Shadowing Practice: How to Pray for Your Future Spouse - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everyone, today we're talking about praying for your future spouse.
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What's that about?
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Should you do it?
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Why or why not?
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Hey, we're Jackie and Bobby Angel with Ascension Presents.
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So, praying for your future spouse.
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Well, St. Paul, I think he would say you should.
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It says in Philippians, in chapter 4, verse 6, It says, have no anxiety about anything, but in everything, everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
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let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God, which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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You know, some people are like, oh, praying for your future spouse is ridiculous or it makes me anxious or whatever.
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Like I shouldn't be thinking about the future.
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It's like, listen, if you're going to talk about this with anybody else, then you absolutely should be talking about it with God because prayer is just conversation with God.
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So first of all, God is outside of time.
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So if you are called to marriage, he knows who your future spouse is.
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So of course, yes, pray for your future spouse.
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But also if this gives you anxiety, thinking about the future, I think prayer is, again, you're communicating this with God, whatever is on your heart,
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whether you are anxious about it, whether you are excited about it, whether you're feeling lonely, all of that should be given to God in prayer.
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Everything.
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And I would say too that just as we would pray for our health or our finances or our our job, you know, our future, we should also then give the other person
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that we're going to be aligned with to God in prayer.
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That they're being formed, that they're being a whole person, that they're being blessed in whatever they're going through,
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wherever they are, whenever we will get to be with them and unite.
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You know, there's no church document on soulmates.
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Like, we don't subscribe to, like, the uber romantic Hollywood idea of a soulmate, but nor is it just a cold detachment either.
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God is guiding all things.
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God has his providential hand in our lives, you know, in the mystery of how that aligns with our free will, that we are deciding our lives here.
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But God absolutely has a hand and cares who we marry, who we end up with, because that's going to affect generations upon generations.
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Part of prayer is a detachment.
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It's really saying, God, I trust you.
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I trust you with my future.
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I trust you in your plans.
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It's a detachment.
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It's learning how to be detached from the world.
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We have these desires, which are good.
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A lot of people desire marriage and family to have kids and that's beautiful, but you know what?
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We're not guaranteed any of those.
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You guys, we're not even guaranteed tomorrow.
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Everything in prayer, it should be, we offer to God and we say, God, I'm all yours.
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I belong to you and I want what you want.
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Even that modern obsession we have with romance and marriage and we turn it into an idol, like that's going to satisfy the aches of our hearts.
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That's going to, I ride off into the sunset on my wedding day and then it's eternal bliss.
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It's like, no. But I mean, yes, of course, with you, honey.
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Yes, always, of course.
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It's really a call again, Jesus, I trust in you, I place this in your hands.
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Help me not to make this marriage into an idol.
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Help me not to make this other person into an idol.
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I'll be happy when this happens.
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Like, God wants us to live in the here and now, whatever may come, if we're blessed with a long life or we're not.
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So that could be journaling for them, that could be doing a rosary for them daily, that could be just, again, quiet prayer.
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If this is an exercise you're brushing aside, like, oh, this is dumb, this is stupid.
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What's going on there?
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Is it that I don't really trust in God, that God cares enough?
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So I don't really think he cares about my happiness or the well-being of my life?
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Or maybe you don't think God wants you to be happier at all.
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Yeah, maybe that's going on.
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Maybe, you know, for my own experience, it could be like you're too attached to your lust.
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I'm too attached to the way I'm living because to give that up to God, to give my romantic life to God would mean I have to surrender it.
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And if that's something that I'm, no, no, that's mine.
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Like, I'll give you some other things, God, but not this thing over here.
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It could be a sign of, the flippancy could be a sign of, well, I don't want God to take over this part, which is really like, this is where he needs to come in
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and clean house and rearrange some stuff in my life right now.
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Both of us, before we got married, we both knew that God was the one, like God was the one who satisfied every part of our hearts.
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We weren't looking for each other to do that.
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We both are in love with each other and love each other, but our whole goal in our marriage is to get each
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other to heaven to get each other closer to god really that's that's the goal of our marriage
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and so we are not god we don't idolize each other um he is my best friend
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but at the same time it's like we both know
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that god is the one who's going to satisfy our hearts
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and that when you pray again draw near to it says i think it's james draw near to god
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and he will draw near to you i'm just going to leave you again with a scripture verse
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if you have struggles with you know the future
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and discernment write this down philippians chapter 4 verse 6 to 7 have no anxiety about anything
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but in everything by prayer
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and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to god
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and the peace of god which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
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That's the goal.
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The goal of prayer for anything is to keep your heart
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and mind in Christ Jesus and to really say with your future, your vocation, Jesus, I trust in you.
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Whatever you were calling me to do, whatever it is, if it's for a spouse and family, if it's to give myself fully to you, Jesus, I trust in you.
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Thanks for watching.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “How to Pray for Your Future Spouse”. Las palabras que más se repiten: prayer, trust, spouse, marriage, Jesus. Este vídeo tiene 81 frases y 1139 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:39. El hablante habla rápido, unas 202 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| spouse sustantivo | /spaʊ̯s/ | cónyuge, consorte |
| detachment sustantivo | /dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ | desprendimiento, desafijación |
| idol sustantivo | /ˈaɪ.dl̩/ | ídolo |
| satisfy verbo | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | satisfacer |
| verse sustantivo | /ˈvɝs/ | versículo, verso |
| soulmate sustantivo | alma gemela | |
| align verbo | /əˈlaɪn/ | alinearse, alinear |
| attach verbo | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | adjuntar, atachar |
| thanksgiving sustantivo | /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ | acción de gracias |
| anxious adjetivo | /ˈæŋkʃəs/ | incómodo |
| detach verbo | /dɪˈtæt͡ʃ/ | desacoplar, desprender |
| flippancy sustantivo | /ˈflɪ.pɛn.si/ | falta de seriedad |
| idolize verbo | /ˈaɪdəlaɪz/ | idolatrar |
| providential adjetivo | /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/ | providencial |
| rearrange verbo | /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/ | reacomodar, reacotejar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| take over verbo | apoderarse, enseñorearse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Should you do it?
- You know, there's no church document on soulmates.
- We're not guaranteed any of those.
- You guys, we're not even guaranteed tomorrow.
- I'll be happy when this happens.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be made · are called · should be given |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | desires, which are · part, which is · one who satisfied |
| Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea | Should you do · shouldn't be · should be |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | weren't looking · were calling |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 31 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: supplication /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, providential /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/, vocation /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/, obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: supplication /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spouse /spaʊ̯s/, scripture /ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: verse /ˈvɝs/, thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, providential /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/, vocation /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: idolize /ˈaɪdəlaɪz/, rosary /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como spouse, detachment, idol.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.