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I'm not alone. 
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Though I walk through the valley
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feel fear. 
No either. 

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For thou art with me. 
Thy rod and thy staff, they 

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comfort me. 
The Bible says he's prepared a 

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table before us in the presence 
even of our enemies, Amen. 

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We are not alone tonight. 
Hallelujah is our strength. 

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Amen. 
Just a few announcements tonight

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as you're standing. 26 this week
is a master overflow rally in 

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New Castle IN anybody that 
desires to go to that Pastor 

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Anthony Wilkes will be 
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28th right here on Sunday. 
And the PM evangelist Michael 

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Maupin is swinging by Amen for a
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He had an opening and place 
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have a night service. 
So yes, he can swing by. 

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He said of course, Amen. 
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October, October the 2nd, which 
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here at the church. 
What that is is prayer. 

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We have prayer here. 
The doors of the church are open

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from 7:00 to 8:00 and people can
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pray. 
So it's a time to come together 

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collectively. 
And while others are here 

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lifting up names maybe of family
members or your church family or

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your community just covers the 
gamut. 

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Amen. 
So you can come and be a part of

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that. 
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It's I say it's a little ways 
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on October the 11th is our 
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that takes place here at the 
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All right. 
And there's stuff up online 

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Facebook concerning that. 
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second annual cornhole 
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We got a list up on the bulletin
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be a part of that tournament, 
you and another individual and 

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put your names back there and 
there's a line for your team 

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name. 
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a little, you know, competition.
There's trophies involved in a 

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small monetary gifting prize 
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And so that's on October the 
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springboards us into a revival 
fall revival, the 12th through 

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the 15th. 
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Sunday through Wednesday with 
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Smith will be here each night. 
We'll be having service Sunday 

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morning, Sunday night, Monday 
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night, and for Tuesday and 
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Amen. 
Succumb and be a part of that 

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Genesis chapter 24. 
Excited about what God did on 

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Sunday AM. 
Amber over here got refreshed 

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with the Holy Ghost and had 
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on Sunday morning. 
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filled Brittany with the Holy 
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We're excited about that, she 
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That just kept happening on her 
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And folks, you know, that can 
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Homework, grocery store, your 
personal prayer closet, it don't

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matter. 
It's always accessible wherever 

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you are, wherever you go. 
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And Brittany's going to be 
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She wants to get baptized on 
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So excited about that. 
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verses of Scripture. 
Let you be seated. 

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The Bible says in verse #12 This
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And he said, This is the servant
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And he said, O Lord God of my 
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send me good speed this day, and
shew kindness into my master 

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Abraham. 
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of water, and the daughters of 
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draw water. 
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damsel to whom I shall say, Let 
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that I may drink, and she shall 
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camels drink also. 
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has appointed for thy servant 
Isaac, and thereby shall I know 

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that thou has shewed kindness 
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We're talking about. 
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talk about tonight. 
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umbrella of Behold the Bride, 
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have here with Rebecca, Amen. 
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that heading tonight Before I 
pray tonight, though, it's good 

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to see Dixie again. 
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Good to see Dixie again, Amen. 
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then Brittany and Josh and James
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this evening. 
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And so, and Speaking of that, 
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leave for work at midnight. 
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he could be here at church. 
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That's honorable. 
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help us. 
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I thank you Lord for your word. 
Thank you Lord Jesus for your 

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mercy. 
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spirit. 
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God it goes, Lord all places 
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I pray God that you're able to 
help your people. 

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God open our mind and 
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We'll thank you and praise you 
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you do. 
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pray Hallelujah and Amen. 
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God bless you night you may be 
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understanding here today. 
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this is no one knows this but 
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I tried to dictate to my wife 
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said what I wanted to say and it
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I mean I'm not talking about a 
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I'm talking about like totally 
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this a couple times and then 
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dictation was set for Hebrew. 
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and it was it was trying to 
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and Trent and it wasn't doing 
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keyboard will do Hebrew or or 
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We're looking at here chapter 
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This, this is the story of 
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bride for Isaac. 
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Genesis enters a time whenever 
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there's a lot spoken about 
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Joseph. 
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in this series about Abraham. 
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shift now over to his son music.
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he needs a bride to be able to 
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family. 
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Abraham servant is on this. 
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mission, if you will, of finding
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I don't know. 
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don't know if I would want to be
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else's bride. 
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responsibility was. 
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instruction. 
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him clear instructions. 
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instructions for Abraham, we 
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servant has also prayed to God. 
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guidance in finding Isaac a 
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is quite detailed and how he 
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woman that he finds is the woman
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want good speed. 
I want this to take place, you 

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know, quickly. 
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and grace shown to my master 
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my request. 
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this task of finding a wife for 
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course, was responsible for 
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He had to go, as Abraham said, 
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had to be at the right place and
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land that was Abraham's family, 
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of all these women, which woman 
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And of all these women, which 
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the right one that will be the 
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her country, her place, and 
follow me back to where Isaac is

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the promised land. 
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that the servants obedience 
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needed God's intervention as 
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We find that folks, a lot of 
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just take our, our obedience, it
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our life as well. 
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our Christian lives in that, in 
that tension of doing our part 

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faithfully, right? 
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then also dependent upon the 
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can do. 
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that we, we, we must do what we 
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I have said this a lot, my 
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I must do what I can, but then I
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cannot, right? 
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sandwich, all right. 
Whenever you do what you do and 

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let God do what he can do, then 
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Here, according to Scripture, 
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where women usually came to draw
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So he's at the right place to 
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He's right where he needs to be,
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able to meet some of Abraham's 
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going to pray this prayer and I 
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The servant does not pray 
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The servant is pretty specific 
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Amen. 
It's pretty specific. 

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Matter of fact. 
Let me tell you, you can be 

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specific in your prayers. 
I know sometimes we pray in 

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generalities, you know this and 
that, but you can get specific 

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with God and God can answer 
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So there's nothing wrong with 
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your prayers. 
I mean, list sometimes the 

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details and just watch the 
handiwork of God tick off some 

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of those things just identically
to how you you have asked or 

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that you've implored him to do. 
And so there's no doubt whenever

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God answers a specific prayer in
a particular way, right, When 

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it's no generality, but the, 
the, the layers have been set of

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what, what you're asking God and
he does it, you know, without 

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doubts that God has answered 
your prayer. 

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And so this is how the servant 
has basically set up his prayer.

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He is on a search for a woman of
character, all right, for Isaac,

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he is looking for a woman that 
is hospitable, right? 

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Because one thing, that's what 
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this story. 
He's been very hospitable to 

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strangers. 
He has cared for them. 

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He has been kind to them. 
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for a woman that that's kind of 
compatible with that whole 

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family dynamic. 
And he's looking for a woman 

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that's willing to share her time
and her energy, as we'll see 

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here in the scripture, because 
he will ask, he tells the Lord, 

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I'm going to ask for the a woman
to drink and I want her. 

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Here's a specific prayer. 
I want her to agree to give me a

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drink, but also then agreed to 
give my camels, which he had ten

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of them drink also. 
And he says whatever woman 

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accepts this task, whatever 
woman does that, that way I'll 

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know that will be the one that 
God has appointed or has chosen 

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for Isaac. 
Now, listen, the servant's not 

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getting superstitious on us 
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He's just trying to use some 
mode of discernment. 

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I want to know that I know that 
this will be the right woman and

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and he wanted more for Isaac and
I know this is hard for us in 

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this generation to accept maybe 
sometimes, but he wanted more 

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for Isaac more than just a 
beautiful woman, more than just 

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a well to do off woman, right? 
He wanted a wife that was 

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suitable, right for for coming 
alongside Isaac and being a part

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of God's covenant, right? 
He was looking for that type of 

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woman. 
And so with that, he was willing

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to choose character. 
He was valuing character over 

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convenience. 
What do you mean by that? 

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I mean, he's already travelled 
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he's at. 
That's not convenient. 

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He was looking for character. 
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always happen like this, but 
while the servant was still 

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praying, the scripture tells us 
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still praying, Rebecca came out 
of the city to draw water at the

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well. 
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that, but again, just because it
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doesn't mean it can't happen 
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But it did while he's still 
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water to well, for that matter, 
the servant was in a position in

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a place where where he, he saw 
it. 

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He he saw her coming, Amen. 
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developing, Amen. 
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that as we pray, to have faith 
that as we pray that God is 

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starting to answer. 
Listen, I know sometimes now I 

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know sometimes the answer is no,
or sometimes the answer is wait.

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But I think we can get into a 
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praying and saying, I believe 
the moment I start praying, God 

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is going to start to answer. 
However that answer is going to 

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develop or whatever the finality
is. 

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But I know we have the assurance
of Scripture. 

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He hears and he answers our 
prayers. 

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Amen. 
Even if they're delayed remain, 

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I'm going to remain faithful 
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working behind the scenes that 
we, our eyes can't even see or 

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pick up on what God is already 
putting together people and 

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places and timing, all that 
little stuff. 

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And so in Scripture like verse 
#15 there's a little genealogy 

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given and that's really for us. 
Abraham isn't learning about 

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this right now, but we are. 
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that Rebecca is a part of 
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So one of the things is being 
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April 7 when you go to my 
Kindred, we we see that that the

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servant is right where Abraham 
needed him to be. 

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Let's go on and look at verse 
#16 tonight and go forward just 

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a little bit. 
The Bible says and the damsel 

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was very fair. 
There you go. 

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The damsel was very fair to look
upon a virgin. 

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Neither had any man known her. 
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and filled her pitcher, and came
up, and the servant ran to meet 

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her, and said, Let me, I pray 
thee, drink a little water of 

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thy pitcher. 
And she said, see what we're 

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seeing here is the plane out of 
the details of his prayer. 

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Let me, I pray thee, drink a 
little water. 

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He asked of her, of thy pitcher.
And she said, drink, my Lord. 

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OK, that's good. 
I could see it in his mind. 

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Chained one thing. 
And she hasted and let down her 

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pitcher upon her hand, and gave 
him drink. 

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And when he had done giving him 
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water for thy camels also. 
He prayed specifically Brother 

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Trout, not just that she would 
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but that she would offer without
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camels until they have done 
drinking. 

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Verse 19, Verse 20. 
And she hasted and emptied her 

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pitcher into the through and ran
again into the well to draw 

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water and drew for all his 
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And the man wondering, look at 
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awestruck. 
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his peace, to wit, or to know 
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journey prosperous or not. 
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I'm going to read a few more 
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him. 
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camels had done drinking, that 
the man took a golden earring in

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the half of a shackle and 
weight, and two bracelets for 

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her hands of 10 shekels weight 
of gold. 

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He gave her items of gold and 
said, Whose daughter art thou? 

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Tell me, I pray thee, is there 
any room in my father's house 

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for us to lodge in? 
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daughter. 
Here she goes with the genealogy

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of Bethuel the son of Milka, 
which she bare unto no whore. 

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She said, moreover unto him, We 
have both straw and provender 

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enough, and room to lodge, You 
can come to the house. 

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And the man bowed down his head,
and worship the Lord. 

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And he said, Blessed be the Lord
God of my Master Abraham, who 

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have not left destitute my 
Master of his mercy and his 

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truth. 
I being in the way, the Lord led

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me to the House of my Master's 
brethren, and the damsel ran and

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told them of her mother's house,
these things. 

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It tells us that the servant, of
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that she was very fair to look 
upon. 

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before he ever saw her, that he 
prayed for guidance concerning 

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whoever it would be. 
He didn't pray for guidance 

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after he saw the knockout. 
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then he just observed that 
that's a Fair Lady. 

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And that happened to be the one 
that answered the that was an 

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answer to the prayer that he 
prayed. 

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What I'm saying is his choice 
wasn't predicated upon her 

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appearance, wasn't just because 
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That's a great bonus that he 
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Amen. 
Because his prayer, he if if he 

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had not started with the prayer 
and with the guidance, looks 

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could have derailed him. 
Looks could have derailed him 

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from what was right. 
The Bible says in Proverbs 31 

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and verse 30 the the the the 
Proverbs 31 lady of the 

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Scripture says favor is 
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beauty is fleeting, it's fading.
It can fool you, but a woman 

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that feareth the Lord character,
she shall be praise. 

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So this woman, though he notes, 
says she's beautiful. 

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The Scripture tells us that no 
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She went down in verse 16 down 
into the well and came up out of

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the well. 
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had a few steps that you had to 
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water and then hoist that water 
back up out of the well. 

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And so she comes with a a 
pitcher on her her shoulder and 

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she comes up out of the well 
whenever she agreed to give him 

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something to drink, she come up 
out of the well with a pitcher 

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of water and the Bible says that
he ran to her. 

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Ask her the question. 
And if you read all the 

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scripture, because this whole 
prayer and this whole dynamic is

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repeated more than once, that's 
the reason why it's 67. 

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And in today's world, I don't 
know what all this 6-7 Amen 

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stuff, 67 verses long. 
So once they would do this 

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nonetheless. 
We know that really Abraham is 

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just asking for a drink or a 
little bit of water. 

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He just wants a little bit of 
water. 

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But she acts without hesitation.
She hastes and she gives him 

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more than a sip. 
That's right. 

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According to Scripture, she lets
him drink till he's satisfied. 

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So she's going above and beyond 
even what he asked concerning 

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himself. 
And again, he didn't ask for her

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to water the camels. 
She offered to water the camels.

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Even in those days, it was 
almost expected for ladies at 

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the well to to give a traveler 
something to drink at the well 

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as they were traveling by. 
But it wasn't customary or 

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necessary for them to give their
animals anything to drink. 

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So she's even going beyond what 
is customary and giving these 

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animals something to drink. 
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Rebecca. 
She could have been in her own 

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mind frame. 
I got my picture of water. 

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I've already been there this 
morning and got water. 

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I'm going there now and getting 
water, going to get water for my

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household and go home and call 
it a day. 

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But Rebecca wasn't so wrapped up
and just getting water for her 

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house so that she ignores the 
servant. 

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We're looking at someone that's 
not real selfish here, not real 

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self-centered here and to go 
above that of her own accord and

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say, you know what, I'm 
sensitive to a need here. 

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He's got 10 camels. 
I'll water the camels also. 

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You must understand when Rebecca
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had to know that the sacrifice 
that she just signed up for to 

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the servant and to all 10 
camels, the Bible says in verse 

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19 till those camels were even 
done drinking. 

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Historically, they say at the 
end of the day it wasn't 

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anything for a camel to drink 25
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gallons of water and the ancient
water parts of that time were 

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typically held no more than 3 
gallons of water. 

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If she had to bring three in a 
three gallon pitcher just for 

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one camel, 25 to 30 gallons, and
she's bringing 250 to 300 

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gallons for 10 camels, that 
means she's making 80 to 100 

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trips down steps to at least the
mouth of the well and back up 

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just to water the camels, 
scholar R Kent Hughes said. 

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He said a camel takes about 10 
minutes to drink its full 

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complement or its full quantity 
of water. 

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He said that would mean 
Rebecca's laborers filled about 

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one 1 1/2 to 2 sweaty hours 
Going down to the well, back out

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of the well, down to the well, 
back out of the well, down to 

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the well, back out of the well 
for someone she don't know, for 

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animals she has no connection 
to, Abraham says. 

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I think I got my lady because 
she has the spirit of sacrifice 

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in her life and she's going to 
marry a man that was supposed to

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be a sacrifice. 
You want to talk about a match 

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made in heaven? 
He said this lady, she, she is 

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willing to give of herself 
sacrificially. 

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She's not self-centered, she's 
not selfish. 

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She's willing to do all this. 
She has a heart that portrays A 

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servant's heart and a servant's 
spirit. 

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She's not just worried about her
own house. 

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So she's concerned. 
No, this I think I got. 

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And whenever you look in 
Scripture, you look at verses 

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like 16 and 1818 through 20, 
there are about about four 

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action or not 412 action verbs 
that are associated with 

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Rebecca. 
She's hastening, she's going, 

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he's being very quick, very 
diligent. 

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And all this really calls to 
mind Ethan. 

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Back whenever Abraham had 
special guests come to his 

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house, what was he doing? 
He was hastening. 

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He was being quick to be 
hospitable. 

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Man, there's just a family. 
There's a congealing here of a 

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family dynamic that that man, 
she would just look real good in

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this family because that's how 
my master Abraham operated as 

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well. 
And so when Rebecca made this 

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offer, Amen unto the servant 
aware of the sacrifice that it 

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was going to require 
understanding she didn't 

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understand, but the servant 
understanding that her fervor 

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matched the fervor of the family
matched the fervor of Abraham. 

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But notice here's she doing this
and I know this would be this 

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would be hard for me being the 
man. 

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See this woman. 
Trip 39, trip 40. 

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The Bible says he's just over 
there. 

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He's not interrupting. 
It's not as low. 

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He's cutting to the chase for 
the Mason. 

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And at the 40th trip he says, 
hey, great job, we're good, 

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let's go on like I already know.
No, the Bible says that he's 

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just kind of over there, No 
interruption. 

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He asked for good speed. 
Here's 880 to 100 trips taking 

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place. 
But he's not wanting to rush 

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things. 
He's not wanting to rush things.

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He's not wanting to force 
anything. 

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Rebecca's running back and forth
and he didn't stop her after so 

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many trips. 
What's what are you doing, 

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servant? 
He's he's like I've got to make 

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sure that God has made my 
journey prosperous because she 

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started, but will she finish? 
She started, she's committed. 

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Now I'm just going to sit over 
here and see if she keeps the 

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full commitment because my, my 
servant, my Isaac needs somebody

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that will be committed, not just
start well, but will finish 

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well. 
So the Bible says in Genesis 24 

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and verse 21, look at it says 
the man that's the servant 

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wondering at her held his peace 
to whip. 

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The word whip means no to know 
whether the Lord had made his 

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journey prosperous or not, 
because as he's seen, he's like 

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God's stealing the deal. 
God, God is answering my prayer 

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to the detail. 
Hey man, anybody that's going to

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agree to water me, so to speak, 
and my camels and and and 

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Rebecca agreed. 
She kept her word just as she 

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promised. 
And he just has a wandering all 

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heart over here trip after trip 
after trip. 

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And maybe her steps slow brother
Fred, my steps would have slowed

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after 100 trips to the well. 
Maybe her steps had slowed. 

449
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:16,160
But Even so she continued. 
Rebecca finish what she started.

450
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,240
And so the servant, though up to
this point has said nothing to 

451
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:25,920
her about his purpose. 
He did not come out of the chute

452
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,360
saying, will you give me 
something to drink because I 

453
00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:29,880
have a man I'd like you to 
marry. 

454
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:33,560
He doesn't, He doesn't lead with
that. 

455
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,000
He has said nothing about his 
purpose. 

456
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,680
And yet verse 22, he gives her 
items of gold, which almost is 

457
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,480
some type of a payment, if you 
will, or kindness. 

458
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,360
He shows her for the work that 
she has done. 

459
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,440
But his prayer has been 
answered. 

460
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,000
The guidelines given to him by 
Abraham and the prayer he has 

461
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,520
prayed to God, they have been 
answered. 

462
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,920
And so the servant teaches us 
just a few things here and that 

463
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,000
we need to pray. 
You talk about this is marriage,

464
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,160
right? 
This is finding a mate, mate and

465
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,120
other things. 
There's nothing wrong with just 

466
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:08,640
about praying about the ordinary
matters of life. 

467
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,640
Sometimes we think we only need 
to employ prayer whenever there 

468
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,920
we need a miracle or something 
that's earth shaking. 

469
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,360
No prayer is good for the 
ordinary things of life. 

470
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,760
My Grandma McGee, she prayed for
washing machines just so they're

471
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:30,240
hoping that they'd work again. 
Pray for animals. 

472
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,880
Sometimes we might think that's 
comical, but just the ordinary 

473
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:43,840
things of life. 
And so our prayers and the 

474
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,240
answers to our prayers, though 
many times help us know whether 

475
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,160
or not we need to proceed with 
some matters. 

476
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,920
And that's what it was for 
Abraham's servant. 

477
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,040
And notice what he did when he 
understood that God had answered

478
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,040
you look at it in verse 26 and 
27. 

479
00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,720
He stopped, he bowed himself 
over, he worshipped, and he was 

480
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,320
thankful to God for answering 
his prayer. 

481
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:09,840
I think maybe that's a spot that
we fell sometimes in that is 

482
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:17,840
being thankful for the answer. 
Sometimes I just get busy with 

483
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,320
right for a reason. 
I, I spill out all my prayers 

484
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,200
and God comes through and I just
live my life as though it was 

485
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,880
owed to me. 
But I want to pause and 

486
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,160
recognize God. 
This only happened because you, 

487
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,240
you, you, you helped orchestrate
this to happen. 

488
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,800
And I, I want to be grateful. 
I'm going to be thankful that 

489
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:44,720
you do hear and you do answer. 
I'm not, I'm not going to take 

490
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,560
it for granted of what you've 
done right here. 

491
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:51,120
Someone's Amen. 
All right, let's move on. 9 O 

492
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,480
clock's coming. 
The baby's in the oven. 

493
00:29:54,960 --> 00:30:01,400
Verse #29 And Rebecca had a 
brother and his name was Laban, 

494
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,880
right? 
Abraham wouldn't know if he 

495
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,680
could come to the house. 
She says, yeah, we got straw, We

496
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,840
got provender, we got a place. 
Come on, you'll be no problem. 

497
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,960
Rebecca had a brother, and his 
name was Laban. 

498
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,760
And Laban ran out into the man 
unto the well. 

499
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,720
And it came to pass, when he saw
the earring in the bracelets, 

500
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,840
these items that were given to 
his sister's hands. 

501
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,280
And when he heard the words of 
Rebecca, his sister saying, Thus

502
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,360
spake the man unto me, that he 
came unto the man, and behold, 

503
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:28,960
he stood by the camels at the 
well. 

504
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,080
And he said, Come in, thou 
blessed the Lord, wherefore 

505
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,320
standest thou without? 
For I have prepared the house 

506
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,520
and room for the camels. 
And the man came into the house 

507
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:43,400
and he ungirded his camels and 
gave strong preventer for the 

508
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,520
camels and water to wash his 
feet and the men's feet that 

509
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,480
were with him. 
Now it seems like here that 

510
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,000
Rebecca's from a very hospitable
family. 

511
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,080
She's invited him. 
They've they've supplied things 

512
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,000
for him. 
They make him comfortable. 

513
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,240
Whenever she told her family 
about the man, the Bible says 

514
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,720
that Laban went directly out to 
invite him in. 

515
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,160
It even says that he had 
prepared the house. 

516
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,080
He prepared the house for this 
guest and these tin camels and 

517
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,800
everything that they would need.
He, he offered water to to 

518
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,040
Abraham and to his servants so 
that they could wash their feet,

519
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,280
which was a common, common 
hospitable trait there in the 

520
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,560
Old Testament. 
Food was provided for them. 

521
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:31,720
All these notable actions. 
However, Laban is a character 

522
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,960
that's not just going to appear 
here, but he's going to appear 

523
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,720
later in Scripture as well with 
Jacob. 

524
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,560
And so as we look at Laban, we 
got to start questioning Laban's

525
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,360
late the purity of Laban's 
actions because the Bible 

526
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,440
directs our attention to the 
fact that after Laban seemed the

527
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:56,840
gifts that his sister were 
given, that's whenever he went 

528
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:03,560
into action. 
Oh, where'd you get that goat, 

529
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,640
sis? 
Oh, from this man now at the 

530
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:10,920
well, really point me in the 
direction, you know, and he's 

531
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,960
going out there and he's making 
all these accommodations. 

532
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,280
It's after he has heard this and
he's heard about the entourage 

533
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:23,880
of the camels kind of perks up 
really, you know, and he's going

534
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,880
out there. 
And so Laban saw this riches. 

535
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,160
Laban saw the game and it gives 
us a little bit of a glimpse 

536
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,800
into the character of Laban that
we'll see even later in 

537
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,640
scripture that will come to know
in the story of Jacob later. 

538
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,720
This is what the Scripture tells
us, though in Proverbs with with

539
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,880
some wisdom it says in Proverbs 
16 and verse 2, all the ways of 

540
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:49,760
a man are clean in his own eyes,
but the Lord way of the spirits,

541
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,720
another word for that word, 
spirits, is the Lord way of the 

542
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:59,000
motives. 
See, some people do what they do

543
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,560
with the purity, intent, and 
heart, and other people do what 

544
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:05,800
they do with altogether 
different motives. 

545
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,840
Some people will help people 
because it's the right thing to 

546
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,160
do. 
Some people will help people to 

547
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,640
see, if you scratch my back, 
will you scratch? 

548
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,040
Come on, come on. 
The motive. 

549
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,800
And so we looked at the 
character, because character 

550
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:26,000
isn't just about what we do, 
it's about what motivates us to 

551
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,280
do what we do. 
So Laban will become known 

552
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,280
later, and we'll get to it later
in Scripture, but he'll become 

553
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,320
known later. 
He, he's going to be known as 

554
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,680
greedy, he's going to be known 
as opportunistic, he's going to 

555
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,480
be known as manipulative. 
He he exploits Jacob later, 

556
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,960
right his love that he had for 
Rachel and took advantage of him

557
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,520
for forcing him to work for 14 
years. 

558
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:52,160
Really, when it's all said and 
done for her, he he tries to 

559
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,560
cling to to Jacob and and and 
his children, not allowing them 

560
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,400
to leave. 
The Bible says he repeatedly 

561
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,400
changed Jacob's wages. 
He's he's, he's greedy. 

562
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,560
He's just got has to have a hand
in something. 

563
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,360
So a lot of times we see him 
using people for personal gain, 

564
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,920
right? 
So, so here he is, he sees 

565
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,679
Abraham's servant. 
He's thinking, well, what, what 

566
00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:14,600
type of potential, what type of 
material benefits could this 

567
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,520
visit bring our family? 
Could this visit bring me? 

568
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,440
Could this marriage arrangement?
What could it do? 

569
00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:26,199
So who he truly is is revealed 
by what motivates him, which 

570
00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:29,080
totally contrasts his sister 
with the servant's heart. 

571
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,639
Not interested in herself, 
interested in another. 

572
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,520
Is everybody OK? 
We're marching on through here. 

573
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,080
Chapter #24 verse 33. 
I'm going to read a little bit 

574
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,639
and then then we'll, we'll 
probably skip some just because 

575
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,159
Verses 42 through 48 in 
particular is a retelling of the

576
00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:55,560
telling, is a retelling of the 
prayer retelling of what Abraham

577
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,880
is already experiencing this 
day. 

578
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,480
And if someone's saying I can't 
believe they did that, listen, 

579
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,320
I've stood around with some of 
y'all's conversations, having to

580
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,360
tell every detail of the story 
of the day. 

581
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,040
So don't you be too heavy on my 
good old boy Abraham's servant. 

582
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,480
You know? 
That's right, brother Fred, 

583
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:24,960
feeling the preaching spirit. 
Come on, right then I just and 

584
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,520
there was look at verse 33. 
This is Abraham at the house and

585
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,960
there was set meat before him to
eat, but he said I will not eat 

586
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,240
until I have told my Herod. 
Oh, that just hit me kind of 

587
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:36,240
funny right now thinking about 
the details of some people's 

588
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:38,200
story. 
Wait, let me tell you something.

589
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,040
And he said speak on. 
And he said I am Abraham's 

590
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,720
servant. 
The Lord have blessed my master 

591
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:48,440
greatly. 
He's become great. 

592
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,080
We have given him flocks and 
herds, and I'm sure Laban is 

593
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,040
leaning in on the edge of his 
seat, and silver and gold and 

594
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,560
menservants and maidservants and
camels and asses. 

595
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,720
And Sarah, my master's wife, 
bear a son to my master when she

596
00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:01,960
was old. 
And to him hath he given all 

597
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,040
that he hath. 
Wait a minute, you say the son's

598
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,840
got it all? 
Yeah, OK, just want to make 

599
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,880
sure. 
My master made me swear, saying,

600
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,760
thou shalt not take a wife to my
son of the daughters of the 

601
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,160
Canaanites in whose land I 
dwell, But thou shalt go into my

602
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,760
father's house to my kindred and
take a wife into my son. 

603
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,880
I won't read all of it, folks. 
And I said into my master pre 

604
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,640
adventure, the woman will not 
follow me. 

605
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,160
And said unto me, The Lord 
before whom I walk will send his

606
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,880
Angel with thee, and prosper thy
way, and thou shalt take a wife 

607
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,360
for my son of my kindred of my 
father's house. 

608
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,680
Then shalt thou be cleared from 
this, my oath, when thou comest 

609
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,160
to my kindred. 
If they give not the one, thou 

610
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,760
shalt be clear from my oath. 
And so he's going to continue to

611
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,360
talk then about the events of 
the day, the prayer that he 

612
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,960
prayed, how his prayer was 
answered with Genesis 42 through

613
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,720
48. 
I want to pick back up in verse 

614
00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:56,240
47. 
And I asked her and said, whose 

615
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:59,520
daughter art thou? 
Let's go on down to verse 49 

616
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,920
even. 
And now if he will deal kindly 

617
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,240
and truly with my master. 
So he's he's addressing them 

618
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,600
all, told them the whole story, 
every detail. 

619
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,160
He says, now if you will deal 
kindly and truly with my master,

620
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,080
tell me. 
If not, tell me that I may turn 

621
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,520
to the right hand or to the 
left. 

622
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,480
He's basically saying I want her
as my Isaac's wife. 

623
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,680
He says, and you got to let me 
know if you're going to allow 

624
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,840
that, right? 
Yeah, let me know if you're 

625
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,400
going to allow that. 
Let me just go on and read a few

626
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,000
more verses, four more verses. 
Then Laban and Beth, you 

627
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,160
answered and said, the thing 
proceedeth from the Lord. 

628
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,280
We cannot speak into thee, bad 
or good. 

629
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,440
Behold, Rebecca is before thee. 
Take her and go and let her be 

630
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,960
thy master son's wife, as the 
Lord has spoken. 

631
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,840
And it came to pass that when 
Abraham's servant heard their 

632
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,080
words, he worshipped the Lord. 
Here he goes again, bound 

633
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,040
himself to the earth, and the 
servant brought forth jewels of 

634
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,960
silver and jewels of gold and 
raiment. 

635
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,520
I'm sure Laban's liking this and
gave them to Rebecca, and he 

636
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,480
gave also to her brother and to 
her mother. 

637
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:09,480
Precious things. 
Now, again, the unsung, unsung 

638
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,560
hero here is the servant of 
Abraham. 

639
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,040
He's not going to allow anybody 
to deter him from his mission. 

640
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,120
I'm not even going to eat. 
Wait a minute. 

641
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,040
Let me tell you something, even 
after a long journey, I'm sure 

642
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,480
he was hungry and wanted some 
food. 

643
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,920
But he says, no, I, I got an 
errand here. 

644
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,280
I need to, I need to tell you 
that the Lord has put me on, 

645
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,280
that my master's put me on. 
And so he begins to talk about 

646
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,360
all of the wealth. 
He begins to talk about all the 

647
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,840
men servants and the maid 
servants and how all of that 

648
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:41,000
stuff Isaac will inherit. 
And that I'm sure being 

649
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,440
Rebecca's family, there's a 
certain amount of comfort to 

650
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,400
that, right? 
They want to know that their 

651
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,240
daughter is going to be well 
taken care of. 

652
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,080
They want to know that she's 
coming from a finance going 

653
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,560
going to perhaps a financially 
stable household. 

654
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,520
All right. 
And I'm sure again that Laban 

655
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,680
had his ears, ears peaked. 
But here was the caveat for 

656
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,160
everything. 
All this wealth, all these men, 

657
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,720
servants and maidservants that 
he shared with him. 

658
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:10,520
Is this that she must be willing
to follow me back to the 

659
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:15,080
promised land? 
And if not, I'm free from what 

660
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:20,040
I've been commissioned to do. 
So he retells his prayer and he 

661
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:24,560
needed an answer from them. 
And he's basically tell them, 

662
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:29,280
tell me, tell me whether yes, 
tell me whether no, I'll turn to

663
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,080
the left or the right. 
I need to know a yes or no. 

664
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,360
You know what he's saying. 
I don't want to waste anybody's 

665
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,120
time. 
I don't want to eat your food, 

666
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,880
right? 
Just tell me a yes or no and we 

667
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,840
can get this thing rolling. 
I just need to know. 

668
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,920
And the Bible says that her 
family saw it as God's will. 

669
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,560
That's what it says unto us. 
It says that they said that this

670
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:56,600
thing proceedeth from the Lord. 
They saw it as God's will. 

671
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,240
They they in other words, they 
really didn't have anything to 

672
00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:01,800
say in the matter because God 
was already speaking through 

673
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,640
what was done the way that the 
prayer into the detail that the 

674
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:10,240
prayer was answered. 
We can't speak good or bad of 

675
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,040
this. 
The the new English translation 

676
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,920
says it like this. 
Our wishes are of no concern. 

677
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:20,000
This thing's from God, man, I 
wish we could get to a spot like

678
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,080
that, that whenever we notice 
the handiwork of God, it's like,

679
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,680
you know what, my opinion really
don't matter. 

680
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,720
I mean, why does God need my 
endorsement? 

681
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:39,440
He don't. 
And why, if I would think 

682
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,960
differently, what competition is
that to God? 

683
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,400
It don't really matter. 
They said we're just we don't 

684
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,960
can't say good or bad. 
This thing is from the Lord. 

685
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,760
It's as the Lord have spoken, 
right? 

686
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,000
They didn't really have 
something to decide because God 

687
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
had already decided the 
handiwork and what God had 

688
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,200
already done with the Aaron and 
with the answering the prayer. 

689
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,000
And so here's the serving again.
I love this guy, man. 

690
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,080
He's bowing over, he's 
worshipping again. 

691
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,560
He's thankful. 
He's thankful brother Trout to 

692
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,920
the Lord because he recognizes 
this as an act of God. 

693
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,720
And then he starts giving gifts.
Rebecca, if you thought you got 

694
00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:18,080
something at the well, we'll, 
here's some more silver and 

695
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,000
here's some more gold and here's
some raiment. 

696
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:24,480
And then to her brother and her 
mother, he's given them precious

697
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:25,760
things. 
I don't know what it is, but 

698
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,400
precious, precious things he's 
given to them. 

699
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,760
What I love about this, never 
long the way did the servant 

700
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,720
ever try to influence his 
Rebecca's decision. 

701
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:43,920
He's not trying to influence her
decision because even after her 

702
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,280
family's decision, that's when 
he lavishes the goods upon them.

703
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,760
He's lavishing upon Rebecca, 
maybe even some tokens of of 

704
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,400
marriage. 
As I said, whenever she's going 

705
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,560
to be taken from her family, 
there's going to be a void there

706
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,520
in her family of work and so on 
and so forth. 

707
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,840
And so now the man eats and we 
look at verse 54 just one more 

708
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,640
time. 
They did eat and drink the men 

709
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,200
that were with him and tarried 
all night. 

710
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,560
They rose up in the morning. 
He said, send me away into my 

711
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:11,640
master, the servant saying, 
listen, you've noticed the hand 

712
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,040
of God in this. 
I've noticed the hand of God in 

713
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,040
this. 
Why Is there any reason to 

714
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,360
delay? 
I got about a month's journey 

715
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,760
back home. 
Let me take Rebecca and let's 

716
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:23,800
go. 
Let me take her home to her 

717
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,520
groom, Isaac. 
Everything will be fine. 

718
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:32,680
I mean, her family's already 
agreed to let her leave this, 

719
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,560
what the Bible says. 
And her brother and her mother, 

720
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:40,480
verse 55 said let the damsel 
abide with us a few days at the 

721
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,280
least 10 after that she shall 
go. 

722
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,480
And he said to them, hinder me 
not seeing the Lord have 

723
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,080
prospered my way, send me way 
that I may go to my master. 

724
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:53,000
And they said we will call the 
damsel Rebecca and we'll inquire

725
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:58,720
at her mouth. 
Her family's requesting a few 

726
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,200
more days. 
And they might have been doing 

727
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,120
that, maybe thinking they need 
to do that for Rebecca. 

728
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,160
I mean, this has been all kind 
of sudden. 

729
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,360
Give her time to process this, 
you know what I'm saying? 

730
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,360
Eat a lamb's leg and figure out 
whether or not she wants to go 

731
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,840
back. 
Give her some time just to kind 

732
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:15,720
of Mull things over. 
Let everything settle in her 

733
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:17,960
heart and mind. 
You know what they said though? 

734
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:23,040
Said we'll call Rebecca and 
we'll let her decide. 

735
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:28,160
And whenever Rebecca was asked, 
will you go with this man, She 

736
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:34,960
said I will go. 
She didn't need any more time. 

737
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,560
She didn't need time to think it
over. 

738
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:43,360
She was willing and ready to go.
I don't know, folks, and there's

739
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,200
no record of it in Scripture. 
There's no record in Scripture 

740
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:50,000
that all the covenant promises 
that was given to Abraham and 

741
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,760
Isaac were shared. 
We don't have no information of 

742
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,760
that whatsoever, but we read in 
the scripture that whenever they

743
00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:00,640
released Rebecca and that she 
would go in verse 60, the Bible 

744
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,240
says they that is her mother and
her brother blessed Rebecca and 

745
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:05,880
said this is so interesting unto
her. 

746
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,600
Thou art our sister, be thou 
mother of thousands of millions,

747
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,760
and let thy seed possess the 
gate of those which hate them. 

748
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,280
Again, we have no record that 
the servant has shared any of 

749
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:22,080
the covenant promises that was 
for Abraham and Isaac with them.

750
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,840
Yet as Rebecca's leaving her own
family is proclaiming blessing 

751
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:30,360
upon her, let her be the mother 
of many children, and let her 

752
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,920
possess the gate of her enemy, 
which means property and land. 

753
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,480
That she possesses the gate. 
She has the city that the gate 

754
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:39,680
belongs to. 
Let her have property that 100% 

755
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:43,320
lines up with the covenant 
promise of Abraham and Isaac, of

756
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:47,120
their descendants being many, 
and of a land that was promised 

757
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,760
unto them. 
Amen. 

758
00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:51,880
And then again, everybody doing 
okay. 

759
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,680
Then again, we see a 
partnership. 

760
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,600
This is interesting that this 
would show up again. 

761
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,520
We just looked at this last 
week, the partnership between 

762
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:04,280
God and Abraham, right? 
We've seen this last week, and 

763
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,440
we see this again with Rebecca 
and the servant. 

764
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:12,480
The Bible says in verse #61 And 
Rebecca arose at her damsels, 

765
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,680
and they rode up on the camels 
and followed the man. 

766
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,320
This is what I want you to look 
at. 

767
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,480
And followed the man. 
And the servant took Rebecca and

768
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:25,960
went his way. 
Rebecca followed the man, it 

769
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:29,360
says, and it says the servant 
took Rebecca. 

770
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:31,560
One might sit there for a moment
and say, which is it? 

771
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,600
Did she follow him or was she 
taken? 

772
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:40,680
But the answer is both. 
It is a partnership. 

773
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:47,240
Again, Rebecca wants to go and 
he wants her to go, saying that 

774
00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:49,640
she followed him or that he took
her. 

775
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,640
Those are not forced activities.
They are words of agreement. 

776
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,920
She wants to go, so he takes 
her. 

777
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,200
It's the same agreement that 
Abraham had. 

778
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:03,240
He departed, but it all says 
that God took him though from 

779
00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:05,520
Herb Chaldis and I. 
I'll state it again. 

780
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,520
I'll hit the little nail again. 
We need that type of partnership

781
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:13,360
with the Lord, Not just him, 
what He wants, but also our will

782
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:17,360
submitting to wanting to go. 
We'll follow and He'll take. 

783
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,760
He'll take and we'll follow. 
There must be a partnership. 

784
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:25,480
The Bible says in verse 62, we 
didn't all right, we are. 

785
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:31,960
And the Isaac came from the way 
of the well of Lahai Roy, for he

786
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:36,760
dwelt in the South country. 
Now where Isaac is coming from, 

787
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:41,480
it's interest because the same 
this Lahai Roy is the same well 

788
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:48,080
Hadgar had been at whenever 
Sarah had dismissed her in 

789
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:51,680
Genesis 16 and whenever God had 
told her you're going to have a 

790
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,360
you're going to have a son 
Ishmael, the same well that she 

791
00:46:55,360 --> 00:47:00,200
was at where when she was 
feeling destitute and abandoned.

792
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:04,960
And in that episode when God 
spoke to her, no one else is out

793
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,680
there but her. 
So she knew God was speaking to 

794
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:12,600
her that she exclaimed, thou God
sees me. 

795
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:18,200
And she named the well as much 
mean the well of the living one 

796
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:22,400
who sees me. 
God saw her in her place of 

797
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:25,960
destitute and abandonment alone.
God sees me. 

798
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:28,560
And now Isaac has just left that
place. 

799
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,320
The Bible says from that way 
from that place. 

800
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:36,440
And God has saw him after the 
death of his mother, Sarah, and 

801
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:40,600
is about ready to give him a 
wife for moving the promise of 

802
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,360
God forward just a little bit 
more. 

803
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,680
Verse #63 I know you folks are 
just amazed that we're doing 

804
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:50,160
this. 
And Isaac went out to meditate 

805
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:54,040
in the field at the evening 
tide, And he lifted up his eyes 

806
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,520
and saw, and behold, the camels 
were coming. 

807
00:47:57,240 --> 00:48:00,480
And Rebecca lifted up her eyes 
when she saw Isaac. 

808
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,360
She lighted off the camel. 
For she had said into the 

809
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,000
servant, What man is this that 
walketh in the field to me? 

810
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:13,560
Does she's not ever seen him. 
And the servant had said, It is 

811
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,880
my master. 
Therefore she took a veil and 

812
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,240
covered herself. 
And the servant told Isaac all 

813
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,760
things that he had done. 
This is interesting because he 

814
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,840
we don't have 20 more verses for
him telling every detail. 

815
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:29,720
It just wraps it up with see 
they learned, they learned. 

816
00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:34,600
No never mind. 
And Isaac brought her into his 

817
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,880
mother's tent and took Rebecca 
and she became his wife. 

818
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,360
And he loved her. 
And Isaac was comforted after 

819
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,040
his mother's death. 
So here's Isaac. 

820
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:44,680
He's out in the field. 
He's he's meditating, he's 

821
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,240
praying in the field. 
He lifts up his eyes. 

822
00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:51,000
He noticed camels, which were a 
rarity, Domesticated camels was 

823
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,200
a rarity for that day. 
So he knows those ain't 

824
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,440
anybody's camels. 
Those are our camels. 

825
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:03,000
And Rebecca, she sees him in the
field as well. 

826
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,240
And she jumps off her camel 
because it was, it was not 

827
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:11,000
proper etiquette for a woman to 
be on a beast like that in the 

828
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:14,240
presence of a strange man. 
So she gets off her camel. 

829
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,920
The folks, you, you want to read
your romance stuff and watch 

830
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,800
your romance stuff. 
This is the most romantic. 

831
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:25,160
You're saying, brother McGee, 
somebody riding a camel. 

832
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:28,240
Seriously. 
No, this is the most romantic. 

833
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,240
Look at verse 63. 
Look at it. 

834
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:35,240
This is where the romance is. 
Isaac lifted up his eyes the 

835
00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:39,080
very next verse. 
Simultaneously, Rebecca lifted 

836
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:43,840
up her eyes, and the two locked 
a glance in the direction of the

837
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:49,640
other. 
I mean, how much more romantic 

838
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:51,680
can you get? 
He lifted up his eyes. 

839
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:54,360
She lifted up her eyes. 
And chemistry. 

840
00:49:58,560 --> 00:49:59,800
Don't you find it all in the 
Bible? 

841
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,200
There's murder mysteries, 
there's romance here. 

842
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:06,720
It's all there. 
Amen. 

843
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,640
So they locked glance and 
Rebecca's maybe assuming that it

844
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,960
is Isaac, but she wants to know 
for sure who this man is that's 

845
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,480
approaching her again. 
She's never seen him before. 

846
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,360
And notice what the servant 
says. 

847
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:23,680
Abraham's servant, as it was 
from the beginning, says this is

848
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:28,320
my my master. 
That's interesting because in 

849
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:32,040
the very beginning he was 
calling Abraham my master. 

850
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,680
But again, it's just a little 
tip off for us. 

851
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:38,280
Yeah, he's the son of Abraham, 
but there's not ready to come. 

852
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,880
A shift of authority and 
covenant, promise and 

853
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:47,440
responsibility right here from 
Abraham to Isaac, He says, yeah,

854
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,080
Yeah. 
My, my master, the one that's 

855
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:52,160
going to be the carrier of the 
covenant, the new focal point 

856
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,240
for the promise. 
The Bible says, here's Rebecca. 

857
00:50:54,240 --> 00:50:57,200
She veils herself. 
It's a sign of modesty. 

858
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,400
It's a sign of reverence, a sign
of betrothal. 

859
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:03,720
Folks in that culture, unmarried
woman would veil herself when 

860
00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:07,520
meeting her future husband. 
This is part personal why that 

861
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:10,720
happens today even in our 
American weddings. 

862
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:19,560
The Bible Amen and so without re
entering the entire event again,

863
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:20,920
Scripture just kind of sums it 
all up. 

864
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:25,960
But here Isaac takes his bride 
to be. 

865
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:28,120
She's going to become his wife. 
The Bible says she became his 

866
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:32,120
wife in verse 67. 
Sarah remember his his mom is 

867
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:33,920
dead. 
Sarah is dead. 

868
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:40,640
There's a void, and Isaac brings
Rebecca into his mom's tent, in 

869
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:47,680
essence, to fill that void. 
It it was more than just 

870
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:52,280
bringing her in the tent, it was
a proclamation that you're going

871
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:55,000
to become the new matriarch. 
You're going to become the new 

872
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,360
woman of the Covenant of 
promise. 

873
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:01,480
Alan P Ross said it like this. 
He said it's important to note 

874
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:07,080
that Rebecca actually replaced 
Sarah by entering the tent of 

875
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:09,960
Sarah. 
What's going on? 

876
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:13,440
He's he's letting this lady know
you're, you're now apart. 

877
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,640
You're now connected to 
MyHeritage. 

878
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:19,160
You're now connected to all the 
covenant promises that I have 

879
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,360
been given. 
And between you and I, we have 

880
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:25,680
this burden of responsibility of
carrying them forward for the 

881
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:30,960
next generation. 
And she became his wife and he 

882
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,960
loved her, which is always a 
tremendous phrase to me, being 

883
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:35,520
that they haven't ever seen each
other. 

884
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,960
She became his wife and then he 
loved her. 

885
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:44,960
Because the day we talk about 
love as a fanciful feeling, but 

886
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:50,800
love is really a decision. 
Love's really a decision. 

887
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:53,720
He married her and then he just 
made a choice. 

888
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,680
I love her. 
Going to continue to love her. 

889
00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:00,720
It's going to be mine. 
You can stand for me tonight. 

890
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:05,440
Think about this for a moment. 
If Rebecca thought the gifts 

891
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,920
that she was given at the well 
and at her house with something,

892
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:13,840
she's just married into all 
these men, servants, maid 

893
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:17,480
servants, gold, silver, 
livestock left and right. 

894
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:23,520
What that means is due to this 
marriage, she now possesses all 

895
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:27,680
that Isaac possesses. 
In a moment. 

896
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,320
I know that that was right. 
It's a lot. 

897
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:39,240
It's a lot of verses. 
Sometimes narratives are just 

898
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:41,720
like that. 
They just just a little 

899
00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:44,280
storyline there. 
But all that sets us up then for

900
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:49,200
a new couple that will monitor 
and sons that will be born from 

901
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:51,680
their womb, right? 
And things that will come. 

902
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,440
And it's all pushing this whole 
story of the Bible forward, 

903
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:56,560
right? 
The story of the Bible being he 

904
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:59,640
had a man and a woman, the 
beginning they failed. 

905
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,280
And then he says, well, I'm 
going to make me a people. 

906
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:03,680
That's going to be a treasure to
myself. 

907
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:05,080
And I'm going to start it with 
Abraham. 

908
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:07,160
And we're starting to trace that
forward. 

909
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:11,120
That's where we're at. 
It's the story of the Bible next

910
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:14,000
week. 
I know folks, we've had Sarah 

911
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:18,240
die. 
We've had Isaac be born, Isaac 

912
00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:20,120
be born, Sarah die. 
We've had a wedding. 

913
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:21,480
We'll have another death next 
week. 

914
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:25,440
Come with your funeral, clothes 
on the dirge, whatever. 

915
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:29,320
We're going to say our last 
respects to Abraham, all right? 

916
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,720
Amen. 
There's a lot of things that I 

917
00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:35,360
hope through this. 
There's some things we can take 

918
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:38,120
home though, right? 
Being specific in our prayers, 

919
00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:43,080
Not trying to force God's will, 
but stand back and watch God's 

920
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:49,040
will. 
I don't want to determine the 

921
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:51,840
outcome. 
I want to verify the outcome 

922
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:56,160
because of what I've prayed. 
Amen. 

923
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:57,520
Hallelujah. 
I'm going to pray. 

924
00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:59,880
I know there's man, we're all 
giddy around here. 

925
00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:03,640
Baby Piper's going to be coming 
down the the finish line here. 

926
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:05,720
Amen. 
I don't know if Brother Mason 

927
00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:08,080
over here can stand it. 
We already call him Elder Mason.

928
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,920
I don't know if he's ready to 
accept that grandfather Grandpa 

929
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:14,480
Row or not, but it's coming. 
Amen. 

930
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:16,320
God bless you tonight. 
I'm going to pray right now. 

931
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:17,520
The Lord would help us this 
week. 

932
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:21,160
Father, we need your help, God. 
We can't make it a day without 

933
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:24,520
you, Lord, God, even our best 
efforts, Lord, would fall short.

934
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:26,560
We need you to walk alongside us
and help us. 

935
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:29,120
Give us direction and guidance 
from day-to-day. 

936
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,320
I pray, Lord, let your hand, 
God, be up on your people, God. 

937
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:36,040
Empower them, Lord, with faith 
to pray specific prayers and see

938
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:39,000
your handiwork, Lord, in 
answering those prayers, God, as

939
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,760
they have been prayed. 
I pray, O Lord, today, help us, 

940
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:45,040
O Lord, today, God, to be 
propelled by the right motives, 

941
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:46,880
not even pure motives, but the 
right motives. 

942
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:49,800
I pray, O God, today, Lord, be 
with us this week. 

943
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,360
God, keep everybody healthy. 
Lord, strengthen them. 

944
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,120
Lord, let things go well, Lord, 
in this birth and delivery, 

945
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:58,440
Lord, for Alex and grace, Lord, 
in the next Lord hours, Lord, I 

946
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:02,840
pray in Jesus name and the 
church say Amen, Amen. 

947
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:06,440
God bless you tonight. 
Jesus name shake a hand, Amen 

948
00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:09,160
this evening and we'll be back 
here on Sunday. 

949
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:09,920
Amen.