In this sermon, Pastor Harley highlights 1 Samuel 7 as a turning-point chapter—repentance and revival after twenty years of spiritual drift. The Ark is back in Israel, but not where it “should” be (it sits in Abinadab’s house, not the tabernacle). Yet the encouragement is clear: God is willing to meet His people right where they are, even when things aren’t perfectly in order. Pastor Harley uses Peter as a parallel—Peter didn’t see his own denial coming, but Jesus told him ahead of time, met him in his failure, and restored him right at the shoreline (“Do you love Me?”). The point is hope-filled and personal: you may not have seen your fall coming, but Christ knew—and He still meets you, still restores, still calls you forward.
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