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Yesterday we were at Zion Covenant in Jamestown, NY. Brad Bergfalk, the pastor, gave what was for me a memorable sermon on the classic text from Exodus 17 on Moses raising his arms while Israel battled. His points are worth thinking about for the week:
\n1. Not all of our battles require conventional methods \u2014 raising one\u2019s arms in prayer.
\n2. Sometimes we don\u2019t have the strength to fight battles alone \u2014 we need others to hold us up.
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