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I'm really excited about this evening because it's lights on.

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Hey, I'm really excited about this evening because Hey, listen up tonight.

Savannah is starting her two-part series on Christian dating and she has been preparing for this and she's been praying for this.

And we've been praying for her and we believe that God wants to speak to you through her now.

She's going to be reading from a book of the Bible called Hosea.

It's in the Old Testament, and before she comes up here, there's something I have to talk to you about real quick.

Okay, It's about this book that we call the Bible.

This book isn't filled with fairy tales, it's filled with true stories.

It's filled with.

A witness to what God has been doing in the world and in people's lives in about his ultimate goal.

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Kind of distracting from what I'm saying that, you know, that's, that's funny.

But here here's here's what I want.

I want to tell you about this, this book is about God's story, it happens to have people in it.

And the thing you need to know about the Bible as it pertains to people is the Bible uses real words, describing real people who have real problems.

and I say this real real real because a lot, a lot of people think, when you come to church, you got to put on your best, face your best dress, your best behavior, use your best words and all of that is true to an extent, but when you get in the Bible, if uses words that might make your grandparents uncomfortable or you uncomfortable, there might be words in there that you don't understand.

A lot of people would think that I shouldn't read those words to you or that Savannah shouldn't read those words to you.

But I believe that this word and and Savannah believes this to is living and active, and it's sharper than any double-edged sword and it pierces to the divisions of your soul, through bone and Marrow and it hits you where nothing else can.

So with that said, there are words that Savannah's going to read from the scriptures that are not only awkward.

In reality, they're a little vulgar.

That word means pretty much inappropriate at times.

These are not words, you just drop okay?

In the middle of a conversation, trust me.

But I want you to know that God uses these words on purpose because the vulgar newness of this word that's going to be used tonight.

Is on purpose because it describes who we are without Jesus.

I don't want to spoil it.

Savannah wants to say but I wanted you to know that before she reads because this is a Book that uses real words.

Describing real people who have real problems.

So I'm going to pray for Savannah and then she's going to come up and she's going to teach you a father in Heaven.

I pray right now for your Holy Spirit to descend in this place and that you would work in each person's heart and you would especially work in the heart of Savannah and that you would enable her to worship you.

As she is proclaiming your truths tonight and make everyone attentive help us to hear what you want us to hear in Jesus name, amen.

Cool.

Hey.

Yeah.

Hey I'm excited to share with you guys.

I believe the Lord has put this message message on my heart for you and I know that the Lord has placed every single one of you here intentionally tonight.

So I'm super excited for what God has for you.

You might think that I'm going to go.

Talk about dating and I will but not tonight.

Tonight is about God's commitment to you.

Because before we talk about dating, I can talk about Christian dating, but if you're not a Christian, it doesn't mean anything to you.

If you don't know the Lord.

Personally there's no point in me giving you all this advice on how to walk that out in a way that pleases Jesus because The ultimately don't want to please you this.

So I'm going to talk about God's commitment to you and what better way to start that off with a great love story, you guys might not be super excited about that, but I know the ladies are

School.

All right, so there was this man and he was completely devoted to God.

He loved God so much and because he loved God, so much, he was obedient to whatever God called him to do.

Whatever.

God told him to do, and God told him one day that he was to love and marry this woman who he knew in his town, but this wasn't just any woman.

This woman was a known prostitute in the town.

She would make a living by sleeping around with men everyday.

So this was very hard, call on this, man, but out of his love for God, he obeyed.

So he started for to pursue this woman.

He began by delivering flowers to her door, telling her how much affection he had for her and that kind of won her over.

So they started hanging out more.

He asked her on date, they did all the things are hiking.

They went out to eat all the fun things that you might think of.

When you're thinking about dating and it was it was going good.

She just expressed every time we're together.

Who is like the Lord has called me to you.

I love you.

I'm committed to you.

I'm here for you and not only was he just saying it but he really felt it too.

He really loved this woman and she just never really received that, you know being her job being a prostitute.

She just had never really received love like that.

So after a while I was doing that, this man asked her to go on a hike of a beautiful mountain during sunset, they got to the top of the mountain and he got down on his knee.

A post he said will you marry me will you be my wife and she said yes so they started walking on the mountain and she started running and she was telling everyone should I didn't gauge I'm going to marry this guy and everything was super happy and they were looking forward to getting married and soon later they did.

They got married a beautiful wedding and they started a beautiful life together.

They even started a family.

They had three children within three years of being married so they had a beautiful family and their loving life and then everything was great until it wasn't one day.

This woman, the wife, she did not come home.

And the husband was obviously really concerned.

So he did the kids and you went out in town and he was asking everyone, he knew he was like, where is my wife?

Have you seen my wife?

I cannot find her.

She is not home.

I haven't heard anything from her and no one knew where she was until this man came up to her and said to him.

She's he said, I know your wife is she is gone back to her old ways.

And she is a prostitute again and she will not be coming home and the man was just absolutely devastated.

He went back home and he started weeping.

He was so confused as to why as to why his wife would choose to live such a horrible life.

When he'd given her everything, he gave her so much love.

So much commitment, he created this beautiful family with her.

And she left it all to go love men who don't love her and to live just a sad life.

so, In the midst of the sorrow of weeping and he was going through all of the emotions, he was sad.

He would be angry.

He was confused.

And in the midst of his anger, the Lord spoke to him.

The Lord said to him, he said, you are to go to this woman and love her even though she loves other men and out of his obedient heart and his love for her.

He said, okay, so being that she was a prostitute, she couldn't fully support her own needs and so he began sending food and all of her personal hygiene, Oliver things to our doorstep.

He she he would deliver it at her doorstep and leave, and she would open the door.

She would see her things there.

And she would credit that to these men who she was sleeping around with not knowing that it was really from her husband.

So after about a week of that, then he went and he knocked on the door and knocked at this house that she was at wasn't hers to this man.

And she open the door and he asked, he bought her with a prostitute's wages, but he bought her for quite a while.

He gave a lot of money.

And so he brought her back and she was obviously really confused.

And when they got back to their house, he told her of the love and compassion that he had for her, the grace and forgiveness, he was willing to give her and she then began to weep and she realize everything that she had just done was just a waste of time and that everything she needed was right there with him.