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Genealogy of Jesus part 4: Women with an impact · The Living Freed Podcast

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Hey y 'all, I'm Hannah Liz, a coastal living,
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Jesus living, NC native, and this is the Living
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Free Podcast. Where we discuss intentionally
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living our lives to the fullest that God has
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intended, having those late night open heart
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friend convos, not letting others, ourselves,
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or ideas hold us down, allowing Jesus to free
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us of the chains that we didn't know we were
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holding onto. You can see the full show notes
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attached to this episode, and if you loved this
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episode, please leave me a review. Hey y 'all,
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welcome back to another episode of another week
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of the living free podcast. Can you believe that
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this is episode 15? I am shooketh. I just I don't
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know I know I told God I would do it for a year
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and I'm already on episode 15 time is flying
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by I know I took one week off and I Honestly,
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I needed it not because of the podcast just personal
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stuff as you all know, but yeah crazy 15 episodes
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I am so curious to see where we're gonna be when
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we hit 25 or whatever the next big number is.
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Anyways, let's go ahead and jump into weekly
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updates and what I have for you. So what is going
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on this week? Well, I know I told y 'all or I
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think I told y 'all that my brother is back from
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the hospital. He's staying with my mom and I
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don't know if I mentioned or not that I lost
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at guess who, but he is able to walk now and
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use his arms a little bit. So I took him to go
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play mini golf and I got crushed. I'm embarrassed
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to say so. I got crushed. I'm not going to give
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the score because I don't want to count the score
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and I didn't want to know how badly I lost. My
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friends who have found out are embarrassed for
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me and of me and as they should be because I'm
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embarrassed. Yeah. So my brother who's supposed
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to be crippled. beat me at mini golf now when
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we went to what is it called um what's the name
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of that oh Dave and Busters we went to Dave and
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Busters I could however shoot a basketball and
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he couldn't so a wins a win um sometimes you
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win some sometimes you lose some I might have
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lost at mini golf but he can't throw a basketball
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yet so I did win that and I will take any wins
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I can get Also this week I went on a date. It
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went really well. We all know that I don't love
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dating. I don't necessarily enjoy dating. I really
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am happy with my single life. I truly enjoy my
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week to week, my day by day, my hour by hour,
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filled with peace and joy and friends and family
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and I get to do whatever I want and I don't have
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to respond to anybody, but I will say this first
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date went really well. I enjoyed my time with
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him. He was super talkative and chill and asked
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questions so I guess my bar is in hell um and
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he drove all the way up to Wilmington to hang
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out with me and we walked about five miles and
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I love a walk so I feel like it went well I guess
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we'll see if he thinks it went well um yeah so
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I'll do my best to keep you all up to date on
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that if it progresses truthfully you just never
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know I never know with me not even you never
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know with me I never know with me I'll be really
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feeling it one minute and then the next I'm like
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actually my dismissive avoidant kicks in and
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I'm like get me out of here get me out. So we'll
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see. And then lastly for weekly updates, me and
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my roomie very last minute bought tickets to
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see Megan Maroney and Charlotte and I could scream.
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I'm so excited. I love Megan Maroney. I've loved
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this last album. I love the album before that
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and I didn't think I was going to get a chance
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to go and some girl was selling tickets online.
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We snatched those bad boys up and we're going
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to go to Charlotte to see her and I'm going to
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stay with one of my friends. Yeah, so I cannot
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wait to tell you about how that goes. I have
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about a week until that happens, so I think I'll
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be posting. Yeah, I will just have posted this
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episode right as we get ready to go. So anyways,
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cannot wait. So pumped. Haven't decided what
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I'm going to wear. Definitely up on Pinterest
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and TikTok, looking at all the outfit inspo.
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And I think I have what I need. Hopefully I don't
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need to buy anything. We'll see. Um, I today.
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Actually, let me tell you this first. what's
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in coffee at home i'm bringing this up now because
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i'm drinking my iced coffee that i made at home
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because those tickets did not fit in the budget
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that i planned for them to fit in because it
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was last minute so coffee at home is happening
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for the rest of the week or the rest of the next
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couple weeks for sure good thing i love making
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coffee at home and thank god i invested in espresso
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machine If I hadn't, I don't know what I would
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be doing right now. So yeah, what's in? Coffee
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at home. You should buy an espresso maker. Get
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a cheap one. I got an expensive one, but you
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could get a cheap one. I kind of really love
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mine. Anyways, I digress. So coffee at home is
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where it's at. What is out? After today, not
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today. After today, what is out is eating out.
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I'm not gonna eat out for the, again, next couple
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weeks because, once again, these tickets did
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not fit into the fun budget. But you're in your
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20s once, you're single once, we might as well
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spend the money. I'm not saving up for anything
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in particular. So after tonight, cause I have
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to go get, have to, I get to go out and eat ramen
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with my friend Hannah. So after tonight, I will
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be eating at home. But tonight, today, doesn't
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count. Okay. That's all I have for you this week
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on the weekly updates and what's in and what's
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out. Let's dive in into today's episode. This
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episode, we are talking about the genealogy of
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Jesus, part 4. I hope you're excited because
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I am. I know some people have been dreading it
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and have been telling me that they're just following
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along. and it feels like a chore and I'm so sorry
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honestly skip that episode if you're not interested
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about the genealogy of Jesus and who was in it
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and how it came to be and all that to me fun
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stuff that's totally okay listen to every other
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episode but this is for those who don't want
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to do the work but are curious here we go so
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who are we picking up on well we're gonna pick
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up on Hezaron I know, so interesting. He is the
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son of Perez, who is who he left off on last
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time. And the problem with this is there isn't
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any information on him. I have read every possible
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book I could read on it. I've scoured the internet.
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I have looked into other biblical books and I
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can't find information on him. If there was info,
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I feel like I would have found it. So, so sorry.
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And the other problem is there's also no information
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on the next four after him. All we know is that
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he was the father of Ram, and Ram was the father
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of Amenadab, and who also has no interesting
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story to be found or told about him. And he was
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the father of Nishan, and Nishan was the father
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of Salman. And that is where we're gonna pick
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up. So this is where it gets good because we're
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going to pick up our dusty Bibles again and we're
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going to jump into Joshua chapter 2 and we are
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going to be reading verses 1 through 24. Okay,
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verse 1. And it was told to the king of Jericho
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saying, Behold, men have come here tonight from
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the children of Israel to search out the country.
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So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab saying,
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Bring out the men who have come to you, who have
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entered your house, for they have come to search
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out the country. Then the woman looked at the
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two men and hid them. So she said, Yes, the men
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came to me, but I did not know where they were
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from. And it happened as the gates were being
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shut when it was dark that the men went out.
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Where the men went, I do not know. Pursue them
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quickly, for you may overtake them." But she
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had brought them up to the roof and hidden them
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with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in
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order on the roof. Then the men pursued them
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by the road up to the Jordan, to the fords, and
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as soon as those who pursued them had gone out,
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they shut the gates. Now, before they lay down,
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she came up to them on the roof, and said to
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the men, I know that the Lord has given you the
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land, and that the terror of you has fallen on
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us, and that all the inhabitants of the land
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are faint -hearted because of you. Verse 10.
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And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts
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melted. Neither did there remain any more courage
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in anyone because of you, of the Lord your God.
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He is God in heaven, above and on the earth beneath.
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Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the
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Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you
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also will show me kindness in my Father's house,
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and give me a true token. And spare my father,
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my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that
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they have, and deliver our lives from death.
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So the men answered her, Our lives are yours.
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If none of you tell of this business of ours,
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it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land,
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that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
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Then she let them down by rope through the window.
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For her house was on the city wall, and she dwelt
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on the wall. And she said to them, Go to the
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mountain, least the pursuers meet you. Hide there
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three days, until the pursuers have returned.
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afterwards you may go your way. So the men said
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to her, We will be blameless of this oath of
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yours, which you have made us swear, unless when
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we come to this land you bind the lines of scarlet
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core to the window through which you let us down,
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and unless you bring your father, your mother,
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your brothers, and all your father's house to
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your home. So it shall be that whoever goes outside
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the doors of your house and into the streets
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his blood shall be on his own head and we will
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be guiltless and whoever is with you in the house
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his blood shall be on our heads if a hand is
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laid on him and if you tell this business of
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ours then we will be free from your oath which
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you made us swear then she said according to
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your words so be it she sent them away and they
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departed and she bound the scarlet in the window
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they departed and went to the mountain and stayed
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there three days until the pursuers returned
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The pursuers sought them all along the way, but
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did not find them. So the two men returned, descended
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from the mountain, and crossed over. And they
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came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all
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that had befallen them. And they said to Joshua,
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Truly the Lord has delivered all the land into
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our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of
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the country are fainthearted because of us. Let's
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talk about our girl Rahab for a minute. Dang,
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she is strong. She had so much courage from only
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God knows where and so much wisdom, also only
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from God knows where, to not just lie and hide
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the spies that were part from her people group,
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but also strike a deal with them in an attempt
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to protect her family. She could have been like,
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nah, we got these huge walls and these big, tough
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men. We have milk and honey flowing, but good
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luck to y 'all. But instead, she had the knowledge
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of the god that was on the spies' side and thought
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better to put her hope in their goodwill and
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their god than to put it in her own men. In chapter
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6, we see Joshua and the spies keep the word,
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and Rahab's family and herself are spared from
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the destruction that happens. Now, you might
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be thinking how we ended up talking about Rahab
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when we're supposed to be talking about the lineage
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of Jesus. Well, it is told to us in Matthew that
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Rahab marries Solomon, who is thought to possibly
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be one of the two spies she protected. She has
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his child and that child's name is Boaz. So,
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quick recap before we just jump in and talk about
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Boaz. Who was Salman? We don't know much other
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than who his father was, who he married, and
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who his wife was. We know that they think he
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was one of the two spies, but besides that, we
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don't have much information. But, we do have
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good intel on who Rahab was. Let's spend a couple
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more minutes talking about our girl. She was
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a prostitute who put herself in harm's way to
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protect others. She is an example of faith and
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courage and she was the first from outside the
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Jewish lineage being a Canaanite to be added
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to the line of Jesus, to once again show that
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he did not only come for the Jewish people and
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from the Jewish people, but he also came from
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and for the world. Her story is here to also
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remind us girls that we need to put our faith
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in God and not in men. Okay, so... Now, let's
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talk about Boaz. We meet Boaz in the book of
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Ruth in the very beginning of chapter 2, and
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we're going to read verses 1 -16. Okay, verse
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1. Then she left and went and gleaned in the
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field after the reapers, and she happened to
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come to a part of the field belonging to Boaz,
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who was of the family. Now behold, Boaz came
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from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The
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Lord be with you. And they answered him, The
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Lord bless you. Then Boaz said to the servant
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who was in charge of the reapers, Whose young
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woman is this? So the servant who was in charge
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of the reapers answered and said, It is a young
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Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the
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country of Moab. And she said, Please let me
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glean and gather after the reapers among the
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shaves. So she came, and she continued from the
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morning until now, though she rests a little
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in the house. Then Bella said to Ruth, You will
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listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go
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to glean in another field, nor go from here,
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but stay close to my young woman. Let your eyes
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be on the field which they reap, and go after
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them. Have I not commanded the young men to not
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touch you? And when they And when you are thirsty,
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go to the vases and drink from what the young
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men have drawn. Verse 10. So she fell on her
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face and bowed down on the ground and said to
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him, Why have I found favor in your eyes, that
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you should take notice of me when I am a foreigner?
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And Boaz answered and said, It has been fully
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reported to me that all that you have done for
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your mother -in -law since the death of your
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husband, and how you have left your father and
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your mother in the land of your birth and have
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come to the people whom you did not know before.
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The LORD repay your work, and fully reward what
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is given to you by the LORD your God of Israel,
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under whose wings you have come for refuge. Then
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she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my
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LORD, for you have comforted me, and have spoken
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kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like
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one of your maidservants. Now, Baah said to her
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at mealtime, Come here and eat of the bread,
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and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So
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she sat beside the reapers, and he passed. So
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we learn here that Boaz is known as a worthy
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man of wealth. He is a relative of Naomi, Ruth's
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mother -in -law. When Boaz is sharing the bread
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and the wine with Ruth, In this time period,
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it was a significant act of inclusion and honor,
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symbolizing a new, shared identity and a welcome
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into his circle. It's not just a regular, degular
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meal. We also learn that he is very caring, but
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allows her to earn what she is given by not just
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having his men glean the wheat for her, but they
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do make it easier for her. Now, in chapter three,
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we see Naomi gas up Boaz to Ruth. And in the
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first few verses, we see her tell Ruth to watch
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Boaz, see where he falls asleep after a night
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of eating and drinking, and for Ruth to lay at
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his feet. Now this meant she was symbolically
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proposing marriage and requesting him to act
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as her kinship slash redeemer. So she lays at
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his feet and he's like, what the heck? Who are
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you? He finds out it's Ruth, allows her to stay
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the night, and then sends her home with food.
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So like way better than the dating scene we have
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going for us right now. Ruth goes home and tells
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Naomi what happened, and Naomi's like, don't
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stress about this, this man will have everything
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worked out by the end of the day. The next chapter,
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we see Boaz go to their other relative and say
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something along the lines of, this is your duty,
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blah blah blah, but if you won't do it, I will.
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That relative's like, okay bet, that's all you,
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my guy. So then in verses 13 and 17, we see the
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ending of their love story unfold. Let's go ahead
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and read it. Verse 13. So, Boaz took Ruth, and
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she became his wife. And when he went into her,
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the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a
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son. Then the woman said to Naomi, Blessed be
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the Lord, who has not left you in this day, without
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a close relative, and may his name be famous
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in Israel. And may he be to you a restorer of
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life and a nourisher of your old age. For your
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daughter -in -law who loves you, who is better
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to you than the seven sons, has been born him.
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Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her
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bosom, and became his nurse. And the neighboring
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woman gave him a name saying, this is the son
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born to Naomi, and they called his name Obed.
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And he is the father of Jesse, the father of
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David. So, who is Boaz? He was the son of Rahab,
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whose decision and faith led to him being next
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in the lineage of Jesus. He was a man of strong
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character. We don't find anything wrong that
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he has done in this story. He became a husband
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to Ruth and a father to Obed. He also is a type
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of Christ. Boaz's gesture offering Ruth the wine
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and the bread was a taste of belonging, provision,
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and a connection to the greater purpose, foreshadowing
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the spiritual nourishment and acceptance Jesus
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offers to those in need. Alright, well, I don't
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know about you, but I love learning about the
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lineage of Jesus. I think it's so cool to see
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who's going into his story and building up, and
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the repetitiveness. of the grace and the redemption
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and the love and the foreshadowing that we get
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over and over and over again. I hope you're enjoying
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the deep dive we're doing into the line of Jesus.
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I mean, I am doing all the heavy work for you
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and I hope that you come back for part five next
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month. Let's go ahead and dive into prayer. God,
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thank you so much for giving us the opportunity
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to see just how far ahead you planned for us
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to be a part of your family. You are so intricate
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with every piece of the puzzle that you put together.
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I ask that you give us excitement and courage
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to learn more about you and your son and every
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little piece that you aligned and the love and
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grace that you show us every single day and how
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you pre -planned for us to be part of your family.
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That when Jesus was bringing that cross and burying
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that cross, He knew 300 years later who was gonna
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be. who was going to be part of the family. He
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knew 2 ,025 years later that I was going to be
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a part of the family and that she was going to
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be a part of the family. I thank you for the
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forethought and the foreshadowing that you show
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us every single day as we dive into your word
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and as they continue to help us grow in our faith
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and our love and our excitement for you. In Jesus'
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name, amen. Alright, that's all I have for you
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today. Thank you so much for listening to the
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'all!