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Genesis chapter 34, verses 1 and 2.

Now Dina, the daughter of Leah, whom she had born to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land.

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor, theivite the prince of the land saw her he seized her

and lay with her and humiliated her these are a couple of very serious sobering verses in Genesis showing the sinfulness and evil of man

in this picture Dinah Jacob's daughter is abused, hurt.

I know there's different ages of people who listen to this podcast,

so we won't go into more details, but humiliated and shamed and hurt in this passage.

And as I'm reading through this chapter and thinking about how we can pray according to it,

I was just immediately struck in these first couple of verses by the desire to pray

specifically for women who have been hurt and abused by men doing evil things.

And I know there are many, many women who have experienced that.

And in different ways, and I just want to lead us to pray to gather for them, for you, if that is you.

So, God, we hate sin and evil in this world. We hate it. I say that as we read these verses. We pray that in each one of our lives you would help us to hate sin and evil more.

Not to flirt with sin, not to justify sin, but to run from sin.

To run from any and every temptation to sin.

God, we pray for that in our lives.

We pray that we would never be casual with sin.

Don't let us be casual with sin at all today,

especially as we consider the hurt that Dinah experienced in Genesis 34 verses 1 through 2 and the earth that many, women,

many of whom are our sisters in Christ have experienced.

God, we pray for your mercy, for your grace, for your healing in every way.

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