Latest / Dwelling Place: The Bible for Moms / #98. 2 Samuel 19-20, Psalm 28 and 55 | A Shepherd Who Carries Us
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- 0:00Speaker 38: Welcome
- 0:00Speaker 38: to
- 0:00Speaker 38: The
- 0:00Speaker 38: Dwelling
- 0:01Speaker 38: Place
- 0:01Speaker 38: from
- 0:01Speaker 38: Entrusted
- 0:02Speaker 38: Ministries.
- 0:02Speaker 38: I'm
- 0:02Speaker 38: Stephanie
- 0:03Speaker 38: Hickox.
- 0:03Speaker 38: Today,
- 0:04Speaker 38: as
- 0:04Speaker 38: I
- 0:04Speaker 38: read
- 0:04Speaker 38: Psalm
- 0:04Speaker 38: twenty-eight
- 0:05Speaker 38: and
- 0:05Speaker 38: fifty-five
- 0:06Speaker 38: and
- 0:06Speaker 38: Second
- 0:07Speaker 38: Samuel,
- 0:07Speaker 38: chapters
- 0:07Speaker 38: nineteen
- 0:08Speaker 38: and
- 0:08Speaker 38: twenty,
- 0:08Speaker 38: there
- 0:09Speaker 38: are
- 0:09Speaker 38: moments
- 0:09Speaker 38: of
- 0:09Speaker 38: betrayal,
- 0:10Speaker 38: victory,
- 0:11Speaker 38: rebuke,
- 0:12Speaker 38: restoration,
- 0:13Speaker 38: clarity.
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- 0:14Speaker 38: complicated,
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- 0:15Speaker 38: just
- 0:15Speaker 38: like
- 0:16Speaker 38: your
- 0:16Speaker 38: life
- 0:16Speaker 38: right
- 0:16Speaker 38: now.
- 0:17Speaker 38: But
- 0:17Speaker 38: when
- 0:17Speaker 38: I
- 0:17Speaker 38: read
- 0:17Speaker 38: the
- 0:17Speaker 38: Psalms
- 0:17Speaker 38: of
- 0:18Speaker 38: David,
- 0:18Speaker 38: I'm
- 0:18Speaker 38: impressed
- 0:19Speaker 38: by
- 0:19Speaker 38: the
- 0:19Speaker 38: intimacy
- 0:20Speaker 38: and
- 0:20Speaker 38: the
- 0:20Speaker 38: confidence
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- 0:22Speaker 38: come
- 0:22Speaker 38: before
- 0:22Speaker 38: the
- 0:22Speaker 38: Lord
- 0:22Speaker 38: in
- 0:23Speaker 38: all
- 0:23Speaker 38: circumstances.
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- 0:24Speaker 38: forced
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- 0:25Speaker 38: recognize
- 0:26Speaker 38: God
- 0:26Speaker 38: as
- 0:26Speaker 38: his
- 0:26Speaker 38: protector,
- 0:27Speaker 38: provider,
- 0:28Speaker 38: sustainer,
- 0:29Speaker 38: help,
- 0:30Speaker 38: salvation,
- 0:30Speaker 38: and
- 0:31Speaker 38: joy.
- 0:31Speaker 38: And
- 0:31Speaker 38: I
- 0:31Speaker 38: believe
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- 0:32Speaker 38: was
- 0:32Speaker 38: stewarded
- 0:33Speaker 38: in
- 0:33Speaker 38: times
- 0:34Speaker 38: of
- 0:34Speaker 38: loneliness
- 0:34Speaker 38: and
- 0:34Speaker 38: trial.
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- 0:35Speaker 38: a
- 0:35Speaker 38: reminder
- 0:36Speaker 38: for
- 0:36Speaker 38: me
- 0:36Speaker 38: as
- 0:36Speaker 38: a
- 0:36Speaker 38: mom
- 0:37Speaker 38: to
- 0:37Speaker 38: try
- 0:37Speaker 38: to
- 0:37Speaker 38: not
- 0:38Speaker 38: protect
- 0:38Speaker 38: my
- 0:38Speaker 38: kids
- 0:38Speaker 38: from
- 0:39Speaker 38: the
- 0:39Speaker 38: difficult
- 0:39Speaker 38: times
- 0:40Speaker 38: they
- 0:40Speaker 38: might
- 0:40Speaker 38: encounter
- 0:40Speaker 38: on
- 0:40Speaker 38: this
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- 0:42Speaker 38: life,
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- 0:43Speaker 38: those
- 0:43Speaker 38: times
- 0:44Speaker 38: that
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- 0:44Speaker 38: really
- 0:44Speaker 38: proved
- 0:45Speaker 38: his
- 0:45Speaker 38: faithfulness
- 0:45Speaker 38: and
- 0:46Speaker 38: his
- 0:46Speaker 38: nearness
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- 0:48Speaker 38: whose
- 0:48Speaker 38: kids
- 0:48Speaker 38: are
- 0:48Speaker 38: encountering
- 0:49Speaker 38: health
- 0:49Speaker 38: struggles
- 0:50Speaker 38: or
- 0:50Speaker 38: friendship
- 0:50Speaker 38: trials
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- 0:51Speaker 38: challenges,
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- 0:57Speaker 38: Lord.
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- 1:24Speaker 38: most
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- 1:28Speaker 38: evil
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- 1:29Speaker 38: peace
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- 9:58Speaker 39: Amen.