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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hannah's tears were like liquid words, \Nand God could read them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.96,0:00:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord understands the language\Nof tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.32,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sighs, groans and earnest heart desires.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.96,0:00:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grace and peace to you all in Jesus’ name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.52,0:00:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, hello, everybody. \NMy name is Christina.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.80,0:00:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the grace of God, \NI have the incredible privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.04,0:00:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sharing God's Word with you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so excited to be in your midst today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.48,0:00:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have a wonderful opportunity\Nto remind us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.36,0:00:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the plan of God for \Nour lives is beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.32,0:00:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen! Do you believe that today?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.88,0:01:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do, tell your neighbour\Nor if you don't have a neighbour,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.08,0:01:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell me and I will tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.76,0:01:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“The plan of God for your life is beautiful.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.60,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just as we have natural seasons in the world, Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11 reminds us that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“There is time for everything, a season for every activity under the heavens.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.48,0:01:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ecclesiastes 3:11, “God has made everything beautiful in its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.32,0:01:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has also set eternity in the human heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.60,0:01:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet no one can fathom what God has done\Nfrom beginning to the end.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.16,0:01:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a beautiful picture it is to see people from all over the world joining us today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.80,0:02:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you will be in the southern hemisphere where you've been
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.16,0:02:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing your winter season.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.52,0:02:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you will be in those countries closer to the continent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.16,0:02:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the seasons are a little bit\Nmore stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.28,0:02:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here in the United Kingdom,\Nwe have very diverse natural seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.28,0:02:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, we are coming to the end of our summer season
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.56,0:02:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the temperature is a little bit warmer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.44,0:02:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fruit trees display their crops and the sun sets late into the evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.68,0:02:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the coming months, we’ll experience the autumn season, where the landscape turns
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.64,0:02:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gold and brown and children play in the falling leaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.56,0:02:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, we experience \Nthe winter season -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.08,0:02:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cold, dark season where the temperature drops and daylight is limited.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.76,0:03:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just when we feel as if winter will never end, the spring season boldly announces
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.04,0:03:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its colourful character and we see daffodils blossom and all manner of flowers bloom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.96,0:03:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I personally dislike the winter season most of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.84,0:03:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, of course, I have confidence in the laws of nature
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.40,0:03:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ensure winter doesn’t last forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.84,0:03:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And above all, we all understand that each season serves a purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.48,0:03:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, there must be seed time and summer time before the autumn reaping.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.80,0:03:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I ask myself, ‘If we can have so much confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.16,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the laws of nature when it comes to natural seasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.28,0:04:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much more confidence should we have in God - the God of nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.56,0:04:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the God of the heavens and the earth -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.52,0:04:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to the various seasons in our lives?’
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.24,0:04:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask myself, ‘Can I apply \Neven greater faith in God
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.64,0:04:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during those dark, harsh winter seasons of my life manifested in life's tests and trials?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.56,0:04:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I trust God that they won’t last forever?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.88,0:04:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And above all, do I recognise that each season in my life serves a purpose?’
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.20,0:04:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will bring us to the title\Nof our message today,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.32,0:04:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Everything is beautiful in God's time.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.96,0:04:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says that for everything, \Nthere is time and season -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.36,0:04:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time to labour and a time to reap the products of grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.24,0:05:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, give God time. The results are working themselves out slowly but surely.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.08,0:05:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I have a packet of seeds with me here today, and according to this packet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.68,0:05:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this seed has the potential to become a sweet pea flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.48,0:05:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.08,0:05:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as I keep these seeds here, \Nin the God's Heart TV Studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.12,0:05:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this beautiful and \Ncomfortable surrounding,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.56,0:05:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this seed will never fulfil its potential because seeds are for sowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.04,0:05:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, no matter the picture of what\Nthey've written about this seed becoming,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.28,0:05:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeds are powerless until they are planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.28,0:06:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have a picture of an amazing apple tree on display with me right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.68,0:06:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow! Beautiful fruit!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.36,0:06:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if this tree could talk, it would tell you that what you are seeing here did not just happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.56,0:06:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No! It took time and patience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.12,0:06:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this tree could talk, it would tell you that it was once a tiny seed that was pushed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.08,0:06:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a deep, dark hole in the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.60,0:06:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will tell you, if that wasn't enough, \Nsoil much heavier than its own weight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.52,0:06:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was pushed on top of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.12,0:06:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this was necessary for that seed to germinate and discover its roots -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.36,0:06:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roots that would go deep into the ground to absorb nutrients from the soil
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.72,0:06:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absorb water, to give it strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.76,0:07:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that strength eventually empowered that seed to push its way through
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.16,0:07:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that heavy soil towards the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.40,0:07:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here it is today, a fruitful tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.76,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, everything is beautiful in its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.48,0:07:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like the changing seasons, \Nthat time is limited.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.28,0:07:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, when we are young,\Nwe think we can go it all alone
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.40,0:07:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any reference to God, \Nbut little do we recognise
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.88,0:07:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything has its time and season,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.28,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that man may toil and work hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is the duty of God to determine the time and season of the harvest.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.44,0:07:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your situation today? Do you feel as if you have been planting those seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.40,0:08:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if you have been praying over those situations, but you are waiting, longing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.92,0:08:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat the fruit of your labour?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.72,0:08:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you feel like you are \Nin a deep, dark place?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.40,0:08:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you have been praying over a particular ailment, a problem or a crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.04,0:08:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you're not sure if there is any corresponding action
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.64,0:08:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how to get your head above it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.96,0:08:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me encourage you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.80,0:08:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe God allowed you, like that seed, \Nto be in that deep, dark place
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.96,0:08:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you could discover your roots in God to become that man or woman of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.32,0:08:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That by drawing on God's resources,\Nyou too can push your way up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.44,0:08:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through that sickness, through that trial,\Nthrough that oppression
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.76,0:08:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to produce good fruits.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.20,0:09:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the way that God executes His plan in our lives differs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.60,0:09:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may have been praying over a particular matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.32,0:09:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, even today, you may have been listening to testimonies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.44,0:09:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or looking around at people who are sharing what God has done
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.36,0:09:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying, ‘God, when will it be my turn?’
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.64,0:09:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of rejoicing, you find yourself asking God,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.28,0:09:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Oh Lord, I need my own breakthrough! When is my own coming?’
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.32,0:09:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you are looking around at people in your life and saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.16,0:09:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Oh, everybody seems to be getting a job these days but I can't even get an interview!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.16,0:09:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow. All my friends are getting married.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.96,0:09:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're on their second and third child already. Am I left behind?’
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.20,0:09:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe you're saying, ‘Oh, everybody around me seems to be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.28,0:09:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the housing ladder, buying homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.56,0:10:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here am I, unable to even \Nrent my own apartment.’
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.56,0:10:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think they're further ahead of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.76,0:10:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to tell you that \NGod is still saying something.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.00,0:10:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has not abandoned you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.80,0:10:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has not neglected you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.76,0:10:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has not decided that you are not good enough, not smart enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.96,0:10:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not beautiful or handsome enough. \NNo! He has not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.04,0:10:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the way and manner God executes His plan in our lives differs.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.92,0:10:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I want us to draw strength from the life of Hannah.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.36,0:10:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we will understand that everything is beautiful in God's time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.28,0:10:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let us open our Bibles at \Nthe book of 1 Samuel 1:2.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.76,0:10:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it says, “Elkana had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.16,0:11:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peninnah had children, \Nbut Hannah had none.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.20,0:11:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Samuel 1:6 - “Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.56,0:11:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.08,0:11:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This went on year after year.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.28,0:11:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hannah was a barren woman\Nin a polygamous marriage
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.16,0:11:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Peninnah, the provoking rival,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.96,0:11:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only received what Hannah had been praying for year after year
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.80,0:11:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, \Nshe was provoking her!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.48,0:11:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peninnah had children year after year but Hannah did not.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.80,0:11:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, Hannah remained barren year after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.72,0:11:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly, Hannah could have fallen into that lethal trap of comparing herself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.52,0:11:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Peninnah, the provoking rival.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.28,0:12:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Hannah would come before the Lord and pray
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.00,0:12:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she would just see Peninnah having children time and time again.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.16,0:12:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you compare yourself with others,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.72,0:12:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you choose to take your focus off God and His perfect will for your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.84,0:12:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, you end up nurturing unhealthy patterns of thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.36,0:12:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in turn develop into full blown bitterness, jealousy, depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.04,0:12:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But God's Word is the remedy \Nfor every malady.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.00,0:12:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you are struggling to conquer comparison and find yourself feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.44,0:12:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Lord, when is it my turn?’ -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.08,0:12:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of rejoicing at people's testimonies, you feel left out -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.20,0:12:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then let this Word of God encourage you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.44,0:12:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow this Word of God in the midst of your heart and something inside of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.32,0:13:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a powerful force called faith, will allow you to fix your focus again on God
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.60,0:13:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and His will for your life, and not on that of those around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.48,0:13:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us continue to read. \NSo it says in 1 Samuel 1:7,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.84,0:13:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“This went on year after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.80,0:13:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever Hannah went up to \Nthe house of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.96,0:13:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.60,0:13:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her husband Elkanah would say to her, ‘Hannah, why are you weeping?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.68,0:13:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don’t you eat? \NWhy are you downhearted?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.72,0:13:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.56,0:13:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take note of what happened to Hannah
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.20,0:13:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever she went up to \Nthe house of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.92,0:13:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she had made that decision to come before God with her situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.40,0:13:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was the time the provocation was at its most intense.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.52,0:14:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see right now, as you have made that decision to come before God,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.60,0:14:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to join us for today’s Interactive Prayer Service, there will be distractions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.88,0:14:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be things poking you, maybe disappointing you or trying to derail you,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.16,0:14:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take your eyes off what God is doing, \Nto get you out of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.52,0:14:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.08,0:14:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What distractions right now are screaming for your attention?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.04,0:14:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What seeming conflicting priorities are trying to pull you away
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.24,0:14:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this moment right now - \Nyour Divine appointment with Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.16,0:14:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Christian, it is your duty to divorce yourself from those distractions
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.20,0:14:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can come and fix your attention on the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.24,0:14:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Focus is your personal decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.08,0:14:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So right now, make that decision\Nto put every distraction aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.68,0:14:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s continue to read in 1 Samuel 1:9.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.40,0:14:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.36,0:15:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost in the Lord’s house.”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.56,0:15:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hannah made the wisest choice to come before God with her situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.40,0:15:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She stood up, separated herself from provoking Peninnah
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.12,0:15:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came before God as she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.20,0:15:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Hannah, maybe you too need to distance yourself from those who love
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.00,0:15:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provoke your weakness or from that which distracts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.56,0:15:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible says Hannah had finished eating and drinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.52,0:15:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that only Someone much greater could satisfy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.84,0:15:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Hannah, maybe you too need to stand up from that table of distraction
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.60,0:15:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you consume the pointless pleasures of this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.76,0:15:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look to the One who makes food, drink or whatever it is you’re relying on, insufficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.92,0:16:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I mean by those pointless\Npleasures of this world?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.52,0:16:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, those things that \Nprop you up temporarily -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.64,0:16:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those things that seem to pacify\Nyour inner needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.80,0:16:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they leave you hungry \Nand wanting more.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.24,0:16:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be the dopamine hit you receive while scrolling through social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.20,0:16:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be the escapism of watching that romantic movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.88,0:16:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be lust.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.00,0:16:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be pornography.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.12,0:16:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be masturbation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.28,0:16:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, what we have downloaded \Nfrom this world
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.40,0:16:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can infiltrate our mind and infect our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.64,0:16:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like an electronic device\Nthat has downloaded a virus
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.08,0:16:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and needs to be reset back to its factory default settings, we too need to be reset.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.16,0:16:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be refocused.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.92,0:16:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a Divine detox.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.60,0:17:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a righteous revival through Scriptural solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.68,0:17:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Hannah chose to put those things aside
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.52,0:17:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seek the One who made food\Nand drink insufficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.20,0:17:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us continue to read in 1 Samuel 1:10.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.04,0:17:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.96,0:17:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she made a vow, saying, ‘Lord Almighty, if you will only look
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.68,0:17:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.92,0:17:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.40,0:17:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no razor will ever be used on his head.’
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.08,0:17:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As she kept on praying to the Lord, \NEli observed her mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.88,0:17:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.24,0:17:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her voice was not heard.”
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.72,0:17:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when Hannah came \Nbefore the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.64,0:18:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was not known for her fancy prayer points or eloquent speech.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.04,0:18:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did not employ any special \Nprayer techniques.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.84,0:18:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No! She came before the Lord and cried because that was where she was at.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.28,0:18:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Hannah's tears were like liquid words, and God could read them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.20,0:18:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it says in Psalm 38:9,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.44,0:18:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘All my longings lie open before You, Lord. My sighing is not hidden from You.’
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.32,0:18:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This goes to show that the Lord understands the language of tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.84,0:18:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sighs, groans and earnest heart desires.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.20,0:18:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He understands because He sees your heart, not your outward posture,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.60,0:19:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not your eloquent speech or the tone of your voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.20,0:19:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, many people go to church today\Nand pray loud prayers,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.44,0:19:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only the Lord knows the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.52,0:19:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or whether they're just there to connect with people after the service for selfish gain.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.80,0:19:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, there is no special formula for receiving answer to prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.56,0:19:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only faith pleases God.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.52,0:19:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whether you cry aloud\Nlike Blind Bartimaeus
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.72,0:19:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you cry silently like Hannah in Shiloh,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.52,0:19:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether you sit quietly before your mountain like the man at the pool of Bethesda,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.36,0:19:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one thing is clear - if your action is genuine, the Holy Spirit will affect it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.48,0:19:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So come as you are. God see your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.72,0:19:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees your faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.36,0:19:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us read what happened \Nnext in 1 Samuel 1:17.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.96,0:20:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Eli answered, ‘Go in peace, \Nand may the God of Israel
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.24,0:20:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grant you what you have asked of Him.’
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.32,0:20:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, ‘May your servant find favour in your eyes.’
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.72,0:20:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.”
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.64,0:20:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because she took that Word of God from Eli, the priest, to heart
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.56,0:20:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trusted in God's promises, knowing that God would make it good.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.08,0:20:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Samuel 1:19 - “Early the next morning they arose and worshipped before the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.48,0:20:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then went back to \Ntheir home at Ramah.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.24,0:20:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, \Nand the Lord remembered her.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.88,0:20:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.96,0:20:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She named him Samuel, saying, ‘Because I asked the Lord for him.’
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.08,0:21:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow! You know, the Bible here does not tell us how long that ‘course of time’ was.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.88,0:21:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Hannah was strengthened \Nby God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.80,0:21:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had a look of faith to God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.48,0:21:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She took that Word to heart,\Nand that gave her the strength
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.32,0:21:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to endure that course of time,\Nknowing that God was in the process
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.08,0:21:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of changing that barrenness\Nto fruitfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.80,0:21:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This goes to show that there's \Ntwo types of waiting -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.88,0:21:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting in faith and waiting by sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.32,0:21:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who wait by sight say, ‘I will not believe it until I feel or see it.’
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.68,0:21:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those who wait in faith say, \N‘If God has said it, I will believe it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.16,0:22:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if I don't feel or see it - because I am not ruled by my senses but I act on God’s Word.’
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.48,0:22:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who wait by sight wait in doubt.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.36,0:22:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are overwhelmed\Nby their circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.52,0:22:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are easily disturbed\Nat the slightest provocation
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.00,0:22:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are ruled by their senses and what their situation has to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.92,0:22:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Hannah had waited by sight,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.80,0:22:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would have become overwhelmed\Nby her situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.72,0:22:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would have left the house of God\Nin anger and frustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.60,0:22:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead she took hold of God's Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.52,0:22:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believing that everything would be beautiful in God's time.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.76,0:22:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Samuel finally came, she was ready to give him up to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.32,0:22:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that process of waiting was to mature her.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.44,0:22:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was to increase her prayer life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.04,0:22:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was to shift her relationship\Nwith God to another level.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.60,0:23:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us see what happened when Samuel finally came in 1 Samuel 1:27.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.36,0:23:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“She said, ‘I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.32,0:23:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now I give him to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.64,0:23:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.’ And he worshipped the Lord there.”
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.64,0:23:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had no problem giving Samuel up to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.20,0:23:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it was her delight, knowing that what comes from God goes to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.12,0:23:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All she was doing was giving back
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.84,0:23:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what had been borrowed to her from God's generous hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.40,0:23:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What an example of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.68,0:23:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What an example of responsible \Nuse of blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.04,0:23:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you praying for today?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.00,0:23:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you receive that answer to prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.04,0:23:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you thought about how you will glorify God with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.80,0:23:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, when you finally have that thing you have been praying for -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.16,0:24:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that good health, that breakthrough, \Nthat blessing, that marriage, that child -
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.76,0:24:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will use those blessings to honour God?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.40,0:24:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you testify to God's goodness like Hannah did?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.20,0:24:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, do not misinterpret \NGod's silence as rejection.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.40,0:24:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes God allows us to pass\Nthrough hard times
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.84,0:24:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to reveal His purpose\Nin our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.72,0:24:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when God is executing His plan in our lives, He designs and arranges events
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.28,0:24:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that continue to unfold until \NHis purpose is revealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.48,0:24:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Delay is not ‘denied’.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.16,0:24:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What could be the purpose of the seeming\Ndelay in your own life today?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.96,0:24:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps it is to prepare you.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.96,0:24:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps it is to equip you.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.52,0:24:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps it is to mature you, to make you that man or woman of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.32,0:24:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if Hannah had had a child sooner,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.40,0:25:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she may not have had \Nthe great prophet Samuel.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.96,0:25:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was not going to be the mother\Nof any ordinary child,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.08,0:25:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the mother of a prophet.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.04,0:25:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, that delay empowered her, equipped her and drew her closer to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.40,0:25:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wants you to come before Him \Nwith the situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.72,0:25:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He wants to use your situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.48,0:25:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to use your challenge, your sickness, whatever your barrenness looks like today,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.80,0:25:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shift your relationship with God to another level.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.56,0:25:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hannah's seeming failure in the natural was her set up for success.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.44,0:25:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the build up to her breakthrough.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.00,0:25:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the positioning that was to propel her towards her future success.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.64,0:25:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prophet T.B. Joshua said, “When we accept adversity, enduring every pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.96,0:26:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we will learn what we should know; our grief will turn to gain.”
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.28,0:26:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me leave you with this question now.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.16,0:26:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you ready to receive your own Samuel in God's way and in God's time?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.52,0:26:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if you are, don’t base your faith on your immediate improvement after prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.76,0:26:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Value the process, draw on God’s resources and like Hannah, you too will see
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.84,0:26:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything is beautiful in God's time.