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Valentine's Day Prayer Edition with My Husband! · She Speaks Life - Christian Women, Strengthen Your Faith, Bible Study, Grow Spiritually In Christ

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Hi listeners. Welcome to the.
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She speaks live podcast a weekly encouragement where we share our
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God's stories. I'm your host.
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Jamie Elizabeth and I am so glad you are spending time with us
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today to listen. Hey hey hey, welcome back to she
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speaks Life podcast. I have a very special guest with
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me for this Valentine addition. I have my hubby Derek.
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Hi Derek. Hello, hi.
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And we should probably give them a little back story of how long
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we've been dating. I was 16 years old and got
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married at 20 years old sweetheart, and we are coming up
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on our Fifth wedding anniversary and I think the big one pretty
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good celebration there. It's right and we have it on our
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hearts to talk about prayer something, right?
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Yeah and something right? And as I was praying prayer,
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really, just settled in my spirit.
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And there is a couple things that were so important.
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As we dream this life together as we are married and raising
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kids and that was Was was prayer.
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Look like in our marriage and what is prayer look like as we
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parent. So, we're gonna tackle those two
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things today and hopefully bring you guys some encouragement
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because we are just only speaking from our own
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experience. Our own struggles when it comes
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to prayer things that I discovered things that Derek has
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discovered and we thought, wow, this would be really cool to
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share. So, Jamie brought up with me the
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topic of prayer, and I thought that is really a perfect one
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because, you know, our, it ties, our relationship, our marriage,
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and our relationship together with our relationship with God,
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and how he's at the center of that, and our interactions with
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him and his presence in our home and, and everything and how, you
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know, prayers been the Catalyst. That's really since day one.
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I remember when you talk about, we started dating, we were
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teenagers and we were on walks around the lake when we were
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dating. And, you know, I was talking
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about the future early on like, hey, you know, thinking along
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the lines of courting you and seeing you as a spouse or a
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potential wife when we were dating and I remember our first
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date was actually to go to church together.
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I asked you to go to church with me for the first day I wanted to
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start on the right step you know to have God's blessing on this
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relationship as we started. And if our future was going to
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be founded on that, I knew that was a good place to start and
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early on. I recognize that sort of my
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interaction with Jesus and with God, and my prayer life, my
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background, both of us Standing around church, but that mine was
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a different depth of relationship with Jesus.
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And so early on in our relationship and through our
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marriage early years, my prayer, life included, prayers for for
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Jamie. And, for her depth of
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relationship with Jesus to grow, and it's been amazing to watch
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how that prayer has produced fruit in her ministry here and
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also how it's come. It hasn't always been the path
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that I would have picked, or thought was the way that God
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would answer the prayer. Sometimes it came through some
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pain for me, but it was a way that he drew her close and she
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pressed into relationship with him.
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And and so prayer has been a Cornerstone of our relationship
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in one way or another, but specifically she mentioned us
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praying together. And so I think that has been a
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transition over the years for us to doing more of that.
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And so it's a really good topic. Yeah, so we started to pray
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together, sometime back. I don't know how many years ago,
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but we just saw The difference between me, just going off and
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praying in my own quiet time and you praying on your own time and
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how we started to pray together and how we started to see
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miracles happen and things, you know, whatever it is that we
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were battling and having God come through for us and just to
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give others a little back story. 32 prayer was not easy for me.
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I was scared to death to pray out loud, quite frankly, I
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didn't wasn't even comfortable praying in front of my husband
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Derek here. Anybody else was around.
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Yeah, it was. I mean, it was like, oh I just
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do that on my own time. And so it was definitely a step
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into something out of my comfort zone.
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And so I I have a story on my whole prayer life in the
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earliest episodes. On this podcast, you guys can go
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all the way back and hear what I thought about prayer at the
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time. My struggles with it and how I
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had to overcome that insecurity to pray out loud and all that.
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So, I'm not even moved into, I've been kind of a prayer
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person where or my prayer life has been one, where, you know,
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There specific things, you know meals of course that's a that's
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a constant where you're kind of like, okay.
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I remember to pray most of the time but you know, then there
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would be specific things that come up.
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You know that there's some big event or something in your
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sight. Okay, we need to ask for God's
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hand in this situation or blessing or something within the
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family or and for me outside of that, I've been very much of a
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conversational prayer with God. I'll be driving a lot of time by
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myself as well. But then if Hear something with
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others. That there's peer needed.
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I would have said, oh, I'll pray for you for that and I would
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most of the time sometimes you forget or, you know, you get, we
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just, you know, have those things happen but watching
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Jamie's transition and she had a podcast episode called, pray
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right here, right now and some of her experiences and what
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she's grown into and prayed for God to do with her related to
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her prayer life individually. And how she's been emboldened
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and come out of that, she'll or that discomfort.
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Of praying in front of others, to being an actual prayer,
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warrior with others, and and changing the course of what's
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going on in people's lives, by taking the opportunity.
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Right at the moment, spray actually influence me to be
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doing the same and so that's been something that I've
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followed and how impactful that's been for both of us.
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In our interactions with others were prayers been needed and in
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our own life. Just remember no matter where
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you are like bringing God into every situation is so crucial
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and important. Yeah and so you know you guys
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maybe With your husband already. And that is something you guys
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do on a daily basis. Maybe you've never done that or
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maybe you're just once in a while.
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I would like to do it more often pray together every day, but to
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just be totally transparent here and be real and authentic, we
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don't do it every day and we should, but I had a few things
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that what it does in our marriage when we come together
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and pray. And the first thing that, That I
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thought of was how strong of a bond it forms.
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When we come together and talk to God and just lay out all of
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our difficulties, our insecurities, our worries, our
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fears, and even, it doesn't even have to be negative.
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It could be the good things like the blessings and you know,
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thank you for our kids and just showing God gratitude and praise
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and doing that together out loud talking.
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God is just so Q JH that we found that really just shifts
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the atmosphere and just creates this, you know, unnnnnnh shaken
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unbroken Bond. And just to constantly.
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Remember that helps us to go oh, you know, member when we prayed
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together and how much that felt and we need to do that again,
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you know, and so just remembering And what it does to
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our marriage. I think helps us to do it more
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often. And so what were your thoughts
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on having that create a bond. Yeah, my yeah.
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So yeah, absolutely. I think that it is.
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I think it's something that definitely draws us closer to
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each other. I think that it also draws us
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closer to God. If there's a recognition of
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having him at the center of our relationship, when we invite the
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christ-centered, And ship, when we invite him in his presence,
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in through the act of prayer, right?
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And sometimes, there can be any number of things going on or
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you're just going about a normal day.
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And, you know, you set aside some time to come together and
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you'll think of things that really you should be praying
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about that, maybe would have escaped you otherwise, or you
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wouldn't have come up with in your personal life that you kind
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of play off your spouse with and coming together and putting your
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prayers together to God. You know, says in the word that
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where two or more gathered, he's there.
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Also, so we know scripturally that that by coming together in
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prayer that We're actually inviting his presence into that
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scenario. And it's not that he's not with
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you when you're going about your daily life individually.
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But what it does it's a very it's a very purposeful act to
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invite God's presence and all the other things that we deal
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with in relationship and growing closer together in with our,
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with our spouse, in our day-to-day relationship.
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I think having a god-like woven into that fabric, that
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relationship comes from in his presence and comes from inviting
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him in through prayer. And so, It's definitely been
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something that's increase the bond.
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And also you think one of the things that I would say about it
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is it shows you the other person's heart at a different
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level than you're going to get, just in your conversations and
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your, you know, your chats and pillow talk and stuff.
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When I hear you whether it's crying out or petitioning or you
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know, asking or yeah, well, you know, or joyfully thanking any
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number of aspects of a type of prayer that we may go to the
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Lord with I'm hearing your A heart at its truest form kind of
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reaching out to our creator you know.
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And that brings an intimacy in our relationship and a bond that
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you wouldn't experience otherwise.
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Yeah because you know me when I get hit with the Holy Spirit, I
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just ball. I cry and get my words out here.
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Just patting me wait until I can get myself together, okay?
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And then I also feel like in our prayer life is that we come
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along, Side each other and it kind of reinforces what we have.
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Just spoken to God about like later on like say we pray over
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something and then you know the next week I'm expressing how
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worried I am about something or, you know, something fearful or
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whatever it is, and then you can go.
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Hey remember you know we prayed about that and this is what God
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says. And it's like that description.
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You had talked about earlier with me before we hit recording
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and it's like, you're back to back, you know, and what a
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playground fight you said and you've got each other's back.
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So therefore when that enemy tries to come in and attack us,
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we've got each other to uphold and go.
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Hey, listen, this is not like coming from the Lord.
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This is coming from the enemy and this, these are lies.
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And so, I think it helps when we have each other to just remind
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who God is and who he what he says in a scripture in his in
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his word and I Envision a braid to like, you know, one string is
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you one is me and then God's in the center.
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And when you twist that all together makes the strong braid,
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the strongest rope, and it really makes us so much.
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More. It's like a armor, you know, to
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protect a shield to protect us from having the enemy penetrate
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is evil schemes on us? Yeah, I was, I mean, we were
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talking about the benefits of our prayers together and it's
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like, you know, we know there's a whole another podcast on
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prayer and and the, you know, the format of prayer and, you
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know, praying to the father and the name of the son and, you
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know, how our faith activates. And there's there's aspects of
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prayer there. You could do entire podcasts on
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Different aspects of prayer. But I think for the
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understanding of the joint prayer together with us as a
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couple in the power and the impact of that is, you know,
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that that schoolyard fight. If you think of the image of,
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you know, a kid getting picked on by a group of bullies or
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something and they kind of circle around them, you know,
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and the enemies kind of like that, you know, and his in our
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thought, life with prayer. A lot of times you will face
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something head on but you know, the enemy is tricky and tries to
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bring, you know, thoughts to us about, right?
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And get us out of that place. Of faith.
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And when you have somebody else, that's heard that is standing
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with you, in belief and thanking, God ahead of time.
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Once you've prayed for something, whether you see it or
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not yet, knowing that person kind of has your back, you know,
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they're back to back with you. And so, those thoughts and those
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attacks when they hear something come out of your mouth, that
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doesn't really align with what, you know, you prayed for.
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And that that's not aligned with what is going to build your
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faith. But instead is going to be like
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a seed of Doubt having that other person there to recognize
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that and say, you know, hey let's thank God for that.
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He's already done that work in. In the spiritual.
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And that we may not have seen it with our natural eyes yet.
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Let's thank him ahead of time for it.
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You know. Go forward.
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Thank him for it. And that support we remember to
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do that in our personal lives, but doing that having another
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person there with you, like standing guard and you know,
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arming your thought life with you because it kind of hear what
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comes out of your mouth and does that align with what we prayed.
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So so protective and and, you know, helps you like strengthen
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your faith, really? I mean, so that's, it's a faith
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Builder, so good. And you do that a lot with me.
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You do hate to stop thinking that way.
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All right, so, one thing also, the that I, I really this is
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like, really hits that tender spot in my heart when it comes
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to our prayer life together, is really going above and beyond
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supporting each other and we're a team, you know, if we work as
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a team, I just think the marriage goes so much.
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Better, instead of just, you know, individually just not
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being in tune with each other and being disconnected.
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Obviously, that's not the greatest way to live with each
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other, but I really feel like when one of us has a god
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assignment or a god dream, maybe it's a job.
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You're very entrepreneur entrepreneurial and so
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entrepreneurial. Our time anyway.
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And so you are constantly having ideas come to your mind and you
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are a Visionary. So you are just thinking I can
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just head on do this. I see the vision I'm going to go
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for it and I'm more of the Practical and logical person.
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And I'm not much of a risk taker I'm becoming More of that
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because in faith faith requires that.
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So I've been getting better and better at that.
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But one of the things that I really think that when we come
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together and we pray, it fuels that passion in wanting to go
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above and beyond supporting each other and those God dreams.
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And what I mean by going above and beyond, its be ongoing.
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Oh, great job, huh? Any like I think you should go
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ahead and do this. You're going to be awesome and
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then just like maybe not even talk to your spouse about it
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again for like another month, not really putting in the action
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behind the words. And one of the things when
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you're coming together and you're praying about each
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other's desires, your God dreams your God assignment, I think it
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puts, you know, just this fuel to the flame of really wanting
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Hold that person's hand and just going, is there anything I can
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do to help you get more engaged? And what you want to do, or, you
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know, whatever it is, let me help you.
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How can I am putting action into that?
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Obviously, encouraging words is great, but going above and
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beyond that with actually helping that person and action?
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Yeah, I think is even more crucial.
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And I know you did that with me with this.
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Podcast God laid it on my heart out of the blue prayed about
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knew that this was coming from the Lord and you went into well,
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what can I do to help you? You didn't just like, Pat me on
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the back and go. Oh, that's great.
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I think they'll be nice and then you go on your way.
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You actually like I'd even know you were looking up and, you
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know, on Amazon, like, what's the best audio?
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But so that's podcast equipment and then we were Some
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encouragement are great. There's nothing wrong with that
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level of support. But yeah, I mean you know,
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hearing what is on the heart of your house and saying, look,
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here's actions. I can take right.
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That can align with you. And sometimes there's not, but
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when there is like that when there's, you know, when you take
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on a task or you have a dream or you, I mean, even trying to look
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for things in our day-to-day life, where there's
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opportunities for your success or what you're putting your
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hands to, or your mind or whatever, you have in your
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heart, as far as Ministry is concerned with God's placed on
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your heart to do. That's a Ministry.
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But within itself, we each of us have our things that we do
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Kingdom focused Kingdom building Focus things in our lives that
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we do. But when we come together and
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support each other, in that, right?
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That bond that strand that you're talking about is
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unbreakable and it's like, it changes and also the
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encouragement of it, right? I mean, it's easy for us to, to
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have on our own, you can hear words of encouragement, but, you
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know, in your alone time or when you're out upon a task, trying
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to build something, or trying to do something, or it could be
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anything could be, you know, My goal to lose, you know, ten
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pounds and like without the support, you know, you fall off
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the wagon and eat a Snicker bar. And the next thing you know,
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it's like you throw in the towel, your back to eating junk
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food all the time, you know. But you know the next day, you
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know, hey let me you know let me make you a salad or so.
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Whatever the action is like, there's support that goes into
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that and I think that our prayer life, how that Circle, how did
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that Circle back to our prayer life together?
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And what that is, is far as encouragement.
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Yeah. And I think praying, About that
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specific thing is action. Yeah, it is just going.
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Hey, I've been praying about that.
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New job you want? Or I've been praying about that?
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New god dream that you told me about.
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So, you know, even if it's not something you can you know, I
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actually do. You are you're doing it with
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prayer? Yeah it's putting your it's it's
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probably the most powerful thing you can do.
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Right, action wise and then God will put things on your heart.
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I mean, part of the thing that I would Seeking for when you said,
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hey I have it on my heart to do this podcast then, you know, and
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I'm like totally supportive of the idea and excited and what
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does that mean? And you know are you going to be
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spending all of your time or you going away somewhere as like you
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know as my wife gonna you know be disappearing for hours a day.
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Doing a podcast where normally we'd be spending time together.
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You know what are those costs? It could be they could be
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selfish thoughts that come right.
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But instead you know coming back with encouraging words and then
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looking at it and saying I'm gonna pray over you and God's
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anointing on. What you're putting your hand to
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and, and then what happened to me, was he started opening my
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eyes to things that I could be doing and how we could be
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ministering together, you know, by I could get involved in doing
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some of the editing early on in episodes and things like that.
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And spending time that normally you would Farm out to somebody
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else, a third party to do for you and I had some familiarity
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with and it's like that one, I mean, not only that but the
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blessing they came back on me like it helped you but I was
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like the first 20 ever. It is 20 or 30 episodes.
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This I was like, I'd be in my office like, clicking away on
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the edit and in many cases, like, brought to tears, you
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know, I'm getting blessed and I'm getting, you know, I'm
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getting ministered to write their editing the thing because
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I'm hearing these stories that are unbelievable.
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God stories. Yeah, so, if you see a
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difference with the additive, because I saved over hilarious.
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Okay. So the other thing is what is
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prayer like look like as we parent and this was huge for me
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is because I didn't want my kids growing up with my same
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insecurities about praying out loud.
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So I made a point in praying out loud with the kids, whether we
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in a car ride, going to school, that happened a lot because you
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just have that one on one time with them, you're in a car,
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you're going to school for us. There's tons of traffic going
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from the house to the school. It's not a short drive and so I
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would just pray out loud with them.
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And also depending on their ages, I would ask them.
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Is there anything specific that we can pray about and being
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specific? I would just Shout out different
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areas in their life that maybe they'll make them think so.
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Is there something I need to pray about?
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Like is there anything with school work that you need to
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pray about? Is there anything in your
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friendships that you need to pray about even home?
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Life like is there something even with us, you know, is there
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something you want to pray about with your siblings?
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And so I think that helps as I did this prayer thing.
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The kids asking them specifically, otherwise I go.
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Is there anything you need to pray about and they just don't
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know, you know, but if you kind of really get into the different
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areas that they do life in, it brings up these little triggers
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of oh yeah, I've got a test today or I've got a test coming
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up, Thursday, I need prayer over because I'm nervous about it,
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whatever it is and also asking I'm them about giving it over to
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God because so many times we feel like we need to control
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everything and it is reassuring them.
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Hey, is there anything? You're trying to hold on to that
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really? You just need to let go and let
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God do and have control. And, and, and again, that's
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depending on their age group, you know, the different stages.
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And the other thing was that I felt Like was important was
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giving our kids the opportunity to pray out loud.
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So even know you're praying in the car with them giving it over
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to them and asking hey would you like to pray to sometimes?
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It was like I'm too tired. You know honestly or you know
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they'd say a few words or they go right into it just depends on
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their mood and again with their age.
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The time, and I really thought giving them that opportunity to
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not just have mom or dad, pray over them but going, hey, you
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know, when I'm done praying or do you want to start out with
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the prayer? It gives them the opportunity to
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start practicing praying out loud.
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And also, I really saw the huge blessing when I had My kids,
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pray over me and this was just a God thing.
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I was getting ready to speak. I was very nervous and I came up
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to my son and I said, hey, can you pray over me?
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I'm really nervous and fearful and I need prayer of life's
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like, peace and letting God speak through me.
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And he just laid his hands on me and, and prayed over me.
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And it gave Him. I saw that gave him the
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authority of like, wow, like my mom wants me to pray over her.
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How cool is that? And if you've ever not done this
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before, I mean try it. I mean, it really does make your
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kid. Just feel like, oh, you know,
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it's a responsibility for me to, to be praying over my family.
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Not just a mom and dad thing that they do.
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You or you know, that's their roles to pray over us.
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Kids like we can't pray over our parents, you know, it's I would
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think. Yeah.
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So I think it gave them the opportunity to pray out loud
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over us and I mean I tell you those kid prayers powerful.
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Oh yeah. I mean so that's just all over
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me and I think of it, too. I mean, we started praying with
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them. I started playing with the kids
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when I put him down and I know that you did too and we come see
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if I mean, I would go in, I was always taking In the mid, you
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know, like the midnight feeding because I'm more of a night owl
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and your early to bed. And so it would be like actually
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was a perfect combination because you know, the trade I'd
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go in there be, you know, the glider and I dropped the kids
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and give them, you know, a bottle and put them back down
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for that kind of that midnight feeding.
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And it was an opportunity for me to, you know, kind of sing some
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worship songs, over them real quietly as they're falling back
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to sleep. And also, pray over them.
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We went back in our prayer life. Like, we were praying over our
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kids and I was, you know, putting hands on Jamie's tummy
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and praying. The kids praying over their
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lives, praying over their spouses playing, praying over
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their kids from kind of conception on.
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I mean these kids were have been prayed over and it's never too
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late to start that. I mean, we started very early on
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and had that focus on our child-rearing, we've got three
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kids you know we're a year away from kind of being that empty
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nester stage. So we're kind of just
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transitioning into seeing how they put that to work in their
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day-to-day lives and with their men, our oldest is now Age to
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get married and how they put it to work in their relationship
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with their soon-to-be spouse and there's mates.
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But one of the things I would say about it, Janie is just how
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blessed I am. And I hear you talk about that
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and I think of you know, the times when you're taking the
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kids to school and you know, there wasn't an opportunity I'm
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at work or I'm you know, busy with these other tasks of our
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household and that you're taking that responsibility and had the
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freedom to do. So and you drive them to school
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and take that time to be on. Purpose and focused on prayer
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and bringing God into the conversation, into their
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relationship with him. And what that's done from a very
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early age, that's one thing we pray over our kids.
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I mean, that's a great place to start your reading them a
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bedtime story and you pray there, their nighttime prayers
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and they learn the modeling of praying and their interaction
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with God. And that this is another,
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there's a third person that we're talking to you.
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That's in the room with us and that's in relationship with us.
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But as they get older and they start to get that school age,
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it's easy for that to those. Nighttime prayers and their 12
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and 13. You're not necessarily reading a
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story and laying down next to him and doing nighttime prayers.
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The same way that you were when they were four or five or six,
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right? So, how blessed I am as a
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husband and as a father, to have a wife and a mom, a mommy to our
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kids, who has taken that relationship of, there's between
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them and God. So, seriously, and the things
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that you wanted in your life to be different as far as your
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prayer life, and that were heard, For you not to be hurdles
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for them and to take that next generation of Believers and have
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them improve that and the boldness that that's created in
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them. When I look at, there's so many
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aspects of it that are a blessing but their ability to
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recognize where prayers needed in their lives.
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I mean, there was things that I went through in high school,
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let's say, or prior to that or that you did where, you know,
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we're dealing with trials or struggles or things coming
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against us and, you know, we maybe didn't go to God In Prayer
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for that and our kids and no to do.
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That and, you know, in seeking their spouses and who they date
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and how they date, and why they day and being on purpose and
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seeking, God, God's guidance in that and going to him in prayer.
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I mean, just amazing how many aspects of their lives are
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impacted by that. Simple.
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Task of asking, if they need anything to pray over on the way
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to school and then asking them to step out and pray over mom
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over something to get that experience in that real world
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example and practice at doing something that Is going to lead
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them in life, to two answers, to God, being injected into
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situations, where they're going to need him.
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We're not going to be there in every case and he is.
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And so I'm just, you know, I would just say for a Valentine's
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thing, you know, I love you so much and I'm so blessed by the
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mom that you are to our kids and what you've done to improve
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their relationship with God and Foster that and row that in them
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and they're all blessed by you and I am as well.
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Love you too. You just the best dad, as well.
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I mean, showing from example, is how the kids learn.
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It's not, you know just by our words is by our actions and
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setting an example and you Mom and Dad do that.
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And I know you back that up and I just want to say I'm blessed
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and our kids are blessed as well.
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And and one thing I wanted to add to when you were talking
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about praying as a family, How Priceless that is when the kids
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see what we've been praying over as a family coming to fruition?
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Oh yeah, the testimony of my God.
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Yeah, the Revelation. I was at the gods.
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So changeable on their life. Yeah.
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When they see in the natural and I was like, well, I paid for
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that. And this I told, I mean, even my
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new things like that. Actually, you know, like praying
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over a test that they feel feel ill equipped for him praying
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for, you know, that that extra that God would bring things to
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their memory that they've studied, but they may feel like
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they're forgetting and then they a something or, you know, and it
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doesn't always happen the in those ways, but those are terms
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where they see it come to fruition.
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They see it. Develop and materialize the
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natural. And it's like, you know, I know
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that prayer was impactful. I know that, you know, I was
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kind of coasting through that test, but look at the result,
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right? That and I did feel things
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brought to my memory that I would have forgotten and you
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talked about it afterwards, right?
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Becomes very real. And I would just say, Do you
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know to like the to your listeners and your audience out
31:43
there a couple of things I just have on my heart and that is,
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you know, you're hearing about praying with your spouse and the
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way to approach that right? Is there's no wrong way and and
31:53
in there's no wrong time like if you're if you been doing that
31:56
awesome and you probably are saying, you know what, I can
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this resonates with me, if not, you know start right away and
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and with the kids to it anytime that you're with them and
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anytime you have and and then second to that it's there's yeah
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there's never a to Late time to bring God into a into a
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relationship in the situation, into your child rearing into
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your relationship, with your spouse.
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But also you know, I know if you're listening to this, you're
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looking at the benefit that it gives you how it lifts you up
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the test, you know? The words of Our Testimony and
32:28
when you're listening to this podcast in particular, you know,
32:30
for the edification that it brings to the audience.
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I would just also say, you know, you're a seeker and you're also
32:35
recognizing that God is at the center of all of it and bringing
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that in your relationship with your kids, and with your spouse
32:40
and say, You may not always hear it from them or from your
32:42
husband but as a male voice first male voice on his podcast,
32:45
let me just say that all the ladies that are out there, what
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a blessing you are to those scenarios and if you don't hear
32:51
it from another male voice or from the kids, it's not
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recognized the same way that it could be that God sees it.
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And that it blesses his heart and I know that I recognize that
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it blesses, my heart my wife but not, you know, not all guys are
33:04
as in tune with that. And, you know, just would say
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that you have a very impactful row.
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Role that you play in the lives of your children and your
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interaction with your spouse and their relationship with God.
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And I think that's what this kind of whole conversation is
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about, is that, you know, it brings the bond, not only with
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each other and with our kids and is not just an answer to things
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that we have no control over, but that God has influence and
33:29
control over, but it has to do with the building of
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relationship with each other. You know, and prayer is just the
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key element to that. Yeah, I love that.
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So cool. I know.
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So much power in prayer and I wish I caught on to that early
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on but it's never too late. And I hope this brought some
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realness of what it looks like and prayer life together and in
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parenting and kind of what we've learned.
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And we don't get it right all the time.
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We wish we did it more often but this is the blessings that come
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out of when you pray together and pray with your kids.
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So Thanks for listening and thanks for coming on here.
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Beauty, Happy Valentine's Day. I love you.
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Have you found things and maybe we should finish this one off.
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I'll, I'll say a quick prayer out there to, you know, anybody
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that's listening to this podcast.
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Yeah, so father, I thank you for this ministry.
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I think you for the testimony and just the power of prayer and
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that you your presence rests on us.
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When we come to you in Joins in your presence is in the
34:37
environment when we welcome you. And I thank you for the
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listeners out there. Father You would just bless
34:41
their prayer lives that we know you hear them and that as they
34:46
come to you, they recognize that those prayers have an impact
34:49
Beyond just the words, reaching your ears father but that those
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around them and those that they're interacting and in
34:56
relationship with that that has an influence on those ties as
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well. I just pray for a blessing and
35:02
growth in that in the prayers that it would just that you
35:06
would hear volumes with prayers coming up and and and reaching
35:09
your ears father as a Result of this and that people that listen
35:13
to this would be emboldened to pray more and with each other,
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and thank you for answering our prayers and being faithful to
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do. So thank you for relationships
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that are are strengthened by hearing this father and we pray
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these things in Jesus precious name.
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Amen. Well, Happy Valentine's Day.
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Ladies, happy Valentine's Day. Thank you so much for listening
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