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Speaker 1: Life Audio. You're listening to every Day Prayers with Million

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Speaker 1: Praying Moms, where we're dedicated to helping moms pray God's

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Speaker 1: word for their families in the areas they need it most.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Over the last decade, we've

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Speaker 1: helped thousands of moms make prayer a priority for their families.

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Speaker 1: Our mission is to help you do the same. Prayer

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Speaker 1: is not a last resort. It's our first and best

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Speaker 1: response to the challenges of parenting, a partnership for the

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Speaker 1: hearts of our children that God invites us into. Today's

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Speaker 1: devotion is written and read by Rachel Adams, author of

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Speaker 1: Everyday Prayers for Love, a part of our Million Praying

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Speaker 1: Moms Everyday Prayers devotional series. I recently reread this devotional

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Speaker 1: and it blessed me tremendously. Rachel provides beautiful reminders of

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Speaker 1: how God loves us just because we are His, not

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Speaker 1: because of anything we can do to earn it or

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Speaker 1: deserve it, and we are invited to love others from

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Speaker 1: a place of knowing that we are beloved. If you

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Speaker 1: don't have a copy of this book, you're going to

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Speaker 1: want to grab one for yourself and maybe even for

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Speaker 1: a friend. Every Day Prays for Love is available wherever

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Speaker 1: books are sold. This month, I've invited Rachel to share

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Speaker 1: excerpts from her book that help us break down the

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Speaker 1: famous love passage one Corinthians thirteen, specifically focusing on verses

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Speaker 1: four through eight that read, love is patient, Love is kind.

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Speaker 1: It does not envy, It does not boast. It is

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Speaker 1: not proud. It does not dishonor others. It is not

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Speaker 1: self seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no

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Speaker 1: record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but

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Speaker 1: rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trust, always hopes,

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Speaker 1: always perseveres. Love never fails. We've heard this verse at weddings,

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Speaker 1: we've heard it in the church. But this is one

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Speaker 1: of those passages that is beautiful and easy to read

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Speaker 1: but hard to put into practice, isn't it. I don't

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Speaker 1: know about you, but I know that I need more

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Speaker 1: patience and kindness in my parenting. Rachel weaves in scripture

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Speaker 1: from throughout the Bible to help us truly understand the

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Speaker 1: type of love that Paul is describing here in his

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Speaker 1: letter to the Corinthians. Our prayer and hope is that

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Speaker 1: this month. As we pray this together, our understanding of

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Speaker 1: God's love would grow deeper. To learn more about Rachel

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Speaker 1: or to learn more about how you can get involved

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Speaker 1: in the ministry of Million Praying Moms, visit Today's show

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Speaker 1: Notes or Millionprayingmoms dot Com. After a quick word from

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Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray together for our children.

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Speaker 2: And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites,

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Speaker 2: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and

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Speaker 2: on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly,

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Speaker 2: I tell you they have received their reward in full

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Speaker 2: Matthew six'. Five every day at noon for one, month

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Speaker 2: our pastor organized various leaders in our church to facilitate

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Speaker 2: a different topic of prayer for our. Community my pastor

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Speaker 2: asked IF i would lead one of the. Gatherings ALTHOUGH

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Speaker 2: i was nervous to speak in front of a large,

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Speaker 2: CONGREGATION i accepted the. INVITATION i spent hours studying in

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Speaker 2: preparation for the prayer. MEETING i dressed in My sunday

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Speaker 2: finest on A tuesday and arrived at eleven thirty to

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Speaker 2: ENSURE i got myself. SITUATED i sat in the first

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Speaker 2: pew with my highlighted outline and leather Bound. Bible, FIDGETING

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Speaker 2: i glanced from my notes to my, watch and then

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Speaker 2: back again to my. Notes at eleven fifty, FIVE i

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Speaker 2: found it odd that no one had entered the, sanctuary

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Speaker 2: YET i assured myself they were probably rushing from work

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Speaker 2: or grabbing a quick. Lunch as the clock struck, NOON

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Speaker 2: i started to second guest. Myself DID i have the right.

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Speaker 2: LOCATION i double checked my, CALENDAR i tripled checked my. Text,

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Speaker 2: YES i was in the right place at the right.

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Speaker 2: Time YET i was. Alone no one showed up for

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Speaker 2: the service but. Me at, FIRST i was. AGGRAVATED i,

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Speaker 2: thought you've got to be kidding. ME i spent hours

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Speaker 2: preparing for a MESSAGE i won't deliver and prayers no

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Speaker 2: one will. Hear and then the sting of conviction pricked my.

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Speaker 2: Heart maybe the message was for me and me. ALONE

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Speaker 2: i tucked my papers back into My, bible rose from the,

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Speaker 2: pew and sank to my knees at the altar and

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Speaker 2: a sanctuary built for one, THOUSAND i knelt alone Before god's,

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Speaker 2: throne not BECAUSE i was so, holy but BECAUSE i

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Speaker 2: realized how far from HOLY i. Was god cleared my

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Speaker 2: schedule and everyone. Else's it seemed to provide space to

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Speaker 2: experience communion with. HIM i may have been selfishly desiring

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Speaker 2: something else that, day when all the while he'd simply

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Speaker 2: been seeking time with. Me after, all only five people

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Speaker 2: attended the day. Before why DID i think the church

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Speaker 2: will be filled with people who wanted to hear from?

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Speaker 2: Me Maybe god did. Instead prior to this, EXPERIENCE i

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Speaker 2: never would have thought the following scripture would be applicable

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Speaker 2: in my. Life, However i'm guilty of What jesus told

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Speaker 2: his disciples not to. Do In matthew, six he, says

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Speaker 2: and when you, pray do not be like the, hypocrites

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Speaker 2: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and

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Speaker 2: on the street, corners to be seen by. Others, TRULY

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Speaker 2: i tell you they have received their reward in. Full

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Speaker 2: but when you, pray go into your, room close the,

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Speaker 2: door and pray to your, father who is. Unseen then your,

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Speaker 2: father who sees what has done in, secret will reward.

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Speaker 2: YOU i want to be, clear this isn't a slight

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Speaker 2: against public. Prayer there is certainly a time and a

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Speaker 2: place for. That in, fact The gospel Records jesus praying

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Speaker 2: both privately and. Publicly the point isn't where we communicate With,

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Speaker 2: god but the posture of our hearts when we do.

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Speaker 2: So how do we move from hypocritical to? Heartfelt what

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Speaker 2: does authentic and submissive prayer look. Like, Thankfully jesus doesn't

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Speaker 2: just leave us with instructions on how not to. Pray

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Speaker 2: he gives us a guide in what we now call

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Speaker 2: The Lord's. Prayer In matthew six nine through, thirteen it,

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Speaker 2: says Our father In, heaven how be thy, name your. Kingdom,

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Speaker 2: Come your will be done on earth as it is in.

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Speaker 2: Heaven give us today our daily, bread and forgive us our,

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Speaker 2: debts as we also forgive our. Debtors and lead us

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Speaker 2: not into, temptation but deliver us from the evil. One

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Speaker 2: through this, Prayer jesus models how we should approach our Heavenly.

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Speaker 2: Father above, all we should honor the holiness and deity Of.

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Speaker 2: God we worship him first for who he. Is then

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Speaker 2: we Beseech god for his perfect purposes to be accomplished

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Speaker 2: in this world and the. Next keeping these objectives at

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Speaker 2: the forefront of our thoughts guards us against becoming self

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Speaker 2: seeking instead of desiring our, name our, kingdom and our will.

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Speaker 2: First our greatest longing is pursuing his, name his, kingdom

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Speaker 2: and his. Purposes he is always our greatest. Reward let's. Pray,

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Speaker 2: father thank you for being willing to communicate with me

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Speaker 2: and being available to. Listen forgive me for acting in

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Speaker 2: ways that we're self seeking to gain attention for. MYSELF

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Speaker 2: i don't want to be. HYPOCRITICAL i want EVERYTHING i

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Speaker 2: say and do to be heartfelt with a pure motive

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Speaker 2: to honor your name and bring you. Glory let your

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Speaker 2: kingdom come and your will be done In jesus's. Name.

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Speaker 1: lord bless you and keep, you make his face shine upon,

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Speaker 1: you and be gracious to. You may The lord look

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