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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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “How to Pray for Your Future Spouse”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: prayer, trust, spouse, marriage, Jesus. Deze video bevat 81 zinnen en 1139 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:39. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 202 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| spouse zelfstandig naamwoord | /spaʊ̯s/ | echtgenoot, eega |
| detachment zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ | scheiding, losraking |
| idol zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈaɪ.dl̩/ | afgod, godenbeeld |
| satisfy werkwoord | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | voldoen, voldoende zijn |
| verse zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɝs/ | vers |
| soulmate zelfstandig naamwoord | soulmate, zielsverwant | |
| attach werkwoord | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | vastmaken |
| thanksgiving zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ | dankzegging |
| anxious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈæŋkʃəs/ | bezorgd |
| discernment zelfstandig naamwoord | onderscheidingsvermogen | |
| flippancy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈflɪ.pɛn.si/ | lichtzinnigheid |
| idolize werkwoord | /ˈaɪdəlaɪz/ | verafgoden |
| rearrange werkwoord | /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/ | herschikken |
| rosary zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/ | rozenkrans |
| vocation zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/ | roeping |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| check out werkwoord | onderzoeken |
| take over werkwoord | overnemen |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- 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.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be made · are called · should be given |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | desires, which are · part, which is · one who satisfied |
| Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is | Should you do · shouldn't be · should be |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | weren't looking · were calling |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 31 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: supplication /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, providential /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/, vocation /vəʊˈkeɪʃən/, obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: supplication /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: idolize /ˈaɪdəlaɪz/, rearrange /ˌɹiːəˈɹeɪndʒ/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: detachment /dɪˈtæt͡ʃmənt/, satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als spouse, detachment, idol.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.