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Episode 42 - Pour Out Your Heart While You Wait · Women At The Well: REJOICE

• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Grand rising.
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  SPEAKER_00: Grand rising, sisters.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's another Wednesday, and we have been blessed once again to see a new day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalms 118 24 says, This is the day which the Lord had made.
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  SPEAKER_00: We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, I'm Rose, your host.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I am glad you have joined us this morning at Women at the Well Rejoice.
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  SPEAKER_00: In keeping with our October theme, holding on while waiting for God, today we will discuss pour out your heart while you wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we hold back when we pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: We carefully choose our words and try to sound as though everything is alright, even when our hearts are hurting.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you see, God is omnipresent.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is present everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is also omniscious.
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  SPEAKER_00: He knows everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: He already knows what we are carrying before we speak.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, sisters, we can be honest with him.
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  SPEAKER_00: So today, let's bring our tears, questions, desires, and deepest longings to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright now, get your favorite drink, coffee, tea, or lemon water, and your Bible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Come sit with me at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing us to see another day and for bringing us together at the well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, you know what each sister carries in her heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know the prayers we have spoken and the pain we struggle to put into words.
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  SPEAKER_00: As we open your word today, help us open our hearts to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us courage to pray honestly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us bring you our disappointments, our questions, and our hopes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Encourage us through your word today and remind us that you are our refuge while we wait, while we go through.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name we pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, sisters, last week we discussed Elizabeth and her longing for a child.
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  SPEAKER_00: We read how God blessed her with a son.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today we will look at Hannah, another woman who longed for a child.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her story helps us understand how we can bring our sorrows to the Lord while we wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may bring disappointment, frustration, and tears.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we feel we must sound strong when we pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: But see, our God already knows our distress.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can bring our whole hearts into his presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Turn to uh the first chapter, first chapter of 1 Samuel.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the first chapter of 1 Samuel, Hannah is deeply distressed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pelania, her husband's other wife, has provoked her because she has no children.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah weeps and does not eat.
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  SPEAKER_00: In verse 8, her husband Elkoniah asks why she is crying and why she is not eating, and why her heart is grieved.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever been so troubled that you lost your appetite and just couldn't eat?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever carried a longing that someone else did not fully understand?
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  SPEAKER_00: That is where we meet Hannah.
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  SPEAKER_00: 1 Samuel 1:10 says, and she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah brings her sorrow to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: She does not wait until she stops crying before she prays.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, Hannah's tears were part of her prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: She brought the pain she was already carrying to the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's read.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 1 Samuel 1 chapter, verses 11 through 18, and I'm reading from the King James Version.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she vowed a vow and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look at the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
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  SPEAKER_00: Verse 12.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Hannah, she spake in her heart, only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Eli said unto her, How long will thou be drunken?
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  SPEAKER_00: Put away thy wine from thee.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of Bilal, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Verse eighteen, and she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy sight.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the woman went her way and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, Hannah was praying in her heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard.
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  SPEAKER_00: You see, Eli misunderstood what he saw and thought she was drunk.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hannah explained that she was a woman of a sorrowful spirit.
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  SPEAKER_00: She had been pouring out her soul before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Please notice those words.
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  SPEAKER_00: Poured out my soul before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: She brought him her grief, her longing, and her request.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then, after her prayer and her conversation with Eli, Hannah went her way and ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Scripture says her countenance was no longer sad.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look at here.
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  SPEAKER_00: At this point in the account, she had not received the child she asked for, had nothing, nothing had changed, yet something about her disposition had changed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, this encourages us to bring our burdens to God even before we see the answer.
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  SPEAKER_00: It does not mean every sorrow disappears after one prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some burdens bring us back to Him again and again.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we can keep coming.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can keep praying.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can keep pouring out our hearts while we wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: The hand story gives us an example.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Psalm 62 and 8 gives us this invitation.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says, trust in him at all times.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ye people, pour out your heart before him.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is a refuge for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Salai.
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  SPEAKER_00: At all times, sisters.
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  SPEAKER_00: When life is going well, trust him.
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  SPEAKER_00: When life is painful, trust him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring him your heartaches, your tears, your distress.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust him.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is our refuge.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can turn to him with what troubles us.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can say, Father, I am disappointed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, I'm tired.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, I thought things would be different by now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, I need your help.
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  SPEAKER_00: You do not have to hide those feelings from the one who already knows your heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what about the days when you can't find the words?
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  SPEAKER_00: That brings us to Romans 8 26.
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  SPEAKER_00: It states, likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities.
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  SPEAKER_00: For we know not what we should pray for as we ought.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the Spirit itself maketh intercessions for us with groanings which cannot be other.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness.
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  SPEAKER_00: When words are hard to find, you can sit quietly before God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can cry.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can simply say, Lord, help me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your difficulties finding words does not prevent you from coming into his presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Think about Hannah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her voice was not heard, but she was speaking in her heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Eli misunderstood her, but she was still pouring out her soul before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: So today, bring God what is on your heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell him about the opportunities you are waiting for.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell him about the financial burdens.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell him about your grief.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell him about your uncertainties.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell him about that coworker that's getting on your nerves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell him about the longings you have carried for years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our lives may unfold differently from Hannah, but we can turn to the same God for help.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, while you are holding on, keep praying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring him the words.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring him the tears.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bring him the heart that does not know what to say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pour out your heart while you wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, thank you for hearing our prayers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for receiving our tears and helping us when words are hard to find.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for welcoming us into your presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Father, you know our longings, our disappointments, and hopes that each of us carry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to lean into you because you are our refuge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us pray honestly.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we feel weary, strengthen us.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we are grieving, comfort us.
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  SPEAKER_00: When words will not come, Heavenly Father, let your Holy Spirit speak for us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give us wisdom for the next step.
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  SPEAKER_00: Encourage to ask for support when we need it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We rejoice in your love and care.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teach us to trust you with all our needs.
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  SPEAKER_00: And especially with the outcome.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to hold on while we wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Jesus' name, amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sisters, I encourage you to talk to God through your tears and distress.
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  SPEAKER_00: This week, set aside five quiet moments to read Psalms 62 and 8 and Romans 6, 26.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then bring God what is on your heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may speak your prayer out loud, write it down and sit quietly in his presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Beginning with these words.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is what is on my heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so let's encourage one another.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you know a woman who is caring a happy birthday, reach out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let her know you care and that you are praying for her.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep calling on while I wait for God.
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  SPEAKER_00: And keep pouring out your heart before him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ladies and road those.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for joining me as woman at the well rejoin.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, this one is living.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this well will never ever run dry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a peaceful day, ladies.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pull out your good heart to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is your refuge.