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Speaker 1: Life Audio. You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms,

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Speaker 1: where we pray God's word for our families in the

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Speaker 1: areas we need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Beell.

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Speaker 1: We believe that prayer isn't our last resort, that it's

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Speaker 1: our first and best response to parenting, a partnership for

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Speaker 1: the hearts of our children that God invites us into. Today,

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Speaker 1: we are continuing our when mothering is hard and no

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Speaker 1: one sees book club with author Shaleene Roberts in our

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Speaker 1: Friday interview series. Schleeene, welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. I'm so glad to be here.

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Speaker 1: We are in week six of our book club, and

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Speaker 1: I do want to say if you have not been

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Speaker 1: following long or have not been listening, please keep listening

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Speaker 1: to the episode today, go back and get catch the

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Speaker 1: other ones later, but you won't be behind. You'll be

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Speaker 1: able to find something to apply to your motherhood journey

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Speaker 1: today in our conversation, because chapters eleven and twelve are

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Speaker 1: really really practical advice for us as moms as we

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Speaker 1: are hoping to really bring that Kingdom mindset into our

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Speaker 1: motherhood and leaning on God to help us do that.

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Speaker 1: So she Lene, let's just jump right in chapter eleven

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Speaker 1: you titled Connected to the Vine, and we're kind of

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Speaker 1: going through these practices. Last week we talked about practice

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Speaker 1: of prayer. This week we're talking about immerse the practice

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Speaker 1: number two you entitled immerse. Tell us about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So immerse is just another word essentially for abiding.

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Speaker 3: So we are called to abide in Christ and that

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Speaker 3: means literally living day to day, every moment of every

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Speaker 3: day with Him. And so I just call it immerse

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Speaker 3: because we want to immerse ourselves into the Word of

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Speaker 3: God and in the Kingdom of God, and that gives us,

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Speaker 3: that sustains us, and gives us life. And so that's

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Speaker 3: where the word immerse came from. And so what we're

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Speaker 3: talking about in this chapter is something I think that

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Speaker 3: can feel kind of hard for busy moms, and it's

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Speaker 3: just the study of God's word and just staying connected

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Speaker 3: probably natural for most of us as we go through

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Speaker 3: seasons where some seasons we feel really connected to the

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Speaker 3: can trace that feeling of connection and disconnection directly back to.

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Speaker 2: How much time I'm spending in the Word.

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Speaker 3: So God's Word is effectual, it is life giving. It

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Speaker 3: is I mean, this is it's not it's not just

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Speaker 3: a dead book of words. It is God's Word, and

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Speaker 3: it gives life, and it gives life to you, and

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Speaker 3: it gives life to me. It's very personal, and so

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Speaker 3: I can trace any sense of connection and disconnection back

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Speaker 3: so that's what we're talking about specifically in this chapter,

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Speaker 3: and I'm giving you little hints for how you can

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Speaker 3: incorporate immersing yourself into the Word into your day, because

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Speaker 3: I know it's really hard. When my kids were little,

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Speaker 3: I felt like I do not have time. You know,

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Speaker 3: there was a season where I could do bath more

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Speaker 3: and Priscilla s higher studies, which are amazing.

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Speaker 2: They're wonderful, but they take a lot of time.

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Speaker 3: And I remember when my children were little, trying to

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Speaker 3: so in this chapter, we're talking about practical tips that

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Speaker 3: you can do to immerse yourself in God's Word every day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think we can kind of fall in

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Speaker 1: read God's Word on your own. You've maybe gone to

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Speaker 1: you've read devotional books but not really the Bible. I

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Speaker 1: to read God's Word. But some of us aren't comfortable

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Speaker 1: Now, there's a difference if I choose. I'll give you

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Speaker 1: is that life giving. And it's not a check off

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's an invitation. He promises that his word never

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Speaker 3: that means never, means never. So if you are spending

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Speaker 3: It is the anchor for our life and for our souls,

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Speaker 3: and it is through the Word of God we are

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Speaker 3: But if you can't do that again, his word never,

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Speaker 3: it never comes back void. So if you spend three minutes,

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Speaker 3: is going to long for more and more of God's

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Speaker 3: God does not require us to read his word.

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Speaker 2: He invites us into it.

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Speaker 3: He has given us this as a gift, not as

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Speaker 3: start small, you know, and don't there's no there's no

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Speaker 1: And in the title of the chapter, in what you

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Speaker 1: Jesus says, I'm the vine, you are the languages, and

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Speaker 1: what happens when we abide, we start bearing fruit in

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Speaker 1: you will bear much fruit, and if you don't abide

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Speaker 1: I gave by about noon a couple of days ago,

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Speaker 1: And that's the thing about fruit. It's fresh, it's new,

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Speaker 3: Just about the Holy Spirit just just such just you know,

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Speaker 2: So it's just so convicting for me.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I love the picture of the vine and

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Speaker 3: plays out all throughout creation and it's just so applicable. So, yes,

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Speaker 1: Man, And isn't that good news for us? We tend

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Speaker 2: Absolutely it would be my pleasure. God.

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Speaker 3: feel so busied and distracted, that you would quiet our

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Speaker 3: minds and you would quite our hearts to sit with

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Speaker 3: you long enough to.

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Speaker 2: Receive the kypto rest. Thank you, Lord for your goodness

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Speaker 2: to us. To Jesus name, we pray, Amen, Amen, Amen.

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Speaker 1: I hope you are following along with us in our

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Speaker 1: summer book club featuring the book When Mothering Is Hard

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Speaker 1: and No One Sees by Scheline Roberts. If you have

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Speaker 1: not joined us yet, it's not too late to jump in.

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Speaker 1: Head to the home page of our website to find

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

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Speaker 1: and keep you, Make his face shine upon you, and

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Speaker 1: be gracious to you me. The Lord look with favor

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Speaker 1: on you, and give you his peace.