April 11, 2026

The Blockhead Project: Prayer, Judgment, and Restoration

The Blockhead Project: Prayer, Judgment, and Restoration
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No Blockhead Nation. Good grief, good afternoon, good evening, whatever

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time you're ting into this little show, welcome, so glad

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that you're here. You are listening to your favorite Blockhead.

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Come on in if you've got the time, join me

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here in the Blockhead Mansion with my three dogs as

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we kick off another episode. I'm so glad that you

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are joining me on this fairly if you're in the

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Dallas Fort Worth area, it's been spotty weather. One minute,

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it's rain next to the sun shining, So it's been interesting.

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One the less us and a lot of you that

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have followed the show for a while, I have noticed

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there's a new intro. There is a way that I

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do this now that is different than it used to

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be me and the Blockhead Project project is alive and well,

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so I used to start this show with broadcasting live. Well,

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let's be blatantly obvious and let's just be honest about it.

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This isn't live at this point. It's archived. It's been

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pre recorded. I think the next time that I will

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use that term is if I am actually live or

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if I'm in a studio somewhere. So I'm gonna use

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it when it serves the purpose better. So that is

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another change you might be getting used to. Unless you're

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new to the show, then it means nothing to you.

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But I am a Peanuts fan. But let me start

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with first and foremost, just like all of you that listen,

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I am a sinner in need of a savior. And

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it used to be that this show would have a

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scripture of the day and a few words about it

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and we move on. That's not how this is going

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to be anymore. Ever since the loss of my mother

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in December and navigating life in this new chapter, going

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through life without parents, but also growing a lot closer

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with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I plan on

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spending a lot more time in the word. I plan

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on being completely invested in this podcast with scripture, with

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biblical truth. And that is fair to say when we

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look at Charles Schultz, who could have been a very

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good minister if he was not already the most famous

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comic artist of all time. This man knew how to

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methodically share the word in the comic strips and the

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TV specials and just in his overall work, and every

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time he had interviews there would be something that would

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give glory back to God. So this podcast is a

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Peanuts fan who has given all glory back to God.

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The changes are in place, so I will still mention

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a few things I used to talk about back in

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the day, just not in length where the main focus

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will be our savior, Jesus teachings, his warnings, anything that

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could be beneficial to your life. And so to begin with,

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it's really easy if I start with something Peanuts related,

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because we just had Easter, we had Resurrection Day, the

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Easter Beagle came. If there are two deities that I

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will allow pass, it's two of them. One is gonna

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be the Great Pumpkin that shouldn't surprise anybody. And I

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also would give a pass to the Easter beat that

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never fails. Even though I've never seen one of them

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with my own eyes, I still feel like there's a

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possibility one day if somebody will make a great Pumpkin

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tracker app, we can figure out where he is, just

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like you do with Sanna. But you know, until that comes,

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I'll always be on the lookout for those two things.

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But when it comes to the entire week of Holy Week,

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I spent a lot of time on my social media

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really promoting and really diving into the minutes the hours

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of our Savior being betrayed, being denied, being beaten, suffering

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for our sake. And it's befitting that on the second

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part of this show, I will be walking you through

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what we have done on Sundays in my adult Bible class.

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And it's not my adult Bible class. I just typically

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am the one that's teaching on a Sunday morning. And

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what I've never done is pull back the curtain for

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the podcast listeners and said what where we are? Well

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today I'm gonna do that. But before I do, I've

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had a wonderful friend that reached out and wanted me

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to talk about the impact of prayer. Well, that's fairly

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easy because we have an easy avenue to prayer, but

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if we actually go to what Jesus teaches about prayer.

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If you got a Bible, I would love it if

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you joined me in Luke chapter eleven, because you had

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a request from the disciples as well. This stend Lord

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teach me how to pray. John the Baptist on his disciples,

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we asked you to teach us And this is coming

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from Bluelarababba dot Org. I'm using a commentary from a

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man named David Usick, who I trust, who does a

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great job on commentary. Here's what he had to say.

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Jesus prayed as was his custom, but a request came

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when he ceased. The disciples allowed Jesus to finish praying.

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They stood there and watched him, drinking in the power

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of his prayer until he was finished. And there was

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something about watching Jesus pray that made them want to

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learn how to pray as Jesus did. There was something

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magnetic about the prayer life of Jesus and the way

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he prayed showed something of relationship with God the Father.

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So that was as we go through the entire section

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about the pattern you are given, beloved blockad nation, you

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were given a pattern on what to pray. Now we

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could easily blaze through this and it can have no

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meaning to you at all, and just go our Father

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who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name that kingdom. Come. No,

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let's slow down. Let's take a look at what Jesus

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saying when you pray. Starting with us, I take a

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drink of water. Here, our Father in heaven. You have

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a promise right there in that first line that first

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stands up. You have a father in heaven, the creator

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of all things, that you have a direct line to.

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Hallowed be your name. May your name, Lord be above

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all names, Your kingdom come, because there will be a day.

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We're listening from Jesus himself, the Christ, the cornerstone that

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was rejected, that will return and establish his millennial kingdom.

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If you read Revelation chapter nineteen, and you'll see how

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that plays out, your will be done. This is the

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same thing he prays in the garden of gath Semite.

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He says, Father, if there's any other way, let this

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cup pass from me, but not my will, but thy

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will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

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Give us this day, day by day, our daily bread.

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He mentions this when he's tempted in the wilderness. It

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is written, man does not live by bread alone, but

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by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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Your time in reading the word, praying over it. Lord,

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what are you showing me in this scripture, Your time

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to interpret it, to meditate upon it. Ask for your

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daily bread, your daily reading of the Word, your daily scripture.

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Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who

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is indebted to us. Peter asked, how many times mustmost

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to forgive my enemy? Seven times? No, seventy times. Seven

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lead us not into temptation. Jesus defeated temptation for us.

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He showed us how he went through it. He was

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in the wilderness for forty days. Three times. He's tempted

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by Satan. Get behind me. It is written, he buried

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himself in truth in scripture, but deliver us from the

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evil one. So if you look at the website godquestions

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dot org, this is also a reference. You cannot only

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read Luke chapter eleven and read the Lord's Prayer. You

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can read it in Matthew chapter six as well, Verses

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nine through thirteen. Commonly known as than the Lord's Prayer,

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but it could be better named the model Prayer, since

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Jesus was using this as a pattern for his disciples

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to follow. God is, for it, far more interested in

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our hearts than when we pray, than He is when

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the words that we use. If you look at Philippians

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chapter four, verses six through seven, do not be anxious

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about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,

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let your requests may be made known to God. I'm

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gonna use a quick example. Growing up, there's an episode

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of The and of Your show that I remember for

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years where Opie is trying to win a medal for

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a track meet, and at one point he prays by

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his bedside and says, if you'll let me win one,

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then I promise I'll take it off to take a

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bath once in a while. You've got bargaining going on

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with God. It's not that you can't make your requests made,

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it's just the relationship between There's no reverence when you say,

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if you'll do this for me God, then I promise

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that I'll do this no Verse seven. And the peace

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of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts

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and your minds. In Christ Jesus, you can let your

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request be made known directly to the creator of all things,

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the one who made you. You can He knows what

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your needs are. You can bring them to him as

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you keep plugging away. You just had the launch of

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Artemis two. They came home successfully. But you know, if

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you go back to the Peanuts, they had a full

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TV special about the NASA Space program. There was small,

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little practical advice trickled all the way through that one

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was just keep plugging away, just like Charlie Brown does.

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He doesn't always get it right, but he never stops trying.

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He just keeps plugging away. We will continue plugging away

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more scripture and more truth and a few more thoughts

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on part two of this episode.

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So stay tuned, Blockhead Nation, you still have your Bible,

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Blockhead Nation, it will be in Hoseiah chapter six.

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The scripture of the day is Hoseah chapter six, verses

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one through three. Come, let's return to the Lord. For

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he has torn us. Then he may heal us. He

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has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

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After two days, he will revive us. On the third day,

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he will raise us up that we may live before him.

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Very crucial about the third day, let us know, let

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us press on to know the Lord his going out

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as sure as the dawn. He will come to us

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as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.

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If you look today in the notes for the blog,

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I have two things put up. One is a book recommendation.

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If you want to go deeper into prayer, like my

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dear friend asked us to look at, I always recommend

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Timothy Keller's book Prayer takes you on a much deeper

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journey of prayer. But also you'll see a song called

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Hoseiah but my favorite group of all times Shane and Shane,

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and it's one of those lesser known songs from the

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album Psalms, which, by the way, every one of those

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Psalms are prayers from King David, some that are urgent,

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some that are refreshing, many that are heartbreaking. You want

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to learn how to pray, David already show us how

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to pray in the Old Testament. Do so. But you'll

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see that that song is there, and that's exactly the lyrics.

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And speaking about Hoseiah chapter six, where Israel and Judah,

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remember we had two kingdoms at that time. After Solomon,

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you have the split of the northern and southern kingdoms.

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One is Israel and one is Judah. Capital of Israel

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be in Samaria and the capital of Judah being Jerusalem.

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And you have this long reign of kings who quite frankly,

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are horrible. And this chapter is called that Israel and

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Judah should repent so that God will restore them. It

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mentions on the third day. It's a reference to a

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Messianic king from the line of David. That was perfect

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for when we were on Sunday morning, which was Easter

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Resurrection Day. Our Lord and Savior has risen and has

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talked about in the Old Testament as well through the prophets.

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The prophecies get fulfilled when Jesus rises and defeats death

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on the third day. Come less, return to the Lord.

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On the third day, he will raise us up. I

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desire steadfast love, not offerings. Israel is the file. That's

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the most basic way to put this chapter. I have

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something called stepbible dot org. That's another website. If you

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ever want a summary of any chapter of the Bible,

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you can go to step Bible and you can hit

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the word summary and it will pull this up. And

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I'm reading this straight from it, not from the commentary,

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but straight from what the basic idea of chapter six is.

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After all that's happened, all of the rising ups against Israel,

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it's time for them to come back because God wants

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your heart. He doesn't care about the burnt offerings, doesn't

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care about the sacrifices. He doesn't care about the household

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idols that have run amok through Israel for a long time.

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It's gonna happen in Judah as well. So it says

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this return to God and he will heal us. God

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will revive us in two days and will restore us

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in three days, so that we can live with God.

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If we acknowledge God, he will come surely back to us.

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The love of the houses of Israel and Judah is fleeting,

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so God condemned them with his prophets. God desires mercy,

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not sacrifice, an acknowledgment instead of burnt offerings. They are wicked.

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A harvest will occur in Judah. So there's a lot

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to dissect there. Because if you've never read the book

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of Hoseiah, Hoseiah has got to have the worst job

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of any prophet. He is called by God in the

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first chapter to marry an adulterous woman, and he marries Gomer,

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who continuously is not in any way loyal faithful to him.

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She keeps running away. By the third chapter, he has

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bought her back, just like God has brought Israel back.

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But you have a trial that really took place. It

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looks like in chapter four that you are sitting there

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and watching as they open the books, as the gavel

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slams down and you finally have a verdict in the

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fifth chapter. So it is very, very punishing. There's three

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main points to know about Hoseiah. Most of it's going

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to be judgment, but then there's always going to be hope,

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and there'll be a promise of restoration hope for the

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remnant and and those that escape to Judah. That's what

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they mean by the harvest. When Assyria overtakes the northern

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Kingdom of Israel, God's going to allow it because they

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have turned their backs so many times on God. They

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have been just like Gomer, continuously unfaithful. So it is

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not that this is a hateful God. It's you've turned

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to every other God. By me. I made a covenant

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with you on Mount Sinai, and you haven't kept it.

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So I'm going to allow what's already been forming. There's

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a kingdom coming to overtake you. That will be the Assyrians.

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So this entire book of Joseiah has been a blessing

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to read through, but it has its chapters that are

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really convicting. And what should you do when you read

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this will return to the Lord for sure, turn your

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heart back to him to repent, to know that he

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is the only way. So if you want to look

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further in to Hosea chapter six, where we just read

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from today, I recommend reading all of the Book of Hosea,

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but if you need summaries of it, Stepbible dot or

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does a great job. Just click the summary button. I'll

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tell you all about what that chapter is you want

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to go further. It provides more commentary that you can

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read for yourself. And some of you have been begging

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for me to mention anything related to mixed martial arts. Well,

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I finally am because it used to be i'd find

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something to get frustrated about and dissect. And I think

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that you know when I talk about this sport, I

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don't participate in. I just watch it. So I'm hoping

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that I get my ore somewhere near the water. But

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we have a positive story here Joe Pifer, who recently

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won his fight against former champion Israel Atasnia. This guy

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had an earlier interview ahead of the fight where he

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talked about he had a complete resurgence. Now he got

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a lot of scrutiny for saying that his life had

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a total three sixty change as far as his faith

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in God and Jesus Christ. As soon as he wins

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this fight with Israel Outisania, he comes out and he

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says something to the effect of that he almost took

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his life a couple of weeks prior to the fight,

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but he found God, and he says, just like we

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talked about in Israel, God restored me. That's the only

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reason I'm here. The story of Hoseiah is about restoration.

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Call upon him and he'll heal the land. Return to him,

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and he will restore you. When he was asked a

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question about his performance, he just said, all glory to

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God for this wind. I'd have been dead in a

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ditch somewhere if it wasn't for God. So that's uplifting.

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Whether he had an out of body experience or not,

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something happened that changed him. Many things have changed me

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since December of last year Blockhead Nation, which means there's

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gonna be a lot of changes with this show, mostly

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just the Blockhead project, which at the heart of it,

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at the center of it is standing firm for Biblical values,

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standing firm for Christ Jesus. I thank you for those

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that are still with me on this journey. If you

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want to check out the blog book recommendation for the day.

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Is there Timothy Keller's book about Prayer. You want to

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hear the song Hoseiah by Shan and Shane. The link

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is there for you. My guess is we will probably two

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weeks from now before I record again, and I just

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hope that this new format. Even though I'm still a

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Peanuts fan, still MMA fan, blockhead is a center who

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needs a savior every day, needs the steadfast love of

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our Lord, needs his grace and his mercy. That's new

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every morning. If you ever want to reach out, Blockhead

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Nation just want to talk, you can't. Some of you

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have me be to my text, some of you have

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me through social media reach out. You weren't made to

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go through this alone. And I just hope that this

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is fruitful for you. You've enjoyed this segment, and my

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guess is two weeks from now is when I will

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record again. Until that time, this is why I be

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checking out. We'll catch you next time, same blockhead time,

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same blockhead channel. What you love to look