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How to Pray Through Scripture for Your Marriage & Life with Jodie Berndt | Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder? Podcast EP 351

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My guest this week is the incredible Jodie Berndt. She is a wife, mother, speaker and author of the best-selling Praying the Scriptures book series, which teaches to use God’s word to enhance your prayer life. Her newest book, Praying the Scriptures for Your Marriage, is available now.

She and her husband Robbie have four children, and they live in Virginia Beach. Jodie has such a deep well of wisdom, and I loved this conversation all around marriage.

2:56 – Jodie 101

  • She has been married to her husband for nearly 38 years. They both went to University of Virginia.
  • Things Jodie planned to do with her life didn’t usually work out. She has enjoyed the unexpected nature of where life has taken her.
  • Jodie met a woman whose husband was an author. Jodie began writing for him.

7:11 – How her series was born

  • Jodie’s first book was about miracles.
  • She loved using the Bible to help her pray for her family and herself. That led to her book series about Praying the Scriptures

12:20 – Work vs. personal life

  • People often introduce Jodie as a prayer expert or warrior. But she doesn’t feel comfortable with those titles. She is just someone who’s aware of her own need for God’s help.
  • Jodie asks God to help her, even when it’s hard to obey Him.

15:34 – Clogging the prayer lines?

  • Some people tell Jodie they feel bad about praying for simple things, like a child’s field hockey team or wanting a new refrigerator. They see it as “clogging the prayer lines” when there are more important things happening in the world.
  • When you pray about the little things, it lets you live with a greater sense of gratitude.

23:12 – Getting to know God

  • Prayer isn’t so much about getting things from God as it is about getting God and getting to know Him better.

25:08 – Prayer and marriage

  • People kept asking Jodie for a book about prayer and marriage, but she didn’t think the world needed any more. She already had a lot of books on her shelf about marriage.
  • Her passion for the project developed as she worked on it.

40:18 – Praying together

  • Praying with your spouse can be awkward, especially if you have different styles of prayer.
  • You can download a 31-day prayer calendar that has suggestions for topics, like generosity.

53:20 – Favorite thing to do with her husband

  • Jodie loves being grandparents together and going boating.

FEATURED QUOTES

I kind of fell backwards into writing, but it’s been a fun journey.

People will often introduce me as a prayer expert or prayer warrior. I’m just like, “Whoa, whoa! I don’t consider myself an expert or a warrior. I consider myself who’s really aware of her own need for God for his help.”

I think, “God, help me obey you, even when it’s really hard.”

The best stuff comes out of the wrestle.

When you pray about the little things, it lets you live with a greater sense of gratitude.

Prayer isn’t so much about getting things from God as it is about getting God and getting to know Him better.

https://jodieberndt.com/

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🎊 ONE WHOLE YEAR 🎉

My debut memoir, “If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry” has been out in the world for one whole year today. Writing this book was hard and holy work, and it’s been such a joy to see how many of you have laughed, cried, and laughed till you cried.

Thank you for the support of this book. ❤️

If you’ve read it, would you do me a *huge* favor and leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads? And would you share the book with a friend or on social media? It would mean the world to me.

And if you haven’t picked up a copy or downloaded the audiobook yet, what are you waiting for? 😉

#ifidontlaughillcry #iidlic #nelsonbooks

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🎊 ONE WHOLE YEAR 🎉 

My debut memoir, “If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry” has been out in the world for one whole year today. Writing this book was hard and holy work, and it’s been such a joy to see how many of you have laughed, cried, and laughed till you cried. 

Thank you for the support of this book. ❤️

If you’ve read it, would you do me a *huge* favor and leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads? And would you share the book with a friend or on social media? It would mean the world to me. 

And if you haven’t picked up a copy or downloaded the audiobook yet, what are you waiting for? 😉 

#ifidontlaughillcry #iidlic #nelsonbooks

Nine is fine! Happy birthday to the sweetest, kindest, funniest, smartest, best basketball playing boy we know! We love you, buddy roe!

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Nine is fine! Happy birthday to the sweetest, kindest, funniest, smartest, best basketball playing boy we know! We love you, buddy roe!

13 years of being married to the best man I know. Life with you is more than I ever could have dreamed. I love you, J. 🤍 #happyanniversary

📷 @katelynjames

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13 years of being married to the best man I know. Life with you is more than I ever could have dreamed. I love you, J. 🤍 #happyanniversary 

📷 @katelynjames

And the people of God said… AMEN!

#leviticus #allfatisthelords #biblerecap #biblehumor

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And the people of God said… AMEN! 

#leviticus #allfatisthelords #biblerecap #biblehumor

I often wonder if he’d be a red head like Amos or if he’d be musically gifted like Lilly.

Would he love snuggling or be a boy who only wanted hugs on his terms?

Would his eyes be brown like his dad’s or would he be covered in freckles?

What would his laugh sound like? Who would be his best friend? What would his favorite book be? Would he say Gen Alpha slang words like sigma and skibidi or would he love his mom too much to do that?

Would I be mommy or mama or mom to him?

So many questions I won’t get to answers to on this side of heaven. But I think about him today, just like every day, and I hope he’s getting a slice of strawberry cake for his heavenly birthday.

7 years. 🤍 #elijahtimothy

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I often wonder if he’d be a red head like Amos or if he’d be musically gifted like Lilly. 

Would he love snuggling or be a boy who only wanted hugs on his terms? 

Would his eyes be brown like his dad’s or would he be covered in freckles?

What would his laugh sound like? Who would be his best friend? What would his favorite book be? Would he say Gen Alpha slang words like sigma and skibidi or would he love his mom too much to do that? 

Would I be mommy or mama or mom to him?

So many questions I won’t get to answers to on this side of heaven. But I think about him today, just like every day, and I hope he’s getting a slice of strawberry cake for his heavenly birthday. 

7 years. 🤍 #elijahtimothy

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