1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Life Audio. You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: where we're dedicated to helping moms pray God's word for 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: their families in the areas they need at most. I'm 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: your host, Nicolette Bell. Over the last decade, we've helped 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: thousands of moms make prayer a priority for their families. 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: Our mission is to help you do the same. Prayer 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: is not a last resort. It's our first and best 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: response to the challenges of parenting, a partnership for the 9 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: hearts of our children that God invites us into. Today's 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: devotion is written by me, written originally for Everyday Prayers podcast. 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: To learn more about Million Praying Moms, visit today's show 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: notes or Millionprayingmoms dot com. After a quick word from 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray together for our children. Yeah, thirteen six. 14 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: But when they had grazed, they became full, They were filled, 15 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: and their heart was lifted up. Therefore they forgot about me. 16 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: One of my four year olds most used phrases right 17 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: now is I'm Solly mommy Affel dot This can be 18 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: said in response to an instruction I gave her just 19 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: a few minutes ago. That she quickly has forgotten about, 20 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: for example, sit on your bottom in your chair please. 21 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: A few minutes later, she's back on her knees or 22 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: bouncing on her chair and I say, Josie, Mommy needs 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: you to sit in your chair on your bottom. Her 24 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: quick reply, I'm selly, mommy affel dot. She is figuring 25 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: out the meaning of this phrase and is using it excessively. 26 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: Right now. The Israelites in the story we encounter today 27 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: quickly forgot about God. This is nothing new. This has 28 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: happened again and again in the story of Scripture. It's 29 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: all throughout the Old Testament. Specifically, here, the Lord is 30 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: addressing this through his prophet Hoseiah. I recently read back 31 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: through the Book of Hoseiah, and this passage jumped out 32 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: at me. It's one I've read before, but it hit 33 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: me differently at this phase in my motherhood journey. When 34 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: I read this, I thought of the role we have 35 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: as mothers in helping our children to remember. One of 36 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: our main roles as mothers is to help our children 37 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: remember their need for God. May we never become their 38 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: rescuer and always point them to the one who has 39 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: already provided the rescue. Like the Israelites in Hoseiah. When 40 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: they had become full and when their needs were provided for, 41 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: it was easy for them to forget about God. May 42 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: we teach our children to remember God in all circumstances. 43 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: How do we do that? We create patterns in our home, 44 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: We pray aloud in front of our kids, We talk 45 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: about Jesus in corporate worship, singing together in our homes. 46 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: Maybe we have a memory verse we're working on as 47 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: a family. Whatever ways we find, may we actively teach 48 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: our children not to forget about God. It makes me 49 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: think of something that Jesus said in John chapter fourteen, 50 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: Verse twenty six. Jesus says, but the advocate, the Holy Spirit, 51 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: whom the Father will send in my name, will teach 52 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: you all things and remind you of everything I have 53 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: said to you. Here Jesus described one of the main 54 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: ways that the Holy Spirit works is to remind us. 55 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: To be reminded, you have to know something to start with. 56 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: The Spirit could work however he wants. He is God 57 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: after all. But Jesus gives us some insight here on 58 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: one of the main ways that we can expect him 59 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: to work. He says he will bring to mind or 60 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: bring to remembrance the Word and the works of Jesus. 61 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: And I don't want to propose today that he can't 62 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: bring to mind what's not there. He can't cause us 63 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: to remember something that hasn't been stored there in the 64 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: first place. Certainly he can give us a brand new thought, 65 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: something completely out of the blue, or something we haven't 66 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: heard before. But here Jesus tells us that the Spirit 67 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: is going to remind us or bring to mind things 68 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: we have known and stored up. And that's where our 69 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: job as moms comes in with our kids. We can 70 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: model for our children what it looks like for the 71 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to work in our lives. It's our job 72 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: to help our children to store up the Word in 73 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: their hearts like a hidden treasure, so that when it's time, 74 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: the Spirit will bring to mind or help them remember. 75 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: A simple verse that we are working on in my 76 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: house right now is out of Proverbs, where Solomon writes 77 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: that kind words are like honey. They're sweet to the 78 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: soul and helpful to the body. And that's something that 79 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: we've been working on memorizing with our daughter and referencing 80 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: in our conversations a lot. And it's so neat to 81 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: see her little brain begin to memorize those scriptures. In 82 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: a recent experience, I had my mom's brother passed away 83 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: and I was traveling to be with the family. My 84 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: mom had called me and said it's almost time. He 85 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: had been sick with cancer and we knew it was approaching, 86 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: but took a turn for the worst rather quickly, and 87 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: I was traveling driving home about two hours to be 88 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: able to be with our family during this time of loss. 89 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: And I got there about ten minutes after he had 90 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: passed away, and so the family was still gathered in 91 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: the room, and I entered the room to be with 92 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: my mother, and I saw my uncle lying there with 93 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: life that had left him at this point. And a 94 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: thought popped into my head as I entered the room 95 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: and saw him laying there. To be absent in body 96 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: is to be at home with the Lord. And I 97 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 1: knew I had heard this somewhere, but at the time 98 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: I couldn't recall was it a scripture, Was it a 99 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: verse that I had heard? Was it a song? Was 100 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: it a poem? Where had I heard this before? But 101 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: it was such a comfort to me in that moment, 102 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: as I knew my uncle was a pastor, and he 103 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: was a believer. I knew that he was no longer 104 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: in this body, that he was at home with the father. 105 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: So when I left my uncle's house, I got in 106 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: my car and I drove about thirty minutes back to 107 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: my parents' house to spend some time with them, and 108 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: I called my husband. I said, Babe, this thought came 109 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,679 Speaker 1: to me as I was in the room with the family, 110 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: And do you know if this is a scripture? And 111 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: my husband said, let me google it, because that's what 112 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: we do when we can't remember where a scripture is 113 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: located or what it is. And certainly this is a scripture. 114 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: And he was able to read it to me and 115 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: remind me of the scripture. And I'll tell you, you know, 116 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: I can't remember the last time that I had read 117 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: that scripture or really paid attention to it, or written 118 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: it out or memorized it or anything like that. But 119 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: it was something that must have been stored in my 120 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: mind for some time before, and all of a sudden, 121 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: in the moment when I needed comfort, the Holy Spirit 122 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: plucked it up and brought it to mine, brought it forth, 123 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: called it from my memory. In the moment when I 124 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: needed reminding the most. So that gives me encouragement, and 125 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: it gives me motivation to help my children to memorize 126 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: and to store away the Word of God in their hearts, 127 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: because I never want what was described in Hoseiah thirteen 128 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: six that they had forgotten the Lord, to be a 129 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: description of my family or of my children. In thinking 130 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: about this, I was reminded of what I think is 131 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: one of the scariest verses in all of Scripture, in 132 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: Judges two ten, where it says and there arose another 133 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: generation after them who did not know the Lord or 134 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: the work that he had done from Israel. It's such 135 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: a reminder of how quickly we can forget. How important 136 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: it is for us as moms to instill that into 137 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: the memories of our children that can carry on into 138 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: the next generation. May we as moms plant seeds in 139 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: our children that the Spirit will then bring to memory. 140 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: Let's pray together, Father, help me to help my children 141 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: to remember you. Help me to find little ways to 142 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 1: teach them to think about You again and again. I 143 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: don't want it to be said about my family that 144 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: we forgot you. I thank you that one of the 145 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit's roles is our rememberer to help us to 146 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: remember we need your help, and you give us the 147 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: help that we need. We thank you for that in Jesus' name. Amen. Friends, 148 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: we have completely revamped our Patreon tears. 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