STORIES OF THE SEASON | Pastor Femi Edun

``God was looking for a priest. God was looking for somebody who would hear him again. God was looking for someone who would bring restoration to the nation. God was looking for a man. Hannah was looking for a son. But God left her womb closed until the time when she got to the point when she was ready to say that even this thing that is the most precious thing I can get from you, I'm ready to give it up. [00:14:40] (42 seconds)  #SacrificialSurrender

But we're there using knowledge and experience and intelligence and our contacts and our networks and our pitch books. And all of those things are fantastic. We need to have them. We need to work as if we do not pray. We need to pray as if we do not work. But first things first, life is spiritual. In this season, God is reminding us that life is spiritual. You are spiritual. Your strength is augmented by your knowledge, your experience, your preparation, your education. [00:47:39] (40 seconds)  #WorkHardPrayHarder

And when you are fighting an enemy for whom victory is death or death is victory, He has no fear. Most generals want to go back with their army intact. A good general comes back from war with as few casualties as possible. Right? But when you are fighting an enemy for whom death is victory, when you are fighting people who are ready to bomb themselves, blow themselves up, take as many people to hell with them, That's what this guy was doing. And the battle turned and the prophecy of Elisha was not fulfilled. [00:46:17] (48 seconds)  #FearlessInBattle

So it may be that the evidence of that birth is not here every day. There's no Samuel for me to hug. There's no Samuel for me to feed or clothe or pamper. There's no Samuel to provoke me, annoy me, irritate me. But everybody now knows that I'm a mother. But even though my son, I have lent him to God, he's absent from my presence. I have peace. I'm smiling. Whatever Peninna says is light, is nothing. [00:27:29] (34 seconds)  #PeaceInLettingGo