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November 10, 2026 - 2 Samuel 2 & Proverbs 25:1-14 · Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Plan, where we are seeking to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength with God's word lighting the way.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tyler Sandborn, Student Ministry Director at Compass South Valley.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Tuesday, November 10th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen intently to God's written word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Second Samuel two.
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  SPEAKER_00: After this David inquired of the Lord, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Lord said to him, Go up.
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  SPEAKER_00: David said, To which shall I go up?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said, To Hebron.
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  SPEAKER_00: So David went up there, and his two wives also Ahinoab of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.
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  SPEAKER_00: When they told David it was the men of Jabesh Gilead who buried Saul, David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your Lord and buried him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you, and I will do good to you because you have done this thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now therefore let your hands be strong and be valiant, for Saul your Lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Abner, the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish Bash, the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahan, and he made him king over Gilead, and the Azurites of Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, and all Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years, but the house of Judah followed David.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abner, the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishwaseth, the son of Saul, went out from Mahenim to Gibeon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Joab the son of Zariah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men arise and compete before us, and Joab said, Let them arise.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David, and each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword into his opponent's aside, so they fell down together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore that place was called Helkath Hazarim, which is at Gibeon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the battle was very fierce that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David, and the three sons of Zurih were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Asahel was as swift afoot as a wild gazelle, and Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Abner looked behind him and said, Is it you, Asahel?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he answered, It is I.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men and take his spoil.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why should I strike you to the ground?
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  SPEAKER_00: How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?
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  SPEAKER_00: But he refused to turn aside.
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butts of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back, and he fell there and died where he was, and all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Amma, which lies before Gea, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the people of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group and took their stand on top of a hill.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then Abner called to Joab, Shall the sword devour forever?
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you not know that the end will be bitter?
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  SPEAKER_00: How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?
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  SPEAKER_00: And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men stopped and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight any more.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah.
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  SPEAKER_00: They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning they came to Mahanaim.
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  SPEAKER_00: Joab returned from the pursuit of Abner, and when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing from David's servants nineteen men besides Asahel.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin three hundred and sixty of Abner's men, and they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at Bethlehem, and Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs twenty five one through fourteen.
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  SPEAKER_00: These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, King of Judah copied.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings it is to search things out.
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  SPEAKER_00: As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take away the dross from silver, and the smith has material for a vessel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence, or stand in the place of the great, for it is better to be told, Come up here, than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
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  SPEAKER_00: What your eyes have seen do not hastily bring into court.
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  SPEAKER_00: For what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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  SPEAKER_00: Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret, lest he who hears you brings shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.
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  SPEAKER_00: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver, like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He refreshes the soul of his masters, like clouds in the wind without rain, is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
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  SPEAKER_00: In today's text in the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 2, we see the beginning of a civil war in the people of Israel, within God's uh chosen people, the people who are following David, the men of Judah, and the people of Israel, those who would be continuing to follow the leadership of Saul and his son who becomes king.
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  SPEAKER_00: So David here is also anointed king over Judah specifically.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, Ish Bosheth is made king of Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Abner here plays a key role in today's passage.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is the commander or general, if you will, of Saul's army, and he is a man who is skilled in war, skilled in battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we see him uh calling in this chapter for a man who is swift of foot, swift of foot like a gazelle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And and Abner gives this man named Asahel a chance to stop pursuing him after uh the men of of Israel under Abner's control um are defeated.
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  SPEAKER_00: They go on the run.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh Asahel is uh seemingly just chasing down uh to to maybe get another kill here, to add another to the total, to maybe plunder, maybe specific things that um that would be had, but uh we see a caution.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is that is that you, Asahel?
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  SPEAKER_00: In verse 20, Abner's calling out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abner is is clearly the more skilled warrior here, he's more experienced uh than the swift of a foot asahel, and ultimately Asahel dies, and he gets impaled by Abner's spear.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just a caution here to uh as I think about in the in the key uh moments of a battle and the key moments of of life in the in the heat of a battle or seemingly any other time, it's always best to go um and pause and ask, is this the right decision to make?
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh am I equipped for this task ahead?
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  SPEAKER_00: It seemed like Asahel was one of the fastest people who could pursue, who could chase someone down, but lack the skills in battle uh to overcome Abner.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the beginning of this chapter, we see David going before the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shall I go?
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord tells him, Yes, you shall go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go up.
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  SPEAKER_00: David says, To which uh who shall I go?
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  SPEAKER_00: To which shall I go up?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said to Hebron, which area am I gonna go?
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  SPEAKER_00: God directs him, and we see David continuing to lean on the guidance and the discernment that the Lord would give him, and not so much for uh other characters, other players in this chapter, like Asahel, who is acting maybe rashly or impulsively to go and chase down uh another foe.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is uh, of course, after we see this agreement between David's men and Abner's men to have a showdown, a 12 v 12 battle to avoid mass bloodshed.
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  SPEAKER_00: But ultimately, all the players involved in this initial battle uh all die.
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  SPEAKER_00: So then a full full-fledged war happens here, and we see 360 of the men of Abner dying, while only 19 warriors under David's leadership uh fall in battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we see a lopsided victory here uh for Team David, Team Judah, if you will, um, and in the highlights here, David going to the Lord, asking for guidance and leadership.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we see uh an impulsive, potentially um Asahel chasing after a much more experienced, maybe taking off, uh biting off more than he can chew, if you will, and going after Abner, the commander, the general of Saul's army, and he ultimately dies.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we we look forward to the resolution here.
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  SPEAKER_00: While there is a divide, a rift in the kingdom uh after King Saul dies, Ishbo Sheth is made king over the north, and we have David anointed king over Judah in the south, and that's how the second Samuel chapter two concludes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in our wisdom section today, we look to Proverbs chapter 25, and we see more Proverbs of Solomon, more wisdom that God is going to pour out through King Solomon.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to zoom in and take a look at a few verses here at the end of this section, verses 11, 12, and 13, and the the times that we have and the and the moments that we have are not often as I think about the the time that I get to spend with people in my life.
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  SPEAKER_00: I wish I had more of it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I wish I had longer lengths of time to fellowship, to encourage.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as I look to verse 11, a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking about just the ways that we even in brief segments of time can encourage and build up and point people to the goodness of God, to the faithfulness of God, and give some wise counsel in brief moments that people can carry with them in their minds and meditate on these encouragements, on these short nuggets of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's a dinner, maybe it's an interaction in passing, or a short and brief text message from a friend.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can really encourage lavishly and give rich encouragement and point people in a direction that would be honoring to the Lord and re-re help them refocus and reset their their minds on on the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's a it's not an easy thing to do because we all wish we had more time with dear friends and family members, but we we do want to be using the most of the time that we do have.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh so it's it's about timing, it's about saying what is what is good for building up, uh, what is going to encourage, and um the timing matters, of course, and the right words matter uh as you look to build a brother up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our second verse here that I'd like to look at today is verse 12.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like a gold ring or ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this comes with great tact and patience and love, of course, as we think about how it is that we're going to correct, how how we're going to seek to help someone all the while, not trying to elevate ourselves or improve or uh exalt our status.
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  SPEAKER_00: We we want to seek and help encourage someone by helping them see the errors of their ways.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um we we want to be a person that is listening well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, we want to be people that are are considering even our past mistakes and bringing that in a in a humble way to those who would need correction, uh who would need to learn from some mistakes that they're potentially not even seeing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's a loving and wise thing to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like a gold ring or a gold ornament.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking about uh next month, we're gonna be putting a lot of ornaments up on trees and decorating homes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and that's what uh a wise reprover is going to do to a listening ear.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're going to adorn, we're going to um to help create beauty.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and as we seek to gain friends and restore friends, uh it's going to only strengthen and make more beautiful these relationships that we have.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we praise the Lord for that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And finally, today in verse 13, like a cold, like the cold of snow and the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He refreshes the soul of his masters, a faithful uh message deliverer, a faithful um relay of truth is like the cold of snow and the time of harvest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, King Solomon had many, many things, many resources, had great riches and wealth, but one thing he did not have, I am certain, is a freezer, uh, an ice maker.
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  SPEAKER_00: The thing that might come to mind in the time of harvest is I just want to be refreshed.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been outside in the sun all day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, the timing is critical for harvest.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you want to strike while the iron is hot.
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  SPEAKER_00: You want to harvest the crop before it spoils.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, there's a specific timing that would come with the various different crops in in this region.
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  SPEAKER_00: Refreshment is such a luxury in this time, especially in the sense of bringing a cold and cool drink, some kind of way to defeat the heat in the time of harvest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's refreshment that comes um to the soul of the masters as a result.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we want to be people that are faithful, that are refreshing, uh, that are speaking the truth, that are honest, that are delivering the messages in a uh timely manner.
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  SPEAKER_00: We want to be people that are seeking to refresh.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, have you uh brought encouragement to someone recently that was a refreshment to their soul?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you seen things that are going on in their lives that that you see that are honoring to the Lord?
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  SPEAKER_00: Identify those things and go and build someone up today, whether it's a text or a call, or even get out uh a stamp and put it on a put it on a letter and an envelope and send it out today to build someone up, be a refreshment, uh, be someone who is um speaking encouragements, and even often uh times we might be kind of hesitant to receive encouragements, but if you're someone who is receiving an encouragement, uh think about the Lord and think about how someone is is trying to build you up and be obedient and faithful and to to find things that are honorable to point you to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Also I hope that was an encouragement to you today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for joining us on the Lamp and Light Bible Reading Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.