1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Everyday Prayers Podcast with Million Praying Moms. 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: I'm Nicolet Bell, your hosts, and i am glad you 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: have joined us today. I'm also glad that our special 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 2: guest has joined us today, Rachel Adam's Rachel, welcome to 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 2: the show. 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here. 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 2: Rachel has authored one of our Everyday Prayers devotionals. It's 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 2: called Everyday Prayers for Love and it is a great 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: book to talk about this time of year. Rachel, thanks 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 2: for being a part of these conversations. Why don't we 12 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: get started by you just told our listeners a little 13 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: bit about you. Yeah. 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 3: Well, I am a mom of two teenagers and a 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 3: wife of twenty years, and we live in Kentucky, and 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 3: I'm a writer and a podcaster and active in my 17 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 3: local church and just doing all the mom and wife 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 3: things around the house. I love getting to getting to 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: love my family the best way that I can. Often 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 3: joke that I feel like marriage and motherhood or God's 21 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 3: way of sanctifying us. So this is the way to 22 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 3: put this love into practice on an everyday basis. 23 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: That's good. That's a good reminder. 24 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 2: I need to be reminded of that is I have 25 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: a mountain of clothes I need to fold in the 26 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: other room. So, Rachel, on Fridays, we've been getting together 27 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: and talking through what it means to really love God, 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: love others, and even love ourselves, and to receive love 29 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: from God to be able to even talk about doing 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: those other things. So, if you've missed the last couple 31 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 2: of Friday episodes in February, I want you to go 32 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 2: back and grab them, but you can still be a 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: part of our conversation today if you haven't listened to those. Today, 34 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: we're going to zone in and we're going to talk 35 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 2: about what it means to really love others when we 36 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: receive that love from God. What does it mean to 37 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 2: live that love out and to be able to distribute 38 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: or extend that love to around us? So, Rachel, what 39 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: does that look like for us? What's kind of that 40 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: broad definition? And we talk about a lot in church, 41 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 2: but really kind of defining what it means to love 42 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: others well. 43 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 3: And this is the greatest commandment to love God and 44 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 3: to love our neighbors as ourselves. And so when we 45 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 3: think about who our neighbor is, I think that in 46 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 3: our world today. That has really our neighborhoods have expanded 47 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 3: really because of technology, and so our neighbor could literally 48 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: be or have our husband or our children. It could 49 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 3: be the actual literal neighbor next door down the street, 50 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 3: or it could be the person at the grocery store, 51 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: or the person in the church pubicide you, the person 52 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 3: at the bleachers and the post office, whoever you are 53 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: coming into contact with, the person in the cubicle next 54 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: to you, that's your neighbor. And so that's who God 55 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: is calling you to love. And that's a lofty goal 56 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 3: that's often hard to do because sometimes we see differently. 57 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 3: We're not all exactly the same, and so there will 58 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 3: be conflict and preferences, but we're called to love them anyway. 59 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 3: Often think about like the good Samaritan and what he did. 60 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 3: It was somebody that wasn't anything like him, but he 61 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 3: saw somebody with the need and he had a way 62 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 3: to meet that need. And so I think that we're 63 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 3: called to do the same. 64 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: That's so good and I love those examples of just 65 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 2: kind of our everyday life. And that's you know, that's 66 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: the title of our podcast and then the book series 67 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 2: that we release like for a reason, because it's in 68 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: those everyday moments when we can extend that love to 69 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 2: those around us that it can make the biggest impact. 70 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,839 Speaker 2: Like in those moments that it's not expected, that it's 71 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 2: not rehearsed, it's not something that we've really maybe even 72 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 2: you know, it's intentional, but not something that we've maybe 73 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: thought about and planned out on a spreadsheet, right, But 74 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: it's just in those little moments of responding in love 75 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: or reaching out in love that can really impact those 76 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 2: around us. And like you said, that can be a 77 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 2: really hard thing as well. What do you think is 78 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 2: so challenging about loving others, especially in our society today 79 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: that can seem so just angry or short tempered all 80 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 2: the time. 81 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: Love can stick out and stand out. But why is 82 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: it such a challenge for us to live into that? 83 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: I think because we're all sinful, fallen human beings, you know, 84 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: and we are honestly unlovable at many times, as is everybody. 85 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 3: You know. Scripture talks about it's easy to love those 86 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 3: who love you, but those people that don't love you, 87 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 3: it's not so easy. And I think too, we're so 88 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 3: busy and motherhood, you know, for those that are raising 89 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 3: kids right now. We're depleted and we're tired, and so 90 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 3: we can get short tempered, and we can get selfish, 91 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 3: and we if our own needs aren't being met and 92 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 3: we're feeling unloved, or we're overstimulated, or we're hurt or 93 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 3: whatever it may be. I think, you know, there's the 94 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 3: saying hurt people hurt other people, and so I think 95 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 3: that that's often what we experience, and so that's why 96 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 3: it's so challenging. But that's why so many people, as included, 97 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: need God's love. 98 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: This world needs to. 99 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 3: Know something's different. You know. Scripture talks about the when 100 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: we love one another, that that's the evidence that we 101 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: are His disciples. And so when you experience are come 102 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 3: into contact with somebody who is different and you know it, 103 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: then it starts to open your eyes up to see, 104 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 3: oh what is different about them? Oh, it must be 105 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 3: God's love that I'm experiencing through them. That's one of 106 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 3: my favorite scriptures. 107 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: That's one that I used a lot when I was 108 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 2: serving in youth ministry to really try to simplify what 109 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 2: it means to teenagers of following God and loving God. 110 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: Where Jesus says they will know you are My. 111 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 2: Disciples by the way that you love one another in 112 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 2: John thirteen thirty five. And you know, that's the marker 113 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: of what it looks like to be his disciple, is 114 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 2: how we love those around us. And so God doesn't, 115 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: you know, look at us with a measuring stick right 116 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 2: to see are we measuring up or are we doing 117 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 2: the things? But He does give us these key identifiers 118 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: of Hey, this is what your life is going to 119 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 2: look like when you follow me. You're going to be 120 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: loving those around us the same way that I have 121 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 2: loved you. 122 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: You're going to bear my fruit if you're living in 123 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: my spirit. 124 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: He gives us these markers, and this is one of 125 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: those instances where he does that. And so I wonder, 126 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: are there any examples that you have in your own 127 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 2: life of maybe seeing that marker in someone or even 128 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 2: in yourself that allows you to kind of see God's 129 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 2: love and understand it differently. 130 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 3: Well, I have a next door neighbor, my literal neighbor. 131 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 3: Her name is Miss Doris, and she's in her nineties, 132 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 3: and she has a dog that always comes and visits 133 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 3: our dogs on our connecting farms, and so she'll come 134 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 3: and she'll just come and visit and she'll bring, you know, 135 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 3: some kind of bake good or or a candle or 136 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: a book, or flowers cuttings from her garden. She's always 137 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: coming bearing gifts. And then she's she actually says that 138 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 3: every single night she'll go out onto her front porch 139 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 3: and she'll look at the in the direction of our 140 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: home and she prays over our family and our farm 141 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 3: every single night before she goes to bed. 142 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: It makes it. 143 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 3: I mean, she's just the most precious human being and 144 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 3: we've been so fortunate to have her as an as 145 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 3: our neighbor, and so I think it comes in simple ways. 146 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: It's things that she's already doing, and the prayer costs 147 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 3: her nothing, but it is time and it's so impactful 148 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: because oftentimes it's like, well, who is praying for you 149 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 3: and your family? And so what a gift that she 150 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: has been and so meaningful. And then she's modeled what 151 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: it looks like to leave a legacy of love for 152 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 3: us and how I want to love other people, whether 153 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 3: it really is just a smile or a or sharing 154 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 3: a little bit of what you have with other people 155 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 3: or praying for them. So that's one of my favorite 156 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: examples is Miss dooris who's impacted us so much. 157 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: I love that. So that's so beautiful. That's so beautiful. 158 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: And I think that really connects to what we talk 159 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 2: about here on the Everyday Prayers podcast, because when we're 160 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: talking about praying God's word for our children, praying for 161 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: our children, that's one of the best ways that we 162 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: can love them and that we can help them love 163 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: others is by praying and asking God to help us 164 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: model that for them like Mistrus is doing. 165 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: For you and your family. How are we doing that 166 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: for our children? 167 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 2: And then just the power of that, How loving can 168 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: a prayer be, and that love can can grow out 169 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 2: of that and be experienced in that. I think it's 170 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: something that we often just overlook. We really overlook that 171 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 2: in our parenting and our journey. That's such a cool example. 172 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think that that's what we can do 173 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 3: right now today with our children. You know, pray for 174 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 3: them as you're dropping them off to school, Pray with 175 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 3: them at night before they go to bed, pray before meals, 176 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: and then show them what it looks like to pray 177 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 3: for their friends. I know, some of my most impactful 178 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 3: special friendships are you know, so many times and I'm 179 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 3: guilty of this. Somebody will reach out and say, would 180 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 3: you pray for me about X, Y and Z. You know, 181 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 3: you even see maybe a Facebook comment or something, and 182 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: everybody's like, yeah, praying for you. Well, what does it 183 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 3: look like to be the person that actually grabs their 184 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 3: hand if you're together and you can and just says, 185 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 3: let me pray for you right now. Those are some 186 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 3: of my dearest friendships. But even if you're not in 187 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 3: close enough proximity, get on Boxer, get on Marco Polo, 188 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 3: get on a phone call or text them and just say, look, 189 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 3: I'm interceding for you in prayer. And it's just so 190 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 3: special and meaningful when people do that, and it matters 191 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 3: because God can do more than we can ever do. 192 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: Brook my girlflame, the founder of My Praying Moms that 193 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: she tells the story of that's really what changed her 194 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: life when another mom reached out and grab her hand 195 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 2: and prayed with her. And I've experienced love from Brooke 196 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 2: in that way when she's prayed for my family over 197 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 2: a message or whatever, and just it's kind of kind 198 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 2: of the heartbeat of this ministry and how this ministry 199 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 2: was was founded and so I loved it. That's the 200 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: example that you give because that is so meaningful and 201 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 2: it can't catch people off guard, can't it? With somebody 202 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 2: the other day And at the end, I said, can 203 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 2: I pray for you? And she was like yeah, And 204 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: I think she thought like maybe I meant like in 205 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 2: the future or whatever, and I went, okay, like right now, 206 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 2: and she's just really you know, thrown off by that. 207 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 2: But in the end, like she was, she had tears 208 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: in her eyes and it was so meaningful to her 209 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 2: to have somebody actually say that you and I are 210 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 2: both Southern women, right, and so we can do that 211 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 2: really good. 212 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: You know, oh, I'm praying for you. 213 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: Like it's almost like a bless your heart in the South, right, 214 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: like like, oh, well, you'll be in our prayers. But like, really, 215 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: are we are we praying for those around us when 216 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 2: somebody asks for career? Are we really doing that? And 217 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: how for me doing it in the moment really does 218 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 2: help make sure that I am doing that? So I 219 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 2: love that you give that example. So when we are 220 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 2: loving others, Rachel I used to kind of wrap up 221 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: our conversation, why is that such an important thing to 222 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: teach our children? 223 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 3: I mean, like we talked about at the very beginning 224 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: that that's how people will know that we are God's 225 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 3: disciples is by our love. It should be the mark 226 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 3: of Christianity. And you know, circling back to our original 227 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 3: conversation about what is love, you know, we talk about 228 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 3: First Corinthians thirteen. Love is patient, Love is kind. It 229 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 3: doesn't envy, it doesn't boast, it doesn't keep a record 230 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: of wrongs. It always helps, always perseveres it never fails. 231 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 3: And so that's the reality these Love is not just 232 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 3: a feeling, it is an action. It's a verb. And 233 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: when we love other people, I think that it doesn't 234 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 3: necessarily point them to us, but it hopefully and prayerfully 235 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 3: will point people to come to know Love himself, which 236 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:08,599 Speaker 3: is the Lord. 237 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: Really really good. 238 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 2: I think, you know, we can take that scripture that 239 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 2: you just recited, and we've heard it at weddings so 240 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 2: many times, and we just want it to stay, you know, 241 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 2: at the wedding and in context of just you know, 242 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 2: like a marriage relationship. But even hearing those words and 243 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 2: thinking about my marriage, it's convicting right of where I'm 244 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 2: keeping no record of all. Wow, you know, so that's 245 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: a big one. So how do we take that scripture 246 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: that we've kind of regulated to weddings and pull it 247 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: out and put it in our everyday lives and apply 248 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 2: it and ask ourselves, okay, is my love following these 249 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 2: things that Paul lists out right, because that's what he's 250 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 2: describing as christ Like love. And one great way to 251 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 2: do that is through this devotional that you've written through 252 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 2: Everyday Prayers for Love, because it takes you through those 253 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 2: things and talks about each one of those things and 254 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 2: helps us to have a better understanding of what that 255 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: looks like to live this out in our lives. So 256 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 2: I personally have grown in being able to read this 257 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: devotion and being encouraged in that way. So, friends, we 258 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 2: want try to grab a copy wherever you buy your 259 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 2: books to be able to get a copy, share one 260 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 2: with a friend. It's a great little happy for the spring, 261 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 2: for this time of year for somebody you know that 262 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 2: needs to delve a little deeper into loving God and 263 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 2: loving others. So, Rachel, as we kind of wrap up 264 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 2: this conversation, would you mind praying over our listeners for 265 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 2: them to be bold and sharing God's love with. 266 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: Those around them. 267 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely, Father, we love you. And we praise you 268 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 3: for the ways that you love us, and we just 269 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 3: pray that love would overflow through us into the lives 270 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 3: of others. That you would help us through your Holy 271 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 3: Spirit to see the people that need your love, and 272 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 3: that we would be able to meet that need, and 273 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 3: that you would open our eyes and open our hearts 274 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 3: and give us the time and the responses that those 275 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 3: people need. Father, whether it's just a smile or a 276 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 3: hug or hello, or a prayer or a meal or 277 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 3: a letter, whatever it may be, Father, just lead and 278 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 3: guide and direct us and help us to obey your promptings. Father, 279 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 3: and help us just to open up those conversations that 280 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 3: they would not see us, but that they would see you, 281 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 3: and that they would come to know you and your 282 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 3: love in Jesus name, We pray Amen. 283 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: Amen. Thanks Rachel friend. 284 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 2: We are so glad that you are a part of 285 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 2: our community here on the podcast. 286 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: If you love everyday prayers. 287 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 2: In the ministry of Million Praying Moms, I invite you 288 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 2: to join our Praying mom community on Patreon. 289 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: For just ten dollars a month. 290 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 2: You can connect deeper through a monthly scripture inspired prayer calendar. 291 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: Each day's devotion and written form and bonus content only 292 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: available to our Patreon family. 293 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: Learn more and today show notes or at Million Prayingmoms 294 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: dot com. 295 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: Until next time, friends, the Lord bless you and keep you. 296 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: Make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. 297 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: May the Lord look with favor on you and give 298 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: you peace.