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She is the Mother - 5/10/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  All right. If you have a Bible, invite
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  you to turn with me to the book of First
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  Kings. First Kings, chapter 3. When you
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  find your place, if you would stand in
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  honor of us to the reading of God's
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  word, First Kings, chapter 3,
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  when you find your place, if you would
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  stand. Thank you for being here in the
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  service today. We appreciate each one of
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  you and pray that God would add a
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  blessing to you this morning. And happy
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  Mother's Day to all you mothers. Once
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  again, want to preach here out of this
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  chapter, give you the thought here after
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  we read the text, then we'll pray. and
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  ask the Lord to help us. And a little
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  different text from Mother's Day is what
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  God put on my heart. And uh you pray for
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  me that the Lord will help us this
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  morning. First Kings chapter number
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  three. And let's begin reading in verse
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  number 17. First Kings chapter 3 and
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  verse number 17. The Bible says, "And
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  the one woman said, oh my Lord, I am
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  this woman dwell in one house, and I was
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  delivered of a child with her in the
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  house. And it came to pass the third day
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  after that I was delivered that this
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  woman was delivered also. We were
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  together. There was no stranger with us
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  in the house, save we too in the house.
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  This woman's child died in the night
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  because she overlaid it. And she arose
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  at midnight and took my son from beside
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  me while thine handmmaid slept and laid
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  it in her bosom and laid her dead child
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  in my bosom. And when I rose in the
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  morning to give my child suck, behold,
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  it was dead. But when I had considered
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  it in the morning, behold, it was not my
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  son which I did bear. And the other
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  woman said, "Nay, but the living is my
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  son, and the dead is thy son." And this
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  said, "No, but the dead is thy son, and
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  the living is my son." Thus they spake
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  before the king. Then said the king, the
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  one saith, this is my son that liveth,
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  and thy son is the dead, and the other
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  saith, nay, but thy son is the dead, and
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  my son is the living. And the king said,
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  "Bring me a sword." And they brought a
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  sword before the king. And the king
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  said, "Divide the living child in two,
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  and give half to the one, and half to
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  the other." Then spake the woman whose
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  living child was unto the king. Notice
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  this. For her boughs yearned upon her
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  son. And she said, "Oh my lord, give her
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  the living child, and in no wise slay
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  it, be but the others said, Let it be
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  neither mine nor thine, but divide it."
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  Then the king answered and said, "Give
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  her the living child." And and no wise
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  slay it. She is the mother thereof. And
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  all Israel heard of the judgment which
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  the king had judged. And they feared the
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  king, for they saw that the wisdom of
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  God was in him to do judgment. I want
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  you to notice a phrase with me out of
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  verse number 27. It's the thought of the
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  message this morning. When the King
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  Solomon says in verse 27, "Give her the
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  living child and in no wise slay it."
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  Notice this phrase, she is the mother
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  thereof. And I want to preach with the
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  help of the Lord this morning on that
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  thought. She is the mother. She is the
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  mother. And I want to give you some
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  things out of this text on just how
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  Solomon figured out that this lady was
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  the mother of this child. Amen. Let's
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  pray and ask the Lord to help us.
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  Father, thank you God for this day, for
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  your grace and your mercy. Thank you for
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  allowing us to be in the house of God.
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  And Lord, I realize a little different
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  service today, God. But I know that you
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  are the God of every service. And Lord,
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  we invite you, Lord, into this service.
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  We pray that you would help us now. And
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  God, for every law center that's here
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  this morning, I pray conviction, Lord,
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  would settle in on their heart. Lord,
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  for everyone that's not right with you.
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  I pray, God, that they as well would be
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  convicted, Lord, of their sinful life
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  apart from you and be drawn near to you.
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  And God, I pray this morning every
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  mother would receive a blessing from
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  this text. God, I thank you, Lord, for
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  each one that's present today. And would
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  you help us to receive with meekness the
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  engrafted word, get all glory unto
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  yourself and for what you do, we'll
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  thank you for it because we ask it in
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  Jesus' name. Amen. And amen. You can be
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  seated this morning. Now, I know this is
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  a different text to preach on Mother's
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  Day this morning, but I don't want you
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  to allow the text to turn you away from
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  the point that I want to make out of
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  these verses this morning. Now, let me
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  lay the groundwork if I could just
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  quickly for this message and we'll get
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  on in the thought this morning. I notice
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  in this chapter, this chapter is about
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  Solomon. Now, King Solomon here has been
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  anointed that son of David to reign in
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  David said over the tribes of Judah and
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  over Israel as a whole. And so, in this
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  chapter, you'll find three points
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  concerning Solomon. There is the desire
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  of Solomon that is met in this text. The
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  Bible says in chapter number three in
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  the earlier part that Solomon desired
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  wisdom and he desired to know the Lord
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  and to draw near unto him. And out of
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  that desire there was a dream that
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  Solomon had. Several verses in this
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  chapter is attributed under the dream
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  that Solomon has in this text where God
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  endused him with wisdom and not only
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  wisdom but riches, glory and honor as
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  the king over Israel in this text. But I
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  think when we come to this chapter often
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  times we consider the dream we often
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  times consider to the desire of Solomon.
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  But I think we fail to consider maybe
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  the greatest point in this chapter and
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  that is the discernment of Solomon that
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  is highlighted in this chapter from
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  verses number 16 down through the end of
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  the chapter. The discernment of Solomon
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  is mentioned in this text. Now out of
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  this dream of Solomon in verse number 15
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  it says that he awoke and behold it was
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  a dream and so he comes back to
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  Jerusalem and immediately after this
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  dream there is a test that is placed
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  upon Solomon and you see not only the
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  dream of Solomon but you see the defiled
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  sinners that come unto Solomon in verse
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  number 16 the Bible says then came their
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  two women that were harlots unto the
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  king and stood before him and so these
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  defiled sinners have come unto Solomon
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  in this text after his dream. And then
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  you notice the difficult situation that
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  is present in verse number 17 as one of
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  these women began to tell Solomon about
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  the events that have taken place. Now
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  mind you this this is a testing of
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  Solomon's wisdom in this text and out of
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  this difficult situation we find that
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  there are two mothers in this text. Look
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  what the Bible says. And the one woman
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  said, "Oh my Lord, I and this woman
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  dwell in one house, and I was delivered
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  of a child with her in the house. And it
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  came to pass the third day after that I
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  was delivered that this woman was
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  delivered also." So in this text, you
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  find two mothers. You find two birds
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  that are mentioned. You find two
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  children that are mentioned in this
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  text. And you say, "Preacher, how dare
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  you preach on two harlots on Mother's
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  Day?" Well, let me just tell you this
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  this morning. They're mothers. You're
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  right.
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  >> Amen. And what you notice in this text
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  is something that's true for all mothers
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  this morning. Now, I want you to
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  understand with me this morning. I don't
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  want you to emphasize the sinful life
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  that these women are living in. Because
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  the truth of the matter is you and I are
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  all sinners this morning. Let's just
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  state the fact. Say, "Ma'am, they ain't
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  none of us no better than any other of
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  us." Say, "Ma'am," and we ought to
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  remember who we are this morning. You
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  say, "Preacher, well, I'm a good
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  person." Well, you just ought to
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  remember the Bible says that all have
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  sinned and come short of the glory of
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  God. Amen. And the wages of sin is
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  death. Amen. But thank God, the gift of
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  God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
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  our Lord. And when I come to this text,
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  I find two very different mothers.
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  >> And I want to say this on the outset of
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  the message this morning. All right.
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  Motherhood has nothing to do with birth.
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  >> You're right. Come on.
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  >> Come on, preacher. Let me say this.
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  Motherhood also has nothing to do with
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  the behavior of children.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Motherhood has nothing to do with birth.
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  Because I've known women who had no
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  children that were greater mothers.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Than mothers who have had many, many
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  children.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And what we find in this text is a great
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  contrast. I want to talk to you first of
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  all concerning this one mother in the
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  text. This mother is telling the story.
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  We'll deal with the bad one first and
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  then the good one at the end of the
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  message. But we've stated the fact this
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  morning that both of these ladies are
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  mothers. One woman here in this text,
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  she has a child. Three days later, this
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  other lady in the text has a child. And
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  the Bible says in verse number 18 that
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  there there only two of them in this one
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  house. Verse number 19, the Bible says
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  this woman that's telling the story, it
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  says this woman's child died in the
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  night because she overlaid it. Now, I
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  want you to note four things about this
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  woman, first of all, this bad mother in
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  the text. I note number one, this mother
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  is careless. Look what the Bible said.
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  This woman's child died in the night.
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  What the Bible say? Because she what it
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  say overlaid. You know what that means?
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  It means that in her sleep, she had
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  rolled over on top of her child and had
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  smothered it to death in this text. And
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  you say, "Preacher, how could she have
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  done that?" Well, you understand in this
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  day and time, they didn't have cribs and
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  separate rooms. Amen. They had dirt
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  floors. Amen. And the bed they had was
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  the bed that the baby stayed in with
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  them. Amen. And they didn't have
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  infamil. So when the baby had to be fed,
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  they had to be near to the mother. And
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  so the carelessness of this mother, she
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  had fallen asleep and somehow had became
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  had gotten on top of this baby and
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  smothered it here in the text. And so
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  she is careless. But I note, not only
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  you say, "Preacher, well that's bad
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  right there, but let me just say this.
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  It gets worse." Okay, notice what the
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  text says. and she arose at midnight in
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  verse 20 and took my son from beside me
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  while thine handmmaid slept and laid it
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  in her bosom and laid her dead child in
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  my bosom. Now, this woman already, we've
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  already thought in our mind, well, she's
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  careless, but this could have been a
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  mistake. This could have been something
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  that, you know, it was just an accident
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  and it happened. But what happens is the
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  further we go in the story, we realize
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  that this woman really just is careless.
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  But I'll say it goes further than that.
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  She's corrupt. Notice what the Bible
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  says. and she arose at midnight and took
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  my son from beside me while thine
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  handmmaid slept and laid it in her bosom
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  and laid her dead child in my bosom.
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  Now, I don't know about you, but if if I
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  any mother that I know, if a child had
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  died in its sleep and a mother woke up
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  and found that child lifeless, I know
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  what would happen.
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  >> There would be a shout.
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  >> There would be screams, shrills, shrieks
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  because the fear of LOSING THAT CHILD.
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  BUT YOU DON'T SEE that in this text.
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  >> Instead, the first thing that this
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  mother does, she gets this child and
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  goes into the room of this other mother
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  and swaps the living child out for the
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  dead one.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Talk about corruption.
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  >> Amen. Oh, friend. I could preach right
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  there for a minute, but I'm going to
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  move on. All right. I say this, she was
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  careless. She was corrupt. But it gets
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  worse. The Bible says in verse 21 that
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  when the mother of the living child
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  arose to give her child suck, behold it
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  was dead. But when I had considered it
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  in the morning, behold, it was not my
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  son which I did bear. And the other
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  woman said, notice this. Nay, but the
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  living is my son, and the dead is thy
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  son. Now, let's just get here where
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  something all you women can identify
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  with. When you have a baby, you know
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  which which one's yours and which one
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  ain't.
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  >> Amen. Your husband may not.
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  But you do, okay? You know which one
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  belongs to you and which one doesn't.
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  And what's amazing to me about this
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  story is is that this woman is careless.
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  She's not only careless, but she's
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  corrupt so much she's not even thinking
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  about a funeral for the child that she
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  has lost, but instead she takes this
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  dead baby and puts it in the bed with
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  this other WOMAN AND TAKES HER child for
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  her own. And then she has the audacity
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  to say what she says in verse number 22.
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  The dead one's yours.
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  You say, "Preacher, what is that?" She's
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  a charlatan is what she is,
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  >> right? Amen.
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  >> She's corrupt, but she's a liar.
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  >> Right?
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  >> The worst form of corruption. She lies
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  about this child. And remember, Solomon
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  has prayed for wisdom. He has prayed for
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  discernment. And who is he? He's the
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  king. And we come in this text. The
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  Bible says that these two women have
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  come to him here in the text. And I'll
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  go ahead and give you the fourth point
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  and then we'll talk about this good
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  mother this morning. I'll preach about
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  it for just a little while. You
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  understand here out of this text, these
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  two women have come to Solomon here in
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  the text. And the Bible says when
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  Solomon brings out the sword and says,
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  "All right, let's divide the child in
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  half and give one half to one mother and
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  one half to another mother." And the
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  Bible says that this bad mother, look
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  what the Bible said in verse 26, the
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  last phrase. But the other said, let it
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  be neither mine nor thine, but divide
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  it. This woman's not only careless,
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  she's not only corrupt, she's not only a
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  charlatan, she's a criminal.
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  >> She's right.
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  >> She want to murder this child.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, she's not a mother."
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  >> But she is, isn't she?
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  >> That's right. You see, it's not the
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  children that you have that make you a
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  mother,
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  >> right?
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  >> It's not the husband that you have, the
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  children that you've raised. It has
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  nothing to do with the life that you've
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  lived. But what I find in this text
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  about this good mother is what shows us
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  what real motherhood really is. And
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  Solomon was able to say this in verse
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  27. He said, "She is the mother." I want
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  to give you three things this morning
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  about this woman that makes her the
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  mother in this text. Now I notice here
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  in the text we've already pointed out
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  that both of these ladies were mothers.
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  They both had children and one has died
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  and the other is living and they are
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  fighting over this living child. This
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  one woman is careless. That's why her
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  child died but she's corrupt not even to
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  care to give her own child a funeral.
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  But instead she goes and swaps him out
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  for this living child. She's a
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  charlatan. She lies about it in the
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  presence of this woman. She lies about
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  it in the presence of the king. And when
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  the king asks, she doesn't only stop
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  there, but she is willing to allow HIM
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  TO TAKE THE life of this other baby. And
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  here's what happened. She became
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  jealous.
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  >> Right?
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  >> And so, you know what it was? It wasn't
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  that she wanted the baby. She wanted the
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  other baby dead.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Because her baby was dead.
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  >> You know what? That happens a lot in
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  this day and time.
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  >> Not literally, but figuratively
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  speaking. But I note in this story, this
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  woman here in the text, I notice first
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  of all, you think about this. One of
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  them had to make the choice to come to
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  the king. Solomon has been dooed with
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  wisdom. God has anointed him. He has
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  answered his prayer. He has blessed him
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  with wisdom, riches, and honor. And just
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  immediately after Solomon comes out of
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  this dream, just shortly after, these
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  two ladies come in this text and Solomon
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  is the king. And when I think about
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  first of all I think let me just say
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  this. I'll give you four things not
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  three. Number one let's say number one
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  what makes a real mother? He knew she
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  was the mother because number one she
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  came to him
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  >> right?
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  >> Who'd she go to? She went to the king.
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  >> Right.
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  >> You know how you know who a real mother
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  is
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  >> not by her children.
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  >> Not by her husband.
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  >> But her relationship to the king.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. She comes to the king. Why?
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  Because she's got a problem that's
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  bigger than she is. You're right.
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  >> And you know what? She doesn't only come
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  to the king, but you know what? Second
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  of all, I notice not only her coming,
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  but I notice her conversation.
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  You see, the one doing the most talking
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  to the king in this text is the one
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  who's the living child is. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> She's talking to the king. She's telling
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  the story. She is making her request
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  known. I NEED HELP IN THIS SITUATION
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  BECAUSE I CANNOT FIX IT MYSELF. YOU SAY,
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  "PREACHER, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME?"
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  WELL, as a mother this morning, the m
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  level of mother that you are is not
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  described BY HOW MANY CHILDREN that you
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  have or how much love that you show to
• 16:53
  them. BUT LET ME SAY THIS, THE LEVEL OF
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  MOTHER THAT YOU are is decided ABOUT HOW
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  MUCH YOU TALK TO THE king about your
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  children.
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  >> It's decided by how much time in prayer
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  you spend for them. I can tell you how
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  much you love your children by how many
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  times a day you pray for them because
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  you understand your love is not
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  stringing upon your affection for them.
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  But your love is stringent upon first of
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  all your relationship with God. You can
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  give them everything. Look, I know you
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  don't like it, but I'm going TO PREACH
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  IT ANYWAY. YOUR LOVE is not STRINGING
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  UPON YOUR EXPRESSION TO THEM. You can
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  tell them you love them from now until
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  your dying breath. BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER
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  TALKED TO GOD ON THEIR BEHALF, I submit
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  to you, you don't know what real love
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  is. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Their conversation with the king, SHE
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  HAD A PROBLEM THAT SHE COULD NOT FIX.
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  AND LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU, MAMA. YOUR
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  CHILDREN HAVE A PROBLEM THAT YOU CANNOT
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  FIX. OH FRIEND, BOY, I FELT A BREEZE
• 17:52
  FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY ON THAT. HEY
• 17:54
  FRIEND, EVERY CHILD BORN INTO THIS
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  WORLD, DAVID SAID, "BEHOLD, I WAS SHAPEN
• 17:58
  IN INIQUITY, AND IN SIN DID MY MOTHER
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  CONCEIVE ME. EVERY CHILD THAT'S BORN OF
• 18:03
  WOMAN HAS A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE
• 18:05
  FIXED. AND IT'S THE SIN PROBLEM. IT IS
• 18:08
  THE CORRUPTION PROBLEM. AND UNLESS YOU
• 18:10
  GO TO THE KING, UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO
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  MAKE YOUR CONVERSATION BEFORE HIS THRONE
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  AND BEFORE HIS GLORY, YOU DON'T REALLY
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  KNOW WHAT LOVING YOUR CHILDREN IS THIS
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  MORNING. PREACHER,
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  >> those that love their children. You say,
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  "Preacher, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? MY
• 18:25
  children are mine." But you understand
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  there's ladies in this church and are
• 18:29
  praying FOR YOUR CHILDREN. YOU MAY HAVE
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  NEVER PRAYED A PRAYER FOR YOUR CHILDREN,
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  but there's LADIES THAT'S BEEN MORE
• 18:34
  MOTHER TO YOUR CHILDREN IN THIS CHURCH
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  THAN YOU have been.
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  >> Come on.
• 18:38
  >> Because they're praying for your
• 18:39
  children. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Your motherhood is not stringing just
• 18:43
  upon your affection.
• 18:44
  >> You're right.
• 18:44
  >> It's stringent upon your
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  >> prayer.
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  >> Your supplication
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  before the king. What does she do? She
• 18:54
  tells her complaint.
• 18:56
  She tells the story. says, "Lord, this
• 18:59
  woman has taken my child." You know what
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  the truth is? Sin will take your
• 19:04
  children.
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  >> This woman's a type of the enemy. You're
• 19:09
  >> right.
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  >> She's a type of sin. She takes her
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  children. You know what she did? She
• 19:12
  killed her own child.
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  >> And so, you know what she had to go get
• 19:16
  somebody else's,
• 19:17
  >> right?
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  >> Because you know what she won't do? She
• 19:19
  want to kill it, too.
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  >> You know what sin has done? It's plunged
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  the entire human race into death. Yeah.
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  The
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  >> Bible says, "For by one man sin entered
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  the world, and death by sin, and death
• 19:29
  passed upon all men in that all have
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  sinned." And this woman was trying to
• 19:34
  take her baby. And you know what? The
• 19:36
  only hope she had was to get to the
• 19:38
  king. You're
• 19:38
  >> right.
• 19:39
  >> I don't know what else to say other than
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  that. I'm just going to get hung up on
• 19:42
  that for a minute. But some of y'all
• 19:43
  need to get to the king,
• 19:45
  >> right?
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  >> Amen. Hey, some of y'all need to go and
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  have a conversation with a king, with a
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  sovereign. She had A CONVERSATION WITH
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  ONE who had more power than she did.
• 19:56
  This woman, she is the mother. Solomon
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  decided because she came to him, but
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  because she conversed with him. Notice
• 20:04
  this, not only her coming and her
• 20:06
  conversation, but notice her compassion.
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  The Bible says in the text in verse 26,
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  that then spake the woman whose living
• 20:14
  child was unto the king. Notice this.
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  For her boughs yearned upon her son, and
• 20:19
  she said, "Oh my Lord, give her the
• 20:21
  living child, and in no wise slay it,
• 20:23
  but the other said, let it be neither
• 20:25
  mine nor thine, but divided." You see,
• 20:27
  the great imagery in this text is is
• 20:29
  that sin has come and taken this woman's
• 20:33
  child. And what has happened because sin
• 20:35
  has come and taken this woman's child.
• 20:37
  You know what's about to happen?
• 20:39
  Judgment's going to fall. You say, "What
• 20:41
  is that, preacher?" Well, Solomon told
• 20:43
  his men, he said, "Go get the sword."
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  What is that an emblem of? It's an
• 20:46
  emblem of judgment. And this baby has
• 20:49
  come here in the text because of this
• 20:51
  woman's sin, because of what she has
• 20:53
  done. And his life is fixing to be taken
• 20:56
  because of his sin. And what happens is
• 20:58
  when Solomon says, "BRING THE SWORD,"
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  THAT WOMAN in her heart BEGINS TO FEAR.
• 21:03
  THAT WOMAN IN HER HEART BEGINS TO
• 21:04
  TREMBLE. SHE BEGINS TO BE BURDENED. SHE
• 21:07
  BEGINS TO BE BROKEN. SHE BEGINS TO BE
• 21:09
  BEING ON THE INSIDE. WHY IS THAT?
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  BECAUSE SHE REALIZED THAT HER CHILD WAS
• 21:14
  GOING TO DIE.
• 21:15
  >> That's right.
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  >> Notice the text. And the king said IN
• 21:19
  VERSE 24, "BRING ME A SWORD." And they
• 21:22
  brought a sword before the king. And the
• 21:24
  king said, "Divide the living child in
• 21:26
  two and give half to the one and half to
• 21:29
  the other." You know what that displays?
• 21:31
  That displays that this child was going
• 21:33
  to have to die.
• 21:34
  >> You're right.
• 21:35
  >> And the judgment was coming upon it
• 21:37
  because of sin. But aren't you thankful?
• 21:39
  This mother in the text, the Bible says
• 21:41
  she spoke up.
• 21:43
  >> Yeah. Come on.
• 21:44
  >> You know what I'm not hearing? I'm
• 21:45
  hearing a whole lot of women speak up in
• 21:47
  this day and time, but they're not
• 21:48
  speaking up for their children who are
• 21:49
  dying.
• 21:50
  >> You're right.
• 21:50
  >> They're not speaking up for their
• 21:52
  children who they've lost to sin and
• 21:54
  lost to the world, and the judgment of
• 21:56
  God is on them. I'M SAYING, FRIEND, THE
• 21:58
  BIBLE SAYS SHE WENT AND HAD A
• 22:00
  CONVERSATION WITH THE KING. WHEN SHE
• 22:02
  REALIZED JUDGMENT was coming, THE LOVE
• 22:04
  OF GOD IN HER HEART, SHE SAID, "YOU
• 22:06
  DON'T TAKE MY BABY'S LIFE."
• 22:08
  >> YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH.
• 22:11
  >> Notice the text. She spake. Then spake
• 22:14
  the woman who's the living child was
• 22:16
  under the king. Notice this. For her
• 22:18
  bowels yearned upon her son. You know
• 22:21
  what that means? She was moved inside.
• 22:24
  She was broken. She was burdened. And
• 22:27
  out of that broken burden that she
• 22:29
  possessed, she began to beg for the life
• 22:31
  of her children. I tell you this, ask
• 22:34
  you. LET ME ASK YOU THIS, MAMA. WHEN'S
• 22:35
  THE LAST TIME you beg the soul of your
• 22:38
  children that's lost AND UNDONE WITHOUT
• 22:40
  GOD? WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THE COMPASSION
• 22:43
  IN YOUR HEART, SHE DIDN'T PLEAD WITH
• 22:45
  THAT OTHER MOTHER. SHE DIDN'T EVEN PLEAD
• 22:47
  WITH A BABY. BUT THE COMPASSION IN HER
• 22:49
  HEART WENT AND PLED WITH A KING. KING,
• 22:52
  GIVE HER TO THE OTHER WOMAN. SAVE HER
• 22:54
  LIFE. SAVE HIS LIFE. BECAUSE HER
• 22:57
  COMPASSION, SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM TO DIE.
• 22:59
  AMEN. RIGHT.
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  >> More important than physical life. Yeah.
• 23:06
  spiritual life.
• 23:07
  >> Amen. Right.
• 23:09
  >> She was burdened. She was broken. Mom,
• 23:12
  are you broken
• 23:14
  by the state of your children?
• 23:16
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 23:17
  >> When they live in sin, they walk in sin.
• 23:21
  You say, "Preacher, you know I'm
• 23:22
  broken."
• 23:24
  Well, it comes back to this question.
• 23:27
  Your brokenness will be showed by how
• 23:28
  much you pray for them.
• 23:30
  >> You're right.
• 23:32
  How many times have you went to God on
• 23:34
  their behalf and your love for them and
• 23:36
  your in your in your heart has expressed
• 23:38
  to God, Lord, please have mercy.
• 23:42
  You can kiss your children. You can hug
• 23:45
  your children and you ought to. You can
• 23:47
  kiss your children and you ought to. But
• 23:49
  you know what? More than any of that,
• 23:52
  you ought to go to God.
• 23:53
  >> Amen.
• 23:54
  >> You ought to go to God.
• 23:58
  I noticed this and I tell you this
• 24:00
  morning, you say, "Preacher, this is an
• 24:03
  awful hard message for Mother's Day."
• 24:05
  Well, WHAT I'M SEEING IN OUR COUNTRY IS
• 24:07
  I'M SEEING CHILDREN SLIP THROUGH THE
• 24:08
  CRACKS OF OUR FINGERS BY THE THOUSANDS
• 24:11
  IN OUR CHURCHES. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE
• 24:13
  MOTHERS HAVE NOT KISSED THEIR CHILDREN
• 24:15
  AND HUGGED THEIR CHILDREN, BUT IT'S
• 24:17
  BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT INTERCEDED FOR THEIR
• 24:19
  CHILDREN. RIGHT?
• 24:21
  >> Your love is not judged by your
• 24:23
  affection, BUT IT IS JUDGED BY YOUR
• 24:26
  PRAYER FOR THEM,
• 24:28
  the conversation, the compassion. But
• 24:31
  notice this.
• 24:32
  There's not only her coming, her
• 24:35
  conversation, her compassion, but notice
• 24:36
  her concession.
• 24:39
  Verse 26, her bows yearned upon her son,
• 24:42
  and she said, "Oh my Lord, give her the
• 24:44
  living child and in no wise slay it."
• 24:48
  But the other said, "Let it be neither
• 24:50
  mine nor thine, but divided." You see,
• 24:56
  the a real mother's number one greatest
• 24:58
  action is prayer. But a real mother's
• 25:01
  number one greatest affection
• 25:04
  is for that child to live no matter what
• 25:07
  it cost her.
• 25:08
  >> You're right.
• 25:10
  >> Notice the text again. Look what the
• 25:12
  Bible says. Oh my Lord, give her the
• 25:14
  living child. You know what this mother
• 25:16
  was willing to do? so her baby could
• 25:19
  live.
• 25:19
  >> Come on.
• 25:20
  >> She was willing to turn her over. You
• 25:22
  say, "Preacher, she was turning her over
• 25:24
  into the hands of this other person."
• 25:25
  No, she was putting him in the hands of
• 25:27
  the king.
• 25:28
  >> You're right.
• 25:29
  >> You see what she was conceding here in
• 25:31
  this text? She was acting upon the
• 25:33
  mercies of the king.
• 25:34
  >> You're right.
• 25:34
  >> Because the king was the one who was in
• 25:37
  control of this matter.
• 25:38
  >> Is anybody in the building?
• 25:40
  >> Come on.
• 25:40
  >> She's not concerned about this other
• 25:42
  mother, but she's talking to the king
• 25:44
  cuz she's concerned about the life of
• 25:46
  that baby. And when she conceives the
• 25:48
  life of that baby over into THE HAND OF
• 25:51
  THE KING, SHE KNOWS THAT REGARDLESS OF
• 25:53
  WHAT HAPPENS, the king's got it under
• 25:55
  control.
• 25:56
  >> The king's going to take CARE OF THE
• 25:58
  PROBLEM. THE KING'S GOING TO MAKE SURE
• 26:00
  THIS BABY'S ALL RIGHT. I'M SAYING,
• 26:02
  FRIEND, SHE TALKED TO THE LORD. SHE HAD
• 26:04
  A TENDER LOVE FOR THIS BABY THAT WAS
• 26:06
  EXPRESSED IN HER PRAYER UNTO the Lord.
• 26:09
  BUT LET ME SAY THIS, WHEN SHE COULDN'T
• 26:10
  DO NOTHING ELSE, OH FRIEND, WOULD
• 26:12
  SOMEBODY HEAR ME PREACH? WHEN THERE WAS
• 26:14
  NO OTHER STEP SHE COULD TAKE, WHEN THERE
• 26:16
  WAS NO OTHER MOVE LEFT TO MAKE IN HER
• 26:18
  LIFE, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE HAD TO DO? SHE
• 26:20
  JUST HAD TO turn him over.
• 26:22
  >> Amen.
• 26:24
  >> She just turned him over to the Lord.
• 26:25
  >> Amen.
• 26:27
  >> Just put him in God's hands.
• 26:29
  >> That's right.
• 26:30
  >> You say, "Preacher, how is it that she
• 26:32
  could do that?" She could do that
• 26:34
  because she was more concerned about the
• 26:36
  life of the baby.
• 26:37
  >> You're right.
• 26:38
  >> Than she was about her own personal
• 26:39
  satisfaction. Yeah.
• 26:41
  >> She was more concerned about the life of
• 26:43
  the baby than she was about being right.
• 26:46
  >> That's right.
• 26:47
  >> Right.
• 26:47
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 26:48
  >> She was more concerned about the life of
• 26:50
  the baby than when she was concerned
• 26:52
  about anything else that had to do with
• 26:54
  herself.
• 26:54
  >> You're right.
• 26:55
  >> A real mother this morning is more
• 26:58
  concerned about the life of her
• 26:59
  children. When I say life, I mean
• 27:01
  salvation.
• 27:02
  >> You're right.
• 27:03
  >> Than she is anything else in her own
• 27:04
  life.
• 27:05
  >> She'll give her last dime. She'll do
• 27:07
  everything she possibly can. She'll run
• 27:09
  herself racket and do everything in the
• 27:12
  wee hours of the night in prayer and
• 27:14
  reading the Bible and giving them the
• 27:15
  WORD OF GOD TO TRY TO WIN THEIR HEART TO
• 27:18
  GOD AND GIVE THEM LIFE BECAUSE NOTHING
• 27:20
  ELSE MATTERS TO HER BUT HER CHILDREN
• 27:22
  KNOWING AND LOVING THE KING. AMEN.
• 27:24
  >> RIGHT.
• 27:25
  >> AMEN.
• 27:27
  >> The concession. What did she conceive
• 27:30
  this son for? Because it was the only
• 27:31
  way for him to live.
• 27:33
  >> You're right.
• 27:34
  >> Let me say this to you, mother. The only
• 27:36
  way your children will live is if you
• 27:38
  give them to God. That's
• 27:40
  >> right.
• 27:41
  >> I'm reminded of a little woman by the
• 27:43
  name of Hannah
• 27:44
  >> in 1st Samuel chapter number one verse
• 27:46
  number 28. The Bible says that she came
• 27:48
  and she was barren and she prayed for
• 27:52
  this child. I prayed and there in that
• 27:54
  chapter the Bible says that she lent him
• 27:57
  to the Lord.
• 27:58
  >> And the Bible says that she blessed and
• 28:00
  magnified the name of the Lord. And you
• 28:02
  know what that little baby that God gave
• 28:04
  to her? You know what she did? She left
• 28:05
  it at the house of God,
• 28:07
  >> right?
• 28:08
  >> She left it with a man of God, Eli, to
• 28:10
  be raised to serve God and to live for
• 28:12
  God. You know what she did? She turned
• 28:14
  him over to the Lord,
• 28:15
  >> right?
• 28:16
  >> And you know what God did for Hannah? He
• 28:18
  blessed her with many more children and
• 28:20
  a son who would be there would be none
• 28:22
  like him
• 28:23
  >> as the judges of Israel in the days to
• 28:25
  come.
• 28:27
  Sa Hannah was blessed because of Samuel.
• 28:29
  I'm reminded of another woman in the
• 28:31
  book of 2 Kings chapter number four, the
• 28:33
  little Shinomite woman. And the Bible
• 28:36
  says that she'd prayed for a son and God
• 28:38
  gave her a son. But there come a day
• 28:40
  when he was in the field and they were
• 28:41
  together and she went, he went and laid
• 28:43
  in her lap and said, "I feel sick." And
• 28:45
  the Bible says that he died in that
• 28:47
  field. And the Bible says that she went
• 28:49
  and ran. She ran to the man of God.
• 28:52
  >> Amen.
• 28:53
  >> And the Bible says when Gahhesi, the
• 28:55
  servant of the man of God, met her, you
• 28:57
  know what she said to him? Her son's
• 28:59
  dead. The one she'd prayed for, the one
• 29:02
  that God had given her, her son's dead.
• 29:04
  And the man of God told Gahesi, ASKED
• 29:06
  HER, "IS IT WELL? IS IT WELL WITH OUR
• 29:08
  HUSBAND? IS IT WELL WITH OUR CHILDREN?"
• 29:10
  AND THAT SHOUNOMITE WOMAN LOOKED AT HIM
• 29:12
  AND SAID, "IT is well." WHEN ALL
• 29:14
  REALITY, NOTHING WAS WELL. SHE HAD LOST
• 29:17
  HER SON. HE WAS DEAD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
• 29:19
  SHE HAD DONE? SHE HAD TURNED HIM OVER TO
• 29:21
  THE LORD. SHE KNEW IF HE WAS EVER GOING
• 29:23
  TO LIVE AGAIN, IT WAS GOING TO TAKE
• 29:25
  GOD'S WORD. IT WAS GOING TO TAKE GOD'S
• 29:27
  BLESSING FOR THAT LITTLE BOY TO COME
• 29:29
  BACK TO LIFE. AND MAMA, YOU BETTER HEAR
• 29:31
  THIS PREACHER THIS MORNING. IF YOU EVER
• 29:33
  WANT TO SEE LIFE IN YOUR CHILDREN'S
• 29:36
  LIFE, IF YOU WANT TO EVER SEE SALVATION
• 29:38
  REACH YOUR HOUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
• 29:40
  TO TURN THEM OVER
• 29:42
  >> TO THE LORD.
• 29:45
  >> You're going to have to turn them over
• 29:46
  to the Lord.
• 29:48
  You say, "Preacher, but
• 29:51
  I'm their mother."
• 29:55
  Let me ask you something.
• 29:58
  Does it matter more to you to be
• 29:59
  recognized in this life as a mother or
• 30:02
  does it matter more to you to be
• 30:04
  recognized by God as a mother?
• 30:07
  >> Good preach.
• 30:08
  >> Notice the text. The Bible says, "Then
• 30:11
  the king answered
• 30:13
  after this woman and said after her
• 30:15
  heart yearned and said, give the living
• 30:17
  child to this other lady. Don't take his
• 30:19
  life." Solomon the Bible said the king
• 30:22
  answered and said give her the living
• 30:24
  child and in no wise sled. What's your
• 30:28
  Bible say? She is the mother.
• 30:33
  You know how Solomon knew she was the
• 30:34
  mother? Because of a conversation.
• 30:38
  >> You know what she did? She talked to the
• 30:40
  king,
• 30:40
  >> right?
• 30:42
  >> She knew he knew that she was the mother
• 30:43
  because of her compassion.
• 30:46
  Because when death had come, when it was
• 30:49
  he was surely going to die, you know
• 30:51
  what she did? She didn't stay silent.
• 30:53
  She said, "Don't take his life." She
• 30:56
  interceded on his behalf. But I'll tell
• 30:57
  you this, you know what sealed the deal?
• 31:00
  >> Solomon knew that this lady was the
• 31:02
  mother of this boy when she gave his
• 31:05
  life into the king's hands.
• 31:08
  >> Right?
• 31:10
  Everybody in this room may look at you
• 31:13
  as a mother today,
• 31:15
  but if God was to look at you, come on.
• 31:18
  >> And God is looking, if we could hear
• 31:20
  what God said about your life, are you a
• 31:22
  mother?
• 31:28
  If God
• 31:30
  was to look at my life and yours, you
• 31:32
  say, "Preacher, is that just for the
• 31:34
  mothers?" No, it's just as much for the
• 31:35
  daddies.
• 31:36
  >> Right. Right.
• 31:38
  If God looked at your life and mine,
• 31:41
  yes, we've got children.
• 31:44
  Yes, we try to raise them in the nurture
• 31:45
  and they have an issue of the Lord. But
• 31:47
  I wonder if God could say, "She's a
• 31:50
  mother."
• 31:51
  >> Amen.
• 31:52
  >> He's a daddy.
• 31:54
  Paul said this to the Corinthian church.
• 32:01
  He was telling the church at Corenth,
• 32:04
  they had many teachers.
• 32:08
  Corinth was
• 32:12
  ridden with wise counsel. And he
• 32:15
  literally says it this way in 1
• 32:16
  Corinthians 4.
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  He said in verse 1 Corinthians 4 and
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  verse number 15,
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  he said, "For though you have 10,000
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  instructors in Christ, yet have you not
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  many fathers, for in Christ Jesus, I
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  have begotten you through the gospel."
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  You know what Paul was saying?
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  He was saying that none of those
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  children were his biologically. We don't
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  even know if Paul was married. I
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  personally believe he was. We don't know
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  if he was. But you know what he was
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  talking about? He said, "Church, you've
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  got all kinds of teachers. You've got
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  all kinds of advice. You've got all
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  kinds of illustrations. You've got all
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  kinds of help." He said, "But you know
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  what you're lacking? You're lacking a
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  father."
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  >> Yes.
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  >> And you know what he was talking about?
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  He said, "You've only got one father."
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  And he said, "That's me." He said, "I've
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  begotten you." Paul looked at the church
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  and said, "I've begotten you into the
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  gospel." You say, "Preacher, how does
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  that apply to the mother?"
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  It's not so much about you bringing
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  physical life into this world, mama, as
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  it is about you bringing spiritual life,
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  >> right?
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  >> To those of whom you've g physical life
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  to.
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  >> You'll not be judged by how good of a
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  mother you was in the physical side of
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  things.
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  >> Right? But you'll be judged by how good
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  of a mother you was in the spiritual
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  side of things. You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Let me ask you, are your children going
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  to heaven because of you? You say,
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  "Preacher, well, they're not saved."
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  Well, you know what you need to be
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  doing?
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  >> Come on.
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  >> And you'll be talking to the king,
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  >> right?
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  >> You say, "Preacher, but I love my
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  children." How much are you talking to
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  the king? That's
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  >> right. He's the only one that can change
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  the course of your children's life.
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  That's
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  >> right.
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  >> And here's where you're going to have to
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  come to where every mother in this room
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  has had to come to at some point in
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  their life. They've had to concede.
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  Lord, here's my children. Because you
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  know what? They're borrowed.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Your children's not yours.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> They're God's.
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  >> He's given them to you to raise and you
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  are responsible for them. And it really
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  does not matter how many people call you
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  mother on this side if God cannot say
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  you're a mother. But I'll tell you this.
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  You say, "Preacher, that's awful
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  gloomy."
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  It's not gloomy for me.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You know why? Cuz I'm saved today.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Because of a great granny and a grandma
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  that prayed for my mom and daddy.
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  >> Amen. years and years and years and
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  years and they got saved. And you know
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  what? Out of that, when mom and daddy
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  got saved, they prayed for my my mom and
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  daddy's family. And one by one, each boy
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  got saved. I got saved at seven. My
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  brother got saved a little later. My
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  little brother, he got saved just just a
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  few years ago.
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  Me and my brother's both preaching now.
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  And I really believe that we're saved in
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  the ministry today because of the
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  prayers of those little ladies.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Here's what I'll say about that. You
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  know what? I know there was other
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  ladies, too.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> That Greater Vision Baptist Church I
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  come up come up in, it was a Southern
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  Baptist church, but there was some
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  oldtime shouting, Holy Ghost filled
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  ladies in that church. I'm talking about
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  would scare you to death, run the
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  aisles, wave hankies. Amen. And you know
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  what I know about them ladies? They were
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  just as much a mother to me. That's
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  right.
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  >> As my mama because they prayed for me.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> There's ladies in this room right now
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  that have prayed prayers for each of
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  your children sitting in here this
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  morning.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> There's ladies that today have prayed
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  for you.
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  >> They've prayed for you in this very
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  service that you could be saved.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You know what God says?
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  She's the mother.
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  She's the mother. Every head bowed and
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  every eye closed.
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  Father, thank you.
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  Thank you for this precious truth today.
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  Lord, I I pray nobody misses the point
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  of the message this morning.
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  Lord, we celebrate our mothers. We
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  celebrate
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  the life, the burden that they carry.
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  Lord, how they keep keep our homes
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  together.
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  How they raise the children
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  and love their husband and how they do
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  such a wonderful job of serving at the
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  house of God and faithful and silent
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  Lord and obedient.
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  And God, they've been blessed.
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  So many mothers I see here today,
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  Father, not just birth mothers, but God,
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  they're mothers for this church
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  that love each individual in this place.
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  And God, this is my prayer today. I pray
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  that each mother today,
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  Lord, would desire to be what you call a
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  mother.
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  Lord, known by
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  their conversation with you, known by
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  their compassion for their children, and
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  known by their concession,
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  Lord, that they have given their
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  children into your hands.
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  And God, I pray that you would help us.
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  Please help us,
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  God, to realize, Lord, that sin is after
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  our children.
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  And Lord, if we're not careful,
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  Lord, judgment will fall.
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  Lord, if this mother hadn't went to the
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  king, Lord, there's no doubt in my mind,
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  judgment would have fell,
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  Lord. No telling what would have
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  happened, but she went to the king
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  and got help, Lord, from the only one
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  that could give help.
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  And Lord, I pray for that mother here
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  today that's brokenhearted.
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  Lord, her children are wavered.
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  They're not living like they should. But
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  Lord, she's praying.
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  God, she's a praying every day that
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  they'll get saved or they'll get right
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  with God and PRAYING THAT THEY'LL COME
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  HOME. And Lord, I pray that you just
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  reach down and wrap your loving arms
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  around her and remind her today, it
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  ain't about what her children do, but
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  it's just about the fact that she loves
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  them enough to come to you and pray for
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  them. And God, I pray you would wrap
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  your loving arms around her today.
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  And God, if there's somebody here today
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  that maybe they don't love their
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  children,
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  God, I pray you get a hold of their
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  heart.
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  Lord, this is a wicked world we live in.
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  And God, I pray, Father, today,
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  Lord, that you'd save that soul, Father,
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  this morning. Maybe got bitterness
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  towards their children.
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  Lord, I'm thinking about a woman right
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  now, you know, Lord, who's on my heart.
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  Father, her life, Lord, her her birth
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  mother didn't didn't care about her,
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  didn't love her.
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  Her husband didn't care about her and
• 39:32
  didn't love her. But God, she has a
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  smile on her face this morning. And she
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  loves you today in spite of the fact
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  that her birthother didn't care and
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  didn't love her.
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  Because God, you gave her mothers around
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  her that prayed for her and she got
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  saved
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  because when the physical mother wasn't
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  there, Lord, I'm thankful there were
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  spiritual mothers around. And God, would
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  you help us, Lord, as the men, God, to
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  be those spiritual fathers,
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  Lord, to give the truth,
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  Lord, to love each soul
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  because Lord, each soul, Father, belongs
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  to you. And Lord, I pray for that weward
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  child today. Sin's about to take them
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  away. God, I pray you'd deal with their
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  heart.
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  I pray you'd help them this morning.
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  As every head's bowed and every eyes
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  closed, some are still praying. I want
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  to ask you this morning, you say,
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  "Preacher,
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  preacher, I've not always prayed for my
• 40:32
  children, but by the grace of God, I
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  want to start praying today like I've
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  never prayed before.
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  Preacher, I want to be the mother that
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  I'm supposed to be. Anybody
• 40:43
  be honest and attest to that today? This
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  preacher want wants to pray for you. God
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  sees those hands. God sees those hands.
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  Bless his name. Bless his name. I'll
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  tell you this this morning. It's the
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  greatest encouragement to know.
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  The Bible says Jeremiah said it this
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  way. He said his mercies are new every
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  morning because his compassions fail
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  not. And the reason why you can be
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  compassionate on that wavered son, the
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  reason why after they've hurt you and
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  hurt you and hurt you again and again
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  and again, the reason why you still love
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  THEM IS BECAUSE GOD'S LOVE IN YOUR HEART
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  WILL NOT LET YOU TURN LOOSE TO THEM. AND
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  YOU CAN GO TO GOD ON THEIR BEHALF
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  BECAUSE HE loves them more than you do.
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  >> And he wants to see them right with you
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  and right with him more than even you
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  do.
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  God bless each of your hearts today.
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  Let me say this. They may be a wavered
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  child here today.
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  Hey, you can get right today.
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  You don't have to allow judgment to take
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  you away. There's men and women in here
• 41:53
  that could testify of the years of their
• 41:55
  life that they spent away from God and
• 41:58
  they would tell you it's not worth it.
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  It's not worth it. There's people here
• 42:03
  that's prayed for you today that you'd
• 42:05
  get right with God. These altars are
• 42:06
  open. She's going to play one more
• 42:08
  verse.
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  Let me ask you this today, Sinner.
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  You've got a good mama.
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  And I'm thankful for all the good ladies
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  in this church. So many great mothers in
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  here this morning. And I love each and
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  every one of you. But you know what? I
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  know some of these mothers got children
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  that's lost.
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  They've been praying for you. Been
• 42:32
  praying for you for some time.
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  It would be the greatest thing in the
• 42:38
  world for you to get saved on Mother's
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  Day.
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  They've spent their life praying for
• 42:46
  you. And you know what would thrill
• 42:48
  their soul
• 42:51
  is for you to come and trust the Lord.
• 42:53
  You say, "Preacher, I I'm not saved."
• 42:55
  Preacher, I don't know I'm saved. Would
• 42:57
  you pray for me? Would you be honest
• 43:00
  this morning? Just slip your hand up.
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  I'll pray for you. You say, "Preacher,
• 43:03
  I'm not saved.
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  Would you pray for me?"
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  God knows your heart this morning.
• 43:16
  Let me say this. None of the rest of us
• 43:18
  have to know, but he does. And he will
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  help you today.
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  Father, thank you. Thank you for these
• 43:27
  mamas today. And God, I pray, Lord, that
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  you would help us to take to heart.
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  Lord, it doesn't matter what people say
• 43:36
  about us, Lord. It doesn't matter how
• 43:38
  good we are in the eyes of men and
• 43:40
  women, but Lord, all that matters is if
• 43:43
  you're satisfied with us. And God, would
• 43:46
  you help us to embrace that today? Lord,
• 43:48
  I thank you for these great mothers here
• 43:50
  today. And I pray that you would bless
• 43:51
  them. And Lord, I pray it was a
• 43:53
  challenge to their heart, but I pray
• 43:54
  it's an encouragement, Lord, because I
• 43:56
  know the prayer life of many of these
• 43:57
  ladies. And I pray it's an encouragement
• 43:59
  to them, God, that no matter what those
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  around them do, Lord, that they're a
• 44:04
  mother in your sight. And I thank you
• 44:06
  for that, Lord. I love you. Thank you
• 44:09
  for loving us. And God, I bless your
• 44:11
  name. You are so good to us. We ask all
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  this in Jesus name for his sake. Amen.
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988
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  Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 7:00 p.m. For
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  more information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.