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Speaker 1: to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge,

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Speaker 1: and today we're in Ecclesiastes chapter 11, and we'll be

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Speaker 1: reading from the New American Standard Bible. Cast your bread

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Speaker 1: on the surface of the waters, for you will find

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Speaker 1: it after many days. Divide your portion to seven or

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Speaker 1: even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune

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Speaker 1: may occur on the earth. If the clouds are full,

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Speaker 1: they pour out rain upon the earth. And whether a

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Speaker 1: tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever

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Speaker 1: the tree falls, there it lies. He who watches the

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Speaker 1: wind will not sow, and he who looks at the

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Speaker 1: clouds will not reap. Just as you do not know

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Speaker 1: the path of the wind, or how bones are formed

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Speaker 1: in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do

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Speaker 1: not know the activity of God who makes all things.

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Speaker 1: Sow your seed in the morning, and do not be

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Speaker 1: idle in the evening, for you do not know whether

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Speaker 1: morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of

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Speaker 1: them alike will be good. The light is pleasant, and

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Speaker 1: it is good for the eyes to see the sun. Indeed,

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Speaker 1: if a man should live many years, let him rejoice

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Speaker 1: in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness,

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Speaker 1: for they will be many. Everything that is to come

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Speaker 1: will be futility. Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and

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Speaker 1: let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood.

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Speaker 1: and follow the impulses of your heart and the desires

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Speaker 1: of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you

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Speaker 1: to judgment for all these things. So remove grief and

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Speaker 1: anger from your heart, and put away pain from your body,

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Speaker 1: because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. Let's pray. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege to be able to look at it

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Speaker 1: together today. And we thank you, Lord, for the fact

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Speaker 1: that you give us wisdom and insight through your son,

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, who lives within us. And Lord, we're reminded

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Speaker 1: by this portion of scripture that our earthly lives are

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Speaker 1: short and there will come a day when we will

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Speaker 1: stand before your presence. You'll judge us. We will answer

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Speaker 1: for all things that we have done. And we just pray, Lord,

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Speaker 1: that knowing that that's the case, that we would pour

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Speaker 1: out our lives in glorifying you. Lord, we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: your presence with us. We're grateful for the fact that

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Speaker 1: there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are

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Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. So Lord, we know that when we

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Speaker 1: come before you one day, it's not going to be

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Speaker 1: for condemnation if we've trusted in your son, Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: But Lord, we do pray that we would take that

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Speaker 1: time seriously. And we pray that we would be motivated

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Speaker 1: to follow you in all contexts of life and to

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Speaker 1: bring you the glory that you certainly deserved. So we're grateful, Lord,

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Speaker 1: for all of these things. We're grateful for your presence

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Speaker 1: with us. And we thank you for this all in Jesus' name. Amen.