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Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms - A Prayer for When you Wonder if God Still Does Miracles · LifeAudio

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  Speaker 1: Life Audio.
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  Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping
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  Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas
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  Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here,
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  Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first
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  Speaker 2: and best response in parenting. and every day we come
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  Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children.
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  Speaker 2: Our freebie this month is a five-day prayer reset. It
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  Speaker 2: comes from our newest devotional, Everyday Prayers for Moms, praying
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  Speaker 2: God's word for your children from newborn to empty nest
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  Speaker 2: that came out last week. Maybe you want to pray
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  Speaker 2: more for your kids, or maybe you've tried before, but
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  Speaker 2: life got busy and the habit didn't stick. Maybe you're
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  Speaker 2: not sure where to begin, or maybe you just want
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  Speaker 2: to go a little bit deeper. Wherever you are, I
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  Speaker 2: want you to know this. You don't have to have
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  Speaker 2: it all figured out to start praying. Psalm 105.4 reminds
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  Speaker 2: us to seek His face always. We are invited to
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  Speaker 2: continually bring our lives and our children to God. In
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  Speaker 2: 1 Thessalonians 5.17 reminds us to pray without ceasing. Prayer
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  Speaker 2: isn't meant to be one more thing we have to
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  Speaker 2: get right. It's an invitation to walk with God through
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  Speaker 2: the everyday moments of motherhood. I'm learning that prayer looks
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  Speaker 2: different in different seasons. Some seasons allow for long, quiet prayers.
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  Speaker 2: Others might mean a few minutes before the kids wake up,
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  Speaker 2: a prayer in the car or simply turning your heart
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  Speaker 2: towards God in the middle of a busy day. God
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  Speaker 2: isn't looking for perfect, polished prayers. He's after our hearts.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I created this five-day prayer reset. These five
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  Speaker 2: days are not about adding another task to your list
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  Speaker 2: or creating a perfect prayer routine. They're simply an invitation
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  Speaker 2: to pause, begin again, and discover a rhythm of prayer
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  Speaker 2: that fits your real life. So take a breath. Give
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  Speaker 2: yourself some grace. Come as you are and begin our
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  Speaker 2: five-day prayer reset today. Find a link in our show notes.
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  Speaker 2: Today's devotion is written and read by Emily Waranga, the
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  Speaker 2: founder of the Lulu Tree and author of her new book,
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  Speaker 2: Commune With Me. To learn more about Emily or more
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  Speaker 2: about our ministry at Million Praying Moms, visit millionprayingmoms.com. After
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  Speaker 2: a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together for
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  Speaker 2: our families.
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  Speaker 1: A prayer for when you wonder if God still does miracles.
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  Speaker 1: Parts of me are present and parts aren't. A Mama
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  Speaker 1: Kit outreach is happening here in Uganda. 800 pregnant mothers
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  Speaker 1: with swollen belly gathered in bright fabric under a white tent.
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  Speaker 1: My legs and my arms and my body are with
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  Speaker 1: these mamas. My mind and my heart are not. They're
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  Speaker 1: clinging to my mom in Canada. to the news that
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  Speaker 1: mom's brain tumor has returned, that it is grade four
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  Speaker 1: and is growing fast. My body dances with the mamas
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  Speaker 1: in the mango-colored sun. My heart wraps around my own
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  Speaker 1: mom in an Afghan blanket, dying miles away. An early
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  Speaker 1: church father once said, that which is not assumed in
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  Speaker 1: the incarnation is not healed. This unassumed means not taken on,
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  Speaker 1: or not owned by the Incarnation, and the Incarnation is
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel. The Incarnation is God wrapping himself in skin,
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  Speaker 1: taking on hangnail and acne, hormones and aging. God surrendered
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  Speaker 1: to the process of breaking down long before picking up
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  Speaker 1: the matzah at the Last Supper. His body began to
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  Speaker 1: deteriorate the moment he stepped into Mary's womb. The very
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  Speaker 1: spirit that wove his cells together and strung veins and
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  Speaker 1: arteries and filled up his lungs was his own spirit,
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  Speaker 1: was himself. See, for example, Matthew chapter 1 verses 18
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  Speaker 1: through 21. God put himself together in the form of
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  Speaker 1: a human and scheduled his own execution. See John chapter
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  Speaker 1: 10 verses 17 to 18. And in the meantime, he
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  Speaker 1: surrendered to sickness, loneliness, hunger, and temptation. Parts of him
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  Speaker 1: were in heaven, parts were on earth, and parts were
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  Speaker 1: hovering over the waters. While in Uganda, I witness a miracle.
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  Speaker 1: I see food multiply. I see beef stew and rice
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  Speaker 1: and motoki squash not run out, feeding 800 mothers plus
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  Speaker 1: village children, despite our accounting for 500. I see women
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  Speaker 1: delivered of demons and bodies healed. And when it comes
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  Speaker 1: time to distribute the 500 pregnancy kits, pastors calling out
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  Speaker 1: names from the sheet where the women had been signed up,
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  Speaker 1: I see another multiplication. The pile of kits, a small
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  Speaker 1: white hill on a piece of plastic on the red
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  Speaker 1: dirt floor, does not reduce. And when the calling of
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  Speaker 1: the names is over, Some mothers haven't taken two kids
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  Speaker 1: because of twins. There remain 118 kids. God divided himself
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  Speaker 1: up when he came to earth. Then he kept dividing
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  Speaker 1: like cells, distributing his teaching and his love and his
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  Speaker 1: bread and his healing. It was the great divide. And
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  Speaker 1: in dividing himself, he multiplied through the spirit so we
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  Speaker 1: might all carry him everywhere and be one. As we
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  Speaker 1: come thirsty and hungry to his side, he says, drink,
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  Speaker 1: and we assume. We assume the incarnation. We own it,
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  Speaker 1: wrap ourselves in it like an Afghan blanket. We take
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  Speaker 1: on his body, his mind, his heart, and his healing.
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  Speaker 1: And in his breaking friend, we become whole. Mighty Yeshua,
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  Speaker 1: you broke and I break, thinking about you breaking. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for loving me enough to divide yourself up to
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  Speaker 1: be separated from your Father. Thank you for bleeding to
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  Speaker 1: make me whole.
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  Speaker 2: My guess is that if you're here listening to the
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  Speaker 2: Everyday Prayers podcast, you kind of care about praying for
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  Speaker 2: your children. My newest book, Everyday Prayers for Moms, Praying
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  Speaker 2: God's Work for Your Children from Newborn to Emptiness, is
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  Speaker 2: a great resource for moms who desire to pray for
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  Speaker 2: their kids. I don't know if you've ever looked up
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day and realized that you
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  Speaker 2: didn't pray at all So often we have this desire
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  Speaker 2: to pray, but we may not know how to put
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  Speaker 2: that desire in to practice. I'm learning in motherhood that
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  Speaker 2: my prayers adapt and change based on the season that
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  Speaker 2: we're in as a family. I'm also learning to give
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  Speaker 2: myself grace in those different seasons. I know God isn't
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  Speaker 2: after perfect, polished prayers. He's after my heart, and He's
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  Speaker 2: after yours too. So my plan is to be intentional,
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  Speaker 2: whatever that looks like in this season. I hope that
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  Speaker 2: is your plan as well. God sees our hearts. He's
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  Speaker 2: honored by our desire to connect with Him. If you're
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  Speaker 2: feeling stuck in your prayer life, I've got a new
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  Speaker 2: free download, a five-day prayer reset. It's a great guide
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  Speaker 2: to help you get started, jump back in, stay consistent,
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  Speaker 2: grow deeper in your prayers for your kids. It's also
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  Speaker 2: a great tool to share with your friends or with
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  Speaker 2: your family members that may be seeking to know God
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  Speaker 2: deeper in prayer as they're wanting to pray for their kids.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you will.
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  Speaker 2: Grab your copy today at millionprayingmoms.com. We'll also put a
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  Speaker 2: link in our show notes. Until next time, friends, may
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  Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. Make His face
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  Speaker 2: shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the
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  Speaker 2: Lord look with favor upon you and give you His peace.