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20. Letting the Icing Dry - Friday Evening · Family Prayer Podcast

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  Good evening, Grace Harbor - it’s Dan!
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  I hope you had a great Friday and an awesome week.
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  My family and I got started on our gingerbread house tonight after dinner.
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  I was planning on saving it for the weekend, but my wife reminded me that
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  one of the reasons last year’s fell over was that we started decorating it
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  before the icing that was holding the house together dried.
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  Icing can be a pretty good glue, but you have to let it set.
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  If you move on too fast, things start to lean and slide and even fall over!
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  So, we built the structure tonight, and after it’s
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  had a chance to lock in, we’ll get to decorating tomorrow.
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  One of the things we’ll do regularly on Friday evenings is reflect on our week.
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  We’ll think back over what we did,
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  what was important to us, and how God was with us through it all.
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  It’s like letting the icing dry.
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  It locks in the good stuff from the week so it doesn’t just slip away.
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  I am going to lead you through three reflection questions,
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  and if it’s not too late, I encourage you to take your time.
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  Plan on pausing the podcast, and if something someone shares
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  leads to more questions or a deeper discussion, feel free to keep talking.
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  I’ll be here when you get back.
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  And if it is getting late, you could always write
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  some of those things down and pick the conversation back up this weekend.
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  Let’s start with this question: what was something good
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  that happened to you this week and why was it good?
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  For me, I had lunch on Wednesday with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while.
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  It was so good to catch up.
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  We spent most of the meal laughing, and that always makes me feel good.
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  Go ahead now and share your answers.
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  Our second question for tonight is: what was something good
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  that you helped to make happen for someone else and why was that good?
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  For me, I go back to my Gratituesday trip to the coffee shop
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  when I told my favorite barista, Bobby, how much his friendship means to me.
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  He broke out into a huge smile, and I could tell it meant something to him
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  to hear that he was more than just the guy who makes my coffee.
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  Go ahead and share your answers when you’re ready.
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  Ok, last question
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  for the week: what’s one word that describes this week,
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  and what’s one word you hope describes next week?
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  This week, I might use the word “remember.”
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  We talked a lot about Grace Harbor’s history, and it’s cool to think about
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  how people like John and Grace and the sailors and the people
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  who eventually settled here, they all worked together
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  to build this town into what it was and what it still is today.
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  The word I hope describes next week is…
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  I’ll say “prepare.” Christmas
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  is only two weeks from yesterday, and I still have some preparing to do!
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  Take your time and share once you’ve got something.
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  Ok, as we draw to a close this week, I just wanted to remind you
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  that the podcast will be off over the weekend, while I take time
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  to rest and recharge and finish the gingerbread house with my family.
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  I hope you’ll also find some time for both rest and fun.
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  I’ll be back on Monday morning, when we launch into the third week
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  of Advent with the theme of joy!
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  We’ll also mark the day when a couple of brothers
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  saw their dreams take flight - for real!
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  Ok, let’s pray.
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  “Dear God, thank you for all of the Grace Harbor
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  families seeking to be peace-makers and safe harbors.
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  Thank you that Jesus, our Prince of Peace, is always working
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  to make good things happen in our lives and in the world.
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  Watch over us this weekend, and bring us back together again next week.
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  Amen.” Alright, Grace Harbor!
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  Have a great weekend, and I’ll talk to you Monday!