1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 2: You're listening to everyday prayers with million praying moms helping 3 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: Here. 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: We believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first 7 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: and best response in parenting, and every day we come 8 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children. 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: As you know this fall, we've been praying through the 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: nine fruit of the Spirit in nine weeks and I've 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 2: got a special helper here with me today to help 12 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 2: us remember the fruit of the Spirit that we are 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: praying through. My Josie has been hearing me talk about 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 2: and we've been praying through the Fruit of the Spirit 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 2: in our house, and she would like to sing a 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 2: song for all of you today. 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 3: Go ahead, GeV fruit, if we join patent correct, Digitui, goodness, safefulness, 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: Julius and self come twelve Doroy, Peace, pass cords, illness, faith, dictor, 19 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 3: liss and self true. 20 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:23,559 Speaker 2: Great job. 21 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: Josee girl. 22 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: We have been praying through the Fruit of the Spirit 23 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: in our home, and I hope that you all have 24 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 2: as well. And I pray that it has been just 25 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: as much of a blessing for all of you, as 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: it has been for us in our home. This week, 27 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: our prayer focus is peace, and don't we all need 28 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 2: and long for the peace of Christ in our lives. 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: Today's division is written and read by our founder of 30 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 2: a million Praying Moms, Brook McLoughlin, as. 31 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: She shares a prayer for peace with us today. 32 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: After a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together 33 00:01:59,000 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: for our families. 34 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: This is Brooke McLaughlin, your host, and today I'm going 35 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: to share a prayer for when you need peace based 36 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: on James three point seventeen, which says, but the wisdom 37 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, 38 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. Today's 39 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: prayer and devotion are exerted from my newest devotional prayer journal, 40 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: Every Day Prayers for Peace. You can pick up a 41 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: copy wherever books are sold. I worked for a man 42 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: once who had moved to Virginia from Michigan. Before moving, 43 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: he applied for several jobs in the same field, and 44 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: invitations to take two separate jobs came from two different 45 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: ministries in two different states at the exact same time 46 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: in exactly the same position, as he and his wife 47 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: prayed about which job to take. They both felt a 48 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: piece about both jobs. He actually told me that they 49 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: believed the Lord had opened the door to either and 50 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: that they were free to go where they wanted. And 51 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: I have to tell you, friends, this kind of blew 52 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: my twenty somethingter mind wide open. I had literally never 53 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: experienced anything like that before, and frankly, I didn't like it. 54 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: I don't want God to give me options. I want 55 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: him to tell me what to do so I can 56 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: do it. You might have guessed that I have some 57 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: control issues, and if so, you guessed correctly. Disguised behind 58 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: my sincere desire to do God's will is an equally 59 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: sincere desire to feel like I know where I'm going 60 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: and how I'm going to get there. I don't like unknowns, 61 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: and unfortunately this desire of mine is not supported by scripture. 62 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: I think of Abraham, whom God told to leave home 63 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: and family and go out to a place that he 64 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out 65 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: not knowing where he was going. By faith, he went 66 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: to live in the land of Promise. That's Hebrews Chapter 67 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: eleven eight through nine, and the keywords there not knowing 68 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: where he was going. I don't know how you feel 69 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: about those six words, but they scare me to death. 70 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: I'm a very goal oriented person. When I was in 71 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: high school, my dad and I regularly had success conversations. 72 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: We talked about my goals and the stepping stones I 73 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: needed to walk across to reach them. When I was 74 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: eighteen years old, I knew exactly where I was going 75 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: and what needed to happen to get me there. Of course, 76 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: life turned out differently than I expected, and there were 77 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: surprises and twists and turns along the way. Sometimes it 78 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: really is hard to know what's God's wisdom than what's 79 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: our own. But I've found that James three point seventeen helps. 80 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: These days, as a forty somethingter mom of two teenage boys, 81 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: I find myself asking less for wisdom about big life 82 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: goals and more for wisdom and how to deal with 83 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: what life is presenting our family with. In the moment, 84 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: I recognize that I don't possess all the wisdom I 85 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: need to be the kind of mom I want to be, 86 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: and this knowledge of my lack of control makes me 87 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: cry out to God for his in truth, I need 88 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: all the wisdom I can get. I fall woefully short 89 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: in so many ways, and left to myself, will think 90 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: about life all wrong. Thankfully, his word says He'll give 91 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: us wisdom when we ask for it, and it also 92 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: helps me understand what to look for to recognize it. 93 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: Let's pray, Father, thank you for being true and trustworthy 94 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: and for giving us the tools we need to follow 95 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: you when we need wisdom. Help us remember to ask 96 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: you for it, and give us the desire and ability 97 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: to measure all things against your word our standard in Jesus' name. Amen. 98 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 2: As part of our Fruit of the Spirit prayers and 99 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 2: everyday prayers for the School Year book Club, Tara Cole 100 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 2: and I created a free car conversations guide for your 101 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 2: family to use this fall. The car is sometimes the 102 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: best place for our most precious conversations with our kids 103 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: as we are praying through the Fruit of the Spirit. 104 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 2: Our hope is that you can have meaningful conversation with 105 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 2: your kids about what living out these fruit looks like 106 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 2: in their daily lives. Tara and I created a series 107 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: of quick questions. She wrote some for the older kids, 108 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: I wrote some for younger kids, and we share a 109 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: prayer that you can share with your children about each 110 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: of the fruit of the Spirit. Download your copy for 111 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: free on our website or the link in our show notes. 112 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 2: Until next time, friends, the Lord bless you and keep you. 113 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 2: Make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. 114 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 2: May the Lord look with favor on you and give 115 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: you peace.