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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping

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Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas

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Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here

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Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first

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Speaker 2: and best response in parenting, and every day we come

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Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children.

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Speaker 2: Today's devotion is written and read by KATIEJ. Trent, author

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Speaker 2: of Recipes for a Sweet Child and Dishing Up Devotions. Today,

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Speaker 2: Katie shares a prayer about sharing and embodying God's love

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Speaker 2: every day. To learn more about Katie or to learn

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Speaker 2: more about the ministry of Million Praying Moms, visit Millionprayingmoms

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Speaker 2: dot com. You'll find a link in our show notes.

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Speaker 2: After a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together

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Speaker 2: for our families.

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Speaker 1: One Corinthians thirteen one through three. If I speak with

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Speaker 1: the tongues of men and of angels, but do not

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Speaker 1: have love, I have become a noisy gong or a

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Speaker 1: clanging symbol. If I have the gift of prophecy and

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Speaker 1: know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have

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Speaker 1: all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not

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Speaker 1: have love, I am nothing. And if I give all

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Speaker 1: my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender

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Speaker 1: my body to be burned, but do not have love,

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Speaker 1: it profits me nothing. As moms, the choices we make

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Speaker 1: are compelled by our indescribable love for our children. We

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Speaker 1: sacrifice sleep, physical needs, privacy, who wants to shower or

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Speaker 1: poop alone anyway, and so much more, all in the

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Speaker 1: name of love. Oftentimes it's our own sanity we sacrifice.

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Speaker 1: I'm a homeschool mom, and teaching my daughter to read

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Speaker 1: was far more challenging than I anticipated. We spent months

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Speaker 1: sitting at our table as she agonizingly attempted to sound

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Speaker 1: out each letter and form the words allowed. It was

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Speaker 1: a frustrating and painful process. There were tears and some

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Speaker 1: shouting from both of us. I felt like a failure,

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Speaker 1: and so did she, But my love for her compelled

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Speaker 1: me to continue. I prayed for patience, for wisdom to

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Speaker 1: know how to help her, and for ways to love

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Speaker 1: and serve her better. One day, instead of sitting at

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Speaker 1: the table like we usually did, I called through the

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Speaker 1: couch and cuddled her in my lap as we worked

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Speaker 1: through the lesson. It's amazing what that simple act of

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Speaker 1: love did for her. Instead of dreading our reading lessons,

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Speaker 1: she grew to enjoy them. I also showed love later

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Speaker 1: by taking turns reading lines with her. And just like that,

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Speaker 1: our most dreaded subject became our favorite. Simply because love

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Speaker 1: inspired my behavior and words. Jesus Christ's love for us

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Speaker 1: compelled him to action. He didn't just preach about love,

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Speaker 1: he tangibly demonstrated it in every encounter. Jesus taught us

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Speaker 1: how to extend grace and mercy to even the most unlovable.

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Speaker 1: We want to teach our kids to express the love

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Speaker 1: of Christ to others daily, but how love begins within us.

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Speaker 1: To teach our kids to love, first, we must examine

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Speaker 1: our own motivations. Four years I struggled to truly love

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Speaker 1: others as Christ loves me. I sought to receive love

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Speaker 1: instead of release it. It wasn't until I learned to

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Speaker 1: truly love and accept myself as a child of God,

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Speaker 1: handcrafted by the Master, that I became a more loving person.

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Speaker 1: Jesus's love for me transformed the way I love others.

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Speaker 1: Now I prioritize my day and interact with my world.

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Speaker 1: I actively seek to infuse Christ's love into every situation.

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Speaker 1: I talk with my kids about their own motivations and

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Speaker 1: help them to seek to love others with greater measure,

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Speaker 1: and together we become a little more loving every day.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray, Gracious Father, thank you for loving me enough

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Speaker 1: to send your son Jesus to die for me. Help

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Speaker 1: me to embody the love of Christ every day in

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Speaker 1: every way. Teach me to see people through your eyes

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Speaker 1: of love and to release your love to everyone I encounter.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, I pray amen.

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Speaker 2: Until next time, friends, the Lord bless you and keep you.

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Speaker 2: Make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to

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Speaker 2: you me. The Lord look with favor on you and

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Speaker 2: give you his peace. Oh,