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In the morning O Lord, my voice you shahir, in the morning I will direct my prayer.
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And I will look up, Psalm 5, verse 3, Shalom beloved, welcome to our morning glory devotion,
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facilitating today's devotion and misdemeanors, the champoyging, let's kindly share a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, bless and grace on our power beyond to your name, as we humble ourselves today
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to listen to your word, open our hearts and mind to receive your wisdom. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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We'll take our confession from Joshua 1-8. This book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth,
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but I shall meditate in it day and night, that I may observe to do according to all that is written in it.
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For then, I shall make my way prosperous, and then I shall have good success, amen.
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Beloved, the topic for today's devotion is built for the battle, taken from some,
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ate him, verse 34, and I read from the King James Version,
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he teaches my hands to walk, so that a boule of steel is broken by my arm, amen.
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Build for the battle. There are seasons when the life of the believer does not feel like a journey.
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It feels like a battlefield. You are not just managing responsibilities, you are fighting for your
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peace, fighting for your marriage, fighting for your children, fighting to keep your integrity
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in a culture that rewards compromise, fighting thoughts that attack your confidence and whisper that
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you are not enough. Some days you do not feel like you are leaving, you feel like you are surviving,
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and in those moments you pray, Lord remove this battle. Clear the fute, science, the enemy,
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but David says something that shits our understanding in some 18 verse 34. He teaches my hands to walk.
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Notice what David does not say. He does not say God ruled all battles from his life. He says God
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trained him for them. That means some battles are not interruptions. They are preparation.
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Before he ever phased Goliath, he fought predators in the dark. A lion grabbed a lamp and David
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did not run. A bear attacked and David did not negotiate. He engaged. His truck. He defended
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what was entrusted to him. No army saw it. No crowd shared it, but heaven marked it.
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Those lonely fights in the fields, when drills were destiny. Every claw he faced prepared him for a
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sword. Every unseen victory builds reflexes for a public confrontation.
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The saying is true for us. The war you are facing may not involve swords, but it is real.
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It is a discipline to keep praying when answers to Lee. It is a restraint to respond with wisdom
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instead of anger. It is a strength to keep showing up when you are tied. It is choosing integrity
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when compromise could be easier. God teaches your hands to roll through everyday precious.
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The scripture adds something even more powerful so that a bow of steel is broken by my hands.
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A bow of steel was not ordinary. It required unusual strength to draw. It was not something that
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anyone could handle. David said that God strengthened him beyond what was natural.
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God built capacity in him and that is what many of us are experiencing without realizing it.
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The pressure feels heavy because it is building strength. The responsibility feels intense
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because it is expanding capacity. The resistance feels strong because you are being prepared
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to handle something stronger. Sometimes we ask God to reduce the weight while he is using the weight
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to increase our strength. Think about it practical when you first feast certain challenges in life.
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They overwhelmed you. Now you handle them differently. You respond more calmly. You recover more
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quickly. You descend more clearly. That did not happen accidentally. That is training.
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So instead of only praying, Lord, remove this battle. Begin to pray. Lord,
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strengthen me in it. Is it of axel only for escape? Axe for resilience? Axe for clarity? Axe for
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courage? Because when defining moments come, you will not have time to prepare. You will
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respond from what you have already built within you. Beloved, God is streaming your hands for
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so that when the enemy advances, when the pressure intensifies and when the butter line is drawn,
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you will not fall apart. You will realize that you are not fragile. You have been forced through
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every trial. You are equipped to face a position, to withstand pressure and to stand fair in faith.
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Amen. We will take a memory verse from some 18 verse 34. He teacheth my hands to walk so that a
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bowl of steel is broken by my hands. Amen. Let's share a word of prayer. Father in the mighty name
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of Jesus, we thank you for the word that we've heard today. We pray for grace to stay resilient,
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to stay strong. May we realize that you have built in us for every day's button.
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So that at the end of the day, glory and honor can be given to you through our everyday
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experiments. Thank you, Jesus, for bless your name. Amen. Thank you, beloved and God,
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bless you for staying through with us. Continue to stay tuned on Radio HCI for more spirit-filled
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content. Join us at 12 noon for a lunch hour prayer. Shalom.