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 The scripture reading comes from 1st Samuel chapters 1 and 2.

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 Please follow along on the screen the bulletin or your own Bible.

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 Starting in verse 1 we read.

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 There was a certain man of Ramathayim Suphiram of the hill country of Ephraim,

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 whose name was Elkanah, the son of Jeraham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuth, and Ephraithite.

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 He had two wives.

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 The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah.

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 And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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 Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts at Shiloh,

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 where the two sons of Eli, Hophani and Peninnahai, were the priests of the Lord.

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 On the day when Elkai sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnahai, his wife, and to all her sons and daughters.

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 But to Hannah, he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.

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 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

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 So it went on year by year.

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 As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her.

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 Therefore, Hannah wept and would not eat.

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 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her,

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 Hannah, why do you weep?

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 And why do you not eat?

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 And why is your heart sad?

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 Am I not more to you than ten sons?

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 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose.

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 Now Eli, the priest, was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

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 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

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 And she vowed a vow and said,

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 As she continued praying before the Lord,

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 Eli observed her mouth.

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 Hannah was speaking in her heart.

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 Only her lips moved and her voice was not heard.

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 Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.

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 And Eli said to her,

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 How long will you go on being drunk?

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 Put your wine away from you.

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 But Hannah answered,

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 No, my Lord.

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 I am a woman troubled in spirit.

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 I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink.

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 But I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.

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 Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman.

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 For all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.

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 Then Eli answered,

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 Go in peace and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.

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 And she said,

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 Let your servant find favor in your eyes.

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 Then the woman went away and ate.

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 And her face was no longer sad.

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 They rose early in the morning and worshipped before the Lord.

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 Then they went back to their house at Ramah.

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 And Elkanah knew Hannah, his wife.

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 And the Lord remembered her.

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 And in due time,

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 Hannah conceived and bore a son.

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 And she called his name Samuel.

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 For she said,

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 I have asked for him from the Lord.

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 The man, Elkanah,

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 and all his house went up to offer to the Lord

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 the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vows.

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 But Hannah did not go up.

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 For she said to her husband,

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 And as soon as the child is weaned,

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 I will bring him,

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 so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord

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 and dwell there forever.

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 Elkanah, her husband, said to her,

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 Do what you seem best to you.

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 Wait until you have weaned him.

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 Only may the Lord establish his word.

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 So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

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 And when she had weaned him,

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 she took him up with her,

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 along with a three-year-old bull,

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 and ephah of flour,

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 and a skin of wine,

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 and she brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh.

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 And the child was young.

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 Then they slaughtered the bull,

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 and they brought the child to Eli.

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 And she said,

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 Oh, my Lord,

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 as you live, my Lord,

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 I am the woman who was standing here in your presence,

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 praying to the Lord.

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 For this child I prayed,

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 and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.

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 Therefore, I have lent him to the Lord.

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 As long as he lives,

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 he is lent to the Lord.

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 And he worshipped the Lord there.

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 And Hannah prayed and said,

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 My heart exalts in the Lord.

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 My horn is exalted in the Lord.

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 My mouth derides my enemies,

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 because I rejoice in your salvation.

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 There is none holy like the Lord,

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 for there is none beside you,

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 and there is no rock like our God.

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 Talk no more so very proudly.

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 Let not arrogance come from your mouth,

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 for the Lord is a God of knowledge,

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 and by him actions are weighed.

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 The bows of the mighty are broken,

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 but the feeble bind on strength.

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 Those who were full have hide themselves out for bread.

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 Those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.

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 The barren has born seven,

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 but she who has many children is forlorn.

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 The Lord kills and brings to life.

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 He brings down to Sheol,

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 and he raises up.

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 The Lord makes poor and makes rich.

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 He brings low,

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 and he exalts.

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 He raises up the poor from the dust.

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 He lifts the needy from the ash heap

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 to make them sit with princes

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 and inherit a seat of honor.

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 For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,

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 and on them he has set the world.

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 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,

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 but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,

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 for not by might shall a man prevail.

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 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces.

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 Against them he will thunder in heaven.

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 The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

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 He will give strength to his king

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 and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,

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 and the boy ministered to the Lord

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 in the presence of Eli the priest.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 Thank you, Bernard and Angeline,

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 for reading that.

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 Happy New Year!

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 Happy New Year!

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 Great.

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 There are some people who are excited.

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 That's really good.

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 Welcome, everyone, to Watermark.

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 Just in addition to Simon's welcome,

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 it's really exciting to see you in 2022.

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 And as Oscar shared,

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 we have no idea what this year has coming up,

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 but actually I'm excited

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 because we're going to be moving

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 in a new sermon series in 1 Samuel,

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 and just really excited to see

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 what God's going to do in us

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 as a church over this year.

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 So let me, before we start,

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 let me just pray for us as we get going.

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 Father, I just want to thank you so much

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 that there is none holy like you.

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 Father, I pray that this year,

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 regardless of how our feelings are,

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 regardless of what our desires

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 and what our plans are,

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 I pray that the boast of our hearts

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 will be at the end of 2022.

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 There is none holy like our God.

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 That we'd say there is none besides you.

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 There is no one like you.

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 Lord, I pray that you would humble us this year

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 so that we see that our honor

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 and our glory comes from you

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 and not from anyone else.

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 We would see that even as we look through

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 this book of Samuel,

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 Lord, that when we trust you,

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 that you are the one who is so faithful,

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 you are the one who is so true,

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 that we need to look nowhere else

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 other than to you at this time.

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 Lord, I pray for those of us

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 who have had a really tough 2021.

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 I pray, Lord,

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 that you would just minister to us

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 and give us courage and hope for 2022.

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 I pray for those of us

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 who had a great 2021.

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 Lord, I pray that for 2022,

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 Lord, we'd not trust in our own abilities

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 or our own success,

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 but we'd run to you

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 knowing just how much we need you.

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 Lord, I pray that this year

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 we'd be a church

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 which knows how to pray

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 in all weathers

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 and in all circumstances

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 and to see and rejoice

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 in your salvation.

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 So, Lord, we just give you this.

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 Please open our hearts,

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 open our ears to see you

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 and to hear you, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 For those of you who don't know me,

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 my name is Chris

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 and I am not quite that short.

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 So, let me just...

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 All done.

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 There we go.

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 Great.

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 I have a love-hate relationship

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 with these things.

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 So, great.

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 Just really excited

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 to be going through Samuel

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 in this series

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 and if you've got your bulletin,

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 please kind of have it open

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 so that we can kind of refer

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 to the passage as we go.

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 But just to kind of set the scene

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 a little bit,

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 I don't know when you were a kid

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 what you wanted to do

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 when you would grow up.

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 For me,

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 one of the things I dreamed of,

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 I dreamed of being

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 a cricketer for England

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 and a rock guitarist.

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 Not at the same time,

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 but that was my career progression

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 that I was hoping to go for

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 and none of those

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 have materialized,

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 as you can tell.

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 But I bet

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 whatever you would answer

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 to that question

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 that none of you

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 would answer

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 that you wanted to be

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 a mortuary beautician.

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 Does anyone know

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 what a mortuary beautician is?

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 Rhoda does.

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 Okay,

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 you can talk to Rhoda afterwards.

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 But a mortuary beautician

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 is when someone has died,

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 it's someone who puts the makeup

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 on the corpse afterwards.

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 And I read in the SCMP

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 of one person

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 who described the work

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 that she did

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 for a relative of hers

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 who'd just died

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 and here's what she said.

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 She said,

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 my aunt looked so gorgeous

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 like never before.

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 And I read that

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 and I wondered

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 what her aunt had looked like

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 before she had died.

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 But in one sense,

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 the picture there

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 is actually,

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 the book of Samuel

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 is actually brilliantly

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 going to tell a narrative

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 which cuts right to the heart

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 to show us

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 that it's possible

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 to spend your entire life,

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 it's possible to focus

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 so much on the outside

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 and making up the outside

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 to look beautiful

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 when what's on the inside

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 can actually be rotten and dying.

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 And so the whole

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 of Samuel's message

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 can be summarized

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 from chapter 16

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 with this phrase

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 which is,

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 man looks at the outward appearance

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 but the Lord looks at the heart.

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 You see,

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 and you're going to see this

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 again and again.

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 You're going to see it

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 how Eli's sons

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 versus Samuel,

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 you're going to see it

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 with Saul versus David,

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 you're going to see it

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 with David versus Goliath

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 and all the way through

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 you're going to see

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 God actually looks

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 beneath the surface

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 and he looks to see

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 are you trusting him

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 or are you seeking

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 your own glory

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 and your own honor

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 for yourself?

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 And that's where the book

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 is all the time

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 through multiple narratives

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 is going to show us

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 this theme.

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 And originally

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 the book of Samuel

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 was actually,

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 it's so long,

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 it's actually one book,

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 one Samuel and two Samuel,

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 actually there was only

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 Samuel originally

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 but it was so long

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 that they put it on

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 two scrolls

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 and it became two books.

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 And it's the story

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 of the rise and fall

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 of two kings,

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 Saul,

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 King Saul

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 and King David.

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 And actually the way

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 that it's written,

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 the Hebrew Bible

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 actually has Samuel

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 coming straight after

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 the book of Judges.

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 The Greek order

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 which some of our

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 New Testament Bible

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 follows,

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 it has a different order

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 but the Hebrew Bible

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 has Judges first

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 and then Samuel next

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 because do you know

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 how the book of Judges ends?

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 And Samuel, by the way,

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 is the last judge of Israel.

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 The book of Judges

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 closes like this,

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 in those days

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 there was no king

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 because everyone

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 did what was right

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 in his own eyes.

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 That's the backdrop

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 to the whole book

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 of Samuel.

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 It's a dark time,

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 everyone's doing

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 what they want to do.

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 And even the religion

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 was corrupt

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 and you're going to find

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 that the sons of Eli's

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 who were the priests,

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 like the pastors

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 of the time,

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 they were a nasty,

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 dodgy piece of work.

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 So it's a dark time

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 and what we're going

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 to look at

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 in this first opening

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 chapter or so

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 is three things.

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 We're going to see

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 a family,

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 a little glimmer of light

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 that comes in this darkness

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 with a family

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 and we're going to look

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 at the shame of Hannah

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 because it's really

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 focusing on Hannah,

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 this first part.

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 The shame of Hannah,

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 the response of Hannah

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 and then the boast of Hannah.

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 Okay, so that's where

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 we're going

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 with this narrative

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 because in this story

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 what you find

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 is you find a husband

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 called Elkanah

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 and he seems like

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 a good guy.

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 He's still following

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 the Torah

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 which is the law

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 of Moses

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 which called you

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 to go up

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 to the tabernacle,

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 God's meeting place

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 which was at Shiloh,

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 this place at the time,

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 to offer what were called

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 fellowship offerings

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 as worship to God.

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 Okay, so

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 and this time

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 of fellowship offerings,

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 you would sacrifice

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 an animal

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 and then it was like

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 a community barbecue.

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 You'd eat the meat,

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 you'd kind of

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 offer the sacrifice,

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 you'd kill it

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 and then you'd share

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 out the meat

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 and everyone would sit around

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 and have an amazing party.

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 It'd be like Christmas

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 and New Year

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 all rolled into one.

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 Deuteronomy 12

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 actually tells us

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 like everyone

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 was to rejoice

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 before the Lord.

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 It was a happy occasion

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 and so

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 you have here

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 this family

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 who's going up

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 and there are two wives.

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 There are two wives.

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 One is called Hannah

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 and one is Penina

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 and if you notice

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 Hannah's name

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 comes first

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 in chapter 2

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 which commentators think

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 means she was

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 the first wife

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 married

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 and

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 so what happens

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 as she's coming there

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 and it's supposed

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 to be this

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 joy-filled time

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 everyone else

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 is laughing

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 but Hannah

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 is weeping.

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 She's the first wife

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 and yet

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 the text

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 then says

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 in verse 2

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 it says

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 Penina

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 had children

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 and Hannah

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 had no children.

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 Do you notice

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 whose name

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 comes first now?

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 You see

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 Hannah's name

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 now comes last

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 because socially

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 she's considered

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 inferior

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 because she can't

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 conceive.

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 She can't

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 have a child

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 and in a family

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 culture

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 where your honor

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 your status

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 your whole identity

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 for a woman

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 was wrapped up

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 with whether

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 you could bear

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 children

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 and carry on

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 the family name

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 this was

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 absolutely

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 devastating for her.

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 There's no

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 kind of medical

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 support

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 to help

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 things along

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 and we know

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 this in Hong Kong

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 you know

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 for some of you

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 who've experienced

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 the pain

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 of not being

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 able to conceive

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 and you may

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 know people

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 with that

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 it can be

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 a really painful

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 hard

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:11.079
 situation

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 but in Jewish

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 culture

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 it was

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 so huge

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 for them

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 I mean

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 do you remember

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.539
 the story

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 of Abraham

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 and Sarah

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 and God

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 comes to Abraham

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 and says to Abraham

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 listen

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 I'm going to

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 give you

00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.579
 an amazing

00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:24.159
 reward

00:17:24.159 --> 00:17:25.079
 and Abraham

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 replies

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 what can you

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.319
 give me

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 I don't have

00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.059
 a son

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.779
 like there's

00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.359
 nothing you

00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:30.899
 can give me

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 that is worth

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:32.099
 anything

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 if I don't

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 have a son

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 and that's

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.119
 the guy

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:36.500
 imagine what

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:36.960
 it was like

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.599
 for the woman

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.939
 in that time

00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:42.299
 for a woman

00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.140
 to be unable

00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:44.240
 to bear children

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:45.340
 was considered

00:17:45.340 --> 00:17:46.059
 by many

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:47.160
 to be a curse

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.120
 from God

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:49.360
 for maybe

00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.059
 some secret

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.799
 sin that she

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.180
 had

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:53.120
 and the text

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.120
 seems

00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:54.680
 that says

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.200
 twice

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:55.900
 the Lord

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.420
 had shut

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.080
 her womb

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:59.360
 and for Hannah

00:17:59.360 --> 00:18:00.740
 she has got

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.279
 every right

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.620
 to think

00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:02.039
 well maybe

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.860
 God's against

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.539
 me in some

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.860
 way

00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:05.559
 what's going

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:05.960
 on

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:07.180
 and if that

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.660
 wasn't bad

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.160
 enough

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.720
 you then

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.259
 see different

00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.820
 responses

00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:11.440
 from people

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:12.279
 but I mean

00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:12.960
 Elkanah

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.519
 though he

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.340
 loved Hannah

00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:16.000
 he didn't

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.460
 do what

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:16.960
 Isaac

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.440
 in the book

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:17.940
 of Genesis

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.500
 did when

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.460
 his wife

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.019
 was barren

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:21.200
 Genesis 25

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.720
 says this

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.740
 Isaac prayed

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.900
 to the Lord

00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.960
 for his wife

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.080
 because she

00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.779
 was barren

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.580
 and the Lord

00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.460
 granted her

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:30.000
 granted his

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.500
 prayer

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:32.200
 Elkanah

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.640
 doesn't do

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:32.779
 that

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.140
 he's a kind

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:33.480
 of typical

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:33.960
 guy

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.560
 okay

00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:36.060
 he takes

00:18:36.060 --> 00:18:36.460
 the matters

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.220
 into his own

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.680
 hands

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.299
 he tries

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.779
 to fix

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.480
 the situation

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.060
 and does

00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:40.460
 what everyone

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:40.940
 else in the

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.500
 culture would

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:41.799
 do

00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.700
 because Hannah's

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.039
 not getting

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.820
 children so he

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.539
 marries another

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.100
 wife

00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:45.960
 which was

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.920
 Penina

00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:48.740
 and his

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.460
 little plan

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.440
 seems to

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.980
 work

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:53.080
 because Penina

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.740
 is just

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.420
 knocking out

00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.000
 kids like

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.980
 nobody's business

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:58.140
 and Hannah's

00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.940
 there looking

00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.680
 on left

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.220
 behind

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.220
 and here's

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.560
 where it

00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:01.940
 says

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.920
 it says

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:05.880
 verse 6

00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:07.279
 her rival

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.820
 notice how

00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:09.400
 it's phrased

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.560
 her rival

00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:11.840
 used to

00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:12.420
 provoke

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:12.980
 Hannah

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:14.500
 grievously

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.539
 with deep

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.240
 grief

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.800
 it caused

00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:17.080
 her

00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:17.880
 why

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:19.320
 to irritate

00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:19.640
 her

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.360
 what a

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:20.700
 wonderful

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.120
 woman

00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:22.180
 right

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.140
 like just

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:23.620
 to show

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 that she's

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.720
 superior

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.580
 and she's

00:19:25.580 --> 00:19:26.039
 better than

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.300
 her

00:19:26.300 --> 00:19:27.620
 year after

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.340
 year at

00:19:28.340 --> 00:19:28.680
 this

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.539
 celebration

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:31.460
 she cruelly

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.480
 rejoices in

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:32.859
 Hannah's

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.240
 failure

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:35.220
 like what

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.519
 good are

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:35.960
 you Hannah

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.019
 like why

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.420
 are you so

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.839
 useless

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:40.460
 and Elkanah

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.519
 that's kind

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.279
 of Penina's

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.180
 response

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:45.240
 pretty harsh

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.899
 right

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:48.099
 Elkanah's

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:48.720
 response

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.240
 well like

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.980
 most of us

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.619
 guys

00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:53.579
 he's actually

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:53.980
 got good

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.519
 intentions

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.000
 okay

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.700
 ladies

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.519
 if you are

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:56.980
 married or

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.500
 if you're not

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.480
 most guys have

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.039
 some good

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.519
 intentions

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.139
 okay

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:02.139
 but he's

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.500
 totally

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.240
 clueless

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.940
 when it

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.400
 comes to

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.720
 this kind

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.379
 of deeper

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.119
 emotional

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:06.900
 issues that

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.200
 are going

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.680
 on right

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:07.980
 now

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.799
 and so

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.980
 his response

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.240
 in verse

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.940
 8

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.519
 when Hannah

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:13.339
 is weeping

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.940
 you know

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.259
 a lot of

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.599
 guys don't

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:14.759
 know what

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.019
 to do

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.379
 when women

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.879
 are crying

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:16.759
 and so

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.379
 what he

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:17.599
 does

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:17.859
 he goes

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.519
 why do

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.059
 you weep

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.980
 why do

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.359
 you not

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:20.779
 eat

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.559
 why is

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.059
 your heart

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.579
 sad

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.519
 super

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.279
 empathetic

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.619
 right

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:26.099
 you want

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.420
 him as

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.539
 your

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.180
 counsellor

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.980
 and he

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.299
 goes

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.539
 oh

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.039
 and what

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.839
 he says

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.480
 have another

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 piece of

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.259
 steak

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.859
 a double

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.379
 portion

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.000
 that will

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.539
 make everything

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.920
 better

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.059
 isn't my

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.639
 love enough

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.240
 for you

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:39.319
 and Hannah's

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:40.159
 kind of response

00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:40.859
 I can imagine

00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:41.659
 is no

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.319
 Elkanah

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.819
 you don't

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.339
 get it at

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.759
 all

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:46.139
 my wife

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.579
 often says

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.139
 that to me

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:47.539
 you know

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:49.119
 but I'm

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.799
 trying in my

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.460
 logical way

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.899
 to kind of

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.339
 fix the

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.759
 problem

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.200
 come up

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.779
 with solutions

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.839
 and it

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.139
 doesn't

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:55.519
 work

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.119
 okay

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.379
 that's

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:56.700
 just a

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:56.879
 tip

00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.160
 for you

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.680
 husbands

00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:00.180
 and

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.700
 actually

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.059
 as

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.420
 husband

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.720
 let me

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:01.879
 just

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.220
 talk to

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.579
 the guys

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:02.879
 for a

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.059
 second

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.359
 if you

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.500
 are

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.619
 a

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:03.899
 husband

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:05.240
 many

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.480
 of us

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.720
 when we

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:05.859
 have

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.160
 marriage

00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.480
 issues

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.819
 many of

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:06.920
 us

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.200
 when we

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.420
 have

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.639
 just

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.420
 issues

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.619
 with

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:08.779
 our

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.139
 family

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.740
 we

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.399
 turn

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:10.619
 into

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.019
 fix

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.180
 it

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.599
 mode

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.099
 we

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.319
 try

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.460
 and

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.019
 find

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.220
 the

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.680
 solution

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.759
 and

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:15.899
 the

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.220
 worst

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.460
 thing

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.859
 for us

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.000
 is

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.259
 actually

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.599
 if it

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:17.799
 ever

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.059
 seems

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.240
 to

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.460
 work

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:18.779
 for a

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.059
 while

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:20.200
 because

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.419
 it

00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:20.919
 blinds

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.059
 us

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.220
 to

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.419
 our

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.759
 actual

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.779
 incompetence

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.159
 and

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.799
 this

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.480
 passage

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.059
 for

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.759
 husbands

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:26.960
 there

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.220
 is a

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.659
 challenge

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:28.059
 here

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.899
 Elkanah

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.299
 at no

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.659
 point

00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.039
 you see

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.259
 him

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.659
 praying

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:32.419
 but

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:32.720
 actually

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.940
 you can

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.259
 be a

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.619
 nice

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:34.919
 guy

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.200
 like

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.980
 Elkanah

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.240
 but

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.659
 actually

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.139
 the

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:37.579
 passage

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:37.819
 is

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:37.960
 going

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.079
 to

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.460
 call

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.720
 us

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:38.899
 if

00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.039
 we're

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.099
 going

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.200
 to

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.639
 lead

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:39.879
 our

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.240
 wives

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.440
 and

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.599
 lead

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:40.779
 our

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.319
 families

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.619
 well

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:41.779
 in

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.379
 2022

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:43.200
 do

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.299
 you

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.440
 know

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.599
 the

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:43.899
 number

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.220
 one

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.619
 thing

00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:44.839
 that

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.139
 you

00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.759
 need

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:45.919
 to

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.099
 be

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.379
 doing

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.539
 as

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:46.659
 a

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.000
 husband

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.259
 your

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.740
 wife

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:52.179
 so

00:21:52.179 --> 00:21:52.440
 how

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.539
 are

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:52.659
 we

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:52.919
 doing

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.119
 in

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.480
 that

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.960
 because

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.159
 you

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.279
 know

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.480
 it

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.619
 can

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:56.779
 be

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:56.980
 like

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.159
 hey

00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:57.299
 the

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.559
 kids

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:57.679
 are

00:21:57.679 --> 00:21:57.839
 going

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:58.279
 crazy

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.539
 okay

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.659
 you

00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:58.759
 go

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:58.960
 hey

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.179
 love

00:21:59.179 --> 00:21:59.419
 let's

00:21:59.419 --> 00:21:59.639
 just

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.039
 pray

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.319
 about

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.500
 it

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.859
 together

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.119
 because

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.440
 that

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.579
 is

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.740
 what

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.259
 Christian

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.779
 leadership

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.079
 is

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.240
 going

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.359
 to

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.579
 look

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.940
 like

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.359
 for

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.679
 us

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:05.799
 to

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:05.960
 be

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.279
 guys

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.480
 who

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.019
 initiate

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.259
 and

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.619
 lead

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.079
 by

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.679
 praying

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.139
 with

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:09.419
 and

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.679
 for

00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:09.879
 our

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.179
 wives

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.379
 not

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.579
 trying

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:10.759
 to

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.119
 fix

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.339
 the

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.879
 issues

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:13.059
 that's

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.159
 an

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.679
 aside

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:13.960
 but

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.659
 that's

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.059
 there

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.179
 because

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.799
 Elkanah

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.139
 who's

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.799
 fixing

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.879
 leads

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.119
 to

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.460
 Hannah

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.819
 being

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.579
 trampled

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:23.960
 on

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.599
 and

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.299
 crushed

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.399
 and

00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.599
 this

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:26.879
 doesn't

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.079
 happen

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.279
 just

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.859
 once

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:29.079
 do you

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.299
 notice

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.599
 what it

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.000
 says

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.700
 verse 7

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.059
 it says

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.639
 it went

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:31.879
 on

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.399
 year

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.099
 by

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.740
 year

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:35.579
 man

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:35.879
 that's

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.259
 crushing

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.519
 isn't

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.720
 it

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.480
 there's

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.619
 just

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.000
 no

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.240
 way

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.639
 out

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:38.779
 of

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:38.980
 this

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.659
 oppression

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:39.919
 and

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.119
 this

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.500
 sense

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.240
 that

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.379
 she

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.619
 doesn't

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:42.720
 know

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:42.879
 what's

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.079
 going

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.259
 and

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.399
 then

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:43.559
 to

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.779
 make

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.000
 Hannah

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.500
 worse

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.980
 okay

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.119
 if

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.299
 that's

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.419
 not

00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:45.659
 bad

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:45.980
 enough

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.679
 society

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.079
 shames

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.319
 you

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.720
 it's

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:47.839
 not

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.059
 bad

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.539
 your

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.220
 rival

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.679
 wife

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:50.899
 is

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.200
 shaming

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.480
 you

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:51.819
 your

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.440
 husband

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.839
 doesn't

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.159
 get

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.579
 you

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:55.279
 and

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.579
 then

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:57.000
 it's

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.319
 even

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.639
 worse

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:57.940
 because

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.259
 it feels

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.460
 like

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.799
 church

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.000
 is

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.299
 judging

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.559
 you

00:22:59.559 --> 00:22:59.740
 as

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.019
 well

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.480
 because

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.740
 she

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.299
 goes

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.419
 to

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.059
 pray

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.319
 and

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.720
 Eli

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:04.960
 the

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.299
 high

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.759
 priest

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:05.960
 who

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.059
 is

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.179
 the

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.339
 most

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.059
 respected

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.960
 religious

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.460
 leader

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.740
 of

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:08.879
 the

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.359
 time

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.799
 he

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.220
 sees

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.419
 her

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:12.799
 praying

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.399
 silently

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:15.019
 and

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.159
 he

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.419
 knows

00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:15.539
 what

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.679
 the

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.019
 culture

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.179
 is

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.339
 like

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.519
 everyone

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.619
 has

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:16.759
 just

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:16.899
 had

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.000
 a

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.119
 big

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.619
 party

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.700
 and

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.100
 so

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:20.180
 in

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.440
 her

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.720
 most

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.319
 vulnerable

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.940
 state

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.200
 he

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.660
 comes

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.140
 over

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.420
 to

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.759
 her

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.340
 and

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.039
 identifies

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.519
 her

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.900
 as a

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.319
 worthless

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.779
 good

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.000
 for

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.340
 nothing

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:27.980
 drunk

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.460
 he

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.779
 says

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.600
 how long

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:29.960
 will you

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.319
 go on

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.519
 being

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.019
 drunk

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.779
 put your

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.039
 wine

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.299
 away

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.620
 from

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:32.900
 you

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.319
 do you

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.500
 know what

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.600
 he's

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:33.759
 saying

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:33.920
 he's

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.180
 basically

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.620
 telling her

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.259
 we don't

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.640
 want your

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:35.980
 type

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.259
 around

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.559
 here

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.039
 get

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.600
 out

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:41.339
 man

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.939
 cursed

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:42.959
 cursed

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.179
 by

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.539
 god

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.740
 she

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.319
 feels

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.579
 rejected

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.219
 misunderstood

00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:46.839
 judged

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.379
 shamed

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:47.740
 even

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.159
 by

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.639
 the

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:48.980
 religious

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.439
 people

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:49.799
 around

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.179
 you

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.299
 how

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.500
 do

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.639
 you

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.299
 respond

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.419
 when

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:53.559
 you're

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.659
 in

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:53.859
 that

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.480
 place

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:56.579
 you know

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.000
 I heard

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.539
 one

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.859
 pastor

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.119
 say

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.299
 this

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.500
 and I

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.679
 think

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:58.879
 it's

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.159
 true

00:23:59.159 --> 00:24:00.799
 he said

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:00.980
 when

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.240
 people

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.439
 are

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.019
 mildly

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.659
 distressed

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:02.939
 they

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:03.219
 often

00:24:03.219 --> 00:24:03.579
 pray

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.000
 you know

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.139
 you've

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.299
 got a

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.439
 job

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:04.819
 interview

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.159
 or

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.319
 something

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.459
 you're

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:05.579
 feeling

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:05.759
 a bit

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.179
 stressed

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:06.599
 you might

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:06.819
 pray

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.039
 about

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.299
 it

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.119
 when

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.319
 you're

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.799
 moderately

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.339
 distressed

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.559
 you

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.139
 sometimes

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.599
 pray

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.379
 but

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:11.559
 when

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.859
 people

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.059
 are

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.379
 deeply

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.000
 distressed

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.220
 they

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.559
 rarely

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:13.980
 pray

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:16.139
 we

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.440
 rarely

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.740
 pray

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:16.940
 when

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.159
 you're

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.359
 really

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.799
 hurt

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.019
 or

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.159
 when

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.259
 you

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.519
 really

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.779
 feel

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.180
 helpless

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.899
 we

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.480
 often

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.220
 fail

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.440
 to

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.919
 pray

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:22.399
 but

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.759
 these

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.419
 moments

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.899
 are

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.039
 the

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.700
 defining

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.180
 moments

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.500
 of our

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.879
 lives

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.359
 they are

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.500
 the

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.259
 crossroads

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.919
 of our

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:28.379
 hearts

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.839
 because

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.460
 how we

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.099
 respond

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.379
 will

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.779
 shape

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:30.980
 the

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.460
 entire

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.220
 trajectory

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.599
 of your

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:32.899
 heart

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.480
 and life

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.200
 when you

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.519
 are in

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.740
 those

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.299
 moments

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.940
 that is

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.139
 where

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.419
 Hannah

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:37.859
 is

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.639
 in the

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:38.899
 moment

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.279
 of the

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.680
 deepest

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.180
 pit of

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.579
 shame

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.139
 hurt

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.960
 judged

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.879
 misunderstood

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.839
 offended

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.339
 in so

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.000
 many ways

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.079
 what's

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.279
 her

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.960
 response

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.639
 and I

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.759
 love this

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.299
 because

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.779
 what you

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.240
 discover

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.480
 as you

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.139
 look through

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.659
 and verse

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.299
 nine

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.399
 you see

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.879
 that Hannah

00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:00.240
 she's a

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.539
 victim

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.200
 right

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.640
 but she

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:02.980
 doesn't

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.259
 have a

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.539
 victim

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.240
 mentality

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.600
 she's

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:05.740
 a

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.180
 fighter

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.980
 she's

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.120
 a

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.380
 woman

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.559
 of

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.259
 backbone

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.700
 and

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.500
 steel

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.160
 in her

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.720
 in the

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.019
 midst

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.279
 of her

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.960
 helplessness

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.660
 she doesn't

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.100
 just stay

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.440
 bitter

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.400
 she doesn't

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.779
 just stay

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.120
 kind of

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.620
 comparing

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.039
 it's not

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.580
 fair

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:18.299
 she doesn't

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.600
 kind of

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.100
 withdraw

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:20.019
 she doesn't

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.519
 just vent

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.860
 to her

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.299
 friends

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.900
 she doesn't

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.059
 go

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.559
 I'm

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.799
 going to

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.000
 show

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.480
 Penina

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:26.019
 verse

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.420
 nine

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.340
 it says

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.840
 after they'd

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.200
 eaten and

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.440
 drunk

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.120
 in Shiloh

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.559
 Hannah

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:32.000
 rose

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.619
 I love

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:33.879
 that

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:36.319
 some of

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.619
 us need

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:36.980
 to learn

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.279
 how to

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.819
 rise

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.839
 because

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.240
 some of

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.500
 us have

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.759
 stayed

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.220
 living in

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.619
 the court

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.099
 of human

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.559
 opinion

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.079
 for too

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.419
 long

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:44.359
 living under

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.000
 the offense

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.339
 of other

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.639
 people

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.379
 maybe hurtful

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.079
 comments

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.359
 maybe even

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.980
 just jealousy

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.339
 or just

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.940
 comparison

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.639
 at work

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:50.919
 or in

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.720
 other places

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.559
 you stay

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.059
 bitter at

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.819
 circumstances

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.240
 and we're

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.619
 coming into

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.220
 2022

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.359
 and God

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:56.720
 says there's

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.019
 a new

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.559
 chance

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.960
 because

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.399
 Hannah

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.579
 in that

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.200
 place

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.319
 she rose

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.279
 she gets

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.740
 up

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.200
 out of

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.600
 the place

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.140
 of shame

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.259
 she goes

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.799
 to the

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.299
 tent

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.120
 of God's

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.819
 presence

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.519
 to pray

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:10.700
 and here's

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.059
 how she

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.759
 prays

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.019
 verse 10

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.700
 she was

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.319
 deeply

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.460
 distressed

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:18.059
 and prayed

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.759
 to the

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.160
 Lord

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.319
 and wept

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.440
 bitterly

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.039
 that's not

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.580
 how many

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.100
 Christians

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.559
 pray

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:27.480
 many of us

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.960
 as Christians

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.480
 we kind of

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.420
 pray superficial

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.980
 prayers

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.640
 she pours

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.039
 out her

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.680
 entire

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.460
 soul

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.200
 to God

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.180
 some of

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.680
 us think

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.319
 you can't

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.759
 tell God

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.019
 if you're

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.380
 angry

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.720
 if you're

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.039
 hurting

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.440
 or you're

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.860
 in pain

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.539
 because

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.779
 you know

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.099
 Christians

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.559
 you're supposed

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.000
 to be full

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.380
 of joy

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.940
 all the time

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.279
 and you know

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.599
 he might

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:42.980
 get a bit

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.360
 annoyed

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:45.380
 that's

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.579
 actually

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.140
 the enemy

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.500
 because

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.819
 you know

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.240
 shame

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.740
 always wants

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.319
 to isolate

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.680
 you

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:51.279
 from others

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.220
 but also

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.900
 from God

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.519
 in the deepest

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.940
 wounds

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.259
 of your

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.740
 heart

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:57.079
 and that

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.539
 just leaves

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.819
 you with

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.400
 yourself

00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:00.299
 but actually

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.900
 the place

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:02.039
 of helplessness

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.079
 is the

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.640
 place

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:05.120
 of prayer

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.440
 because it

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.160
 is a great

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.000
 place to be

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.500
 author

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:10.000
 Oli Hallisby

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.640
 said in his

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.220
 book on

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.579
 prayer

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.700
 here's what he

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:12.920
 said

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.980
 he said

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.880
 only he

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.000
 who is

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.500
 helpless

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.880
 can pray

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.519
 now listen

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.839
 to this

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.140
 this is

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.000
 really insightful

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.440
 only he

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.900
 who is

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.480
 helpless

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.299
 can pray

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.420
 your

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.519
 helplessness

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.500
 is your

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.099
 best

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.700
 prayer

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:30.099
 it calls

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.740
 from your

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.519
 heart

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.319
 to the

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.559
 heart

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.000
 of God

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.619
 with greater

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.279
 effect

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.920
 than all

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.180
 your

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.700
 uttered

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.200
 pleas

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:38.740
 what does

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.200
 he mean

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:41.019
 he's saying

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.019
 that prayer

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.660
 that is not

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.460
 from a place

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.160
 where you know

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.839
 your absolute

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.579
 helplessness

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:45.980
 and need

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.500
 of God

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.119
 is like

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.799
 asking God

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.299
 just to put

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.799
 the icing

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.380
 on the cake

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.880
 but we'll

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.279
 make the

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.519
 cake

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.980
 ourselves

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.380
 it's like

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.099
 we'll stay

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.480
 in control

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.759
 of our

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.039
 lives

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.720
 you just

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.039
 kind of

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.539
 fix a few

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.779
 things

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.299
 I can't

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.799
 fix

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.839
 but helplessness

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.920
 invites God

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.480
 into your

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.019
 uncertainty

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.019
 into your

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.640
 distress

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.400
 into your

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.819
 weakness

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.680
 into where

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.960
 you feel

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.319
 like I don't

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.579
 know how

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.880
 to do

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.339
 this

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:08.180
 and that's

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.740
 where he's

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:08.940
 going to

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.539
 get glory

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.059
 by showing

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.740
 his power

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.200
 in your

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.740
 weakness

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.559
 as he

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.079
 brings his

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.620
 answer

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:15.799
 and you know

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.500
 it can help

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.180
 when you unload

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.779
 your feelings

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.579
 to your friends

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:18.980
 or to your

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.319
 spouse

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:19.980
 but I fear

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.440
 that many

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.059
 of us

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:22.820
 substitute

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.840
 sharing with

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.500
 friends with

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.120
 actually talking

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.640
 to God

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:27.200
 about our

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.480
 deepest

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.120
 issues

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.620
 even about

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:28.960
 what you're

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.420
 thinking for

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.000
 2022

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:34.940
 and so let me

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.779
 encourage us as a

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.039
 church

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.980
 if your friend

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.160
 unloads to you

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.340
 listen to them

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.759
 really well

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.180
 don't be like

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.720
 Elkanah

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.640
 be empathetic

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.340
 listen to them

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.960
 but at the end

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.559
 say hey can we

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.299
 give this to God

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.660
 now

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.580
 because his

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.279
 shoulders are way

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.039
 bigger than mine

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.859
 and he can

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.759
 handle this

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:52.059
 you see

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.819
 Hannah prays

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.420
 and runs to

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.920
 God in a

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.740
 helplessness

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.819
 but the second

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.440
 thing that she

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:57.859
 does

00:28:57.859 --> 00:29:00.379
 and this is also

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.319
 super challenging

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.399
 second thing she

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.700
 does

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:04.339
 she surrenders to

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.740
 God

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.200
 her greatest

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.859
 desire

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:08.240
 here's what it

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.519
 says

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:10.039
 her prayer

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.559
 verse 11

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.480
 and she vowed

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.019
 a vow

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.559
 and said

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.200
 oh Lord of

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.740
 hosts

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.579
 the God of

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.379
 all the armies

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.859
 all the

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.379
 heavenlies

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.700
 the most

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.440
 powerful God

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.399
 if you

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.220
 will indeed

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.059
 look on the

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.159
 affliction of

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.740
 your servant

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.859
 and remember

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.619
 me and not

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.379
 forget your

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.960
 servant

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:28.899
 and give to

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.980
 your servant

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.740
 a son

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.579
 then I will

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.539
 give him

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.359
 to the Lord

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.419
 all the days

00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.099
 of his life

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.039
 and no razor

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.740
 shall touch

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.419
 his head

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:40.480
 this is really

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.060
 remarkable

00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:44.820
 if I was to

00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:45.360
 say to you

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.400
 what do you

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.680
 want right now

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.140
 more than

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.960
 anything else

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.240
 just think for a

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.320
 minute

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.740
 what do you

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.200
 want more

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.660
 than anything

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.080
 else

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:53.519
 and if you

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.840
 were going to

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.640
 pray for that

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.840
 what would you

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.180
 say

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.940
 you know

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.220
 better job

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.740
 promotion

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.400
 whatever it

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.759
 is

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.680
 we might say

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.019
 hey God

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.620
 give me this

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.259
 I'm praying for

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.660
 this God

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.060
 help me out

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.300
 of this

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:05.779
 situation

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.160
 whatever

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.860
 but if

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.500
 what you

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.120
 then said

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.500
 was

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.960
 and I'm

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.440
 willing to

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.880
 surrender

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.660
 completely

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.140
 the answer

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.519
 to you

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.040
 it's totally

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.320
 in your

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.759
 hands

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.140
 take it

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.480
 it's your

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.720
 will

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.680
 I give it

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.360
 back to you

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:19.480
 just like

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.779
 you remember

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.480
 Abraham

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.400
 offered his

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.019
 most precious

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.180
 son on the

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.740
 altar

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.940
 and just like

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.460
 Hannah

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.440
 now makes

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.060
 a vow

00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:27.740
 and offers

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.500
 the son

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.000
 that she

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.779
 craves

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.519
 more than

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.759
 anything else

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.600
 in the whole

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.100
 world

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:34.240
 as a

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.960
 Nazarite

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.360
 which means

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.880
 somebody who

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.640
 is fully

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.580
 devoted to

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:37.840
 God

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.480
 set apart

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.880
 from him

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.360
 to go

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.980
 and live

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.660
 in the

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:42.540
 tabernacle

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:43.840
 to be there

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.460
 away from

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.820
 home

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.660
 in Shiloh

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.300
 she says

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:47.620
 I give him

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.540
 away

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:49.440
 back to you

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:51.000
 it's actually

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.600
 insane

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.260
 because this

00:30:53.260 --> 00:30:53.860
 son could be

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.320
 the answer

00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:55.040
 to every one

00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:55.620
 of Penina's

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.160
 attacks

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:57.080
 right

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.760
 if you go

00:30:57.760 --> 00:30:58.640
 okay yeah

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.420
 just look at

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.220
 my son

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.660
 this son could

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.380
 remove all her

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.900
 shame in the

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.240
 village

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.100
 this son could

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.480
 give her a

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.100
 new status

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.799
 identity

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.559
 and honour

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.299
 and yet

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.839
 she says

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.779
 I am willing

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.919
 I desperately

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.480
 want that

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.819
 but I'm

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.139
 willing

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.159
 to give him

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.839
 back to you

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.480
 in worship

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:15.619
 do you see

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.099
 what he's saying

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.419
 she's saying

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:17.959
 she's saying

00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:19.859
 I want this

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.319
 badly

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.259
 but actually

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.079
 I want

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.059
 to know

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.399
 God

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:23.879
 that you

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.740
 care for me

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.480
 that you

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.339
 remember me

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.399
 and that I

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.959
 as your

00:31:27.959 --> 00:31:28.500
 servant

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.500
 want you

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.139
 to be honoured

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.699
 more than I

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:31.199
 just want to

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:31.619
 get my

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.480
 personal comfort

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.779
 my situation

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.740
 sorted out

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.940
 I want

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.579
 you to be

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.259
 my treasure

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.299
 and only

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.079
 your love

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.720
 can cover

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.460
 my shame

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.000
 more than

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.620
 Elkanah's

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.860
 come

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.519
 more than

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.259
 even having

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.940
 this son

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.660
 can cover

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.160
 my shame

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.680
 you are

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.160
 the source

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.700
 of it all

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.599
 that's what

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.180
 she's saying

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:50.319
 I'm your

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.700
 servant

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.299
 it's not

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.860
 about me

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.299
 it's actually

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.259
 about you

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:55.200
 that's a

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.860
 really powerful

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.380
 prayer

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:59.099
 because you

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.740
 see everyone

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.220
 else

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.740
 Eli

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.319
 Elkanah

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.660
 everybody

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.900
 else

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.120
 they're

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.480
 offering

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.980
 small

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.359
 animal

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.059
 sacrifices

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.599
 to God

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.859
 on the

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.140
 altar

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.440
 as

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.859
 worship

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:07.000
 and

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.279
 everyone's

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.440
 going

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.839
 oh you

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.059
 guys

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.180
 are

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.559
 amazing

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.880
 but

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.220
 actually

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.819
 they look

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.519
 and judge

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:10.880
 Hannah

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.519
 as cursed

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.319
 by God

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.160
 but Hannah

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.079
 is offering

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.839
 the most

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.359
 precious

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.779
 and the

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.079
 greatest

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.539
 desire

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:16.859
 of her

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.279
 soul

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.819
 to God

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.240
 as

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.700
 worship

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:20.120
 because she

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.660
 knows that

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.079
 her God

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.720
 is faithful

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.559
 and her

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:22.759
 God

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.200
 is good

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.920
 and God

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.620
 sees

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:25.180
 her

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.980
 heart

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.579
 it's

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.940
 beautiful

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.799
 I mean

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.140
 what do you

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.560
 want this

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:30.780
 year

00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:31.560
 what do

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:31.960
 you want

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.160
 what are

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.580
 you praying

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:33.980
 for

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.640
 how willing

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.800
 are you

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.180
 to say

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.560
 God

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:39.660
 I surrender

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.160
 that to

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.520
 you

00:32:40.520 --> 00:32:41.320
 and I

00:32:41.320 --> 00:32:42.180
 trust you

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.259
 with the

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.840
 outcome

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:45.040
 more than

00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:45.520
 this job

00:32:45.520 --> 00:32:45.780
 more than

00:32:45.780 --> 00:32:46.480
 this relationship

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:48.080
 because I

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.500
 know that

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.060
 you are the

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.920
 place which

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.480
 will cover

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.380
 my shame

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:52.020
 you are the

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.520
 place which

00:32:52.520 --> 00:32:52.860
 gives me

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.180
 honor

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.940
 you are the

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.460
 place which

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.120
 will satisfy

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.440
 me

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.100
 you are my

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.540
 treasure

00:32:56.539 --> 00:33:00.960
 because when

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.579
 we trust

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.079
 God in

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.579
 that kind

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.279
 of place

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.539
 do you

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.819
 see what

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.319
 happens in

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.920
 verse 18

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:08.019
 verse 18

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.579
 says

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:10.059
 then the

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.799
 woman went

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.440
 her way

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.240
 and ate

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.839
 and her

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.759
 face was

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.359
 no longer

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.059
 sad

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.799
 suddenly she

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.539
 found peace

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.980
 and joy

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.399
 again

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:20.619
 you know

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.119
 some of us

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.720
 can pray

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.119
 and we get

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.440
 up from

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.720
 prayer

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.159
 miserable

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.579
 still

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:26.019
 burdened

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.220
 going

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.579
 well that

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.879
 was no

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.279
 use

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.740
 because we've

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.179
 not reached

00:33:29.179 --> 00:33:29.639
 the place

00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.259
 of surrender

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:32.079
 we've not

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.519
 reached the

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.960
 place of

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.460
 finding God

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.799
 as our

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.199
 treasure

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.099
 do you know

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:36.220
 the Puritans

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.279
 they used to

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.059
 say pray

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.799
 until you

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.220
 pray

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.480
 I love that

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.119
 pray until

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.720
 you pray

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.319
 that means

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.059
 keep coming

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.859
 back to

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.519
 the presence

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.139
 of God

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:46.559
 until you

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.319
 walk away

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.059
 with a peace

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.859
 knowing God

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.740
 has got this

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.460
 and it's in

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.099
 his hands

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.659
 and I'm going

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.500
 to trust him

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.480
 with this

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.140
 keep praying

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.579
 until you

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:55.900
 get to

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.680
 that place

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.920
 and the

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.559
 amazing thing

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.059
 is God

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.799
 answers

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.160
 Hannah

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.240
 gives her

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.799
 a son

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.579
 who's called

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.120
 Samuel

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.279
 who's going

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.779
 to become

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.339
 the king

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.700
 maker

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.460
 as we're

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.620
 going to

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.019
 go on

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.279
 in the

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.720
 story

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.240
 and the

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.539
 amazing

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.940
 thing is

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.139
 Hannah

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.639
 doesn't go

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.059
 back on

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.500
 a promise

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.300
 even when

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.179
 she experiences

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:14.099
 the sweetness

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:15.240
 of the son

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.659
 and that

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.619
 maternal bond

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.039
 that she

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.539
 has

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.340
 man that

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.639
 makes it

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.000
 hard to

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.619
 keep going

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.860
 with your

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.199
 promise

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.800
 doesn't it

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.159
 but even

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.579
 at that

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.880
 point

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.380
 she's still

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.640
 going

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:23.900
 God

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.260
 I want

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.440
 you to

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.760
 be my

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.119
 treasure

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.460
 and she

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.119
 takes him

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.460
 to live

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.059
 at Shiloh

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.640
 to worship

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:29.039
 God

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.400
 there

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:32.280
 it's a

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.519
 super

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.039
 challenging

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.780
 response

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.860
 after the

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.260
 shame

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.660
 that she's

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.360
 experienced

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.539
 but finding

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:40.300
 the response

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.920
 that she

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.519
 goes through

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.460
 of running

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.820
 to God

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.340
 in prayer

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.220
 surrendering

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:45.039
 and finding

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.800
 God's grace

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.300
 in the midst

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.680
 of it

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.859
 and the

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.579
 final thing

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:50.559
 that we

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.879
 see

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:52.419
 is not

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:52.960
 the shame

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.399
 not the

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:54.139
 response

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.539
 but the

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.039
 boast

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.899
 of Hannah

00:34:55.899 --> 00:34:58.419
 how are we

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:58.699
 doing

00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:01.339
 good

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:01.940
 Annabelle's

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.219
 good

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:05.019
 I'm going

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.259
 to just

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.719
 look very

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.239
 briefly

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.179
 chapter 2

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.679
 verse 1

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.119
 to 11

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:10.919
 this is

00:35:10.919 --> 00:35:11.239
 just

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.199
 there's time

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.679
 we could do

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.279
 three sermons

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.699
 on this

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.099
 but I'm

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.259
 going to

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:14.739
 go really

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:15.279
 briefly

00:35:15.279 --> 00:35:17.359
 2 verse 1

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.839
 says

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:19.099
 that this is

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.519
 actually a

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.239
 prayer of

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.539
 Hannah

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.199
 it's a

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.679
 beautiful

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.960
 prayer

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.899
 but do you

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:24.519
 notice something

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.899
 if you look

00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.119
 in your

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.539
 bulletin

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:27.239
 it's not

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.799
 addressed to

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.199
 God at

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.419
 all

00:35:28.419 --> 00:35:30.239
 it's

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.739
 actually

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.719
 a testimony

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.439
 of

00:35:33.439 --> 00:35:34.000
 answered

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.439
 prayer

00:35:34.439 --> 00:35:35.960
 for us

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.699
 as readers

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.359
 to make

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:38.079
 note of

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.279
 and actually

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.619
 in this

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.059
 testimony

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.439
 are the

00:35:40.439 --> 00:35:40.859
 themes

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:41.159
 of the

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.379
 whole

00:35:41.379 --> 00:35:41.759
 book

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.159
 of how

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.679
 God

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.859
 raises

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:44.940
 the

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.919
 lowly

00:35:45.919 --> 00:35:46.079
 and

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.399
 brings

00:35:47.399 --> 00:35:47.759
 down

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:47.940
 the

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.460
 proud

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.359
 but

00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:50.139
 actually

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.359
 this

00:35:50.359 --> 00:35:51.019
 testimony

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.539
 is a

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.960
 boast

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.559
 he says

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.399
 that there

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:56.440
 is none

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.319
 holy

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:58.179
 like the

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.339
 Lord

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.739
 that means

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.500
 God

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.279
 doesn't

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.639
 work

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:00.960
 the way

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.460
 we work

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.819
 his

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.379
 operating

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:02.859
 system

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.359
 isn't

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.679
 the way

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.039
 that we

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.599
 operate

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.919
 he works

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:06.759
 in our

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.219
 weakness

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.719
 to show

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.379
 his power

00:36:08.379 --> 00:36:08.739
 as Paul

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.099
 says

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.000
 his glory

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.399
 is shown

00:36:10.399 --> 00:36:10.779
 in taking

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.199
 the weak

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.639
 things of

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.079
 the world

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.900
 to shame

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.539
 the strong

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:14.880
 and going

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.299
 into

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:16.099
 2022

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.860
 for each

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.259
 one of

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.579
 us

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:19.139
 we have

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.840
 a choice

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.519
 this is

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.940
 where Hannah's

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.219
 going

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.940
 we have a

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.380
 choice of

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.719
 whether we

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.039
 want to

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.559
 live in

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.039
 the court

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.559
 of human

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.980
 opinion

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.679
 or whether

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.079
 we want

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.539
 to live

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.799
 in the

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.000
 court

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.440
 of God's

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.819
 opinion

00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:29.679
 because human

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.039
 opinion

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.440
 is a

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.880
 court that

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.319
 looks at

00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:32.219
 the outward

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.480
 appearance

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.900
 and it

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.299
 wants to

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:35.900
 associate

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.519
 in some

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.799
 way

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.340
 with what

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.639
 seems

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.299
 successful

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:39.039
 which seems

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.599
 powerful

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.199
 secure

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.919
 respectable

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:41.599
 whatever

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.319
 it is

00:36:42.319 --> 00:36:43.299
 if you say

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:43.899
 I work

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.359
 at Google

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:45.299
 or I went

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:45.779
 to Harvard

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.379
 or even

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.659
 I went

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.139
 to Hong Kong

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.500
 U

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:50.559
 that's honour

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.159
 people go

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.119
 oh really

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:53.960
 that's honour

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.439
 because you're

00:36:54.439 --> 00:36:55.299
 associated with

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:55.719
 someone who's

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.339
 got respect

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:56.980
 or someone

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.319
 who's got

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.799
 cred

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.639
 street cred

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.000
 right

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.079
 but actually

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.519
 you've got to

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.719
 keep that up

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.219
 because actually

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.679
 if you have

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.279
 been to Hong Kong

00:37:05.279 --> 00:37:05.419
 U

00:37:05.419 --> 00:37:05.839
 many of you

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.199
 feel like

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.439
 well

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.740
 no

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.760
 I'm not

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.460
 that honourable

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.900
 yet

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.260
 and so

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.579
 that's what

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.000
 keeps us

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.559
 continually

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.240
 striving

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:14.400
 and striving

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.220
 for more

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.800
 it's the

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.260
 relentless

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:17.000
 chase

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.000
 in Hong Kong

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.920
 because the

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.240
 court of

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.820
 human opinion

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.240
 the court

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:21.019
 of Penina's

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.320
 judgment

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.300
 and even

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.820
 the court

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.900
 of Eli's

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.300
 judgment

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.200
 initial judgment

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.920
 is a fickle

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.220
 court

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:27.420
 it boasts

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.740
 of your

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.200
 position

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.519
 and it

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.059
 looks down

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.360
 on other

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.800
 people

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.760
 who haven't

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.320
 made it

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.920
 but you

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.079
 know

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.639
 one moment

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.280
 you're praised

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.639
 and then the

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.099
 next moment

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.659
 you're forgotten

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:37.960
 and notice

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.579
 in the passage

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.500
 it says here

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:41.359
 it says

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:41.980
 verse 3

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.879
 talk no more

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.839
 so very proudly

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:45.619
 let not arrogance

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.980
 come from your mouth

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.279
 and then he's going to go

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:49.079
 the mighty

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.899
 the full

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:50.879
 the one with many

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:51.379
 children

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:52.579
 the exalted one

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.079
 he then brackets

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.699
 them actually

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.599
 in the wicked

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.299
 and he says

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.179
 those people

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.619
 that everyone

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.039
 looks at

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.339
 and says

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.940
 wow

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.920
 you're so impressive

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.119
 he says

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.859
 they will be

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.359
 the broken

00:38:02.359 --> 00:38:03.039
 the hungry

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.279
 the forlorn

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.340
 those who

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:06.140
 hire themselves

00:38:06.140 --> 00:38:06.880
 out for bread

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.440
 those who are

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.900
 cut off

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.660
 in darkness

00:38:08.660 --> 00:38:09.420
 what he's saying

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.260
 is trusting

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.200
 in yourself

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.860
 and just the

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.380
 outward

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:13.400
 appearance

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.519
 looks like

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.900
 glitter

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.720
 but in the

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.540
 light of God's

00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:16.880
 judgment

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.500
 and he is

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.100
 the ultimate

00:38:18.100 --> 00:38:18.760
 judge

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.760
 the glitter

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.500
 soon falls

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.140
 on the carpet

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.880
 and gets swept

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.360
 away

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.480
 and all that

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.600
 impresses you

00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:26.180
 all that glitters

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:27.300
 is not gold

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.560
 that's the title

00:38:28.560 --> 00:38:29.320
 of our series

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:31.620
 but if you

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:32.280
 live in the

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.860
 court of God's

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.220
 opinion

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:34.559
 it's a

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.239
 court of joy

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.159
 sometimes pain

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.539
 but a

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.159
 court of joy

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:39.099
 which looks

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.119
 at the heart

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.719
 which wants

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.339
 to associate

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:43.179
 itself more

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.819
 with God

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.459
 than what the

00:38:44.459 --> 00:38:45.299
 world thinks

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:46.480
 it's a court

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.239
 whose boast

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.739
 is in the

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:49.039
 hope of God

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.659
 himself

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:51.039
 and Hannah

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.699
 says

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.199
 in verse

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.939
 one

00:38:53.939 --> 00:38:54.879
 my heart

00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:55.759
 exalts

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.279
 in

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:57.500
 not myself

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.139
 but in the

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.579
 Lord

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.439
 my strength

00:38:59.439 --> 00:39:00.179
 is exalted

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:01.179
 in the Lord

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.179
 I rejoice

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.139
 in your

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.899
 salvation

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:06.139
 you see

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.839
 this joy

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.259
 is actually

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.759
 the joy

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.119
 for where

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.399
 he goes

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.519
 through

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.799
 it's the

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.199
 feeble

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.559
 it's the

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.899
 hungry

00:39:09.899 --> 00:39:10.239
 it's the

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.619
 barren

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.919
 it's the

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.219
 poor

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.759
 it's the

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.119
 needy

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.779
 it's those

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.239
 who know

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.679
 how much

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.039
 they need

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.379
 God

00:39:14.379 --> 00:39:15.039
 and it's

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.500
 those who

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.359
 are faithfully

00:39:16.359 --> 00:39:17.079
 wanting to go

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.559
 to him

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.199
 the faithful

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.819
 ones

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:19.759
 looking to

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.139
 God

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:21.319
 those people

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:21.919
 in that

00:39:21.919 --> 00:39:22.480
 place

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.659
 they're the

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.099
 ones

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:25.339
 who will

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.679
 be

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:30.440
 they will

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.639
 have

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.199
 strength

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:32.440
 they will

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.919
 cease to

00:39:32.919 --> 00:39:33.239
 hunger

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:34.419
 they will

00:39:34.419 --> 00:39:34.899
 sit with

00:39:34.899 --> 00:39:35.359
 princes

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:36.339
 they will

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.879
 inherit

00:39:36.879 --> 00:39:37.559
 honour

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.480
 which is

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.879
 not just

00:39:38.879 --> 00:39:39.319
 here one

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.639
 day and

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:40.179
 taken away

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.399
 and the

00:39:40.399 --> 00:39:40.799
 next

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:41.699
 they are

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.039
 the one

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.339
 who are

00:39:42.339 --> 00:39:42.699
 guarded

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.500
 and protected

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:45.379
 in 2022

00:39:45.379 --> 00:39:47.099
 it's a

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.579
 court for

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.940
 those who

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.359
 run to

00:39:48.359 --> 00:39:48.559
 God

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:48.879
 in their

00:39:48.879 --> 00:39:49.440
 helplessness

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.759
 knowing

00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:50.299
 their need

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.960
 and knowing

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.419
 he's the

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:51.679
 one who

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:51.919
 comes

00:39:51.919 --> 00:39:52.159
 through

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.519
 every

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.799
 single

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.259
 time

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:55.080
 and the

00:39:55.080 --> 00:39:55.540
 thing is

00:39:55.540 --> 00:39:56.000
 this

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.660
 it's a

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:57.040
 challenge

00:39:57.040 --> 00:39:58.460
 you cannot

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.240
 live for

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.500
 both

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.940
 courts

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:01.640
 you cannot

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:02.580
 live for

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:02.880
 the court

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.260
 of human

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.660
 opinion

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.360
 and the

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.620
 court of

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:04.880
 God's

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.200
 opinion

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.660
 you've

00:40:05.660 --> 00:40:05.900
 got to

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.260
 choose

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:06.660
 one of

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:06.920
 them

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:09.580
 because

00:40:09.580 --> 00:40:09.840
 you see

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.320
 the gospel

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:10.700
 says

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.180
 this

00:40:11.180 --> 00:40:13.960
 the one

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.320
 who has

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.760
 the name

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.260
 above all

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.760
 names

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.660
 the most

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:17.020
 honoured

00:40:17.020 --> 00:40:17.400
 one

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.080
 Jesus

00:40:18.080 --> 00:40:18.720
 Christ

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:21.120
 is the

00:40:21.120 --> 00:40:21.580
 one who

00:40:21.580 --> 00:40:22.020
 had no

00:40:22.020 --> 00:40:22.500
 beauty

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.639
 that we

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.340
 should

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.960
 desire

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.239
 him

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.599
 he was

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.320
 despised

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.880
 and rejected

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.500
 by men

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.300
 we've looked

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.860
 at Christmas

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.599
 how he was

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.079
 born in

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.519
 shame

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.300
 the lowest

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:31.800
 of the

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.059
 low

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.639
 to a

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:32.880
 young

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.280
 peasant

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.599
 girl

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:33.900
 called

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.340
 Mary

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.300
 who

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:35.579
 actually

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.039
 sings

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.559
 a song

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:36.960
 in Luke

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.280
 chapter

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.679
 one

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.099
 which is

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.639
 just like

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.039
 Hannah

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.860
 where she

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:40.539
 exalts

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.840
 she proclaims

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.260
 how God

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.719
 exalts

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.320
 the humble

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:44.159
 and brings

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.659
 down the

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.139
 proud

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.019
 and this

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:47.639
 king

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.260
 Jesus

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.199
 he grows

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.500
 up

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.860
 and he

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.219
 seems to

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.880
 be successful

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.440
 for a little

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:51.800
 while

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.500
 he attracts

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.160
 the crowds

00:40:53.160 --> 00:40:54.300
 but John

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.680
 says he

00:40:54.680 --> 00:40:54.940
 doesn't

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.440
 entrust

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.860
 himself

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.180
 to them

00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:56.580
 because he

00:40:56.580 --> 00:40:57.120
 knows what's

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:57.440
 in a man

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.860
 he knows

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.560
 how fickle

00:40:58.560 --> 00:40:59.160
 the court

00:40:59.160 --> 00:40:59.560
 of human

00:40:59.560 --> 00:40:59.920
 opinion

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.400
 is

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:01.019
 and he's

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.340
 totally

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.680
 right

00:41:01.680 --> 00:41:02.280
 because even

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.680
 as he's

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:03.180
 going around

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.760
 doing good

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.539
 the religious

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.920
 leaders

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.580
 turn on him

00:41:05.580 --> 00:41:06.200
 judge him

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:06.820
 call him

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.260
 a follower

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.880
 of Satan

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:10.000
 condemn him

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.620
 and he gets

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.220
 betrayed

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:12.160
 rejected by

00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:12.480
 all

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.080
 alone

00:41:13.080 --> 00:41:13.700
 and then

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.740
 in Gethsemane

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:16.380
 at the point

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.820
 of his

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.460
 greatest

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.800
 helplessness

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:20.120
 do you

00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:20.360
 know what

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.880
 he does

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:22.420
 he goes

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.840
 let me

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.340
 just fix

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.780
 this

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.880
 let me

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.380
 call down

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.860
 a legions

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.460
 of angels

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.900
 just to

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.280
 come and

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:27.720
 just show

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:27.960
 you

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.480
 who's

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.820
 boss

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.080
 here

00:41:29.080 --> 00:41:29.660
 no he

00:41:29.660 --> 00:41:30.460
 doesn't

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:32.300
 he

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.960
 prays

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.960
 it's an

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.740
 agonizing

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.340
 prayer of

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.620
 distress

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:37.140
 it's not

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:37.620
 kind of

00:41:37.620 --> 00:41:38.620
 nice

00:41:38.620 --> 00:41:39.060
 British

00:41:39.060 --> 00:41:39.480
 kind of

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.840
 polite

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.300
 prayer

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:42.539
 and he

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.700
 says

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:42.980
 God

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.300
 if there's

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.640
 another

00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:43.920
 way

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.440
 out of

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.740
 this

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.720
 I don't

00:41:45.720 --> 00:41:46.039
 want to

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.440
 die

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.720
 I don't

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:46.900
 want to

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.080
 be

00:41:47.080 --> 00:41:47.519
 separated

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.079
 from you

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.400
 please

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.860
 give me

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.139
 another

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.679
 way

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.860
 you know

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:51.019
 he's

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.259
 totally

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.659
 real

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:54.300
 we don't

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:54.759
 expect that

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.099
 of Jesus

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.619
 do we

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:57.239
 but that's

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.460
 what he

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:57.900
 calls us

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.159
 to

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.099
 and then

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:00.119
 he surrenders

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.699
 his greatest

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:01.219
 desire

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.699
 and says

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.000
 but it's

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.360
 not my

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.579
 will

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.940
 but it's

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.340
 yours

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:04.880
 I want

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.179
 you

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.420
 more

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.719
 than I

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:05.920
 want

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.340
 me

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:08.340
 and on

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:08.960
 the cross

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.659
 the ultimate

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:10.199
 shame

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:11.119
 and humiliation

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:12.259
 Jesus

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:13.099
 is treated

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.900
 as cursed

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.780
 by God

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.719
 mocked

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.500
 and scorned

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.039
 by others

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.599
 in a worse

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:18.079
 way than

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.360
 Hannah

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:18.659
 ever

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.360
 experienced

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:20.539
 and he

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.860
 prays

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.259
 again

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:22.500
 and he

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.860
 says

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.639
 into your

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:24.059
 hands

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.500
 God

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.539
 I

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.099
 commit

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.400
 my

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.860
 spirit

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:29.199
 and then

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.920
 he dies

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:31.579
 and then

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.159
 he rises

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.539
 again

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.179
 in power

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.579
 and the

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.139
 place

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:36.000
 of greatest

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.480
 weakness

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.079
 the place

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.579
 of greatest

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.000
 shame

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.360
 the place

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:38.880
 of greatest

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.380
 dishonor

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.440
 in everybody's

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.800
 eyes

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.079
 on the

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:41.400
 human

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:41.880
 court

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.659
 becomes

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:43.199
 the place

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:43.480
 of the

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.739
 greatest

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:44.259
 glory

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:44.619
 and the

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:44.860
 greatest

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:45.219
 honor

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:45.500
 and the

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.699
 greatest

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:46.440
 vindication

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.240
 from the

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:47.460
 court

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.019
 of heaven

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:52.820
 and if

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.139
 you're a

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.480
 Christian

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.000
 today

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.659
 this is

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:56.179
 our king

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:57.539
 this is

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:57.780
 the one

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:57.980
 we're

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.300
 following

00:42:58.300 --> 00:43:00.200
 and so

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.980
 in 2022

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:02.000
 the question

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.420
 is who

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:02.679
 do you

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:02.920
 want to

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.059
 be

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.720
 associated

00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:04.019
 with

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.519
 most

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:09.220
 who will

00:43:09.220 --> 00:43:09.679
 you boast

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:09.940
 in

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.940
 God

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.400
 because

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.639
 when

00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:12.000
 Jesus

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.440
 is your

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.920
 boast

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.940
 our

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.679
 helplessness

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:14.920
 our

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.320
 weakness

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:15.740
 whatever

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:16.360
 struggles

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:16.860
 we go

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.200
 through

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:17.920
 or don't

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.119
 go

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:18.420
 through

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:19.019
 becomes

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.740
 a chance

00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:20.700
 an opportunity

00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:21.200
 to run

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.659
 to him

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.280
 and to

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:22.800
 find

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.519
 and revel

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.139
 and delight

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.659
 in him

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:26.119
 do you know

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.480
 have you ever

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.079
 tried sharing

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.579
 the gospel

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:29.019
 and it just

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.700
 felt weird

00:43:29.700 --> 00:43:30.720
 and just

00:43:30.720 --> 00:43:31.800
 super awkward

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:32.700
 and people

00:43:32.700 --> 00:43:33.119
 just kind of

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.539
 went roll

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.099
 their eyes

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.380
 or maybe

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.820
 made some

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.380
 sarcastic

00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:35.800
 comment

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:36.260
 and you

00:43:36.260 --> 00:43:36.840
 and you

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:37.220
 just went

00:43:37.220 --> 00:43:37.700
 away going

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.139
 I never

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.419
 want to

00:43:38.419 --> 00:43:38.719
 do that

00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:39.079
 again

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.659
 anyone

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.500
 done that

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.460
 maybe it's

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.859
 just me

00:43:41.859 --> 00:43:44.859
 do you know

00:43:44.859 --> 00:43:45.339
 what's happening

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:45.659
 at that

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:46.000
 moment

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:48.059
 I'm allowing

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:48.699
 the court

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:49.199
 of human

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:49.699
 opinion

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:51.039
 to judge

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.399
 me

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:55.879
 but what

00:43:55.879 --> 00:43:56.399
 if actually

00:43:56.399 --> 00:43:56.799
 at that

00:43:56.799 --> 00:43:57.159
 point

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:57.679
 I actually

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.179
 said

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:58.799
 I came

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:59.399
 in prayer

00:43:59.399 --> 00:44:01.359
 and remembered

00:44:01.359 --> 00:44:02.339
 that actually

00:44:02.339 --> 00:44:02.819
 my honour

00:44:02.819 --> 00:44:03.159
 is from

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.839
 associating

00:44:03.839 --> 00:44:04.399
 with Jesus

00:44:04.399 --> 00:44:04.960
 not from

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.359
 how well

00:44:05.359 --> 00:44:06.019
 I performed

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:08.119
 and we

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.460
 go

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:09.320
 we remember

00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:09.800
 he says

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.159
 you're my

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:10.679
 dearly loved

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:11.059
 son

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.380
 you're my

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:11.840
 dearly loved

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.199
 daughter

00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:12.840
 I'm proud

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.119
 of you

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.420
 I am

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:13.820
 pleased

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.420
 with you

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:17.400
 and at

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.960
 that moment

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.420
 if his

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:19.139
 voice counts

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.599
 more than

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.219
 other people's

00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:20.980
 voice to you

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:22.759
 you can go

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.440
 wow I

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.000
 understand

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.679
 just a little

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:25.000
 bit

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.780
 just a tiny

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.500
 fraction of

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.000
 what Jesus

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.759
 went through

00:44:27.759 --> 00:44:28.480
 the shame

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.360
 he experienced

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:30.380
 and here's

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:30.820
 an honour

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:31.300
 for me to

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:31.960
 be associated

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:32.579
 with him

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.320
 and you can

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:33.960
 rise with

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.440
 joy and

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.840
 peace and

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.159
 go out

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.480
 again

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:39.500
 that's

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:39.840
 freedom

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:41.119
 right

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:42.199
 that's

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.559
 freedom

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:44.400
 let me

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.860
 close with

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:46.039
 this

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:48.679
 Humpty

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:49.119
 Dumpty

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.679
 sat on

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:50.039
 a wall

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:53.039
 he was

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:53.440
 really good

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:53.880
 at sitting

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:55.019
 you know

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.639
 for an egg

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:56.159
 to sit on

00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.440
 a wall

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:56.840
 is pretty

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.340
 impressive

00:44:57.340 --> 00:45:00.260
 and then

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:00.599
 Humpty

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:01.179
 had a fall

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:02.079
 and all

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.460
 the king's

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.760
 horses

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:03.119
 and all

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.519
 the king's

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:03.800
 men

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:04.199
 couldn't

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.400
 put

00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:04.719
 Humpty

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:05.079
 together

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.460
 again

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:08.059
 do you

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.300
 know what

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:08.940
 a tragedy

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.320
 it would

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.760
 have been

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:10.500
 if they'd

00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:10.760
 managed

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:11.199
 to fix

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:11.420
 him

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:13.460
 or even

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:13.800
 worse

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.260
 if he'd

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:14.519
 managed

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:15.019
 to fix

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.659
 himself

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:17.340
 because

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:17.679
 he'd

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:17.800
 have

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:18.159
 gone

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:19.199
 hey

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:19.519
 I'm

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:19.960
 a pretty

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.740
 good

00:45:20.740 --> 00:45:21.059
 egg

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.599
 fixer

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:23.039
 and he'd

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.139
 have

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.519
 boasted

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.280
 in himself

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:26.320
 maybe just

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:26.659
 put his

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:27.059
 shell back

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.380
 together

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:27.920
 everyone else

00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:28.079
 would have

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:28.199
 gone

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:28.480
 wow

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:28.699
 so

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.179
 impressive

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:30.220
 but inside

00:45:30.220 --> 00:45:30.539
 he would

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:30.619
 have

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:30.740
 been

00:45:30.740 --> 00:45:31.179
 empty

00:45:31.179 --> 00:45:34.319
 but if

00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:34.639
 and the

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:35.319
 nursery rhyme

00:45:35.319 --> 00:45:35.839
 doesn't tell

00:45:35.839 --> 00:45:36.379
 us this

00:45:36.379 --> 00:45:37.039
 I'm using

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.440
 a bit of

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:38.019
 imagination

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.579
 here

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:39.279
 he like

00:45:39.279 --> 00:45:39.859
 Hannah

00:45:39.859 --> 00:45:40.699
 had prayed

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:42.359
 at that

00:45:42.359 --> 00:45:42.879
 moment of

00:45:42.879 --> 00:45:43.419
 his breaking

00:45:43.419 --> 00:45:44.039
 on the floor

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.639
 the mess

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.000
 that was

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:45.279
 there

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.619
 I don't

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:45.879
 know what

00:45:45.879 --> 00:45:46.119
 would have

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.480
 happened

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:48.239
 but maybe

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.719
 God would

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:48.980
 have made

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.319
 him into

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:49.819
 an omelette

00:45:49.819 --> 00:45:50.319
 or something

00:45:50.319 --> 00:45:51.899
 that's just

00:45:51.899 --> 00:45:52.440
 speculation

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:52.819
 guys

00:45:52.819 --> 00:45:53.659
 just don't

00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:54.000
 quote me

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.399
 on that

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:56.260
 but it

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:56.500
 would have

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:56.860
 been for

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.320
 the delight

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.720
 of many

00:45:57.720 --> 00:45:58.160
 people

00:45:58.160 --> 00:45:58.539
 and when

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:59.000
 they looked

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.340
 at him

00:45:59.340 --> 00:45:59.760
 they wouldn't

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.200
 have praised

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:00.440
 him

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:00.660
 they would

00:46:00.660 --> 00:46:01.079
 have praised

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.720
 the chef

00:46:01.720 --> 00:46:02.139
 who had

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.660
 actually made

00:46:02.660 --> 00:46:03.139
 one mess

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:03.579
 of a life

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:04.059
 and turned

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.420
 it into

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:04.860
 something of

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:05.240
 beauty and

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:05.599
 honour and

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:05.960
 glory

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:09.639
 I am so

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:10.420
 challenged by

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.059
 this passage

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:11.599
 personally

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:12.920
 if I can be

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.240
 honest

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:14.180
 you know

00:46:14.180 --> 00:46:14.420
 we

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.039
 this year

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.440
 for us

00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:15.880
 we're going

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:16.519
 through transition

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.519
 we're going

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.059
 to be moving

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.920
 to pastoring

00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:19.320
 a church

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:20.300
 in the UK

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:20.920
 in Manchester

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:22.500
 and it's a

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.039
 church that

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:23.599
 you know

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.220
 they've said

00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:24.380
 to me

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:24.820
 hey we want

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.059
 to bring

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:25.579
 change

00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:25.940
 we want

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:27.079
 to draw

00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:27.780
 new people

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.280
 in

00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:28.940
 a lot of

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.480
 congregations

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:30.039
 are much

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.640
 older than

00:46:30.640 --> 00:46:31.200
 myself

00:46:31.200 --> 00:46:32.180
 and as I

00:46:32.180 --> 00:46:32.700
 look into

00:46:32.700 --> 00:46:32.980
 the year

00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:33.519
 my prayer

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:33.840
 is kind

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:34.140
 of God

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:35.079
 I pray

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:35.500
 that things

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:35.920
 will grow

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.480
 I pray

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:36.880
 that you

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.200
 would just

00:46:37.200 --> 00:46:37.559
 kind of

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.360
 bring new

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:38.740
 people

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:39.300
 you'd save

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:39.579
 people

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:40.000
 that you'd

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.720
 create a

00:46:40.720 --> 00:46:41.019
 success

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.619
 out of all

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:42.079
 of this

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:43.920
 and I feel

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:44.420
 completely

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:44.780
 inadequate

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:45.559
 to do so

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:47.440
 I don't

00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:47.760
 know what's

00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:48.440
 coming up

00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:49.900
 and my

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.340
 temptation

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:51.340
 is to try

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:52.500
 and strategize

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:53.200
 and plan

00:46:53.200 --> 00:46:53.559
 and try

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:53.780
 and go

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:53.980
 okay

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.559
 here's

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:54.740
 all the

00:46:54.740 --> 00:46:54.880
 things

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:55.019
 I've

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.179
 got to

00:46:55.179 --> 00:46:55.300
 do

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:55.539
 okay

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:56.099
 make sure

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:56.300
 I've got to

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:56.619
 do this

00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:57.099
 get to do

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.380
 that

00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:57.960
 and try

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.159
 and get

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.480
 all my

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:58.740
 ducks

00:46:58.740 --> 00:46:59.240
 in a row

00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:05.119
 but you

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:05.379
 know the

00:47:05.379 --> 00:47:05.659
 problem

00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:06.079
 is

00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:07.919
 and this

00:47:07.919 --> 00:47:08.159
 is where

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:08.479
 God has

00:47:08.479 --> 00:47:08.819
 challenged

00:47:08.819 --> 00:47:09.099
 me

00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:11.179
 he's

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.359
 challenged

00:47:11.359 --> 00:47:11.619
 me to

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:11.939
 pray

00:47:11.939 --> 00:47:12.739
 not just

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:12.979
 to kind

00:47:12.979 --> 00:47:13.199
 of go

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:13.359
 ahead

00:47:13.359 --> 00:47:13.639
 and try

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.439
 and plan

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:16.079
 but you

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:16.200
 but to

00:47:16.200 --> 00:47:17.179
 he's

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:17.659
 buttoned

00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:19.039
 he's

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.099
 all the

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:19.200
 know the

00:47:19.200 --> 00:47:19.780
 desire

00:47:19.780 --> 00:47:20.260
 for things

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:20.619
 to work

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:20.860
 really

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:21.159
 well

00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:22.760
 will

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:22.940
 I

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.700
 surrender

00:47:23.700 --> 00:47:24.380
 even the

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:24.820
 desire

00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:25.619
 that people

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:26.019
 think

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:26.420
 oh you're

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:26.720
 doing a

00:47:26.720 --> 00:47:27.240
 good job

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:30.959
 because, you know, that is actually really scary

00:47:30.959 --> 00:47:32.099
 because I fear failure.

00:47:33.739 --> 00:47:35.219
 But at that moment,

00:47:36.799 --> 00:47:38.059
 God has just been saying to me,

00:47:38.479 --> 00:47:39.919
 it doesn't matter whether other people

00:47:39.919 --> 00:47:41.619
 get excited or disappointed.

00:47:41.799 --> 00:47:42.579
 That's not the issue.

00:47:42.919 --> 00:47:43.879
 The issue is,

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:47.579
 will you take joy in me

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:49.339
 and just pleasing me

00:47:49.339 --> 00:47:50.419
 and be like Hannah?

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:53.639
 Because when I'm at that point,

00:47:53.739 --> 00:47:54.379
 I know,

00:47:54.939 --> 00:47:56.219
 because I've seen it so many times,

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:57.679
 that God is faithful.

00:47:58.899 --> 00:47:59.879
 God is faithful.

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:01.759
 And when I do that,

00:48:01.939 --> 00:48:03.399
 there is a peace

00:48:03.399 --> 00:48:05.199
 where I don't have to fix everything

00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:07.599
 and that takes the stress way off.

00:48:10.659 --> 00:48:11.459
 So 2021,

00:48:11.899 --> 00:48:13.519
 some of us have felt very broken.

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:15.279
 Some of you,

00:48:15.379 --> 00:48:16.599
 it's just been a hard time,

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:17.299
 a hard year.

00:48:18.239 --> 00:48:19.480
 And you felt hopeless.

00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:20.980
 Some of you have just been waiting

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:21.879
 for God's answer.

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:24.599
 I believe this year,

00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:26.480
 that God actually wants to draw you

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:28.699
 and to bring you to a place

00:48:28.699 --> 00:48:29.659
 where at the end of this year,

00:48:29.739 --> 00:48:30.940
 you will have a testimony,

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:33.420
 a boast like Hannah does.

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:36.779
 That you have seen how he has exalted

00:48:36.779 --> 00:48:38.539
 and honored you in a way

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.799
 that you couldn't by yourself.

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:41.679
 He's going to bring restoration

00:48:41.679 --> 00:48:42.719
 into your life.

00:48:42.779 --> 00:48:44.239
 I really believe that for some of you.

00:48:45.279 --> 00:48:45.960
 But he calls you,

00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:47.739
 just keep running back to him in prayer.

00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:50.019
 Some of us,

00:48:50.139 --> 00:48:50.500
 actually,

00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:51.719
 you want to be strong

00:48:51.719 --> 00:48:52.879
 and successful this year.

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:55.119
 My prayer for you

00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:56.379
 is actually God breaks you.

00:48:57.299 --> 00:48:58.419
 Not because I'm being cruel.

00:48:59.379 --> 00:49:00.399
 But actually because

00:49:00.399 --> 00:49:03.159
 you need to know,

00:49:03.299 --> 00:49:04.439
 like Humpty Dumpty,

00:49:04.919 --> 00:49:05.719
 and like Hannah,

00:49:06.879 --> 00:49:10.299
 that when we learn to boast in Jesus

00:49:10.299 --> 00:49:11.379
 and not in ourself,

00:49:11.439 --> 00:49:12.759
 that's a place of greater freedom

00:49:12.759 --> 00:49:14.599
 than when everything goes right for you.

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:17.259
 And that's a place

00:49:17.259 --> 00:49:18.819
 where this year,

00:49:19.039 --> 00:49:19.960
 in our church,

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:20.739
 my prayer

00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:23.079
 is that maybe people look at us

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:23.539
 and we go,

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:24.619
 hey, you did really well

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:26.000
 or maybe you didn't do really well.

00:49:26.279 --> 00:49:26.799
 I don't know.

00:49:27.739 --> 00:49:28.880
 But actually my prayer is,

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.699
 in one sense,

00:49:29.779 --> 00:49:31.199
 that's not the key thing for us.

00:49:31.759 --> 00:49:33.059
 The key thing for us

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:35.119
 is that we want to boast in Jesus

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:37.319
 and we want him to be honored

00:49:37.319 --> 00:49:38.539
 more than we even want

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:40.400
 the best desires of our own hearts.

00:49:41.339 --> 00:49:42.739
 And we're willing to surrender

00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:43.659
 this year to him

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:45.599
 and watch and see

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:47.239
 what he does with it

00:49:47.239 --> 00:49:48.839
 and be surprised.

00:49:49.480 --> 00:49:50.059
 Let's pray.

00:49:50.059 --> 00:49:50.159
 Amen.

00:50:03.339 --> 00:50:04.460
 Maybe you just need to think

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:06.059
 how you are looking at this next year.

00:50:07.099 --> 00:50:08.879
 How you're looking at your desires.

00:50:10.299 --> 00:50:12.139
 Maybe you just need to respond to him.

00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:14.219
 Some of you need to respond

00:50:14.219 --> 00:50:16.059
 in just thanks and praise.

00:50:17.759 --> 00:50:20.219
 Because actually God has been so good to you

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:22.460
 and you have seen his faithfulness.

00:50:24.039 --> 00:50:25.879
 Some of us need to respond in repentance

00:50:25.879 --> 00:50:28.079
 because we really are trying

00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:29.319
 to just fix things

00:50:29.319 --> 00:50:30.379
 and it's become stressful

00:50:30.379 --> 00:50:31.239
 in so many ways.

00:50:31.339 --> 00:50:32.759
 Even as Oscar shared,

00:50:32.819 --> 00:50:34.799
 we've been so centered on ourselves

00:50:34.799 --> 00:50:35.579
 and our problems

00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:37.239
 that we fail to see God

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:38.019
 in the midst of it.

00:50:38.019 --> 00:50:41.619
 And some of us need to just

00:50:41.619 --> 00:50:44.280
 walk by faith this year.

00:50:46.519 --> 00:50:46.960
 Surrendering

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:48.840
 and trusting him

00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:50.159
 that whatever's going on,

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:52.059
 whether it's an amazing year

00:50:52.059 --> 00:50:53.719
 or whether it's a tough year,

00:50:54.099 --> 00:50:55.639
 he's got us

00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:57.219
 and he's going to bring us through.

00:50:57.900 --> 00:50:58.480
 So Father,

00:50:58.559 --> 00:51:00.119
 I just pray that as a church,

00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:02.759
 our greatest boast

00:51:02.759 --> 00:51:03.900
 would not be in ourselves,

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:06.800
 but with how that you take

00:51:06.800 --> 00:51:08.539
 and lift the needy

00:51:08.539 --> 00:51:10.559
 out of the ash heap

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:13.460
 to make them sit with princes

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:15.940
 and give us an inheritance of honor.

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 I pray that that would become

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 so precious to us

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 that we don't have to live

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 for the honor

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 that comes from other people around us.

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 That we have such security in you

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 that we can walk in a freedom this year

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 with a joy

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 so that actually

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 if you provide us

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 with abundant blessings,

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 it's not going to inflate our egos.

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 Or if you take away

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 certain things,

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 that's not going to deflate us completely.

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 But we'll learn how to run to you

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 in all and every situation

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 and find joy

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 in the King of Kings.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.