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January 17 - 1 Samuel 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Here we are at Wednesday. How do we get to the middle of
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  the week already? My goodness.
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  But here we are. It is hump day.
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  Hope you're doing well. Hope your week is treating you
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  well. No matter what it is that is
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  coming your way. We are boy in the middle of the
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  intrigue of that time in Israel. It it's hard for us to get our
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  head around, isn't it in in this world of 24/7 Amazon orders that
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  get delivered in a couple of days, if you run out of gas and
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  your BBQ doesn't matter when you just pop down to the local
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  hardware store and get that replaced.
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  But here, you know we yesterday we read about this nation who
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  has no blacksmith, so they can't even sharpen their Spears.
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  But that is a classic situation that God is going to step in and
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  we will see what that looks like today.
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  So let us put down whatever today holds on this Wednesday
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  and open our hearts and say living God, here we are.
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  Come shape us, mould us, lead us, Teach us.
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  You ready, friend? Me too.
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  Let's read together. First Samuel, Chapter 14.
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  One day, Jonathan said to his armour bearer.
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  Come on, let's go over to where the Philistines have their
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  outpost. But Jonathan did not tell his
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  father what he was doing. Meanwhile, soul and a 600 men
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  were camped on the outskirts of Gabia around the Pomegranate
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  tree at Migron. Among souls, men was a height of
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  the priest who was wearing the ephod, the priestly vest.
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  A Hija was the son of Ichabod's brother Ahituv, son of Phineas,
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  son of Eli, the priest of the Lord who had served at Shiloh.
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  No one realised that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp to
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  reach the Philistine outpost. Jonathan had to go down between
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  2 rocky cliffs that were called Bosses and Senna.
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  The Cliff on the north was in front of Mick Mash, and the one
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  on the South was in front of Giba.
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  Let's go across to the outpost of those Pagans, Jonathan said
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  to his armour bearer. Perhaps the Lord will help us,
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  for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle, whether he
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  has many warriors or only a few. Do what you think is best, the
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  armour bearer replied. I'm with you completely,
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  whatever you decide. Alright then, Jonathan told him.
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  We will cross over and let them see us.
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  If they say to us stay where you are or we'll kill you, then we
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  will stop and not go up to them. But if they say come on up and
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  fight, then we will go up. That will be the Lord's sign
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  that he will help us defeat them.
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  When the Philistines saw them coming, they shouted, Look, the
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  Hebrews are crawling out of their holes.
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  Then the men from the outpost shouted to Jonathan.
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  Come on up here and we'll teach you a lesson.
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  Come on, climb right behind me, Jonathan said to his armour
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  bearer. For the Lord will help us defeat
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  them. So they climbed up using both
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  hands and feet, and the Philistines fell before Jonathan
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  and his armour bearer killed those who came behind them.
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  They killed some 20 men in all, and their bodies were scattered
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  over about half an acre. Suddenly, panic broke out in the
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  Philistine army, both in the camp and in the field, including
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  even the outposts and raiding parties.
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  And just then an earthquake struck and everyone was
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  terrified Souls. Lookouts in Gabbia of Benjamin
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  saw a strange sight. The vast army of Philistines
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  began to melt away in every direction.
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  Call the roll and find out who's missing, Saul ordered, and when
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  they checked, they found that Jonathan and his armour bearer
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  were gone. Then Saul shouted to Ahuja.
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  Bring the ephod here, for at that time a hijab was wearing
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  the E fight in front of the Israelites.
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  But while Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the
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  Philistine camp grew louder and louder.
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  So Saul said to the priest, Never mind, let's get going.
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  Then Saul and all his men rushed out to the battle and found the
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  Philistines killing each other. There was terrible confusion
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  everywhere. Even the Hebrews, who had
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  previously gone over to the Philistine army revolted and
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  joined in with Saul, Jonathan, and the rest of the Israelites.
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  Likewise, the men of Israel who were hiding in the Hill Country
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  of Ephraim joined the chase when they saw the Philistines running
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  away. So the Lord saved Israel that
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  day, and the battle continued to rage even beyond Beth Avon.
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  Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day
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  because Saul had placed them under an oath saying Let a curse
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  fall on anyone who eats before evening before.
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  I have full revenge on my enemies, so no one ate anything
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  all day, even though they had all found honeycomb on the
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  ground in the forest. They didn't dare touch the honey
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  because they all feared the oath they had taken.
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  But Jonathan had not heard his father's command and he dipped
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  the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the
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  honey after he had eaten it. He felt refreshed, but one of
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  the men saw him and said your father made the army take a
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  strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed.
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  That is why everyone is weary and faint.
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  My father has made trouble for us all, Jonathan exclaimed.
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  A command like that only hurts us.
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  See how refreshed I am now that I've eaten this little bit of
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  honey? If the men had been allowed to
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  eat freely from the food they found among our enemies, think
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  how many more Philistines we could have killed.
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  They chased and killed the Philistines all day, from
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  Michmash to Agilon, Growing more and more faint.
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  That evening they rushed for the battle plunder and butchered the
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  sheep, goats, cattle and calves. But they ate them without
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  draining the blood, someone reported to Saul.
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  Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat
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  that still has blood in it. That is very wrong, Saul said.
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  Find a large stone and roll it over here.
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  Then go out among the troops and tell them.
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  Bring the cattle, sheep and goats here to me.
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  Kill them here and drain the blood before you eat them.
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  Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with the blood still
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  in it. So that night all the troops
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  brought their animals and slaughtered them there.
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  Then Saul built an altar to the Lord.
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  It was the first of the altars he built to the Lord.
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  Then Saul said, let's chase the Philistines all night and
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  plunder them until sunrise. Let's destroy every last one of
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  them, his men replied. We'll do whatever you think is
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  best. But the priest said, let's ask
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  God first. So, Saul asked God, should we go
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  after the Philistines? Will you help us defeat them?
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  But God made no reply that day. Then Saul said to the leaders,
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  something's wrong. I want all my commanders to come
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  here. We must find out what sin was
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  committed Today I vow by the name of the Lord who rescued
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  Israel that the Sinner will surely die, even if it is my own
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  son, Jonathan. But no one would tell him what
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  the trouble was then, Saul said. Jonathan and I will stand over
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  here, and all of you stand over there.
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  And the people responded to Saul.
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  Whatever you think is best then saw, prayed, Oh Lord, God of
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  Israel, please show us who is guilty and who is innocent.
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  Then they cast sacred lots, and Jonathan and Saul were chosen as
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  the guilty ones, and the people were declared innocent.
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  Then Saul said. Now cast lots again and choose
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  between me and Jonathan, and Jonathan were shown to be the
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  guilty one. Tell me what you have done,
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  Sold, demanded of Jonathan. I taste a little honey, Jonathan
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  admitted. It was only a little bit on the
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  end of my stick. Does that deserve death?
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  Yes, Jonathan, Saul said. You must die.
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  May God strike me and even kill me if you do not die for this.
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  But the people broke in and said to Saul, Jonathan has won this
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  great victory for Israel. Should he die, far from it.
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  As surely as the Lord lives, not one hair on his head will be
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  touched, for God helped him do a great deed today.
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  So the people rescued Jonathan and he was not put to death.
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  Then Saul called back the army from chasing the Philistines,
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  and the Philistines returned home.
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  Now when Saul had secured his grasp on Israel's throne, he
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  fought against his enemies in every direction against Moab,
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  Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zoba and the Philistines.
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  And wherever he turned, he was victorious.
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  He performed great deeds and conquered the Amalekites, saving
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  Israel from all those who had plundered them.
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  Soul sons included Jonathan Ishbosheth and Mel Kashiwa.
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  He also had two daughters. Merab, who was older, and
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  Michael Soul's wife, was the Hynum.
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  The daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul's army was
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  Abner, the son of Saul's uncle Naya, Soul's father Kish and
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  Abner's father Naya were both sons of Abiel.
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  The Israelites fought constantly with the Philistines throughout
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  soul's lifetime. So whenever Saul observed a
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  young man who was brave and strong, he drafted him into his
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  army. Lord, thank you for the gift of
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  peace that you've given us. In our lives we read of these
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  times of conflict, and we know that in our world there is
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  conflict. And we pray that as you were
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  present in these days, and the stories that we read here in
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  Samuel, that you would be present today in these spaces
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  where there is conflict. We don't understand the hearts
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  of those who begin and those who perpetuate these wars, but we do
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  know the hearts of those caught up in them.
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  We know of the loss and the devastation and the hurt and the
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  suffering that seems so needless from many of our perspectives,
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  said Lord. I just pray that you be present
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  in the brokenness of our world, that your Spirit would bring
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  what is needed most to your beloved children.
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  Lord, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven and
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  whatever it is that we are able to do in our parts of the world
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  today. Lord, I pray that you would
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  place that burden on our heart, that we would bring your Kingdom
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  to be a reality. We love you and we thank you for
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  the gift that you give us of Jesus, His love, His
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  forgiveness, and our ability to know Your character through Him.
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  We pray all this in His name. I'm in.