1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Everyday Prayers Podcast with Million Praying Moms. 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 2: My name is Nicolette Bell and I'm your host and 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: I am excited to continue our Friday interview series with 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: my new friend, Schelene Roberts. 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: Shalene, Welcome back to the show. 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 3: Thank you. I'm so glad to be here again. 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: We had Selene on last week's This is kind of 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 2: like part two. If you miss part one, go back 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: and grab it. If not, you can jump in today 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: and we will fill you in and you'll be caught 12 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 2: up to speed. But we want you to grab that 13 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: conversation as well. But s Sheeleene has a new book 14 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: coming out in April, so it's available for pre order 15 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: now and it's called When Mothering Is Hard and no 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: One sees Jeline. I'm gonna let you say the subtitle 17 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: because I don't have. 18 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 3: It any Yeah. 19 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 4: Absolutely, it's where gritty me, it's glorious and God's eternal 20 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 4: plan for moms. 21 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: See, that's so beautiful. That's why I wanted you to 22 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: say it. I love that subtitle. 23 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: I think that's so great and it's such a truth 24 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 2: that just like resonates with me. So last episode we 25 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: talked about kind of where that title comes from, and 26 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 2: I just identify with it so much when motherhood is 27 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 2: hard and no one sees and kind of the whole, uh, 28 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 2: the whole gist of your writing is that God, God 29 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: sees right and what a gift that is to us 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: and to be reassured by that as a mom. And 31 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 2: so let's start Sheleine today, give us a little bit more. 32 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: We kind of just jump right into it last time. 33 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: I want to know a little bit more about your 34 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: family and your kids and kind of where you guys 35 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,119 Speaker 2: are at in the season. 36 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 3: Absolutely, So we have five children. Our oldest is seventeen. 37 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 3: He's a senior, so he's about to go off to college. 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 3: So we're navigating all of that. It's it's exciting and 39 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 3: it's really hard. Anyone who's launched a kid knows that. 40 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 4: And then I have we have four girls, so our 41 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 4: son is the oldest, and then I have a daughter 42 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 4: who's a freshman, and then seventh grade, and then fourth 43 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 4: grade and second so we are kind of right in 44 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 4: the middle of a lot of different stages of life. 45 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 4: I have three teenagers under my roof, which is so beautiful. 46 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 4: I you know, teenagers get a bad rap. And I 47 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 4: actually have started to really really hate the words that 48 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 4: are spoken over today's modern teens because word told so 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 4: much power, and teens are some of the teens I know, 50 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 4: at least are some of the most compassionate, funny, gracious, 51 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 4: intelligent people that I know. And it is just incredible 52 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 4: to watch your child, this little child grow up and 53 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 4: the person that the Lord is developing in them and 54 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 4: is forming is such a gift. And I have chosen 55 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 4: I think it's really important that we speak just blessing 56 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 4: and affirmations over our teens because they hear a lot 57 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 4: of negativity from society and it's not true. Teens are 58 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 4: actually amazing, they're in credit. So yeah, thirteen teens under 59 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 4: my roof right now, not thirteen three teens under my roof. 60 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 3: Three teens under the roof. 61 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 2: I love that. And that's That's kind of what we 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: talked about here on the Million Praying Moms podcast a lot, 63 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: because it's kind of one of our One of our 64 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 2: key ideas in our ministry is we don't we kind 65 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: of take a list of the things that when we 66 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: talk about praying scripture for your children, take a list 67 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,119 Speaker 2: of the things that you maybe want to see improve 68 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: in your child, and then we turn that into. 69 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: The positive things. 70 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: So like, right if my daughter is throwing a tantrum, 71 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: I'm going to I want to kind of think about patience. 72 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: So instead of praying and saying God help her not 73 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: throw a tan and trum, I'm praying for the positive 74 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 2: thing that I want in your life instead. So I'm 75 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: praying Jesus, please give her patience, help her to have 76 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: your joy, turn her crying and whining into two shouts 77 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 2: of joy and laughter. And so kind of same idea 78 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: of because if we're just focused on those negative things 79 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: and our kids all the time, we absolutely have the 80 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: power and influence to create more of those things in 81 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 2: their lives. And so for us, that kind of that 82 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: switch in the mindset. That's our founder Brookwergloth and really 83 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 2: saw that really change her heart and change her boys 84 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 2: hearts when she was raising them, and it's something that 85 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: she taught me and now I get to continue to 86 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 2: just share and teach because I think there is a 87 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 2: lot of power in that. 88 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, that is so beautiful at our children's sounds that too, 89 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 4: because if we're just constantly focused on the negative, it 90 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 4: affects the way that we're interacting with them, and they 91 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 4: sense it, and the whole spirit of the whole spirit 92 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 4: of the relationship and the home changes when you can 93 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 4: turn it like that. 94 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: So, yeah, our kids sense it. That's beautiful. I love that. 95 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: So you guys part time homeschool, tell me about that. 96 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, So we part time homeschool. This is actually our 97 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 4: twelfth year. So our kids are part of a school 98 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 4: that is it's one of the terms you'll hear kind 99 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 4: of thrown out is university model. So it's like a 100 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 4: co op or university model where they're in class a 101 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 4: couple days a week and then they study at home 102 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 4: a couple of days a week. 103 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 3: And so it has been this beautiful model for us. 104 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 4: We started our son in his school that he's going 105 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 4: to graduate from in first grade, and he has gone 106 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 4: all the way through and so we've been there twelve years. 107 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: And one of my friends actually just the other day 108 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 4: she told me she went back and she calculated all 109 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 4: of the time that we got back because we've had 110 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 4: our kids in this model, and I think it ended 111 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 4: up being three full years of time that we ended 112 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 4: up getting over a twelve year period. I think it 113 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 4: ended up being like three whole years that we gained 114 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 4: with them, and so it has just been such a 115 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 4: gift to us because my children have such a sweet 116 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 4: relationship with one another, and in large part, I think 117 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 4: that's due to the fact that they've had so much 118 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 4: time together at home, and so it's been. 119 00:05:58,960 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 3: It has really been beautiful. 120 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 4: I when I first started, when my son was in 121 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 4: kindergarten and I first started researching options, I didn't even 122 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 4: know that this existed. And it is really growing in 123 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 4: popularity across the country. So if you're not, if there 124 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 4: are people who aren't familiar with it, I would just 125 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 4: encourage you to look like part time homeschool or co 126 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 4: op homeschool, search it because there's probably a school in 127 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 4: your area to offers it. When I was first searching, 128 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 4: it was very new, and so I was just really 129 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 4: lucky that we happened to have a great school in 130 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 4: our area, and so we enrolled him in first and now. 131 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: He's getting ready gractually. That's so cool. That's really really yeah, 132 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 3: it's great, really a sweet model. 133 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 2: Well, Selene, in your book, you talk a lot about 134 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: the role of motherhood and kind of redeeming the role 135 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: of motherhood and how we think about it and how 136 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 2: we view it in our society. And we talked a 137 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 2: little bit about that last episode, but I want to 138 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 2: dig just a little bit more into that. I mean, 139 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: what do you think that the world tells us about 140 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 2: motherhood that we kind of blend over into maybe our 141 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 2: biblical understanding. How do those definitions kind of differ in 142 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 2: what do we how do they hold each other intention Yeah, 143 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 2: I think there's. 144 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 4: A lot society told us about motherhood. I think, especially 145 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 4: in the Western world, there are a lot of expectations, 146 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 4: so you know, as moms, even when it comes to 147 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 4: this stay at home versus working mom role, there are 148 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 4: a bunch of different expectations and messages from society on that, 149 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 4: you know, you should stay home with your children or 150 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 4: you should work, And there's just so many conflicting messages. 151 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 4: And I think one of the predominant things that we 152 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 4: hear in the Western society is we're supposed to raise, 153 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 4: you know, polite, well mannered children who will get a 154 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 4: good education and we'll then go on to contribute to society. 155 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 4: And that is not a bad thing in and of itself, right, 156 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 4: of course, we want we need to raise polite children. 157 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 4: We want people to be attracted to us by the 158 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 4: aroma of Christ. So we certainly need to be polite mannered, 159 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 4: and we do want our kids to contribute to society. 160 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 4: Those are not bad things, but I think those miss 161 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 4: the ultimate mark of what the Lord designed motherhood to be. 162 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 4: And you know, I talk a lot about this in 163 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 4: the book, but motherhood really is an opportunity to partner 164 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 4: with Christ in the redemption of mankind. And I know 165 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 4: that sounds really abstract and a little bit far out. 166 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 4: So I understand if you go what but if you 167 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 4: go back and you go all the way back to 168 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 4: Genesis and you look at the promise that God gave Eve. 169 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 4: He gave her curse after she after she fell, after 170 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 4: Satan tempted Eve and she eats the apple and she falls. 171 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 4: God gives her curse, but he also gives our promise, 172 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 4: and he promises her that the seed that will redeem 173 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 4: all mankind will come through her. And so God specifically 174 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 4: equips women, He equips moms to partner with him in 175 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 4: the process of redemption and the threat of redemption. If 176 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 4: you're not really familiar with the overarching narrative arch of 177 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 4: the Bible, the threat of redemption starts in the garden, 178 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 4: the garden of Eden, and it ends in another garden 179 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 4: which Jesus suck is coming. And the whole story is 180 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 4: a picture of a pursuing God, pursuing his people through 181 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 4: the blood of his son Jesus, and he invites us 182 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 4: to participate in that through motherhood because when we have 183 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 4: these children, when He gives us children, and they could 184 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 4: be biological children, they could be foster children, they could 185 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 4: be adopted children, they could be grand children, they could 186 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 4: even be You may not be a mom, but you 187 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 4: may just be listening to this and going, I'm not 188 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,599 Speaker 4: a mom, but you may have a child down the 189 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 4: street who needs a mentor so it could even just 190 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 4: be a child who's in your school district or down 191 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 4: the street who needs a mother figure in their life. 192 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 4: But God has given us children, and the responsibility as 193 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 4: moms is to primarily is to raise those children up 194 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 4: to know and serve Jesus Christ. And then as we 195 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 4: feel as we pour Christ into our kids and they 196 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 4: fill up on Him themselves, then we send them out 197 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 4: into the world so that they can go and turn 198 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 4: and tell a desperate, hurting world. 199 00:09:58,720 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: About the goodness of Jesus Christ. 200 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 4: So society doesn't want that's not the message society tells us, right, 201 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 4: But that is absolutely what we are called to do 202 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 4: as moms, as we're called the disciple our kids. We 203 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,599 Speaker 4: are disciple raisers as moms, and we cannot. It's so 204 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 4: easy to forget that, and it's so easy to really 205 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 4: just get mired in the you know, the monotony of 206 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: every day. But if we can just pray, Lord, open 207 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 4: our eyes to the calling that you've commissioned me with, 208 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 4: he absolutely will be faithful to open our eyes and 209 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 4: make us aware, and then he equips us. We don't 210 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 4: do it out of our own ability or she will. 211 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: We cannot. 212 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 3: It is the Holy Spirit at work within us who 213 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: sustains and equips us. 214 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 2: So typically our general intro for this podcast every episode. 215 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: I didn't do it today because we're driping into an interview, 216 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: But on our typical episode we say that we are 217 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: partnering with God for the hearts of our children. That 218 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 2: this is a partnership for the hearts of our children 219 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: that God invites us into. 220 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 3: That's exactly how Yeah, it's. 221 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 2: This invitation that we received from God to partner with 222 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 2: Him for the hearts of our kids, and so often 223 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: we just leave the envelope closed up and sitting on 224 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 2: the counter, right, like, we don't participate, and we don't 225 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 2: open up the invitation and receive it and step into 226 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 2: it and take partnership in it. And I think that 227 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 2: is when we fill that rub, right, that's when we 228 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 2: begin to feel that maybe dissatisfaction in motherhood or just 229 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: not feeling fulfilled and not feeling like anybody sees and 230 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 2: not feeling like what we're doing matters. And it's when 231 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: we kind of leave that invitation just right sitting there 232 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 2: and we're not opening it up and being a part 233 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 2: of it. And So something else that you share about 234 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 2: in your book is kind of the practice of sabbath 235 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 2: and how that works with prayer and it works with 236 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: abiding and how those things are important. But I would 237 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,599 Speaker 2: love to hear a little bit more about what you 238 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 2: do in your own home to kind of create. 239 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: Those practices of sabbath, because that's a word. 240 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 2: I think sometimes we think it's just not achievable in 241 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: this season, Like in my life with a newborn and 242 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: a four year old, I'm like, Sabbath, Like, how. 243 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 3: Does that work with what I do? 244 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 2: Yeah? 245 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I do think it changes from season to season. 246 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 4: So what we do certainly doesn't wan't work for everybody, 247 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 4: or it may not work for your season. It works 248 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 4: for our season because our kids are a little bit older. 249 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 4: But I remember when I first my pastor years ago, 250 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 4: he was talking about teaching on Sabbath, and he was 251 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 4: talking about it and he said, you know, we get 252 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 4: sometimes we can't get the wrong idea that Sabbath literally 253 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 4: means no work at all. 254 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 3: You are kind of like the Pharisees, you do not 255 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 3: do any work on the Sabbath. 256 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 4: Well, actually we need If working in the garden fills 257 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 4: you up and that is how you mentally and emotionally 258 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 4: feel rest, then by all means go work in the garden. 259 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 4: And so you have freedom on Sabbath to go and 260 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: do something that fills you up, or maybe something that 261 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 4: you know you wouldn't do the rest of the week. 262 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 4: But I know we had younger kids, sometimes we would 263 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 4: do Sabbath ment we just ate out, you know, for dinner. 264 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 4: I didn't cook at home, and so I would I 265 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 4: would make sure that, you know, we maybe we were 266 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: saving throughout the week. Maybe I didn't go through Starbucks 267 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 4: a couple of times and we saved so that we 268 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 4: could eat out on Sabbath, or sometimes it meant I 269 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 4: would make the meal Saturday night and then on Sunday 270 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 4: I could just you know, put it in, and so 271 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 4: that helped me at home so that I didn't have 272 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 4: to I wasn't running around the kitchen doing a lot 273 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 4: of things, so it could look like something as simple 274 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 4: as that. But now that our kids have gotten older, 275 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 4: we actually have a really sweet Sabbath tradition. We have 276 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 4: another family, a couple other families that we have traveled with, 277 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 4: and we just doll life with. These families have graduating 278 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 4: seniors this year as well, so we have kids all 279 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 4: the same ages. And not every Sunday, but as often 280 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 4: as we can. We do brunch with these other families 281 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 4: on Sabbath, and so we'll go to church together and 282 00:13:58,920 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 4: then we do brunch. 283 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 3: And sometimes it's themed we have done like. 284 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 4: A French brunch, or we do kisha and lavender lemonade, 285 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 4: or sometimes it's literally just I have leftover barbecue and 286 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 4: you have leftover tacos. 287 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 3: Let's throw it together. 288 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: Sometimes it's not too it's not so much what we're doing. 289 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 4: It's about the fact that we're getting together with other 290 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 4: families and we're resting and we're celebrating life and what 291 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 4: transpired in the past week and what's going to come 292 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 4: in the next week. We go to the same school, 293 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 4: so sometimes we're sitting down, we're talking about the next week, 294 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 4: asking how can we help, how can I get your kid? 295 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 4: My kid's going to be here too, Do you need 296 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 4: me to help transport your kid? And so just helping 297 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 4: to look ahead for the week too, so that we 298 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 4: are it kind of gives us a framework for the 299 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 4: rest of the week so that the rest of the 300 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 4: week doesn't feel chaotic as well. But we celebrate birthdays. 301 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 4: Birthdays are a really big deal for our brunch. So 302 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 4: you know, we always bring a big cake and we 303 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 4: have a bunch of kids and we're blowing out candles. 304 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 4: We do birthdays. We celebrate Advent. You know, we light 305 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 4: the Advent candles for the for the fourth Sundays of Advent. 306 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 4: And we've been doing this now for probably three years. 307 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 4: Our son's joke that when they go away to college, 308 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 4: they're going to come back every Sunday for brunch. So 309 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 4: it has become it's become that, yes, that's special, it's 310 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 4: it is and again it's not sometimes it's fancy, most 311 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 4: of the time it's not. 312 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 3: It's not about what we're serving. 313 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 4: It's about just getting together with other families and celebrating 314 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 4: friendship and family and just the goodness of God and 315 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 4: also bearing one another's burdens. I mean, we've cried, you know, 316 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 4: at brunches. So that's how we celebrate Sabbath. And it 317 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 4: does take planning because you know, I have to plan 318 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 4: prior to Sunday. I have to I have to make 319 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 4: sure that there aren't things that I have to do 320 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 4: on Sunday. I have to get this done before. So 321 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: it does take planning, but it's so it is so RESTful, 322 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 4: and it's creating rhythms for our family and for our 323 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 4: children and teaching them that rest is a priority. 324 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 2: God. 325 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 4: God gave us rest as a gift. It's it's not 326 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 4: something that you know, Christ, Christ fulfilled the entire law. 327 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 4: We are not required to observe the Sabbath. That it 328 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 4: is a gift that we can observe, and it just 329 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 4: sets up the whole week. It just changes the tone 330 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 4: for the whole week. And so yeah, I would encourage moms. 331 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 4: I know it's hard, especially if you have young kids. 332 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 4: It may not look like brunch with friends, but I 333 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 4: would encourage you to find something on Sabbath that fills 334 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 4: you up so that you're able to rest. And again, 335 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 4: it may not be a physical rest, it's more mental 336 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 4: enough spiritual and a spiritual rest. 337 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that because I've never thought about the 338 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 2: concept of Sabbath as communal. 339 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I love that you share that. 340 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: For some reason, in my head, when I think about 341 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 2: Sabbath in my own life and when I've practiced been 342 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 2: intentional around that practice before, it's always been like me 343 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: by myself or our family by ourselves, like yeah, you know, 344 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 2: and that's part of the Sabbath is like this like 345 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 2: almost like this like holding up or you know, like yeah. 346 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 3: Like lour Engleswilder at the way she just yes. 347 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: And so to hear you say that, it's almost like freeing. 348 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 2: It's like you men having like but it's intentional, and 349 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 2: I think that's kind of the biggest kicker behind it. 350 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: It's not just getting together with friends. 351 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 2: It's this intentional community that you are building and you're 352 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 2: repeating week after week after week, and you're creating that 353 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 2: rhythm and those those things that your family can there's 354 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 2: such a comfort for for. 355 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 3: Anchor. 356 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: Yes, and that gives security. 357 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 2: All around in all the different parts of our week 358 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 2: that I've never thought about it being communal that is 359 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 2: so beautiful because you're really helping each. 360 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 3: Other, right and not. 361 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, and I do think it probably is dependent 362 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 4: upon your personality too, Like some people may be hearing 363 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: this going absolutely not not just knock that right. For us, 364 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 4: it's been and again life stage two makes a difference. 365 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 4: So for us it has been such a sweet gift. 366 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 4: And yeah, it's a gift that we get to get 367 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 4: our kids so. 368 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: Right, and then my family with this part time homeschool situation, right, 369 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: you have several days at. 370 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: Home with your kids and with your family like during 371 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 1: the week. 372 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 2: So for somebody that doesn't have that the biggest So 373 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 2: maybe a full day at home with your family and 374 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 2: not going, not doing those things, but really kind of 375 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 2: being anchored at home might be the best thing, you 376 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 2: know for your crew. 377 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: It just depends on your situation. 378 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I love that there's no there's no specific 379 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 2: exact formula on how to do this. It's we get 380 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 2: the freedom because it is a gift, right, and that's 381 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 2: what Jesus came to say, you know, to us is 382 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 2: that the sabbath, Sabbath was made for man. That's right, Yeah, 383 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 2: that's right, it is made for us. And I would 384 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 2: encourage families to to just have a conversation. I think 385 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: sometimes we get into the routine right, and sometimes we 386 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 2: don't even realize maybe what we're doing is not the 387 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 2: most beneficial for our family. And so just have a 388 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 2: conversation at dinner or whatever and ask, hey, what is sabbath? 389 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 2: What would your ideal sabbath look like? 390 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,479 Speaker 4: And just get have every you know, every member who 391 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 4: can who is able, have them speak into that and 392 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 4: see if you can create. 393 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 3: If you aren't. 394 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 4: Already, If you haven't already created a Sabbath that feels 395 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 4: RESTful and meaningful for everyone in the family, you can 396 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 4: change that, you know, and start today. Have a conversation 397 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 4: with your family and ask what does a RESTful, meaningful 398 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 4: Sabbath look like for you? 399 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 2: And you may be surprised were you here? Yeah, and 400 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 2: I know I'll say this to you because somebody else 401 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 2: might be in this boat. But like my husband works 402 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 2: a lot of sundays, he's in the nautical field, and say, 403 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 2: works a lot of Sundays or Saturdays weekends. 404 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: He just completed like a twenty one. 405 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 2: Day straight stretch without a day off, and for one, 406 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 2: you do need you do need a rest, and we're 407 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 2: that's why he's sick right now, because nobody is made 408 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 2: to work that much and got but you know, it's 409 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 2: it's being flexible in that too, like right now in 410 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 2: his medical training. Like we're just not in a season 411 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: where it's going to be a consistent day and that's 412 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 2: and so we've kind of given up the practice. And 413 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 2: so you're encouraging me today of like Niclet, like you 414 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 2: need to be intentional about this in this season. It 415 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 2: may look different every week, but how are we being intentional? 416 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: And it may be a half a day instead of 417 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 2: a whole day because that's all we've got together. But 418 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 2: you know, you're encouraging me to kind of think about 419 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 2: this a little bit differently. 420 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: So I appreciate that. 421 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I hope you will, because that really, it really 422 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 3: is such a gift. 423 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 4: And you're I'm glad you brought up that he sometimes 424 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 4: he's working Saturdays and Sundays. Because the News Testament gives 425 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 4: us freedom, we do not have to observe the Sabbath 426 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 4: on a specific day, right, so your Sabbath might be 427 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 4: a Tuesday. You have the freedom to sell. Just find 428 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 4: a day or a half day if that's all you can. 429 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 4: But find find time to unwrap the gift of the 430 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 4: Sabbath that the Lord has given us, because it is 431 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 4: such a gift and there's so much and all. 432 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: Pray and ask him, like, show me what's that should 433 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: look like in my life? 434 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 2: Absolutely, show me the areas where I'm overworking and I'm 435 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: just spinning my wheels and where do you want me 436 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: to stop and just slow down and reveal that to me? 437 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 3: And He'll be faithful to do that, and then you 438 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: certainly will well. 439 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: Selene Gosh, I'm encouraged. Friends. I hope that you are too. 440 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 2: I hope that we're going to go off and we're 441 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 2: going to think about this and we're definitely going to 442 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: pre order Selene's book wherever books are sold, give it 443 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 2: to us one more time. 444 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: Shelline the name of your book. 445 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 4: When Motherine is hard and no one sees where gritty 446 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 4: meets glorious in God's Eternal Plan for Moms. 447 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, we want you to get that on pre order 448 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 2: so that we can continue to delve into this when 449 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 2: it comes out. And Shelene, thank you for your heart 450 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 2: for moms and your encouragement. It's just been a blessing 451 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 2: to get to have this conversation with you and tell 452 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 2: everybody where they can find you on social media, your 453 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 2: website to connect. 454 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely, you can just go to Selene Roberts dot 455 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 4: com and that's I'll spell that it's s h A 456 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 4: l E n E. 457 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 3: Roberts dot com. 458 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 4: You can find me there and then I'm on Instagram 459 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 4: and Facebook just under the same Instagram as Sheleene Roberts blog. 460 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 3: So and you should be able to find me. Yeah, 461 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 3: in our show notes today too. It's awesome. 462 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, thank you so much, Slene. Would you pray? 463 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: Would you be willing to pray for our listeners? 464 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 3: Absolutely? 465 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: Close out. 466 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 4: Father God, I just want to thank you for this time, 467 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 4: for the opportunity that you gave us to chat, and 468 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 4: I want to thank you for every single woman who's 469 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 4: listening right now. 470 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 3: Thank God. 471 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 4: I just ask that you would pour out a special 472 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 4: blessing upon every listener today. 473 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 3: Board. 474 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 4: I ask that if anyone is struggling with anxiety or depression, 475 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 4: or feelings of worthlessness or wondering if the sacrifices that 476 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 4: they're making another hood really make a difference. God, I 477 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 4: just ask that you would open their eyes to the 478 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 4: value that you place on this role. I pray that 479 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 4: you would help them to see that you have purposed 480 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 4: them and intention to them for this role, and that 481 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 4: you have a very specific calling on their life. I 482 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 4: pray that you would help them to see that they 483 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 4: are disciple Maker's Father, and that it's not something that 484 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 4: they have to achieve or attain by their own will, 485 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 4: but by the power of your Son, by his blood 486 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 4: and by your Holy Spirit, you will equip us and 487 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 4: sustain us for the task that you have given us. God, 488 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 4: we thank you for the gift of motherhood, for children, 489 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 4: for family. We thank you for the way that we 490 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 4: see family unfolding in your relationship with the Father, the Son, 491 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 4: and the Holy Spirit. 492 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 3: You show us how important family is to you. God. 493 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 3: We think you that we get to partner with you 494 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 3: in that. 495 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 4: And God, I just asked that you would just go 496 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 4: before us today, that you would protect us, keep us safe, 497 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 4: and just open our eyes to your kingdom lies around us. Father, 498 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 4: it's in your Son's precious name, we pray pray. 499 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 3: Amen, Amen, thank you so much. 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May the 509 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.