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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">I hope you all had a great weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Last week we had a great discussion on The Call of Samuel. Together we learned that:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">As God did for Hannah, sometimes, God, in his love, let's us go through tough times to bring us closer to our purpose, and to lead us to an even deeper relationship with Him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">Like Samuel, several key bible figures were conceived after long dry spells-- Isaac, Samson, John the Baptist, Joseph, Esau & Jacob. Perhaps it's the ones God intends for special use that
he tests the most, and not the other way wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">While Samuel was dedicated to God at birth, essentially born into the rigorous Nazarite vow, he STILL had a choice, just as Eli's sons (1 Sam 2:30-32). It's as if there are two ways to live
-- inside God's call and blessed for it OR outside God's call and cursed for it. Samuel simply got to learn what his life call was early, but he still had to choose</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">While God is accommodating & gracious (we saw God kept calling Samuel, even when he wasn't quite getting it), God also levies justice and punishes, as he did with Eli's family. So, we must
maintain a balanced view of God (Jeremiah 23:23; Job 5:18)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">And as God called Samuel, God's calling us today. While most of us won't hear the voice Samuel did, his story reminds us, God's voice often sounds so familiar, we take it for granted at first.
Maybe every now and then we ought to pause our usual rush & routine, and ask 'what if that were God?'</span></div>
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<span style="color: currentcolor; line-height: 1.5;"><b><u>Tomorrow</u></b></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.5;">, starting promptly
</span><span style="color: currentcolor; line-height: 1.5;">at 6:30PM</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.5;">, Sidd will be leading a discussion on 'Practicing Medicine as Christians'. As always, come through to fellowship with fellow
believers, and learn more about God!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); line-height: 1.5;">📱If you haven't already, please join the 'URMCCF' group on
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keep up to date with our announcements.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">We look forward to seeing
<i>you</i> tomorrow!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">🗒️ tldr</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">When:
</span><span style="color: currentcolor; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">Mon 10/06 @6:30 PM</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">What: 'Practicing Medicine as Christians'</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">Where: <b>Anderson Room (G-8534)</b></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.5;">Angel, Idorenyin, Sidd & Caleb (URMCCF co-leaders)</span></div>
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