Preparation, Position, and Promotion

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Preparation, Position, and Promotion

• Faith Seeds Ministries
• September, 2006

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Gods Preparation

• Woman Hannah gracious
• Scripture 1 Samuel 1-210
• Application God takes us through seasons of
  preparation in advance of His promotion!

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Hannahs Circumstance

• Her womb was closed
• She had a rival, who provoked her, and made
  Hannah miserable
• This happened year after year!
• She wept and did not eat
• She made a vow the God
• She was misunderstood and judged
• She stood her ground
• God gave her a son - Samuel

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A Closer Look

• Hannahs inability to conceive was considered a
  curse.
• This brought pain to Hannah
• She had a rival, or adversary Elkanahs other
  wife.
• Rival means enemy or oppressor
• This adversary was right in the family!

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A Closer Look

• Hannah was provoked by Penninah
• Provoked the stirring up of the heart to a
  heated condition, which turns to anger, from hurt
  feelings.
• She was provoked to the point of misery
• Misery or fret to be violently agitated to
  irritate with anger.

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Her Action

• First Response she wept and refused to eat.
• Her second response she prayed from the anguish
  of her soul
• Her heart was fixed on the Lord as her solution.
• She made a vow with the Lord of hosts.
• He is Jehovah-Saboath, the God of the heavenly
  host of warring angels, and of the earthly host
  of warring intercessors!

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Her Initial Result

• Hannah is misunderstood by the priest Eli to be
  drunk!
• He judges her and commands her.
• Sin affected Elis discernment
• Hannah stands her ground as she corrects Eli.
• He then blesses her request of the Lord.

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Her Ultimate Result

• She gives birth to a son, Samuel
• When the time is right, she brings him to the
  house of the Lord.
• She rejoices and praises God with her prayer 1
  Samuel 210

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Application

• Some of us have had attacks and oppression come
  from within our family
• Those attacks have gone on a long time
• It can bring pain, doubt, fear, or confusion in
  our lives
• It becomes easy to lose our sense of direction
• We may react in the flesh

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Application

• God says, I AM with you!
• Turn your heart toward Him.
• Stand our ground, no matter how long it seems to
  us.
• Receive the character of Christ being formed in
  us.
• The initial result may not be what we wanted.
• The final result will be MORE than what we wanted!

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Appropriating Hannahs Prayer

• We rejoice in the Lord
• The Lord is the God of knowledge
• Even the barren has borne seven!
• He will guard the feet of His saints

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Being in Position

• Woman Anna grace
• Scripture Luke 236-38
• Application God desires us to be in the right
  position when He is moving.

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Annas Place

• Anna was an 84 year old prophetess
• She had long been a widow
• She served God in the temple
• She served Him with fasting and prayer
• She served Him night and day

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Meanwhile.

• During these years of service to the Lord, Anna
  developed
• Steadfastness
• Consistency
• Thankfulness and joy
• Seasoning
• Humility
• Faith
• Maturity

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The Position of Waiting

• Anna was in the position of thankful waiting upon
  the Lord, and remaining in the temple.
• Wait qawah in Hebrew means to bind together by
  twisting to collect expect await hope.
• Waiting literally means to be held back by being
  bound related to the word cord.

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A Three-Fold Cord

• Ecc. 412 A three fold cord is not quickly
  broken.
• Anna was restrained, bound, to God, in expectant
  hope of seeing the Messiah!
• She shared this hope with Simeon.

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In That Instant

• The moment arrived and Anna was there.
• She came in that instant that right time.
• Her position of waiting in the temple with
  expectant hope resulted in her witness to Jesus.
  Anna held a Son.

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Application

• We are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
• What is our position?
• Are we waiting with expectant hope for what God
  has promised?
• Are we bound to the Lord and united with each
  other as we wait for that instant?

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Gods Promotion

• Woman Ruth
• Scripture Book of Ruth
• Application When God promotes us, it is
  permanent it is eternal!

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Mans Promotion vs. Gods

• Mans Promotion Numbers 2237
• Balak failed to promote Balaam
• Gods Promotion Ruth promoted from widow to
  daughter to bride!

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Ruths Circumstance

• Ruth was a Moabitess
• Her husband had died
• She was with his sister-in-law and mother-in law
• Naomi encouraged the young women to turn back
• Orpah did turn back Ruth remained with Naomi.
• Ruth understood she was a daughter.

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Ruth in Bethlehem

• Ruth gleaned in the fields of Boaz
• She gains the favor of Boaz
• She gleans abundantly
• Naomi seeks security for her daughter
• Boaz redeems Ruth

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The Redemption is Gods Promotion

• Ruth and Boaz have a son Obed
• Obed is the father of Jesse
• Jesse is the father of David
• Jesus, our Redeemer, comes from this family line!

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Application

• God promotes us!
• Promotion kabed in Hebrew meaning honored,
  glorified, rewarded. It has a connotation of
  weightiness.
• We come to our Father as children we leave His
  presence as daughters.

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Daughters of Zion

• God wants to promote us to being Daughters of
  Zion.
• This is defined as the continuing of the house
  the company the village.
• Jesus spoke of the daughters of Zion in Mt. 215
  and John 1215

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Daughters of Zion

• Ps. 914
• Isa. 18 (6 references in Isaiah)
• Jer. 431 (3 references in Jeremiah)
• Lam. 16 (8 references in Lamentations)
• Mic. 48 (3 referencesin Micah)
• Zeph. 314
• Zech. 210 and 99

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Zion

• Zion is a place (highest point) and a symbol of
  Gods rulership, kingship and worship
• Heb. 1218-24 we have come to Mt. Zion and
  the city of the living God, the heavenly
  Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels.

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A Daughter of Zion

• She knows she has a Daddy in heaven!
• She loves the place of worship, rulership, and
  kingship
• She accesses the heavenly places and receives the
  spiritual blessings!

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And so, Daughters of Zion

• See that you do not refuse Him who speaks.
  Heb. 1225
• Seek Him
• Hear Him
• Accept Him and His Word
• Apply it as He directs
• Walk in the favor of the Lord!