WEBVTT - Fighting For Encouragement (The Basin)

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm coming to you now from the basin.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just

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<v Speaker 2>for you to break it down a little more, to

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<v Speaker 2>take it a little deeper.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you enjoy this overflow message.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me know, let's go. Got something today that was

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a mind shift for me reading

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<v Speaker 2>about the story of Hannah and when she was unable

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<v Speaker 2>to conceive and her rival Panigna would provoke her every day.

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<v Speaker 2>In first tun of chapter one, it says that she

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<v Speaker 2>would refuse to eat, and her husband Elkina, he kept

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<v Speaker 2>trying to feed her. Lie you know, I am gonna

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<v Speaker 2>bring you a double portion, because the Bible says that

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord had closed Hannah's womb, and in this time

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<v Speaker 2>they saw things pretty clearly. They saw a closed womb

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<v Speaker 2>as being from the Lord, an open woman as being

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<v Speaker 2>from the Lord. And typically this particular Israelite conception of

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<v Speaker 2>God's favor was if you are able to conceive, you're blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're not able to conceive, that's a curse. And

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<v Speaker 2>they associated all kinds of things with the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>bring life was a sign of a righteous relationship with God,

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<v Speaker 2>was a sign of God's favor was a sign of

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<v Speaker 2>God's pleasure, and the inability to produce life, whether that

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<v Speaker 2>was the land or whether that was human life, would

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<v Speaker 2>be seen as a sign of God's displeasure, God's punishment

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<v Speaker 2>consequence of sin. And so you see that show up

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<v Speaker 2>a lot in the different writings, not only of the prophets,

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<v Speaker 2>but you see it all throughout the stories of the

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<v Speaker 2>Old Testament. And then when we come into the New Testament,

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<v Speaker 2>we find out that Jesus has come that we might

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<v Speaker 2>have life and have it more abundantly, not to kill

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<v Speaker 2>still and destroy.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what the thief does.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we see kind of this progression of the

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<v Speaker 2>idea that not only does life come from God and

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<v Speaker 2>that we're given life by God, but life comes from

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<v Speaker 2>inside of us when we're in relationship with God, that

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<v Speaker 2>we're able to bring life and bring joy and bring

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<v Speaker 2>ideas and bring opportunities and bring partnership and bring encouragement

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<v Speaker 2>and bring inspiration when we're in a place of connection

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<v Speaker 2>with God. So I was reading Hannah's story today about

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<v Speaker 2>how the Lord enabled her to conceive and give birth

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<v Speaker 2>to a son who was Samuel, a prophet whom like

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<v Speaker 2>there has not arisen one sense, and who did amazing

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<v Speaker 2>things for the nation of Israel. In the nation of Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>none of his words fell to the ground, the Bible say,

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<v Speaker 2>but he started out as the product of a woman's

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<v Speaker 2>womb that had been barren year after year after year.

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<v Speaker 2>And the longer it went on that she was barren,

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<v Speaker 2>the more she became distressed and disappointed, until it got

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<v Speaker 2>to the place where her husband was like, don't you

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<v Speaker 2>love me? Why can't I make you happy? And see,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't him that she was unhappy with. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the inability inside of herself to produce something that she

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<v Speaker 2>had a desire for. Will that not preach to us

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<v Speaker 2>when we want something, when we want to get above

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<v Speaker 2>something or past something but we can't. When we want

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<v Speaker 2>a certain type of experience, and we want a certain

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<v Speaker 2>type of feeling, when we want to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>make a certain type of difference, but we can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes our desires are not all that noble, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes we want something that we can't afford, or we

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<v Speaker 2>want something to get easier and it won't. And then

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes a desire is given to us by God, and

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<v Speaker 2>that desire when conceived, When the desire is conceived in

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<v Speaker 2>your heart and in your spirit. It becomes very powerful,

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<v Speaker 2>and it can be I'm dominant to the point that

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<v Speaker 2>everything else in your life is overshadowed by.

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<v Speaker 1>This one desire.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've met people before who wanted to be married

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything else. I've met people before who wanted

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<v Speaker 2>their marriage to get better more than anything else. People

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<v Speaker 2>who not only wanted to have children, but wanted something

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<v Speaker 2>in the life of one of their children. People who

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<v Speaker 2>were desiring healing for their body or someone that they love,

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<v Speaker 2>people who were desiring clarity, people who were desiring peace.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other hand, the Bible talks about evil desires,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's something that we could spend a whole devotion

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<v Speaker 2>talking on here. Though I don't see an evil desire

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<v Speaker 2>from Hannah. I just see the evil one trying to

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<v Speaker 2>discourage her about a desire that she has that has

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<v Speaker 2>not yet been delivered. She has not yet been able

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<v Speaker 2>to conceive a child. And I use the word yet

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<v Speaker 2>because since we're reading a book called First Samuel, we

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<v Speaker 2>know that something's going to happen, and Hannah is crying

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<v Speaker 2>and she's in anguish in this season, but we understand

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<v Speaker 2>that this season, we're seeing Hannah in is going to

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<v Speaker 2>give way to Samuel, the one who she already has

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<v Speaker 2>the potential to bring forth.

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<v Speaker 1>It's inside of her, but it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Waiting on the moment for God to speak the word

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<v Speaker 2>and open her womb, and she's going to bring forth.

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<v Speaker 2>She doesn't know that, though, And that's the hardest thing

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<v Speaker 2>about discouragement, is that you don't know that there is

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<v Speaker 2>a tomorrow, and you certainly don't know that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>better one ahead. And you don't know if tomorrow is

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<v Speaker 2>literally tomorrow, if it's if it's ten years from now tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>these elements of time, you know. I was talking to

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<v Speaker 2>friend the other day about how disappointment operates on the

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<v Speaker 2>basis of time. If you take time out of the equation,

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<v Speaker 2>it becomes more difficult for the devil to disappoint you

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<v Speaker 2>because you can show up and know like, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>prayed for that today, or I prayed for that in

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<v Speaker 2>this area. But God is the Lord of the harvest.

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<v Speaker 2>Say that out loud. God is the Lord of the harvest.

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<v Speaker 2>It's on his timetable. I trust him with the timing.

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<v Speaker 2>He has trusted me with this task. I trust him

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<v Speaker 2>with the timing he has trusted me with this task.

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<v Speaker 2>My task is to trust him and to do what

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<v Speaker 2>I can today with what He's given me. That mentality

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<v Speaker 2>leads to a lot of freedom. That mentality leads to

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<v Speaker 2>greater faith. Okay, it may be today, Okay, it may

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<v Speaker 2>be today. Okay, it may be today, or it may

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<v Speaker 2>be that today something else that I didn't even pray

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<v Speaker 2>for comes out of the Let's call it the out

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<v Speaker 2>of the garden of what I asked God for that

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't do. Yet that will actually become more important

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<v Speaker 2>than the thing that I asked for. And I could

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<v Speaker 2>go off on that, because yesterday I did a key

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<v Speaker 2>verse about how Boas Boas bought the land and redeemed

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<v Speaker 2>the land, but he also got Ruth. And I did

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<v Speaker 2>a whole devotion on the God of Also. I'll teach

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<v Speaker 2>it here sometime soon, if I don't preaching in the

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<v Speaker 2>pulpit first. It was such a good word for me,

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<v Speaker 2>the God of Also. Many times what we call Also

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<v Speaker 2>is God's top priority. Like Boas said, if you redeem

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<v Speaker 2>the land, you also get Ruth.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course Ruth.

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<v Speaker 2>Ruth became the great grandmother of David, and David was

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<v Speaker 2>of course the great, great, great, great great great great

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight times grandfather of Jesus. Anyway, the side note

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<v Speaker 2>God of the Also in this passage here, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a woman who is very frustrated. It hasn't happened yet,

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<v Speaker 2>looks like it never will. She goes to the temple

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<v Speaker 2>with their husband, which they would do yearly, and she's

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<v Speaker 2>praying before the Lord and Eli Caesar, and she's praying,

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<v Speaker 2>but no sound is coming out, and so he's like,

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<v Speaker 2>she must be drunk. She's like, now you misunderstand me.

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<v Speaker 2>You're watching my actions, but you don't understand my anguish.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of times people judge you by your actions.

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<v Speaker 2>They have no clue the anguish that produced those actions.

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<v Speaker 2>You even judge yourself by your actions. Man, Why am

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<v Speaker 2>I so so stuck? Why am I so messed up?

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<v Speaker 2>Why am I so screwed up? Well, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times that's coming from a place of anguish, from a

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<v Speaker 2>place of desperation, from a place of I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what else to do, from a place of I don't

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<v Speaker 2>feel like anybody hears me. I don't feel like anybody

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<v Speaker 2>sees me. I feel like God has forgotten me. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a closed womb. But the verse that I chose

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<v Speaker 2>from my key verse today from verse Samuel one is

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<v Speaker 2>where after Hannah says, I'm praying out of great anguish

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<v Speaker 2>and grief, Eli answered verse seventeen, go in peace and

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<v Speaker 2>made the God of Israel grant you what you have

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<v Speaker 2>asked of him. And look at verse eighteen. She said,

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<v Speaker 2>may your servant find favor in your eyes. Then she

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<v Speaker 2>went her way and ate something, and her face was

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<v Speaker 2>no longer downcast verse nineteen. Early the next morning they

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<v Speaker 2>arose and worship before the Lord, and then went back.

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<v Speaker 1>To their home at Rama.

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<v Speaker 2>Conna made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>remembered her. So in the course of time, what a phrase.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about the course of time, sometimes leading us

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<v Speaker 2>to disappointment because it's taken too long.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Lord said, if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Take the element of time out of the expectation and

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<v Speaker 2>go man, I right now am believing God. In the

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<v Speaker 2>course of time, Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to

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<v Speaker 2>a son, and she named him Samuel, saying because I

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<v Speaker 2>asked the Lord for him.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what I want to point out.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says she did something after Samuel said, or

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<v Speaker 2>after Eli said, rather.

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<v Speaker 1>Go in peace. The Lord will grant your request.

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<v Speaker 2>She did something after Eli said that that she didn't do.

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<v Speaker 1>When Elkana came back from the temple.

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<v Speaker 2>Other times, other years, she'd did something that she didn't

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<v Speaker 2>wait to do it after she found out she was pregnant.

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<v Speaker 2>She didn't have a pregnancy test and then do this.

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<v Speaker 1>She did this after she received the assurance.

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<v Speaker 2>That she would have what she had asked God for,

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<v Speaker 2>and is very simple verse eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Then she went her way and ate something. Then she

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<v Speaker 1>went her.

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<v Speaker 2>Way and ate something. Now the timing of this is

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<v Speaker 2>very important. She didn't eat something after she found out

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<v Speaker 2>she was pregnant. No, she ate something after she received

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<v Speaker 2>the confirmation from Eli, who represented God's house, after she

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<v Speaker 2>received the word that it will be fulfilled that you'll

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<v Speaker 2>have a boy. She went her way and she ate.

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<v Speaker 2>So I wrote down this phrase. I ate because I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>I ate because I asked, or I I ate after

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<v Speaker 2>I asked. And here's what I'm using that to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me make sure it's not some mystical Yeah, she ate, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but she didn't eat. The other times she prayed, she

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<v Speaker 2>sat in anguish, But this time when she prayed and

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<v Speaker 2>her lips were moving, but her mouth wasn't saying anything.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Eli said, are you drunk? She's like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in anguish. And then Eli said, go in peace.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord has heard your request. She went away and

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<v Speaker 2>her face was no longer downcast. She ate, She ate,

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<v Speaker 2>and she went on her way, and she did the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that she would do if she believed that God's

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<v Speaker 2>word was true.

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<v Speaker 1>I say it again.

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<v Speaker 2>She did the thing that she would do if she

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<v Speaker 2>believed God's word was true. The word of God said,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna happen. She got up, even before being intimate

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<v Speaker 2>with her husband. That happened the next day, but that

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<v Speaker 2>day she ate. She ate by faith. She ate, believing

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<v Speaker 2>that she had found favor. She asked for favor. The

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<v Speaker 2>word of God came and she ate. She asked, and

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<v Speaker 2>then she ate. A lot of times, we're like in

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<v Speaker 2>a state of torment. We're calling it prayer, but really

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<v Speaker 2>we're just in a state of anguish and confusion. And look, look, look,

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<v Speaker 2>the devil can use it to discourage us to an

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<v Speaker 2>even worse place, because all we're doing is just asking God, please, please, please, God,

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<v Speaker 2>make it better, make it stup rning God, God, God, God,

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<v Speaker 2>you know our prayers sometimes selling I'm so sorry, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll do better. I'll do better. I'll do better, make

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<v Speaker 1>a change.

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<v Speaker 2>I think something shifted not only in Hannah's expectation, but

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<v Speaker 2>in her energy. And she got up and she's like,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got it, even before I've got it. Now, you

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<v Speaker 2>get into a lot of extremes with this kind of teaching,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's where they have it called for name it

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<v Speaker 2>and claimant theology. They say, like, you know, we can't

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<v Speaker 2>just name it and claim it or blab it and

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<v Speaker 2>grab it. I'm sure you've heard all that before. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not talking about blab it, grab it, name it claimant.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about walking the word God gave you and

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<v Speaker 2>do the thing you would do if you believe it

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<v Speaker 2>was true. Do the thing that you would do if

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<v Speaker 2>you believed that it was true. Like Hannah, she got up,

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<v Speaker 2>she went in. She was intimate. Ooh ooh. One thing

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<v Speaker 2>Gods showed me this morning that sometimes your fear of

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<v Speaker 2>intimacy keeps you from conceiving what God wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>in you. It keeps you from conceiving in your mind

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<v Speaker 2>because you don't want to sit with anything long enough,

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<v Speaker 2>and it keeps you sometimes from conceiving anything in your relationships.

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<v Speaker 2>It keeps you from taking the desire and making it

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<v Speaker 2>known and seeing it fulfilled in your life. But something

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<v Speaker 2>so simple as that little detail, I think we'll give

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<v Speaker 2>us a mindset for how we need to approach today.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that she asked and then she ate. She asked

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<v Speaker 2>and then she ate. It's like Elijah laying down and

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<v Speaker 2>the Angel comes and he's like, get up and eat something.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when I think of eating something in this context,

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<v Speaker 2>I think of what we feed ourselves. I think of

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<v Speaker 2>feeding ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>The joy of the Lord is our strength. I think

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<v Speaker 2>of getting up in seasons of our life and believing

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<v Speaker 2>that if we're praying for God to bring about something

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<v Speaker 2>in our life, that we then kind of get in

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<v Speaker 2>the mindset and get in the movements and get in

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<v Speaker 2>the rhythms of what that's going to look like. If

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<v Speaker 2>we're believing God to do something in our life, Let's

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<v Speaker 2>be the kind of person that looks like we believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's don't ask God to send us opportunities but we

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<v Speaker 2>can't find our work gloves.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's don't ask God.

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<v Speaker 2>To send us people, but we're very batty, and even

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<v Speaker 2>the people that he sends would run out of our life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like a state of preparation, ask and then eat.

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<v Speaker 2>But also it's a little bit deeper than that, because

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes we ask God. I remember thinking about the song

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<v Speaker 2>we sing a lot in my church growing up. Surely

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of the Lord is in this place. I

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<v Speaker 2>can feel his mighty power in his grace. I can

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<v Speaker 2>feel the brush of angel wings. I see glory on

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<v Speaker 2>each face. Surely the presence of the Lord is in

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<v Speaker 2>this place. And sometimes you look around you and be like,

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<v Speaker 2>glory on each face. I see gloom on a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of faces, like and that's okay, Like, hey, look, I

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<v Speaker 2>got that RBF sometimes to that resting believer's face.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want you to understand, Oh RBF be good.

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<v Speaker 2>I've used it before, but never with believer resting believer face.

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<v Speaker 2>What does a resting believer face look like. Hannah before

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<v Speaker 2>had this this anguish that was making her act a

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<v Speaker 2>certain way, and then after she heard the word of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord, she had this resting believer's face. So she

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<v Speaker 2>acted on the word that she heard. She acted as

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<v Speaker 2>if it had already happened. She acted her way into

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<v Speaker 2>activating the word that God gave her. She acted her

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<v Speaker 2>way into intimacy with Elkina. She acted her way into

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<v Speaker 2>the next season of her life.

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<v Speaker 1>And then she.

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<v Speaker 2>Weaned the boy and brought him back when he was ready,

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<v Speaker 2>and he served in the temple, and she gave it

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<v Speaker 2>back to God what God had given to her.

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<v Speaker 1>But the first thing she did was got up and ate.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're asking God for some things, right, or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you've stopped asking. You need to ask again. Ask and

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<v Speaker 2>then eat. Don't ask and then get up and just

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<v Speaker 2>stay in anguish about it. Ask and then eat. Ask

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<v Speaker 2>and then feed your faith with the word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask and then ask others to help you with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask and then eat. Don't ask and then starve. You're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to get anywhere, You're not going to step

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<v Speaker 2>into anything. You got to ask and then eat. Because

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<v Speaker 2>what's interesting is when the passage began, Hannah was definitely

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<v Speaker 2>she was not eating.

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<v Speaker 1>She was being eaten.

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<v Speaker 2>So sometimes I allow things to eat me because I

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<v Speaker 2>won't eat what I need to eat. So then my

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<v Speaker 2>disappointment ends up eating me because I won't get the

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<v Speaker 2>word of God in my heart, I won't listen to

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<v Speaker 2>a podcast that's going to give me perspective. I won't

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<v Speaker 2>read something that's going to lift me up. I won't

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<v Speaker 2>have conversations with healthy people who are going to challenge

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<v Speaker 2>me to be a better self. And I won't eat

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<v Speaker 2>so it eats me. I guess the title of this

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<v Speaker 2>one is eat or be eaten? Eat or be eaten?

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<v Speaker 2>Eat God's word, which is living and active.

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<v Speaker 1>Or be eaten alive by.

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<v Speaker 2>Anxiety and anguish and thoughts of what didn't happen. Eat

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<v Speaker 2>gratitude and sing songs of joy and make a decision

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<v Speaker 2>to do the thing that you would do.

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<v Speaker 1>And lift up your countenance and lift up your eyes

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<v Speaker 1>and bring something wonderful into the world for the people.

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<v Speaker 2>That you love, and even for yourself, for the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of God, and offer the life and the breath that

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<v Speaker 2>He's given you back to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Eat or be eaten? You got a choice to make today.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you eat what God put right by your head,

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<v Speaker 1>Elijah and go on your journey.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you get up and eat and believe that what

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<v Speaker 2>God said is going to happen in the course of time,

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<v Speaker 2>Or will disappointment chew through your dreams and your future

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<v Speaker 2>potential to develop what God is placed in the soil.

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<v Speaker 1>Of your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, Are you gonna let disappointment chew through your

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<v Speaker 2>destiny another year? Are you gonna get up and eat,

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<v Speaker 2>eat or be eaten? I want to be like pac

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<v Speaker 2>Man man going through life, goblin up, pellets of praise,

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<v Speaker 2>Goblin up pellets of purpose, goblin up the promises of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes I don't do too good, so then they

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<v Speaker 2>come around and get me boomo, boom, I get eaten.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see that picture today. You like that,

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<v Speaker 2>that pac Man picture. This is a little bit dated illustration,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is very visual for those of us who

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<v Speaker 2>grew up around arcades. Eat or be eaten, and move

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<v Speaker 2>and keep moving because God wants to make you stronger,

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<v Speaker 2>and God wants to bring forth awesome things. And God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to open your womb.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you just.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry, worry, worry, worry, worry, your womb won't open. If

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<v Speaker 2>you take his word, get one promise. I had one today.

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<v Speaker 2>I put it on a post it note, I looked

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<v Speaker 2>at it. I let it eat the anxiety away from

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<v Speaker 2>me so that the anxiety didn't need me. Eat or

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<v Speaker 2>be eaten. Take God's word, take this scroll, eat it

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<v Speaker 2>it was like, Honey, God wants to give you something

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<v Speaker 2>sweet today, not that you stay in the bitterness of

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<v Speaker 2>your rival, provoking you. Hannah had previously been praying in

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<v Speaker 2>the energy of her enemy. She saw her rival Panina

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<v Speaker 2>was able to conceive if she wasn't, and she prayed

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<v Speaker 2>out of that energy. I think something shifted when she

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<v Speaker 2>switched her energy and she's like, I'm gonna eat. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go and be intimate with my husband. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to worship the Lord. And she conceived and you can too.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe not tomorrow, but in the course of time if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't let it. You've been letting things eat at

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<v Speaker 2>you because of what you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Eat Eat Eat, Eat this bread of life, Eat this

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<v Speaker 1>word of God. Take it in. Oh, you feel so

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<v Speaker 1>much better. You know the Snaker's commercial.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not you when you're hungry, and you're not you

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<v Speaker 2>when you're hopeless. Hannah, get up and eat. God is

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<v Speaker 2>going to do some great things in my life today.

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<v Speaker 1>How about you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited to see it. I'm gonna eat today. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna eat believing that what he said to me, He's

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<v Speaker 2>going to do it. And I'm going to go into

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<v Speaker 2>the situations that produce, not the ones that bring death.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna live this day, blessed. All right, go

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<v Speaker 2>get you something to eat. Hey, I hope you enjoyed

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