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Understanding the Purpose of Covenants Part 4 | Unaware Of The Covenant | Pastor Amy Barnwell · Koinonia Christian Center

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  father God in the name of Jesus we thank
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  you Lord for this time in your presence
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  God we thank you for this worship
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  encounter god father we thank you for
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  your presence in this place God we pray
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  God that your will will be done God that
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  you will speak to your people God I
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  decrease as you increase God God we pray
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  God that what is spoken on today God
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  would lift the hearts of your people
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  draw them closer to you in the name of
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  Jesus we pray amen amen amen amen how
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  many people are still defrosting from
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  the snow the snow that we didn't think
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  we were going to have amen amen so
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  whenever we have inclement weather one
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  of the things that I like to do I don't
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  like to go out so I'll stay inside more
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  and sometimes I just read and browse
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  different things and as I was browsing
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  this week I came across this story about
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  two
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  brothers named Sal and Giza now they
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  were homeless this is around the time of
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  2009 and the two men were living in a
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  cave outside of Budapest they were
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  hungry Scavenging for food they would go
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  through uh the trash and take out the
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  cans and sell just to try to meet their
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  basic needs and one day they learned
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  that they had inherited a large sum of
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  money from their maternal grandmother in
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  Germany come to find out there was some
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  charity workers that sought them out
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  came to find them and put them in touch
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  with the attorneys that were handling
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  their grandmother's estate now we're not
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  talking about chump change sweet granny
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  left them four billion pounds yeah so
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  the equivalent of five
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  billion
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  US Z and Giza were once penniless
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  living on the street begging for scraps
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  all while being unaware that they were
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  billionaires before being made aware of
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  what belonged to them they scrimped they
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  scraped and they
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  struggled our theme this year is
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  Covenant conscious and our pastor has
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  been teaching us about the importance
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  the purpose and the power of Covenant
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  and how to be mindful of what Covenant
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  means means in our day-to-day lives but
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  how can you be mindful of a covenant
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  that you don't even know
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  exist how can you govern yourselves
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  accordingly I would think that if Z and
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  Giza knew that they had access to
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  housing outside of a cave or food
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  outside of scraps you know that they
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  would have tapped into those things so
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  clearly there are some consequences and
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  some things that happen when we're in
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  the dark about our covenant
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  so what happens when we're unaware of a
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  covenant a promise an agreement made on
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  our
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  behalf in our main text today 2 Samuel
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  9: 1-6 we meet
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  math M mfib that's a hard name to say
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  y'all so y'all pray with me mfib is the
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  son of Jonathan and the grandson of
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  Saul Now Jonathan and David are friends
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  but King Saul and David are
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  enemies Saul views David as a threat to
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  himself and to Jonathan becoming
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  King and when Jonathan becomes aware of
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  his father's plan to kill David they
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  make a
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  covenant
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  amen they swear they make a promise to
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  be Covenant brothers and you'll see this
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  in 1st Samuel 18 you know when I was
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  reading about this and studying I
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  thought about um back in the day you
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  know maybe some of you did this maybe
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  some of you didn't you know the the idea
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  has anyone ever heard of blood brothers
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  and sisters mhm yeah mm yeah don't try
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  that these days but that's where people
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  would cut their finger and the other
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  person would cut their finger and they
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  press them together like oh we're going
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  to be friends for life yeah don't do
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  that um do not
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  recommend but anyway Jonathan and David
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  were super close and they cut Covenant
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  they they were friends and and so and
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  then in 1 Samuel 20 they Covenant to
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  support and honor their Covenant
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  friendship not just in their lives but
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  in future
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  generations and so with King Saul and
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  David though there's some back and forth
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  some battles um you know at one point
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  David is fleeing from King Saul and he
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  goes and hides and then you know they're
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  going they're literally going back and
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  forth because again King Saul views
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  David as a threat to Jonathan becoming
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  King
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  um and then in 1 Samuel chapter 30
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  unfortunately Jonathan and Saul are
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  killed by the
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  Philistines now during the attack one of
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  the nurses fleeing with mabeth
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  Jonathan's 5-year-old son she falls and
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  she drops the young boy and he's a he's
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  injured and he's crippled and becomes
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  lame in his feet so let's pick up the
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  story in our text today if you will
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  begin um at verse 1 and read 1-4 2
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  Samuel 9 and David said is there yet any
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  that is left of the House of Saul that I
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  may show him kindness for Jonathan's
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  sake and there was of the House of Saul
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  a servant whose name was Zeba and when
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  they called him unto David the king said
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  unto him art thou Zeba and he said thy
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  servant is he and the King said is there
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  not yet any of the House of Saul that I
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  may show kindness of God unto him him
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  and Zeus said unto the king Jonathan
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  hath yet a son which is lame on his
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  feet awesome thank you so we see David
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  searching for descendants of Saul so
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  that he can make good on the Covenant
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  and the promise that he made to Jonathan
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  can we just pause for a moment to thank
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  God for examples of people who will use
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  their power and their influence and
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  their authority to help people not for
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  show right but because of the Integrity
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  that they want to keep to their word
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  amen and that's encouraging because I
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  don't know what you might be going
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  through today but what I do know is that
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  God can raise up somebody to use their
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  power and their influence and their
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  position to help you amen amen
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  amen good
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  stuff mabef is unaware of the Covenant
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  and the promise between his father and
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  David um and so he's been hiding in loab
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  bar in the house of maker but y'all why
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  is mfib hiding in a place like that he
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  couldn't hide at the beach this these
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  are the questions I had you know don't
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  judge me I'm just asking for a friend
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  but he was hiding in loab bar and you
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  might ask what's so bad about
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  loar loar is a town in Gilead it means
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  no pasture no rest it is referred to as
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  a place of Forgotten people a place of
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  hopelessness and it was considered an
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  undesirable place to live it's the kind
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  of City where you can go to sleep and
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  not get any rest amen it's kind of like
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  going to bed at 9: getting up at 7 the
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  next morning and feel like you had five
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  minutes of
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  sleep now we've all had moments in our
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  lives where We've Ended up in the wrong
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  place amen Often by circumstance
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  sometimes by choice so why would mabeth
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  choose to remain in such a place now
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  you'll recall that michef comes from a
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  Royal bloodline his father was a prince
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  it was the custom of that day that when
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  rulers went to battle whoever lost The
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  Winning Side would kill everybody that
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  was left on the losing side particularly
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  the
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  males to prevent the children from
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  growing up and challenging the new
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  King's Authority and his position now
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  loar allowed mabeth to live in obscurity
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  he was out of sight hidden and amongst
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  the
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  Misfits michef did not know that David
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  had made a covenant with his father to
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  watch for him to provide for him so he
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  remained in the wrong state in the wrong
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  location as many of us who have found
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  ourselves in the wrong place place as a
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  result of our interpretation of what has
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  happened it was his lack of
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  awareness of the Covenant that had him
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  hiding in loab bar it was his lack of
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  awareness of the Covenant he had no idea
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  that had him hiding in a low place the
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  life he was living was far from what his
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  Covenant had paid
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  for but there are some other
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  consequences so now only was he in the
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  wrong place but y'all he was surrounded
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  by the wrong people that often coincides
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  with being in the wrong
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  place he's crippled he's lame At His
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  Feet clearly visible to everyone and he
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  doesn't have all of the access to the
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  things that we have today for support
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  and so the people are looking down on
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  him they're thinking he's helpless he's
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  useless you know sometimes people will
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  try to treat you um how they think you
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  are you know or who they think you are
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  probably one of the worst things about
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  being around the wrong people is that
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  they only see your Frailty you know
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  that's different from people who mean
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  good for you it's it's not to say that
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  your friends and families that love and
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  care for you don't see your challenges
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  but that's not the only thing that they
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  see and but when you're surrounded by
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  the wrong people that's it that's all
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  they see what's wrong your frailties and
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  the things that you know you know aren't
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  going so well amen
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  amen but we too we need to be careful
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  not to allow people situations and
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  circumstances to judge us by those
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  snapshots
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  amen because they're only reading a
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  snippet or a portion of our story we are
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  so much more than our last hiccup we are
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  so much more than our last mistakes we
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  are so much more than our last
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  missteps it's like seeing an old friend
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  from back in the day maybe you used to
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  get high with him maybe you didn't I'm
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  just saying you know and when you see
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  them they look at you as if you are
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  still that person as if as if
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  transformation has not taking place in
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  Christ we're new creatures amen as Born
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  Again Blood Washed Believers we are
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  children of the most high King look at
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  your neighbor and say put some respect
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  on it
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  amen now what are we putting respect on
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  I'm glad you
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  asked put some respect on how you speak
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  to me put some respect on how you deal
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  with me put some respect on how you
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  reference me amen why because I'm a
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  child of the king yes sir and he don't
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  play about his children amen now mabeth
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  was in Camp with the wrong people they
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  couldn't see past his frailties and
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  vulnerabilities they did not appreciate
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  who he was who he could be or what he
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  had to offer he was in the wrong place
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  with the wrong people which
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  normalized the wrong perspective he had
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  toward himself michef not being aware of
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  his Covenant influenced his perspective
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  now perspective is the way that we view
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  a person a situation and facts it's how
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  we determine what's
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  important now what I believe about a
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  situation it determines how I approach
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  it what I believe about myself
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  determines my
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  behavior let's say you have a
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  relationship that ends poorly it could
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  be a romantic relationship could be a
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  friend you know or familial relationship
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  um or platonic relationship any type of
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  relationship let's say it just goes bad
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  and from that point you take a snap shot
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  of what happened with that relationship
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  and apply it to every relationship
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  thereafter because you now believe that
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  all relationships are
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  toxic no we can't do
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  that and what that can do is cause us to
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  shy away from and avoid entering
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  relationships with people right so
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  having the correct perspective or the
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  right perspective is so important how I
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  perceive what has happened has the
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  potential to influence my behavior avior
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  more than the actual facts of the
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  situation if I'm not
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  careful in verse 6 in 2 Samuel 9 David
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  has sent someone to fetch
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  michef reader if you can read verses
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  6-8 now when michef the son of Jonathan
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  the son of Saul was coming to David he
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  fell on his face and did reverence and
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  David said michef and he answered Behold
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  thy servant and David said said unto him
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  fear not for I will surely show thee
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  kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake
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  and will restore thee all the land of
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  Saw thy father and thou shalt eat bread
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  at my table continually and he bowed
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  himself and said what is thy servant
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  that thou should us look upon such a
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  dead dog as I am yes y'all hear that
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  poor mou as my mama would say yes so in
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  verse 8 mabeth goes as far as has to
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  refer to
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  himself as a dead dog now I love animals
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  but he's referring to himself as a dead
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  dog this is a snapshot of how he views
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  himself now David fetched
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  mabeth he had him brought to the Palace
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  he sent someone to go down to loab Bar
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  pick him up load him into the Chariot
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  and bring him back to the Palace
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  just as God Drew us out he found us
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  where we were amen he reached way down
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  Hallelujah and rescued us from our dry
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  place our unfruitful places our places
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  of No Rest aren't you glad when we
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  weren't thinking about him he came to
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  see about us and pull us out of those
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  places amen he called us by name
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  Hallelujah
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  the Bible says mfib all but low craws
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  into the presence of King David he has a
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  wrong perspective of himself mabeth saw
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  himself as unworthy and worthless as a
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  dead dog what was feeding this wrong
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  perspective I'll tell you what was
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  feeding the wrong perspective being
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  surrounded by the wrong people being in
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  the wrong
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  environment all of which made him made
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  room for waste Ed
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  provision amen mabeth was unaware of the
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  provision that King David had prepared
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  for him in verse S King David tells him
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  not to be afraid and that the reason
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  that he's brought him to the Palace is
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  to make good on a promise to make good
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  on a covenant that was made before he
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  was even aware mabeth went from being at
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  the mercy of others for provision to
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  eating at the the king's table he went
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  from a place of lack to more than enough
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  because the Covenant cut between
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  Jonathan and David included a list of
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  Provisions it included land it included
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  servants it included Pro protection and
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  there were promises in the Covenant like
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  if I'm blessed then you're blessed if
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  someone's your enemy then they're my
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  enemy if you get in trouble I will come
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  to your rescue these Provisions were all
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  in the Covenant but mabeth was unaware
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  aren't you glad that when we weren't
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  aware of what God had prepared for us
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  that he came to see about us to make
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  sure that we had access and be able to
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  come become aware of what he has in the
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  Covenant amen
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  amen as I get ready to
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  close there's another story I want to
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  share with you all
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  there's a a woman named Kathy Boon she
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  was from Oregon now Kathy had some
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  challenges you know Kathy uh was
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  challenged with mental illness and some
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  substance abuse and in January of 2020
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  um Kathy unfortunately died homeless in
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  a warming shelter in atoria she was
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  unaware that she had an unclaimed
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  884 th000 inheritance
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  yeah her mother had died in
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  2016 but no one was able to locate her
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  she was in the wrong
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  place she couldn't be found with the
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  wrong people she had no Covenant
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  relationships with the wrong perspective
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  I would imagine she probably thought
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  that this is all life has for me and the
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  provision that she needed was wasted she
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  lived on the street
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  when provision was available for
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  permanent
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  housing Kathy much like MTH was not
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  aware of the provision available to her
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  through the Covenant mabeth was born in
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  a palace but because he was unaware of
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  the Covenant he went down and lived in
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  in
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  lobar the promise to be there for one
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  another in the Covenant and for for
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  future Generations He was unaware and so
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  he sat and resided in a dry hidden place
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  of no peace and no rest his being
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  unaware of the Covenant caused him to
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  tolerate maltreatment from the wrong
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  people to perpetuate false
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  perspectives while wasting his
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  inheritance but God is so gracious he
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  used David to fetch him out he sent
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  someone to go physically get him and
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  bring him to the Palace out of that that
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  dry place out of that place of no peace
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  out of obscurity out of a place of
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  insignificance and brought him to a
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  place of prominence and purpose just
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  like the grace of God that delivers us
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  out of darkness and makes available for
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  whosoever will come and receive
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  elevation out of dark hidden dry places
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  of no peace reception into the family of
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  God transformation of your mind based on
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  scripture and
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  Reclamation of all that is within the
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  Covenant michef was unaware of the
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  Covenant and
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  unfortunately didn't have anyone to tell
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  him until he was brought to King
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  David but we have a road map that
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  outlines all that our covenant entails
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  our covenant that was cut by our high
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  priest Jesus who shed his blood so that
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  we could have a seat at the table and
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  receive peace and joy and everlasting
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  life and the comfort of knowing that we
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  are loved and so so much more so take
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  your seat at the table come Feast on all
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  the Lord has for you and all that he's
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  provided through his
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  Covenant you know Capital One asked the
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  question what's in your wallet
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  [Music]
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  my question to you is what's in your
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  Covenant you can read it for yourself
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  amen
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  [Applause]