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So this afternoon we're going to be"}, {'start': '45.559', 'end': '52.280', 'text': 'talking about that divine work,'}, {'start': '49.280', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'that work that God has prepared for a'}, {'start': '52.280', 'end': '56.640', 'text': 'group of'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '58.239', 'text': 'women, or'}, {'start': '56.640', 'end': '60.800', 'text': 'rather, not for a group, but for all'}, {'start': '58.239', 'end': '63.320', 'text': 'women, for that calling to be'}, {'start': '60.800', 'end': '65.280', 'text': 'mothers.  And we have an idea or we have'}, {'start': '63.320', 'end': '68.200', 'text': 'had a model, those of us who are'}, {'start': '65.280', 'end': '71.759', 'text': 'children, we have had a model, we have'}, {'start': '68.200', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'a model, eh, those of us who are not'}, {'start': '71.759', 'end': '75.920', 'text': 'yet mothers.'}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'eh, they may have the mother model,'}, {'start': '75.920', 'end': '81.560', 'text': "but they haven't experienced that"}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '86.040', 'text': 'experience yet.  And we could think about'}, {'start': '81.560', 'end': '86.040', 'text': 'other mothers, maybe'}, {'start': '86.520', 'end': '91.759', 'text': 'what happened to us as mothers was'}, {'start': '90.079', 'end': '94.960', 'text': "unexpected, it wasn't the case for me."}, {'start': '91.759', 'end': '98.240', 'text': 'Thank God, because God provided me'}, {'start': '94.960', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'with a godly mother, a mother who'}, {'start': '98.240', 'end': '102.920', 'text': 'knew how to take care of us.  But what'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '106.000', 'text': "about those who didn't?  We"}, {'start': '102.920', 'end': '109.000', 'text': 'watch the news and we see'}, {'start': '106.000', 'end': '112.119', 'text': 'reports of children being abandoned.'}, {'start': '109.000', 'end': '115.119', 'text': 'We see the report or we see the'}, {'start': '112.119', 'end': '117.520', 'text': 'news today about an increase in the number of'}, {'start': '115.119', 'end': '121.840', 'text': 'laboratories and'}, {'start': '117.520', 'end': '126.079', 'text': 'clinics that perform'}, {'start': '121.840', 'end': '128.520', 'text': 'abortions.  And that obviously offends and'}, {'start': '126.079', 'end': '131.760', 'text': "contradicts God's plan.  And when"}, {'start': '128.520', 'end': '135.480', 'text': 'we talk about mothers in the church'}, {'start': '131.760', 'end': '138.040', 'text': ', we can imagine'}, {'start': '135.480', 'end': '141.080', 'text': 'some, some of you or some of'}, {'start': '138.040', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'us, a'}, {'start': '141.080', 'end': '148.200', 'text': 'biblical mother comes to mind, a mother who was an'}, {'start': '144.560', 'end': '151.879', 'text': 'example for her children, who were'}, {'start': '148.200', 'end': '154.680', 'text': 'instruments in the hands of God.'}, {'start': '151.879', 'end': '157.000', 'text': 'And the study for this afternoon is'}, {'start': '154.680', 'end': '158.879', 'text': 'titled after the example of a mother, a'}, {'start': '158.879', 'end': '164.280', 'text': "godly mother.  Let's go there to the first"}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '164.280', 'text': 'letter of'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '171.239', 'text': 'Samuel.  Now that we have mentioned'}, {'start': '167.920', 'end': '174.200', 'text': 'the first letter of Samuel, you'}, {'start': '171.239', 'end': '174.200', 'text': 'will be familiar'}, {'start': '175.159', 'end': '180.760', 'text': 'with the character we are going to'}, {'start': '178.040', 'end': '184.360', 'text': 'talk about.  First Samuel.'}, {'start': '180.760', 'end': '188.440', 'text': 'Chapter 2, verses'}, {'start': '184.360', 'end': '192.200', 'text': '1-2. First Book of Samuel, chapter 2,'}, {'start': '188.440', 'end': '195.440', 'text': "verses 1-2.  And we're going to"}, {'start': '192.200', 'end': '198.319', 'text': 'start with what that'}, {'start': '195.440', 'end': '201.440', 'text': 'moment of rejoicing was like, what the'}, {'start': '198.319', 'end': '203.000', 'text': 'moment of joy was like for this woman, because'}, {'start': '201.440', 'end': '206.120', 'text': "later we'll be returning to"}, {'start': '203.000', 'end': '207.840', 'text': "chapter one, but we're going to start with"}, {'start': '206.120', 'end': '211.040', 'text': 'what that'}, {'start': '207.840', 'end': '211.040', 'text': 'moment of'}, {'start': '211.720', 'end': '220.319', 'text': 'joy was like.  And if you read the heading of'}, {'start': '215.519', 'end': '223.879', 'text': "the reading, it says Hannah's song."}, {'start': '220.319', 'end': '228.400', 'text': "Let's read the scripture and it says"}, {'start': '223.879', 'end': '231.000', 'text': 'chapter 2, verses 1 through 2'}, {'start': '228.400', 'end': '232.560', 'text': 'of the first book of Samuel.  And'}, {'start': '231.000', 'end': '234.439', 'text': 'Hannah prayed and'}, {'start': '232.560', 'end': '237.560', 'text': 'said, "My'}, {'start': '234.439', 'end': '242.640', 'text': 'heart rejoices in the'}, {'start': '237.560', 'end': '246.200', 'text': 'Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord.'}, {'start': '242.640', 'end': '251.040', 'text': 'My mouth is enlarged over my'}, {'start': '246.200', 'end': '255.159', 'text': 'enemies, because I rejoice in your'}, {'start': '251.040', 'end': '258.759', 'text': 'salvation. There is no one holy like the Lord,'}, {'start': '255.159', 'end': '264.359', 'text': 'for there is none besides you, and there is no'}, {'start': '258.759', 'end': '264.359', 'text': 'rock like our God."'}, {'start': '265.759', 'end': '270.120', 'text': 'For this afternoon, as I mentioned, I want us to'}, {'start': '267.720', 'end': '274.039', 'text': 'look at an'}, {'start': '270.120', 'end': '277.320', 'text': 'exceptional mother, a mother named Hannah. And'}, {'start': '274.039', 'end': '279.080', 'text': 'we think about this time in which we'}, {'start': '277.320', 'end': '281.800', 'text': 'live, that we live in a'}, {'start': '279.080', 'end': '284.840', 'text': 'difficult time and in many ways it'}, {'start': '281.800', 'end': '287.160', 'text': 'is. We live in a time of'}, {'start': '284.840', 'end': '290.080', 'text': 'conflict, we live in a'}, {'start': '287.160', 'end': '292.880', 'text': 'complicated time, we live in a difficult time'}, {'start': '290.080', 'end': '296.199', 'text': 'in many ways, but the time in which'}, {'start': '292.880', 'end': '299.759', 'text': 'we live now was no more'}, {'start': '296.199', 'end': '302.880', 'text': 'difficult, is no more difficult than the time'}, {'start': '299.759', 'end': '302.880', 'text': 'that this woman'}, {'start': '302.960', 'end': '308.320', 'text': 'lived. It was the period of the judges of'}, {'start': '306.199', 'end': '311.840', 'text': 'Israel.'}, {'start': '308.320', 'end': '312.919', 'text': 'The situation at that time for Israel'}, {'start': '311.840', 'end': '314.639', 'text': 'was'}, {'start': '312.919', 'end': '318.520', 'text': 'extremely'}, {'start': '314.639', 'end': '320.600', 'text': 'difficult. There had already been'}, {'start': '318.520', 'end': '323.639', 'text': 'spiritual guides, there had been prophets, there had'}, {'start': '320.600', 'end': '325.919', 'text': 'been men that'}, {'start': '323.639', 'end': '328.199', 'text': 'God spoke with and they would come down and'}, {'start': '325.919', 'end': '329.880', 'text': 'go to the people and speak with them.'}, {'start': '328.199', 'end': '332.479', 'text': 'But by this time of First'}, {'start': '329.880', 'end': '336.080', 'text': 'Samuel, Samson had already died, which was'}, {'start': '332.479', 'end': '337.720', 'text': 'the one who had been before'}, {'start': '336.080', 'end': '340.960', 'text': "that time.  And with Samson's death there"}, {'start': '337.720', 'end': '343.720', 'text': 'was no other leader like'}, {'start': '340.960', 'end': '345.600', 'text': 'him, at least at that'}, {'start': '343.720', 'end': '348.080', 'text': 'time.  And'}, {'start': '345.600', 'end': '351.199', 'text': 'again, perhaps the'}, {'start': '348.080', 'end': '354.880', 'text': 'parallel was or is a parallel to our'}, {'start': '351.199', 'end': '357.639', 'text': 'day or as I said, it could have been'}, {'start': '354.880', 'end': '360.800', 'text': 'worse.'}, {'start': '357.639', 'end': '363.639', 'text': 'Philistines.  We know that the Philistines were'}, {'start': '360.800', 'end': '368.120', 'text': "the arch-enemies of God's people,"}, {'start': '363.639', 'end': '370.120', 'text': 'the Israelites, and they were gaining'}, {'start': '368.120', 'end': '373.400', 'text': 'ground.  Why were they gaining'}, {'start': '370.120', 'end': '376.039', 'text': 'ground?  The priesthood that'}, {'start': '373.400', 'end': '378.720', 'text': 'was supposedly called to guide the'}, {'start': '376.039', 'end': '381.319', 'text': 'people of God, the people of God were supposed to be guided'}, {'start': '378.720', 'end': '384.080', 'text': 'by these priests, the'}, {'start': '381.319', 'end': '386.759', 'text': 'priesthood, but those men, those'}, {'start': '384.080', 'end': '388.840', 'text': 'priests had become corrupt.  And'}, {'start': '386.759', 'end': '391.560', 'text': 'we can see, and later on, I'}, {'start': '388.840', 'end': '393.599', 'text': 'think, in this first book of Samuel,'}, {'start': '391.560', 'end': '395.880', 'text': 'we will see later on, or'}, {'start': '393.599', 'end': '398.840', 'text': 'maybe not now, but later on we can'}, {'start': '395.880', 'end': '401.680', 'text': 'study a little more what happened with that'}, {'start': '398.840', 'end': '403.800', 'text': 'leader, with that priesthood that was in'}, {'start': '401.680', 'end': '407.280', 'text': 'place at that time.  We see a man'}, {'start': '403.800', 'end': '411.560', 'text': 'named Eli with two sons.  The uh the'}, {'start': '407.280', 'end': '411.560', 'text': 'one was Finnish and the other, do you'}, {'start': '411.919', 'end': '420.800', 'text': 'remember?  Ofni finz.  Thank you.  There'}, {'start': '415.879', 'end': '420.800', 'text': 'we have two boys, sons of this'}, {'start': '422.080', 'end': '428.680', 'text': 'priest.  There were'}, {'start': '425.000', 'end': '431.039', 'text': 'men doing this work with'}, {'start': '428.680', 'end': '434.080', 'text': 'sinful lives.'}, {'start': '431.039', 'end': '437.160', 'text': 'In fact, in the temple itself there were'}, {'start': '434.080', 'end': '441.280', 'text': 'moral scandals, so much so that'}, {'start': '437.160', 'end': '445.479', 'text': 'the sons of this high priest were'}, {'start': '441.280', 'end': '448.599', 'text': 'involved in sexual orgies within the'}, {'start': '445.479', 'end': '451.039', 'text': "temple.  That's what we have"}, {'start': '448.599', 'end': '453.720', 'text': 'for this story, we have for this'}, {'start': '451.039', 'end': '456.680', 'text': 'moment, we have for this context.  It was'}, {'start': '453.720', 'end': '459.919', 'text': 'a miserable time for the people of'}, {'start': '456.680', 'end': '462.800', 'text': 'God, for this people who were going from bad to'}, {'start': '459.919', 'end': '465.520', 'text': 'worse, the priesthood corrupted, the'}, {'start': '462.800', 'end': '467.800', 'text': 'sons of the priests likewise,'}, {'start': '465.520', 'end': '471.039', 'text': 'a time in which the priest had'}, {'start': '467.800', 'end': '473.840', 'text': 'abandoned his calling.  The nation was'}, {'start': '471.039', 'end': '478.360', 'text': 'weak, the nation was powerless, the'}, {'start': '473.840', 'end': '478.360', 'text': 'nation was fragile.'}, {'start': '478.639', 'end': '485.240', 'text': 'So, since no one could give a'}, {'start': '482.280', 'end': '487.479', 'text': 'good reason for the priestly work, there'}, {'start': '485.240', 'end': '490.240', 'text': 'was no one who could guide'}, {'start': '487.479', 'end': '492.919', 'text': 'the people of God correctly.'}, {'start': '490.240', 'end': '496.080', 'text': 'So it was a time when God'}, {'start': '492.919', 'end': '497.960', 'text': 'needed a special name, a'}, {'start': '497.960', 'end': '504.680', 'text': 'specific name.  But in order to bring and to be'}, {'start': '501.360', 'end': '507.879', 'text': 'able to provide a special and'}, {'start': '504.680', 'end': '511.479', 'text': 'specific name, he would have to and needed a'}, {'start': '507.879', 'end': '514.159', 'text': 'special woman to be guided by'}, {'start': '511.479', 'end': '516.120', 'text': ', so that this man was the one that'}, {'start': '514.159', 'end': '519.479', 'text': 'God needed and it was not just that God'}, {'start': '516.120', 'end': '522.240', 'text': 'needed him, but it was the way he'}, {'start': '519.479', 'end': '524.800', 'text': 'worked at that time.  God ordained'}, {'start': '522.240', 'end': '527.240', 'text': 'priests.  In'}, {'start': '524.800', 'end': '529.160', 'text': 'fact, the reading that we have'}, {'start': '527.240', 'end': '531.600', 'text': 'this afternoon and the'}, {'start': '529.160', 'end': '534.160', 'text': 'calling card with which we can quote'}, {'start': '531.600', 'end': '536.160', 'text': 'this woman Hannah, is what we already read'}, {'start': '534.160', 'end': '540.480', 'text': 'in chapter 2 of First'}, {'start': '536.160', 'end': '543.200', 'text': 'Samuel, verses 1 to 2. Hannah was'}, {'start': '540.480', 'end': '546.480', 'text': 'that woman and we see her song and we see the'}, {'start': '543.200', 'end': '549.839', 'text': 'song there in chapter 2 and Hannah prayed and'}, {'start': '546.480', 'end': '552.760', 'text': 'said, "My heart rejoices."  That'}, {'start': '549.839', 'end': '554.880', 'text': 'was a woman who knew her God.  She was'}, {'start': '552.760', 'end': '556.519', 'text': 'a woman who had a'}, {'start': '554.880', 'end': '559.360', 'text': 'close relationship with'}, {'start': '556.519', 'end': '562.480', 'text': 'God.  But in order to get our bearings on what'}, {'start': '559.360', 'end': '565.600', 'text': 'I want to talk about this afternoon,'}, {'start': '562.480', 'end': '567.120', 'text': 'we have to go back to chapter one'}, {'start': '565.600', 'end': '571.720', 'text': 'of First'}, {'start': '567.120', 'end': '575.160', 'text': "Samuel and we're going to be looking at it there,"}, {'start': '571.720', 'end': '577.480', 'text': "because we're going to be digging into"}, {'start': '575.160', 'end': '580.480', 'text': 'the entire chapter one of First'}, {'start': '577.480', 'end': '580.480', 'text': 'Samuel.'}, {'start': '581.200', 'end': '586.959', 'text': "Let's read verse"}, {'start': '583.399', 'end': '591.839', 'text': '1. There was a'}, {'start': '586.959', 'end': '594.800', 'text': 'man from Ramathaim-'}, {'start': '591.839', 'end': '598.800', 'text': 'Zophim, in the hill country of'}, {'start': '594.800', 'end': '601.320', 'text': 'Ephraim, whose name was'}, {'start': '598.800', 'end': '605.600', 'text': 'Canaan, the son of'}, {'start': '601.320', 'end': '608.480', 'text': 'Jeroam, the son of Elihu, the son of Tou, the son'}, {'start': '605.600', 'end': '608.480', 'text': 'of Shuph, an'}, {'start': '609.279', 'end': '617.920', 'text': 'Ephraimite.  And he had two'}, {'start': '614.680', 'end': '619.959', 'text': 'women and I know that there was'}, {'start': '617.920', 'end': '622.839', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '619.959', 'end': '625.640', 'text': "light that went on for us, two women.  We'll see"}, {'start': '622.839', 'end': '627.240', 'text': 'what happens there later.  This man'}, {'start': '625.640', 'end': '630.760', 'text': 'had two'}, {'start': '627.240', 'end': '636.920', 'text': 'wives.  The name of one was'}, {'start': '630.760', 'end': '639.000', 'text': 'Anna and the name of the other was Peninnah.'}, {'start': '636.920', 'end': '642.240', 'text': 'Peninnah had'}, {'start': '639.000', 'end': '645.040', 'text': 'children, but Hannah'}, {'start': '645.040', 'end': '650.040', 'text': 'had none.  And when we look at and read'}, {'start': '648.079', 'end': '651.920', 'text': 'the introduction to the first book of'}, {'start': '650.040', 'end': '654.839', 'text': 'Samuel, we can see that this'}, {'start': '651.920', 'end': '657.519', 'text': 'man, the Canaanite, we can see'}, {'start': '654.839', 'end': '659.760', 'text': 'that this man was a Levite.'}, {'start': '657.519', 'end': '663.440', 'text': 'This Levite was her husband.  And if this'}, {'start': '659.760', 'end': '665.880', 'text': 'man was a Levite, it means that he'}, {'start': '663.440', 'end': '668.600', 'text': 'belonged to the priestly family, he'}, {'start': '665.880', 'end': '672.399', 'text': 'belonged to those whom God'}, {'start': '668.600', 'end': '675.959', 'text': 'had designated to be able to lead'}, {'start': '672.399', 'end': '679.120', 'text': 'within the temple, to carry out the'}, {'start': '675.959', 'end': '682.720', 'text': "priesthood.  And that's why, that's why"}, {'start': '679.120', 'end': '684.800', 'text': 'this man had a relationship with God.'}, {'start': '682.720', 'end': '687.440', 'text': 'This man climbed every year, as'}, {'start': '684.800', 'end': '690.480', 'text': 'we are going to see now.'}, {'start': '687.440', 'end': '693.279', 'text': 'This particular woman becomes'}, {'start': '690.480', 'end': '697.000', 'text': 'the mother we want to'}, {'start': '693.279', 'end': '699.760', 'text': 'focus on this afternoon, not'}, {'start': '697.000', 'end': '702.959', 'text': "Peninnah's, but Anna's. And she will"}, {'start': '699.760', 'end': '705.040', 'text': 'show us some aspects that are'}, {'start': '702.959', 'end': '707.959', 'text': 'or should be'}, {'start': '705.040', 'end': '712.360', 'text': 'references for a'}, {'start': '707.959', 'end': '714.440', 'text': 'godly mother.  Three things, three distinctive features.'}, {'start': '712.360', 'end': '717.360', 'text': 'that they will not only be carried out'}, {'start': '714.440', 'end': '720.320', 'text': 'on principle or at her initiative,'}, {'start': '717.360', 'end': '723.440', 'text': 'but that the husband will also be involved and'}, {'start': '720.320', 'end': '726.600', 'text': 'will play an important role in'}, {'start': '723.440', 'end': '730.000', 'text': 'these things we want to talk about.'}, {'start': '726.600', 'end': '731.920', 'text': 'And starting, eh, eh, with the first'}, {'start': '730.000', 'end': '734.720', 'text': 'aspect that we can see, number'}, {'start': '731.920', 'end': '737.800', 'text': 'one, a correct relationship with her'}, {'start': '734.720', 'end': '740.639', 'text': 'husband.  This woman had a'}, {'start': '737.800', 'end': '744.320', 'text': 'correct relationship with her husband and that correct'}, {'start': '740.639', 'end': '747.760', 'text': 'relationship will lead her to be'}, {'start': '744.320', 'end': '750.680', 'text': 'part of the worship that Canaan'}, {'start': '747.760', 'end': '752.560', 'text': 'offered to her God.'}, {'start': '750.680', 'end': '756.120', 'text': 'verse'}, {'start': '752.560', 'end': '759.320', 'text': "3. Let's look at that starting in"}, {'start': '756.120', 'end': '763.360', 'text': 'verse 3. First of all, she'}, {'start': '759.320', 'end': '765.480', 'text': "shared worship with her husband.   Let's"}, {'start': '763.360', 'end': '766.959', 'text': 'look at what verse 3 says. And'}, {'start': '765.480', 'end': '771.839', 'text': 'every'}, {'start': '766.959', 'end': '774.199', 'text': 'year that man went up from his city to'}, {'start': '771.839', 'end': '777.040', 'text': 'worship and to offer'}, {'start': '774.199', 'end': '781.560', 'text': 'sacrifices to the Lord of hosts.'}, {'start': '777.040', 'end': '784.120', 'text': 'Incidentally, this is the expression'}, {'start': '781.560', 'end': '787.079', 'text': 'sacrifice to the Lord of hosts.'}, {'start': '784.120', 'end': '790.000', 'text': 'That is the first time this appears'}, {'start': '787.079', 'end': '793.600', 'text': 'in the Old Testament, Jehovah of'}, {'start': '790.000', 'end': '795.920', 'text': 'hosts.  Just a curious fact'}, {'start': '793.600', 'end': '799.360', 'text': 'there.  Sacrifices to the Lord of'}, {'start': '795.920', 'end': '804.240', 'text': 'hosts at Shiloh, where two'}, {'start': '799.360', 'end': '810.000', 'text': 'sons of Eli were.  Who were they?  UFO and'}, {'start': '804.240', 'end': '814.199', 'text': 'Finnish.  Fine or Finnish.  Priests of'}, {'start': '810.000', 'end': '817.440', 'text': 'Jehovah priests of Jehovah.  Now, Ana'}, {'start': '814.199', 'end': '821.399', 'text': 'had a believing husband who'}, {'start': '817.440', 'end': '825.959', 'text': 'worshipped her, and when a man worshipped,'}, {'start': '821.399', 'end': '827.160', 'text': 'she worshipped too.  According to Exodus 23 from'}, {'start': '825.959', 'end': '830.440', 'text': '14'}, {'start': '827.160', 'end': '832.240', 'text': 'onwards, uh that pilgrimage that he'}, {'start': '830.440', 'end': '834.160', 'text': "'s talking about here, First Samuel,"}, {'start': '832.240', 'end': '837.000', 'text': 'was a pilgrimage that the priests'}, {'start': '834.160', 'end': '839.320', 'text': 'made, they went up to the temple and they'}, {'start': '837.000', 'end': '842.160', 'text': 'did it three times a year.  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That's a"}, {'start': '901.560', 'end': '906.720', 'text': 'fact.  And since women'}, {'start': '904.279', 'end': '909.279', 'text': 'respond to men, and men are expected to'}, {'start': '906.720', 'end': '913.399', 'text': 'function and be the head of'}, {'start': '909.279', 'end': '913.399', 'text': "women, or at least that's what is"}, {'start': '913.480', 'end': '920.160', 'text': 'expected, a godly father helps'}, {'start': '916.920', 'end': '923.040', 'text': 'his wife to be a mother. How is he'}, {'start': '920.160', 'end': '926.279', 'text': 'going to do it?'}, {'start': '923.040', 'end': '928.399', 'text': 'How can we expect a'}, {'start': '926.279', 'end': '930.639', 'text': 'positive outcome'}, {'start': '928.399', 'end': '932.839', 'text': 'for wives and'}, {'start': '930.639', 'end': '935.240', 'text': "mothers if we don't do"}, {'start': '932.839', 'end': '938.759', 'text': 'our job?  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This shows us that for there to'}, {'start': '1026.559', 'end': '1034.000', 'text': 'be a full expression of'}, {'start': '1031.039', 'end': '1037.039', 'text': 'godly motherhood, there must be a'}, {'start': '1034.000', 'end': '1039.839', 'text': 'shared spiritual strength in the'}, {'start': '1037.039', 'end': '1044.480', 'text': 'home, because a house'}, {'start': '1039.839', 'end': '1044.480', 'text': 'divided will not prosper.'}, {'start': '1045.439', 'end': '1049.440', 'text': 'This'}, {'start': '1046.280', 'end': '1053.600', 'text': 'man was not a'}, {'start': '1049.440', 'end': '1056.320', 'text': 'perfect man.  This man had his faults.'}, {'start': '1053.600', 'end': '1058.320', 'text': 'And one of these flaws, as we'}, {'start': '1056.320', 'end': '1061.039', 'text': 'just read, this man had two'}, {'start': '1058.320', 'end': '1063.600', 'text': 'wives.  One of these flaws that this'}, {'start': '1061.039', 'end': '1066.080', 'text': 'man had is that in our'}, {'start': '1063.600', 'end': '1069.600', 'text': 'vocabulary he was a'}, {'start': '1066.080', 'end': '1072.840', 'text': 'polygamous man.  This man had this fault and'}, {'start': '1069.600', 'end': '1075.280', 'text': 'that for our day would be and was for'}, {'start': '1072.840', 'end': '1076.559', 'text': 'then a very serious fault, a'}, {'start': '1075.280', 'end': '1079.679', 'text': 'grave fault.  Two'}, {'start': '1076.559', 'end': '1081.480', 'text': 'women, one serious flaw.'}, {'start': '1079.679', 'end': '1084.280', 'text': 'This'}, {'start': '1081.480', 'end': '1086.480', 'text': 'man had two wives.  It is and someone'}, {'start': '1084.280', 'end': '1088.840', 'text': 'might wonder as I mentioned'}, {'start': '1086.480', 'end': '1088.840', 'text': 'a little'}, {'start': '1088.919', 'end': '1092.799', 'text': 'while ago.'}, {'start': '1090.520', 'end': '1096.240', 'text': 'So the Old'}, {'start': '1092.799', 'end': '1100.720', 'text': 'Testament promotes polygamy.  The'}, {'start': '1096.240', 'end': '1103.559', 'text': 'Old Testament, uh, approves of'}, {'start': '1100.720', 'end': '1106.600', 'text': 'this practice, and of course not, not'}, {'start': '1103.559', 'end': '1109.480', 'text': "at all, it's not like that.  It was a sin"}, {'start': '1106.600', 'end': '1111.960', 'text': 'then and it is a sin for'}, {'start': '1109.480', 'end': '1114.400', 'text': 'today, for our day.  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This'}, {'start': '1141.880', 'end': '1148.760', 'text': 'woman gave him a son.  So'}, {'start': '1145.960', 'end': '1151.120', 'text': 'that'}, {'start': '1148.760', 'end': '1153.240', 'text': 'was culturally'}, {'start': '1151.120', 'end': '1155.320', 'text': 'allowed.  So it was not unusual for this'}, {'start': '1153.240', 'end': '1157.840', 'text': 'to happen.  And in particular, when'}, {'start': '1155.320', 'end': '1160.799', 'text': 'he had a wife who was sterile and'}, {'start': '1157.840', 'end': '1163.520', 'text': 'could not give him children, then there was'}, {'start': '1160.799', 'end': '1167.159', 'text': 'a certain pressure from this society that'}, {'start': '1163.520', 'end': '1170.480', 'text': 'surrounded him.  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He he he he'}, {'start': '1353.640', 'end': '1358.760', 'text': 'left his engagement, he had this'}, {'start': '1356.320', 'end': '1361.159', 'text': 'wife Peninnah and Peninnah had sons and'}, {'start': '1358.760', 'end': '1364.039', 'text': 'daughters and as the law prescribed that he'}, {'start': '1361.159', 'end': '1367.000', 'text': 'had to give her to be able to go and offer'}, {'start': '1364.039', 'end': '1368.760', 'text': 'sacrifices, there we were well.  There he'}, {'start': '1367.000', 'end': '1372.320', 'text': 'left his commitment.  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The New American Standard Bible says'}, {'start': '1439.880', 'end': '1446.640', 'text': 'a chosen portion, uh, sorry, it says'}, {'start': '1443.640', 'end': '1449.559', 'text': 'uh a double portion instead of a'}, {'start': '1446.640', 'end': '1452.480', 'text': 'chosen portion, but Hannah gave him a'}, {'start': '1449.559', 'end': '1455.760', 'text': 'double portion, says the New'}, {'start': '1452.480', 'end': '1458.240', 'text': 'American Standard Bible, because he loved Hannah before,'}, {'start': '1455.760', 'end': '1461.600', 'text': 'even though the Lord had not given him children.'}, {'start': '1458.240', 'end': '1464.320', 'text': 'So this uh double, this'}, {'start': '1461.600', 'end': '1466.240', 'text': 'chosen part can be interpreted as a'}, {'start': '1464.320', 'end': '1469.240', 'text': 'double'}, {'start': '1466.240', 'end': '1472.520', 'text': 'portion and that double portion is a'}, {'start': '1469.240', 'end': '1476.720', 'text': 'detail that is not included in what he'}, {'start': '1472.520', 'end': '1478.520', 'text': 'gave to the other woman, to Penina.'}, {'start': '1476.720', 'end': '1481.520', 'text': 'But whatever it'}, {'start': '1478.520', 'end': '1485.080', 'text': 'is, whatever it means, the'}, {'start': '1481.520', 'end': '1487.360', 'text': 'chosen part was something more special than the'}, {'start': '1485.080', 'end': '1489.799', 'text': 'legal restriction that he had as a'}, {'start': '1487.360', 'end': '1493.000', 'text': 'father and as a husband that he fulfilled in the'}, {'start': '1489.799', 'end': '1496.559', 'text': 'case of Peninnah and the others and he did it because he'}, {'start': '1493.000', 'end': '1499.440', 'text': 'loved Hannah, even though Jehovah had not'}, {'start': '1496.559', 'end': '1501.720', 'text': 'granted him to have children.'}, {'start': '1499.440', 'end': '1505.480', 'text': 'There we have the'}, {'start': '1501.720', 'end': '1505.480', 'text': 'stage.  We have a'}, {'start': '1505.840', 'end': '1514.159', 'text': 'woman who is'}, {'start': '1508.080', 'end': '1517.440', 'text': 'sterile, she has not been able to give birth.'}, {'start': '1514.159', 'end': '1521.600', 'text': 'Coming to verse'}, {'start': '1517.440', 'end': '1524.880', 'text': '6, we see that her'}, {'start': '1521.600', 'end': '1527.080', 'text': 'rival irritated'}, {'start': '1524.880', 'end': '1529.840', 'text': 'Hannah,'}, {'start': '1527.080', 'end': '1532.799', 'text': 'made her angry, and her rival irritated her, making her'}, {'start': '1529.840', 'end': '1536.440', 'text': 'angry and sad because'}, {'start': '1532.799', 'end': '1540.080', 'text': 'Jehovah had not granted her to have'}, {'start': '1536.440', 'end': '1543.080', 'text': 'children.  Verse 7. 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Why are you crying?"}, {'start': '1564.399', 'end': '1573.320', 'text': 'Why is your heart troubled, Ana?'}, {'start': '1570.159', 'end': '1576.240', 'text': "Yes, yes, we see, I'm giving you"}, {'start': '1573.320', 'end': '1578.960', 'text': "a special part of me, I'm giving you a double"}, {'start': '1576.240', 'end': '1581.919', 'text': "portion, I'm giving you, uh, I'm giving you a"}, {'start': '1578.960', 'end': '1584.480', 'text': 'chosen part, I mean, maybe?  And'}, {'start': '1581.919', 'end': '1586.919', 'text': 'to finish he says to him, "Am I not'}, {'start': '1584.480', 'end': '1589.200', 'text': 'better to you than 10 children?"  No, I mean, I\'m not'}, {'start': '1589.279', 'end': '1595.720', 'text': "enough for you, I'm not better than God"}, {'start': '1592.919', 'end': '1595.720', 'text': 'or than 10'}, {'start': '1597.120', 'end': '1602.600', 'text': 'children.  And as we can'}, {'start': '1599.960', 'end': '1604.679', 'text': 'see, Cana was not ignorant of'}, {'start': '1602.600', 'end': '1608.919', 'text': "his wife's suffering"}, {'start': '1604.679', 'end': '1610.960', 'text': '.  Cana knew why Ana was'}, {'start': '1608.919', 'end': '1613.880', 'text': 'crying.'}, {'start': '1610.960', 'end': '1617.720', 'text': "She cried because she couldn't have"}, {'start': '1613.880', 'end': '1620.520', 'text': 'children, because he heard Penina'}, {'start': '1617.720', 'end': '1622.919', 'text': 'bothering her and knew what things she did to her.  If we'}, {'start': '1620.520', 'end': '1625.159', 'text': 'bring it to the present time, yu yuju'}, {'start': '1622.919', 'end': '1628.480', 'text': "yu.  We don't know what he did, but it"}, {'start': '1625.159', 'end': '1629.880', 'text': 'bothered her, it irritated her.'}, {'start': '1628.480', 'end': '1632.960', 'text': 'But he said to her'}, {'start': '1629.880', 'end': '1635.960', 'text': ', "Ana, I\'m not'}, {'start': '1632.960', 'end': '1635.960', 'text': 'enough'}, {'start': '1637.600', 'end': '1643.200', 'text': '."  When he says that he gave him a'}, {'start': '1640.440', 'end': '1646.039', 'text': 'chosen portion or we could, as I said, a'}, {'start': '1643.200', 'end': '1648.840', 'text': 'double portion.  Normally in this'}, {'start': '1646.039', 'end': '1651.200', 'text': 'context it is important to mention that'}, {'start': '1648.840', 'end': '1654.880', 'text': 'this was usually a gesture of the'}, {'start': '1651.200', 'end': '1657.279', 'text': 'time and context for a guest of'}, {'start': '1654.880', 'end': '1659.760', 'text': 'honor, for someone who meant'}, {'start': '1657.279', 'end': '1662.679', 'text': 'a lot, for a'}, {'start': '1659.760', 'end': '1665.240', 'text': 'favorite guest.  That was what'}, {'start': '1662.679', 'end': '1668.399', 'text': 'receiving a double portion meant for someone'}, {'start': '1665.240', 'end': '1670.960', 'text': 'who could do it, for someone who'}, {'start': '1668.399', 'end': '1674.360', 'text': 'had a neck, someone who was special.'}, {'start': '1670.960', 'end': '1677.960', 'text': 'Cana loved Ana in a special way'}, {'start': '1674.360', 'end': '1679.640', 'text': 'and his love was security'}, {'start': '1677.960', 'end': '1681.399', 'text': 'for'}, {'start': '1679.640', 'end': '1683.360', 'text': 'her.'}, {'start': '1681.399', 'end': '1685.640', 'text': 'She'}, {'start': '1683.360', 'end': '1688.880', 'text': 'knew, without a'}, {'start': '1685.640', 'end': '1693.039', 'text': 'doubt, that he loved her.'}, {'start': '1688.880', 'end': '1696.000', 'text': 'She went to the temple every time to offer'}, {'start': '1693.039', 'end': '1700.360', 'text': 'sacrifice.  They shared love.'}, {'start': '1696.000', 'end': '1703.159', 'text': 'So, this is there.  Ana was in a'}, {'start': '1700.360', 'end': '1706.080', 'text': 'difficult place to raise a child, in fact she'}, {'start': '1703.159', 'end': '1708.200', 'text': "couldn't.  Ana in a difficult place to"}, {'start': '1706.080', 'end': '1711.480', 'text': 'be safe.  Someone was'}, {'start': '1708.200', 'end': '1713.440', 'text': 'bothering her all the time.  Ana was in'}, {'start': '1711.480', 'end': '1716.640', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '1713.440', 'end': '1719.360', 'text': 'divided family, she had to see this.'}, {'start': '1716.640', 'end': '1722.519', 'text': 'However, she had a'}, {'start': '1719.360', 'end': '1725.519', 'text': 'right relationship with her husband, because they not'}, {'start': '1722.519', 'end': '1729.000', 'text': 'only shared in'}, {'start': '1725.519', 'end': '1732.320', 'text': 'worship, but they also shared'}, {'start': '1729.000', 'end': '1735.559', 'text': 'love.  And then these two things'}, {'start': '1732.320', 'end': '1738.799', 'text': 'together eliminated the conflict.   They'}, {'start': '1735.559', 'end': '1741.440', 'text': 'eliminated a conflict to arrive at the'}, {'start': '1738.799', 'end': '1744.440', 'text': 'third aspect of a mother, of'}, {'start': '1741.440', 'end': '1747.480', 'text': 'some elements that are going to be considered in'}, {'start': '1744.440', 'end': '1749.640', 'text': 'a woman, in a godly mother.'}, {'start': '1747.480', 'end': '1752.399', 'text': 'So the first thing then'}, {'start': '1749.640', 'end': '1755.200', 'text': 'about a godly woman is that she has'}, {'start': '1752.399', 'end': '1757.880', 'text': 'a submissive relationship with her husband.'}, {'start': '1755.200', 'end': '1759.799', 'text': "Where are you going?  To worship at the temple.  Okay.  It's"}, {'start': '1757.880', 'end': '1763.120', 'text': "day.  So, let's go."}, {'start': '1759.799', 'end': '1766.279', 'text': 'I go because it is necessary for me to worship'}, {'start': '1763.120', 'end': '1769.000', 'text': 'our Lord, our Savior, with my husband,'}, {'start': '1766.279', 'end': '1771.000', 'text': 'and that leads her to be part'}, {'start': '1769.000', 'end': '1773.399', 'text': 'of the worship of God.  The second'}, {'start': '1771.000', 'end': '1776.720', 'text': 'aspect we saw, the second, she'}, {'start': '1773.399', 'end': '1778.480', 'text': 'has the love of her husband, eh, and since she'}, {'start': '1776.720', 'end': '1781.120', 'text': 'has the love of her husband, she has the'}, {'start': '1778.480', 'end': '1783.799', 'text': 'security of her husband and that security'}, {'start': '1781.120', 'end': '1786.279', 'text': 'is correct, it is sincere, because she has the'}, {'start': '1783.799', 'end': '1789.240', 'text': 'love of her husband.  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Verse 5, Jehovah had not'}, {'start': '1824.640', 'end': '1830.159', 'text': 'granted him.  And as I said a little while ago,'}, {'start': '1827.080', 'end': '1832.080', 'text': 'this word is important how it is'}, {'start': '1830.159', 'end': '1835.880', 'text': 'written and how we should'}, {'start': '1832.080', 'end': '1841.480', 'text': 'understand it.  She understood that God in his'}, {'start': '1835.880', 'end': '1841.480', 'text': 'sovereignty had not granted her to have'}, {'start': '1842.559', 'end': '1849.080', 'text': 'children.  Jehovah had not granted her to'}, {'start': '1845.200', 'end': '1852.480', 'text': 'have children.  Verse 5 says, but'}, {'start': '1849.080', 'end': '1855.039', 'text': 'Hannah gave a sure part because Jehovah,'}, {'start': '1852.480', 'end': '1859.120', 'text': 'although Jehovah had not granted her to'}, {'start': '1855.039', 'end': '1859.120', 'text': 'have children, there we'}, {'start': '1859.360', 'end': '1864.960', 'text': 'have it.  We see Anna who has a'}, {'start': '1861.760', 'end': '1867.200', 'text': 'correct vertical relationship, a'}, {'start': '1864.960', 'end': '1870.720', 'text': 'correct relationship with her God, a'}, {'start': '1867.200', 'end': '1873.440', 'text': 'correct heavenly relationship.  Because?'}, {'start': '1870.720', 'end': '1876.600', 'text': "When she has a problem, she doesn't"}, {'start': '1873.440', 'end': '1879.840', 'text': 'take out her anger on her'}, {'start': '1876.600', 'end': '1883.320', 'text': 'husband.  When she has a problem,'}, {'start': '1879.840', 'end': '1886.559', 'text': 'she does not take out her anger on her'}, {'start': '1883.320', 'end': '1889.279', 'text': 'adversary Peninnah.  When she has a'}, {'start': '1886.559', 'end': '1892.519', 'text': "problem, she doesn't take out her anger"}, {'start': '1889.279', 'end': '1893.720', 'text': 'on the children in the house who are already'}, {'start': '1892.519', 'end': '1895.639', 'text': 'there.'}, {'start': '1893.720', 'end': '1900.200', 'text': 'She has'}, {'start': '1895.639', 'end': '1904.080', 'text': 'self-control.  She has self-control and she'}, {'start': '1900.200', 'end': '1906.679', 'text': 'goes directly to the Lord.  Whom?  To the'}, {'start': '1904.080', 'end': '1910.360', 'text': 'Lord.  Verse'}, {'start': '1906.679', 'end': '1915.000', 'text': '9. And Hannah arose from the feast, after she had'}, {'start': '1910.360', 'end': '1919.000', 'text': 'eaten and drunk in Shiloh, while'}, {'start': '1915.000', 'end': '1922.240', 'text': 'Eli the priest sat upon a'}, {'start': '1919.000', 'end': '1924.799', 'text': 'seat by a pillar in the temple of the'}, {'start': '1922.240', 'end': '1924.799', 'text': 'LORD.'}, {'start': '1925.080', 'end': '1929.120', 'text': 'And just to mention something here, the'}, {'start': '1927.120', 'end': '1933.000', 'text': 'reason this man was'}, {'start': '1929.120', 'end': '1934.039', 'text': 'sitting here the whole time was because he'}, {'start': '1933.000', 'end': '1937.320', 'text': 'was a'}, {'start': '1934.039', 'end': '1941.360', 'text': 'man, the Bible says he was a'}, {'start': '1937.320', 'end': '1943.840', 'text': 'huge man, he was an obese man and he finally'}, {'start': '1941.360', 'end': '1946.760', 'text': 'fell from where he was sitting, broke his'}, {'start': '1943.840', 'end': '1949.799', 'text': "neck and that's where he died.  He died that"}, {'start': '1946.760', 'end': '1951.559', 'text': 'way.  He was a man who did nothing.'}, {'start': '1949.799', 'end': '1954.519', 'text': 'That man was the one who was guided'}, {'start': '1951.559', 'end': '1958.600', 'text': 'to offer some spiritual advice to'}, {'start': '1954.519', 'end': '1961.760', 'text': 'this woman who goes up to the temple and'}, {'start': '1958.600', 'end': '1962.960', 'text': "prays.  In fact, he couldn't even do"}, {'start': '1961.760', 'end': '1966.399', 'text': 'anything to'}, {'start': '1962.960', 'end': '1969.720', 'text': 'get up from whatever he'}, {'start': '1966.399', 'end': '1972.279', 'text': 'used to see or to supervise the lives'}, {'start': '1969.720', 'end': '1975.240', 'text': 'of the two sons who were priests of'}, {'start': '1972.279', 'end': '1976.960', 'text': 'Jehovah, as we will see on another'}, {'start': '1975.240', 'end': '1979.679', 'text': 'occasion.'}, {'start': '1976.960', 'end': '1982.559', 'text': 'So she came to'}, {'start': '1979.679', 'end': '1985.320', 'text': 'see the high'}, {'start': '1982.559', 'end': '1987.919', 'text': 'priest Eli for some spiritual advice.  And look how it comes in'}, {'start': '1985.320', 'end': '1990.799', 'text': 'verse 10.'}, {'start': '1987.919', 'end': '1993.039', 'text': 'She verse 9 and Hannah stood up'}, {'start': '1990.799', 'end': '1995.279', 'text': 'after she had eaten and drunk at'}, {'start': '1993.039', 'end': '1996.960', 'text': 'Shiloh, when she already has this talk with'}, {'start': '1995.279', 'end': '1999.960', 'text': 'Cana and says to him, "Why? That I am not'}, {'start': '1996.960', 'end': '2001.799', 'text': 'enough for you and it goes in'}, {'start': '1999.960', 'end': '2003.480', 'text': 'verse 9. She stood up afterward and'}, {'start': '2001.799', 'end': '2006.240', 'text': 'after she had eaten and drunk at'}, {'start': '2003.480', 'end': '2009.159', 'text': 'Shiloh, while Eli the priest was'}, {'start': '2006.240', 'end': '2011.519', 'text': 'sitting by a pillar of the temple of the'}, {'start': '2009.159', 'end': '2014.679', 'text': 'Lord. There we see Eli. So, then'}, {'start': '2011.519', 'end': '2017.919', 'text': 'in verse 10, this scene takes place already'}, {'start': '2014.679', 'end': '2024.120', 'text': 'in the temple. She in bitterness of soul'}, {'start': '2017.919', 'end': '2026.720', 'text': 'prayed to the Lord and wept profusely'}, {'start': '2024.120', 'end': '2030.480', 'text': 'she with bitterness of soul. What a'}, {'start': '2026.720', 'end': '2035.440', 'text': 'moving scene. In bitterness of soul she'}, {'start': '2030.480', 'end': '2035.440', 'text': 'prayed to the Lord and wept'}, {'start': '2036.480', 'end': '2041.600', 'text': 'profusely. That can also be'}, {'start': '2038.559', 'end': '2043.120', 'text': 'an application for us'}, {'start': '2043.120', 'end': '2047.960', 'text': 'today.'}, {'start': '2044.679', 'end': '2051.159', 'text': 'Mothers, wives and also we'}, {'start': '2047.960', 'end': '2053.839', 'text': 'husbands, are involved in this'}, {'start': '2051.159', 'end': '2057.359', 'text': 'condition. We not only need a'}, {'start': '2053.839', 'end': '2058.960', 'text': 'right relationship with our wives'}, {'start': '2057.359', 'end': '2061.639', 'text': 'worshiping God'}, {'start': '2058.960', 'end': '2063.919', 'text': 'together. We not only need a'}, {'start': '2061.639', 'end': '2066.440', 'text': 'relationship of love and all those'}, {'start': '2063.919', 'end': '2069.879', 'text': 'attentions together, but we also'}, {'start': '2066.440', 'end': '2071.800', 'text': 'need a relationship  correct'}, {'start': '2069.879', 'end': '2074.040', 'text': 'upwards, vertical,'}, {'start': '2071.800', 'end': '2077.639', 'text': 'heavenly, because that was what'}, {'start': '2074.040', 'end': '2080.720', 'text': 'identified this woman, a'}, {'start': '2077.639', 'end': '2084.440', 'text': 'correct heavenly relationship.  It is also necessary'}, {'start': '2080.720', 'end': '2087.159', 'text': 'that when there is any kind of problem,'}, {'start': '2084.440', 'end': '2090.000', 'text': 'our refuge, our rest,'}, {'start': '2087.159', 'end': '2094.320', 'text': 'our hope is the Lord and that we'}, {'start': '2090.000', 'end': '2096.640', 'text': 'go to him.  Verse 11.'}, {'start': '2094.320', 'end': '2100.520', 'text': 'And she vowed a vow,'}, {'start': '2096.640', 'end': '2100.520', 'text': 'saying, O LORD of'}, {'start': '2101.560', 'end': '2108.599', 'text': 'hosts, if you'}, {'start': '2103.880', 'end': '2112.880', 'text': 'will look upon the affliction of your handmaid,'}, {'start': '2108.599', 'end': '2114.680', 'text': 'and remember me, and not forget'}, {'start': '2112.880', 'end': '2117.760', 'text': 'your'}, {'start': '2114.680', 'end': '2120.680', 'text': 'handmaid, but will give unto your handmaid a man child again three'}, {'start': '2117.760', 'end': '2123.960', 'text': 'times in this verse;'}, {'start': '2123.960', 'end': '2131.320', 'text': 'What did she do?  What vow did she make?  I will'}, {'start': '2127.119', 'end': '2135.359', 'text': 'dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his'}, {'start': '2131.320', 'end': '2137.760', 'text': 'life, and no razor shall come upon his head.'}, {'start': '2135.359', 'end': '2140.720', 'text': "And I wanted to, I'm going to mention this and I wanted to"}, {'start': '2137.760', 'end': '2143.320', 'text': 'mention it because in order not to'}, {'start': '2140.720', 'end': '2145.720', 'text': 'remain in limbo, this thing about not'}, {'start': '2143.320', 'end': '2148.920', 'text': 'passing a razor over his head had to'}, {'start': '2145.720', 'end': '2151.920', 'text': 'do with Nazarene vows.  There in'}, {'start': '2148.920', 'end': '2154.720', 'text': 'Number 6 from 1 to 21 we have this, eh that eh that'}, {'start': '2151.920', 'end': '2159.079', 'text': 'eh there were promises'}, {'start': '2154.720', 'end': '2161.680', 'text': 'where the children were not going to see eh a knife'}, {'start': '2159.079', 'end': '2164.240', 'text': 'over their heads.  So, she does, she'}, {'start': '2161.680', 'end': '2166.960', 'text': 'includes this in the vow that she makes'}, {'start': '2164.240', 'end': '2170.440', 'text': 'when she asks Jehovah for a'}, {'start': '2166.960', 'end': '2172.400', 'text': 'son, Jehovah of hosts.'}, {'start': '2170.440', 'end': '2175.319', 'text': 'If you will deign, if you will have'}, {'start': '2172.400', 'end': '2177.760', 'text': 'mercy, if you will pity, to look upon the'}, {'start': '2175.319', 'end': '2180.160', 'text': 'affliction of this your servant who has'}, {'start': '2177.760', 'end': '2182.079', 'text': 'a relationship with you because she worships in the'}, {'start': '2180.160', 'end': '2184.359', 'text': 'temple, because she has a'}, {'start': '2182.079', 'end': '2188.560', 'text': 'right relationship with her husband, because I have my'}, {'start': '2184.359', 'end': '2191.319', 'text': 'love for him, we love one another.  So if you'}, {'start': '2188.560', 'end': '2193.720', 'text': 'remember me and do not forget your'}, {'start': '2191.319', 'end': '2197.280', 'text': 'servant, but give your servant a'}, {'start': '2193.720', 'end': '2199.319', 'text': 'son, I will give him to the Lord'}, {'start': '2197.280', 'end': '2202.400', 'text': 'all the days of his life. It does'}, {'start': '2199.319', 'end': '2206.480', 'text': 'not say about your life, it says about her life,'}, {'start': '2202.400', 'end': '2206.480', 'text': 'the life of the son she is'}, {'start': '2206.800', 'end': '2210.599', 'text': 'asking for.'}, {'start': '2208.599', 'end': '2213.920', 'text': 'Now, what do'}, {'start': '2210.599', 'end': '2218.640', 'text': 'we see in this correct heavenly relationship'}, {'start': '2213.920', 'end': '2222.119', 'text': '?  Number one, she had a'}, {'start': '2218.640', 'end': '2225.560', 'text': "passion for God's best"}, {'start': '2222.119', 'end': '2228.319', 'text': '.  And what is the best thing about this'}, {'start': '2225.560', 'end': '2230.280', 'text': 'situation Ana is in?  That she'}, {'start': '2228.319', 'end': '2231.359', 'text': 'is what she is considering to be'}, {'start': '2231.359', 'end': '2238.640', 'text': "God's best.  They are the children.  He is a son.  The"}, {'start': '2234.520', 'end': '2242.480', 'text': 'psalmist actually, in Psalm 123, 1273'}, {'start': '2238.640', 'end': '2244.200', 'text': 'says, "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,'}, {'start': '2244.200', 'end': '2250.400', 'text': 'the fruit of the'}, {'start': '2247.319', 'end': '2253.119', 'text': 'womb is a reward." That\'s the reason Hannah'}, {'start': '2250.400', 'end': '2255.560', 'text': 'wept bitterly. She had a'}, {'start': '2253.119', 'end': '2259.040', 'text': "passion for God's best, a passion"}, {'start': '2255.560', 'end': '2261.720', 'text': 'for what God had never'}, {'start': '2259.040', 'end': '2266.520', 'text': 'granted her, but that she knew God could'}, {'start': '2261.720', 'end': '2266.520', 'text': 'give her in her time of trouble. Are'}, {'start': '2266.960', 'end': '2274.760', 'text': 'children the best that God'}, {'start': '2272.520', 'end': '2279.119', 'text': 'can give?'}, {'start': '2274.760', 'end': '2282.400', 'text': 'question, are children the best'}, {'start': '2279.119', 'end': '2284.599', 'text': 'that God can give or in this and in this'}, {'start': '2282.400', 'end': '2287.280', 'text': 'case in the situation in which Hannah is'}, {'start': '2284.599', 'end': '2290.280', 'text': 'in the distress that she has?'}, {'start': '2287.280', 'end': '2290.280', 'text': 'Absolutely.'}, {'start': '2291.760', 'end': '2297.839', 'text': 'Yes, there are'}, {'start': '2294.640', 'end': '2301.960', 'text': 'people and we see it'}, {'start': '2297.839', 'end': '2305.000', 'text': 'daily. There are people today who'}, {'start': '2301.960', 'end': '2306.240', 'text': 'say, "I don\'t know if I want to bring children into'}, {'start': '2305.000', 'end': '2309.680', 'text': 'this world."'}, {'start': '2306.240', 'end': '2312.240', 'text': 'Those are comments that we'}, {'start': '2309.680', 'end': '2317.400', 'text': 'hear, but as we already read, the'}, {'start': '2312.240', 'end': '2319.960', 'text': 'psalmist says that children are a'}, {'start': '2317.400', 'end': '2321.200', 'text': 'heritage from the Lord, they are that means'}, {'start': '2319.960', 'end': '2323.280', 'text': 'that they are a'}, {'start': '2321.200', 'end': '2325.400', 'text': 'blessing. This woman, as we'}, {'start': '2323.280', 'end': '2328.720', 'text': 'can read and as we have been'}, {'start': '2325.400', 'end': '2332.680', 'text': 'tracing the reading or the narrative,'}, {'start': '2328.720', 'end': '2334.720', 'text': "this woman was not selfish.  This woman didn't"}, {'start': '2332.680', 'end': '2338.359', 'text': 'want a child so she could prove'}, {'start': '2334.720', 'end': '2341.280', 'text': 'that she was actually a'}, {'start': '2338.359', 'end': '2343.760', 'text': "biological woman.  This woman didn't want a child"}, {'start': '2341.280', 'end': '2346.400', 'text': 'so she could parade it around the'}, {'start': '2343.760', 'end': '2349.520', 'text': 'world and walk it.  Look, I have No, I wanted it'}, {'start': '2346.400', 'end': '2352.240', 'text': 'because I had offered it to Jehovah.  She did'}, {'start': '2349.520', 'end': '2354.280', 'text': "n't want a child so she could dress him"}, {'start': '2352.240', 'end': '2356.520', 'text': 'in expensive clothes, comb his hair and make him look'}, {'start': '2354.280', 'end': '2359.400', 'text': 'nice, and post it on her social network.   I did'}, {'start': '2356.520', 'end': '2359.400', 'text': "n't want"}, {'start': '2360.160', 'end': '2365.520', 'text': "that either, I didn't want children for the"}, {'start': '2363.079', 'end': '2369.480', 'text': 'government to'}, {'start': '2365.520', 'end': '2369.480', 'text': "support.  And it's hard to say"}, {'start': '2369.800', 'end': '2375.920', 'text': 'this.  She wanted a'}, {'start': '2372.640', 'end': '2379.560', 'text': 'child because she believed a child was'}, {'start': '2375.920', 'end': '2382.480', 'text': 'the greatest gift God could give her and'}, {'start': '2379.560', 'end': '2385.240', 'text': 'she was willing to face the'}, {'start': '2382.480', 'end': '2388.200', 'text': 'responsibility.'}, {'start': '2385.240', 'end': '2390.960', 'text': 'And this leads me to'}, {'start': '2388.200', 'end': '2393.200', 'text': 'think, and we can say it with all due'}, {'start': '2390.960', 'end': '2394.880', 'text': 'propriety and right, curse'}, {'start': '2394.880', 'end': '2403.160', 'text': 'abortions.  Damn'}, {'start': '2399.520', 'end': '2406.599', 'text': 'abortions, because children are the best'}, {'start': '2403.160', 'end': '2406.599', 'text': 'gift God can'}, {'start': '2406.960', 'end': '2413.440', 'text': 'give us.  A truly godly mother'}, {'start': '2410.400', 'end': '2417.160', 'text': 'is not a mother who refuses to have children.'}, {'start': '2413.440', 'end': '2419.880', 'text': 'A truly godly mother is'}, {'start': '2417.160', 'end': '2423.400', 'text': 'a woman who has a passion for her'}, {'start': '2419.880', 'end': '2426.319', 'text': "children, who sees them as God's, as the"}, {'start': '2423.400', 'end': '2427.079', 'text': "fulfillment of God's intention for"}, {'start': '2427.079', 'end': '2433.160', 'text': 'women.  That is what motherhood is,'}, {'start': '2429.960', 'end': '2434.640', 'text': 'the fulfillment of divine intention'}, {'start': '2433.160', 'end': '2437.119', 'text': 'for women.  Who says'}, {'start': '2434.640', 'end': '2440.040', 'text': "women can't be useful?  And we see it"}, {'start': '2437.119', 'end': '2442.000', 'text': 'in our evangelical context, where they'}, {'start': '2440.040', 'end': '2444.760', 'text': 'say that women cannot do'}, {'start': '2442.000', 'end': '2447.000', 'text': 'this and that, and there are indications'}, {'start': '2444.760', 'end': '2448.880', 'text': 'that the Bible gives regarding the work that'}, {'start': '2447.000', 'end': '2450.520', 'text': 'women must have in the'}, {'start': '2448.880', 'end': '2453.119', 'text': "congregation.  But that doesn't mean"}, {'start': '2450.520', 'end': '2456.680', 'text': "that women are nullified, no, that's not the"}, {'start': '2453.119', 'end': '2459.640', 'text': 'case.  Women have a role and what'}, {'start': '2456.680', 'end': '2464.680', 'text': 'better privilege could he have'}, {'start': '2459.640', 'end': '2466.640', 'text': 'given them than to raise children.'}, {'start': '2464.680', 'end': '2469.240', 'text': 'Secondly, from the third point'}, {'start': '2466.640', 'end': '2472.119', 'text': 'we see, she was a woman of'}, {'start': '2469.240', 'end': '2475.240', 'text': 'prayer.  Her heavenly or'}, {'start': '2472.119', 'end': '2477.560', 'text': 'vertical relationship means that she wanted the'}, {'start': '2475.240', 'end': '2481.200', 'text': 'best and she prayed for'}, {'start': '2477.560', 'end': '2484.240', 'text': 'it.  Why did she pray to God?  Because he'}, {'start': '2481.200', 'end': '2486.400', 'text': 'knew that Canaan was not the source of'}, {'start': '2484.240', 'end': '2489.319', 'text': "his children.  Why didn't he go and"}, {'start': '2486.400', 'end': '2492.400', 'text': "beg the dog?  We don't know if"}, {'start': '2489.319', 'end': '2494.760', 'text': 'the woman was begging her husband behind closed doors'}, {'start': '2492.400', 'end': '2499.280', 'text': ", we don't know.  But what we do"}, {'start': '2494.760', 'end': '2502.079', 'text': 'know is that what Anna did was go'}, {'start': '2499.280', 'end': '2503.880', 'text': 'to the Lord and ask the Lord for the son that her'}, {'start': '2502.079', 'end': '2506.359', 'text': 'husband could not give her.  And why did he'}, {'start': '2503.880', 'end': '2509.240', 'text': 'go to the Lord?  Because the canaan was not the'}, {'start': '2506.359', 'end': '2512.200', 'text': 'source of children.  God'}, {'start': '2509.240', 'end': '2514.640', 'text': 'was.  Because God was.  Verse'}, {'start': '2512.200', 'end': '2517.839', 'text': "12. Let's go to verse 12. While she was"}, {'start': '2514.640', 'end': '2520.599', 'text': 'praying long and hard before the Lord, Eli'}, {'start': '2517.839', 'end': '2522.800', 'text': 'was there watching nothing but'}, {'start': '2524.319', 'end': '2534.119', 'text': 'her mouth.  Every child that you carry and are'}, {'start': '2530.599', 'end': '2538.520', 'text': 'conceived in this world is a purpose'}, {'start': '2534.119', 'end': '2541.119', 'text': 'of God and a gift from God.'}, {'start': '2538.520', 'end': '2544.280', 'text': 'That is why for the second'}, {'start': '2541.119', 'end': '2548.160', 'text': 'time I can say with complete certainty,'}, {'start': '2544.280', 'end': '2548.160', 'text': 'damn abortions.   They'}, {'start': '2549.079', 'end': '2555.160', 'text': 'take away the life of that which God has'}, {'start': '2552.680', 'end': '2557.839', 'text': 'granted.  They take away the life of that which'}, {'start': '2555.160', 'end': '2558.960', 'text': 'God sovereignly formed in the womb'}, {'start': '2557.839', 'end': '2564.119', 'text': 'of a'}, {'start': '2558.960', 'end': '2564.119', 'text': 'woman.  This woman prayed and cried'}, {'start': '2564.680', 'end': '2568.200', 'text': 'constantly.  And to bring it to our'}, {'start': '2566.680', 'end': '2570.720', 'text': 'context, there are now marriages,'}, {'start': '2568.200', 'end': '2574.200', 'text': 'mostly'}, {'start': '2570.720', 'end': '2578.920', 'text': 'young ones, the generation of our'}, {'start': '2574.200', 'end': '2578.920', 'text': 'days prefer to have dogs than'}, {'start': '2579.200', 'end': '2585.240', 'text': 'children.  What a shame.'}, {'start': '2583.040', 'end': '2588.400', 'text': 'People, even in churches,'}, {'start': '2585.240', 'end': '2590.319', 'text': 'consider children as a'}, {'start': '2588.400', 'end': '2593.040', 'text': 'hindrance, as'}, {'start': '2590.319', 'end': '2595.920', 'text': 'delays, as'}, {'start': '2593.040', 'end': '2599.640', 'text': 'accidents, as beings that stop and'}, {'start': '2595.920', 'end': '2602.520', 'text': 'are obstacles to my'}, {'start': '2599.640', 'end': '2605.079', 'text': "personal success.  That's what children are considered"}, {'start': '2602.520', 'end': '2607.240', 'text': 'now.  These children that Ana'}, {'start': '2605.079', 'end': '2609.800', 'text': 'was asking for, are now'}, {'start': '2607.240', 'end': '2612.800', 'text': 'considered as obstacles.  They kill them'}, {'start': '2609.800', 'end': '2615.760', 'text': 'inside a womb.'}, {'start': '2612.800', 'end': '2619.119', 'text': 'Those are'}, {'start': '2615.760', 'end': '2622.599', 'text': 'selfish thoughts.  They say that time is'}, {'start': '2619.119', 'end': '2624.920', 'text': 'hard to fill by having'}, {'start': '2622.599', 'end': '2628.480', 'text': "children.  It's a reality that time is"}, {'start': '2624.920', 'end': '2630.240', 'text': 'difficult to have enough children, but'}, {'start': '2628.480', 'end': '2632.240', 'text': 'that makes me think about my personal life, it'}, {'start': '2630.240', 'end': '2635.440', 'text': 'makes me think about my'}, {'start': '2632.240', 'end': '2637.240', 'text': 'parents.  We were 10'}, {'start': '2635.440', 'end': '2640.200', 'text': 'brothers.'}, {'start': '2637.240', 'end': '2643.480', 'text': 'In our house it was a'}, {'start': '2640.200', 'end': '2643.480', 'text': 'tin room with a'}, {'start': '2646.160', 'end': '2651.359', 'text': 'dirt floor, except for one who died of an'}, {'start': '2648.640', 'end': '2653.000', 'text': 'illness, we are all well, we are all'}, {'start': '2651.359', 'end': '2656.160', 'text': 'alive.'}, {'start': '2653.000', 'end': '2657.880', 'text': 'That was not an obstacle to thinking that'}, {'start': '2656.160', 'end': '2661.520', 'text': 'the time was'}, {'start': '2657.880', 'end': '2661.520', 'text': 'difficult, it was not an'}, {'start': '2662.720', 'end': '2668.800', 'text': 'obstacle.  Again, Psalm'}, {'start': '2666.119', 'end': '2671.520', 'text': '127:5 says,'}, {'start': '2668.800', 'end': '2675.440', 'text': '"Blessed is the man who fills his'}, {'start': '2671.520', 'end': '2678.839', 'text': 'quiver with them! He will not be put to shame'}, {'start': '2675.440', 'end': '2682.000', 'text': 'when he speaks with his enemies in'}, {'start': '2678.839', 'end': '2682.000', 'text': 'the gate."'}, {'start': '2682.160', 'end': '2688.480', 'text': 'To continue tracing what'}, {'start': '2684.119', 'end': '2690.880', 'text': "Canaan's relationship was with Hannah."}, {'start': '2688.480', 'end': '2694.400', 'text': 'Deuteronomy 30 says that every time'}, {'start': '2690.880', 'end': '2698.000', 'text': 'a woman made a vow to give and'}, {'start': '2694.400', 'end': '2700.880', 'text': 'offer her to the Lord, the husband'}, {'start': '2698.000', 'end': '2703.920', 'text': 'had to agree. So,'}, {'start': '2700.880', 'end': '2707.280', 'text': 'Canaan must have agreed'}, {'start': '2703.920', 'end': '2710.000', 'text': 'with that prayer that the woman'}, {'start': '2707.280', 'end': '2714.000', 'text': 'he loved had made. She wanted to'}, {'start': '2710.000', 'end': '2716.280', 'text': 'present that child to God. She was a'}, {'start': '2714.000', 'end': '2719.520', 'text': "woman with a passion for God's best"}, {'start': '2716.280', 'end': '2721.640', 'text': '. She was a woman of prayer, she was'}, {'start': '2719.520', 'end': '2724.960', 'text': 'a woman who wanted a child for a'}, {'start': '2721.640', 'end': '2727.599', 'text': 'reason and that was to present that child'}, {'start': '2724.960', 'end': '2730.079', 'text': 'to the Lord. The people of Israel are'}, {'start': '2727.599', 'end': '2732.480', 'text': 'wandering there. There is not a man who'}, {'start': '2730.079', 'end': '2735.240', 'text': 'presents himself pure before God in the'}, {'start': '2732.480', 'end': '2737.359', 'text': 'priesthood. God had to raise one up.'}, {'start': '2735.240', 'end': '2741.079', 'text': 'And what'}, {'start': '2737.359', 'end': '2742.960', 'text': 'happened? Verse 13.'}, {'start': '2741.079', 'end': '2746.160', 'text': 'But Hannah spoke in her heart and'}, {'start': '2742.960', 'end': '2749.599', 'text': 'only her lips moved and her voice was'}, {'start': '2746.160', 'end': '2752.920', 'text': 'not heard.  I heard. And look what this'}, {'start': '2749.599', 'end': '2756.280', 'text': 'man, who was supposed to advise'}, {'start': '2752.920', 'end': '2758.839', 'text': 'or comfort this woman, does.  Eli thought'}, {'start': '2756.280', 'end': '2761.839', 'text': 'she was'}, {'start': '2758.839', 'end': '2764.359', 'text': 'drunk, he thought she was drunk.  Verse'}, {'start': '2761.839', 'end': '2767.720', 'text': '14. Then Eli said to her, "How long will'}, {'start': '2764.359', 'end': '2770.400', 'text': 'you be drunken? I will call your wine, and it will'}, {'start': '2767.720', 'end': '2773.760', 'text': 'pass over you." And Hannah answered and said'}, {'start': '2770.400', 'end': '2777.800', 'text': 'in verse 15, "No, Lord,'}, {'start': '2773.760', 'end': '2781.040', 'text': 'my Lord, I am a woman of a broken'}, {'start': '2777.800', 'end': '2784.920', 'text': 'spirit. I have not drunk wine or strong drink,'}, {'start': '2781.040', 'end': '2787.960', 'text': 'but I have poured out my soul before the'}, {'start': '2784.920', 'end': '2790.079', 'text': 'Lord. Do not consider your servant a'}, {'start': '2787.960', 'end': '2792.960', 'text': 'wicked woman." And when we\'re'}, {'start': '2790.079', 'end': '2795.800', 'text': 'relating drinking, this woman says'}, {'start': '2792.960', 'end': '2798.800', 'text': 'that someone who was drinking Elijah considered her a'}, {'start': '2795.800', 'end': '2801.520', 'text': "drunkard, so she's"}, {'start': '2798.800', 'end': '2806.000', 'text': 'implicitly putting wickedness in'}, {'start': '2801.520', 'end': '2809.119', 'text': 'drunkenness. Just something like a commercial'}, {'start': '2806.000', 'end': '2812.520', 'text': 'there. Verse 16. We continue reading.'}, {'start': '2809.119', 'end': '2816.920', 'text': 'For out of the greatness of my anguish and'}, {'start': '2812.520', 'end': '2821.520', 'text': 'my affliction I have spoken until now.'}, {'start': '2816.920', 'end': '2824.680', 'text': '17. Eli answered her and said, "Go in'}, {'start': '2821.520', 'end': '2826.559', 'text': 'peace, and the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of'}, {'start': '2824.680', 'end': '2830.000', 'text': 'Him'}, {'start': '2826.559', 'end': '2832.359', 'text': '." Then verse 18, "And she'}, {'start': '2830.000', 'end': '2836.000', 'text': 'said, "Your'}, {'start': '2832.359', 'end': '2838.800', 'text': 'servant is gracious in your'}, {'start': '2836.000', 'end': '2841.760', 'text': 'sight."  She finished her prayer and went'}, {'start': '2838.800', 'end': '2845.079', 'text': 'on her way and ate and was no longer'}, {'start': '2841.760', 'end': '2847.960', 'text': 'sad.  Because?  She believed in God and'}, {'start': '2845.079', 'end': '2850.760', 'text': 'she was going to be patient until she got'}, {'start': '2847.960', 'end': '2853.440', 'text': "God's answer.  This was a"}, {'start': '2850.760', 'end': '2856.480', 'text': 'patient woman, another side of her.  And you know'}, {'start': '2853.440', 'end': '2859.359', 'text': 'what the result was, verse'}, {'start': '2856.480', 'end': '2862.680', 'text': '19. A'}, {'start': '2859.359', 'end': '2865.480', 'text': 'beautiful result.  And they rose up early in the morning, and'}, {'start': '2862.680', 'end': '2869.400', 'text': 'worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and'}, {'start': '2865.480', 'end': '2871.520', 'text': 'went to their house to Ramah.  And the cop'}, {'start': '2869.400', 'end': '2874.480', 'text': 'came to his wife.  And that reached his'}, {'start': '2871.520', 'end': '2876.720', 'text': 'wife.  It means that they had'}, {'start': '2874.480', 'end': '2880.359', 'text': 'intimacy, they had relations.  And'}, {'start': '2876.720', 'end': '2884.200', 'text': 'Jehovah, what?  He remembered'}, {'start': '2880.359', 'end': '2886.680', 'text': 'her.  He remembered'}, {'start': '2884.200', 'end': '2889.640', 'text': 'her.  And it came to pass, when the'}, {'start': '2886.680', 'end': '2893.760', 'text': 'time was come after Hannah had conceived, that she'}, {'start': '2889.640', 'end': '2895.720', 'text': 'bare a son, and she called his name'}, {'start': '2893.760', 'end': '2898.960', 'text': 'Samuel.'}, {'start': '2895.720', 'end': '2900.880', 'text': 'And we know, do you know what'}, {'start': '2900.880', 'end': '2905.920', 'text': 'Samuel means?  All names have a'}, {'start': '2903.520', 'end': '2909.400', 'text': 'meaning.  Well, the meaning of'}, {'start': '2905.920', 'end': '2912.040', 'text': 'Samuel is heard by'}, {'start': '2909.400', 'end': '2916.640', 'text': 'God, heard by God, which is the'}, {'start': '2912.040', 'end': '2919.559', 'text': 'same thing, heard by God or God has'}, {'start': '2916.640', 'end': '2922.880', 'text': 'heard.  Because?  Because the Lord required it of him'}, {'start': '2919.559', 'end': '2925.839', 'text': '.  His prayer was then'}, {'start': '2922.880', 'end': '2929.400', 'text': "answered.  She wanted God's best"}, {'start': '2925.839', 'end': '2932.520', 'text': '.  She cried about it.  She gave back by'}, {'start': '2929.400', 'end': '2935.200', 'text': 'offering that life to God.  She lived'}, {'start': '2932.520', 'end': '2937.359', 'text': "in purity.  God answered his prayer.   Let's"}, {'start': '2935.200', 'end': '2939.720', 'text': 'look together at what'}, {'start': '2937.359', 'end': '2941.960', 'text': "Anna's response to God was in the text we"}, {'start': '2939.720', 'end': '2944.200', 'text': 'read at the beginning.'}, {'start': '2941.960', 'end': '2946.920', 'text': 'We have the answer in chapter 2,'}, {'start': '2944.200', 'end': '2950.040', 'text': 'verse 1. Hannah said, "My heart'}, {'start': '2946.920', 'end': '2953.520', 'text': 'rejoices in the Lord. My horn is'}, {'start': '2950.040', 'end': '2956.440', 'text': 'exalted in the Lord. My mouth is enlarged. I will rejoice'}, {'start': '2953.520', 'end': '2959.119', 'text': 'over my enemies, because I rejoice'}, {'start': '2956.440', 'end': '2961.559', 'text': 'in your salvation. There is no one holy like the'}, {'start': '2959.119', 'end': '2964.680', 'text': 'Lord, for there is none besides'}, {'start': '2961.559', 'end': '2968.680', 'text': 'you, and there is no rock like'}, {'start': '2964.680', 'end': '2968.680', 'text': 'our God." That was Hannah\'s response'}, {'start': '2968.839', 'end': '2971.839', 'text': '.'}, {'start': '2973.400', 'end': '2978.119', 'text': 'Finally, going back to chapter 1,'}, {'start': '2975.760', 'end': '2981.200', 'text': 'verse'}, {'start': '2978.119', 'end': '2984.359', 'text': '21, Hannah has a right relationship in'}, {'start': '2981.200', 'end': '2984.359', 'text': 'her home.'}, {'start': '2985.000', 'end': '2987.480', 'text': 'Verse'}, {'start': '2987.720', 'end': '2992.640', 'text': '21. Then the man and'}, {'start': '2990.599', 'end': '2995.680', 'text': 'all his household went up to Cana to'}, {'start': '2992.640', 'end': '2997.440', 'text': 'offer the sacrifice to the'}, {'start': '2995.680', 'end': '3000.400', 'text': 'Lord again,'}, {'start': '2997.440', 'end': '3003.079', 'text': 'according to their vow.'}, {'start': '3000.400', 'end': '3005.920', 'text': 'But Hannah did not go up, but said to her'}, {'start': '3003.079', 'end': '3008.839', 'text': 'husband, "I will not go up until the child is weaned, so that I may take'}, {'start': '3005.920', 'end': '3013.440', 'text': 'him to'}, {'start': '3008.839', 'end': '3017.920', 'text': 'stand before the Lord."  And?'}, {'start': '3013.440', 'end': '3020.520', 'text': 'and stay there'}, {'start': '3017.920', 'end': '3023.280', 'text': 'forever until he is weaned.  Well, the'}, {'start': '3020.520', 'end': '3025.520', 'text': 'tradition or the reading that'}, {'start': '3023.280', 'end': '3028.440', 'text': 'we can find regarding'}, {'start': '3025.520', 'end': '3030.280', 'text': 'the child being weaned.  How old,'}, {'start': '3028.440', 'end': '3032.680', 'text': 'how old did a Hebrew think he'}, {'start': '3030.280', 'end': '3036.440', 'text': 'could wean a child?  It was two or'}, {'start': '3032.680', 'end': '3040.319', 'text': "three years.  That's the age Samuel was going to be"}, {'start': '3036.440', 'end': '3042.160', 'text': 'when his son was going to'}, {'start': '3040.319', 'end': '3044.160', 'text': 'stay there.'}, {'start': '3042.160', 'end': '3046.680', 'text': 'in the'}, {'start': '3044.160', 'end': '3049.599', 'text': 'temple.  She kept her'}, {'start': '3046.680', 'end': '3052.680', 'text': "vow.  I'm going to give that son to the Lord"}, {'start': '3049.599', 'end': '3055.160', 'text': "as soon as he's weaned.  And as I"}, {'start': '3052.680', 'end': '3057.839', 'text': 'said, for a Hebrew woman that meant'}, {'start': '3055.160', 'end': '3060.200', 'text': 'two or three years.  And she said, "I\'m not going'}, {'start': '3057.839', 'end': '3062.880', 'text': 'up there until the child can'}, {'start': '3060.200', 'end': '3064.559', 'text': "feed himself, until he's"}, {'start': '3062.880', 'end': '3067.319', 'text': 'no longer dependent on'}, {'start': '3064.559', 'end': '3070.240', 'text': 'me."  For this child was offered to'}, {'start': '3067.319', 'end': '3074.200', 'text': 'Jehovah.  Jehovah answered my request.'}, {'start': '3070.240', 'end': '3076.559', 'text': 'I promised him a vow, that he was going to be'}, {'start': '3074.200', 'end': '3078.640', 'text': 'delivered, his life was going to be'}, {'start': '3076.559', 'end': '3081.000', 'text': 'before him and that is what I am going to'}, {'start': '3078.640', 'end': '3083.920', 'text': "do.  And you know what, that's putting"}, {'start': '3081.000', 'end': '3086.319', 'text': 'a child as a real priority.  And'}, {'start': '3083.920', 'end': '3088.280', 'text': 'some people might say, "Oh,'}, {'start': '3086.319', 'end': '3090.000', 'text': 'so he didn\'t go to the temple."  It means'}, {'start': '3088.280', 'end': '3093.200', 'text': 'that he stayed at home.  So,'}, {'start': '3090.000', 'end': '3095.640', 'text': 'it means that Ana put'}, {'start': '3093.200', 'end': '3098.400', 'text': 'her worship of the Lord above all else, but no.  The'}, {'start': '3095.640', 'end': '3101.799', 'text': "truth is that it wasn't like that, because she"}, {'start': '3098.400', 'end': '3101.799', 'text': 'was taking care of,'}, {'start': '3102.200', 'end': '3107.839', 'text': 'she was'}, {'start': '3104.280', 'end': '3110.760', 'text': 'taking care of the greatest gift that God had ever'}, {'start': '3107.839', 'end': '3113.960', 'text': 'entrusted into her hands'}, {'start': '3110.760', 'end': '3117.160', 'text': '.  She was serving the Lord in'}, {'start': '3113.960', 'end': '3119.880', 'text': 'that way.  She was more important to that'}, {'start': '3117.160', 'end': '3122.960', 'text': ', this child was more important to'}, {'start': '3119.880', 'end': '3125.880', 'text': 'this woman to stay there, feed her'}, {'start': '3122.960', 'end': '3128.960', 'text': 'child than to go and offer sacrifice at that'}, {'start': '3125.880', 'end': '3131.720', 'text': 'time.  She knew priorities.  She'}, {'start': '3128.960', 'end': '3133.960', 'text': 'stayed with her son with'}, {'start': '3131.720', 'end': '3137.359', 'text': 'total dedication, commitment, preparing,'}, {'start': '3133.960', 'end': '3141.200', 'text': 'loving, instructing and caring for that'}, {'start': '3137.359', 'end': '3143.480', 'text': 'boy.  Verse 23. And Cana, her'}, {'start': '3141.200', 'end': '3147.480', 'text': 'husband, answered her, that was the'}, {'start': '3143.480', 'end': '3150.880', 'text': 'right relationship in their home.  And Canaan'}, {'start': '3147.480', 'end': '3153.640', 'text': 'answered, "You know what, Pena'}, {'start': '3150.880', 'end': '3157.319', 'text': 'Ana? Do whatever seems right to you'}, {'start': '3153.640', 'end': '3159.839', 'text': ', okay?'}, {'start': '3157.319', 'end': '3162.359', 'text': "Until I wean him, it's fine"}, {'start': '3159.839', 'end': '3164.880', 'text': '. But since the relationship in the home'}, {'start': '3162.359', 'end': '3167.040', 'text': 'was right, there was worship of the'}, {'start': '3164.880', 'end': '3170.480', 'text': 'Lord, there was love, and there was a'}, {'start': '3167.040', 'end': '3171.920', 'text': 'right relationship in the home, Canaan says to'}, {'start': '3170.480', 'end': '3175.319', 'text': 'his wife,'}, {'start': '3171.920', 'end': '3178.920', 'text': '"Just make sure of one'}, {'start': '3175.319', 'end': '3181.680', 'text': 'thing, that the Lord keeps his word." And'}, {'start': '3178.920', 'end': '3184.000', 'text': 'this is looking for other translations in'}, {'start': '3181.680', 'end': '3187.599', 'text': 'what Canaan wanted to tell'}, {'start': '3184.000', 'end': '3189.520', 'text': "her was just one thing, don't"}, {'start': '3187.599', 'end': '3191.880', 'text': 'forget the promise that you have'}, {'start': '3189.520', 'end': '3193.839', 'text': 'made with this'}, {'start': '3191.880', 'end': '3200.000', 'text': 'boy.'}, {'start': '3193.839', 'end': '3202.440', 'text': 'That is the right relationship in the home.'}, {'start': '3200.000', 'end': '3206.000', 'text': "She didn't stop there, afterward she dedicated the"}, {'start': '3202.440', 'end': '3208.160', 'text': 'child, verse 24, uh, it continues after she'}, {'start': '3206.000', 'end': '3210.319', 'text': 'had weaned him, she took him with her'}, {'start': '3208.160', 'end': '3212.480', 'text': 'with three. Now she goes to offer'}, {'start': '3210.319', 'end': '3214.599', 'text': 'sacrifice as her custom was to do.'}, {'start': '3212.480', 'end': '3217.079', 'text': 'Verse 24. After she had'}, {'start': '3214.599', 'end': '3220.319', 'text': 'weaned him, she took him with what?'}, {'start': '3217.079', 'end': '3222.960', 'text': 'With three golden calves, an ephiny and'}, {'start': '3220.319', 'end': '3225.280', 'text': 'a cruse of wine. And she brought him to the house'}, {'start': '3222.960', 'end': '3227.359', 'text': 'of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was'}, {'start': '3225.280', 'end': '3230.359', 'text': 'small. There we have Ana dedicating to'}, {'start': '3227.359', 'end': '3232.760', 'text': "Samuel.  We have Cana and I don't know, I don't know,"}, {'start': '3230.359', 'end': '3234.440', 'text': "they didn't forget their vote.  We see"}, {'start': '3232.760', 'end': '3236.960', 'text': 'a woman who, in the midst of her'}, {'start': '3234.440', 'end': '3240.160', 'text': 'afflictions, God sovereignly answered her'}, {'start': '3236.960', 'end': '3242.319', 'text': '.  She was a woman who'}, {'start': '3240.160', 'end': '3245.799', 'text': 'was an instrument in the hands of God'}, {'start': '3242.319', 'end': '3247.880', 'text': 'to carry out his plan in providing'}, {'start': '3245.799', 'end': '3250.839', 'text': 'a prophet for his'}, {'start': '3247.880', 'end': '3253.440', 'text': 'people in such need, in the need'}, {'start': '3250.839', 'end': '3256.200', 'text': 'that Israel had, and he did it through'}, {'start': '3253.440', 'end': '3259.079', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '3256.200', 'end': '3262.920', 'text': 'godly mother who worshipped'}, {'start': '3259.079', 'end': '3266.160', 'text': 'God, who loved her husband, who had'}, {'start': '3262.920', 'end': '3267.720', 'text': 'a right relationship in her home, who'}, {'start': '3266.160', 'end': '3270.520', 'text': 'had a'}, {'start': '3267.720', 'end': '3274.200', 'text': 'vertical relationship, a right heavenly relationship,'}, {'start': '3270.520', 'end': '3274.200', 'text': 'and there the'}, {'start': '3275.680', 'end': '3280.760', 'text': 'result.'}, {'start': '3277.559', 'end': '3282.440', 'text': 'This can be an invitation for'}, {'start': '3280.760', 'end': '3285.520', 'text': 'us, not just for mothers,'}, {'start': '3282.440', 'end': '3288.480', 'text': 'because the responsibility for'}, {'start': '3285.520', 'end': '3290.880', 'text': 'children also falls on us'}, {'start': '3288.480', 'end': '3293.680', 'text': 'fathers.  But this afternoon we are'}, {'start': '3290.880', 'end': '3296.720', 'text': 'talking about'}, {'start': '3293.680', 'end': '3300.280', 'text': 'mothers.  Throughout'}, {'start': '3296.720', 'end': '3302.319', 'text': 'history there have been women who have been'}, {'start': '3300.280', 'end': '3306.079', 'text': 'mothers who have'}, {'start': '3302.319', 'end': '3309.480', 'text': 'exhibited Ana in a'}, {'start': '3306.079', 'end': '3310.920', 'text': 'sense.  The clearest example'}, {'start': '3309.480', 'end': '3313.760', 'text': 'we could sometimes have is the'}, {'start': '3310.920', 'end': '3315.319', 'text': "example of Timothy's grandmother and mother"}, {'start': '3313.760', 'end': '3318.319', 'text': '.  Do you remember'}, {'start': '3315.319', 'end': '3318.319', 'text': 'their names?'}, {'start': '3321.920', 'end': '3328.319', 'text': 'Amen.  We have this, what these'}, {'start': '3325.559', 'end': '3329.799', 'text': 'women did, the mother'}, {'start': '3328.319', 'end': '3334.000', 'text': 'and grandmother of'}, {'start': '3329.799', 'end': '3337.839', 'text': 'Timothy, who has known'}, {'start': '3334.000', 'end': '3340.960', 'text': 'the Holy Scriptures since childhood.  These'}, {'start': '3337.839', 'end': '3343.599', 'text': 'women were there instructing this boy'}, {'start': '3340.960', 'end': '3345.480', 'text': 'who later became an instrument'}, {'start': '3343.599', 'end': '3347.920', 'text': 'in the hands of God who assisted in the'}, {'start': '3345.480', 'end': '3350.359', 'text': 'ministry of'}, {'start': '3347.920', 'end': '3353.839', 'text': 'Timothy, Lois, and'}, {'start': '3350.359', 'end': '3355.319', 'text': 'Eunise.  We have other'}, {'start': '3353.839', 'end': '3359.200', 'text': 'biblical examples, but we can also'}, {'start': '3355.319', 'end': '3361.520', 'text': 'go back to the'}, {'start': '3359.200', 'end': '3363.559', 'text': 'recent past.  And when we say recent,'}, {'start': '3361.520', 'end': '3367.880', 'text': "we're talking about a couple of hundred"}, {'start': '3363.559', 'end': '3370.880', 'text': 'years ago.  Uh, for example, the mothers'}, {'start': '3367.880', 'end': '3375.559', 'text': 'and wives of the'}, {'start': '3370.880', 'end': '3378.400', 'text': 'church reformers, mentioning Sara'}, {'start': '3375.559', 'end': '3382.680', 'text': 'Edwards, the wife of Jonathan Edwards,'}, {'start': '3378.400', 'end': '3385.559', 'text': 'a man who was a brilliant voice'}, {'start': '3382.680', 'end': '3389.880', 'text': 'uh of America.  It seems that they told her this'}, {'start': '3385.559', 'end': '3392.559', 'text': 'woman, uh, this man was 24 years old,'}, {'start': '3389.880', 'end': '3395.599', 'text': 'she was 17, she had several'}, {'start': '3392.559', 'end': '3398.359', 'text': 'suitors, she decided uh to listen to'}, {'start': '3395.599', 'end': '3401.480', 'text': 'Jonathan.  With Jonathan they have 11 children,'}, {'start': '3398.359', 'end': '3403.039', 'text': 'they have eight girls, three'}, {'start': '3401.480', 'end': '3405.520', 'text': 'boys.'}, {'start': '3403.039', 'end': '3407.760', 'text': 'This woman'}, {'start': '3405.520', 'end': '3409.599', 'text': 'gave, she'}, {'start': '3407.760', 'end': '3413.640', 'text': 'took,'}, {'start': '3409.599', 'end': '3416.760', 'text': 'but to the cent what was'}, {'start': '3413.640', 'end': '3419.720', 'text': 'due to her as a pious woman.'}, {'start': '3416.760', 'end': '3421.359', 'text': 'What did she do?  She was in charge of'}, {'start': '3419.720', 'end': '3423.359', 'text': 'educating her children'}, {'start': '3421.359', 'end': '3425.680', 'text': 'spiritually.  She was the woman who'}, {'start': '3423.359', 'end': '3428.880', 'text': 'even took care of their clothes, of'}, {'start': '3425.680', 'end': '3431.400', 'text': 'the sheep they sheared.'}, {'start': '3428.880', 'end': '3433.480', 'text': 'She was in charge of preserving the'}, {'start': '3431.400', 'end': '3435.480', 'text': 'food during the winter and kept it'}, {'start': '3433.480', 'end': '3438.240', 'text': 'there in these containers that we'}, {'start': '3435.480', 'end': '3440.520', 'text': 'see women using.  In'}, {'start': '3438.240', 'end': '3442.280', 'text': 'fact, this woman was also an'}, {'start': '3440.520', 'end': '3446.119', 'text': "important part of Jonathan's ministry,"}, {'start': '3442.280', 'end': '3448.520', 'text': 'as they say that when visitors did'}, {'start': '3446.119', 'end': '3452.039', 'text': "n't have a place to stay, the"}, {'start': '3448.520', 'end': '3454.440', 'text': 'second choice of lodging was the'}, {'start': '3452.039', 'end': '3457.680', 'text': "Edwards' house.  This woman was a"}, {'start': '3454.440', 'end': '3459.319', 'text': 'woman dedicated to her wife, dedicated to'}, {'start': '3457.680', 'end': '3461.559', 'text': 'her children.'}, {'start': '3459.319', 'end': '3464.079', 'text': 'Another example that we have in the'}, {'start': '3461.559', 'end': '3466.200', 'text': 'recent past of another pious woman,'}, {'start': '3464.079', 'end': '3469.039', 'text': 'Catherine Bonbora, wife of Martin'}, {'start': '3466.200', 'end': '3474.559', 'text': 'Luther, they say that when this woman,'}, {'start': '3469.039', 'end': '3478.119', 'text': 'uh, is seen, uh, she was a'}, {'start': '3474.559', 'end': '3480.280', 'text': "runaway nun, this woman's mother, uh, dies"}, {'start': '3478.119', 'end': '3483.200', 'text': 'when she is 4 or 5'}, {'start': '3480.280', 'end': '3485.960', 'text': "years old.  This girl's father is"}, {'start': '3483.200', 'end': '3488.039', 'text': 'remarrying.  At the age of 6 she was'}, {'start': '3485.960', 'end': '3491.920', 'text': 'taken to a convent and in the convent she'}, {'start': '3488.039', 'end': '3494.000', 'text': 'realized and began to hear'}, {'start': '3491.920', 'end': '3495.520', 'text': 'little by little the voice of reform.  Martin'}, {'start': '3494.000', 'end': '3498.119', 'text': "Luther.  There's a man who's getting"}, {'start': '3495.520', 'end': '3499.599', 'text': 'up out there and he contacts'}, {'start': '3498.119', 'end': '3503.680', 'text': 'Martin Luther with no intention of'}, {'start': '3499.599', 'end': '3508.240', 'text': 'getting married.  Then they, uh, uh, a plan that'}, {'start': '3503.680', 'end': '3511.359', 'text': 'Luther sort of hatched, the'}, {'start': '3508.240', 'end': '3514.119', 'text': '11 nuns got into a transport'}, {'start': '3511.359', 'end': '3516.559', 'text': 'that entered this convent.  They leave'}, {'start': '3514.119', 'end': '3519.960', 'text': 'secretly, Martin welcomes them there and'}, {'start': '3516.559', 'end': '3523.079', 'text': 'well, they end up getting married.  This woman'}, {'start': '3519.960', 'end': '3525.319', 'text': 'played an important role in'}, {'start': '3523.079', 'end': '3528.160', 'text': "Martin Luther's life when"}, {'start': '3525.319', 'end': '3530.400', 'text': 'the entire Reformation was carried out.  Elisa Spurgion, the'}, {'start': '3528.160', 'end': '3532.920', 'text': 'mother of Charles'}, {'start': '3530.400', 'end': '3535.039', 'text': 'Spurgon, created a pious man, the'}, {'start': '3532.920', 'end': '3538.000', 'text': 'prince of preachers, Susan'}, {'start': '3535.039', 'end': '3539.440', 'text': 'Spurgion, the wife of this man.'}, {'start': '3538.000', 'end': '3541.760', 'text': 'When this man began to see the'}, {'start': '3539.440', 'end': '3544.280', 'text': 'crowds coming to the church, to the'}, {'start': '3541.760', 'end': '3546.319', 'text': 'metropolitan cathedral there where'}, {'start': '3544.280', 'end': '3548.640', 'text': 'he'}, {'start': '3546.319', 'end': '3550.920', 'text': 'preached, we all know that when'}, {'start': '3548.640', 'end': '3553.160', 'text': 'someone is expounding and preaching the'}, {'start': '3550.920', 'end': '3555.640', 'text': 'gospel, there are heavenly hosts of'}, {'start': '3553.160', 'end': '3558.559', 'text': 'evil that oppose him.  And this man'}, {'start': '3555.640', 'end': '3561.960', 'text': 'received so much, he received so much'}, {'start': '3558.559', 'end': '3565.799', 'text': 'praise and he received many, many'}, {'start': '3561.960', 'end': '3569.079', 'text': 'good references from him for the message of the'}, {'start': '3565.799', 'end': '3571.160', 'text': 'gospel that he carried.  But'}, {'start': '3569.079', 'end': '3573.440', 'text': 'this man also received attacks, he'}, {'start': '3571.160', 'end': '3576.160', 'text': 'received criticism.  And who was the woman'}, {'start': '3573.440', 'end': '3578.760', 'text': 'who stood in the middle of these criticisms?'}, {'start': '3576.160', 'end': '3581.920', 'text': 'In that avalanche of attacks against'}, {'start': '3578.760', 'end': '3583.720', 'text': 'her husband, it was the woman, her husband, her'}, {'start': '3581.920', 'end': '3585.000', 'text': 'wife.'}, {'start': '3583.720', 'end': '3590.400', 'text': 'So,'}, {'start': '3585.000', 'end': '3592.880', 'text': 'women do play an'}, {'start': '3590.400', 'end': '3595.559', 'text': 'important role within the'}, {'start': '3592.880', 'end': '3598.559', 'text': 'church, but not only within the'}, {'start': '3595.559', 'end': '3603.680', 'text': 'church; women, mothers, and'}, {'start': '3598.559', 'end': '3603.680', 'text': 'wives have a'}, {'start': '3607.319', 'end': '3613.880', 'text': 'divine plan.  Thank God for'}, {'start': '3611.200', 'end': '3618.799', 'text': 'women, thank God for our'}, {'start': '3613.880', 'end': '3618.799', 'text': 'mothers, thank God for our'}, {'start': '3620.599', 'end': '3627.119', 'text': 'wives.  Thank God for each of'}, {'start': '3623.319', 'end': '3629.960', 'text': 'you here, who have'}, {'start': '3627.119', 'end': '3632.839', 'text': 'taken on the responsibility of being not'}, {'start': '3629.960', 'end': '3636.720', 'text': 'only wives, but also mothers'}, {'start': '3632.839', 'end': '3641.240', 'text': 'who are guiding their children.'}, {'start': '3636.720', 'end': '3645.039', 'text': "And may Hannah's example serve as a"}, {'start': '3641.240', 'end': '3648.359', 'text': 'reference for this to be a'}, {'start': '3645.039', 'end': '3651.000', 'text': 'precursor, for this to be like a'}, {'start': '3648.359', 'end': '3653.880', 'text': 'springboard, and may the life and example of'}, {'start': '3651.000', 'end': '3656.559', 'text': 'this woman, mother of Samuel, of the prophet'}, {'start': '3653.880', 'end': '3659.960', 'text': 'Samuel, serve as an'}, {'start': '3656.559', 'end': '3661.880', 'text': 'example for us, for our'}, {'start': '3659.960', 'end': '3665.720', 'text': 'generation,'}, {'start': '3661.880', 'end': '3668.599', 'text': 'where children are the greatest gift.'}, {'start': '3665.720', 'end': '3669.400', 'text': 'what we can receive from God,'}, {'start': '3669.400', 'end': '3673.960', 'text': 'and I believe that with great propriety I'}, {'start': '3672.119', 'end': '3676.280', 'text': 'could say, "I am'}, {'start': '3673.960', 'end': '3679.400', 'text': 'grateful'}, {'start': '3676.280', 'end': '3683.280', 'text': 'for the mother that my children'}, {'start': '3679.400', 'end': '3687.240', 'text': 'have. I am grateful for my'}, {'start': '3683.280', 'end': '3689.440', 'text': 'mother, and I am grateful also for'}, {'start': '3687.240', 'end': '3693.079', 'text': 'each one of you who have taken on this'}, {'start': '3689.440', 'end': '3695.440', 'text': 'task and this'}, {'start': '3693.079', 'end': '3698.400', 'text': 'responsibility of'}, {'start': '3695.440', 'end': '3701.000', 'text': 'imitation and example, not only of'}, {'start': '3698.400', 'end': '3703.240', 'text': 'Hannah, but also of many other'}, {'start': '3701.000', 'end': '3705.720', 'text': 'women, not only throughout'}, {'start': '3703.240', 'end': '3707.920', 'text': 'Scripture, but also throughout'}, {'start': '3705.720', 'end': '3710.119', 'text': 'recent history, who have been'}, {'start': '3707.920', 'end': '3712.240', 'text': 'examples and continue to be examples.'}, {'start': '3710.119', 'end': '3716.039', 'text': 'Examples for us'}, {'start': '3712.240', 'end': '3720.359', 'text': 'today. God bless you, Mother. May the'}, {'start': '3716.039', 'end': '3723.279', 'text': 'Lord be exalted among us. We'}, {'start': '3720.359', 'end': '3727.160', 'text': 'pray. Blessed Father, thank you'}, {'start': '3723.279', 'end': '3729.839', 'text': 'for your mercy, for your'}, {'start': '3727.160', 'end': '3731.440', 'text': 'goodness. Thank you, Lord, for our'}, {'start': '3729.839', 'end': '3734.200', 'text': 'sisters that you have given the'}, {'start': '3731.440', 'end': '3737.039', 'text': 'privilege of being'}, {'start': '3734.200', 'end': '3740.799', 'text': 'mothers. We pray together, Father. Thank you'}, {'start': '3737.039', 'end': '3746.480', 'text': 'for our time this'}, {'start': '3740.799', 'end': '3748.880', 'text': 'afternoon. And again, this beautiful and'}, {'start': '3746.480', 'end': '3752.200', 'text': 'moving passage reminds us of the'}, {'start': '3748.880', 'end': '3754.799', 'text': 'high priority that you give to'}, {'start': '3752.200', 'end': '3756.599', 'text': 'motherhood. We hear even in these'}, {'start': '3754.799', 'end': '3759.440', 'text': 'moments the echo of the voices of our'}, {'start': '3756.599', 'end': '3762.400', 'text': 'little children, and they are precious to'}, {'start': '3759.440', 'end': '3765.000', 'text': 'us.  the crying of the little ones'}, {'start': '3762.400', 'end': '3768.680', 'text': 'who were or are among'}, {'start': '3765.000', 'end': '3771.359', 'text': 'us, Lord, this'}, {'start': '3768.680', 'end': '3774.520', 'text': 'afternoon.  We pray that you, Lord, give us'}, {'start': '3771.359', 'end': '3777.520', 'text': 'the grace and strength to raise'}, {'start': '3774.520', 'end': '3781.000', 'text': 'godly offspring, so that they,'}, {'start': '3777.520', 'end': '3784.400', 'text': 'like Samuel, may minister before'}, {'start': '3781.000', 'end': '3787.559', 'text': 'you and not be like the sons of'}, {'start': '3784.400', 'end': '3790.559', 'text': 'Eli.  And let us know that it'}, {'start': '3787.559', 'end': '3794.000', 'text': 'depends on a correct relationship with our'}, {'start': '3790.559', 'end': '3796.680', 'text': 'husband, with heaven, and with our home.'}, {'start': '3794.000', 'end': '3799.000', 'text': 'Help us, Lord, to make that commitment'}, {'start': '3796.680', 'end': '3801.559', 'text': 'for the sake of your son'}, {'start': '3799.000', 'end': '3804.359', 'text': 'Jesus Christ.  We pray these things, Lord,'}, {'start': '3801.559', 'end': '3806.599', 'text': 'trusting, Lord, that you will do them'}, {'start': '3804.359', 'end': '3808.839', 'text': 'among us.'}, {'start': '3806.599', 'end': '3811.720', 'text': 'Thank you, Lord, for'}, {'start': '3808.839', 'end': '3814.000', 'text': 'these means, Lord, that you have'}, {'start': '3811.720', 'end': '3816.279', 'text': 'provided, for thank you for our'}, {'start': '3814.000', 'end': '3820.039', 'text': 'children, for our wives,'}, {'start': '3816.279', 'end': '3822.400', 'text': 'Lord.  Instruct us, encourage us,'}, {'start': '3820.039', 'end': '3824.640', 'text': 'empower us for the work, Lord, that has'}, {'start': '3822.400', 'end': '3826.839', 'text': 'been entrusted to our'}, {'start': '3824.640', 'end': '3829.480', 'text': 'hands and to yours'}, {'start': '3826.839', 'end': '3833.440', 'text': '.  We pray, Lord, for the glory of'}, {'start': '3829.480', 'end': '3838.480', 'text': 'your name.  In the name of Jesus,'}, {'start': '3833.440', 'end': '3838.480', 'text': 'amen.  Amen.  God bless you, brothers.'}]