Embracing God's Design: Lessons from Hannah's Faith
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1. "David was a human. He was not superhuman. He was not Superman. He was not any supernatural powers. He was as much human as you and I was. And yet God calls him a man, a human, a person. After his own heart, the David sin was the holy far from it. He had bit sense that we're going to be looking at a horrific sense. Did he have problems? Absolutely. And did he was he affected by the same stress and anxiety as you and I would have in this life? 100% you can read his poet poems that are called the book of Psalms. And you'll see all the emotions that are on full display for us to read." [05:16] (42 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "That means that you and I in our sinful estate and our brokenness can find the way like David did and find a pace and find a walk with the Lord for we are to be able to live after God's own heart. And that's kind of where the sermon series statement comes from. And again, I hope that's going to be a blessing to you as we go through." [06:23] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "The Bible is very clear that our bodies our lives the problems that we have the ailments that we suffer the ailments that we need a physical therapist to help us with or a or a gym coach twice a week to help us with are all designed. By the Lord these are not things that are accident these are not things that just so happen to be a case we understand the world nature we understand the medical side of these things but from a spiritual standpoint we can say that you and I are intrinsically detailed designed by our creator." [09:28] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "The Lord designed you, take comfort in The Lord designed you. You. This can apply to a myriad of world problems that we see today, and things that we see in our own life. You know, through, especially in the Western world, America, the church is continually celebrating and combating the sanctity of life. Why is that an issue that is important for us? Why is it that's not necessarily a political issue, it's a biblical issue? Because from the Old Testament to the New Testament, we see, and we do prolifically exclaim, that the Lord is pro-life, the Lord is over life, the Lord is through life, because the Bible tells us that the Lord designed you." [15:55] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "You are here for a purpose. Every lie that comes from Satan in this world that wants to minimize our value of life, the Bible stands firm on and says the Lord designed you. It is the, it's a prolific truth from Genesis to Revelation. All fall flat to this biblical truth, that our lives are intentionally, deliberately, and specifically designed, designed, and permitted by the Lord God, Jesus Christ, our Savior." [17:32] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Hannah was designed by the Lord. Nobody can question that. Nobody can say, well, yeah, but it does in verse number five and verse number six and continuing, the Lord had a specific intention in Hannah's life. He was responsible for her not being able to have children. And so Hannah shows, even though they were designed by the Lord, even though she was a devout servant of the Lord, we will still have not just struggles, but deep." [22:21] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Hannah's trials gave her immense grief, and in her grief, she was forced to be directed to the Lord, a plea for his grace, to the effect that her faith had grown in the Lord as she deepened her prayer life in dependence on God. And this is the catch here. You say, why did the Lord close her womb? Because the Lord had closed her womb for this moment, for her faith to grow, in the Lord. You say, that's not fair. We're not God. God's chiefest paramount purpose for you and I is to have a relationship with him. Everything else comes second." [31:05] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "Grief then is but another tool in our life, to which God will use to direct us to him. So then, my friends, I would argue with you, I would challenge with you, let us not then abandon ourselves from grief. Too often in America, especially, we don't want to recognize grief. We want to put it under the rug. We don't want to talk about it. We don't want to seek counseling. We want to, you know, take medicine, whatever. We want to abandon grief in any way we can. If Hannah would have done that, she would have never found the Lord if she tried to hide her grief. In fact, actually, Hannah took her grief and she pursued God in it." [34:04] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "Hannah's faith had grown to the point of authenticity. She fulfilled her vow with true worship to God and sacrifice, in vow and in action. I'm amazed at her because I don't think I should say the same. My faith, I don't know, my faith, in my personal faith, having been given a child, seemed to have an answered prayer, would I be able to give back? So this is my flesh and blood, but truly it is the Lord's. How often do you and I pray, I wonder? And when we get an answered prayer, we go back to idleness. We only go to the Lord when we need something, say, Lord, Lord, remember me! And when he does, and he blesses you, and he answers your prayer, you go back to the idleness of this world, until you need him again." [38:21] (50 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "If we are then designed by the Lord, then those of us who have been directed here today to hear the words of God spoken will assuredly know now that your life is meant today to be dedicated to him in acceptance of salvation and lordship in Jesus Christ." [41:33] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "That means that you and I in our sinful estate and our brokenness can find the way like David did and find a pace and find a walk with the Lord for we are to be able to live after God's own heart. And that's kind of where the sermon series statement comes from. And again, I hope that's going to be a blessing to you as we go through." [06:23] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "The Bible is very clear that our bodies our lives the problems that we have the ailments that we suffer the ailments that we need a physical therapist to help us with or a or a gym coach twice a week to help us with are all designed. By the Lord these are not things that are accident these are not things that just so happen to be a case we understand the world nature we understand the medical side of these things but from a spiritual standpoint we can say that you and I are intrinsically detailed designed by our creator." [09:28] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "The Lord designed you, take comfort in The Lord designed you. You. This can apply to a myriad of world problems that we see today, and things that we see in our own life. You know, through, especially in the Western world, America, the church is continually celebrating and combating the sanctity of life. Why is that an issue that is important for us? Why is it that's not necessarily a political issue, it's a biblical issue? Because from the Old Testament to the New Testament, we see, and we do prolifically exclaim, that the Lord is pro-life, the Lord is over life, the Lord is through life, because the Bible tells us that the Lord designed you." [15:55] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "You are here for a purpose. Every lie that comes from Satan in this world that wants to minimize our value of life, the Bible stands firm on and says the Lord designed you. It is the, it's a prolific truth from Genesis to Revelation. All fall flat to this biblical truth, that our lives are intentionally, deliberately, and specifically designed, designed, and permitted by the Lord God, Jesus Christ, our Savior." [17:32] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Hannah was designed by the Lord. Nobody can question that. Nobody can say, well, yeah, but it does in verse number five and verse number six and continuing, the Lord had a specific intention in Hannah's life. He was responsible for her not being able to have children. And so Hannah shows, even though they were designed by the Lord, even though she was a devout servant of the Lord, we will still have not just struggles, but deep." [22:21] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Hannah's trials gave her immense grief, and in her grief, she was forced to be directed to the Lord, a plea for his grace, to the effect that her faith had grown in the Lord as she deepened her prayer life in dependence on God. And this is the catch here. You say, why did the Lord close her womb? Because the Lord had closed her womb for this moment, for her faith to grow, in the Lord. You say, that's not fair. We're not God. God's chiefest paramount purpose for you and I is to have a relationship with him. Everything else comes second." [31:05] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "Grief then is but another tool in our life, to which God will use to direct us to him. So then, my friends, I would argue with you, I would challenge with you, let us not then abandon ourselves from grief. Too often in America, especially, we don't want to recognize grief. We want to put it under the rug. We don't want to talk about it. We don't want to seek counseling. We want to, you know, take medicine, whatever. We want to abandon grief in any way we can. If Hannah would have done that, she would have never found the Lord if she tried to hide her grief. In fact, actually, Hannah took her grief and she pursued God in it." [34:04] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "Hannah's faith had grown to the point of authenticity. She fulfilled her vow with true worship to God and sacrifice, in vow and in action. I'm amazed at her because I don't think I should say the same. My faith, I don't know, my faith, in my personal faith, having been given a child, seemed to have an answered prayer, would I be able to give back? So this is my flesh and blood, but truly it is the Lord's. How often do you and I pray, I wonder? And when we get an answered prayer, we go back to idleness. We only go to the Lord when we need something, say, Lord, Lord, remember me! And when he does, and he blesses you, and he answers your prayer, you go back to the idleness of this world, until you need him again." [38:21] (50 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "If we are then designed by the Lord, then those of us who have been directed here today to hear the words of God spoken will assuredly know now that your life is meant today to be dedicated to him in acceptance of salvation and lordship in Jesus Christ." [41:33] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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