1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: You're listening to everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms helping 3 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: you need it most. 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here. 6 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 2: We believe prayer isn't a last resort, It's our first 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: and best response in parenting. 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: And I am so excited today to. 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 2: Have my friend Sjeleene Roberts here with me as we 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 2: are discussing our summer book club. 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: Shalene, welcome to the show. 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 4: I'm so excited to be here and I'm so excited 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 4: to discuss this book club with you. 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 2: Yes, well, friends, I hope that you have heard by 16 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 2: now if you have tuned in at all to anything 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 2: Million Praying Moms over the last couple of weeks. You know, 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: we are doing a summer book club, and we are 19 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: featuring Sjalene's book When Mothering is Hard and no one 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 2: sees and just saying the title is so meaningful to me. 21 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 2: I can just relate to it in so many ways, 22 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: and I know that all of you can as well. 23 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: I was actually telling as Selene as we were getting. 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: Started here that right before this conversation, I was washing 25 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 2: hoopstain out of a balancy seat. And I thought we're 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: about to record about when mothering is hard and no 27 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: one sees, And here I am washing this boop out 28 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: of this bouncy seat for the third time this week. 29 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: So I can just relate to it so so much, 30 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 2: and I know that all of you can as well. 31 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: And so we want to dig into a little bit 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: about your story behind the book, and then we want 33 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: to just talk through the details at the book club 34 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: a little bit for those that maybe haven't jumped in 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: yet and want to join us. 36 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: So Selene, just begin by. 37 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: Telling us a little bit about you and just a 38 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: kind of an introduction to why you wrote this book. 39 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 40 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 4: Absolutely, it's my pleasure. Well, I'm Selene. I am married 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: to my husband, Bruce. We actually met in college, did 42 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 4: not date in college. We were just really good friends. 43 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 4: Got married a couple of years after we graduated. We 44 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 4: live in North Texas. We have five children. So our 45 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 4: oldest is a boy. He's eighteen. He just recently graduated 46 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 4: high school. So we're navigating the transition to college, which 47 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 4: is a tidal wave of emotions. I will just go 48 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 4: ahead and tell you, and then we have four girls, fifteen, thirteen, ten, 49 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 4: and eight. We part time homeschool, so I am daily 50 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 4: involved in their school, and you know, just all of 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 4: the nitty grittiness of everything that goes on. And so 52 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: my husband owns his own business. Are we are busy. 53 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 4: We have two chaotic dogs. That's a little bit about me, 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 4: but a little bit about my writing. So I actually, 55 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 4: shortly after we graduated college, I was an magazine editor, 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 4: and so I sat behind an editor's desk. And it 57 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 4: wasn't a super huge magazine. It was a niche home 58 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: design publication. But actually found a lot of my worth 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 4: in that position and in that job title because I 60 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 4: was using the gifts that God had given me, and 61 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 4: I really enjoyed it. 62 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 3: I loved it. I traveled, and then we decided to 63 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 3: have children. 64 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 4: I chose to step away from that editor's desk to 65 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 4: stay home with my kids. And it was a choice 66 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 4: I fully wanted, we both fully embraced it. I was 67 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 4: so excited about it. However, I don't think I anticipated 68 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 4: how hard it would be. And I'm not just talking 69 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 4: about stay at home mom's just motherhood in general. It's 70 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 4: so beautiful and it's such a blessing. But it's very, 71 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 4: very hard. And so I stepped away from that position. 72 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 4: And a couple of years after stepping away from that 73 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 4: editor's desk, we had two children, and then we had 74 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 4: our third. By the time we had our third, I 75 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 4: just found myself probably sinking into a little bit of depression. 76 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 4: I was just asking myself, you know, does any of 77 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 4: this I know this matters for today, but does any 78 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 4: of this work I'm doing? 79 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 3: Does this matter in the scheme of things? 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 4: Is this going to matter a year from now, ten 81 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 4: years from now, generations from now? Is this really even 82 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 4: going to matter? Is this going to possibly matter into eternity? 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 4: And so I found myself asking some really big questions 84 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 4: and just looking around at what felt in many ways 85 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 4: to be mundane work and asking God to reveal, just 86 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 4: asking him, is there any glory in this work that 87 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 4: I'm doing? And the Lord, in his kindness and his compassion, 88 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 4: led me to the chapter in Genesis where Hagar has 89 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 4: fled out into the desert and she is just she 90 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 4: is so heartbroken and despondent, and you're so upset in 91 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 4: the desert, and God sends the Angel of the Lord 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 4: to tend to her. And so in the middle of 93 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 4: her heartbreak, in the middle of her hardship, God sees 94 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 4: her and he sends the Angel of the Lord to 95 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 4: tend to her. And it's in that moment that Hagar 96 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 4: gives God the name Elroy, which is. 97 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 3: The God who sees. 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 4: And those that scripture just jumped off the pages. It 99 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 4: was like it was as if God was saying, I 100 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 4: know that the world does not see what you're doing 101 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 4: right now. 102 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 3: I know you feel under applauded, you feel underappreciated. 103 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 4: I know that you feel like maybe this work doesn't matter. 104 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 4: I got so much validation from my position, and now 105 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 4: I felt like I was doing very hidden work that 106 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 4: nobody was seen and nobody was validating. 107 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 3: But God said, I see it. 108 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: And because I see it, and because I've created motherhood 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 4: really to be a vehicle of my redemption, it is worthy. 110 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 4: And the work that you are doing is a sacred 111 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 4: sacrifice and nothing is lost. And so I put I 112 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 4: just kind of pulled up the notepad app on my phone. 113 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: I wrote down everything that I felt like the Lord 114 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 4: was teaching me, and I threw it out in this 115 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 4: post I was blogging at the time, called when Mothering 116 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 4: is Hard and no one sees and that post just 117 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 4: kind of took off, and so that post was the 118 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 4: emphasis for the book that we're going to be going 119 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 4: through together. 120 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 3: The tumme. 121 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, gosh, I get a tear in my and I've 122 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: heard you tell that story before, but it's just such 123 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: a relatable story. I feel like so many people can 124 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: feel like they are in that position, whether it's with 125 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,559 Speaker 2: your first child or with your fourth child, whatever part 126 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 2: of motherhood you might be in that that's something that 127 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 2: you have wrestled with before. I currently feel like I'm 128 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: struggling with I don't feel like I'm doing anything well. 129 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: Like I feel like my work is failing, my motherhood 130 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 2: is failing. 131 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: I'm not being a great wife. 132 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 2: I'm not really getting dinner on the table, I'm not 133 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 2: doing these things Like it's like all the areas, I 134 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: feel like I'm doing mediocre work instead of doing anything 135 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 2: really well. And that's very hard for me because I 136 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: feel like I do find a lot of that satisfaction 137 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 2: is doing something well and somebody going, hey, great job. 138 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: You know, hey, you're doing a good job. 139 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 2: And you know, it's just it's just not always the 140 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 2: case in what we're doing. And so that's such a 141 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: special relatable reminder to so many of us. So you 142 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: open your book describing that and kind of walking us 143 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: through what this glorious? What is glorious about motherhood? What 144 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 2: is God's design for motherhood? And how do we live 145 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 2: into it? So let's kind of talk a little bit 146 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: about if people have been reading along with us this 147 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: week in chapters one and two, what have they kind 148 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: of gone over in this week? 149 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, so chapter one into we start, I say in 150 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: the book, we're going to go all the way back 151 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: to the beginning, and I need all the way back 152 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 4: to the beginning. So we are going to go all 153 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 4: the way back we've been in Genesis. 154 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: And in Genesis we. 155 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 4: Look at the creation story and we look at the 156 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 4: creation of the earth and the garden, and then Adam 157 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 4: and Eve, and we look at how God ordained Adam 158 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 4: and Eve to have different propensities towards maybe different kinds 159 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 4: of work or different rules. And then we look at 160 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 4: the Fall and we look how Eve, when she was 161 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 4: tempted by the same time, who still whispers deceit and 162 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 4: doubt and our ears today He's slothered enough to Eve, 163 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 4: and he whispered to see and doubt into her ear 164 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 4: tempted her to eat that fruit. She ate that fruit, 165 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 4: she gave some to her husband who was with her. 166 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: They ate. 167 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 4: Suddenly their eyes were opened, and that is when mankind fell. 168 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 4: And at that moment we were in desperate need of 169 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 4: a savior and a redeemer who would come and would 170 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 4: redeem all of us from this fallen state that we 171 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 4: all find ourselves in. 172 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: And so we start. 173 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 4: Back there, and we're in the garden, and we're looking 174 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 4: at all of that, and we realize that because we 175 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 4: are daughters of Eve and we are all in need, 176 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 4: we all fall under the same broken we live in 177 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 4: the same broken world, We fall under the same curse. 178 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 3: We are all in need of a redeemer. 179 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 4: But what we also see is that God gave a curse, 180 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 4: but he also gave a promise, and he told Eve 181 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 4: that she would give birth to children through pain, but 182 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 4: that through the seed of the woman a redeemer would 183 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 4: come who would crush the head of the enemy. And 184 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 4: so what we see all the way back in Genesis 185 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 4: is that God actually ordained motherhood to be a vehicle 186 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 4: of a redemption. Now I'm not saying and I say 187 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 4: this in the book too, I'm not saying our role 188 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 4: is the same as Eves. 189 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 3: Certainly it's not. And our role is not the same 190 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 3: as Mary. 191 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: Mary. 192 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 3: Mary came in it, right. 193 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 4: Obviously, Mary was a special person who was chosen to 194 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 4: be the vehicle through which Christ came. We do not 195 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 4: play the same role as Even we don't play the 196 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 4: same role as Mary. But as created women, we have 197 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 4: a very ordained purpose in our role as mothers, and 198 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 4: that is to raise up other believers who will go 199 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 4: and tell a very desperate herding world about the good 200 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 4: news of Jesus Christ. And so that's what we've been 201 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 4: talking about. Is we go all the way back in Genesis, 202 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: and now we're going to follow this thread. So we 203 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 4: start in Genesis, we're going to follow this thread all 204 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 4: the way through to today to you. 205 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 3: And me and your motherhood and my motherhood and everybody. 206 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 4: Who's listening, and we're going to see how God's ordained 207 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 4: purpose for motherhood, which starts all the way back in 208 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 4: the garden, continues to be unfolding over and over and 209 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 4: over in our present day and age. 210 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: That's so beautiful. That's so beautiful. 211 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 2: You know, I think about when when you talk about that, 212 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 2: I think about how if we believe what the New 213 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 2: Testament says about us being co heirs with Christ, that 214 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 2: when we come to relationship with him, that we are 215 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 2: children of God and co ers with Christ, then we 216 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 2: are It's not the same role as Eve are as 217 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 2: merry as you're discussing, But our role is to raise 218 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: up co airs with Christ. 219 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: Like who are to be seeded with Him forever? 220 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 2: And so it is that elevated work of we are 221 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 2: raising up children of God, not just our children, but 222 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 2: children of God. And for some women though, we hear 223 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 2: that and they're like, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's way too 224 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 2: much pressure. I mean, I can't even like get the 225 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 2: clothes washed, Like how is that actually relating to. 226 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: Raising up a child of God? 227 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 2: So talk to tell you us a little bit about 228 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 2: how we translate these I think you call them the 229 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 2: where gritty meets glorious, Right, it's just like where that 230 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 2: gritty meets the glorious? How do we translate phoating underwear 231 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 2: to glorious work of redemption in our lives? 232 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 4: So we're going to get into that in depth later 233 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 4: in the book. In fact, we're even going to talk 234 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 4: about specific rhythms that you can incorporate into your daily life. 235 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 4: And these aren't like monostic rhythms, right. You don't have 236 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 4: to go away to a mountain to implement these rhythms 237 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 4: into your daily life. These are rhythms that I've found. 238 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 4: You know, as a mom, part time mom's clame mom 239 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 4: of five, we are very busy. But the rhythms that 240 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 4: I talk about in the book are rhythms that I 241 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,199 Speaker 4: have found I can incorporate in the midst of my 242 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 4: day with my family, with my children, that tether me 243 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 4: to the vine and to the source of life himself. 244 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 4: And so we're going to go through specific rhythms as 245 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 4: we get later and further down into the book. So 246 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 4: I'm excited to unpack that with you, But right now, 247 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 4: I just want to give you the hope that we're 248 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 4: in order to see the glorious in the gritty, we 249 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 4: actually first have to understand. It's like what you said, 250 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 4: we have to understand who we are in Christ before 251 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 4: we can even begin to understand what He has ordained 252 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 4: for us in our work as mothers. And so it 253 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 4: is so important to understand our identity. And we talk 254 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 4: a lot about the Gospel. We're going to get into 255 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 4: that more too. But if you're sitting there going, well, yeah, 256 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 4: I believe in Jesus. I think this is great. I 257 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 4: don't really know that I believe that He can meet 258 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 4: me right where I am. I just want to encourage 259 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 4: you to stick with us, because the Kingdom of God 260 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 4: is not an abstract kingdom in the clouds. The Kingdom 261 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 4: of God is here, it is real, it is today. 262 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 4: It crashes into our reality. But we have to understand 263 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 4: who we are in God, and we have to have 264 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 4: the eyes to see it. And so it's really important 265 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 4: as we go through this book that we just keep 266 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 4: an open heart and that we have a conversation with 267 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 4: God and we ask him, okay, Lord, I mean right 268 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 4: before you and I talked about this before we got 269 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 4: on Right before we got on this call, I was 270 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 4: rushing in on two wheels from VBS. I have piles 271 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: of laundry on my table. I was trying to make 272 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: quick sandwiches for the kids. It's crazy and it's chaotic, 273 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 4: but the Holy Spirit Christ sent God, the Father, sent 274 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 4: the Holy Spirit to or to dwell us and fill us. 275 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 4: And it is only by his power and his provision 276 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 4: that we are able to see the glorious within the gritty, 277 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 4: because it's His presence that transforms everything. If Christ we're 278 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 4: not here, if the Holy Spirit we're not here with us, 279 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 4: it would just be an ordinary mundane day and we 280 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 4: would just go we would just be going through ordinary 281 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 4: mundane rhythms. But because the Kingdom of God is real, 282 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 4: and because it's not an abstract kingdom, because it's here 283 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 4: amongst us. In fact, we talk about we'll go into 284 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 4: the Kingdom and a lot of depth too. We're going 285 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 4: to talk about spiritual warfare. We're going to talk about 286 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 4: the battle that really rages wages around us. I'm going 287 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 4: to give you tools to open your eyes to get 288 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 4: into that fight. But because the Kingdom of God is real, 289 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 4: it's it's here, it has power, And because the Holy 290 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 4: Spirit is within us, the Holy Spirit, the same power 291 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 4: that raised Christ from dead, is the same power that 292 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 4: is at work within us even in the middle of 293 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 4: lunch making and laundry and carpooling. 294 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 3: And all of the just Monday ordinariness. 295 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 4: And when we begin to realize that, when we get 296 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 4: even just the smallest glimpse of the fact that the 297 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 4: Kingdom of God is at hand, it transforms everything. Because 298 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 4: suddenly we realize nothing is ordinary, everything is sacred when 299 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 4: we allow Christ to infuse it. So he infuses us 300 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 4: and infuses our home with the sacred weight because he's here, 301 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 4: but we do have to it's it is so important 302 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 4: that we pray that we have eyes to see that, 303 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 4: because there is a very real enemy who does not 304 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: want us to be aware of that. He wants to 305 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 4: distract us, he wants to to see this, He wants 306 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 4: to busy us that way. You are not aware of that. 307 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 4: But if we can just pray and ask the Lord, 308 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 4: and it may even just be you may be listening 309 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 4: to this going okay, I kind of believe, but that 310 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 4: really sounds ridiculous, Like you truly don't know what I've 311 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 4: gone through yesterday or today. 312 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 3: I can't. 313 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 4: It's hard for me to imagine that this is sacred 314 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 4: and there's a kingdom among us. I would just encourage 315 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 4: you to listen, just take one to two minutes and 316 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 4: just ask Lord, just come to him honestly, say Lord, 317 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 4: I'm having a really hard time believing this. I'm having 318 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 4: a really hard time seeing it. Would you just open 319 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 4: my eyes and would you make me aware? And God 320 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 4: will answer that He will answer that honest prayer, and 321 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 4: you will begin to see moments where the divine begins 322 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 4: to intersect the ordinary. 323 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: That's so good. 324 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 2: This past weekend, my life group, Sunday school class, whatever 325 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: we want to call it. I feel like we'd call 326 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 2: it different things. At my local church, but I was 327 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 2: leading a lesson on Roman's twelve, and instead of covering 328 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 2: the whole book, we really just sat with verses one 329 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 2: and two in Romans twelve that says where to take 330 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 2: our bodies, offer our bodies as a living sacrifice. But 331 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 2: I actually wrote out on the whiteboard the message translation 332 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 2: of that verse, and I don't know if you've read it, 333 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 2: but it is so beautiful. It says, take your ordinary 334 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 2: every day walking around, you're sleeping, you're eating, you're going 335 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 2: to work life, and place it before God as an offering. 336 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 2: And I just love that so much, that beautiful invitation 337 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 2: that we have from God, that, yeah, these little things 338 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 2: that you know, see mundane and seem ordinary, He sees them, 339 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 2: He knows about them. 340 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: He wants to be a part of those parts of 341 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: our lives. 342 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: You know, how do we make God a part of 343 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: our sleeping, a part of our eating, or walking around 344 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 2: our moving around our going to work. You know, how 345 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 2: are we we bringing him into those moments? And he's 346 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: how are we opening our eyes to see that the 347 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: kingdom is here among us? And so that's so beautiful. 348 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: I'm thinking back to that verse that we discussed this weekend. 349 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: I love that you gave us a little bit of 350 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 2: a preview of some of the things that we are 351 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 2: going to be covering together. Because friends, it is just 352 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 2: not too late for you to start reading with us. 353 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 2: So if you have not gotten a copy of Selene's book, 354 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 2: I want you to do that. We will give it 355 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,239 Speaker 2: to you for twenty percent off at Millionpraying Moms dot 356 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 2: com with the code book Club twenty twenty percent off 357 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 2: your order. You can get it in in the next 358 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 2: couple of days and begin reading with us. We have 359 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: a reading guide available for download on our website and 360 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 2: then we're really just sending all the materials in our 361 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 2: email list. So once you say I want the reading guide, 362 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 2: you automatically are going to get an email every Monday 363 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 2: that has some application questions that Selene has written written 364 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 2: just for our audience here at Million Praying Moms that 365 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 2: are kind of digging deeper into the content She's got 366 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 2: discussion questions already in the back of the book if 367 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,479 Speaker 2: you want to go through it with some friends. But 368 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 2: these are application questions you can use to reflect internally 369 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 2: or to share with a group or with other moms 370 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 2: a friend that you might be reading it with. And 371 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 2: then we also are going to share a little video 372 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 2: from her teaching about that particular reading that we've done 373 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 2: that week. 374 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: And that's really it. 375 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,719 Speaker 2: It's very simple to be a part of what we 376 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 2: are doing every Monday on the podcast, just our regular 377 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 2: Everyday Prayers podcast. On Monday, Selene's going to be sharing 378 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 2: a devotion and an excerpt from the book with a 379 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: prayer for us to kind of center our hearts on 380 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 2: what we're learning that week. And then she and I 381 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 2: are going to be doing some of these Friday interviews 382 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 2: throughout the rest of the book club, kind of popping in, 383 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 2: checking in and seeing how we are doing. And then 384 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 2: we have one more really exciting resource that we want 385 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 2: to tell you about. Selene, would you tell us about 386 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:59,120 Speaker 2: the dinner time Conversations that you've created. 387 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, So, Nikolett, you and I were talking about maybe 388 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 4: something that we could offer, you know, members of the 389 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 4: book club for free, and we wanted to do something 390 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 4: that was really going to be value added and also 391 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 4: something that made sense with the book. So you know, 392 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 4: the book is all about helping you to see the 393 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 4: glory of the Kingdom and the grittiness and the miraculous 394 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 4: in the middle of the mundane. 395 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 3: And one of the ways that we do that is 396 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 3: just living. 397 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 4: Like you said that message translation, I absolutely love it 398 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 4: is living in our ordinary days but doing it within 399 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 4: with the awareness that the Kingdom of God is among us. 400 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 4: And we just thought, what a great One of the 401 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 4: best ways that we can do that with our children 402 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 4: and include them is at the dinner table. 403 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 3: I mean we are family. 404 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,439 Speaker 4: Yeah, there are certainly nights where we're not sitting at 405 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 4: the dinner table together, or maybe all going in a 406 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 4: bunch of different ways, but we do try to prioritize 407 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 4: sitting down at the table together and having conversation, not 408 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,239 Speaker 4: looking at phones, but looking at one looking at one 409 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 4: another and the I asking about their day. And we 410 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 4: decided there's no better time to have a conversation about 411 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 4: the Kingdom of God and where you see God working 412 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,479 Speaker 4: in the ordinariness of your everyday life and your family's 413 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 4: life and your children's life then at the dinner table. 414 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 3: So we have a free resource for you guys. 415 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 4: It's twenty dinner time conversations to help lead you and 416 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 4: your children closer to Christ and just to help make 417 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 4: you aware of where God is at work in your 418 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 4: daily life. And so we are really excited about those. 419 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 4: I just think it's going to be a great tool. 420 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 4: I'm really curious to see how families use them and 421 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 4: just the deep, theological, meaningful conversations that it sponds. 422 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: And I should say these are for all ages. 423 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 4: So there are questions that will work for you know, 424 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 4: your three, four or five year old, and there are 425 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 4: questions that you can sit down with your grown adult children. 426 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 4: You know your twenty something thirty something however, old children 427 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 4: and have deep conversations, So not every question might work 428 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 4: for your age group, but there are questions for every 429 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 4: single age. Thank Yeah, I love that. 430 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 2: I think that's one of the unique lens that you 431 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 2: have in your season of life with having your five 432 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 2: children kind of ranging these age gaps. You don't have 433 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 2: your hand too far out of those preschool years and 434 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 2: younger years, but then you have one graduating and so 435 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 2: you really have this unique perspective Shelline that I think 436 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 2: is really encouraging that you can relate. I feel like 437 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: I can relate to you as a mom who's a 438 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 2: step ahead of me. And then a lot of our 439 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 2: listeners could kind of have a child maybe in one 440 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,199 Speaker 2: or another of the seasons of life that you have 441 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 2: children in, and so I like that. I feel like 442 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 2: God's put you in a unique place and perspective in 443 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 2: your motherhood journey that kind of allows all of us 444 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: to relate to you in this season. And so I 445 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 2: think that's a real gift to our listeners as well. 446 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely have so it is. 447 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 4: It is kind of wild to have kids with ten 448 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 4: year age gaps. I mean I have, so I have 449 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 4: three teenagers living under my room right now. And I also, 450 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 4: you know, my youngest is still eight, so we're still 451 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 4: doing in my mind she's like three. 452 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 3: Of course, yeah she is the baby, yes, but it 453 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: is a unique perspective. Yeah. 454 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: Well, guys, we want you to to join us for 455 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 2: the book club. 456 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: It's not too late to jump in. We'll start next week. 457 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 2: We're covering chapters two and three, So if you want 458 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: to get the book and jump in with us, we 459 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 2: would love, love, love for you to do. 460 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: That and read along with us throughout the summer. 461 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 2: And maybe you know this summer, like Selene said, maybe 462 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 2: you don't have a regular rhythm of sitting down at 463 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 2: the dinner table. Maybe that's something you could do as 464 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 2: part of our summer book club is try to pick 465 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 2: one night a week that your family is gathering around 466 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 2: the table together and discussing these props that we give 467 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 2: to use. You can find all of this information at 468 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: Million Praying Moms dot com. There's a banner at the 469 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 2: very top of our website that has the information about 470 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 2: the book club, and we will be sure to send 471 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 2: you what you need for that. So Selene, I just 472 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining us today and for 473 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 2: all of this and conversation that we're having over the 474 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 2: next couple of weeks. And I wondered if you would 475 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 2: pray for our listeners as we wrap up our time. 476 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 3: Yes, I would absolutely love to thank you. 477 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: Father. 478 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 4: We come before you right now, and God, I just 479 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 4: ask that you would just stell our hearts for just 480 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 4: a minute. Lord, I know that so many of us 481 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 4: are coming to you just with chaotic schedules or heartache 482 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 4: or sorrow, maybe situations that are desperately hard. God, I 483 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 4: just ask that you would just meet us right where 484 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 4: we are, that you would comfort us, that you would 485 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 4: reveal yourself to us, that you would reveal your good 486 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 4: plans to us, and that you would give us every 487 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 4: good thing and everything that we need for life, emplourishing 488 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,959 Speaker 4: your word promises that you would do that. We're asking 489 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 4: right now, that you would just pour your Holy spirit 490 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 4: out upon everyone who has an ear, who is listening 491 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 4: to this conversation, that you would help them to know 492 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 4: that you are near, that you love them, that you 493 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 4: see them, and that you have good plans for them 494 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 4: and their motherhood and their children. Lord, go before us today, 495 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,640 Speaker 4: light the path that we're on, protect us, provide for us. 496 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 4: Thank you for the mini mercies and blessings you've poured 497 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 4: out up on us. 498 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 3: It Senor son gon me pray, Amen. 499 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: Amen, Thank you so much. 500 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 2: Guys, be back on Monday to listen to Silleen cheredivision. 501 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 1: On a prayer from her book as part of our 502 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: book club. We will see you then. Have a great weekend. 503 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 2: Friend, it is not too late to join us for 504 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 2: our summer book club featuring the book When Mothering is 505 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: Hard and no one sees by my friend Seleeene Roberts. 506 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 2: It's happening now through the end of July, and we 507 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: want you to join us. Head to the homepage of 508 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 2: our website, Million Praying Moms dot com to find out 509 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 2: more and use the code book Club twenty for twenty 510 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 2: percent off your order from our mom Shop. Until next time, friends, 511 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. Make his face 512 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 2: shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the 513 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 2: Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.