1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: Life Audio. You're listening to every Day Prayers with Million 2 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: Praying Moms helping you pray God's word for your family 3 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: in the areas you need it most. I'm your host, 4 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 1: Nicolette Bell. Here we believe prayer isn't a last resort. 5 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: It's our first and best response in parenting, and every 6 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: day we come together to partner with God for the 7 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: hearts of our children. This fall, we are praying through 8 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: the nine fruit of the Spirit in nine weeks, using 9 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: devotions adapted from our Everyday Prayers devotional series. This week's 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: prayer focus is patience and I don't know about you, 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: but this is a challenging one for me. I need 12 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: more patience, My children need more patients. It's something we 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: are constantly working on here in our household. Today's devotion 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: is written and read by me Exert my new book 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: releasing in October, every Day Prayers for Moms. It's now 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: available for pre order wherever books are sold. 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Instead, 26 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, 27 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: but everyone to come to repentance. Excuse me, excuse me, mommy, 28 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: my daughter said, rather loudly and impatiently, pulling at my 29 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: pant leg. Mom, excuse me. I was talking with another adult, 30 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: and we have been really working with Josie on not 31 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: interrupting and waiting our turn. So far, it wasn't going 32 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: very well. Mom, I said, excuse me. She yelled up 33 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: at me. I've bent down, and I said, Josie, what 34 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: did we talk about? After you say excuse me, what 35 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: are you supposed to do? Her head drooped. I'm supposed 36 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: to wait. We've gotten a bit better over time, but 37 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: my girl still struggles with interrupting and not waiting her turn. 38 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: Her dad tried to encourage her by telling her to 39 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: be patient like a turtle. When I heard it. I 40 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: didn't really understand, but I guess turtles are slow, so 41 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: it kind of makes sense. We've attempted multiple times, in 42 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: multiple ways to teach lessons on patients. I don't know 43 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: about you, but nothing tests my patience quite like motherhood. 44 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: It's like our kids know exactly what button to push 45 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: on just the right day to make us go from 46 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: zero to sixty in under one minute. Being a mom 47 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: had shown me how very impatient I actually am personally. 48 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: I feel that patience is the fruit of the spirit 49 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: that I'm often coming up a little short on. I 50 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: long to exhibit more patience and my interactions, especially with 51 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: my children. My struggle with patience is both with the 52 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: big things and the small things. When I am praying 53 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: for something, I want it to happen immediately. When I'm 54 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: waiting on something, I wanted it yesterday. And when I 55 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: asked my daughter to put on her shoes, I want 56 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: them on now, not ten minutes later. Most often, patience 57 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: doesn't come naturally to us. Paul tells believers and Colossians 58 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: three twelve to put on patience. He knows our flesh 59 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: is impatient, and it takes effort to put on the 60 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: fruit of patience in our lives. When we are impatient, 61 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: we are opposing God. We are essentially saying to him, 62 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: I know better, hurry up. Paul knew we would need 63 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: to be actively putting on patience something to think about. 64 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: To grow in biblical patience, we must first understand how 65 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: we receive patience. Our opening verse for today is from 66 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: Second Peter. It tells us that God has been patient 67 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: with us in the same way that we love from 68 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: being a place of being loved by God. Loving because 69 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: He first loved us. We show patience because we have 70 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: been shown great patience. That's the beauty of the fruit. 71 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: They are all from the spirit. The spirit is God himself, 72 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: the third person of the Trinity. Each of the fruit 73 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: we are discussing find their origin in God. They are 74 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: a part of His character and his nature. The great 75 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: wonder of the Spirit living in us is that God 76 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: shares his very nature with us. His qualities can become 77 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: our qualities when we submit ourselves to him. Our task 78 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: is to abide and to remain attached to the vine. 79 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: Remembering how lovingly patient God is with us and all 80 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: of his creation should lead us to extend patients to 81 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: those around us patients will grow as we surrender our 82 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: will to his. Let's pray together, Father, help me to 83 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: be patient as I wait to see how you are 84 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: working in my life. Help me to remember the great 85 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: patience that you have shown me, and help my words 86 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 1: and actions to extend that same patience to my children. 87 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. Amen. As part of our Fruit of 88 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: the Spirit prayers and everyday prayers for the School Year 89 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: book Club, Tara Cole and I created a free car 90 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: Conversations guide for your family to use this fall. The 91 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: car is sometimes the best place for our most precious 92 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: conversations with our kids as we are praying through the 93 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: Fruit of the Spirit. Our hope is that you can 94 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: have meaningful conversations with your kids about what living out 95 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: these fruit looks like in their daily lives. Tara and 96 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: I created a series of quick questions. She wrote some 97 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 1: for the older kids, I wrote some for younger kids, 98 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: and we share a prayer that you can share with 99 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: your children about each of the Fruit of the Spirit. 100 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: Download your copy for free on our website or the 101 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: link in our show notes. Until next time, friends, the 102 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: Lord bless you and keep you, make His face shine 103 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord 104 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: look with favor on you and give you peace.