1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, where 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: we're dedicated to helping moms pray God's word for their 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: families in the areas they need at most. I'm your host, 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 2: Nicolette Bell. 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: Over the last decade, we've helped thousands of moms make 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: prayer a priority for their families. Our mission is to 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: help you do the same. Prayer is not a last resort. 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: It's our first and best response to the challenges of parenting. 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: A partnership for the hearts of our children that God 11 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: invites us into. Today's devotion is written by Emily Raenga, 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: author of The God Who Became Bred. In her newest 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: devotional Commune with Me an invitation to Feast with Jesus 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: coming out later this spring. To learn more about Emily, 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: or to learn more about how you can get involved 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: in the ministry of Million Praying Moms, visit today's show 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:01,319 Speaker 1: notes or Millionprayingmoms dot Com. After a quick word from 18 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: our sponsors, We'll pray together for our children. 19 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,919 Speaker 3: Deuteronomy fourteenth, verse twenty three. Eat the tithe of your grain, 20 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 3: new wine and olive oil, and the first born of 21 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 3: your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord 22 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: your God, at the place he will choose as a 23 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 3: dwelling for his name, so that you may learn to 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 3: revere the Lord your God always. Psalm thirty six, verses 25 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 3: seven to eight. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God. 26 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 3: People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They 27 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 3: feast on the abundance of your house. You give them 28 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 3: drink from your river of delights. Matthew three, verse sixteen. 29 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 3: As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out 30 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: of the water. At that moment, heaven was opened, and 31 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 3: he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 3: and alighting on him. Revelation nineteen, verse nine. Then the 33 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: Angel said to me, write this, blessed are those who 34 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 3: are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb. And 35 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 3: he added, these are the true words of God. There 36 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: is a table that holds the world together. It's a 37 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: table where babies chew on the wooden legs, and man 38 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 3: and woman are made, a place where parties and funerals 39 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 3: are planned, and life is served with the ladle. A 40 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 3: place where, as Joi Hario says, children are given instructions 41 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 3: on what it means to be human. It's the old 42 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 3: wooden table in our kitchen with drawers full of playing 43 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: cards and bibles. The table with its candlestick holders propping 44 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 3: up two short legs, a two hundred year old maple 45 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 3: table with crocks down the middle, where the bread crumbs fall. 46 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 3: This is the place we become human, the place Christ 47 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 3: becomes human, The place God meets with man and passes 48 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: the cup. This place where the Spirit stares us in 49 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 3: the eyes, laughs, tells us we are loved, and please 50 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 3: pass the bread, while father sres the lamb. What God 51 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 3: wants most of all is us friend in all our mess, 52 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 3: staring back at him with soup on our chin, saying 53 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: I love you. I love you with all my most 54 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 3: broken parts, and please pass the wine. I love you, 55 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 3: and please fill in my cracks like this table with 56 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 3: all your bread crumbs, dear Spirit. The table is where 57 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 3: talk happens, real talk about who we truly are when 58 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: we are full. It's the place where laugh happens when 59 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: we are fed, because we finally feel safe enough to 60 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 3: kiss joy. It's the place where sad happens too, because 61 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 3: love sits here on padded seats in a circle and 62 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 3: invites the real wanted his tithe to be eaten in 63 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 3: his presence. Bring the first fruits, he said, and come, 64 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: come to this particular place, and then eat it together 65 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: with me. God preparing a picnic for his people just 66 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 3: because he is loved. He is love, this triune God 67 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 3: with his three persons, and together they create a table, 68 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 3: become the wine, the bread, the lamb. Then, like a 69 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 3: girl giddy with a surprise to share, they say, invite them, 70 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 3: let them come, and we will serve them ourselves. Only 71 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 3: they don't come, the creation, the ones who would have 72 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: no breath if it weren't for this tryun One. So 73 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 3: then the triyun One sighs deep and says, no matter, 74 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: Send for the ones in the byways and highways, forfeed 75 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 3: them we must. And so we come, the bedraggled, the hungry, 76 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 3: We come, and we sit, and we stare into the 77 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: face of the most loving of God, slit three down 78 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: the middle, yet holy One, pouring himself into our goblet 79 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: and serving himself as the lamb, the bread, the water, 80 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 3: and simply saying, eat, drink, Remember me, the world is 81 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: a table upon which he serves himself and it holds 82 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: us together. Come friend, Let's sip soup and watch children, 83 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 3: chew on table legs. Let's plan parties and funerals, and 84 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:35,119 Speaker 3: serve life with a ladle, knowing he is with us always. 85 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 3: Let's pray, Lord, you who are the Triune God, thank 86 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 3: you for serving me. Thank you for loving me. I 87 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 3: long to sit with you and stare into you and 88 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 3: know you forever. Talk with me, laugh with me, and 89 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 3: eat with me. I love you. 90 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: Friends. We have completely revamped our Patreon t her. 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