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4. Guiding Words - Tuesday Evening · Family Prayer Podcast

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  Wow, what a day.
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  Good evening, Grace Harbor.
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  It's Dan and I hope you all are doing well.
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  I am honestly,
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  tired, but it's a good tired.
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  You know, like when you're tired from doing something fun
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  or being super helpful.
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  I drove all over town today picking up 500 fresh
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  baked cookies for the tree lighting tomorrow.
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  My car smelled AMAZING.
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  And can I be honest with you?
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  We might only be handing out
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  499 cookies tomorrow
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  because I just had to sneak one.
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  But I'm happy to report that I did not get a flat tire. And outside
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  of the cookie pick up taking about 20 minutes longer than I planned,
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  I got them all back to church where another team of amazing
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  volunteers was waiting to get them all on trays for the event.
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  And because they were so organized, we can all sleep
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  well tonight knowing that we're ready to go.
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  That is, if you can sleep the night
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  before one of your favorite events of the year!
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  I'm sure you've been so excited about something that you've had trouble
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  getting to sleep.
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  You know, like on, I don't know... Christmas Eve.
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  But enough about my day.
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  How was yours?
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  Do you remember this morning when we time traveled in our imagination?
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  Well, we've arrived at that moment for real.
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  The day is ending.
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  You might be finishing up dinner or it's bedtime.
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  This morning, we picked out a word we hoped would describe our day today.
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  Mine was “organized.”
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  What was yours?
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  Now take a moment to think about your actual day.
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  Was your word a good fit for today?
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  If not, what word would you pick instead?
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  Take a moment to share with your family.
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  And as always, if you need more time, you can pause the podcast
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  and I'll be right here when you get back.
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  My hope
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  is that no matter how your day ended up, the words
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  you chose to carry with you into the day helped you stay focused.
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  For example, maybe your word was “fun,”
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  but the most fun thing you were looking forward to didn't happen.
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  Instead of letting that bum you out, maybe your focus on
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  fun helped you look for fun in other places.
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  Or maybe that fun thing did happen, and it made it
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  feel even more fun than normal because it was your focus today.
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  Okay, before we say goodnight,
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  let's close by thinking of one thing we're grateful for.
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  You don't need to share it out loud,
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  but think of something you want to say thank you to God for.
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  It could be a person, a pet, a place,
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  an experience you had today, or really anything.
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  As you hold that thing you're grateful for in mind,
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  let's pray together.
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  If you want to, you can close your eyes or fold your hands.
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  Or if you've
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  got a little bit more energy to get out, I promise God still hears wiggly prayers.
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  Dear God,
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  we thank you for this day and for all of your blessings.
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  As we spend the next couple of weeks getting ready for Christmas,
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  prepare our hearts to celebrate it for what it truly is:
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  a sign of your deep love for us.
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  We pray that you would give us a good night's sleep tonight,
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  so that we can wake up tomorrow rested and refreshed
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  and ready to be more like the people you made us to be.
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  Amen.
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  All right,
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  good night, Grace Harbor.
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  I'll talk to you in the morning.