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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you for listening to your

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Speaker 1: Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one verse each

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Speaker 1: day to learn more about God and his will for us.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Carol McCracken, and after a short word

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Speaker 1: from our sponsor, we'll dive into today's Bible Verse, Galatians

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Speaker 1: five nine. If you've ever found yourself asking what am

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Speaker 1: I doing wrong? If you've ever been blindsided by a

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Speaker 1: problem that seemed to multiply overnight, if you've ever thought

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Speaker 1: I dealt with this, why is it still here? Today's

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Speaker 1: versus for you. Not long ago, I was sitting in

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Speaker 1: my apartment when I noticed something I wish I could unnotice.

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Speaker 1: A roach and then another. I was instantly grossed out.

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Speaker 1: My mind went straight to self interrogation mode. Did I

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Speaker 1: miss something? Am I not cleaning up? Did I leave

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Speaker 1: food out? What did I do wrong? I called pest control.

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Speaker 1: Immediately they came treated the apartment and assured me everything

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Speaker 1: should be fine. But a few days later there they

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Speaker 1: were again, still showing up, still unsettling. When the pest

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Speaker 1: control guy came back, he explained something I didn't expect.

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Speaker 1: The infestation didn't start with me at all. It came

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Speaker 1: from the neighboring apartment. The tenants next door had made

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Speaker 1: some lifestyle choices. They created the problem, and once it started,

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Speaker 1: it didn't stay contained. It traveled, It multiplied, And then

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Speaker 1: he said something that stuck with me. After my call,

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Speaker 1: six more calls came in from nearby units. What started

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Speaker 1: small spread fast, and the initial treatment wasn't enough. It

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Speaker 1: had to be dealt with at the source. That moment

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Speaker 1: made me think of today's Bible verse and today's bubble

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Speaker 1: versus Galatians five nine. A little leven, Leven's the whole

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Speaker 1: lump now at first glances first, so it feels simple,

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Speaker 1: you know, even folksy, but it carries weight. In Galatians five,

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Speaker 1: the apostle Paul's writing to believers who were being influenced

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Speaker 1: by teaching that suddenly pulled them away from the Gospel

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Speaker 1: of Grace. The issue wasn't a full rejection of Jesus.

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Speaker 1: It was something quieter, something added, something small that seemed

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Speaker 1: harmless at first. Paul uses the image of leven, which

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Speaker 1: is yeast. In the ancient world. Leven was a tiny

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Speaker 1: piece of ferment and dull mixed into a larger batch.

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Speaker 1: It didn't need lunch. But once it was introduced, it

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Speaker 1: worked its way through everything, slowly, invisibly, inevitably. Paul's Warning's clear,

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Speaker 1: which you allow in even in small doses doesn't stay small.

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Speaker 1: This isn't just about theology. It's about life. Sometimes the

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Speaker 1: stress we're carrying didn't originate with us. Sometimes the anxiety, bitterness, comparison,

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Speaker 1: or temptation crept in through proximity, through relationships, through patterns

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Speaker 1: we tolerated, through voices we didn't filter, and we find

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Speaker 1: ourselves asking why isn't this getting better? I prayed, I

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Speaker 1: addressed it, I tried to fix it. But like that

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Speaker 1: pest control treatment, surface solutions aren't always enough that this

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Speaker 1: source remains untouched. Galatians five point nine reminds us that

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Speaker 1: influence and good or bad multiplies. Sin is rarely loud

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Speaker 1: at first, lies rarely announced themselves. Compromise often arrives quietly,

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Speaker 1: borrowing space, making itself at home before we realize what's happening.

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Speaker 1: And here's the tender truth, recognizing this isn't about blame,

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Speaker 1: it's about wisdom. Pope wasn't shaming the Galatian, he was

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Speaker 1: protecting them. He was saying, pay attention to what you're

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Speaker 1: allowing near your faith because what's around you shapes you.

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Speaker 1: What you tolerate teaches you, what you ignore can grow.

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Speaker 1: The good news is this works both ways. Just as

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Speaker 1: negative influence spreads, so does truth. So does obedience, So

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Speaker 1: does holiness. A small active surrender, a quiet, molletless scripture,

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Speaker 1: a single boundary lovingly set. These things multiply too. So

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Speaker 1: let me ask you a gentle question today. Is there

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Speaker 1: something small and you've dismissed that might be influencing you

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Speaker 1: more than you realize. Maybe it's a habit that feels minor,

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Speaker 1: a relationship that consistently pulls you off center, a mindset

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Speaker 1: that's been hanging around unchecked, of voise internal or external

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Speaker 1: that keeps whispering something that isn't true. The invitation of

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Speaker 1: Galatians five, and I'm in bear it's discernment. God doesn't

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Speaker 1: want us constantly suspicious, but he does want us awake.

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Speaker 1: If you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or frustrated because the problem

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Speaker 1: seems bigger than it should be, it may not be

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Speaker 1: about trying harder. It may be about asking God for clarity. Lord,

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Speaker 1: show me the source, show me what needs to be

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Speaker 1: addressed at the root. Here's your call to action today.

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Speaker 1: If you can take five quiet minutes and ask God

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Speaker 1: one honest question, is there anything small I've allowed that's

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Speaker 1: shaping me in ways I don't want? Don't rush the answer,

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Speaker 1: don't defend yourself. Just listen, and if something comes to mind,

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Speaker 1: remember God reveals things to heal, not to shame, because

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Speaker 1: with him, infestation never gets the final word. Grace does.

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Speaker 1: So if this episode resonated with you, share it with

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Speaker 1: someone who might be quietly asking why does this keep spreading?

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Speaker 1: Pray with me, will you, Dear Lord in heaven. Small

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Speaker 1: things can become big things. Small things can spread, and suddenly,

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Speaker 1: before we know it, something is really attending to us

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Speaker 1: in ways that it shouldn't. Lord, help us to understand.

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Speaker 1: We are in this world, but you don't call us

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Speaker 1: to be worldly. You've called us to do something for you,

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Speaker 1: to point people to Christ. But in order to do that,

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Speaker 1: we need to be closely tied to you. Lord, help

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Speaker 1: us to listen to you. Help us to root out

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Speaker 1: anything that is in the way anything small grows. You've

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Speaker 1: taught us that in scripture, and Lord, we don't want

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Speaker 1: it to grow. If there's any bitterness inside of us,

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Speaker 1: a small thing that may take root. Can you please

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Speaker 1: help us to understand that and help us. We don't

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Speaker 1: have to fix it ourselves, because you're there, the author

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Speaker 1: of our salvation. You want us to be more like you,

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Speaker 1: Therefore you'll help us. Help us to understand that too. Lord,

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Speaker 1: help us to be focused on what you wish. In

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Speaker 1: your precious name, we pray Ahmed,