might be hidden. And maybe it's places that we 124 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: don't even know are hidden. But a prayer that I 125 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: often praise like Lord, like see I can't remember exactly 126 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: where it comes from in the Psalms, but Lord, see 127 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: if there's any offensive way in me, and lead me 128 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: in the way of the Everlasting. Is how the puts it. 129 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: But I change it to say, Lord, see all of 130 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: the offensive ways in me. I know what's the hurt, 131 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: but you know more, and so find those spots in 132 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: me that don't look like you, that aren't honoring to you, 133 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: and then bring those into the light because I want 134 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: to move forward with that this year, in this new season, 135 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: I want to move forward with that. So kind of 136 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: taking this end of the year too, is this like 137 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: self reflection period of how can I allow the light 138 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: of Christ to really permeate who I am and make 139 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: me continually make me new and bring me into His 140 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: likeness so that I can be a vessel to share 141 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: His light in the world around me. So that's that 142 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: I think about this week too. 143 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: That is so good. It's just like saying, Lord, what 144 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 2: do you want to do through my life? How can 145 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 2: you shine brighter in my life in twenty twenty six 146 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 2: as we're going into that year, is like, what do 147 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: you want to do in my life in this next year? 148 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: I love that. Nicolette, Hey, can I pray us out 149 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 2: as we're finishing up our time together? Thanks so much 150 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: for having me here on the podcast and sharing this book. 151 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: There are still a few more days left in the 152 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: book because it goes all the way through December thirty first, 153 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: so you can still keep reading and in fact, if 154 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 2: you gave this as a gift or you got it 155 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: as a gift and you're just now jumping on, there's 156 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: still more to come in the books, so we wanted 157 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: to make sure it took you all the way through 158 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 2: December thirty first, and that's actually one of my favorite days. 159 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: So it's coming, I promise, But let me pray over us, 160 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 2: just a prayer to be thinking about as we are 161 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: thinking about this week between Christmas and New Year's Father, 162 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: thank you for making my heart your home. I am 163 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: ready to show others your goodness and how you moved 164 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 2: me out of darkness into your amazing life giving light. 165 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 2: It is a story I love to tell in Jesus' name. 166 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: Amen Man Stacey, thanks so much for making these Shared 167 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: the Light Fridays so fun. And we'll finish out every 168 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: Day Prayers for Christmas over the next couple of days 169 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: and we just pray blessings on everyone during this week 170 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: in between. Friends. Hope you have a great I hope 171 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: you're enjoying reading along with us this month in our 172 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: new book, Every Day Prayers for Christmas. 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Make His face shine 182 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord 183 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: look with favor on you and give you peace.