1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping 3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 2: you need it most. 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: I'm your host, nicolete Belle. 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: Here we believe prayer isn't a last resort, It's our 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: first and best response in parenting, and every day we 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 2: come together to partner with God for the hearts of 9 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: our children. Today's devision is written and read by Schelleene 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: Roberts as we continue on in our summer book club 11 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 2: featuring her book When Mothering Is Hard and No One sees. 12 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: This is week five of our time together, and if 13 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: you haven't been following along, don't tune out. Today's a 14 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 2: great day to jump in and hear this word of 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: encouragement from Saleene as she shares a challenge that as moms, 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: we've been given the go and tell commission and a 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 2: reminder that this begins right here in our own homes 18 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 2: with the children the Lord has placed in our care. 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: To find out more about Shalin our Summer book Club, 20 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,919 Speaker 2: or to learn more about the Ministry of Million Praguing Moms, 21 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: visit millionpragumms dot com. 22 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: You'll find a link in our show notes. 23 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: After a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together 24 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: for our families. 25 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: A prayer for the Go and tell mom Matthew twenty 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: eight ten, do not be afraid. Go and tell my 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 3: brothers to go to Kavali, and there they will see me. 28 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 3: If you've been walking with us through when mothering is 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 3: hard and no one sees you know, motherhood is a 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 3: sacred kingdom assignment. And this week, in chapters nine and ten, 31 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 3: we arrive at the heart of what that practically meets. 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 3: But before we unpack it, we need a little bit 33 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 3: of biblical context. In Matthew twenty eight we find the 34 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 3: account of jesus resurrection. Jesus has been crucified, Joseph of 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 3: Arimathea and Nicodemus have taken his body down from across, 36 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 3: wrapped it in linen, and laid it to rest in 37 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 3: Joe's Tune. Then the third day dawns and Matthew tells 38 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 3: us that Mary Magdalene and another Mary travel to the 39 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 3: tomb to anoint Jesus' body for burial. But when they arrive, 40 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: something astonishing happens. An earthquake shakes the ground, and an 41 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 3: angel announces the life giving news he is not here. 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 3: He has risen. The women then run to relay this 43 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 3: message of unbelievable hope to jesus disciples. But in the 44 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 3: midst of their flight, Jesus meets them and gives them 45 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 3: the very first go and tell command. Do not be afraid, 46 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 3: go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and 47 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 3: there they will see me. It's the same command he 48 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 3: gives his disciples days later, and it's the same one 49 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: he gives you and me today. And that command it 50 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: applies not only to the ends of the earth, but 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: also to the end of our own home. As believing mothers, 52 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 3: you and I have been commissioned to go and tell. 53 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 3: And our first and most sacred mission field is the 54 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 3: one right beneath our roof. Because motherhood does put the 55 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 3: great commission out of reach, it puts it right in 56 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 3: front of us. But to do this well, we can't 57 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 3: try to put the Kingdom of God into our motherhood. Rather, 58 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 3: we must fit our motherhood into the Kingdom of God, 59 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 3: and the next few chapters will discuss several spiritual disciplines 60 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 3: to help us do just that. This week, we're talking 61 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 3: about prayer, and although I don't pretend to fully understand prayer. 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: I do know that as Mother's prayer is one of 63 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 3: the most powerful tools we have for fostering intimate fellowship 64 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,359 Speaker 3: with the Lord, for inviting the Kingdom to saturate our homes, 65 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: our lives, and our children's lives, and for biding back 66 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 3: against the enemy. I know this because I've seen it 67 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: in my own life and in my children's lives, over 68 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: and over and over again, just as Monica who prayed 69 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 3: for her wayward son Augustine, as Susanna Wesley who pulled 70 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 3: her apron over her head to seek the Lord in 71 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 3: the midst of the chaos the sworld around her, or 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: Amelia Taylor who locked herself in a room and pleaded 73 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: for the soul of her safe on Hudson, You and 74 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 3: I have the same opportunity to boldly come before the 75 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 3: Lord and pour out all of our requests at his feet. 76 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: Because of the Blood of Christ, you and I can 77 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 3: approach the Throne of Grace with confidence. We can take 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 3: hold of God's mercy and trust him with the things 79 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,799 Speaker 3: beyond our control. We can lay our strivings and our heartaches, 80 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 3: our failures, and our hopes before him. Knowing that His 81 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: word promises, ask and it will be given to you. 82 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 3: Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will 83 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: be opened to you. What an immense privilege we have. 84 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 3: You and I are called to go and tell the 85 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 3: good news of Jesus Christ within the walls of our 86 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 3: own home and beyond. And we are invited to enter 87 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: the throne of Grace at any moment in the carpool line, 88 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 3: at the kitchen sink, on the sidelines of a practice, 89 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: and even when the chaos of life swirled around us. 90 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 3: So go and tell, dear Mom, start with the children 91 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 3: within your own home, Pray without ceasing, and trust that 92 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 3: the God who answered Monica and Susannah and Emilia there 93 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 3: is the same God, God who's turning his ear toward you. 94 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: Let's pray. Lord, thank you for the go and tell commission, 95 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 3: and further reminder that it begins right here in our 96 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 3: own home, with the children you have placed in our care. 97 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 3: Forgive us for the times we've rushed past the sacred moments, 98 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 3: too busy or too tired to point our children to You. 99 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 3: Give us eyes to see our every day as a 100 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: mission field. Teach us to pray without ceasing, and let 101 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 3: the legacy of our motherhood ripple far beyond what we 102 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 3: can see, to generations yet unborn. In Jesus name, Amen. 103 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 2: I hope you are following along with us in our 104 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 2: summer book club featuring the book When Mothering Is Hard 105 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: and No One sees Bacheline Roberts. If you have not 106 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 2: joined us yet, it's not too late to jump in. 107 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 2: Head to the homepage of our website to find out more. 108 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 2: Until next time, friends, the Lord bless you and keep you. 109 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: Make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. 110 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: May the Lord look with favor on you and give 111 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: you peace.