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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to everyday prayers with Million Praying Moms helping

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Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas

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Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here

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Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first

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Speaker 2: and best response in parenting, and every day we come

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Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children.

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Speaker 2: Today's division is written and read by Leanne Mancini, author

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Speaker 2: of Raising Kids to Follow Christ.

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Speaker 1: In today's episode.

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Speaker 2: Lianne cheares about an ancient prayer that can transform your

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Speaker 2: modern day morning routine.

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Speaker 1: To learn more.

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Speaker 2: About Lianne or the Million Praying Mom's ministry, visit Millionprayingmoms

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Speaker 2: dot com. You can find a link in our show

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Speaker 2: notes after our brief word from our sponsors, will pray together.

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Speaker 1: For our children.

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Speaker 3: Deuteronomy six four through nine. Hero is real, the Lord,

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Speaker 3: our God. The Lord is one. Love the Lord your God,

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Speaker 3: with all your heart, with all your soul, and with

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Speaker 3: all your strength. These commandments that I give you today

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Speaker 3: are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children,

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Speaker 3: Talk about them when you sit at home, when you

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Speaker 3: walk along the road, and when you lie down, and

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Speaker 3: when you get up, tie them as symbols on your

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Speaker 3: hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on

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Speaker 3: the doorframes of your houses and your gates. You know

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Speaker 3: that morning moment when backpacks are half packed, someone can't

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Speaker 3: find their shoe, and you're trying to remember if today

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Speaker 3: is library day. It's barely seven thirty in the morning,

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Speaker 3: and the noise level has already reached elementary school cafeteria.

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Speaker 3: Did you know there's an ancient practice that could anchor

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Speaker 3: your family's day in something deeper, and it's something that

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Speaker 3: takes less than two minutes. It's a prayer my family

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Speaker 3: lived by and still does today, the Shama prayer. The

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Speaker 3: word shama means to listen to obey, and right away,

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Speaker 3: that distinction matters, especially for us moms. There's a difference

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Speaker 3: between hearing and listening. We hear plenty all day long,

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Speaker 3: cartoons in the background, the dryer buzzing, kids chatting at

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Speaker 3: the dinner table. But listening that's active, that's intentional, and

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Speaker 3: it's a directive from God to parents. The Shama is

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Speaker 3: rooted in Deuteronomy six and it's one of the oldest

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Speaker 3: prayers in existence. When a Jewish teacher asked Jesus which

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Speaker 3: commandment was the greatest. Jesus didn't hesitate. He went straight

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Speaker 3: to the shama hero Israel, the Lord, our God, The

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Speaker 3: Lord is one love, the Lord your God, with all

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Speaker 3: your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind,

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Speaker 3: and with all your strength. Jesus added a word that

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Speaker 3: wasn't in the original verse. Did you catch the word?

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Speaker 3: Jesus added? The word was mine. Jesus was making a

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Speaker 3: beautiful point that our strength begins in our minds. The

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Speaker 3: way we think shapes everything we do, and the word

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Speaker 3: all all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind,

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Speaker 3: and all your strength means total whole, nothing held back.

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Speaker 3: That's a tall order when you're a busy mom doing

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Speaker 3: one hundred things a day. But if we understand that,

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Speaker 3: we can't get there on our own, but we can

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Speaker 3: through Christ. We can learn and to lean into it

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Speaker 3: day by day, prayer by prayer, and take some of

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Speaker 3: the stress away from parenting. What are some simple ways

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Speaker 3: to weave the Shama into your day. Well, you don't

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Speaker 3: need a literature guide or a seminary degree, just determination.

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Speaker 3: Here are a few ideas that work for families. Morning

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Speaker 3: launch before kids head out the door, say the Shema together.

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Speaker 3: Even if it's a quick and it's intentional, it's a

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Speaker 3: good start for the day. We are listening and we

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Speaker 3: belong to God. Door frame reminder. Write the Shema on

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Speaker 3: a note card and tape it near your front door.

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Speaker 3: Make it a habit to touch it or just glance

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Speaker 3: at it on the way out bedtime wind down. The

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Speaker 3: Jewish tradition includes saying the Shema at night as well.

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Speaker 3: It's a peaceful way to end the day, helping to

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Speaker 3: remind little hearts whose they are before they sleep. When

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Speaker 3: correction happens. The next time you're redirecting your child, try

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Speaker 3: connect the moment to listening. Remember, God calls us to

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Speaker 3: truly listen, not just to hear. Repetition isn't just a

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Speaker 3: learning tool, but it's how truth gets written on their hearts.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly why God told Moses to teach these words diligently,

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Speaker 3: to talk about them when you sit, when you walk,

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Speaker 3: when you lie down, and when you rise up. Mama,

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Speaker 3: your everyday moments are ministry. The Shema reminds us and

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Speaker 3: our children that loving God isn't a Sunday activity. It's

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Speaker 3: a whole life all in every morning kind of thing,

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Speaker 3: and some days it starts before anyone finds their shoe.

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Speaker 3: Let's pray, Dear God, please help us find opportunities to

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Speaker 3: live out your commands daily. In Jesus name, we pray amen.

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Speaker 2: Lord bless you and keep you. Make his face shine

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Speaker 2: upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord

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Speaker 2: look with favor on you and give you peace.