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<v Speaker 1>Welcome. Just handaway tagalog sermon podcast. Your Daily does am inspiring,

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<v Speaker 1>heartfelt tagalog.

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<v Speaker 2>Sermons from different pastors and speakers all over the Philippines.

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<v Speaker 1>We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape.

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<v Speaker 3>And now here's your message. You were listening to a

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<v Speaker 3>message from Victory. We hope it inspires you to honor

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<v Speaker 3>God and make disciples in your community.

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<v Speaker 2>Our passage, our main texts will today will be on

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm thirty four, verse eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Can everybody uh say this verse with me? One two three,

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<v Speaker 1>go old taste.

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<v Speaker 2>Blessed is the man who trust in him.

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<v Speaker 1>Blessed is the man who trust in him.

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<v Speaker 2>In some version, like in ESV said, blessed is the

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<v Speaker 2>man that takes refuge in him. So whether you're high

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<v Speaker 2>or low, you're you're you're seeking comfort, you're seeking for clarity,

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<v Speaker 2>have refuge in him, trust in him. Okay, don't taste

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<v Speaker 2>and see yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're hearing it right.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I'm doing this right before fasting. Okay, but

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<v Speaker 2>this is not an allegory. When when when David wrote this,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not pertaining anything. No, it's pertaining to food. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, oh, taste and see what he is saving.

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<v Speaker 2>What he's saying here.

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<v Speaker 1>Is his is engage all your senses, taste and see. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>when you see food. When you see food, to fully

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<v Speaker 1>engage it, you have to actually swallow it and taste it.

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<v Speaker 2>At first, when you see food, you just see and

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<v Speaker 2>then you when you come closer, there's gonna You're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>smell the aroma.

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<v Speaker 1>Right of the food.

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<v Speaker 2>But but that's not complete. You can't tell if the

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<v Speaker 2>food is good or not by just seeing and smelling.

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<v Speaker 2>Engaging your food seenses mean you have to put it

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<v Speaker 2>inside your mouth, taste it, feel the texture, and actually

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<v Speaker 2>taste how good it is, and swallow it. Maybe some

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<v Speaker 2>of us you've been.

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<v Speaker 1>In church last year was your bandary year wide?

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<v Speaker 2>Because in twenty sixteen, I've perfected church. How did you

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<v Speaker 2>perfect church, perfect attendance, not only that perfect victory group.

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<v Speaker 2>My victory group leader got laid twice and I did not,

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<v Speaker 2>So I perfected church. That's that's good, But that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>not really good. Engaging full census means you have you have,

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<v Speaker 2>you have embraced, you have embodied the fullness and the goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>Of not church, but of Jesus, of the one that

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<v Speaker 1>we serve.

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<v Speaker 2>When you come to church just for attendance, when you

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<v Speaker 2>come to to to church just just for a checklist,

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<v Speaker 2>check things.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe you've seen me after services.

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<v Speaker 2>There are some kids who would ask me to sign

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<v Speaker 2>their their Christian living for school, Christian living something for school,

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<v Speaker 2>curriculum for school that I have to sign it.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope it's not for mere attendance.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to taste, you have to see, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to engage the fullness in the goodness of what God

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<v Speaker 2>offers in our church. Whenever tastes and see almost I'm

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<v Speaker 2>always reminded of this picture.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not this is a candid shot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Tammy did that post this Pastor Dennis, the one,

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<v Speaker 2>the oblivious one on the other side, Mika when she

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<v Speaker 2>was three years old and Tammy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a candid shot. That that's how she tastes and

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<v Speaker 1>see food.

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<v Speaker 2>She savors, the aroma, she savors, the time, she savors them,

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<v Speaker 2>everything about eating. She's very passionate when it comes to food.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember one time early on when when when we

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<v Speaker 2>became friends and we went to a buffet. I saw

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<v Speaker 2>Tammy in the line and then she approached me and

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<v Speaker 2>asked me Larry Denis. I was kind of frantic because

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<v Speaker 2>I see that tear is starting to roll from her

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<v Speaker 2>from her eyes, and I was wondering, Okay, what's wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>So I approached her and said, okay, what's going on.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't wear Dennis's but what's wrong? And she was like, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I just need somebody to share my happiness. I'm full

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<v Speaker 2>of joy because I'm in this buffet. She's not overacting.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really how she is. When you come to church,

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<v Speaker 2>are you just merely tasting? Take a pic, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>testing lung, take a bitem sat.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like the sound too loud, I don't like

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<v Speaker 2>the video. Jared didn't do a good job. The lights,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean destructs my trying to be spiritual. I can

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<v Speaker 2>fear the Lord because of the all the lights.

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<v Speaker 1>Are just merely trying to taste it? Or do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to embrace the fullness of what this is?

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<v Speaker 2>All of what church has to offer, what of the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of God? We when we come to church, we

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<v Speaker 2>have to realize that it's it's not just for for

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<v Speaker 2>us to listen to take notesice good uh, to take

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<v Speaker 2>a picture of the of the of the slides. But

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<v Speaker 2>my prayer is there's always a response. Is your responsor

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<v Speaker 2>really inching your way closer to the Lord or just

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<v Speaker 2>testing trying smell? Is it feeling the cushion? You have

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<v Speaker 2>to fully enjoy God's goodness. Indeed, you have to savor it.

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<v Speaker 2>You have you have to take time, you have to

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<v Speaker 2>grow into it. And uh and and and I've had

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<v Speaker 2>I have hundreds of pictures of my wife just enjoying

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<v Speaker 2>her time with God. This is this was taken when

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<v Speaker 2>when we had our New Year celebration in Bagyo and

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<v Speaker 2>conchant Hey and and she would deliberately wake up early

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<v Speaker 2>year than any one of us.

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<v Speaker 1>We have a six year old daughter.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, once she's awake, it's all about Lara, Lara, Lara.

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<v Speaker 1>But but my wife would wake.

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<v Speaker 2>Up earlier than anyone just to enjoy her time, just

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy, just to savor her time time with God,

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<v Speaker 2>time with the Lord. And we hear come taste and

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<v Speaker 2>see it's all about God's goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Lord is good. He is good.

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<v Speaker 2>He is good all the time and all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is good. But to be amable to fully

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate this ur text, we have to go to its

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<v Speaker 2>parallel verse in First Samuel twenty one, This is David

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<v Speaker 2>talks about David. But David was actually David. Remember David, right, David,

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<v Speaker 2>the one who killed Goliath. David, the future king of Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's in He's running away. He's scared for his life.

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<v Speaker 1>Saw us after him, Saul and and and ten tens

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<v Speaker 1>of thousands of his men was trying to kill him.

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<v Speaker 2>He's being chased, the future king of Israel. And and

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<v Speaker 2>out of desperation. Out of desperation, he went to God, the.

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<v Speaker 1>City of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what's what's so significant with the City of God,

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<v Speaker 2>with King Akish there is that this is the city

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<v Speaker 2>where Goliath comes from.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember Goliath, Goliath, the giant that Joseph slain.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that we may not yes, David, I'm just testing

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<v Speaker 1>The fast Mahagan.

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<v Speaker 2>He went to the hometown of the giant that he's laying.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on in his mind? I don't know, I

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<v Speaker 2>really don't know. But he was desperate. Maybe it's strategy.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's because I don't think Saul would would would

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<v Speaker 2>ever go there and and and check me out or

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm there, but out of desperation went.

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<v Speaker 1>David heard these comments and was very.

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<v Speaker 2>Afraid of what King Akish of God might do to him.

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<v Speaker 2>So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and

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<v Speaker 2>drooling down his beard. While he was there, somebody recognized him.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody recognized David and told on him out of desperation

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<v Speaker 2>what he did. He acted insane, scratching his back on

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<v Speaker 2>the door, drooling and drooling. Maybe you're in that desperate

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<v Speaker 2>season now. Maybe you're not acting insane. You don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you're insane, but you're in that desperate moment, desperate

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<v Speaker 2>moment that worries of life, debtors, consequences of sin that

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<v Speaker 2>you've done before.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether you're in that moment or that, what do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you turn to?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you just simply forget God, his goodness, what he

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<v Speaker 2>has done to you, turn your back on him. So

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<v Speaker 2>David left God and escape to the cave of Adam.

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<v Speaker 2>Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.

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<v Speaker 2>Then others began coming, men who were in trouble, or

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<v Speaker 2>in debt, or who were just discontented, until David was

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<v Speaker 2>a captain about four hundred men. The context of Psalm

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four is He was writing it inside a cave.

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<v Speaker 2>He got away from the City of God from King Akish,

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<v Speaker 2>went to a cave in Adam and wrote this psalm.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrote this psalm. It's a thanksgiving him.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a thanksgiving song, he wrote inside a cave.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you in that desperate moment?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you right running, hiding or trying to veer away

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<v Speaker 2>from anything?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do? Do you sing songs? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>ready your arsenal? David just said, Praise God, Praise the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord for you are good. Praise the Lord for your good.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse one said, I will bless the Lord at all time.

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<v Speaker 2>His praise shall continually be in my mouth. He had

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<v Speaker 2>four hundred men in his troops. Instead of rallying them saying,

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<v Speaker 2>come on, we can do this. We can go against Saul,

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<v Speaker 2>we can go again against Akish, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, stop the war. Worship God, Bless the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>Praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's stop worship him, be thankful, praise his name, Praise

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord. That's his answer. My soul makes its bows

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<v Speaker 2>in the Lord. Let the humble hear and be glad.

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<v Speaker 2>David said, I bows in the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because of answered prayers?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, where's the answered prayers? He's inside the cave. He's

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<v Speaker 2>running for ten thousand men, but saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord, you are good always, you are still good. I

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<v Speaker 1>am still alive.

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<v Speaker 2>I was able to hide in the city of God

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<v Speaker 2>when they recognize me, I was able to escape. Now

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<v Speaker 2>in the I'm in the cave. Lord, You're still good.

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<v Speaker 2>Praise be to God.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're in that desperate moment, what do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you run to? Who do you call? Who

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<v Speaker 1>do you call for help? They call for God, they

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<v Speaker 1>cry for God.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it the only time that you go to your

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<v Speaker 2>Bible and chich hang emergency, break the Bible?

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<v Speaker 1>You open? You only open the case in case of emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>You go to God.

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<v Speaker 2>To know God more, to praise his name, to pray,

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to know him more. You need to know

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<v Speaker 1>his goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>Talking about God's goodness today, talking about how how how

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<v Speaker 2>our lives should should should should should be seen, that

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<v Speaker 2>should be a testimony of his goodness. In Verse three said, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his

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<v Speaker 2>name together. Inside the cave, he's writing this magnify, He's

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<v Speaker 2>calling out this troupe he's rallying his troop instead of

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<v Speaker 2>telling them make arms.

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<v Speaker 1>Magnify the Lord with me, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Let us exalt his name together. How do you can

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<v Speaker 2>you imagine this? I'm a kid church pastor, so I

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<v Speaker 2>always have an object lession in mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, can you imagine you're inside the cave?

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<v Speaker 2>If this is kid's church, I would ask everybody to

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<v Speaker 2>close your eyes. But can you imagine you're inside a cave?

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<v Speaker 1>Magnify? How do you magnify? It's dark? How do you magnify?

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<v Speaker 2>smell them. You're inside the cave. Sometimes what we magnify

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<v Speaker 2>in our situations is not God. Most of the time,

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<v Speaker 2>through years twenty sixteen. But still the Lord rejected. The

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord wouldn't. The Lord is always good. He is

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<v Speaker 1>There's two things to two sides here.

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<v Speaker 2>When you hold the magnifying glass, when when when you

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<v Speaker 2>hold it close enough, you'll make things bigger. But then

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<v Speaker 2>it always reflects back on you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still you, it's still you, It's still us. Magnify

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord, Praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Magnify who he is, his goodness, his greatness, Magnify him.

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<v Speaker 2>I always think about this, that there's a part of

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<v Speaker 2>us because of how the fraility of us being human.

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<v Speaker 2>you always seek wisdom for discernment to be upright, but

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<v Speaker 2>it will always fall short of His goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>Of how great a God he is.

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<v Speaker 2>Barner Group is a think tank, and one of the

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<v Speaker 2>main obstacles for people to become Christians.

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<v Speaker 2>They always want to answer this, how can a good

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<v Speaker 1>God allow all the evil in the world? The question is,

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<v Speaker 1>does he allow poverty? Why fast? Or why did he

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<v Speaker 1>allow the breakup of my parents? Why did he Why

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<v Speaker 1>did he allow wickedness or sickness? Why did he allow

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<v Speaker 1>some people to have to live in lack? Why did

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<v Speaker 1>he allow this? How? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>How?

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<v Speaker 2>This is my simplest answer to all of you.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't but I'm certain of one thing that when

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<v Speaker 1>It will come to pass, it will come to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that who that is the God that I serve,

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<v Speaker 2>that he is faithful and he is true. In some

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<v Speaker 2>his tad fast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to

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<v Speaker 1>He's faithful to old you.

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<v Speaker 2>I claim this now in the lives of my children

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<v Speaker 2>and my children's children.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes there will be poverty, Yes there will be there

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<v Speaker 2>But then I name, I know that God has a

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<v Speaker 2>great plan, that his purpose will prevail.

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<v Speaker 1>That is true to his word. When he promises me

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<v Speaker 1>that he will never leave me, nor forsake me. He

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<v Speaker 1>will never leave me, the forsake me. When he promised me,

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<v Speaker 1>blessing to generations and generations, blessing all the words of

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<v Speaker 2>He will come, he will pull through. It will come

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<v Speaker 2>to pass. Because that's his promise. That is only me

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<v Speaker 2>because I can say that I seek God and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to know God, and I'm knowing I'm living this

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<v Speaker 1>Can can you say that? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you say that? Or you would go back again

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<v Speaker 2>and magnify what you're going through your circumstances. I know

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<v Speaker 2>that I trust him so that he can turn around situation.

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<v Speaker 1>For our own good that he.

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<v Speaker 2>Needs and he wants the best for you and I.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember, I remember what C. S. Lewis wrote.

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<v Speaker 2>We said, God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks

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<v Speaker 2>in our conscience, but shouts in our pain.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing is, when we are so consumed with pain with.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, me me, what what I'm feeling, What what I'm suffering?

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<v Speaker 1>In? You hear your own Christ, You hear your own,

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<v Speaker 1>your own misery, and it takes the place of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Already whispering to you his comfort, his joy, his peace.

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<v Speaker 2>My prayer is that in pain and suffering, we know

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<v Speaker 2>that God is still in control, that we will not

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<v Speaker 2>let go and just succumb to the pain. Not We're

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<v Speaker 2>not just going to go back to our cave and

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<v Speaker 2>hide there and have our own pity party. Romans eight,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty eight says, and we know that in all

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<v Speaker 2>things God works for the good of those who love Him,

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<v Speaker 2>who have been called according to his purpose. Again, it

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<v Speaker 2>is about his purpose when you come to church and

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<v Speaker 2>and what you try to seek God. You come to

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<v Speaker 2>church and it's all about you because I need this,

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<v Speaker 2>I want this.

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<v Speaker 1>Church is not for you. It's not a relationship that

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<v Speaker 1>you want with God.

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<v Speaker 2>You're asking like a like God is an atm. I

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<v Speaker 2>do this, I do this for you, So give me back.

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<v Speaker 1>No. Remember, God has given us everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything after salvation is already a bonus. He gave his

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<v Speaker 1>It's enough.

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<v Speaker 2>It should be enough that He is for you, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not against you, that he's sovereign over your situation.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows what is best for you and I. You

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<v Speaker 1>know Joseph, You know Joseph.

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<v Speaker 2>The dreamer, with with with the with the Rainbow code Joseph.

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<v Speaker 2>He simply just waited when when when?

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<v Speaker 2>When his brother sold him and sold him to become

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<v Speaker 2>slave in Egypt. And in Egypt, he thought that he

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<v Speaker 2>would he would, he would be okay because he's in

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<v Speaker 2>the household of Potiphar. But then Partiphar's wife tried to

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<v Speaker 2>of lasting over Partifar's wife. He was put in prison,

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<v Speaker 2>in prison, he was he he remembered the dreams of

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<v Speaker 2>the the fairy.

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<v Speaker 1>He was called. He was promised this.

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<v Speaker 2>He never even had the one bitter word for God.

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<v Speaker 2>But he just simply waited. He knew his time. He

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<v Speaker 2>knew his time would come. So with David, he knew

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<v Speaker 2>all along that I will be the next king of Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>Why am I going through this? Why am i inside

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<v Speaker 2>the cave? I can have a I cannot have a

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<v Speaker 2>kingdom inside the cave. He was not after the promise

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<v Speaker 2>because he has a relationship with the promised giver. He

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<v Speaker 2>has a relationship. He knows God who promise him that

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<v Speaker 2>you will be the king of Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>So I never never did his his his faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Waiver I remember a story from this book Hiding Place

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<v Speaker 2>about Corey and the Betsy tan Boom. There they're they're

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<v Speaker 2>Christians from Denmark, but during the time of holocausts uh,

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<v Speaker 2>they were imprisoned inside the Nazi camp, Nazi concentration camp, and.

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<v Speaker 1>They were assigned to one of the worst German barracks.

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<v Speaker 2>Nazi barracks, full of fleas, no electricity, rarely water, no

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's horrific.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day Betsy would would Betsy and Corey would read

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<v Speaker 2>would worship God and pray for each other, pray for

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<v Speaker 2>pray for people there, and sharing the Gospel.

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<v Speaker 1>In one of their morning devotional they came.

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<v Speaker 2>They came to first the Salonian five eighteen, where it

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<v Speaker 2>said give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus for you. So Betsy told Cory, why don't we

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<v Speaker 2>Corey couldn't do it. Corey told Betsy, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you do it, but not me. I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>For this circumstances where we are.

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<v Speaker 2>This situation, this this madness where we are. But after

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<v Speaker 1>Said Lord, thank you Lord, that you've given.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, Lord, there's a purpose why you've given us fleece,

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<v Speaker 2>months later they found out why they are still they

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<v Speaker 2>That's why they can praise God freely. That's why the

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<v Speaker 2>guards never knew that they had Bibles. That's why they

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<v Speaker 2>can they can pray for each other.

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<v Speaker 1>It's because of those fleas. Now, I hope when you

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<v Speaker 2>You would thank God as well before you actually kill them.

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<v Speaker 1>God is good, He's always good.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about your situation, But it's about him. We

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<v Speaker 2>answered me and delivered me from all my fears. David

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<v Speaker 2>is saying, I sought him. I seek the Lord and

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<v Speaker 2>he answered me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I can praise God. That can even though

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<v Speaker 2>Because I sought him and he answered me. Have you

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<v Speaker 2>sought after God? Do you seek the Lord? When do

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<v Speaker 2>you seek the Lord? When do we seek the Lord?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you in play and fastening pastor? Because I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>fasting and I want the fast thing to be faster, so.

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<v Speaker 1>I seek the Lord? When do you actually seek the Lord?

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<v Speaker 2>Inside the cave counsands after him Future King of saying,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm certain that God would fulfill his promise.

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<v Speaker 1>I seek him. When God is present in your life, fear, worry,

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<v Speaker 1>doubt exits. It's out the door. It's out the door.

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<v Speaker 1>If God is present, if you're full of faith, full

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<v Speaker 1>of faith means you don't see it yet, But you're certain.

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<v Speaker 2>That it would come to pass. You know why, because

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<v Speaker 2>I have a big guard and he is good. Because

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<v Speaker 1>Get out. God is present. Remember this is almost eleven

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<v Speaker 2>When my wife and I were were praying for God

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<v Speaker 2>to restore our marriage. You know what, we we actually

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<v Speaker 2>single we got separated. Not a single marriage counseling happened.

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<v Speaker 1>None.

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<v Speaker 2>When when when when we talk to our cousins, the

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<v Speaker 2>people who share the Gospel with us, they immediately plugged

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<v Speaker 2>us into a victory group.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a small group back then.

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<v Speaker 2>They immediately established us in word and prayer. And inside

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<v Speaker 2>the church there wasn't There wasn't marriage counseling, one, marriage counseling, two,

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<v Speaker 2>family therapy one, uh psychiatric reward one psychiatric ward.

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<v Speaker 1>None.

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<v Speaker 2>We simply sought the Lord. We continue to seek the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord now. That is the only thing that restored our marriage.

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<v Speaker 2>When we sought God. When we fully intentionally see God,

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<v Speaker 2>seek the Lord, know him, praise his things.

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<v Speaker 1>Those who look.

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<v Speaker 2>To him are ragant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing, the thing with us, the thing with.

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<v Speaker 2>The how our mind comprehends stuff, is that we we

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<v Speaker 2>always get easily embarrassed when we do sin. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>get embarrassed, we just do it. But when being confronted

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<v Speaker 2>and coming coming in the presence of God asking for forgiveness,

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<v Speaker 2>suddenly we're ashamed. We turn to a to a small

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<v Speaker 2>dog cowering there. No God is saying, you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to hide anything. I've known you, I've seen you at

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<v Speaker 2>your worst. What are you ashamed of? I know who

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<v Speaker 2>you are, I know you by name, I know the

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<v Speaker 2>count of your hair, and I know whatever he did.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's nothing we can do can actually make us

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<v Speaker 2>inch closer to him. He knows the very worst in us.

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<v Speaker 2>And when we were there, he took us plainly. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't wait for us to be clean, but as dirty

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<v Speaker 2>as messy as we are, he took us in. So

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<v Speaker 2>why are we now ashamed? In two thousand and eight,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember it was the first time that me and

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<v Speaker 2>my wife were given a chance to share our testimony

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<v Speaker 2>and how God restored our marriage.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't the pastor yet.

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<v Speaker 2>It was in music museum, and we got so many calls,

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<v Speaker 2>so many text messages from friends, families, and then from

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<v Speaker 2>people around us. They were actually apprehensive on us going

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<v Speaker 2>on stage and sharing how God restored our marriage. They

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<v Speaker 2>were actually as embarrassed for us, or they.

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<v Speaker 1>Were they fear or they're worried that something.

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<v Speaker 2>Might happen, or people might not take it. But we

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<v Speaker 2>had peace. We prayed about it, and we knew that

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<v Speaker 2>it was the right moment, it was the right time,

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<v Speaker 2>it was the right venue, it was the right place.

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<v Speaker 1>So we shared the testimony and then and when we did.

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<v Speaker 2>So, because we know that it is for God's glory.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that people would eventually and would see and

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<v Speaker 2>would magnify on His goodness, not on our imperfection. We

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<v Speaker 2>knew all the while that if it's God's calling for

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<v Speaker 2>us to share that testimony, they would.

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<v Speaker 1>Know that we are imperfect.

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<v Speaker 2>But then there's a big God who made us righteous,

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<v Speaker 2>who clothed us, who.

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<v Speaker 1>Gave us that road of righteousness.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that robe that they put on us to cover us,

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<v Speaker 2>the robe of majesty. It's not ours. We didn't even

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<v Speaker 2>earn it. He just freely gave it to us as.

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<v Speaker 1>Heirs, as sons.

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<v Speaker 2>And daughters, now we are clothed in majesty because of

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<v Speaker 2>His righteousness. That's reminded when to talk about Joseph a

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<v Speaker 2>while ago in Genesis fifty, verse twenty, he said, you

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<v Speaker 2>meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.

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<v Speaker 1>God can turn it around and put it.

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<v Speaker 2>To good, for his purpose, according to his will, according

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<v Speaker 2>to his purposes.

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<v Speaker 1>Verse six.

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<v Speaker 2>This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and

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<v Speaker 2>saved him.

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<v Speaker 1>Out of all his troubles. Are you in trouble or

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<v Speaker 1>in times of trouble? What do you do? In times

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<v Speaker 1>of trouble? Who do you run to? Who do you

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<v Speaker 1>run to?

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<v Speaker 2>In times when I'm afraid? I seek the Lord and

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<v Speaker 2>he delivers me. When I'm afraid, when I'm not certain,

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<v Speaker 2>I just run to him.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's small thing and big thing, like an assignment

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<v Speaker 1>in church. How to raise up my children?

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<v Speaker 2>We have issue in finances, I would go stay to

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<v Speaker 2>him because I know that he will deliver me. In

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<v Speaker 2>times of shame, yes, they're a shame if he did

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<v Speaker 2>something wrong circumstances, What do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you run to? How do you cover?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you look for your own cave somewhere and hide there?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you do I'm always reminded that when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a shame, he took my shame away. Jesus did that

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<v Speaker 2>on that cross. Jesus did that on that cross. He

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<v Speaker 2>took all the shame from all of us. In times

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<v Speaker 2>of trouble, I just simply run to God. Why again?

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<v Speaker 1>Because I know God, and I know that God is good.

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<v Speaker 1>That is good.

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<v Speaker 2>When we say fear and trust the Lord, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean fear. Go hide in your cave and fear.

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<v Speaker 1>No.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear is the absence of evil. If you fear the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>evil is not there, because now I can fully trust.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear is if faith is not there. Fear and trust him. Fear, trust,

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<v Speaker 2>O pay praise him always because he is good.

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<v Speaker 1>As we end. I want to share this story.

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<v Speaker 2>In twenty fifteen, a lot of our staff, around eight

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<v Speaker 2>of them, either staff or spouses of our staff, were

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<v Speaker 2>praying to conceive twenty fifteen, and one after another they conceived.

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<v Speaker 2>One after another, eight were praying, and around seven of

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<v Speaker 2>them conceived. Can you imagine twenty sixteen for us and

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<v Speaker 2>noahula three months, three months, three months. But we know

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<v Speaker 2>that God is good. Some of them those pregnancies were

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<v Speaker 2>actually hard. Some who got pregnant.

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<v Speaker 1>The doctors would tell them you won't get pregnant, but

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<v Speaker 1>still they conceive it. Now they have babies.

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<v Speaker 2>We have actually seven or in new babies in our

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<v Speaker 2>in our staff now.

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<v Speaker 1>But Gay and Mike kept on hoping, and they prayed

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<v Speaker 1>and fasted.

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<v Speaker 2>One baby after another got born, and still they were

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<v Speaker 2>waiting until twenty sixteen when they got pregnant, but then.

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<v Speaker 1>They lost the baby.

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<v Speaker 2>It was it was really hard for them. This story

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<v Speaker 2>could have been good, right if it ended me announcing

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<v Speaker 2>now that they're pregnant, But they're not. They're still waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>they're still hoping, but their faith never wavered.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, Gilla said that her faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Even got stronger and stronger because she knew that God

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<v Speaker 2>is good and God is sovereign.

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<v Speaker 1>And then and that God is God, she.

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<v Speaker 2>Writes, answered prayer or not, God is still God, and

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<v Speaker 2>God is good. His steadfast love for us is there,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what, no matter what.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for listening to this message. For more messages

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<v Speaker 3>like these from other Victory Centers, please visit Victory dot org,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening. We hope that you enjoyed today's episode.

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