#47. Numbers 27-30 | Ask Boldly, Lead Humbly, and Commit Wisely

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Welcome to the Dwelling Place

Firm Entrusted Ministries.

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We wanna make sure that we're seeking

Christ first and foremost before we

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do all the things, all the time for

all the people that we love so dearly.

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I'm Stephanie Cock, and today we're

looking at Numbers 27 through 30.

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We'll begin with the faith of the

daughters of Xlo had then Moses'

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replacement will become official and

we'll get a recap of the sacrifices.

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Before we end by talking about

vows made to the Lord and

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praying for you and your kids

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in numbers 27, beginning in verse one.

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then drew near the daughters of s Lofa,

had the son of Heifer, son of Gilead,

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son of Maker, son of Manasses from the

clans of Manasses, the son of Joseph.

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The names of his daughters were Mala Noah.

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Hala, Milka and Teza, and they stood

before Moses and before Azar their

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priest and before the Chiefs and

all the congregation at the entrance

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of the tent of meeting saying our

father died in the wilderness.

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He was not among the company of those

who gathered themselves together

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against the Lord in the company of Cora.

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But died for his own

sin and he had no sons.

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Why should the name of our father

be taken away from his clan?

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Because he had no son give to us a

possession among our father's brothers.

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Moses brought their case before the

Lord and the Lord said to Moses,

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the daughters of Sah had are right.

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You shall give them a possession of an

inheritance among their father's brothers

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and transfer the inheritance of their

father to them, and you shall speak to

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the people of Israel saying if a man

dies and has no son, then you shall

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transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

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And if he has no daughter, then you shall

give his inheritance to his brothers.

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And if he has no brothers.

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Then you shall give his inheritance

to his father's brothers, and if

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his father has no brothers, then you

shall give his inheritance to the

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nearest kinsman of his clan and he

shall possess it, then it shall be

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for the people of Israel, a statute

and rule, as the Lord commanded Moses,

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the Lord said to Moses, go up

into this mountain of a burrum.

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And see the land that I have

given to the people of Israel.

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When you have seen it, you also shall be

gathered to your people as your brother

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Aaron was because you rebelled against

my word in the wilderness of Zen when the

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congregation quarrel failing to uphold me

as holy at the waters before their eyes.

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These are the waters of Rabba at Kadesh.

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In the wilderness of Xin, Moses spoke

to the Lord saying, let the Lord the God

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of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a

man over the congregation who shall go

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out before them and come in before them

who shall lead them out and bring them

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in, that the congregation of the Lord may

not be as sheep, that have no shepherd.

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So the Lord said to Moses, take Joshua

the son of none, a man in whom is the

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spirit, and lay your hand on him.

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Make him stand before Azar, the priest

and all the congregation, and you

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shall commission him in their sight.

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You shall invest him with some of your

authority that all the congregation

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of the people of Israel may obey.

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And he shall stand before Lea are the

priest who shall inquire for him by

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the judgment of the rum before the

Lord at his word, they shall go out

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and at his word, they shall come in,

both he and all the people of Israel

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With him, he took Joshua and made

him stand before LEAs other priest and

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the whole congregation, and he laid

his hands on him and commissioned him

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as the Lord directed through Moses.

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God really honors the

daughters of s Lofa had

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at this point in history, it was

absolutely radical that women

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would receive a land inheritance,

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and not only did God honor them, he

said this is how it's gonna be from

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now on in Israel, they advocate for

themselves and their father's legacy.

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But they're also showing bold faith by

saying, God, we believe that you are going

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to give us this land you have promised.

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I can't help but think of the

verse in Hebrews where we are

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told to boldly approach the

throne of grace with confidence.

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They knew their request was valid.

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And they brought it to the Lord.

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It's repeated here why Moses isn't

allowed to enter the promised land.

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The Lord tells him You

failed to uphold me as holy.

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When I remember that, holy

often means set apart.

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It makes more sense to me.

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God is telling him I should have

been set apart as the one that

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brought the water out of the rock.

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You and Aaron should not have

clumped yourself in with me

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saying we did it together.

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And even though I understood the

heart of it before, I need to use

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that definition of set apart to

make it really click in my mind why

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they weren't regarding God as holy.

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It's the second and last time

we'll see the name of God, the

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God of the spirits of all flesh.

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Again, Moses is appealing to God's

character saying, you know everyone's

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heart, please pick the man that will

lead your people in righteousness.

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He wants them to have a shepherd.

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Remember, he grew up in Egypt

where they despised a shepherds.

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Then he became a shepherd for 40

years in Midian before God called

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him, and for the last 40 years,

he's been shepherding God's people.

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This role has been redeemed.

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In his mind, it shows such care that he's

not begging for more time, but asking

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that the Lord would bless the people.

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Joshua has been his right hand

man, and has walked in faith.

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He seems the obvious successor,

but it's not until here that

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the Lord makes it definitive.

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Joshua.

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Is already filled with a spirit

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and the word spirit.

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Here is the word rua, which can

refer to a leadership gifting,

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but more likely the Holy Spirit.

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Joshua will also be relying on Azar,

the priest to hear what to do, and

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he'll be casting lots with a rum.

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This was a common practice in

the Old Testament that they would

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cast lots to determine what the

Lord was calling them to do.

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It was relying upon his sovereignty

instead of their own wisdom.

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And do you know when the last time that

Scripture records someone casting lots?

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It's an acts right before the Holy Spirit

is sent to all believers at Pentecost

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because once they were all filled with the

spirit, they no longer needed to do this.

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And since we have the completed

Word of God and the Holy

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Spirit working in our lives.

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We also no longer need to rely

on chance or probability to

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discern God's will for us.

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God has given us everything we need

for life and godliness so we can walk

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before him in wisdom and surrender.

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Next, there's a review of the sacrifices.

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I know you've seen them many times, but

here there's more emphasis on the Sabbath.

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I thought as we went over them, once

again, we should talk about how Christ

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provided for each of the sacrifices.

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First with the burnt offering,

Christ at toned for us by his

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sinless nature, he couldn't have

satisfied this offering unless he

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was absolutely perfect and sinless.

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Next we have the grain offering.

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This is Jesus's dedication.

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The fact that he was wholly devoted to

his father's purposes and will and not his

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own is what makes him our grain offering.

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The peace offering is that he gave us

reconciliation and fellowship with God.

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Because Christ was at peace with God.

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He could bring us into that relationship.

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And by his substitutionary death, he was

the propitiation and our sin offering.

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He took our place.

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That's what the gospel is.

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Jesus in my place.

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And finally with the trespass offering,

Jesus paid for our redemption.

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He bought us.

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And because of all of this, we have

been fully restored to a Holy God.

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Maybe you're reading all the numbers

of these sacrifices and wondering

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just how many animals it was.

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And my moody commentary, counted it up,

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the burnt sacrifices represented here

rams, and: 1093

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lambs annually, as well as 30 goats.

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First in offerings, when you realize

that this is what God allowed to atone

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for the sin of over 2 million people.

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It is still a costly sacrifice, but

I think it puts it in perspective

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that the Lord made it attainable,

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in chapter 30, God gives

details and rules for vows.

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When men have spiritual authority

in the home, they do take on certain

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responsibilities, and I see that as

protection for women in these verses.

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I also see God's grace toward women.

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I can't tell you how many times I've

made a vow or a goal, and I thought

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it was so right before the Lord.

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And then when I go to share it with

my husband, he looks at me like I

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have six eyeballs and wonders how

I think I could possibly accomplish

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everything I've set out to do.

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There have been many times he's led me

to negotiate something a little bit more

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realistic for our family, for myself,

or for my kids, and that's what makes

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me think that this is protection for us.

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When we as women can have such high

hopes and standards for ourselves,

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often our husbands can step in

and say, okay, take a deep breath.

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Slow down.

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Hopefully they can guide us in

intention, but remind us that it

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doesn't all depend on us and it

doesn't all have to be done right now.

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I can even think of silly examples when

my husband and I were first married and

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we had a doctor recommend that we go

sugar free, dairy free and gluten free.

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And this is way before

it was all the rage.

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I followed two a t and boy was I cranky,

but my husband embraced an 80 20 model.

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Steph: And you know what?

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He was getting healthier

while I was stuck,

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and it was because of my negative

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attitude It really helped me when I

adopted his method a little bit more

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speaking of vows and commitments that we

make, my kids recently set goals for Lent.

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I try to be very careful to help

them understand that when you make a

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vow to the Lord, you wanna keep it.

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I was impressed by the level of

sacrifice they wanted to commit

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to him and like we are all prone

to do a week or so into Lent.

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They said, mom, this is really hard.

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Can I change what I decided to do?

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And I had to tell them, no,

I'm sorry we talked about this.

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You really do have to honor it.

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But I know you'll be so

thankful that you do.

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Of course I knew these were goals that

they could accomplish, but that they were

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going to cost them like giving up screens.

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I'm so thankful that we serve a God

that is worthy of every sacrifice,

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and if it feels like he's asking for

more than you can give right now.

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Ask him for the supernatural

strength to obey him.

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Let's pray.

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Heavenly Father, we thank you for

the model of the daughters of the Lo

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had and I pray we would remember.

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That you delight when we come to you for

provision, for strength and for wisdom.

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As Moses laid down his leadership,

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it reminds me about motherhood remind

us that you're faithfully working to

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build Godly character in our kids.

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make them into the men and

women you long for them to be.

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And I pray over each mom listening

that you would allow them to

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see fruit this week, that it's

working, that it's taking root

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water, the seeds that we plant.

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You are worthy Jesus.

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It's in your name we pray.

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Amen.