1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,620 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:19,110 Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping 3 00:00:19,190 --> 00:00:21,850 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:21,930 --> 00:00:24,810 Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here, 5 00:00:24,910 --> 00:00:28,050 Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first 6 00:00:28,210 --> 00:00:31,740 Speaker 2: and best response in parenting. and every day we come 7 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,260 Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children. 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: Our freebie this month is a five-day prayer reset. It 9 00:00:38,979 --> 00:00:41,769 Speaker 2: comes from our newest devotional, Everyday Prayers for Moms, praying 10 00:00:41,830 --> 00:00:44,350 Speaker 2: God's word for your children from newborn to empty nest 11 00:00:44,390 --> 00:00:47,190 Speaker 2: that came out last week. Maybe you want to pray 12 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,430 Speaker 2: more for your kids, or maybe you've tried before, but 13 00:00:49,470 --> 00:00:52,350 Speaker 2: life got busy and the habit didn't stick. Maybe you're 14 00:00:52,390 --> 00:00:54,850 Speaker 2: not sure where to begin, or maybe you just want 15 00:00:54,870 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 2: to go a little bit deeper. Wherever you are, I 16 00:00:57,460 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: want you to know this. You don't have to have 17 00:00:59,870 --> 00:01:03,850 Speaker 2: it all figured out to start praying. Psalm 105.4 reminds 18 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:07,990 Speaker 2: us to seek His face always. We are invited to 19 00:01:08,050 --> 00:01:12,510 Speaker 2: continually bring our lives and our children to God. In 20 00:01:12,510 --> 00:01:18,630 Speaker 2: 1 Thessalonians 5.17 reminds us to pray without ceasing. Prayer 21 00:01:18,750 --> 00:01:20,710 Speaker 2: isn't meant to be one more thing we have to 22 00:01:20,750 --> 00:01:24,230 Speaker 2: get right. It's an invitation to walk with God through 23 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:27,870 Speaker 2: the everyday moments of motherhood. I'm learning that prayer looks 24 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:31,490 Speaker 2: different in different seasons. Some seasons allow for long, quiet prayers. 25 00:01:31,970 --> 00:01:34,580 Speaker 2: Others might mean a few minutes before the kids wake up, 26 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 2: a prayer in the car or simply turning your heart 27 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,060 Speaker 2: towards God in the middle of a busy day. God 28 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: isn't looking for perfect, polished prayers. He's after our hearts. 29 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,260 Speaker 2: That's why I created this five-day prayer reset. These five 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,940 Speaker 2: days are not about adding another task to your list 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,590 Speaker 2: or creating a perfect prayer routine. They're simply an invitation 32 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: to pause, begin again, and discover a rhythm of prayer 33 00:01:57,810 --> 00:02:02,290 Speaker 2: that fits your real life. So take a breath. Give 34 00:02:02,310 --> 00:02:04,950 Speaker 2: yourself some grace. Come as you are and begin our 35 00:02:04,990 --> 00:02:08,030 Speaker 2: five-day prayer reset today. Find a link in our show notes. 36 00:02:08,650 --> 00:02:11,510 Speaker 2: Today's devotion is written and read by Emily Waranga, the 37 00:02:11,550 --> 00:02:13,829 Speaker 2: founder of the Lulu Tree and author of her new book, 38 00:02:13,970 --> 00:02:16,609 Speaker 2: Commune With Me. To learn more about Emily or more 39 00:02:16,650 --> 00:02:21,810 Speaker 2: about our ministry at Million Praying Moms, visit millionprayingmoms.com. After 40 00:02:21,870 --> 00:02:24,070 Speaker 2: a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together for 41 00:02:24,150 --> 00:02:24,650 Speaker 2: our families. 42 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:33,740 Speaker 1: A prayer for when you wonder if God still does miracles. 43 00:02:35,210 --> 00:02:38,710 Speaker 1: Parts of me are present and parts aren't. A Mama 44 00:02:38,750 --> 00:02:43,550 Speaker 1: Kit outreach is happening here in Uganda. 800 pregnant mothers 45 00:02:43,790 --> 00:02:48,090 Speaker 1: with swollen belly gathered in bright fabric under a white tent. 46 00:02:48,970 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: My legs and my arms and my body are with 47 00:02:51,620 --> 00:02:55,660 Speaker 1: these mamas. My mind and my heart are not. They're 48 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,750 Speaker 1: clinging to my mom in Canada. to the news that 49 00:02:58,810 --> 00:03:02,730 Speaker 1: mom's brain tumor has returned, that it is grade four 50 00:03:03,190 --> 00:03:07,510 Speaker 1: and is growing fast. My body dances with the mamas 51 00:03:07,590 --> 00:03:11,630 Speaker 1: in the mango-colored sun. My heart wraps around my own 52 00:03:11,690 --> 00:03:17,380 Speaker 1: mom in an Afghan blanket, dying miles away. An early 53 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: church father once said, that which is not assumed in 54 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,780 Speaker 1: the incarnation is not healed. This unassumed means not taken on, 55 00:03:27,270 --> 00:03:31,750 Speaker 1: or not owned by the Incarnation, and the Incarnation is 56 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: the Gospel. The Incarnation is God wrapping himself in skin, 57 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: taking on hangnail and acne, hormones and aging. God surrendered 58 00:03:43,660 --> 00:03:47,180 Speaker 1: to the process of breaking down long before picking up 59 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:51,430 Speaker 1: the matzah at the Last Supper. His body began to 60 00:03:51,490 --> 00:03:55,940 Speaker 1: deteriorate the moment he stepped into Mary's womb. The very 61 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:59,450 Speaker 1: spirit that wove his cells together and strung veins and 62 00:03:59,530 --> 00:04:03,190 Speaker 1: arteries and filled up his lungs was his own spirit, 63 00:04:03,670 --> 00:04:08,330 Speaker 1: was himself. See, for example, Matthew chapter 1 verses 18 64 00:04:08,330 --> 00:04:13,250 Speaker 1: through 21. God put himself together in the form of 65 00:04:13,290 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: a human and scheduled his own execution. See John chapter 66 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,910 Speaker 1: 10 verses 17 to 18. And in the meantime, he 67 00:04:22,970 --> 00:04:29,110 Speaker 1: surrendered to sickness, loneliness, hunger, and temptation. Parts of him 68 00:04:29,170 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: were in heaven, parts were on earth, and parts were 69 00:04:32,070 --> 00:04:37,500 Speaker 1: hovering over the waters. While in Uganda, I witness a miracle. 70 00:04:38,260 --> 00:04:42,180 Speaker 1: I see food multiply. I see beef stew and rice 71 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,140 Speaker 1: and motoki squash not run out, feeding 800 mothers plus 72 00:04:47,260 --> 00:04:52,710 Speaker 1: village children, despite our accounting for 500. I see women 73 00:04:52,770 --> 00:04:56,609 Speaker 1: delivered of demons and bodies healed. And when it comes 74 00:04:56,730 --> 00:05:01,990 Speaker 1: time to distribute the 500 pregnancy kits, pastors calling out 75 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:04,739 Speaker 1: names from the sheet where the women had been signed up, 76 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: I see another multiplication. The pile of kits, a small 77 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,220 Speaker 1: white hill on a piece of plastic on the red 78 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: dirt floor, does not reduce. And when the calling of 79 00:05:17,660 --> 00:05:22,020 Speaker 1: the names is over, Some mothers haven't taken two kids 80 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:29,930 Speaker 1: because of twins. There remain 118 kids. God divided himself 81 00:05:30,170 --> 00:05:33,410 Speaker 1: up when he came to earth. Then he kept dividing 82 00:05:33,470 --> 00:05:37,070 Speaker 1: like cells, distributing his teaching and his love and his 83 00:05:37,150 --> 00:05:41,539 Speaker 1: bread and his healing. It was the great divide. And 84 00:05:41,570 --> 00:05:45,620 Speaker 1: in dividing himself, he multiplied through the spirit so we 85 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:50,090 Speaker 1: might all carry him everywhere and be one. As we 86 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:53,089 Speaker 1: come thirsty and hungry to his side, he says, drink, 87 00:05:53,550 --> 00:05:58,150 Speaker 1: and we assume. We assume the incarnation. We own it, 88 00:05:58,690 --> 00:06:02,470 Speaker 1: wrap ourselves in it like an Afghan blanket. We take 89 00:06:02,550 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: on his body, his mind, his heart, and his healing. 90 00:06:06,380 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: And in his breaking friend, we become whole. Mighty Yeshua, 91 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,940 Speaker 1: you broke and I break, thinking about you breaking. Thank 92 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,300 Speaker 1: you for loving me enough to divide yourself up to 93 00:06:20,339 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: be separated from your Father. Thank you for bleeding to 94 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:24,500 Speaker 1: make me whole. 95 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 2: My guess is that if you're here listening to the 96 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:32,260 Speaker 2: Everyday Prayers podcast, you kind of care about praying for 97 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 2: your children. My newest book, Everyday Prayers for Moms, Praying 98 00:06:36,940 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 2: God's Work for Your Children from Newborn to Emptiness, is 99 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,490 Speaker 2: a great resource for moms who desire to pray for 100 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,630 Speaker 2: their kids. I don't know if you've ever looked up 101 00:06:46,670 --> 00:06:48,570 Speaker 2: at the end of the day and realized that you 102 00:06:48,589 --> 00:06:52,890 Speaker 2: didn't pray at all So often we have this desire 103 00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:56,170 Speaker 2: to pray, but we may not know how to put 104 00:06:56,270 --> 00:07:00,289 Speaker 2: that desire in to practice. I'm learning in motherhood that 105 00:07:00,370 --> 00:07:03,390 Speaker 2: my prayers adapt and change based on the season that 106 00:07:03,430 --> 00:07:06,169 Speaker 2: we're in as a family. I'm also learning to give 107 00:07:06,210 --> 00:07:10,710 Speaker 2: myself grace in those different seasons. I know God isn't 108 00:07:10,890 --> 00:07:14,630 Speaker 2: after perfect, polished prayers. He's after my heart, and He's 109 00:07:14,830 --> 00:07:19,010 Speaker 2: after yours too. So my plan is to be intentional, 110 00:07:19,510 --> 00:07:22,650 Speaker 2: whatever that looks like in this season. I hope that 111 00:07:22,740 --> 00:07:26,540 Speaker 2: is your plan as well. God sees our hearts. He's 112 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 2: honored by our desire to connect with Him. If you're 113 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: feeling stuck in your prayer life, I've got a new 114 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:40,290 Speaker 2: free download, a five-day prayer reset. It's a great guide 115 00:07:40,490 --> 00:07:44,990 Speaker 2: to help you get started, jump back in, stay consistent, 116 00:07:45,430 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: grow deeper in your prayers for your kids. It's also 117 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 2: a great tool to share with your friends or with 118 00:07:51,980 --> 00:07:55,850 Speaker 2: your family members that may be seeking to know God 119 00:07:56,090 --> 00:07:59,710 Speaker 2: deeper in prayer as they're wanting to pray for their kids. 120 00:07:59,730 --> 00:08:00,710 Speaker 1: I hope you will. 121 00:08:00,570 --> 00:08:05,050 Speaker 2: Grab your copy today at millionprayingmoms.com. We'll also put a 122 00:08:05,090 --> 00:08:09,860 Speaker 2: link in our show notes. Until next time, friends, may 123 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. Make His face 124 00:08:13,340 --> 00:08:16,620 Speaker 2: shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the 125 00:08:16,690 --> 00:08:20,630 Speaker 2: Lord look with favor upon you and give you His peace.