1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 2: Teach Us to Praise brought to you by Life Audio 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: and is a part of our Faith Toolkit series. For 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: more inspirational faith affirming podcasts, visit lifeaudio dot com. 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: When we are overwhelmingly weary and tired, it is easy 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: to want to give up or to overlook the signs 7 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: our bodies and our souls are trying to send. Prayer 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: during these times is important to gain a discernment to 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: know when it's time to press through and when it's 10 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: time to let go. In today's episode, we'll talk about 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: how to best pray when you're tired and weary. Welcome back, friend. 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Teachers to Pray podcast, where 13 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: we teach practical and real life tips on how to 14 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: grow your faith and relationship with God through the power 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: of prayer. I'm Christina Patterson, host of the Teachers to 16 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: Pray podcasts and founder of Beloved Women, where I encourage, 17 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: equip and empower women and the love and truth of 18 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. So I am in a very busy season 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: and because of that, I have found myself very tired 20 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: and weary, and honestly, one thing that I think we 21 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: have to realize as believers, is that it's okay to 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 1: be in a season where you're tired and weary. The 23 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: Bible tells us that even youths grow tired and weary 24 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: in Isaiah forty, and so God expects us to get tired. 25 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: I think a lot of times we will beat ourselves 26 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: up when we feel like we are overwhelmed or tired, 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: or need to take a nap, or just can't do 28 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: as much as we expected ourselves to do. And oftentimes 29 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: we put more on our place than God actually is. 30 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: And so it's always good to kind of sit back, 31 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: take a breath, and really explore the feelings and emotions 32 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: in a prayerful way that you're having in a season 33 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 1: of fatigue. And that is what I hope that we 34 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 1: can do today. More specifically, I want us to talk 35 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: about what we can be praying for when we are 36 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 1: tired and weary, and then at the end of this episode, 37 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: we will take some time to actually pray together. And 38 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: so one thing that I've noticed is that especially for 39 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: me when I'm tired and weary, and I know that 40 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: other people do this as well, just from my conversations 41 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: with other women being in women's ministry. For probably almost 42 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: twenty years now. Is that we usually have two responses 43 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: to when we're tired and weary. Usually we will want 44 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: to just give up on everything and just let everything go. 45 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: I'm just so tired, I'm so weird. I just need 46 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,399 Speaker 1: to let everything go. And honestly, it's not a very 47 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: good decision to be making choices to just give up 48 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: on everything when you're tired, because you're not thinking clearly 49 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: in that season you Usually, especially for big decisions, we 50 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: want to wait until you feel a little bit more 51 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: refreshed and see if you still feel that same way. 52 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: I love the quote that I've heard before. I don't 53 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: know who says it, but they say, tired eyes rarely 54 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: see of right future. And so that kind of comes 55 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: to the next response that we usually have when we're 56 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: tired or weary, and that's to just press through. You know, 57 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: We're like, I'm tired. You know, I'm just gonna press through. 58 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go hard, I'm just gonna do all 59 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: things anyways. You know, forget the signs that your body 60 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: is sending you telling you that I'm exhausted. It's easy 61 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: for us to sometimes ignore those signs to press through, 62 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: and we can do so many times, and we can 63 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: often find ourselves doing so even at a detriment to 64 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: our health or relationships. And that's also not a very 65 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: good decision to make when we're tired and weary. And 66 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: so any season, we definitely want to be prayerful to 67 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: have discernment to know, Okay, I need to be praying 68 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: for more strength to be able to press through not 69 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: in my strength but in God's strength, or I really 70 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: do need to let some things go. I need to 71 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: release some things in my life so that I can 72 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: create more space. And so first I want to talk 73 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: about our prayer for God's strength, because here's a reality. 74 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: A lot of us are tired and we're weary because 75 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: we have a lot on our plate, and we can't 76 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: even think about letting certain things go because we legitimately 77 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: have to do them like they legitimately have to get done, 78 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: like I need to go to work if I want 79 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: to pay my bills. You see what I'm saying. And 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: so it's important for us in those seasons to still 81 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: be gentle with ourselves, to recognize the season that we 82 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: are in that it is in fact demanding more of 83 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: us than we probably feel that we have, but to 84 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: all so ensure that we are praying for God's strength, 85 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: that we are not trying to operate solely in our 86 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: own strength. I'm pretty sure I've shared this verse on 87 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: the podcast before, but it is good to share again 88 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: here as we talk about praying for God's strength. And 89 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: this is a prayer that the apostle Paul prayed and 90 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: Ephesians three verses fourteen and fifteen, where he says, for 91 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from 92 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 93 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,159 Speaker 1: that according to the riches of his glory, he might 94 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: grant you to be strengthened with power through His Holy 95 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: Spirit in your inner being. When we are operating in 96 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit, we recognize that even 97 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: when we're tired and weary and our plates are overwhelmed 98 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: with all types of responsibilities and obligations, God has graced 99 00:05:55,880 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: us with certain ability, power and strength to be able 100 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: to still do those things that He hasn't given others. 101 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: Have you ever wondered or have you ever had somebody 102 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: approach you and say, oh my gosh, how do you 103 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: do all that? I could never do? That? And the 104 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: truth is they probably can't because even when you're in 105 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: a busy season, that is a season that's required of you. Right, 106 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about a season where you're just doing 107 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: things that you're not even called to do. I'm talking 108 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: about you're tiredy, or weary because you're being obedient in 109 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: a season that you are called to. God will grace 110 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: you with his strength to see it through. And so 111 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: our prayer then is for his strength that he would 112 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: strengthen our inner beings to do what we're called to 113 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: do even when we're tired and we're weary, And that 114 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: prayer really helps us to focus and remember where our 115 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: strength comes from. The problem happens when we try to 116 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: go forward in our own strength and we forget that 117 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: our true power and strength and grace to do the 118 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: things that we're called to do come from God. This 119 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: is when we hit a brick wall and we're like, 120 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: why can't I move forward? I can't even think clearly, 121 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: it's just not moving, it's not going. What is happening? 122 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: You need to sit back and be like, am I 123 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: operating in my strength or God's? Because if God called 124 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: you to that busy season that feels overwhelming and it's 125 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: causing a lot of fatigue. If He actually called you 126 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: to it, he will grace you through it as well. 127 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: And in order for you to receive that grace and 128 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: that inner power and strength from Him, you must be 129 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: connected to him. So that's why it's still important to 130 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: pray and spend time with God even when life is 131 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: crazy busy and you're tired, because that's where your strength 132 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: comes from. In those seasons, it's easy to slip back 133 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: and operate in your own strength and say, you know what, 134 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: I'm just going to press through. Oh no, I don't 135 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: have time to pray to day, I don't have time 136 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: for a Bible say, because I got all these things 137 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: to do. But don't you really that you can't do 138 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: those things apart from God. So we continue to pray, 139 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: we continue to seek him, we continue to sacrifice the 140 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: time to do those things because we know that that 141 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: is the very thing that empowers us to do everything else. 142 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: And so that's my reminder for you, anybody that is 143 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: in a season where they're tired and weary, because you're 144 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: actually doing the thing that you're called to do is 145 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: to stay connected to God, keep seeking him for his strength, 146 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: and make sure that you are operating in the power 147 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: of God and not your own power, because the flesh 148 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: is weak. The flesh is weak and cannot sustain you 149 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: to do what God calls you to do. Only He 150 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: can do that. But on the other side, we also 151 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: have to recognize when we're not called to do something. 152 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: A lot of us are tired and weary and fatigue 153 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: because we are doing things and putting things on or 154 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: to do list that God didn't even call us to do, 155 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: so we don't have the grace to do it. We 156 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: were wondering why we're so tired and fatigued, and then 157 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: what we need to do is recognize what we need 158 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: to let go. You know what this reminds me of. 159 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: It reminds me of Martha in the Bible. Martha and 160 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: Mary are two sisters, and they invited Jesus into their home, 161 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: and they had other guests that were going to be coming, 162 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: and so there were preparations that needed to be made. 163 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: And so Martha took the lead on this and she 164 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: was cleaning up and doing all things. But Mary, on 165 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: the other hand, sat at the feet of Jesus and 166 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: was just basking in his presence. Martha gets upset because 167 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: she's like, wait a minute, wait a minute, we got 168 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 1: coming to come in. You know, we got all these 169 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: things that need to get done, and she's just sitting 170 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: here doing nothing. How many times do we beat ourselves 171 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: up because we feel like resting is doing nothing. But 172 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: in actuality, Jesus says that Mary chose what was better. 173 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: How many times do we take that same mind st 174 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: set of Martha where we feel like being still is 175 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: not productive, so it can't be good, and we're running 176 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: and we're hustling, and we're trying to do all these things. 177 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: But what we find ourselves is what Jesus calls worried 178 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 1: and upset about many things? And Luke ten verse forty two, 179 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: this is what Jesus says to Martha. Says Martha, Martha. 180 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: He has to call her twice because she's so frantic. 181 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: He has to get her attention. Martha, Martha, the Lord answered, 182 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: you were worried and upset about many things, but few 183 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: things are needed, or indeed only one. Mary has chosen 184 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: what is better and it will not be taken away 185 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: from her. How many times do we take away what's 186 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: better from ourselves because we are so focused on pressing 187 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: through on full dozing our way through life and just 188 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: getting the thing done anyways for the sake of getting 189 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: it done, as opposed to what's better, what should be prioritized, 190 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: what's most important in our lives? And this is where 191 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:19,079 Speaker 1: the discernment that we need comes from prayer to know, Okay, God, 192 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: what is a priority in my life right now, so 193 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: that I can minimize everything else because everything can't be important. 194 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: At the same time, God is not calling us to 195 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: do all things always all times. Jesus said, indeed, only 196 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: one is needed, and that one thing is what's better. 197 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: And so we need to be in prayer to God 198 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: and asking God, what should I prioritize in this season 199 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: and what do I need to release that's not in 200 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: alignment with that priority. Now. Obviously, staying connected to God 201 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: is a priority, but we have life seasons that warn't 202 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: different priorities. Right now, my family and I are in 203 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: a season where our kids are very active in sports, 204 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: and we are a sports family. We encourage athletics in 205 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: our home. We think that it's great to not only 206 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: keep the kids healthy and active, but it's a really 207 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: good opportunity for them to socialize with other kids and 208 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: learn life lessons about pushing through when times get hard, 209 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: working together as a team, all those things. So we're 210 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: big on that. But that also means that we are 211 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: waiting for kids in the car for practices, We're driving 212 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: back and forth to away games, all the things that 213 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: are involved in being a sports mom and dad. You know, 214 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: we're coordinating who's going to pick up who and drive 215 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: them hair and do this and do all that you know. 216 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: And right now, in this particular season, that's a priority 217 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: for us because both of our kids sports football is 218 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: about to end, back because ball is about to start. 219 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: It's a priority now. In the spring, things will slow 220 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: down a little bit because we don't have as many 221 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: sports going on as much. But right now, this is 222 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: where we are, and so there are certain things that 223 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: I've had to release in order to make space to 224 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: keep that a priority for our family. And so I 225 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: want you to be prayerful about what season am I 226 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: in right now and what do I need to release? 227 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: What do I need to release? So for me, things 228 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: at work have slowed down significantly. I'm actually restructuring a 229 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: lot of my business so that I don't have to 230 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: be as physically present as much as before, and so 231 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: that's my prayer, Lord, what's the priority and what do 232 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: I need to cut out, release stop so that I 233 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: can keep that the priority in this season? And those 234 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: priorities will change, which is why we need to be 235 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: praying without ceasing. We have an entire episode on how 236 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: to do that. Check it out if you haven't listened 237 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: to it yet. But constantly being in communication with God 238 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: is going to be so important so that we can 239 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: recognize when those priorities change it change, and what things 240 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: we need to be releasing in those seasons to maintain 241 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: those priorities. And so before we end today, I want 242 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: to pray with you. This is just a prayer if 243 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: you're feeling overwhelmed by all the things. You know, life 244 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: has a way of taking away from us what we 245 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: never intended to give, and when we're in these busy seasons, 246 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: we can feel drained. We can feel drained. Our hope, joy, 247 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: peace and light for life can quickly slip through our 248 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: grasp when we're tired and overwhelmed. Yet running on empty 249 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 1: seems to be the norm these days, doesn't it. But 250 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: Jesus offers abundant life, not empty living. So if your 251 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: soul is running life today I want you to pray 252 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: this prayer, this restorative prayer with me, to fill your 253 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: soul back up. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for taking 254 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: care of me even when I don't feel like it, 255 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: and for caring about every single worry that is draining 256 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: me of hope and joy in this season. Lord, thank 257 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: you for your presence with me through all that I'm 258 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: going through and all that I'm called to, and for 259 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: being greater than all of my anxious thoughts. As I 260 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: try to get all the things done, Lord, help me 261 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: to prioritize what's most important and release what's not. Although 262 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: during these seasons it can feel like the world is 263 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: spinning out of control, and I can even sometimes feel powerless, 264 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: and then I have little left to give. I remember 265 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: that you still sit on your throne as sovereign, and 266 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: I know that all power is in your hand. You 267 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: are and will always be in control. I pray that 268 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: you forgive me for the time times of trying to 269 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: take control, of trying to operate in my flesh and 270 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: believe that everything's up to me. This prevents me from 271 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: truly seeing you working and moving in my life. I 272 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: am not alone. You have ordered my steps and will 273 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: secure the purposeful plat path you've called me to. If 274 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: I get off track, you are gracious and kind to 275 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: redirect my steps to what should be the priority in 276 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: my life in this season, to ensure that I'm always 277 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: headed in your direction. Any redirection from you is your protection, 278 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: and I choose to trust you today. With everything going 279 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: on in my life. As my mind sometimes races with 280 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: worst case scenarios and past mistakes, Please ground me in 281 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: your presence and truth. The truth that I am not alone, 282 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: that you are with me, the truth that I am 283 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: not lost. You are ordering my steps, the truth that 284 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: everything is not on my shoulders to bear, You are 285 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: carrying me. I pray Lord to realize more of you 286 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: in my life. Please open my spiritual eyes to see 287 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: how you are working everything out. Please replace this worry 288 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: with peace, fear with love, and anxiety with security. Please 289 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: empty me of all the things robbing me of seeing 290 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: your good works in my life, and the things taking 291 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: my joy, peace and hope. Please fill me with your 292 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: Holy spirit and restore I'm tired and weary soul. I 293 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: don't know how everything will turn out, but I pray 294 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: for peace that comes from knowing you may my focus 295 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: be on your goodness and not my worry. I pray 296 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: for supernatural strength and power to shift my thoughts from 297 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: worry to worship, because despite what's going on, you are 298 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: a good God deserving to be praised. May I be 299 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: still before you, like Mary, and choose what is better. 300 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: May I experience your promise in Isaiah twenty six to 301 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: three that says you keep him in perfect peace, whose 302 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: mind is stayed on you because he trust in you. 303 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: I choose to trust you today. Lord. I trust you 304 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: won't put war in me than I can bear. I 305 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: trust you are with me through it all. I trust, 306 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 1: even though I don't know how everything will work out, 307 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: you do and your plans are good for me. I 308 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: trust that wherever you call me to go, whatever you 309 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: call me to do, you will provide. I trust that 310 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: you are with me and for me and love me. 311 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: I trust your heart for me because it's that same 312 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 1: heart that gave his only son for my salvation, and 313 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: your care and provision for me today is no different. 314 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: Through Jesus Christ, you made a way for me to 315 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: live full and I choose to walk in that fullness 316 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: and abundance today. Thank you Lord in Jesus Christ's name, 317 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: I pray Amen. It is my hope that today's episode 318 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: has provided you with insightful and helpful tips on how 319 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: you can pray. As a gift to you, be sure 320 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: to download my free five day Prayer guide and take 321 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: my Prayer Personality quiz to learn how you best here 322 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: and connect with God. You may find all the links 323 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: in today's show notes. You know, we have so much 324 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 1: more to talk about when it comes to prayer, so 325 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: I hope that if you are encouraged by today's episode, 326 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: you'll share with a friend and subscribe so that you 327 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: don't miss any future episodes of the Teach Us to 328 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 1: Pray Podcast. We will continue to learn how, just like breathing, 329 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: prayer can become a natural, consistent, and life giving part 330 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: of our everyday lives. 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