Hey there, I'm so glad you stopped by for this podcast.

We hope so much we can serve you today.

Every bit of the joy and every bit of the purpose,

every bit of the lesson out of this lesson.

Let's just receive it because what we need

is a lot of skill in morning, because somebody say amen.

So turn them back to first Samuel 18,

that was the longest intro we've ever had, verse 19.

Second Samuel, chapter 18, verse 19.

Now, AMA's son of Zadok said,

let me run and take the news to the king

that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.

And so I have response back to him,

you are not the one to take the news today.

You may take the news another time,

but you must not do so today because the king's son is dead.

In other words, this would not be when you want to do this.

See, these runners, it was quite an honor to get to take the news,

particularly to the king, particularly if it seemed

like it was going to be good news.

But Joab is saying to him, and Joab ought to be thinking about this,

since Joab is the one that brought the order to kill Absalom

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