1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 2: Welcome to every Day Prayers with Million Praying Moms. I'm 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: your host, Nicolette Bell, and it's my joy that you 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: have joined us today. I am so excited today on 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: the podcast I have with us Carolyn Roberts. Carolyn, welcome 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: to the show. 7 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me. 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: Why don't we kick off today by you telling us 9 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: a little bit about you and your ministry, your new book, 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: and your children. Tell us about your children, their ages, 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: and are they're at in life. 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, so first and foremost when I introduce to myself, 13 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 3: I like to a first and foremost savior. I am 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 3: a daughter of God before anything else. But I am 15 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: also a wife to my college sweetheart. We've been married 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: almost thirteen years now and we live together in Florida. 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 3: Have four children ages ten, eight, four, and two. So 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 3: super busy. I must stay at home mom. Also very entrepreneurial, 19 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 3: and in our ministry, we felt called to media, so 20 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 3: just sharing the gospel and through writing through books through 21 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 3: my YouTube channel. So that's just a little bit about us. 22 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: I love that you do have your running in all 23 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 2: the different directions. Your children, I love that so much. 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 2: What great ages to be at with Carolyn, you have 25 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: a book that has come out that is called The 26 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: Beauty of Being, and I just love the message and 27 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: the heart behind your book, and that's why I've asked 28 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: you to be on the show today because I think 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: so many times as moms, we can seek to find 30 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: our approval and our worth in what we are doing, 31 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: what we're getting right, and what we're not. 32 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: And I don't know about. 33 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: Anybody else that's listening today, but I just feel like 34 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: I'm going it wrong more than I'm getting it right 35 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: when it comes to motherhood and parenting. And so your 36 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: book offers kind of an alternative perspective, a biblical really, 37 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: a callback to the biblical idea of true identity and 38 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,839 Speaker 2: Christ and how that affects every part of our life. 39 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: So just tell us a little bit about why you 40 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: wrote the book and who you wrote it for. 41 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: That's so good as a fellow mom. The thing I've 42 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: realized is it doesn't start in motherhood. Sometimes it starts 43 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 3: way earlier, And for me, it started a child growing 44 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 3: up in a single mother household, not necessarily with my father. 45 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: I remember just wanting, desiring that love and affection from 46 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: a male figure and ended up in the wrong relationships. 47 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 3: I thought that, you know, my worth and value was 48 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 3: in relationships, right, and thankfully ended up coming to Christ. 49 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 3: And there was a shift there because now I'm like, 50 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 3: I can find my value in God, not in man. 51 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 3: But there was still a process because I felt like 52 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 3: I had to perform and work for God's love and approval. 53 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 3: So it's like over the years, you know, just performing 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 3: to make God proud through you know, ministry, through works, 55 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 3: through the things that I was doing. But I still 56 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 3: lack that confidence of knowing even if all these things 57 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 3: stop today, even if the ministry shuts down, God still 58 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 3: loves me. God is still pleased with me, and I'm 59 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 3: his daughter. So I just hit a breaking point where 60 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: I just could not balance everything. I had no balance. 61 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: I was burnt out. I was being overwhelmed, you know, 62 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: with the motherhood, with marriage, with you know, taking care 63 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: of my household, while also feeling like, you know, I 64 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 3: want to take care of the things of the kingdom. 65 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 3: And I felt like God said, you need to just 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: stop everything that you're doing, take a break from the ministry. 67 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: And I just went on this sabbatical when I turned thirty, 68 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 3: and it really did my perspective tell us. 69 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: A little bit more about that experience. What did that 70 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: look like for you and what did you learn from it? 71 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 3: It was really tough. I wasn't an emotional in a 72 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: very dark place. I remember on my thirtieth birthday, I 73 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 3: was just like, what am I doing with my life? 74 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 3: It seems like I've done all these things, but I 75 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 3: still don't feel that peace. I still am lacking that. Boy, 76 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 3: I still don't feel fulfilled. And I remember journaling to 77 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 3: the Lord and I said, God, I don't care to 78 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: be a leader. I don't care to have specific ministry. 79 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: I want to just know what it means to be 80 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 3: your daughter. So he to me on that journey, and 81 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna lie. It was hard at first. Not 82 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: only is it boring and challenging to sit there and 83 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 3: not be doing anything when you're used to doing all 84 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: the things. I had to learn and got to reveal 85 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 3: things to myself about how was a people pleaser, How 86 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 3: I was just addicted to saying yes to everybody because 87 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: I didn't want to let anybody down. It's like realizing 88 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 3: that process where you're always showing up for others, where 89 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 3: you don't even recognize who you are anymore. You lose 90 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 3: your identity in just what you can do and what 91 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,359 Speaker 3: you know, the roles that you show up as the 92 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 3: role of a mom, the role of a wife, the 93 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 3: role of whatever, and it's like you forget who you 94 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 3: are in that. So it was a journey where it 95 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 3: started off hard in the beginning, but the Lord showed 96 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 3: me different things about myself that I got to discover 97 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 3: more things about my creativity. I got to explore new 98 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 3: hobbies like baking. So eventually it became fun. But I 99 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 3: learned how to delight in the simple pleasures of life 100 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: and simply right because Jesus didn't come just so that 101 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 3: we can work to the bone. The scripture says that 102 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 3: Jesus came so that we might have life and that 103 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 3: more abundantly, and I believe that that starts right here 104 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 3: on this earth. 105 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: That's so beautiful. 106 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: It was hard, but it became fun, it became enjoyable, 107 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: And it isn't that the truth with most things in life. 108 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 2: I feel like sometimes we feel like, if it's hard, 109 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: it's not from God's If it's hard, if it's if 110 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 2: we get a roadblock along the way, then oh maybe 111 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 2: that's not God leading me. 112 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 3: And I think scripture just teaches the opposite. 113 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 2: I think the world tries to tell us that the 114 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 2: enemy tries to tell us that usually when something's hard, 115 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 2: it's it might be the right thing, and we've got 116 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 2: to lean in a little bit, and if we've felt 117 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 2: directed in that. And I really love that this whole 118 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: process where you kind of began with the prayer. Lord, 119 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: remind me that I am your daughter. What a simple 120 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 2: prayer that all of us can pray this day. We 121 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: can all begain just praying that prayer. And I wonder 122 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: what God would teach each of us, Like my journey 123 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: would look different than yours, Carolyn. I can resonate so 124 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: much with what you're saying and describing right now. I 125 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: just had my second child, and so that going from 126 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: one to two has been just a larger leap than 127 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 2: I I thought it was going to be, not in 128 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 2: the sense of like taking care of a baby. I 129 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: feel like I'm almost better at that the second time, Like, Okay, 130 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 2: I kind of know what I'm doing, maybe a little bit, 131 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 2: but in just the responsibilities of the household and my 132 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: job and the things surrounding that. And so I can 133 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: just resonate so much with what you're saying, And so 134 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 2: I love that that began with a prayer and a 135 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: prayer that God loved and delighted to answer. 136 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: That's so good. And one thing I noticed is when 137 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: we're in that going and going and going, we think 138 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 3: of fruit as like the world thinks of it. So 139 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 3: you know, we're looking for specific results or the perfect 140 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 3: Pinterest house, or specific numbers or stats or whatever specific outcome. 141 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 3: But you know, when you're in that mindset of just 142 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 3: being and abiding in God, then the shift becomes the 143 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: fruit is the fruit of His spirit. So you can 144 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 3: test to see, like if you're in that place of 145 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: just burnout and dress like my patient, you know, am 146 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 3: I oh right? So if you're just it's flustered, you're 147 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: lashing out, like when you get to a place where 148 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: you just can't handle it because you're trying to produce 149 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 3: all these other external fruits. You're striving, right, you're not 150 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: in that place of thriving in Him, then you're like, okay, 151 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 3: I need to step back. There's something missing, you know 152 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 3: that I'm not receiving here. There is an next. And 153 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: that's one thing that I found is like I had 154 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: all this fruit to show, like all these books, I wrote, 155 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 3: all these things the following, all these external the world 156 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: would consider. But it's like, where is my peace? Where 157 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 3: is my boy? Why am I having moments where I 158 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: feel like I'm just breaking down And I'm like, Okay, 159 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 3: I need to re examine what does it? What does 160 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 3: success look like by God's standards, not by the world standard. 161 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: That's so good, and that comes from what you shared about, 162 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 2: you know, to find the ways in your life you 163 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 2: were wanting to please others. I think so often in 164 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: my own life I want to not. 165 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 3: Think that I value that. Oh no, I don't value that. 166 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 2: But then when I look at my actions and my 167 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 2: words and some of the things that I do, I 168 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 2: really do And that's just a convicting place to start, 169 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: you know. Paul writes that we cannot please both man 170 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:28,599 Speaker 2: and God and that leaning into pleasing God is more important. 171 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 2: It is kind of that that starting point. I want 172 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: to ask you, Carolyn, I feel like so many mothers 173 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: struggle with losing their sense of identity, especially when it 174 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: comes to caring for our children. How can we stay 175 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: rooted as daughters of God while also pouring ourselves out 176 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 2: for our children in the. 177 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 3: Way that we need to and we should as moms. 178 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: How can we stay rooted in that? 179 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 3: That's very good question, I would say, in the most 180 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 3: practical way, two different ways, rooted as a daughter of God, 181 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: taking that intentional time with the Father because he'll show 182 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 3: you who you are. That intentional time for your devotion. 183 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 3: Whether you wake up you know, a few minutes twenty 184 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 3: minutes before everybody else, or you stay up a little longer, 185 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 3: there is a sacrifice there. But I just think of 186 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 3: the Proverbs thirty one woman, like she was up getting 187 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 3: done what she needed to do right and managing her time, 188 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 3: but also allowing yourself to take that time for yourself. 189 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 3: Be intentional about knowing who you are and learning who 190 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 3: you are. One of the things that helps me is journaling, 191 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 3: journaling my feelings, my emotions, seeing if that aligns up 192 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 3: with scripture, and bringing it back to prayer. I like 193 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: to write out a lot of my prayers because it's 194 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 3: an opportunity to kind of visually see what's going on 195 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: and here. But sometimes if I feel like the Lord 196 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 3: is saying something or speaking back to your scripture comes 197 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,960 Speaker 3: to mind, then I can write that response out right, 198 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 3: or I can go back to a prayer I've written 199 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 3: and see how God is working because a lot of 200 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 3: this is not an overnight thing. It is a process 201 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 3: and it's a journey. Right, So even now I have 202 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 3: not arrived at perfectly being every day. It takes that 203 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 3: intentionality to do so taking those intentional times. I know 204 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 3: it's harder when you have, you know, younger kids, when 205 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 3: you have more kids, but it could be simple as 206 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 3: spending you know, five more minutes in the shower. It's 207 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 3: a thing, you know, So just being intentional about taking 208 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 3: that time for yourself and the Lord. 209 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 2: Right, that's so good. And I love that you brought 210 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 2: up the way that the Lord responds to you. I 211 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 2: feel like we don't talk about that enough. We can 212 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 2: tend to think about prayer as a one sided deal, right, 213 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 2: We're just we're just laying out what we need and 214 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 2: what we what we feel before the Lord, and because 215 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: we're in a hurry, we do oftentimes miss that response. 216 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 2: You know. It's like, okay, even and some of the 217 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 2: times that I do journal my prayers, I journal and 218 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 2: then it's time to go to the next thing, and 219 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: so I'm closing up and I'm moving on, right, But 220 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: this sense of lingering in God's presence and dwelling with 221 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 2: him and just creating that extra space. And so I 222 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: think sometimes we're like, we don't hear from God. Well 223 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 2: are we listening now? Are we providing that space and 224 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 2: that opportunity? And I know sometimes as a mom, I'm like, 225 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 2: I can't even hear myself think much less, Like you know, 226 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 2: it's like the noise is so loud, and even in 227 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: those quiet moments my mind, the noise is still loud 228 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 2: in my mind. And so, you know, one thing that 229 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 2: I like to practice in my life is this kind 230 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 2: of that. Do some breath prayers, just some breathe in 231 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 2: and breathe out, and just refocusing, slowing down my mind 232 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 2: and my nervous system and connecting to the spirit of 233 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 2: God so that we can remember to listen to him. 234 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: Yes, because that's so important. 235 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 2: That's where He tells us who we are, and we 236 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 2: forget who we are when we don't allow him to 237 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 2: speak over us. What's what's the scripture in zeph and 238 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 2: Ayah that describes God like singing over us. It's that 239 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 2: it's that he's he's telling us who we are in him, 240 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 2: but we have to listen in order to be able 241 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: to live that out. 242 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 3: That's so good. And I feel like it's that still 243 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 3: small voice of the Holy Spirit and will tell you 244 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 3: sometimes to slow down. And that noise is so loud 245 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 3: you really have to be intentional about turning it off 246 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 3: when you can. So for example, it could be you're 247 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 3: in the car, you're driving, you know, to get groceries. 248 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 3: We're so used to just having the radio on in 249 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 3: the background, or oh, I'm in the car, let me 250 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 3: call a friend. It's okay to just I think sometimes 251 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 3: we're afraid to be silent because we're afraid of what 252 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 3: is going to come out or what we're going to 253 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 3: think of when it's quiet. But it's okay to say, 254 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 3: I'll talk to that friend later. I can put the 255 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 3: social media down, or I can put you know, the 256 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 3: music down, the radio down, to even if I don't 257 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 3: hear anything audibly from God from heaven, to take that 258 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 3: moment to be still and like you said, even just 259 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 3: the breathing like that is a prayer that God hears 260 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: and he's able to understand exactly what's going on in 261 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 3: your heart and see you take that moment. 262 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: I love that. That's so good. That's so good. Those 263 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 2: quiet moments, and I think, you know, we do. Our 264 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 2: society has really taught us that the silence is not 265 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: good and it is uncomfortable for us. So I've served 266 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: as a youth pastor several years back for a couple 267 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: of years, and I would practice with my students creating 268 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 2: moments of silence in the times that we were together, 269 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 2: and they would get so uncomfortable, I mean, just radically 270 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: uncomfortable with silence, just because they always have their phone 271 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: in their hands, they always have their ear pods in 272 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 2: their ears. They're always being filled with some kind of noise. 273 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 2: The TV is on in the background. You know. My 274 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: mother in law comes to visit our house and she says, 275 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 2: it's too quiet around here because I don't like the 276 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 2: TV playing in the background and different things like that. 277 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 2: And so it's just that we're so uncomfortable with the 278 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: silence that we aren't used to it. And so for me, 279 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 2: sometimes that's going on a walk without putting my air 280 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 2: pods in right and just listening to the birds, looking 281 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: at at the trees, just just thinking like, God, you're 282 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 2: here with me. All of that just run mind says 283 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 2: who we are. There's a there's a big world out here. 284 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: There's a big God out here, and he intimately cares 285 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 2: about me and he sees me, and that helps us, 286 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: I feel like, to remember our identity even in these hard, long, 287 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 2: loud days of motherhood. 288 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 3: Man, that's soad. 289 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: So for Krolyn with somebody that is listening to this 290 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 2: and says like, this sounds great, but how do I 291 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 2: kind of get started in maybe how do I evaluate 292 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 2: my where I'm at with my identity or or where 293 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: is it Just kind of a good jumping off point 294 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: for somebody who's listening to this conversation today. 295 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 3: That's really good. I recently went to a Christian retreat 296 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 3: and this is something that they had us do, which 297 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 3: is to create just a simple chart, and you're going 298 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 3: to have three columns. In one column you're going to 299 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 3: have like what are my roles and titles? The next 300 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 3: column you're going to say, what are my experiences or 301 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 3: some of the experiences I've gone through that I feel 302 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: like define me for example a college graduate or you 303 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 3: know someone who went through ministry training or whatever. And 304 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 3: then the last one is who am I at the core? 305 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 3: Like who was I before God? Even he knew me 306 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 3: before he formed me? In my mother's wombs? So who 307 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 3: am I really? So that is just a an activity 308 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: that you can do to kind of just slow you down. 309 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 3: And you think, like all these things that in my 310 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,959 Speaker 3: column of my titles and stuff, I'm a wife, I'm 311 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 3: a mom, I'm a teacher, or this or that? Have 312 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 3: I been using that as my identity? Right? That who 313 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 3: I feel like I am? If all those things were 314 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 3: stripped away, then who am I really? And then go 315 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 3: to the word of God With that right, find scripture 316 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 3: that you can dive into to back up the truth 317 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 3: of who God says about you. But that was an 318 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 3: activity that really helped me out. And in that retreat 319 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 3: I went to. 320 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 2: I love that idea. What a great thing that you 321 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 2: could just do with any sheet of paper that's in 322 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 2: front of you. That's a great encouragement. And Carolyn, what 323 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 2: would you say to encourage moms who are struggling today, 324 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 2: who maybe just feel like everything they do is wrong 325 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 2: and they're not measuring up as a mom. What would 326 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 2: you say to encourage them today? 327 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 3: Wow? I would say that you do not have to 328 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 3: have it all together, not have to be perfect. It's 329 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 3: beautiful to be even broken before the Lord, right, and 330 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 3: he would not call you to this. God is the 331 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 3: one who opens and clothes whims. God is the one 332 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 3: who blesses us with children. He would not call you 333 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 3: to this if he did not feel like you can 334 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,719 Speaker 3: steward it well. So in time where you feel weak, 335 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 3: know that he is your strength. It is not by 336 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,239 Speaker 3: our own strength, but it is by his spirit. So 337 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 3: call on the name of the Lord. Ask him to 338 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 3: help you, like seriously, like you can speak to him 339 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 3: as a friend, God, like I really need your help 340 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: in this moment. I'm overwhelmed with the house. I'm overwhelmed 341 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 3: with this, and that give me an idea of how 342 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 3: I can strategically create systems to maintain or show me 343 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 3: how to just rest and let it be as it is, 344 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 3: or send the right people to help so that prayer 345 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 3: can go any you know, multiple ways, because we all 346 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 3: have different life situations and circumstances. But call on the 347 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 3: name of the Lord to help you. That's what he 348 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 3: is here for. And he would not call you to 349 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 3: something where you can do it on your own anyway. 350 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 3: If he's called you to something, it's so that you 351 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 3: can reach out to him so that you can meet 352 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 3: because we cannot do it on our own strength and 353 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 3: God loves you unconditionally. It is not based on your performance. 354 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 3: Where none of us are perfect, and that's why Christ 355 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 3: came and died. He is the only one who is perfect. 356 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 3: He came and died for us. And again, so we 357 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 3: have the help or the Holy Spirit take those moments 358 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 3: to pause and allow him to speak to you. 359 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I told Carolyn before we got started, and I'll 360 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 2: confess to all of you. I'm in my home office today. 361 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 2: I have turned to my computer another direction that I 362 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 2: normally do, because I have an explosion of magnetiles and 363 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 2: barbies and. 364 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 3: Books all over the floor over here. 365 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 2: Maybe I should have just left my computer turned the 366 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 2: other way, right, because we don't have to have it 367 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: all together. And this morning I was feeling pressure to 368 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 2: like get everything done before we recorded this, and it's 369 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 2: like just turn the computer screen or who cares if 370 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 2: you guys see that I have toys on the floor 371 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 2: because I'm a mom and that's what happens in my 372 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 2: house is there's toys on the floor. And so you 373 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: know how in our lives are we and we allow 374 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 2: we releasing those things like it bothers me. 375 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 3: I need to let it go. Just let it go. 376 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 2: It's not a big deal this morning, right, And so 377 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 2: that is such an encouragement to me today, Carolyn, So 378 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 2: thank you for that. And there's one last thing I 379 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 2: want to ask you about, is we kind of wrap 380 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 2: up our time together because on the Everyday Prayers podcast, 381 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 2: we really focus on praying God's word over our children, 382 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,719 Speaker 2: and so when we think about praying for our kids, 383 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,479 Speaker 2: I often think about the example that we are setting 384 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 2: for our kids by our words and actions. And so 385 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 2: how can we instill, particularly in parents of girls. My 386 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 2: little boy is very little, so I'm not going to 387 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 2: say that I know that boys don't struggle with this, 388 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 2: but traditionally, from my time in ministry, I do know 389 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 2: that girls tend to struggle with this a little bit 390 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 2: more than boys do. How can we be sure that 391 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: in our parenting, in our mother ing, that we are 392 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 2: speaking these truths of identity into our girls in changing 393 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 2: their narrative. So maybe when they're thirty, Carolyn, they're maybe 394 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 2: not having quite the same struggles that you or I 395 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 2: have been having with those types of thoughts. 396 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 3: I would say one of the things I think of 397 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 3: is gentle correction. So, for example, one of the things 398 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 3: that my daughters may say because they love to dress 399 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 3: up as a princess. So a form of gentle correction 400 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 3: I give them to let them know, hey, your identity 401 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 3: is not in the princess dress you wear. So they'll 402 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 3: be like, I want to be pretty, so I want 403 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 3: to dress up like a princess, or I want to 404 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 3: be pretty, so I want to do my nails. And 405 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 3: I'll just do a gentle correction and say, wearing these 406 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 3: princess dresses do not make you a princess. You're already 407 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 3: a princess. You're already beautiful, so bring this on. So 408 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 3: we still let them have fun and say, yes, you 409 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 3: can wear this, but know that whether you have it 410 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 3: or not, you know that you're still this is still 411 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 3: who you are. So that's just on a smaller scale. 412 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 3: From my four year old and two year old. From 413 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 3: my daughter who is ten, an example of gentle correction 414 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 3: would be if she does something that let's say she 415 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 3: misses the marker, she didn't tell the truth, or something 416 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:58,199 Speaker 3: in a situation where I'm disappointed, reassuring to her, yes, 417 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 3: this wasn't the right thing right and there may be consequences, 418 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 3: but this does not change my love for you. This 419 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 3: does not change my affection towards you. I still love you, 420 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 3: and I'm doing this correction because I love you. And 421 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 3: it's just helped me my relationship God, and seeing how 422 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 3: he disciplines me as his child, but how he loves 423 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 3: me so unconditionally on my very worst day he doesn't 424 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 3: love me anymore has really helped me to shift my 425 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 3: perspective in my parenting to do the same for my children. 426 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 3: When I realize just God's grace for us, his love 427 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 3: for us. Just applying that to my children and using 428 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 3: every opportunity I get to let them know of their worth, 429 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 3: practically going through Bible studies with them, getting scripture within 430 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 3: them so they have that foundation is super important. 431 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 2: Carolyne, Thank you so much for sharing that with us, 432 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 2: and for all all of your wisdom and your sharing 433 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 2: your heart and your growth and your journey. Tell us 434 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 2: where we can find you and connect with you, because 435 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 2: I know that everyone listening is going to want to 436 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 2: grab a copy of of your books. So tell us 437 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 2: where we can find you and how we can connect 438 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 2: with you. 439 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me so you can 440 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 3: find me on my website at Caroline dot com. K 441 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 3: A r O L y n E. My book is 442 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 3: available on Amazon. You could just type in the Beauty 443 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 3: of Being Caroline Roberts wherever books are sold, and you 444 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 3: can connect with me on all social media at Caroline Roberts. 445 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: Awesome. 446 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 2: Well, thank you so so much for being with us today, 447 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 2: and I wonder if you would close us out with 448 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 2: a prayer for our moms that are listening. 449 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 3: I would love to. It's awesome. Heavenly Father God, I 450 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 3: thank you so much for this conversation. I thank you 451 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 3: so much for nikolete Lord God in her ministry. Lord, 452 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 3: I thank you for each and every woman, Lord God 453 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 3: listening to this podcast right now. Heavenly Father, I thank you, 454 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 3: Lord God, that you are a good, good father. I 455 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 3: thank you, Lord God, that your love for us is unconditional. 456 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 3: I thank you, Heavenly Father, that you allowed us to 457 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 3: be your daughters and to be in relationship with you. 458 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 3: Lord God. I thank you, Heavenly Father, that we are 459 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 3: not defined by our performance, by our works, by any accolades. 460 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 3: But I thank you for the gift of Jesus who 461 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 3: gave his life for us on the cross. Lord God, 462 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 3: I thank you that through him we can have the 463 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 3: abundant life. Lord God, I thank you that it is 464 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 3: not your will for us to go through life a 465 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 3: stressed and bogged down and overwhelmed or depressed, Lord God, 466 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 3: but that we may walk in the fruit of your spirit, 467 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 3: that we might have peace, that we might experience joy love. 468 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 3: Lord God. I thank you that your plans for us 469 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 3: are good. Help us to not run ahead of you, 470 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 3: Lord God. I thank you that we live for an 471 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 3: audience of one. Lord God. Help us to not people please, 472 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 3: Lord God. But I thank you, Lord God, that we 473 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 3: remember that you were well pleased with us, for we 474 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 3: are your creation. We are your craftsmanship, your worksmanship. And 475 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 3: you said that we are fearfully and wonderful made in you, 476 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 3: Lord God. Thank you for the Holy Spirit, who is 477 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 3: our comforter. Thank you for the Holy Spirit who is 478 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 3: our helper, who will lead us and guide us into 479 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 3: all truth. Thank you for entrusting us with the role 480 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 3: of motherhood. But before they were our children, they were yours, 481 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 3: Lord God. So I thank you, Lord God, that you 482 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 3: give us wisdom, Lord God. And I thank you that 483 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 3: you were even looking over our children and the things 484 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 3: of our household concerning us, that we may not even 485 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 3: be able to control. Lord God, I thank you that 486 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 3: you have it covered. Lord, so I thank you that 487 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 3: we would keep our eyes and our mind stayed on 488 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 3: you and your peace that survisses all all understanding. Will 489 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 3: God our hearts and minds to Christ Jesus, we love you. Lord. 490 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 3: I pray for every single mother, Lord God, I pray 491 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 3: that you would give her a new measure of grace. 492 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 3: Lord God, help her to be affirmed and confident in 493 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 3: her God given identity as a daughter of the King. 494 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 3: We give your name all the honor and praise for it. 495 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 3: Now it's in Jesus, then we pray. Lord. Amen, Amen, Amen. 496 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 2: Friends, Thanks so much for joining us today. Be blessed 497 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 2: and we will see you back here on Monday. 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