Black History Unmasked: Ep 2.The Biblical Truth About Adam and Black Humanity

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Welcome to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast. I'm your host,

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Connie Morris, and this is Faith on the Go, where you take the word with you

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on your drive to work, while you're getting ready in the morning,

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or even in those quiet moments before prayer.

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Real life, real word, and real growth, all while you are on the go.

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Before we get into today's word, let's take a moment to center ourselves with a familiar prayer.

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The prayer of Jabez.

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Oh, that you will bless me indeed and enlarge my territory.

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Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.

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Father God, we come before you this day asking that you will indeed bless us,

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not just with what we have, but in who we are becoming.

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Enlarge our territory, Lord. Expand our capacity, our mindset,

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and our ability to receive what you have for us.

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Let your hand be upon us, guiding us, covering us, and leading us in every decision we make.

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And Father, keep us from harm, physically, emotionally, and spiritually,

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that we may walk in peace and not in pain.

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And Lord, just as you heard Jabez when he cried out to you, Hear us now.

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Your word says that you granted his request, and we believe that you are the same God today.

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So we come boldly before you, knowing that you hear us, knowing that you see

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us, and knowing that you respond to the prayers of your people.

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Have your way in this moment as we sit, listen, and receive your word.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Hello and welcome back to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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I'm your host Connie Morris and today we're going to begin.

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We're done with the intros with a new series of Black History Unmasked and we're

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going to start with the creation of Adam and so I don't put them in episodes.

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I'm just going to list them as the characters that we're going to discuss. Let's talk about Adam.

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You know, as I was thinking about this, you,

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know, many times, if you can think back in your life where God tried to show

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you something, and it was probably,

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I'm thinking right now about over 30 or 40 years ago, which is a long time ago,

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that God was trying to show me something about the race, not the race,

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the ethnicity, the skin color of Adam.

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And it was in a book, I think it was called The Black Adam and Eve,

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and it was written by a man, Malu, that was from Kenya.

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And just before I got on this episode, I was trying to find that book, and it's out of stock.

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It's only 37 pages. And I remember reading it, and it said that Adam was like

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a ruddy color, you know, a ruddy red color, like a red, like made out of clay.

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And clay is not always one color or one tone, you know. And so I remember reading that, and I...

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Was so amazed. I read the little 37-page book all the way through,

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and then I tried to share it with someone, and they actually thought that I

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had lost my mind because at the time.

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We were all being brainwashed.

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And so how could you believe that there was a black Adam?

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And that's what we get when we do not read our Bible, because the Bible tells

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us the truth. It is our history book.

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So I want to get started and we want to just talk about Adam and then we're

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going to get into some scripture. So I got a short introduction,

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a lot of scripture, and then we're going to do some commentary and give you a full picture of Adam.

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The story starts with the creation of Adam, right?

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So humans began when God molded man from the dirt. I like to say the clay.

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And if you think about the clay or the dirt, I live in Nebraska and our dirt

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is, It's so different. Our dirt is like clay. And when that clay gets hard,

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you can mold something out of it because it's just different.

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And you have to get a nice, strong shovel to even move this clay.

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And so I was like, what kind of stuff is this?

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But this was an example. First of all, what color is this clay?

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It's more like a really dark, dark brown.

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And so you just start to think that maybe God used this type of clay.

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But he was in Africa. And I've not been to Africa, but I tell you,

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it's on my bucket list. Well, let's keep going.

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Humans, God's imagers, began when God molded man from dirt.

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Before we can tell the story of slavery, we must tell the story about the clay or the dirt.

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Not the dirt of a beach, not the dust of fantasy painting, not the pale sand

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images by storytellers, the dirt of Genesis.

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That dirt was in Africa, and it was a rich, dark, fertile, red, brown, black dirt.

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It was alive, and this is where humanity began.

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The title is The Creation of Adam. Genesis 22-7 tells us.

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And the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into

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his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

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God shaped man from earth.

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God gave man life. Clay formed the body, but breath formed the soul.

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That is where dignity begins. That is where identity begins.

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And that is where black history begins. Long before the chains,

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long before oppression, and long before labels.

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When God made Adam, he gave him form, purpose, dominion over creation.

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At no point did God create man to be owned.

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Slavery is a human invention, an attempt to reverse God's blueprint.

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God said, you are a living soul. Man says, you are property.

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God says, you are image bearer. Man says, you are labor. Slavery twisted what God formed.

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It treated the body made from dust as if it was dust.

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It denied the breath God had been given. It inverted creation.

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But Genesis reminds us humans were made for freedom, dignity,

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and purpose, not chains. Sin does not have.

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A skin tone. Darkness doesn't mean evil, and black or brown bodies are not cursed.

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Disobedience brought sin, not dirt.

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Rebellion broke fellowship with God, not the clay.

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The lie that dark skin equals sin was invented later, often to justify slavery

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and erase African origins.

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Genesis shows the truth.

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God formed humanity from rich, dark soil, and that formation was very good.

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Skin is creation. Sin is rebellion.

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Never confuse the two. The story of Adam is not about one man.

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It's about an origin. It's about identity and God's original design.

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Before the world claimed ownership over black bodies, God had already declared

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that it was very, very good.

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Let's go to Genesis 1, 26. And it says, God said, let us make man in our image

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after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

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over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over the earth,

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and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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So God created man in his own image, and in the image of God created he him.

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Male and female created he them.

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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,

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and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the

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sea, over the fall of the air, and over every.

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Living thing that moveth among the earth.

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In the beginning, before nations, tribes, slavery, colonization,

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or racial categories, God created humanity in his own image.

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Genesis 1 makes it clear that mankind was not an accident, not inferior,

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not cursed, and not created to be owned by another man.

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When God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness.

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He gave humanity divine value, authority, and purpose.

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This means black history does not begin with slavery.

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Black identity does not begin with oppression.

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And black people, like all people, begin with God. Before the world gave people

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names, labels, and rankings, God had already declared his creation.

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Very good. That truth must be restored.

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Let's go to Genesis 2, verse 7.

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And it says, And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the earth and breathed

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into his nostrils of life, and the man became a living soul.

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Genesis 2, 7 takes us a little bit deeper.

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God forms man from the dust of the ground and breathe unto him the breath of life.

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Man became a living soul because God touched him, shaped him,

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and filled him with his breath.

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This destroys every lie that says any group of people is less human,

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less spiritual, or less valuable.

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The first human body was formed from the dust, but life came from God.

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Our worth is not based on skin color, social status, or man-made history.

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Our worth comes from the breath of God.

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So God created man in his image.

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And in his image, he decided that I want to create man from the,

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he could have created man any way he wanted to.

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He could have just said, man, and then a man will form.

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That's the power of God. But no, he wanted to have his hands in the clay.

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I was never, you know, we have pottery in high school.

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I was never a pottery maker. It was just too much to it. You know,

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I'm not an artist. And so I didn't think that was fun. And then planting that

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there, I just don't like my hands dirty. So it was a lot to get things going.

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But what will happen with, we'll get some clay and then we'll have the guy or

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girl, lady in the front saying, hey, I want you to make this bowl.

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And it was a simple bowl and you can make it in while the clay is wet.

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You get to make some designs on it, even put your name on the bottom.

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And then it goes into this oven and then it comes out and you have a bowl that you can use.

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God said, I want to create man in my image.

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And he didn't want to make it. He didn't want the angels to do it.

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Remember, he's a God of all things.

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He wanted to have his part in creating the man and the female.

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Think about it. And then when he finished creating the man and the female,

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he says, this is very good.

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Everything else was good when he created nature. But when he created man, he said it was very good.

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And as we looked at Genesis 2-7, we see that not only did he create the man,

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just like when we were in pottery class, he also breathed life.

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Into the man. So when he came out, he was a living, breathing being on the breath of God.

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And we know right now that when we breathe and some parts of our body,

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our heart pumps, our blood flows, there's something our brain works.

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A lot of our body works without us really doing anything. It just works automatically.

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It has a system, right? It has a way that it works.

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So when God breathed into man, he breathed into life. He breathed life into man, right? I love that.

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And so when he did that, that destroys every lie that groups of people are less

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human, less spiritual, less valuable.

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The first human body was formed from the earth, but life came from God.

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Our worth is not based on our skin color, our social status, or man-made history.

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Our worth comes from the breath of God.

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Think about it. When you're breathing, that's the breath of God.

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He gives our breath away.

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And remember, we're on a clock. We don't know what time he's going to say, okay, no breath.

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I want to see him in heaven. Let's go to Psalms 8 verses 3 through 6.

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And it says, When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,

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the moon and the stars which thou has ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of?

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The Son of Man, that thou visitest him. For thou hast made him a little lower

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than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.

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Thou hast put all things under his feet.

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That was a conversation that someone was having with God about why is you so mindful of this man?

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I think it was the enemy, you know, but why are you so mindful of this man?

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Why are you, you know, why are you crowning him with honor and glory?

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Why did you give him this dominion over the works of thy hand? Like God created it.

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Then he says in Genesis, I want you to have dominion. God gave it to it like a gift.

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He gave Adam and he gave it to us as it was a gift.

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I created you in my image and I want you to be imagers of me and I want you to create.

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We went through a series of verbal suicide, which talks about our words create our world.

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So think about what's happening now as I am speaking to you,

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as I'm describing to you some of these things.

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We begin to, I don't know about you, we begin to get a reality that we have

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been believing a lie. right?

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God created us with his own hands, right? He created us, he molded us, he breathed into us.

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And then the angels and all the things that are happening in heaven says,

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and it says David asked in his scripture, but he hearing from heaven says,

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what is man that thou art mindful of him?

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This scripture reminds us that humanity was crowned with glory and honor.

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God gave mankind dominion over the works of his hand. That means oppression

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was never God's original design.

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Dominion was given over creation, not over one another, through cruelty,

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through racism, or slavery.

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Any system that strips people of dignity does not reflect Genesis.

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It is rebelling against it.

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So remember, in Deuteronomy, it says, whatever the enemy did to you, I'm going to do to them.

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So God is reminding us here that that wasn't his original design to have this type of cruelty.

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He was giving you over because of disobedience, but they got carried away, I believe, right?

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They got carried away. But we remember the word that God loves.

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He loves the word obedience. We have to be obedient to God, right?

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Let's go to Job 10, verses 8 to 12. 10, verses 8 to 12. And it reads and says,

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Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about,

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yet thou does destroy me.

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Remember, I beseech thee that thou has made me as the clay, and I will bring me into dust again.

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Has thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese?

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Thou has clothed me with skin and flesh and has fenced me with bones and sinew.

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Thou has granted me life, favor, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

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Job says that thy hands, God wants us to know that he has fashioned and shaped us.

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How many times have we looked at ourselves and said, oh, I don't like the way I'm made. Wow.

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I don't like the way I make God formed us and he shaped us.

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This is personal. God does not mass produce people without care.

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He forms, he covers, he preserves, and he gives life.

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For black history unmasked, this matters because history tried to reduce black

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bodies to labor, property, and profit.

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But scripture says God's hands formed us.

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Man may have tried to auction bodies, but God had already assigned a value to the soul.

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I want you to go with me now to Acts 17, verse 26, and it reads,

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And have made one blood of all nations of men, for to dwell on the face of the earth,

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and have determined at times before appointment and the bounds of their habitation.

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Once again, we hear this, that one nation, every nation is from one.

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One nation is derived from this one man, Adam, one nation. One blood has arrived.

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Acts 17.26 tells us that God has made one blood of all nations of men.

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This is powerful because it tears down the false idea that one race is naturally

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superior to another. All nations come from one blood.

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Different nations, different lands, different cultures, and different appearances

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do not erase our shared origin in God.

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Racism is not biblical truth.

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Is human pride, deception, and rebellion against the creator.

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So when that is happening, don't blame God.

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It's a rebellion against the creator.

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Once we know our identity, we will stop being disobedient, but we will also

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be disobedient, but we'll also stand tall and be proud of what God wants to

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do with us. Because why would he tell us this right now?

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Why is this important right now? You know, God's timing is very perfect.

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You know, I told you years ago, I had the book about Black Adam,

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and I read it and no one would even talk to me about it.

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They were just like, Connie, you know, you're going too deep.

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It's like, why does it matter?

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Wow, it does matter. But you know what? I wasn't strong enough to do it.

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But this time, I'm ready.

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Let's go to 1 Corinthians. I'm going to ask.

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1 Corinthians chapter 15, verse 45. And so it is written, the first man,

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Adam, was made a living soul.

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The last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

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Paul called Adam the first man and says he became a living soul.

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So this connects us back to Genesis. Adam represents the beginning of humanity,

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but Christ is revealed as the last Adam and the living spirit.

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We know that Christ had to come back and redeem us from the mistake that Adam

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and Eve made in the garden.

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So we have a first Adam, but then we have a second Adam.

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I love that. Adam, the first man, became a living soul.

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But Christ is revealed as the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

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Wow, God had this plan. Let's go to Luke chapter 3.

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Verse 38, and it reads, which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth,

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which was the son of Adam, and which was the son of God.

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Luke traces genealogy all the way back to Adam and calls Adam the son of God.

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This shows that before there were racial divisions, there were relationship.

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Humanity began connected to God. This is why identity matters.

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When people lose their history, they can also lose sight of their spiritual origin.

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But the Bible brings us back to the beginning.

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We are not forgotten people, cursed people, accidental people.

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We were created people. Black history on math does not start in the change. It starts in Genesis.

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Before the ships, before the plantation, before the slave coals,

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before the lie of racial superiority, God had already spoken.

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He created mankind in his image, foreign man with hands, breathed life into

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him, and declared his creation very good.

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So the first truth we must recover is this. We were humans before they called us property.

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We were chosen before they called us cursed.

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We were made in God's image before the world tried to erase our identity.

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This is where black history begins, not with bondage, but with God.

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I remember, like I said, as an educator, and I was teaching my class because

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I teach race and crime and criminal justice. And I taught that and I wanted

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them to have a little history background.

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And I want them to, from their minds, just not realize that everybody did not come from slavery.

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Everybody did not come from slavery.

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We hear some claims, and I want to kind of cut through these claims,

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about, you know, Jesus was made out of white dust. And then you know there's

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some white sands. And you're thinking like, okay.

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You know, remember, if you don't read your Bible, you're going,

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okay, I think you might be right.

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But when we come to the Eurocentric storytellers, you know, many creation depictions

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in Europe were painted or written

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with pale skin figures and soils were imagined to match that, right?

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This has reinforced the idea that humans and God's image were white.

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Once again, we want to hit point two, white sand imagery.

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White sand beaches like the Mediterranean or the Caribbean became visual shorthand

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in literature, incorrectly tied to Bible creation.

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People conflated local white soil with universal dust of the ground.

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So we began to believe the lie. Why did we believe the lie?

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Because we didn't believe in the Bible. We said the Bible is white man Bible.

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And so what it did is kept you from looking in it.

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And if you would have just opened up to Genesis 1, or you would find out they

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were in Garden of Eden, which is in Africa, you know.

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Number three, colonial narratives. Europeans often cast origins to center themselves.

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If the first human was thought to be pale, it gave cultural justification for

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seeing Africans as less, other, or less.

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Think about this deflection that's been going on. Everything that we are, they are.

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We didn't know it, so they were able to steal our identity, everything about

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us, right? Because of these narratives, because of these storytellers,

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because of these imageries.

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But I want to set that right. I have a rebuttal for that.

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What the Bible and science tells us about this.

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Genesis 2-7 tells us that dust of the ground, God did not form man from the Mediterranean sand.

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Let's get that straight. He formed man from the rich, fertile clay of the earth

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where humanity began, which is in Africa and Middle East. What color is your soil today?

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Think about it. If you're not living on a beach with white sand,

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that soil is brown, black, dark, right?

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African and Near East soils are red, brown, or black, full of minerals that

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is the natural dust God used.

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That's some fertile dirt over there, fertile clay.

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Why? Because God made it. Let's talk about the geology and archaeology of it.

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Early human involved in Africa, fossils and sedimentary layers confirm dark

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mineral rich soil, not pale sand where humans were first formed and walked.

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White sand exists only in specific areas like beaches and it's mostly quartz

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lacking organic matter.

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It would not have supported life or agriculture. Oh my gosh,

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that white soil, that white sand would have not been enough.

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Remember God could create man out of anything, but he chose to choose the dirt

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and the clay of the earth, which if we do it anywhere USA.

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Around the world, when you go out there to plant your grass,

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your farm, that dirt is not white.

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That's powerful. Scripture affirms the human's origins.

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We read in Psalms 8 that humanity was crowned with glory regardless of skin color.

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It's interesting because when I was trying to study for my books and I wanted

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to find out racism in the Bible, there are some ethnicity issues in the Bible,

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but people were all the same color, mostly, right?

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And so racism didn't happen. Some people said, I don't want to go with that

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person, but it was not because of this color of their skin.

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It was their ethnicity and who they believed in. Acts 17, 26 tells us all nation came from one blood.

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There is no biblical support for the first white man.

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Job 10 tells us God formed man personally from soil, carefully shaping bodies.

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The soil color is part of creation's beauty, not a flaw.

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Wow. We see here that scripture affirms human's origin.

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I read many, couple scriptures, not many, couple scriptures that talked about

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how God made man from his hand.

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He wants us to know when he says you are beautifully and wonderfully made,

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Psalms 139, he knows that because when he finished.

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Adam, he said it was good. It was beautiful. God tells you, you are beautifully and wonderfully made.

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Stop trying to be formed into what the culture thinks is beautiful.

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That black skin is beautiful. Let's continue.

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Cultural rebuttal. Stories about white sand creation are cultural overlays, not theological truth.

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They often appear in European art, textbooks, or myth to center whiteness in history.

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Come on now, they're doing everything. Doing too much, we say.

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Biblical truth reminds us that God forms humanity in Africa from dark,

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fertile earth, and all humans carry the breath of God. Think about it, all humans.

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Not just black, but all humans. He created man in his image.

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We're gonna get into what that creation is, and we get into Adam,

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we'll get into Eve's white Eve, what the color of Eve and why is her coming,

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being built next to Adam?

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Why is that so important? Because it takes two to produce children.

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I'm going somewhere. We'll get there.

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Some say humanity was formed from white sand. That's a story, not scripture.

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Genesis tells us God formed man from the dust of the ground,

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the rich, dark, living clay in Africa.

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The first humans walked on red-brown soil, not pale beaches.

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White sand is a local anomaly, not the origin of life.

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The Bible affirms humanity was created good in God's image from fertile earth,

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and the earth was dark and full of life, just like the first humans.

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When considering the soil of Africa and the biblical content, Genesis 2-7 tells us,

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that the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his

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nostril the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

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The dust of the ground reflects the materials God used, clay and earth,

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much of which Africa is rich, dark, mineral-laden giving is characteristic as a reddish-brown

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to black hues. Little history here.

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This connects to the idea that humanity was created from earth that God prepared.

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And the natural color of the soil is tied to the pigmentation of the first human.

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I want to read that again. When we consider the soil of Africa and the biblical

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creation context, Genesis 2-7 tells us

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that the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his

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nostrils the breath of life. and man became a living soul.

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The dust of the earth reflects the material God used, clay and earth,

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much of which in Africa is rich, dark, and mineral-laden, giving in its characteristic

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reddish-brown to black hues.

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This contacts to the idea that humanity was created from the earth that God

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prepared and the natural color of the soil is tied to the pigmentation of the first humans.

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Wow, we view Psalms 8 emphasizing humanity was crowned with glory and dominion

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over creation, underscoring that all people, regardless of skin tone,

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were created with authority and stewardship.

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We weren't created to rule over man. We were created to rule over the kingdom, the fish in the sea.

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Every creepy thing on the earth. So there must be some creepy things happening

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on the earth that we can't see, but we're too busy fighting each other,

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fighting about the color of someone's skin.

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You know, today was interesting. I was on my way home from work and,

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you know, I'm driving, you know, you don't get to ride down the whole road when there's two lanes.

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So I come out and I pull out, this guy honking, not realizing he could be going the other lane, right?

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Second time I went out, they want to take up the whole role.

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I mean, I got fingers, I got name call, and I'm thinking like,

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am I driving crazy or is everybody having a bad day?

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And I'm like, I'm not going to let that get to me. Why? Because I'm on my breastplate

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of righteousness and I'm not going to have any issues flowing out of it.

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Because it's so quick that we can say this and that and the other and forget

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all the Bible that's in you because our tongue is a fire right from the pit

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of hell. We learned that in verbal suicide.

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So I want you to understand that, right? I don't know why I went on that tangent,

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but let's go. Job 10, 8, it reminds us that God personally formed and covered

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us, shaping our bodies from the earth with intention.

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Acts 17 declares that God made all nations from one blood, highlighting shared divinity.

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1 Corinthians 15 discusses, distinguishes the first man, Adam,

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as a living soul, formed from the earth, connecting human life to God's creation.

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And then Luke 3.38 traces all human humanity back to Adam, the son of God,

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showing that before nations or racial discrimination, humans were created in

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God's image. And then, yeah, I love that.

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And then Luke 3.38 traces all humanity back to Adam, the son of God, showing that before,

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Nations of racial distinctions, humans were created in God's image. I love that.

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In essence, the clay and the dirt of Africa are not just material.

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They are sacred elements through which God brought life.

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The natural pigmentation of African soil.

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Parallels the biblical truth that the first humans were made from the earth

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and infused with God's breath, affirming the inherent dignity,

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beauty, and the origin of Black humanity.

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This is a powerful reminder for Black history amassed.

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Before slavery, colonization, racial classification, Black people,

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like all people, were intentionally created from God's earth.

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Formed in this image, filled with divine love. The color of the clay reflects

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the creator's design, and it doesn't, it's not a mark of inferiority. Isn't that powerful?

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It is not a mark of inferiority.

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Let's continue and then we're going to close out. Adam was created by God from the dust of the earth.

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Humanity begins with God forming man, breathing life into him and making him in God's image.

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Scripture does not give Adam a European identity.

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The Bible places early humanity in a world connected to Africa and the Middle East.

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The issue is not that Genesis says Adam was white.

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It does not. The issue is that art, movies, and Sunday school images taught

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people to imagine him that way.

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Blackness is not a curse. Skin color is not sin.

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Humanity begins with God's design, not man's racial category.

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Acts 17, 26 says, God made all nations from one blood.

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That means no race owns the image of God. Hello.

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Can we just pause there? No race owns the image of God.

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When you think about whitewashing and misrepresentation, we must realize that

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Adam is almost always shown as a pale European man in art, in movies,

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in children's Bibles, and in Sunday school materials.

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This creates the false idea that the first man, the first family,

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and the beginning of humanity were white.

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But the Bible never tells us that. The world versus the Bible.

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The world sees Adam as European.

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The Bible says Adam was formed from the dust and became the first man.

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The world connects holiness to whiteness.

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The Bible connects humanity to the image of God.

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The world made skin color a hierarchy.

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The Bible says all nations came from one blood. Adam is the ancestor of all humanity.

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Luke 3, 38 traces Jesus' genealogy back to Adam, calling him the son of God.

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So Adam matters because Jesus entered the human family line that began with him.

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Paul later calls Jesus the last Adam in 1 Corinthians 15, 45.

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Let's pray. Lord, open our eyes to see your world clearly.

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Remove every false image, every false teaching, every lie that made us believe

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blackness was outside of your creation.

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Remind us that we are made in your image, formed by your hands and known by your spirit.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Wow. So that's it for today.

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So I wanted to thank you for listening, for showing up for me.

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This has just been a very powerful introduction, three introductions, right?

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It's just been very, very good. Our next episode, we're going to go into Noah's

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family, and we're going to talk about Noah Ham and the nation that came before the flood.

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And we will confront one of the most damaging lies ever attached to Black people.

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It's the so-called curse of Ham.

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It's something that we have to get in our system. I mentioned it in the last

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episode, and it seemed to come up again in this episode.

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We're going to make episode two about Eve. There's some things we need to know

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about Eve before we can talk about Noah.

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And so I'm going to close out. I'm your host, Connie Morris,

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and I will see you on the next episode. Thanks for joining me with the Diary

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of a Black Woman podcast.

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Before we close today, I don't want to take for granted that everyone listening

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knows Jesus personally.

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If you have listened to this episode or any other episodes and felt something

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stirring in your heart, Maybe you know about God, but you're not sure you truly know him.

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Maybe you grew up in church, walked away, got hurt, became tired,

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and never fully surrendered your life to Jesus.

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I want you to know this. God loves you. He has not forgotten you.

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He is not waiting to shame you.

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He is calling you home. The Bible says in Romans 10, 9, if you declare with

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your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from

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the dead, you will be saved.

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Salvation is not about being perfect.

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It's about surrendering to the one who is perfect.

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Jesus died for your sins, rose again, and made a way for you to be forgiven, restored, and made new.

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So right where you are, you can pray this prayer with me.

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Lord Jesus, I come to you today with an open heart. I believe you are the Son of God.

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I believe you died on the cross for my sins, and I believe that God raised you from the dead.

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I confess that I need you. I repent of my sins.

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I ask you to forgive me, cleanse me, and make me brand new. Jesus, come into my heart.

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Be my Lord, my Savior, my Redeemer, and my King. I surrender my life to you.

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I give you my past, my present, and my future.

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Teach me how to walk with you. Fill me with your Holy Spirit.

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Lead me in truth, healing, obedience, and love.

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From this day forward, I belong to you. In Jesus' name, amen.

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If you pray that prayer from your heart, I want you to know that heaven has

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heard you. This is not the end.

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This is only the beginning of your walk with Jesus. Find a Bible-believing church,

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begin reading the word of God, pray daily, and ask the Holy Spirit to help you grow.

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God is not looking for perfection from you. He is inviting you into relationship,

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transformation, and eternal life through Jesus Christ.

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And remember, you are loved, you are not forgotten, and God still has a purpose for your life.

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Thank you for listening to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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Until next time, keep walking in truth, faith, and freedom.

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Family, thank you for spending time with me today.

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To every woman listening who has ever felt hidden, overlooked,

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or pushed aside, hear me clearly.

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God has not forgotten you, and neither have I.

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Now let's go before the Lord and close this out with a word from God,

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because someone out there needs this reminder today.

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Jeremiah 29, 11, verses 11 through 14.

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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you

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and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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Then when you call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you,

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you will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and bring you back from captivity.

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Father God, we thank you for your word, that it is true, that it is living, that it is for us.

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You said you know the plans you have for us, plans to prosper us and not to

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harm us, plans to give us hope and a future.

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So today we receive that, not just in our minds, but in our hearts.

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When we feel overlooked, remind us you still see us.

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When we feel forgotten, remind us you still have a plan. And when we feel hidden,

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remind us you are still working.

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Your word says that when we call on you, you will listen.

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So we call on you now. Hear us. Strengthen us.

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Guide us. Help us to seek you with our whole heart, not halfway,

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not sometimes, but fully.

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And as we seek you, let us find you in every season, in every place.

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Even the hidden one. Restore what was lost, renew what feels broken,

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and remind us that nothing in our lives is wasted in your hand.

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Lord, we trust you, we believe you, and we stand on your word. In Jesus' name, amen.

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This is Diary of a Black Woman podcast, and I'm your host, Connie Morris,

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and I'll see you on the next episode.