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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.

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Speaker 3: It's our first and best response in parenting, and every

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Speaker 3: day we come together to partner with God for the

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Speaker 3: hearts of our children. Today's devotion is written and read

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Speaker 3: by Elizabeth Lang Thompson, and it comes from her new

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Speaker 3: book In Season, a ninety day devotional for female student

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Speaker 3: athletes to build faith, strength and confidence and train a

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Speaker 3: growth mindset. Today, Elizabeth shares a prayer about when our

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Speaker 3: children face failure. To find out more about Elizabeth or

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Speaker 3: to learn more about the ministry of Million Praying Moms,

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Speaker 3: visit Millionprayingmoms dot com.

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Speaker 4: 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 5: Proverbs chapter one, verse eight, Instruct the wise, and they

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Speaker 5: will be wiser. Still, teach the righteous, and they will

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Speaker 5: add to their learning. My daughter Avery was frustrated when

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Speaker 5: I picked her up from lacrosse practice with her new

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Speaker 5: travel team. Mom everybody has more experience than me. They

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Speaker 5: keep having to correct stuff I'm doing wrong. It's so embarrassing. Oh, honey,

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Speaker 5: I said, I hate that feeling too. My daughter and

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Speaker 5: I share a common struggle. We are both perfectionists. We

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Speaker 5: push ourselves hard, and when we don't do everything perfectly,

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Speaker 5: we feel disappointed, embarrassed, and kind of stupid. And when

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Speaker 5: our mistakes affect other people like teammates or friends, we

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Speaker 5: feel even worse. Over the years, the scriptures have helped me,

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Speaker 5: and now they are helping my daughter to make peace

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Speaker 5: with imperfection. We're learning to embrace the growth process. One

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Speaker 5: of my favorite proverbs says this, instruct the wise and

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Speaker 5: they will be wiser. Still, teach the righteous, and they

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Speaker 5: will add to their learning. Proverbs, Chapter one, verse eight.

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Speaker 5: I love how this proverb says that even wise people

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Speaker 5: still have things to learn. The wisest people on earth

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Speaker 5: haven't achieved complete knowledge.

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Speaker 4: Only God has complete knowledge.

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Speaker 5: And even though as followers of Jesus we pursue righteousness daily,

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Speaker 5: we will never reach a point where God says, congratulations,

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Speaker 5: you did it. You conquered every sin and weakness. You're perfect,

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Speaker 5: just like Jesus. Nope, even righteous people who are wholeheartedly

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Speaker 5: seeking the Lord need to keep growing as Christians. There

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Speaker 5: is no limit to how much God can teach us

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Speaker 5: or continue shaping our character if we will lean into

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Speaker 5: the growth process. Avery and I are learning to embrace

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Speaker 5: a simple perspective when we fall short.

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Speaker 4: I just haven't learned that yet.

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Speaker 5: That sentence gives us permission to be imperfect, and the

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Speaker 5: word yet expresses a godly hope and confidence. Maybe I

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Speaker 5: haven't yet mastered a skill I'm trying to learn, or

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Speaker 5: I don't yet have the character trait I'm trying to cultivate.

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Speaker 5: But I'm still growing by faith. I am confident that

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Speaker 5: God can help me get there. My daughter and I

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Speaker 5: are growing together in this attitude.

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Speaker 4: Are the crucible in.

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Speaker 5: Which Avery is learning powerful lessons about humility and resilience.

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Speaker 5: She is realizing that mistakes, corrections, and coaching ultimately make

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Speaker 5: her better. Sports taught me similar lessons in high school.

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Speaker 5: But God is not done teaching me today. He is

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Speaker 5: using my marriage and parenting, my career, my friendships, and

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Speaker 5: my church community to continue shaping me. Every time I

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Speaker 5: make a mistake in any of those areas, God teaches

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Speaker 5: me something new about relationships, or handling conflicts with grace,

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Speaker 5: or trusting him through confusing or painful times. Every time

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Speaker 5: I fall, it's an opportunity to remember it's okay to

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Speaker 5: keep growing.

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Speaker 4: I just haven't learned that yet. The next time you fall.

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Speaker 5: Short or feel disappointed in yourself in some way, don't

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Speaker 5: get down on your yourself.

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Speaker 4: Remember the lesson of Proverbs one verse eight.

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Speaker 5: There's always more wisdom to gain and more righteousness to

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Speaker 5: grow into. Instead of telling yourself, I am such a disappointment.

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Speaker 5: I should have known better. Just remind yourself that it

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Speaker 5: is never too late to keep learning. Encourage yourself with

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Speaker 5: these words. I just haven't learned that yet. Let's pray. Father,

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Speaker 5: how wonderful to know that we aren't stuck in the

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Speaker 5: people we are today or limited to the knowledge we

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Speaker 5: already have. You can keep molding us, granting us more

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Speaker 5: wisdom and strength as we go through life. Thank you

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Speaker 5: for being our faithful, patient teacher. We welcome your guidance

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Speaker 5: and are grateful for the blessing and privilege of growth.

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Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, Amen, I.

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Speaker 2: Head to the homepage of our website to.

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Speaker 1: Find out more. Until next time, friends, the Lord bless.

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Speaker 2: You and keep you. Make his face shine upon you,

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Speaker 2: and be gracious to you. May the Lord look with

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Speaker 2: favor on you and give you his peace.