{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.08,"endTime":3.12,"body":"You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode"},{"startTime":3.12,"endTime":6.96,"body":"1291. Today's Devo is called Submit to a"},{"startTime":6.96,"endTime":10.76,"body":"Season. Hey there. We're the Aleskies, a"},{"startTime":10.76,"endTime":14.48,"body":"ministry family working together in our church in Miami, Florida."},{"startTime":14.56,"endTime":18.4,"body":"And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists get longer,"},{"startTime":18.4,"endTime":22.24,"body":"it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why we partnered"},{"startTime":22.24,"endTime":25.9,"body":"with our friend Allison to produce a five minute daily dose of"},{"startTime":26.13,"endTime":29.49,"body":"heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional podcast."},{"startTime":30.45,"endTime":34.29,"body":"Well, good morning, everybody. This is Gabby Lessi, your host for the week."},{"startTime":34.29,"endTime":38.09,"body":"And I've got a very special guest on the podcast this"},{"startTime":38.09,"endTime":41.53,"body":"week, my mom. It's good to be here, Gabby. Say hi to"},{"startTime":41.53,"endTime":45.33,"body":"everybody. Hello, everybody. We're so glad that you are listening, and we hope"},{"startTime":45.33,"endTime":49.13,"body":"that this week really encourages you in the area of submitting to a season"},{"startTime":49.13,"endTime":52.89,"body":"that you might not want to surrender to. Yes. All right, so"},{"startTime":52.89,"endTime":56.35,"body":"backstory, and here's the plan for the week. So a couple days ago,"},{"startTime":56.43,"endTime":60.23,"body":"we were sitting down having coffee, and coffee turned into a two hour"},{"startTime":60.23,"endTime":63.07,"body":"conversation on the topic of submission."},{"startTime":63.95,"endTime":67.79,"body":"And as we're talking about submission, you started to create"},{"startTime":67.79,"endTime":71.469,"body":"an acronym on the word submit. Yes. And started to"},{"startTime":71.469,"endTime":74.95,"body":"put different words and almost break down what it means to"},{"startTime":74.95,"endTime":78.07,"body":"submit. And as we're talking, we're thinking, oh, my God, we need to do this"},{"startTime":78.07,"endTime":81.59,"body":"on the podcast. That's right. This would be such a blessing. So I cheated. I"},{"startTime":81.59,"endTime":84.87,"body":"brought my mom on here today, and the girls are gonna be mad at me,"},{"startTime":84.87,"endTime":88.69,"body":"but it's okay because I think this is a incredible topic that's going"},{"startTime":88.69,"endTime":92.17,"body":"to bless those that are listening. So, mom, jump into it."},{"startTime":92.57,"endTime":95.61,"body":"Every day this week we're going to break down the word submit. Yeah. And we"},{"startTime":95.61,"endTime":98.81,"body":"have a bonus word. I was going to say we have a bonus episode because"},{"startTime":98.89,"endTime":102.49,"body":"there's six letters in the word submit. So take us"},{"startTime":102.49,"endTime":106.05,"body":"into number one. S. What are we talking about? S is"},{"startTime":106.05,"endTime":109.73,"body":"for surrender. If we're going to submit. And we hope this"},{"startTime":109.73,"endTime":113.33,"body":"helps you remember when you're going through a tough season through this simple"},{"startTime":113.33,"endTime":117.17,"body":"acronym of how to pray. Pray this acronym"},{"startTime":117.17,"endTime":120.49,"body":"because God will ask you to go through a season at some point in your"},{"startTime":120.49,"endTime":123.81,"body":"life where you have to surrender all of your plans."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":124.13,"endTime":127.89,"body":"3 already lays it out for us. God already asks"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":127.89,"endTime":131.49,"body":"us in this verse. He says, commit to the Lord whatever you do,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":131.81,"endTime":135.65,"body":"and he will establish your plans. This verse highlights"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":135.65,"endTime":139.45,"body":"the promise that comes with surrender. If we'll surrender all our plans to"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":139.45,"endTime":143.27,"body":"God, then he will establish our plans."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":143.27,"endTime":146.79,"body":"And he keeps his promises, Gabby. He Does God keeps His promise?"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":146.87,"endTime":150.47,"body":"He does. And he answers the call of the righteous."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":150.87,"endTime":154.47,"body":"So when we surrender all of our plans, when we commit them to the Lord,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":154.55,"endTime":158.27,"body":"we follow this verse, we then give it over to him and now it's"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":158.27,"endTime":161.75,"body":"in his lap. Exactly. And here's the beautiful part. He's already got a plan."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":161.75,"endTime":165.11,"body":"Yeah. So surrendering, submitting to a season of"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":165.11,"endTime":168.89,"body":"delay, of waiting. You know, we said, submitting to what?"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":169.05,"endTime":172.41,"body":"Well, we're going to talk about what as we go throughout this week."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":172.81,"endTime":176.53,"body":"But there are so many things that in our lives God might require of"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":176.53,"endTime":180.21,"body":"us to go through a season of delay where we're waiting on a baby, waiting"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":180.21,"endTime":183.81,"body":"on a spouse, waiting on a job, waiting on those finances to come through,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":183.81,"endTime":187.49,"body":"waiting on that new house. And I really believe that the"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":187.49,"endTime":191.25,"body":"gift of delay, when we have to learn this and develop the"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":191.25,"endTime":194.97,"body":"spiritual muscle, God loves us the most if he'll"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":194.97,"endTime":197.97,"body":"allow us to go through this, walk us through a season where we have to"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":197.97,"endTime":201.75,"body":"surrender all of our plans to God, commit it all to the Lord,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":202.15,"endTime":205.91,"body":"we get more than just the outcome. We"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":205.91,"endTime":209.75,"body":"develop spiritual muscles that we would otherwise not develop. That's so good. And"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":209.75,"endTime":212.19,"body":"he loves us so much that he says, I'm going to put you through a"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":212.19,"endTime":215.79,"body":"season where it's for a reason, but you're going to have to"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":215.79,"endTime":219.31,"body":"submit to it. You're going to have to wait on me, but I'm going to"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":219.31,"endTime":223.07,"body":"help you through it. I'm going to come alongside you. You will not be"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":223.07,"endTime":226.91,"body":"alone in the journey. And I will give you an"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":226.91,"endTime":230.67,"body":"experience that at the end of the season, when the seasons end. Because remember,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":230.67,"endTime":234.47,"body":"Gabby, seasons end. Yes, it's true. Harvests come. Amen. And"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":234.47,"endTime":238.27,"body":"they can end in a 24 hour period. It's true. You can be waiting on"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":238.51,"endTime":242.23,"body":"a man or a husband or a wife or a baby and boom,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":242.23,"endTime":245.87,"body":"all you got to do is meet that person or take the pregnancy"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":245.87,"endTime":249.51,"body":"test. Yeah, it's so true. Or suddenly the person takes your"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":249.51,"endTime":253.35,"body":"contract, you're offering the house. Exactly. The house opens up. And"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":253.35,"endTime":257.11,"body":"I love that you mentioned this because one of the reasons why we, we"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":257.11,"endTime":260.43,"body":"were talking about submission was I felt like the Lord told me one day,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":260.75,"endTime":264.55,"body":"submission is the fast track to the desires that the Lord"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":264.55,"endTime":267.95,"body":"has for you. Exactly. Submission, True submission, not"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":268.51,"endTime":271.63,"body":"God, I submit to you. All right, Lord, I'm giving it. No, true"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":272.11,"endTime":275.59,"body":"submission is when God goes, all right, I'm going to take your"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":275.59,"endTime":279.43,"body":"situation. And it's almost like he fast tracks it. And you get to the"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":279.43,"endTime":282.31,"body":"harvest, you get to the blessing, the thing you were praying for. And you look"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":282.31,"endTime":285.56,"body":"back and you go, I waited. Yeah, I had to wait."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":286.04,"endTime":289.88,"body":"But you said it, which that conversation brought up the acronym."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":290.12,"endTime":293.96,"body":"And you said, how do we explain submission? And you said,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":293.96,"endTime":297.68,"body":"it starts with surrender. Because you have to get to a place where"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":297.68,"endTime":301.16,"body":"you go, God, even if I never see that day,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":301.72,"endTime":305.48,"body":"even if that spouse never walks in the door, even if I never"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":305.48,"endTime":309.08,"body":"have a baby, even if the house is never mine, God, I still"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":309.32,"endTime":313.1,"body":"surrender. Gabby, you are my fourth and final child."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":313.34,"endTime":316.46,"body":"You were my baby. You and Lauren both were surprises."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":317.1,"endTime":320.46,"body":"And we weren't sure that we would have children at all. And I remember the"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":320.46,"endTime":323.9,"body":"moment I had to do exactly what this acronym. It's. Where it's come from"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":324.3,"endTime":328.14,"body":"is 30 years ago, having to pray this prayer, going through a"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":328.14,"endTime":331.42,"body":"season of infertility and saying, lord, even if I never have a baby,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":332.06,"endTime":335.7,"body":"and hardest prayer to ever pray, hardest thing to lay down."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":335.7,"endTime":339.33,"body":"Because I thought if I say it, I mean, it's. No."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":339.49,"endTime":342.61,"body":"I didn't understand God. In a way, he wanted me to understand him. I didn't"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":342.61,"endTime":346.33,"body":"know him as the God who comes through on every promise, and he wanted to"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":346.33,"endTime":349.77,"body":"show me that. Four kids later. Yeah, but don't get to"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":349.77,"endTime":353.49,"body":"understanding because that comes tomorrow. That comes tomorrow. So step one, the you, the"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":353.49,"endTime":356.77,"body":"you, step one of the week, or when it comes to submission, is"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":357.09,"endTime":360.81,"body":"surrender. And so let's pray him out, because we did it. We"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":360.81,"endTime":364.61,"body":"did a shorter version of that. We tried. If these episodes go long, we"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":364.61,"endTime":368.02,"body":"apologize for. But if you can pray for everybody listening"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":368.5,"endTime":372.22,"body":"for a true surrender that they can truly surrender"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":372.22,"endTime":376.02,"body":"to the Lord, the things they want, the things that they're praying for, let's"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":376.02,"endTime":378.9,"body":"pray us out with that. Lord, I just. First of all, thank you for every"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":378.9,"endTime":382.26,"body":"person that's listening, because it's never a coincidence when"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":382.42,"endTime":386.14,"body":"godly people who want to seek you tune in, searching"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":386.14,"endTime":389.94,"body":"for you. You have the answer for them. You speak whether they're"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":389.94,"endTime":393.79,"body":"in their car or whether they're in their office or whether they're at the"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":393.79,"endTime":397.23,"body":"gym or whatever they're starting their day doing. Taking this time with you,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":397.47,"endTime":400.83,"body":"Lord. I know that you honor them for that and you're going to do that"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":400.83,"endTime":404.03,"body":"through helping them have a revelation of"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":404.03,"endTime":407.83,"body":"surrendering right now. Your word says to be still and know that you"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":407.83,"endTime":411.47,"body":"are God, you are faithful in all your promises. They can do it."},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":411.47,"endTime":415.15,"body":"They can surrender all their plans to you, and you will"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":415.15,"endTime":418.44,"body":"direct their paths and. And we thank you for it. In Jesus name,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":418.68,"endTime":422.36,"body":"amen and amen. Amen. So there you have it,"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":422.36,"endTime":426.2,"body":"your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much for tuning"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":426.2,"endTime":429.92,"body":"in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take on your"},{"speaker":"Proverbs 16","startTime":429.92,"endTime":433.32,"body":"day. 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