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be</c><00:16:16.509><c> told</c><00:16:16.730><c> over</c> 00:16:17.169 --> 00:16:23.870 and<00:16:17.490><c> over,</c><00:16:17.970><c> couldn't</c><00:16:18.210><c> they?</c><00:16:20.350><c> How</c><00:16:20.710><c> we</c><00:16:22.549><c> surrender</c><00:16:23.129><c> under</c><00:16:23.509><c> all</c> 00:16:23.870 --> 00:16:28.090 conditions<00:16:24.710><c> with</c><00:16:25.590><c> pain</c><00:16:26.330><c> and</c><00:16:27.690><c> anguish.</c> 00:16:28.350 --> 00:16:31.649 But<00:16:28.610><c> we</c><00:16:28.889><c> tried</c><00:16:29.190><c> to</c><00:16:29.389><c> take</c><00:16:29.610><c> things</c><00:16:29.850><c> into</c><00:16:30.110><c> our</c><00:16:30.389><c> own</c><00:16:30.610><c> hand.</c><00:16:30.850><c> We</c><00:16:31.090><c> tried</c><00:16:31.389><c> to</c> 00:16:31.649 --> 00:16:34.110 make<00:16:31.870><c> the</c><00:16:32.570><c> provisions</c><00:16:33.049><c> on</c><00:16:33.350><c> our</c><00:16:33.690><c> terms,</c> 00:16:34.230 --> 00:16:38.669 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take</c><00:16:47.370><c> my</c><00:16:47.669><c> handmaid.</c><00:16:49.629><c> And</c><00:16:49.929><c> oh,</c><00:16:50.149><c> what</c><00:16:50.429><c> pain</c><00:16:50.950><c> and</c><00:16:51.250><c> trouble</c> 00:16:51.590 --> 00:16:55.490 she<00:16:51.909><c> brought.</c><00:16:54.690><c> Then</c><00:16:54.909><c> said</c><00:16:55.049><c> to</c><00:16:55.250><c> Abraham,</c> 00:16:55.629 --> 00:16:58.929 well,<00:16:55.750><c> why</c><00:16:55.970><c> have</c><00:16:56.049><c> you</c><00:16:56.110><c> done</c><00:16:56.370><c> this</c><00:16:56.629><c> to</c><00:16:56.830><c> me?</c><00:16:58.009><c> And</c><00:16:58.269><c> he</c><00:16:58.450><c> had</c><00:16:58.690><c> done</c> 00:16:58.929 --> 00:17:03.889 it<00:16:59.149><c> to</c><00:16:59.309><c> her,</c><00:17:02.309><c> because</c><00:17:02.710><c> he</c><00:17:02.970><c> had</c><00:17:03.309><c> control</c> 00:17:03.889 --> 00:17:11.089 in<00:17:04.130><c> the</c><00:17:04.289><c> house,</c><00:17:04.670><c> did</c><00:17:04.789><c> he</c><00:17:04.990><c> not?</c><00:17:06.950><c> But</c><00:17:07.289><c> listen</c><00:17:07.630><c> to</c><00:17:07.910><c> flesh.</c><00:17:09.910><c> God</c><00:17:10.329><c> provided</c><00:17:10.869><c> a</c> 00:17:11.089 --> 00:17:16.349 wife<00:17:11.390><c> for</c><00:17:11.690><c> Jacob,</c><00:17:12.069><c> and</c><00:17:12.210><c> he</c><00:17:12.309><c> wasn't</c> 00:17:16.349 --> 00:17:20.470 satisfied.<00:17:16.650><c> Oh,</c><00:17:16.650><c> he</c><00:17:16.650><c> looked</c><00:17:16.650><c> at</c><00:17:16.849><c> a</c><00:17:16.950><c> woman,</c><00:17:17.589><c> beautiful.</c><00:17:19.789><c> Worked</c><00:17:20.150><c> seven</c> 00:17:20.470 --> 00:17:21.990 years.<00:17:21.150><c> You</c><00:17:21.289><c> know,</c><00:17:21.470><c> it</c><00:17:21.670><c> was</c><00:17:21.809><c> like</c> 00:17:21.990 --> 00:17:28.349 a<00:17:22.250><c> day.</c><00:17:24.730><c> But</c><00:17:24.890><c> God</c><00:17:25.029><c> says,</c><00:17:25.349><c> I</c><00:17:25.349><c> provided</c><00:17:25.789><c> a</c><00:17:25.990><c> wife</c><00:17:26.210><c> for</c><00:17:26.490><c> you.</c><00:17:28.190><c> It</c> 00:17:28.349 --> 00:17:33.369 was<00:17:28.869><c> the</c><00:17:29.150><c> tender</c><00:17:29.490><c>-eyed</c><00:17:30.009><c> Leah.</c><00:17:32.970><c> But</c><00:17:33.130><c> Jacob</c> 00:17:33.369 --> 00:17:38.710 wasn't<00:17:33.769><c> satisfied.</c><00:17:35.990><c> Oh,</c><00:17:36.190><c> he'd</c><00:17:36.369><c> done</c><00:17:36.490><c> it</c><00:17:36.690><c> to</c><00:17:36.890><c> others.</c><00:17:38.490><c> When</c><00:17:38.630><c> it</c> 00:17:38.710 --> 00:17:41.029 was<00:17:38.890><c> done</c><00:17:39.049><c> to</c><00:17:39.170><c> him,</c><00:17:39.349><c> he</c><00:17:39.430><c> wasn't</c><00:17:39.769><c> satisfied.</c> 00:17:42.049 --> 00:17:50.509 He<00:17:42.569><c> hadn't</c><00:17:43.009><c> yet</c><00:17:43.349><c> become</c><00:17:43.829><c> Israel.</c><00:17:47.630><c> And</c><00:17:47.789><c> so</c><00:17:47.890><c> he</c><00:17:48.009><c> took</c><00:17:48.829><c> the</c><00:17:50.369><c> thing</c> 00:17:50.509 --> 00:17:51.869 into<00:17:50.730><c> his</c><00:17:50.970><c> own</c><00:17:51.210><c> hands,</c><00:17:51.549><c> and</c><00:17:51.710><c> he</c><00:17:51.730><c> says,</c> 00:17:51.890 --> 00:17:54.950 I'll<00:17:52.089><c> take</c><00:17:52.190><c> another</c><00:17:52.450><c> one</c><00:17:52.589><c> as</c><00:17:52.829><c> well.</c><00:17:54.150><c> What</c><00:17:54.309><c> he</c><00:17:54.490><c> really</c><00:17:54.789><c> wanted</c> 00:17:54.950 --> 00:17:57.970 cost<00:17:55.289><c> him</c><00:17:55.549><c> double</c><00:17:55.769><c> the</c><00:17:56.029><c> price</c><00:17:56.670><c> and</c><00:17:57.650><c> double</c> 00:17:57.970 --> 00:18:02.349 the<00:17:58.289><c> anguish.</c><00:18:00.210><c> And</c><00:18:00.470><c> so</c><00:18:00.569><c> there</c><00:18:00.730><c> was</c><00:18:00.970><c> contention</c><00:18:01.549><c> in</c><00:18:01.750><c> his</c><00:18:02.009><c> house</c> 00:18:02.349 --> 00:18:06.690 from<00:18:02.569><c> that</c><00:18:02.890><c> point</c><00:18:03.150><c> on.</c><00:18:05.190><c> Poor</c><00:18:05.569><c> Leah.</c><00:18:06.410><c> Which</c> 00:18:06.690 --> 00:18:12.930 of<00:18:06.809><c> the</c><00:18:07.089><c> sisters</c><00:18:07.490><c> here</c><00:18:07.829><c> could</c><00:18:08.210><c> not</c><00:18:08.490><c> enter</c><00:18:08.730><c> into</c><00:18:09.009><c> the</c><00:18:09.210><c> fact</c><00:18:09.390><c> that</c><00:18:10.509><c> your</c><00:18:11.029><c> father</c><00:18:11.450><c> says</c><00:18:11.730><c> in,</c> 00:18:13.930 --> 00:18:14.210 and<00:18:14.069><c> you</c> 00:18:14.210 --> 00:18:23.289 know<00:18:14.329><c> you're</c><00:18:14.569><c> not</c><00:18:14.829><c> loved,</c><00:18:16.230><c> and</c><00:18:17.690><c> you</c><00:18:17.809><c> have</c><00:18:17.910><c> no</c><00:18:18.230><c> choice.</c><00:18:22.750><c> What</c><00:18:22.970><c> a</c> 00:18:23.289 --> 00:18:25.890 blessing<00:18:23.589><c> you</c><00:18:23.890><c> have</c><00:18:24.130><c> today</c><00:18:24.529><c> that</c><00:18:25.029><c> the</c><00:18:25.509><c> choice</c> 00:18:25.890 --> 00:18:30.970 is<00:18:26.250><c> yours</c><00:18:26.890><c> to</c><00:18:28.009><c> go</c><00:18:28.289><c> in</c><00:18:28.470><c> the</c><00:18:28.690><c> direction</c><00:18:29.089><c> that</c><00:18:29.710><c> you</c><00:18:30.049><c> feel</c><00:18:30.349><c> God</c><00:18:30.670><c> is</c> 00:18:30.970 --> 00:18:33.250 moving<00:18:31.349><c> you,</c><00:18:32.109><c> instead</c><00:18:32.430><c> of</c><00:18:32.609><c> just</c><00:18:32.930><c> having</c> 00:18:33.250 --> 00:18:42.289 a<00:18:33.630><c> situation</c><00:18:34.390><c> thrust</c><00:18:34.910><c> upon</c><00:18:35.369><c> you.</c><00:18:37.789><c> But</c><00:18:37.990><c> God</c><00:18:38.349><c> knew</c><00:18:40.069><c> of</c><00:18:41.890><c> Leah's</c> 00:18:42.289 --> 00:18:44.589 plight,<00:18:42.849><c> and</c><00:18:43.069><c> he</c><00:18:43.309><c> blessed</c><00:18:43.670><c> her,</c><00:18:44.450><c> and</c> 00:18:44.589 --> 00:18:48.309 he<00:18:44.849><c> blessed</c><00:18:45.210><c> her,</c><00:18:45.890><c> and</c><00:18:46.029><c> he</c><00:18:46.269><c> blessed</c><00:18:46.769><c> her,</c><00:18:47.009><c> and</c><00:18:47.150><c> he</c><00:18:47.430><c> blessed</c><00:18:47.809><c> her,</c><00:18:48.009><c> and</c><00:18:48.130><c> he</c> 00:18:48.309 --> 00:18:50.210 kept<00:18:48.630><c> on</c><00:18:49.089><c> blessing</c><00:18:49.430><c> her,</c> 00:18:51.809 --> 00:18:59.470 and<00:18:52.529><c> she</c><00:18:53.250><c> received</c><00:18:54.130><c> the</c><00:18:55.609><c> lineage</c><00:18:56.069><c> of</c><00:18:56.349><c> Jesus</c><00:18:56.809><c> Christ,</c><00:18:57.509><c> didn't</c><00:18:57.690><c> she?</c> 00:19:03.250 --> 00:19:09.089 God<00:19:03.549><c> knows.</c><00:19:04.930><c> But</c><00:19:05.109><c> even</c><00:19:05.369><c> Rachel</c><00:19:06.710><c> knew</c><00:19:07.569><c> who</c><00:19:07.789><c> had</c><00:19:07.990><c> everything.</c><00:19:08.670><c> Aren't</c><00:19:08.869><c> I</c> 00:19:09.089 --> 00:19:10.670 better<00:19:09.349><c> to</c><00:19:09.529><c> thee</c><00:19:09.670><c> than</c><00:19:09.869><c> ten</c><00:19:10.150><c> sons?</c><00:19:10.509><c> said</c> 00:19:10.670 --> 00:19:14.970 Hannah,<00:19:11.930><c> and</c><00:19:12.130><c> Rachel</c><00:19:12.470><c> says,</c><00:19:12.829><c> give</c><00:19:12.950><c> me</c><00:19:13.230><c> children</c><00:19:13.650><c> lest</c><00:19:14.009><c> I</c><00:19:14.269><c> die.</c> 00:19:15.470 --> 00:19:19.109 The<00:19:16.109><c> same</c><00:19:16.589><c> story</c><00:19:17.109><c> over</c><00:19:17.549><c> again.</c><00:19:18.950><c> But</c> 00:19:19.109 --> 00:19:22.509 it<00:19:19.309><c> wasn't</c><00:19:19.630><c> until</c><00:19:20.190><c> a</c><00:19:20.609><c> 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a</c><00:20:36.369><c> provision.</c><00:20:38.150><c> Are</c> 00:20:38.349 --> 00:20:42.049 we<00:20:38.589><c> too</c><00:20:38.849><c> anxious?</c><00:20:39.549><c> Can't</c><00:20:39.990><c> we</c><00:20:40.190><c> wait</c><00:20:40.549><c> for</c><00:20:40.849><c> God</c><00:20:41.230><c> to</c><00:20:41.490><c> move</c><00:20:41.650><c> in</c><00:20:41.829><c> our</c> 00:20:42.049 --> 00:20:44.369 lives?<00:20:42.410><c> Can't</c><00:20:42.750><c> we</c><00:20:42.970><c> just</c><00:20:43.329><c> cry</c><00:20:43.829><c> and</c><00:20:44.170><c> shed</c> 00:20:44.369 --> 00:20:48.049 our<00:20:44.710><c> tears?</c><00:20:45.470><c> Can't</c><00:20:45.789><c> we</c><00:20:45.990><c> just</c><00:20:46.289><c> be</c><00:20:46.490><c> in</c><00:20:46.670><c> anguish</c><00:20:47.069><c> of</c><00:20:47.309><c> a</c><00:20:47.470><c> heart</c><00:20:47.710><c> and</c> 00:20:48.049 --> 00:20:50.730 pour<00:20:48.309><c> on</c><00:20:48.609><c> our</c><00:20:48.849><c> 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position</c><00:21:05.289><c> scripturally,</c> 00:21:06.210 --> 00:21:14.190 every<00:21:06.569><c> one</c><00:21:06.789><c> of</c><00:21:06.990><c> us.</c><00:21:08.549><c> And</c><00:21:08.829><c> we</c><00:21:09.009><c> have</c><00:21:09.289><c> to</c><00:21:09.690><c> teach</c><00:21:10.589><c> the</c><00:21:12.210><c> words</c><00:21:12.410><c> of</c><00:21:12.609><c> God,</c><00:21:13.049><c> not</c><00:21:13.369><c> the</c><00:21:13.549><c> words</c><00:21:13.849><c> of</c> 00:21:14.190 --> 00:21:16.230 men.<00:21:15.829><c> And</c><00:21:16.069><c> we</c> 00:21:16.230 --> 00:21:20.029 have<00:21:16.390><c> to</c><00:21:16.809><c> teach</c><00:21:17.150><c> our</c><00:21:17.490><c> children</c><00:21:17.930><c> to</c><00:21:18.309><c> uphold</c><00:21:18.890><c> righteousness</c><00:21:19.569><c> at</c> 00:21:20.029 --> 00:21:29.809 any<00:21:20.369><c> cost.</c><00:21:23.609><c> You</c><00:21:23.730><c> know,</c><00:21:23.990><c> the</c><00:21:24.130><c> story</c><00:21:24.490><c> of</c><00:21:26.309><c> the</c><00:21:29.289><c> twins</c> 00:21:29.809 --> 00:21:41.029 born,<00:21:32.210><c> Esau</c><00:21:32.890><c> and</c><00:21:33.289><c> Jacob,</c><00:21:35.990><c> wasn't</c><00:21:36.289><c> that</c><00:21:37.230><c> an</c><00:21:38.710><c> unbelievable</c><00:21:39.990><c> story?</c><00:21:40.569><c> No,</c> 00:21:41.029 --> 00:21:44.829 it's<00:21:41.369><c> not</c><00:21:41.609><c> unbelievable.</c><00:21:44.250><c> It</c><00:21:44.470><c> happens</c> 00:21:44.829 --> 00:21:49.569 every<00:21:45.089><c> day</c><00:21:45.490><c> in</c><00:21:45.670><c> our</c><00:21:45.990><c> lives.</c><00:21:47.710><c> I'm</c><00:21:48.089><c> sure</c><00:21:48.369><c> that</c><00:21:48.650><c> situation</c><00:21:49.309><c> has</c> 00:21:49.569 --> 00:21:54.549 been<00:21:49.890><c> duplicated</c><00:21:50.569><c> right</c><00:21:51.109><c> in</c><00:21:51.710><c> our</c><00:21:51.950><c> midst.</c><00:21:54.309><c> The</c> 00:21:54.549 --> 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our</c><00:25:18.450><c> lives.</c><00:25:18.809><c> Do</c><00:25:19.109><c> what</c><00:25:19.329><c> is</c><00:25:19.710><c> right.</c><00:25:20.509><c> Uphold</c> 00:25:21.190 --> 00:25:24.190 righteousness<00:25:21.789><c> at</c><00:25:22.210><c> all</c><00:25:22.650><c> costs</c><00:25:22.990><c> and</c><00:25:23.230><c> allow</c> 00:25:24.190 --> 00:25:30.569 God<00:25:24.849><c> to</c><00:25:25.150><c> move.</c><00:25:25.910><c> He'll</c><00:25:26.349><c> take</c><00:25:26.650><c> care</c><00:25:26.890><c> of</c><00:25:27.049><c> it.</c><00:25:27.869><c> It's</c><00:25:28.130><c> just</c><00:25:28.369><c> we're</c><00:25:28.670><c> too</c><00:25:29.170><c> in</c><00:25:30.349><c> a</c> 00:25:30.569 --> 00:25:34.750 hurry.<00:25:31.869><c> We</c><00:25:32.349><c> can't</c><00:25:32.829><c> wait.</c><00:25:34.210><c> We</c><00:25:34.430><c> aren't</c> 00:25:34.750 --> 00:25:42.369 satisfied<00:25:35.529><c> to</c><00:25:36.130><c> see</c><00:25:36.369><c> what</c><00:25:36.650><c> 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ever</c><00:43:46.510><c> walk</c><00:43:46.889><c> with</c><00:43:47.190><c> thee.</c><00:43:51.630><c> Grant</c><00:43:51.909><c> us</c> 00:43:52.269 --> 00:43:57.929 thy<00:43:52.469><c> love,</c><00:43:54.889><c> thy</c><00:43:55.070><c> peace,</c><00:43:57.510><c> and</c><00:43:57.690><c> each</c> 00:43:57.929 --> 00:44:04.690 other<00:43:58.889><c> until</c><00:44:00.489><c> our</c><00:44:00.710><c> Lord</c><00:44:00.989><c> comes.</c><00:44:03.489><c> Amen.</c>