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Caption transcript for She Shall Be Called Woman: “Counselors / Abigail” (3/8)

• 00:04 WITH DR. JEFFREY SEIF AND SANDRA LEVITT
• 00:09 SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN.
• 00:13 I CAME FORTH FROM A MAN...
• 00:15 BUT I FOUND FAVOR WITH HIM...
• 00:16 AND TRUE SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN WEALTH AND POWER BUT IN THE ESTATE IN ONE'S HEART...
• 00:22 I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER AND MORE FULFILLED...
• 00:28 I RAISED HIM UP STRICTLY IN THE FAITH AND THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS...
• 00:30 AND NOW I WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK...
• 00:32 I BELIEVE ELOHIM MEANT IT TO BE THIS WAY...
• 00:34 SHE'S STILL A CORNERSTONE OF WISDOM TO THE FAMILY...
• 00:37 BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART...
• 00:57 MY HUSBAND'S A SCOUNDREL.
• 01:00 HIS NAME IS NABAL AND FOLLY WAS WITH HIM.
• 01:03 BUT IT WAS FOR HIS LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY THAT I WENT FORTH TO INTERVENE.
• 01:10 YAHWEH'S SERVANT DAVID CAME IN PEACE AND KINDNESS BUT NABAL REPAID HIM WITH EVIL.
• 01:17 IF ELOHIM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WITH ME DAVID WOULD HAVE AVENGED JUSTICE WITH BLOODSHED.
• 01:24 BUT I SENT GIFTS TO DAVID AND HIS MEN, FOOD AND SUPPLIES
• 01:29 AND THEN I PLEADED WITH HIM FOR MERCY AND FORGIVENESS.
• 01:33 YAHWEH'S WORDS WERE ON MY LIPS AND THEY COOLED THE HOT COALS OF ANGER.
• 01:37 DAVID RECEIVED MY COUNSEL WITH GLADNESS AND SENT ME HOME IN PEACE.
• 01:48 A HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
• 01:50 JEFFREY SEIF HERE
• 01:51 WITH MY FRIEND SANDRA LEVITT.
• 01:52 SHALOM, WELCOME BACK.
• 01:53 SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN.
• 01:55 TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
• 01:56 ABIGAIL THE COUNSELOR
• 01:58 AND THE ATTRIBUTES OF A COUNSELOR IN WOMEN.
• 02:00 I LOVED THIS STORY.
• 02:01 SHE WAS A SMART LADY.
• 02:03 SHE WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
• 02:04 BUT SHE WAS MARRIED TO A DUMB GUY. >>(Sandra Laughing)
• 02:07 THAT'S THE STORY THERE IN THE BIBLE.
• 02:09 IN FACT, HE TICKED OFF DAVID AND BAD THINGS WERE ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
• 02:16 COMES NO SECRET THE MALES OF THE SPECIES CAN GET RATHER FEISTY AND INTENSE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.
• 02:21 AND IT TAKES A WOMAN
• 02:24 TO SETTLE THEM DOWN.
• 02:25 I'LL TELL YOU, IT POLISHES OFF THE SHARP EDGES.
• 02:27 ABIGAIL DID THAT.
• 02:29 DAVID WAS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING DASTARDLY AND HE EVEN SAID,
• 02:32 "THANK GOD FOR GOD, THANK GOD FOR ABIGAIL".
• 02:34 THANK GOD FOR WOMEN. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
• 02:36 THE WAY WOMEN FUNCTION IN THAT CAPACITY.
• 02:38 AND THE DRAMA; I LIKE THE DRAMA.
• 02:39 I PROBABLY SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE WEEK
• 02:41 BUT I REALLY DO LIKE THESE DRAMAS.
• 02:43 THEY WERE SO WONDERFUL,
• 02:44 THEY'RE IN ISRAEL, THEY'RE IN THE LAND.
• 02:46 I LOVE IT.
• 02:47 AND A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS.
• 02:49 IT DOES.
• 02:50 I CAN SEE THE LAND,
• 02:51 I CAN SEE HOW YOU'RE TEACHING IN THERE
• 02:53 AND IT REALLY MAKES THE SCRIPTURE COME ALIVE.
• 02:55 SO WE'LL GO TO JEFF'S TEACHING IN ISRAEL,
• 02:58 "SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN".
• 03:01 WHAT CAUSES WARS?
• 03:03 IT'S AN AGE OLD QUESTION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT "Yacov" or "JAMES" RAISED IT.
• 03:09 IT'S NOT THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
• 03:10 HE SPEAKS ABOUT SELFISH AMBITIONS THAT ARE LET LOOSE AND PEOPLE FIGHT AND THEY WRANGLE.
• 03:15 THEY'RE FIGHTING HERE. WHO DO THEY BLAME IT ON?
• 03:18 IS IT THE DONKEY, IS IT A BUSINESS DEAL THAT WENT WRONG?
• 03:21 WHERE DO YOU POINT THE FINGER?
• 03:24 WELL, IN JAMES IN THE END OF THE 3RD CHAPTER HERE HE SPEAKS OF A WISDOM THAT COMES DOWN,
• 03:31 THAT'S GENTLE AND PEACEFUL.
• 03:33 BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S TENSION AND STRESS.
• 03:36 A WOMAN'S VOICE CAN SOMETIMES BE THAT VOICE OF MODERATION.
• 03:41 THE MALES OF THE SPECIES, WE CAN BE SO VERY ROBUST AND SO VERY INTENSE.
• 03:46 AND SOMETIMES AS NOTED IT'S A WOMAN WHO HAS A WAY OF BRINGING INSIGHTS TO BEAR
• 03:52 IN HELPING US GET THROUGH WHEN WE GET TANGLED UP TOGETHER.
• 03:56 THERE'S A FAMOUS STORY IN THE BIBLE ABOUT A MAN WHO ALMOST MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE.
• 04:04 DAVID WAS OFFENDED OF COURSE AND HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE.
• 04:07 NABAL WAS A FOOL AND TREATED HIM ROUGHLY.
• 04:11 DAVID HAS JUST FINISHED BEING PARTICULARLY GRACIOUS TO SAUL.
• 04:16 HE IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER HAD GONE INTO A CAVE
• 04:19 AND THERE SAUL WAS RELIEVING HIMSELF.
• 04:23 THE TEXT IS VERY APPROPRIATE.
• 04:26 NOT GOING INTO ALL THE DETAILS BUT DAVID HAD HIM BUT HE WOULDN'T TAKE HIM.
• 04:30 BUT IN OUR STORY TODAY DAVID IS ESCALATING UP, HE'S ROBUST, HE'S ANGRY, HE'S DISCONCERTED.
• 04:37 THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS BEEN DISRESPECTED AND HE WANTS BLOOD.
• 04:44 THE BOOK 1ST "Shmuel", 1ST SAMUEL, TELLS THE STORY,
• 04:47 DESCRIBES HOW DAVID'S MEN WERE INSULTED BY NABAL.
• 04:51 NABAL IS INTRODUCED INTO THE NARRATIVE AS IS HIS WIFE ABIGAIL.
• 04:56 AND IT'S DAVID'S ENCOUNTER WITH HER THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR HIM.
• 05:02 IN CHAPTER 25, VERSE 3, THE CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED, THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS.
• 05:08 THE TEXT SAYS
• 05:09 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 05:12 WHICH REALLY IN EFFECT MEANS "FOOL".
• 05:14 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 05:17 ABIGAIL WAS INTRODUCED.
• 05:18 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 05:24 WITH GOOD SMARTS AND NOT ONLY THAT..
• 05:26 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 05:30 AND BY WAY OF CONTRAST NABAL IS INTRODUCED AS
• 05:34 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 05:38 AND THIS MAN GOT SIDEWAYS WITH DAVID.
• 05:42 AND DAVID HAD GARNERED A FORCE TOGETHER OF 400 PLUS AND HE WAS BENT ON HIS DEMISE.
• 05:49 THANK GOD FOR HIS WIFE.
• 05:51 HE WOULD HAVE MADE A HORRIBLE MISTAKE
• 05:54 AND WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER TODAY HOW A WOMAN'S VOICE
• 05:56 CAN HELP THE MALES OF THE SPECIES SETTLE DOWN AND THINK RIGHT.
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• 06:45 THE MALES OF THE SPECIES INNATELY HAVE A TENDENCY
• 06:48 TO ESCALATE UP MORE SO THAN THE FEMALES OF THE SPECIES.
• 06:52 DOESN'T TAKE MUCH SOMETIMES AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION THE MALES CAN BEGIN TO RAGE.
• 06:58 THE PRESSURE BUILDS UP AND WHY?
• 07:00 BECAUSE HE FEELS DISRESPECTED, DISHONORED AND THAT'S ALL THAT IT TAKES MANY TIMES.
• 07:07 PAUL IS SENSITIVE TO THAT.
• 07:09 HE REALIZES THAT WOMEN WANT TO BE LOVED SO HE SAYS,
• 07:12 "HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES".
• 07:14 HE DOESN'T TELL THE WIVES
• 07:16 TO LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS,
• 07:17 HE TELLS THE WIVES, "LEARN TO RESPECT YOUR HUSBAND, TO HONOR YOUR HUSBAND".
• 07:21 FOR AS MUCH AS A WOMAN CAN FEEL DISCONCERTED IF SHE'S NOT LOVED,
• 07:25 A MAN CAN BECOME DISORIENTED, THE WHEELS START TURNING, IF HE FEELS DISRESPECTED.
• 07:32 AND IF THAT'S TURNING WITHIN HIM, THAT CAN HAVE IMPLICATIONS AT THE BEHAVIORAL LEVEL.
• 07:37 I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE NOT JUST IN OTHERS BUT IN MYSELF.
• 07:42 I GET AN EMAIL THIS MORNING, I OPEN IT UP AND I'M "OFF TO THE RACES", I'M NOT A HAPPY CAMPER.
• 07:47 I BEGIN THE DAY WITH A FILM CREW COMING OUT TO A SHOOT
• 07:51 AND OUR PRODUCER, KEN BERG, SAYS "JEFF, THIS ISN'T GOING TO RUIN YOUR DAY IS IT?"
• 07:54 WELL NO IT ISN'T, I'LL JUST LAY IT ASIDE AND MOVE ON.
• 07:57 I'M ONLY MENTIONING THAT TO SAY THAT I, YOU, WE HAVE A PROPENSITY TO ESCALATE UP.
• 08:03 THAT'S THE BAD NEWS.
• 08:04 THE GOOD NEWS HOPEFULLY IS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN US,
• 08:07 ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT
• 08:09 HAVE WITHIN US THE ABILITY TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL.
• 08:12 IT'S GOOD TO LEARN TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL.
• 08:14 THE SPIRIT HELPS US AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HELPS?
• 08:17 A WOMAN HELPS US.
• 08:19 I'VE SEEN THIS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION BY THE WAY AS A POLICE OFFICER RESPONDING TO A CALL.
• 08:25 THERE'S ONE MAN, THERE CAN BE A ROOM FULL OF MEN, BIG MEN, BUFF MEN, INTENSE MEN.
• 08:30 IT'S ESCALATING UP, I'M ON THE RADIO CALLING FOR BACK UP.
• 08:34 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO GO BAD AND THEN MAMA SPEAKS UP.
• 08:39 THESE MEN CAN BE 6 FOOT 6.
• 08:41 MOTHER CAN BE 5 FOOT 2.
• 08:43 "NOW, YOU STOP...."I'VE SEEN A WOMAN GET INTO LIKE A TRAFFIC COP AND SORT IT ALL OUT.
• 08:48 I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WITH A WIFE, WITH A GIRLFRIEND, WITH A MOTHER.
• 08:52 EVEN THE HARDEST OF THE HARD WILL RESPOND TO THEIR MOTHER.
• 08:56 YOU CAN GO INTO A PENITENTIARY, THESE GUYS HAVE RAPED, PILLAGED AND PLUNDERED,
• 09:01 BUT IF YOU INSULT THEIR MOTHER....THAT'S TANTAMOUNT TO WHATEVER.
• 09:06 I MEAN IT'S JUST SOMETHING THE WAY A MAN CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT
• 09:10 A WOMAN HAS A CALMING EFFECT ON HIM AND FEEL A CERTAIN KIND OF LOYALTY TO A WOMAN.
• 09:18 KING DAVID EXEMPLIFIES THIS MARVELOUSLY IN THE STORY AT HAND.
• 09:23 YOU RECALL THAT HE WAS INSULTED BY A FOOLISH MAN, A CHURLISH MAN, FELLOW NAMED NABAL.
• 09:29 ABIGAIL, HIS WIFE, HOWEVER, INTERCEDES.
• 09:33 DAVID HAS MARSHALED A FORCE AND HE'S BENT ON VENTING HIS FURY ON THIS FELLOW.
• 09:39 AND WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT HE ENCOUNTERED ABIGAIL IN THE PROCESS
• 09:43 HE WOULD HAVE DONE JUST THAT.
• 09:46 SHE WILL COME AND HUMBLE HERSELF, "OH MY LORD".
• 09:49 SHE KNOWS HOW TO TALK TO A MAN.
• 09:51 OH, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN A MAN IS UPSET IT'S NOT JUST A WOMAN THAT'D HAVE A CALMING EFFECT,
• 09:55 BUT A WOMAN THAT KNOWS HOW TO TALK TO A MAN.
• 09:58 SHE TREATS HIM RESPECTFULLY.
• 10:00 "OH MY LORD", "I'M YOUR HAND MAIDEN" "WILL YOU NOT BUT SEE THIS?"
• 10:04 SHE DOESN'T PUSH HIM, SHE SUGGESTS, SHE'S TACTFUL, DIPLOMATIC.
• 10:09 SHE KNOWS HOW TO CALM DOWN.
• 10:12 IT'S A GREAT STORY, DAVID DOESN'T FORGET IT.
• 10:14 LATER ON WHEN HER HUSBAND DIES, WHEN HE HEARS OF IT,
• 10:18 DAVID'S GOING TO SEND FOR HER AND SAY "LISTEN, HOW ABOUT A MOVIE ON FRIDAY?"
• 10:24 HE'S GOING TO WANT TO STRIKE UP A CHORD.
• 10:27 I WANT TO LOOK AT THE 25TH CHAPTER, VERSE 32 AND SEE WHAT DAVID SAYS TO HER
• 10:32 AND BY EXTENSION WE DO WELL IF THIS CAN BE OUR ATTITUDE.
• 10:35 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 10:39 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 10:45 (Speaking Hebrew).
• 10:53 THANK GOD FOR GOD, THANK GOD FOR YOU.
• 10:56 HE'S GOING TO GO ON TO SAY TO HER.
• 10:58 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 11:04 "OH ABIGAIL, THANK YOU."
• 11:05 "BLESSED BE THE WAY THAT YOU THINK."
• 11:08 HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW IN VERSE 33,
• 11:10 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 11:12 AND HE'S GOING TO SAY
• 11:16 DAVID SEES VALUE, WORTH.
• 11:18 HE HONORS HER FOR WHAT SHE WAS AND WHAT SHE CONTRIBUTED TO HIM
• 11:24 AND SHE SAVED HIM FROM BRINGING HARM UPON HIMSELF.
• 11:29 HE CLOSES AND THE WAY HE CLOSES IS THE WAY I WANT TO CLOSE ON THIS.
• 11:33 IN VERSE 35 HE'S GOING TO SAY UNTO HER
• 11:38 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 11:41 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 11:43 HE'S GOING TO THEN SAY
• 11:46 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 11:52 "Kol" IS "VOICE".
• 11:54 YOU KNOW THE VOICE OF PROPHECY,
• 11:55 "Bat Kol" IS CONSIDERED FEMININE
• 11:58 IN A HEBREW UNDERSTANDING.
• 12:00 HE'S THEN GOING TO SAY
• 12:01 (Speaking Hebrew)
• 12:05 "Panim" IS "FACE".
• 12:08 LITERALLY "I HAVE SEEN YOUR FACE, I HAVE HARKENED TO YOUR FACE."
• 12:11 THAT IS "I HAVE ACCEPTED THY PERSON."
• 12:15 IT'S MERITUS--DAVID LOOKS AT ABIGAIL AND HE SEES SOMETHING SPECIAL.
• 12:20 AND WHAT DOES HE SEE TO BRING CLOSE?
• 12:22 HE SAYS TO HER "BLESSED BE YOUR VOICE" AND HE SAYS "AND I HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR PERSON".
• 12:29 MAY IT BE THAT WE MALES THE MORE SO DEVELOP AN APPRECIATE FOR HOW WOMEN HELP US,
• 12:36 HOW THEY SAVE US, HOW THEY HELP US BRING THINGS UNDER CONTROL
• 12:40 AND MAY WE HONOR THEM FOR SO DOING.
• 12:46 ABIGAIL'S NAME MEANS "MY FATHER IS REJOICING".
• 12:49 DON'T YOU KNOW JEFF THAT THE HEAVENLY FATHER..
• 12:52 AND IF ABIGAIL...
• 12:53 IF WE KNEW REALLY WHO HER FATHER WAS...
• 12:55 DON'T YOU KNOW THAT HE IS REJOICING WITH THE WAY SHE TREATED DAVID,
• 12:58 THE WAY SHE HANDLED THE SITUATION I THINK IS TERRIFIC.
• 13:01 AND YOUR TEACHING REALLY BROUGHT THAT OUT.
• 13:03 IF I WAS HER DAD I'D BE PROUD OF HER. >>ABSOLUTELY
• 13:05 BUT IF I WAS HER DAD I'D FEEL
• 13:06 RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING THAT
• 13:08 NASTY MARRIAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
• 13:09 WHY DO WOMEN DO THAT?
• 13:11 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
• 13:12 BUT YOU KNOW SHE STOOD BY NABAL AND REALLY WAS A BLESSING IN THE END TO HIM.
• 13:19 IT'S A GREAT POINT.
• 13:20 IT'S NOT LIKE SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF A BAD MARRIAGE. >>RIGHT.RIGHT.
• 13:22 SHE KNEW THE GUY WAS LESS THAN WHAT YOU'D HOPE FOR
• 13:25 BUT SHE STUCK IT OUT.
• 13:27 BUT GOD HAD SOMETHING FOR HER GOOD DIDN'T HE? >>ABSOLUTELY
• 13:29 AND YOU KNOW THE SERVANTS CAME TO HER.
• 13:30 THEY WERE CONCERNED.
• 13:32 SHE MUST HAVE REALLY BEEN A WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT THE SERVANTS WOULD COME TO HER
• 13:35 AND FELT FREE ENOUGH TO SAY TO HER, "LOOK THERE'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT.WE NEED SOME HELP."
• 13:40 PEOPLE KNEW WHO HAD THE SENSE IN THAT FAMILY. >>RIGHT (laughing)
• 13:44 DIDN'T THEY? >>OBVIOUSLY THEY KNEW WHO HAD THE SENSE.
• 13:47 THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE A SPECIAL COUNSELOR.
• 13:49 WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT COUNSELS US
• 13:51 AND THAT'S A COMFORT TOO. >>YES
• 13:53 TRULY THE HOLY SPIRIT IS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S REPRESENTED IN THE FEMININE GENDER
• 13:57 IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE INTERESTINGLY.
• 13:59 SEE I REALLY DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT.
• 14:01 THE "HaRuach Hakodesh" IS FEMININE. >>YES
• 14:03 I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT
• 14:05 BUT I GUESS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME PEOPLE THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A FEMALE
• 14:09 AND WE DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT WAY,
• 14:11 WE BELIEVE IT'S A MALE.
• 14:12 WELL WISDOM IS PERSONIFIED AS A FEMALE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. >>THAT'S TRUE.
• 14:15 "Chohom", "WIDSOM" LITERATURE,
• 14:16 "WISDOM, SHE CRYIES ALOUD IN THE STREET.",
• 14:19 TO USE THE LANGUAGE OF PROVERBS.
• 14:20 RIGHT, SO WHY ARE WE CALLING THE HOLY SPIRIT A MALE THEN?
• 14:22 JI DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO
• 14:24 BUT I KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE DOES. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
• 14:26 AND WHAT THE BIBLE DOES IS DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT
• 14:28 WOMEN HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND MEN NEED TO HEAR IT.
• 14:31 ABSOLUTELY
• 14:31 THE OTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT ABIGAIL
• 14:33 IS SHE REALLY KNEW HOW TO GET TO DAVID.
• 14:34 SHE WENT THROUGH TO HIS STOMACH.
• 14:36 THE OLD PROVERB,
• 14:38 "THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH."
• 14:40 IS THAT WHY MEN GAIN WEIGHT AFTER THEY GET MARRIED? >>IT COULD BE.
• 14:43 WELL THEY'RE HAPPY AND THEIR WIVES ARE TAKING REALLY GOOD CARE OF THEM.
• 14:46 LET ME HOLD MY STOMACH IN AS WE SPEAK.
• 14:47 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
• 14:49 I LOVE BEING IN ISRAEL.
• 14:50 I LOVE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN ISRAEL.
• 14:52 HERE'S MY FRIEND, BECKY GODWIN IN ISRAEL.
• 14:56 BECKY I KNOW THIS
• 14:57 IS NOT YOUR FIRST TRIP TO ISRAEL.
• 14:58 WHAT KEEPS BRINGING YOU BACK HERE?
• 15:00 (Sigh)...GOD
• 15:03 GOD
• 15:05 GOD, HE JUST KEEPS DRAWING ME BACK.
• 15:06 THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN.
• 15:09 BUT THERE'S SUCH A TUG,
• 15:10 THERE'S SUCH A WARMTH HERE,
• 15:11 THERE'S SUCH FULFILLING THAT I JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY.
• 15:17 I CANNOT STAY AWAY. >>I KNOW, I KNOW
• 15:19 SO WHEN IS YOUR FAVORITE TIME TO COME?
• 15:22 I HAVE BEEN AT EVERY TIME OF THE YEAR.
• 15:24 EVERY TIME OF THE YEAR HAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT IT.
• 15:28 THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN SPRING
• 15:29 AND EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL.
• 15:31 I CAN'T SAY,
• 15:32 I'D COME ANY TIME THAT THE LORD ALLOWED ME TO COME.
• 15:34 AND I'M GIVING YOU 24 HOURS.. >>I'LL BE HERE.
• 15:36 I'LL BE HERE
• 15:41 SOMETIMES THE JOURNEY TO YERUSHALAYIM CAN BE A LONG ONE.
• 15:47 ABRAHAM JOURNEYED FOR 62 YEARS FROM UR
• 15:51 AND THEN OFFERED HIS SON ISAAC AS A SACRIFICE TO GOD ATOP OF MOUNT MORIAH.
• 15:57 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT JOURNEYED FOR 500 HUNDRED YEARS
• 16:01 UNTIL IT FOUND ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE IN KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE ATOP THE VERY SAME MOUNT.
• 16:07 OUR JOURNEY TO YERUSHALAYIM IS ONLY COMPLETE
• 16:10 WHEN WE CAN FINALLY CAST OUR EYES UPON GOD'S HOLY MOUNTAIN.
• 16:14 THIS WILL BE A JOURNEY WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
• 16:19 WHEN YOUR FEET TOUCH THIS HOLY GROUND,
• 16:22 YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
• 16:31 FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE ON OUR NEXT TOUR TO ISRAEL CALL...
• 16:41 WE HAVE A SPECIAL BLESSING. PATTY SEIF IS HERE TODAY.
• 16:44 THIS IS IS JEFF'S WIFE.
• 16:45 JEFF I'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE HER HERE.
• 16:47 WELL, ME TOO.
• 16:48 I'VE HAD HER FOR 21 YEARS BESIDE ME
• 16:50 AND NOW HERE ON THE SET.
• 16:51 WE WERE LOOKING FOR A TESTIMONIAL
• 16:54 TO A WOMAN AND A COUNSELOR.
• 16:56 AND HEY WHAT'S THE GOOD OF HAVING FRIENDS IF YOU CAN'T USE THEM?
• 16:58 ABSOLUTELY.
• 16:59 MY WIFE IS A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR
• 17:01 WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH IS GREAT.
• 17:03 BUT THE INTERESTING PART IS EVERYWHERE WE GO PEOPLE SAY,
• 17:06 "WHAT IS JEFF'S WIFE LIKE? IS SHE PRETTY? IS SHE NICE? IS SHE..."
• 17:09 THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR WIFE.
• 17:11 AND I AM THRILLED TO HAVE HER ON THE PROGRAM. >>HERE SHE IS.
• 17:13 ITS JUST TERRIFIC.
• 17:14 SO TELL US ABOUT COUNSELING,
• 17:16 HOW YOU GOT INTO COUNSELING,
• 17:17 DO YOU THINK COUNSELING'S IMPORTANT.
• 17:19 JUST SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART.
• 17:21 I LOVE COUNSELING.
• 17:24 I BELIEVE IN COUNSELING.
• 17:25 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE.
• 17:28 I'M GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE LORD
• 17:34 BY BEING A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR.
• 17:36 AMEN.DOES YOUR BELIEF MAKE IT HARDER OR EASIER TO BE A COUNSELOR?
• 17:42 MY BELIEF MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO BE A COUNSELOR.
• 17:48 I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ANYONE ELSE.
• 17:53 BUT STRENGTH HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
• 17:56 AMEN, I AGREE WITH THAT.
• 17:57 AND PEOPLE HAVE PAIN AND GRIEF AND AS WE KNOW ONLY THE LORD CAN TRULY CARRY OUR SORROWS.
• 18:07 AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
• 18:08 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT MY FAITH IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.
• 18:13 AND HOW NICE IT IS TO TALK TO A COUNSELOR THAT IS A BELIEVER,
• 18:17 THAT BELIEVES IN THE SAME WAY THAT I BELIEVE, THAT LOVES JESUS, LOVES YESHUA.
• 18:21 HE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE I KNOW IN MY LIFE.
• 18:24 DO YOU THINK WOMEN MAKE GOOD COUNSELORS?
• 18:27 ABSOLUTELY
• 18:28 THAT SOUNDED LIKE KIND OF A SILLY QUESTION
• 18:30 FOR WOMEN TALKING TO WOMEN.
• 18:32 BUT IT'S A WOMEN'S PROGRAM AND I'M JUST INTERESTED,
• 18:34 WHAT GIVES THE TEXTURE TO A WOMAN COUNSELOR DIFFERENT THAN A MAN?
• 18:39 WOMEN ARE NATURALLY EMPATHETIC.
• 18:43 WE ARE THE CAREGIVERS.
• 18:45 WE'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
• 18:49 THAT'S RIGHT.THAT IS RIGHT.
• 18:51 WE LOOK AFTER OUR FAMILIES AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
• 18:57 I THINK WOMEN RELATE TO WEAKNESS, TO VULNERABILITY,
• 19:03 TO HURT. >>TO HURT.
• 19:06 YEAH, I THINK SO.
• 19:07 TO CHILDREN, TO THE ELDERLY.
• 19:09 WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
• 19:12 I'M SITTING HERE THINKING,
• 19:14 IT'S LIKE A GUY WOULD SAY "OH, TOUGH UP AND GET IT OVER WITH."
• 19:17 "GO ON DOWN THE ROAD".
• 19:18 BUT A WOMAN I THINK SOMETIMES SAYS,
• 19:20 "ITS OKAY LETS LOOK AT IT, LETS TALK ABOUT IT."
• 19:23 IT'S THOSE TOUCHY, FEELY THINGS THAT WOMEN DO
• 19:26 THAT MEN ARE NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH AT TIMES.
• 19:30 WE'RE NOT USED TO BEING INA POWER POSITION HISTORICALLY. >>TRUE.THAT IS TRUE TOO.
• 19:35 THEREFORE, WOMEN RELATE TO BEING THE UNDERDOG,
• 19:40 TO THOSE THAT ARE HURTING AND TO THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
• 19:44 HAS COUNSELING CHANGED ANY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN COUNSELING?
• 19:49 PROBLEMS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME,
• 19:52 BUT I THINK THAT IN MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENCE
• 19:57 AND THOSE PROBLEMS HAVE CHANGED SOMEWHAT
• 20:01 BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET
• 20:03 AND BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY
• 20:06 AND BECAUSE OF KIND OF OUR NAME DOMINANT CULTURE BEING HIP HOP CULTURE
• 20:12 WHICH EMBRACES AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE >>THAT'S TRUE.
• 20:15 AND TOUGHNESS.
• 20:18 I THINK THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE GOTTEN...
• 20:23 WHAT THEY'RE IN TO HAS KIND OF GONE UNDER THE RADAR OF THE ADULT EYE
• 20:27 BECAUSE WE BARELY CAN KEEP UP WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
• 20:30 IF YOU WATCH A TEENAGER ON A CELL PHONE
• 20:33 THEY HAVE TEXT 10 MESSAGES BEFORE WE ARE EVEN AWARE THAT THEY'RE ON THE CELL PHONE.
• 20:37 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TEXT MESSAGING IS HARDLY.
• 20:39 OKAY >>MUCH LESS WHEN A TEENAGER DOES IT
• 20:42 BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE....
• 20:44 I SEE THEM DOING ALL THAT STUFF
• 20:46 BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW QUITE HOW THAT ALL WORKS.
• 20:48 SO THOSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING,
• 20:51 THE COMMUNICATION, THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE INSTANTLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE HAS CHANGED.
• 20:56 ABSOLUTELY
• 20:57 SO I THINK ALSO THE RELATIONSHIPS MUST HAVE CHANGED ALSO.
• 21:02 WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT BULLYING, ABOUT....
• 21:05 I KNOW WHEN I WAS GROWING UP YOU DIDN'T REALLY HEAR MUCH ABOUT BULLYING
• 21:09 BUT NOW I HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT IT.
• 21:11 ARE WE ADDRESSING IT MORE OR IS IT MORE PREVALENT?
• 21:15 IS IT BECAUSE, AS YOU SAY, THE HIP HOP?
• 21:16 IS IT THE MORE AGGRESSIVE SOCIETY?
• 21:18 I THINK BULLYING IS VERY PREVALENT.
• 21:21 BUT I ALSO BELIEVE
• 21:23 THAT CHILDREN THAT
• 21:25 ARE AGGRESSIVE ALSO
• 21:27 CAN HAVE HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM
• 21:29 THAN CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE.
• 21:32 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, BULLYING WAS A PROBLEM FOR ME
• 21:36 BECAUSE I WAS A SORT OF GENTLE, OFF-BEAT CHILD THAT LACKED SOCIAL SKILLS
• 21:44 AND I FOUND MYSELF TERRORIZED BY BULLIES AND BY AGGRESSION.
• 21:48 AND I BEGAN TO NOT TRUST FEMALES.
• 21:52 I DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND GIRLS,
• 21:54 I WAS AFRAID OF GIRLS
• 21:57 AND SAW THAT PATTERN FOLLOW INTO JR. HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL.
• 22:01 WOMEN TERRORIZE ME BECAUSE OF THEIR TONGUE, THEIR GOSSIP, THEIR IGNORING YOU,
• 22:08 BE YOUR FRIEND ONE DAY, NOT YOUR FRIEND THE NEXT DAY
• 22:11 AND I THINK IT DETRACTED ME FROM BEING ABLE TO LEARN.
• 22:16 I CAME OUT OF AN EDUCATION, OUT OF A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS DIFFERENT.
• 22:20 I MISSED SOME OF THAT GOSSIPY THAT WOMEN....
• 22:24 BUT I HAVE HEARD TALES OF GIRLS JUST BEING TERRORS TO OTHER GIRLS
• 22:28 AND I HATE THAT EXAMPLE THAT WE SEE.
• 22:33 JEFF AND I KNOW YOU TEACH,
• 22:34 YOU'VE TAUGHT
• 22:35 AND DO YOU SEE CHANGES IN FEMALES?
• 22:36 WHAT MAKES PATTY SPECIAL?
• 22:38 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
• 22:39 WELL, THERE'S A FEW THINGS,
• 22:40 FIRST OF ALL ABOUT AGGRESSION.
• 22:42 THE ABIGAIL STORY IS ONE OF TWO GUYS ARE READY TO.... >>RIGHT
• 22:48 DAVID IS ESCALATING UP,
• 22:50 HE'S READY TO GO AFTER NABAL
• 22:52 AND THERE'S A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE
• 22:54 THAT GETS IN THERE AND CALMS IT DOWN.
• 22:56 IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS WITH PATTY,
• 22:59 SHE HAS A VERY GENTEEL DEMEANOR
• 23:01 THAT'S OBVIOUS TO YOU AND >>SHE DOES, SHE'S A SWEETHEART.
• 23:03 EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING. >>OH, SHE'S JUST A SWEETHEART.
• 23:05 IT SEEMS THAT WOMEN HAVE AN ABILITY TO DO THAT
• 23:07 IN THE WAY THAT THEY ADMINISTRATE COUNSELING.
• 23:09 SHE DOES IT WONDERFULLY.
• 23:10 SHE DOES IT TO ME.
• 23:11 I THANK YOU FOR COMING,
• 23:12 YOU'RE JUST TERRIFIC.
• 23:13 SHE'S JUST WONDERFUL JEFF.
• 23:15 BACK AFTER THIS.
• 23:33 (Zola playing recorder)
• 24:36 IT'S EASY TO SIT IN FRONT OF A CAMERA
• 24:39 AND EXTOL THE VIRTUES
• 24:40 OF A WOMAN AS A COUNSELOR.
• 24:41 IT'S EASY FOR ME TO
• 24:43 SIT NEXT TO MY WIFE
• 24:44 WHEN SANDRA TALKS TO HER AND PAT HER ON THE BACK..."YOU GO GIRL."
• 24:47 BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE MALES OF THE SPECIES
• 24:50 DON'T ALWAYS IN TRUTH VALUE OUR WIVES.
• 24:54 I WONDERED WHY THAT'S THE CASE SOMETIME.
• 24:56 WHEN WE LOOK IN THE BIBLICAL TEXT WE SEE THAT
• 24:59 WOMEN PRESENT WITH AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF SKILL SETS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND.
• 25:05 AND ARMED WITH BETTER UNDERSTANDING
• 25:06 WE'RE ABLE TO PERFORM MORE SUCCESSFULLY IN THIS WORLD.
• 25:09 AND CERTAINLY DAVID LEARNED THAT LESSON IN THIS CASE DIDN'T HE?
• 25:13 A VERY GOOD POINT.
• 25:14 I SAMUEL CHAPTER 25, VERSE 35 TALKS ABOUT THAT.
• 25:17 IT SAYS,
• 25:28 SHE WENT TO DAVID, HUMBLED HERSELF,
• 25:31 BOWED DOWN BEFORE HIM,
• 25:32 "PLEASE FORGIVE MY MASTER."
• 25:34 HE FORGAVE HER AND LIFTED HER UP.
• 25:36 IS THERE A SECRET BY THE WAY
• 25:38 IN ORDER TO GET A HEARING WITH A MALE?
• 25:40 WHERE HERE THE WOMAN PRESENTS RATHER HUMBLY IF YOU WILL
• 25:44 BECAUSE THE MALES EVEN WHEN THEY'RE LOSING CONTROL
• 25:46 STILL LIKE TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE IN CONTROL.
• 25:48 RIGHT AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
• 25:50 TO DEFUSE ANGER, SPEAK QUIETLY.
• 25:53 YES, ITS INTERESTING THERE'S INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HUSBANDS AND WIVES
• 25:56 LEARNING HOW TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.
• 25:58 AND THE MALES OF THE SPECIES LIKE TO BE RESPECTED.
• 26:01 THEY DO.
• 26:02 THE WOMEN LOVE TO BE LOVED. >>ABSOLUTELY
• 26:04 IN THIS CASE THE WOMEN PRESENT WITH INSIGHTS RESPECTFULLY AND THEN THAT OPENS DOORS.
• 26:08 AND IT DID.SHE WAS THE RIGHT WOMAN AT THE RIGHT TIME AND SHE OBEYED WHAT SHE HAD TO DO.
• 26:13 SHE OBEYED GOD AND WENT AND HUMBLED HERSELF AND SAVED A MASSACRE.
• 26:18 YES SHE SURELY DID. >>GREAT COUNSELOR
• 26:20 AND THEN OF COURSE WHAT HAPPENS TO HER IN THE END,
• 26:21 DAVID COMES BACK AND ASKS HER TO BE HIS WIFE.
• 26:24 BIBLE'S FULL OF HAPPY ENDINGS.
• 26:26 HERE'S A WOMAN THAT WAS PROBABLY FRUSTRATED,
• 26:28 OH, CAN YOU IMAGINE?
• 26:30 CONSIDERING WHO SHE WAS AND WHAT SHE ATTACHED TO IN MARRIAGE
• 26:31 SHE WAS PROBABLY LIKE, "OH GOD."
• 26:34 BUT GOD HEARS PRAYERS.
• 26:36 GOD KNOWS.
• 26:37 AND GIVES MORE THAN WE ASK FOR. >>THAT'S THE TRUTH.
• 26:39 AND THAT'S THE BLESSING IN THE WHOLE THING.
• 26:40 NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MANAGERS,
• 26:42 THE PROVERBS 31 WOMAN, ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEACHINGS JEFF.
• 26:46 AND AS YOU GO,
• 26:47 "SHA' ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM"
• 26:49 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.