Chapter 2: Introduction: The Sacred Commitment: Taking God Seriously

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Welcome back to the Diary of a Black Woman, where we will embark on a transformative

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I am your host, Connie Morris, and I am so thrilled to have you join me as we

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So grab your journal, open your heart, and let's embark on this sacred journey together.

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So once again, welcome to Diary of a Black Woman podcast, where faith,

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empowerment, and God's love converge.

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This next series of episodes for our chapter two is called The Sacred Commitment, Taking God Seriously.

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And so in this series, we're going to embark. This is the introduction to what's coming your way.

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And we will embark on the sacred journey with the divine. time.

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Once again, I'm your host, Connie Morris, and we will explore what it truly

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means to take God seriously.

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And every aspect of our lives.

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This chapter contains five enlightening episodes, each designed to guide you

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deeper into your faith and understanding of God's will for your life.

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In episode one, we will delve into Jeremiah 29, 11 through 14,

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where we will uncover God's assurance of his plans for your life,

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the importance of prayer, seeking God wholeheartedly and his promise of restoration.

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You know, God has a plan to restore you.

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If you are feeling stuck, sometimes in life, we feel like we're walking around that same rock.

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We sound like we're having what you call a groundhog day, but God has a plan

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for you, a restoration for you.

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We'll talk about what it looks like for you, that sacred commitment as we draw

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closer to God and as God whispers in our ears about his restoration plan for us.

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In episode two and three, we're going to cover Isaiah 54.

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We're going to learn how to embrace God's promises, embrace his love.

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What has God promised you?

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What does his covenant tell you?

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A covenant of peace, covenant of strength, a covenant of righteousness for our

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children, a covenant of protection, a covenant of freedom.

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So we're going to go over what God, when God says, Because my sacred commitment

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to you, when you take me serious,

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is beauty, is strength, is peace, is protection, is protection for your children, protection for you.

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You know, sometimes as women, we may have this, you know, we say,

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I feel so ugly today. But God said, you are beautiful in my sight.

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I might have a fearful moment, but he says, no, you are protected.

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What does it feel like to be protected for God when God protects us as women?

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So when we take God seriously, we have this covenant promise of protection,

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not just for us, but for our children.

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So we'll cover that in episodes two and three and chapter two and upcoming episodes.

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And in episodes four, we're going to talk about Habakkuk, Habakkuk one and two.

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Habakkuk, he was a prophet, so he said he saw some things. He was asking God the hard questions.

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When will this change?

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Lord, when will this change? And he saw some things like we like,

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Lord, when will this ever change?

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When will we see your glory? Like Moses asked, when will we have peace?

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When will the, when will we just, things begin to change?

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And then in that scripture, in that verse of Habakkuk, the Lord said,

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if I was to tell you, you wouldn't even believe it.

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So we're going to explore the revelation that God showed Habakkuk and how Habakkuk

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began to trust in God's timing and what showed up for Habakkuk.

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So we will learn that the sacred commitment when we take God seriously,

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that we will learn how to trust in God's perfect timing and his timing is always perfect.

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And in that final episode, episode five, we will go into 2 Corinthians 6,

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16 and 17, verses 16 and 17.

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And we will discuss the temple of God, that God lives on the inside of us.

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And he desires us to live as holy temple of God and to be separate from the world.

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And so we'll talk a little bit more about that. So God wants us to live as separate.

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Why? Because holy in God,

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And things that are impure doesn't go together. They don't mix well together.

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And when God wants to show up and show out on your behalf, he doesn't want people

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to get it twisted and give the wrong thing the glory.

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He wants all the glory. He wants to get all the praise.

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So he asks us, if you're going to live in a sacred commitment,

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I need you to live as a holy temple. The Holy Ghost is called the Holy Ghost because he is holy.

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So when we take God seriously, that we will actually honor him and live a holy life.

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And so those are the five episodes that we will cover. I know those sounds interesting.

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I'm looking forward to taking this adventure with you.

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And so join me as we embark on this sacred journey with the divine,

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uncovering profound insights and practical wisdom to live a life that honors

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and reflect our deep commitment to God.

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Let us open our hearts and our mind to the transformative power to take God seriously.

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It really is to take God at his word.

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Amen. So I hope that gets you all warmed and cozy inside.

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So thank you for joining me on this introduction of the Diary of the Black Woman podcast.

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As we embark on a new journey of chapter two, the sacred commitment of taking God seriously.

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I hope that you found that introduction inspiring and that you will tune in and explore with it.

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We will explore God's word together. Remember that you can access these devotionals

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and scriptural decrees on my website at dowryofablackwomenllc.com.

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Until next time, keep the faith, stay empowered, and continue to walk in God's

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love and be blessed. Amen. Amen. Amen.