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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Hello, thank you for listening to your Daily Bible Verse,

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Speaker 2: the podcast that examines one verse each day to learn

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Speaker 2: more about God and his will for us. I'm your host,

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Speaker 2: Jennifer Slattery, and after this short word from our sponsor,

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Speaker 2: we'll dive into today's Bible verse, Exodus seventeen three. Today's

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Speaker 2: Bible verse is Exodus seventeen to three. But the people

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Speaker 2: were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses.

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Speaker 2: They said, why did you bring us up out of

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Speaker 2: Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die

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Speaker 2: of thirst. I know from experience how to complicate conflict,

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Speaker 2: elevate the tensions around it, and turned some of my

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Speaker 2: greatest allies into foes. Years ago that would have characterized

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Speaker 2: the majority of my and my husband's arguments. And while

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Speaker 2: I've grown in this area, the other day I fell

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Speaker 2: into my old self sabotaging patterns, and in my stress

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Speaker 2: and frustration over an issue we both based, treated him

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Speaker 2: rather than the problem, as the enemy. Not only did

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Speaker 2: this temporarily sour my heart, but it also kept me

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Speaker 2: from tackling the issue proactively by turning to God for

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Speaker 2: wisdom and help. Basically, I acted like the ancient Israelites

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Speaker 2: did in Exodus chapter seventeen and numerous other times in

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Speaker 2: their journey from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land.

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Speaker 2: If you followed this podcast during our previous series on Moses,

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Speaker 2: you might recognize this story. After four hundred years of

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Speaker 2: slavery and oppression in Egypt, and likely four hundred years

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Speaker 2: of desperate prayers for rescue, the Lord responded, liberated his people,

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Speaker 2: and led them through Moses, to the agriculturally rich land

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Speaker 2: promised to their ancestors, and ultimately to a relationship with himself.

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Speaker 2: Every step in their journey held faith building purpose designed

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Speaker 2: to correct their worldview from the deception they'd received while

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Speaker 2: living in a pagan land. Heal the wounds incurred through

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Speaker 2: a lifetime of trauma, replace the lies they'd absorbed with truth,

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Speaker 2: and teach them to rest fully in the love and

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Speaker 2: power of their creator. God allowed them to experience a

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Speaker 2: series of frightening situations like they encountered in Exodus chapter

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Speaker 2: seventeen to teach them to turn to Him in their

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Speaker 2: time of need, so that He could win their hearts

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Speaker 2: and deepen their faith by demonstrating his faithful care. But

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Speaker 2: as today's verse indicates that wasn't how they responded. About

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Speaker 2: a month after their miraculous really from Egypt, the Lord

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Speaker 2: led them again through Moses quote, from place to place

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Speaker 2: until they reached a place called Refidum, where they set

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Speaker 2: up camp, but there was no water for the people

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Speaker 2: to drink end quote. As I said previously, I'm certain

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Speaker 2: God wanted to use that situation and their need to

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Speaker 2: reveal his character, heart, power, and provision. The people needed

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Speaker 2: to understand that the Lord wasn't like the so called

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Speaker 2: gods they learned to worship in Egypt, false gods believed

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Speaker 2: to be finkle, disengaged, selfish, and toniving. But the people

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Speaker 2: missed that important faith building opportunity because they fixated on

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Speaker 2: their earthly leader, the person they apparently held responsible for

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Speaker 2: bringing them to a dry and waterless camp site, and

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Speaker 2: they acted as if he, not their thirst, not their lack,

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Speaker 2: was the problem. Granted, they faced a real and urgent need,

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Speaker 2: and likely one that triggered trauma wounds from their past

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Speaker 2: when their cruel overseers worked them past exhaustion under Egypt's

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Speaker 2: intent Son, meaning the people had probably experienced hunger and

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Speaker 2: thirst numerous times during their lives. They may even have

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Speaker 2: watched friends, neighbors, and loved ones die from heatstroke, thirst,

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Speaker 2: and starvation while enslaved in Egypt. But that's also why

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Speaker 2: their journey offered such hope. Listen to what Moses said

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Speaker 2: years later in Deuteronomy eight, verse three. He speaking of God,

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Speaker 2: he humbled you, causing you to hunger, and then feeding

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Speaker 2: you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known.

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Speaker 2: To teach you that man does not live on bread alone,

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Speaker 2: but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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Speaker 2: God brought these people, who likely believed no one could

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Speaker 2: or would help them in times of crisis, directly into

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Speaker 2: a potential crisis so that he could begin to rewrite

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Speaker 2: their inner narrative, so that he could help them realize

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Speaker 2: they weren't abandoned or forsaken to their struggle. They were

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Speaker 2: seen love and faithfully cared for every step by the

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Speaker 2: God who rescued them, annihilated their enemies, and removed the barriers,

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Speaker 2: in their case, a massive body of water that stood

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Speaker 2: in their way. Unfortunately, the people couldn't see that. Trusting God,

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Speaker 2: it seems, was too foreign a concept for their panicked

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Speaker 2: minds to consider. In short, their fear got the best

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Speaker 2: of them. I can relate to that, But I'm learning

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Speaker 2: to live and react differently. I'm learning to pause in

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Speaker 2: the middle of my overwhelm, to ground myself so that

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Speaker 2: I can evaluate my circumstances rationally, which also makes it

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Speaker 2: easier to problem solve. More importantly, I'm learning to turn

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Speaker 2: to God into times of crisis to seek his perspective, guidance,

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Speaker 2: and aid. Join me as we allow God to uproot

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Speaker 2: all the jump that's taken root in our souls and

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Speaker 2: challenges our trust so that he can grow within us

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Speaker 2: a resilient faith. Let's pray, Holy Father, you are faithful.

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Speaker 2: You are unchanging your character. Your heart remains the same,

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Speaker 2: and it remains focused on your people. You love us,

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Speaker 2: You care for us and provide for us. You show

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Speaker 2: us daily evidence of your faithful care, and we know

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Speaker 2: even now you are working to increase our trust in

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Speaker 2: our faith in you, to decrease our fears and anxieties

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Speaker 2: to human wounds. But give us your perspective. Help us

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Speaker 2: to see your hand in every experience, Help us to

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Speaker 2: see your heart. Help us to recognize and experience your

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Speaker 2: love when we don't understand our circumstances. Remind us of

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Speaker 2: your part, remind us of your perfect, inexhaustible love. You

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Speaker 2: are all powerful, You are all knowing. You are brilliant,

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Speaker 2: You are strategic, You are faithful, tender kind, You are provider,

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Speaker 2: You are friend, You are Father, you are God Almighty.

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Speaker 2: You go before us, you walk beside us, you stand

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Speaker 2: behind us. You surround us with your love, and we

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Speaker 2: love you in return. Increase our love for you, Increase

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Speaker 2: our faith, Decrease our fear and anxiety. And it is

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