I’m so excited to share this special episode of The Love Offering Podcast with you! Today, I’m chatting with my friend Brooke McGlothlin from Million Praying Moms about my new book, Everyday Prayers for Love.
As we talk, we dive into some of the core themes from the book, including:
- Why prayer is such a powerful tool for navigating the challenges of motherhood and life.
- How living out the fruit of the Spirit can transform our daily interactions.
- The freedom that comes from fully understanding God’s lavish and unconditional love.
- What it means to love our neighbors sacrificially, even when difficult.
This conversation is so close to my heart, and I hope it encourages you to embrace God’s love in your life fully. Love isn’t just a feeling—it’s a choice, an action, and a reflection of God’s heart in the world.
Takeaways
Prayer is essential for navigating life’s challenges.
The church must embody the fruit of the Spirit.
Our responses to life’s hardships reflect our faith.
Love is a behavior, not just a feeling.
We are called to love our neighbors, not just those close to us.
Sacrificial love is a powerful testament to our faith.
Understanding God’s love brings freedom from fear.
Community is vital for spiritual growth and support.
God’s love is lavish and unconditional.
Everyday actions can reflect God’s love to the world.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Trading Places
10:29 Understanding God’s Love
20:20 Defining Love Biblically
28:41 The Power of Sacrificial Love
34:53 The Impact of Understanding God’s Love
Transcript
Rachael Adams (00:01.147)
Hey everyone, welcome back to the Love Offering Podcast. I’m so excited for today. Today is different. I have my friend Brooke McLaughlin from Million Praying Moms on, and she will host the show for me. We’re like trading places and will discuss the new book, Everyday Prayers for Love. I’m so excited to introduce you to that new resource. But before we get into that, I want to introduce myself; if you don’t know her, she’s been on the show.
We discussed how patience goes a long way because she wrote prayers daily. So, if you have yet to listen to that episode, go back and listen to it. But for now, Brooke, just introduce yourself to us and the Moon Praying Moms Ministry so people can get to know you as we begin.
Million Praying Moms (00:44.748)
Yeah, that’s awesome. Thank you so much for having me, Rachel. This is a treat and super fun. Do you remember? I’m going to date myself. Do you remember there was a show? I think it was on. It could be on TLC or something like one of those channels, and it was called Trading Spaces. Do you remember that? For example, families that lived in a neighborhood or lived close to each other would change spaces.
Million Praying Moms (01:10.738)
and they wouldn’t know what was happening. So they would take a bedroom, bathroom, living room, or something like that and not have any say about what happened to their space as their trusted loved ones or friends were given complete autonomy to change everything about their space. And it was super fun. And I loved that show. And it reminds me a little bit of what we’re doing today, but I promise I won’t do anything you and I don’t like.
I have your permission for everything so that I will stay on the rails. But thank you for having me today to do this fun interview. My name is Brooke McLaughlin. I’m the founder of Million Praying Moms, where we teach women that prayer is not a last resort but the first and best response to the challenges of motherhood—really, the challenges of all of life. Prayer has radically transformed my life personally and from the overflow of what God has taught me and how he’s used it to change my life and my family’s life. That’s why we share and what we share at Million Praying Moms. I also have the privilege of hosting everyday prayers with Million Praying Moms, which is linked to what we will talk about today. And I’m just super excited to be here. I’ve had the opportunity to write a few books, one in the series we’re or two in the series we will discuss. And God’s been good in allowing me this opportunity to share my heart. So again, thank you for having me.
Rachael Adams (02:42.961)
I loved that show on TLC and What Not To Wear 2. Have you ever watched either one?
Million Praying Moms (02:47.576)
Yes, I watched that as well. I heard that. What were their names? I am trying to remember. There was a dark-haired woman. I can see their faces. I read the other day that they had a big feud, and that’s why the show ended, but they were thinking about how they’d gotten over their feud and, forgiveness and whatnot. And so they were going to do it again. Stacey and Clinton, that’s what it was. Wasn’t it Stacey and Clinton? Yes, yes. And the guy from Trading Spaces, his name was Ty. I remember because one of my best friends from high school named her son Ty after him.
Rachael Adams (03:25.265)
That’s funny. If Stacey and Clinton are watching, I want to be on your show, and I’d like a new wardrobe. That would be great.
Million Praying Moms (03:34.488)
Please, make me over. I would love it.
Rachael Adams (03:38.961)
Okay, so you have this whole series of everyday prayer books all on the fruit of the Spirit. So, I want to go back to the entire concept of this series, where it began, and its inspiration.
Million Praying Moms (03:54.038)
Absolutely. Part of it is that we wanted to explore the fruit of the spirit. There is one book in the series, and there will be a couple more that are outliers that don’t talk about the fruit of the spirit. But my heart is going through the fruit of the spirit, and to date, we have Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, and Faithfulness with your book. That’s it.
So we’ve got five fruit of the Spirit and more planned. And so the heart behind that was that it occurred to me that the church, and when I say the church, I mean the capital C church, like not your church specifically, because I don’t know what’s going on in your church. You may be doing a fantastic job of this, but the larger church, the body of Christ, is, in my humble opinion. And even in my heart, this affects me too.
Sometimes, we do a really poor job of living out the fruit of the Spirit. We’ve forgotten that we’re supposed to show love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control because the world is looking. The world is watching us as we’re doing that. I often tell people that it’s so important how we respond to the things of life. We’re all going to have things, right? We’re all going to have challenges, hardships, heartbreak. It is more important how we respond in those moments than it might be any other time because people who don’t know the Lord in our lives that we influence. I’m not talking about Instagram’s influence over or Facebook’s influence over. I’m talking about the people who are watching you in your everyday life, those who sit beside you at your kids’ sporting event, with you at the PTA meeting, or in your homeschool co-op, whatever it might be, in your church, pew, are watching you, and they might not know the Lord. And so they’re watching, and it’s in those times when how we respond is even more critical because we’re showing them if Jesus is worth following.
Million Praying Moms (06:11.416)
When you get really mad, is Jesus worth following? When you get hurt, is Jesus worth following? When the worst diagnosis comes, is Jesus still worth following? And those things are more important than ever before. And we’ve gotten very comfortable being keyboard warriors and slicing and dicing people for all the world to see, all of these onlookers to see, and they might not know Jesus. And so that has been my heart, that we would use these books as a call back to the idea that it’s important that we grow in love for other people. It’s important that we experience joy in our lives. It’s important that we find the ability to have peace in circumstances that might not be peaceful because people are watching, and they need Jesus.
Rachael Adams (07:11.621)
Yeah, absolutely. You know, on Sunday, my pastor, he’s been doing this series on the fruit of the Spirit. And the whole series has been about what God will do and what he will do. Well, this week was what we can do and our role. And so even though we are, you know, filled with the Holy Spirit when we become believers, we receive that salvation, we are then being sanctified, and we can grow like you were just talking about. But the pastor said we can resist, grieve, and quench the Holy Spirit’s leading in our lives. And so we’ve got to be aware of how we continue not to do those things and how we continue to grow and flourish and have a harvest. That’s why I am so passionate about this concept of love that we want to be known as Christians by our love. And so, not to be fishing for compliments from you, but why did you choose me for this specific book?
Million Praying Moms (08:36.46)
Yeah, well, you, there’s two things. One is that anybody listening to this podcast understands you have a heart for love. You have a heart for making your life an offering of God’s love to those with whom he’s privileged you to lead, worship, or live life with. That is clear to everybody who has been listening to this podcast until now. I was drawn to you because it’s already your message in many ways. But also, you and I have had the privilege of getting to know each other well through being a part of a mastermind of women who are just some of the greatest Jesus lovers I know. And it’s been such a joy in my life to get those, you know, to know those women. And as you and I have gotten to know each other, I’ve just known it was the combined, you know, well, she already talks about this all the time. And then I know your character and know that you’re not only just saying things for your podcast but also living it in the way you interact with the spaces I get to see you in. And that’s what I’m looking for. I don’t want just to have a talking head or somebody else to write a book. I want to know how to do this from someone living it. And it became clear to me that you were doing that. So that’s why.
Rachael Adams (10:01.265)
Well, thank you. And I will say that after I’ve written this book and now that it is starting to get into people’s hands, it is even more of a burden on my heart to make sure I am living out this message because the last thing I want people to do is to say, all she does is talk about love, but that’s not what I’ve experienced from her. And so I’m accountable to the Lord first, but it has held me even more responsible to the people in my life. And so now I want to give you the microphone. I will let you ask me questions even though I’m more comfortable on the other side of the mic. But this will be fun, something different.
Million Praying Moms (10:37.794)
This is, yes, going to be so much fun. Okay, Miss Rachel, when did you first learn of God’s love?
Rachael Adams (10:45.297)
So, this has been something that has grown over time, and I feel like it continues to grow. But I first was saved out of fear. I just didn’t want to go to hell. And that was my salvation moment. I was at a church play, Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames, and gave my life to the Lord, Jesus as my savior.
Rachael Adams (11:08.153)
But nothing really changed in my behavior or my attitudes. I didn’t know much more about him and didn’t grow much beyond that until I became a mother. And so Will is now 15, and at that point, something just really shifted in my heart. I thought, “This is another human being I’m in charge of, and I want to set a good example for him,” He was never a good sleeper, so I was in the rocking chair quite a bit with him, and it was the first time that I read my Bible all the way through. And I believe that as I was holding Will, I believe God was holding me, and I started to develop my relationship with him,m and as I was learning to become a mother, I felt like God was showing me who he was as my father. And so it was at that point I started to get to know him and develop an intimate relationship with him, and it has continued to grow, which he continues to reveal more of over time.
Million Praying Moms (12:17.654)
Yeah, you nailed it right there. We all have a starting point when we have this, maybe the first time we see how much grad loves us. Remember, for me, I was driving to, there was a season of my graduate school experience where I went to graduate school at Liberty University,y and I was living in Roanoke, Virginia, and driving to Lynchburg, Virginia, a couple of times a week for that, which was at that time about an hour drive I had to commute to class each day and I had to get up super early because I had to be there for an eight o’clock class and I got to see this glorious morning sunrise. I don’t know if you remember the song, Believe in God. It may be Twyla Paris. I was, again, dating myself. That song was on the radio and I’m watching the sunrise and I’m thinking, wow, the God of the universe that created that loves me. And I had known the Lord for many years before that. But it was like something connected in my mind and heart. And I began to realize more deeply how much God loved me. But you’re right. That last thing that you said, it’s a process. It’s a, you know, you have that realization, but then you grow in it. Part of that was why you wanted to do or host the Love Offering podcast. Tell me a little bit about what inspired this particular podcast for you.
Rachael Adams (13:58.331)
Around the same time that the story I just told, was, had very little community, and I was at home with Will all the time; then, I finally got the courage to go to the local library, and somebody invited me to go to Mop,s and then somebody asked me to come to church. And so I went from this kind of pendulum swing of having no community, no real relationship with the Lord, to then really getting invested in the local church and developing my relationship with God, and just realizing the more I served, the more involved I got, the closer I got to the Lord, the more fulfilled I felt. And so one Sunday morning, I was sitting in the church, on the right side of the second pew, and there was a love offering envelope in front of me. And in that moment, I felt like the Lord was saying, Rachel, you are my love offering. I’ve given you my love, but how are you going to give my love to the world around you? And the listeners know that I struggle with insecurity and inadequacy. And so I thought, God, I don’t know. You know, your head may say that you are created in God’s image and that he’s given you gifts, but in your heart, to believe it and function out of that belief is different. And so I was talking to a friend about it, and she said, why don’t you ask everybody else? Why don’t you just start to interview other people, how they’re living out their faith in ordinary ways and using their gifts and places with the people they’re surrounded by? And so I did, I just downloaded a free app and thought nobody would say yes to me to be interviewed, and here we are six seasons later, we have had over 300 conversations, and it has just been such a gift to meet so many people through this ministry. I pray it’s a gift to everybody who listens as well.
Million Praying Moms (15:46.358)
Yeah, absolutely. It is. That’s such a beautiful story. And then we just feel like we’re uncovering layers. We’re talking about how God first showed you how much He loved you. And then, once He grew that understanding in you, He brought you to the realization that not only are you loved by Him, but because he so loves you, He wants to use you to be a love offering in your community, in your world.
So you get to look outwards, then. We look inward as we understand. We look outward as we begin to say, maybe God doesn’t want me to absorb all this love from Him. Maybe He wants me to give it out. And then you start the podcast. And then you get to write this devotional, which I’ve heard you describe as a full-circle moment. So, please help us understand what that looks like.
Rachael Adams (16:39.481)
Yeah, so as I was getting more and more involved in church, our women’s ministry leader asked me to lead a Bible study for the young moms who are serving because she said, you young moms are serving so much, and we need you to be poured into as much as you’re pouring out. And so I started leading a Bible study in my church, and one of those, I forgot precisely which study it was, but I just felt this still small voice say, like, Rachel, you need to start to write.
A friend of mine had that same women’s ministry leader who had just been to the She Speaks Conference. And she suggested that I attend the following year. So I started to work on a proposal, and that proposal was titled fulfill, which was interesting because when I presented it, I had one little lead magnet, you would call it, and it was a love offering calendar. And so the acquisitions editor said, I don’t like your proposal, but I like this idea of the love offering calendar. It would be best if you continued to explore that and get an agent. So I did, and then I started the podcast. Then, the following year, I returned with a proposal called the love offering. Still, when I pitched that, my agent, who is my agent now, said it makes people think of money because that’s what a love offering envelope is. We could never figure it out, kind of the felt need or how to pitch it, so we switched gears, and then that’s how a little goes a long way came out. But when you approached me to write this one, it was so interesting because that same proposal I had written five years ago was the inspiration. I had so many of the stories, outlines, and the same concepts that I feel God had given me five years prior that now came to be helpful in the exact time and way he intended. And so I’m just so encouraged that we should pay attention to God’s voice, you know, for those listening. You probably have heard him. Whatever he leads you to may happen in a much different way and in time than you originally thought. And so I know this is part of his plan, and he has been preparing me all along the way.
Million Praying Moms (18:58.636)
Yeah, I, for anybody that’s listening that maybe has a dream in your heart or something that you feel like, I don’t know, perhaps you’re a mom and you’re in the throes of rocking your baby like Rachel was describing with Will or perhaps you’re in a place where you’ve just had to go to work and provide for your family. Still, it’s outside the area that you dreamed of or fill in the blank with whatever it is for you. God doesn’t waste anything. His no right now is because that wasn’t the best opportunity for you and that there’s a yes coming later that will allow you to use the things he’s given you. You know, both Rachel and I are in our 40s now and can see clearly that those no’s that God gave us before weren’t just to be cruel or unkind or to say that what the vision that he had given us didn’t matter.
It was not the right season, or maybe not the right format. So that’s a little aside, but I think it’s important because so many people struggle when they feel like God is saying no to them. But no, it is always because there’s something better for us. So you lived that firsthand as you’ve been able to write this book. I want to dive into the book, get to it, and help everyone understand how it’s set up and why it is so good. You’ve separated it into two sections. There are 31 devotionals. We’ll get into that in a second. However, part one focuses on what love is from a biblical perspective. And that defines every book, having the privilege of reading every single book now in the Everyday Prayers series. That defines every book. We are trying to help people understand from a biblical perspective what love is because what the world says about love and what God says about love are often two different things. And as I’ve been saying for years, if what I believe about, you know what I think, and God’s word says are two different things, I’m wrong. So, talk to us about how you describe and define God’s love in part one of the book.
Rachael Adams (21:11.633)
Yeah, love is such a confusing term because, you know, we say we love chocolate, our pets, our husbands, travel, shopping, and God. You know, like that is such a, for one word, to describe that vast amount of feeling. It’s confusing for many of us how we have been treated in our lives and how social media, movies, and books make it out to be. We’re getting into the Christmas season, and I’m a big fan of Hallmark movies, but that begins to be how we romanticize it. But really, scripture tells us that God is love. We could just stop there. That’s who He is, so love is God, and God is love. In scripture, there are many different, like the Hebrew term of love, there’s the gape and eros and familiar love and storage love that’s friendship and romantic and sacrificial, and there’s so much more depth. But we walk through in part one, 1st Corinthians 13, four through eight, that says love is patient, love is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, it doesn’t keep a record of wrongs, et cetera. And so we walk through each of those things. Love is not just a feeling; it’s a way that we behave, and so in each devotion we walk through, how has God exemplified those characteristics for us and then, in turn, because He’s loved us in that way, how can we go and love the world around us in that.
Million Praying Moms (22:43.596)
Yeah, and that’s a beautiful segue into what I see as one of the major themes of this book, which is kind of an, it’s a way for us to fulfill the greatest commandment, which we know says that you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength. You and I have done a series of talks on that, too. You could. I’m going to play host for a second and say perhaps you could link those in the show notes, but I think they’re really rich and good, but the second part of that, we know we’re supposed to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Some of us don’t know what that looks like. We explore that in those talks, but the second part can be confusing, which says that we’re to love our neighbors as ourselves. And if you stop for a second and think about that, that’s a big ask because we love ourselves a lot, like a lot. I love myself more than I love anybody else. And I say that not because I am necessarily proud of it but because actions speak louder than words, right? We just tend to love ourselves more even when we’re aware that we need to love other people. Even as moms, when we give and sacrifice to our kids, wives, church members, or whatever, we still focus on ourselves more than anything else. So, it helps us to know who our neighbors are and how we can display God’s love to them.
Rachael Adams (24:11.843)
Yeah, I think God has increased our neighborhoods because of technology. Even though you live in West Virginia and I live in Kentucky, we talk almost daily. And so it’s not just the person that lives next door to you. It is the person you’re talking to online. It’s the person you are standing next to at the checkout line and sitting beside in the workplace cubicle. It is the person that is next to you.
Million Praying Moms (24:15.446)
Yes, that’s a great word.
Rachael Adams (24:41.647)
That’s how I define a neighbor now. And so it looks like, you know, to love, as you mentioned, love them as ourselves, we would only let ourselves go hungry or thirsty or with shelter or clothing, education or safety. And so if we wouldn’t let ourselves go without those things, we shouldn’t let the people around us go without those things. When I think about the early church in Acts it talks about the early church; when they looked around, there was no need among them. And that’s what love looks like, that kind of lavish generosity. And what could happen if it was that way in our world? I can’t imagine a world where there was no need among us because we loved that extravagantly. But that’s the challenge. That’s what God is calling us to do. And to back up about our love talks, I loved that series. When you think about loving the Lord God with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength, we break that down. It’s your mental health. It’s your emotional health. It’s your spiritual health. And it’s your physical health and how all those things matter; they coincide and are woven together. And so we can love God that way, but we can also love other people in the way they need to be loved. And so I encourage everybody to listen to those series. But also just to realize
you won’t always agree with your neighbor. You won’t always live next to Mr. Rogers, next door. I’ve gotten really lucky with my neighbor next door. She’s a sweet 90 year old woman who just brings us baked goods and treats all the time. And so she’s straightforward to love, regardless of whether we agree with the other person. You think about the Good Samaritan. That’s the biblical story. You may not necessarily be from the same ethnicity or speak the same language, but when you see somebody in need, you must go and try to meet that need.
Million Praying Moms (26:45.602)
Yeah, I love that so much. The story of the Good Samaritan has been on my heart a lot lately as we’ve just walked through the election and what it looks like to love people who are different from us, who believe differently than us, who are less than us than the culture would say, or maybe less than us in some way, but we know that all of us are valuable in God’s sight. And so I love that story. It’s just been on my heart a lot.
Rachael Adams (27:09.253)
Well, now we thought you were going to say Brooke. I thought you would say that because of the recent hurricane, you all have needed to need each other as neighbors as well. That’s what I’m going to say.
Million Praying Moms (27:14.838)
That too, yes. Yeah, well, yeah, very definitely that, too. We did. Our town got hit very hard by the hurricane. And I live in a tiny little town, Rachel. I live in a town of about 2000. We have one stoplight in our town, and it is known that most people know each other and consider each other neighbors. The floods struck us, and we had about 50 displaced families and a property that was destroyed along the riverbank that runs through our county. And I got to see the small town of Good Samaritan shine. I’ve repeatedly said that small towns shine when things like this happen. And it’s been a beautiful thing to watch.
Again, people across party lines, denominational lines, people across racial lines, ethnicity lines just pausing and saying, you’re my neighbor. You have a need, and I’m going to meet that need. I’m not going to care about the rest. I’m just going to see your needs, and I’m going to meet them because I can. And that’s a compelling place to be in, for sure. Absolutely. Yes. Thank you for that reminder. So you’ve written 31 total devotions in this book. Do you have a favorite? I have a favorite. I’ll share what mine is, but you share what yours is.
Rachael Adams (28:41.701)
Yeah, it depends, maybe on the day. My favorite as we are, it’s about the sacrificial, loving, sacrificially. Being a mother and just carrying my children and loving them even before they were born, you know, and then just seeing them grow up. Now, I have a middle and high schooler, and motherhood is not easy. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of prayer. It takes a lot of patience. We’re, I feel, a joke quite a bit, but I believe that it’s true that marriage and motherhood are God’s way of sanctifying us because we have to love unconditionally and extend forgiveness, grace, and mercy all the time. And so I believe that that is certainly where God is challenging me and molding me to become more like Him. But sacrifice is not easy, but it’s something, you know, to me, motherhood, there’s nothing harder, but there’s been nothing greater or better in my life than being a mom. So I think trying to look at the Lord and, you know, really God, how He sacrificed His Son for us, Jesus sacrificed His life for our sins, and then brought the Holy Spirit. He exemplified sacrifice so well that attempting to do that in our own lives is a challenge, but one that I believe that when we do, the reward is much greater.
Million Praying Moms (30:13.654)
Yeah, absolutely. So, I want to talk to the woman listening today who might feel unlovable or find it difficult. You know, maybe she has some set of circumstances in her life that just have made her feel kind of beaten down, in the depths of despair, or depressed. There’s an epidemic level of depression and anxiety among teenagers, specifically in today’s world. But here’s what I know about teenagers. They have parents, and if their teenagers are anxious and depressed, then the chances are that affects the parents as well, and they may be struggling with it, too. How would you encourage the woman who’s feeling unlovable to listen to this podcast today?
Rachael Adams (31:06.181)
Yeah, I would say I feel unlovable too. You know, we see everybody else’s highlight reels, but we know what we’re thinking all the time. We know all the ways that we’ve messed up, the mistakes we’ve made, and the ways that we have sinned. And if we’re not careful, we can allow the enemy to cause us to live in that shame and guilt and feel unlovable. That’s why he wants us to feel unworthy of the Lord. But I would say just to read God’s Word. That is His love letter to us. Actually, I have a friend who doubted God’s love, and for one Christmas year, I gave her a Bible, and I went through and highlighted all the times that it talked about God’s love. And when I started that project, I didn’t realize that there were over 600 mentions of the term in Scripture. Still, it was a great exercise because I needed to learn how much God loves me. So I would go to His Word and just spend time with Him and read His love letter to you and see what He says about you and how He feels about you before going to the world to see how they feel about you and even believe the lies that the enemy would have you believe.
Million Praying Moms (32:17.184)
Yeah, absolutely. For me, that’s a fantastic and rich exercise. Everybody should do that. For me, I tend to go when I’m not feeling lovable. I tend to go to the Psalms because they’re so real. They permit me to be confirmed as well, to say to the Lord, like, I’ve let you down in this, or I don’t feel like I’ve been the kind of mom I need to be today, or I’ve let my husband down somehow or I, you whatever it is that is causing, I messed up in the finances. There’s just any number of things that can cause a woman to feel like, you know, I messed up, therefore I must not be lovable. As you said, God’s word tells us it isn’t. His love for us isn’t based on our merit anyway, right? It’s based on the merit of His son. But, and so that’s the best news ever. We can mess up royally, but we cannot.
Nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. That’s what the scripture says. But also, like we can just be real with the Lord and say, I’m just going to bring this to you like David did. So David was so real and so, you know, just so raw with the Lord. Yet he and he would start there. You can see it many times in the Psalms, where he begins in this place of raw emotion. But then he always comes back to this place of, I’m going to trust the Lord. And that’s what we can do. We can go to the Lord with that emotion and that feeling that we are not lovable. And we need to return to where we choose to say, I’m going to trust the Lord. This is what God’s Word says about me. So rather than trusting my emotions, rather than trusting my feelings, I’m going to trust what the Lord says to be true about me.
Rachael Adams (34:07.057)
I’m so glad you mentioned that. Yeah, we cannot earn God’s love. We already have it. You are already loved. So I hope that’s one of the main messages that readers get when, and even as they’re listening to this episode, they are beloved by Christ. There’s nothing more that you need to do to earn that.
Million Praying Moms (34:24.492)
Yeah. Amen. I agree so much. That’s what scripture tells us, and we stand by it. What excites you the most about readers taking this message to heart? We could just stay on that particular. We could talk about several things with understanding fully that you can do nothing to earn love from God, that God already loves you. We could camp there for a long time. But what excites you the most about readers grabbing onto this message and letting it take root in their hearts so that it affects how they live in the world around them?
Rachael Adams (35:02.277)
Yeah, there’s freedom and security in knowing who you are in Christ. And when you have that kind of confidence in who He’s created you to be and that security, it just transforms how you live your life. And I believe, and I don’t say this freely. This could change the world in many ways. If people understand and grasp the height, width, and depth of Christ, His love for them, they go and live differently and treat other people differently to understand how loved they are by Christ. The domino effect of that and the ripple effect of that will affect us now and eternity. So that’s why I’m excited about it.
Million Praying Moms (35:49.932)
Yeah, amen. I love that so much. I had a friend tell me once that if I understood the depth, like if I got the fullness of how much I am loved it would; the first thing that would happen was that all fear would go away. Any fear of walking in obedience to what God has called me to do in my life would go away Because I would understand that even if I mess up, that love doesn’t change. Even if it doesn’t go how I thought it should, I am still beloved in Christ. If we had that understanding, that whole experience, as you said, and like the scripture says, of the width, height, depth, and length of God’s love, it would change how we interact with the world around us. And it would give us this sense of power not from ourselves but from God to go out and do what He’s called us to do. And that’s priceless. That’s what we need in the world: more people who will function out of that love and do what God called them to do. It’s a powerful message. And I’m so grateful that you were the one that God chose to write about and share, Rachel. It’s a perfect fit. Thank you so much for letting me do this today. I know we need more time. So, I want to wrap it up and ask how everybody listening can stay in contact with you. Listen to this podcast, and keep listening to this podcast. How can they stay in contact with you, know what you’re doing for the kingdom, and, very importantly, get a copy of Everyday Prayers for Love?
Rachael Adams (37:38.822)
Yeah, well, Everyday Prayers for Love is available anywhere online. Books are sold. Brooke and I have created fantastic resources on her and my websites. We’ll be sure to link those in the show notes. We have a quiz, the What Makes You Lovable quiz, that you can take. We have some mini devotionals that align with this concept that we would love to show and share with you free wallpapers. So you can find all that at rachellekadams.com/ free. And then, of course, I keep listening to the podcast and Brooke’s podcast as well. We’re going to be featuring some of the devotionals from this book on her podcast as well. And so please tell us how we can stay in contact with you also.
Million Praying Moms (38:29.1)
Yeah, absolutely. Well, millionprayingmoms.com is the hub for all things Million Praying Moms. I love Instagram, so I hang out there a good bit. We offer some daily prayers for your children, to pray for your kids, which moms seem to love. It’s a straightforward way to begin praying God’s word for your kids. To find more about that at Million Praying Moms. Instagram, it’s just millionprayingmoms, so easy to keep in mind.
Rachael Adams (39:00.773)
On that note, would you pray for us as we close?
Million Praying Moms (39:05.014)
Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, Lord. First and foremost, thank you so much for the lavish way you love us, Lord. Not just in the everyday things that you do, the way that you take care of our needs, the way that you always give us exactly what we need, but just in the greatest way that you showed your love for us by giving us the gift of your son as we are full-on walking into the message of Christmas, I pray, Lord, that not only that the listener right now would recognize that Christmas is a time that we celebrate when Jesus came, but that they would recognize that this is a time when Jesus came for them, that they would make it very personal, Lord, and that as they begin the process of understanding the depth of love that would send its son to the cross that they could function in a place of freedom from fear to go and do everything that you’ve called them to do. Father, would you send the message of everyday prayers for loved ones that change lives and make an eternal impact on your kingdom? In Jesus name, we pray, amen.
Rachael Adams (40:20.323)
Amen. I’m so glad you said the word lavish, and I was going to mention earlier that God loves us lavishly. He is a good God, giving us good gifts and not stingy. He wants to provide us with good things. He wants what’s best for us and wants what’s best for the world around us. And everybody is listening, going to him, talking to him, telling him your requests, and he will show you his lavish love. And so I feel loved today. I know I’ve just loved having you on the show and flipping the script on me. So, thanks for doing that for us today. I encourage everybody to follow Brooke. She is such a wise woman. She is such a giving and generous woman and models our concept and all the other fruit of the Spirit, so I’m just so thankful for you that God has connected us and has given me this opportunity through you. So, I publicly wanted to thank you as well, Brooke. And thanks everyone for listening. I pray that you feel loved today and will extend that love to the world around you. God bless you. Thank you so much for listening.
Million Praying Moms (41:23.992)
Thank you.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Everyday Prayers for Love by Rachael Adams
- Million Praying Moms
- Free Devotional: Loving Our Children as God Loves Us
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