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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, Jessica Benrokel, and after this short word

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Speaker 1: from our sponsor, will continue with our advent series experiencing

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Speaker 1: Christ this Christmas with today's Bible verse Isaiah chapter nine,

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Speaker 1: verses six and seven. Today's Bible Verses, Isaiah Chapter nine,

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Speaker 1: verses six and seven. Four to us, a child is born,

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Speaker 1: to us, a son is given, and the government will

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Speaker 1: be on his shoulders, and he will be called Wonderful

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Speaker 1: counselor Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.

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Speaker 1: Of the greatness of his government and peace. There will

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Speaker 1: be no end, and he will reign on David's throne

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Speaker 1: and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice

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Speaker 1: and righteousness from that time on in forever. Most families

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Speaker 1: have that one person who can walk into a chaotic

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Speaker 1: holiday gathering and somehow shift the entire atmosphere. It might

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Speaker 1: be the cute little toddler who toddles around handing out

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Speaker 1: hugs like candy canes, or maybe it's the grandparent who

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Speaker 1: smile softens all the sharp edges in the room. And

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Speaker 1: maybe it's the sibling who knows exactly when to crack

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Speaker 1: a joke or when to slip into the kitchen to

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Speaker 1: quietly help with the dishes. Their presence doesn't fix everything,

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Speaker 1: but it changes something. Tensions ease, voices lower, peace feels possible.

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Speaker 1: Advent is the season and where we wait for that

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Speaker 1: kind of presence, not from a family member, but from

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Speaker 1: the child who changes everything simply by arriving. Isaiah tells

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Speaker 1: us that the one we're waiting for isn't just a

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Speaker 1: baby in a manger. He is the wonderful counselor the

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Speaker 1: Mighty God, the everlasting Father, and the Prince of peace.

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Speaker 1: God used the prophet Isaiah to prophesia about Jesus's birth

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Speaker 1: long before it ever happened. Jesus would be born at

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Speaker 1: a definite time and place in history in a marvelous

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Speaker 1: and unique way. The Messiah, or Anointed One, was the

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Speaker 1: long hoped for promise of freedom from earthly oppression. The

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Speaker 1: Israelite people believed that when the Messiah came, he would

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Speaker 1: rescue his people, defeat the forces of evil, and establish

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Speaker 1: a peaceful rule on earth. God had a plan to

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Speaker 1: fulfill his promise of redemption. One of the covenant promises

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Speaker 1: between God and Abraham was that Abraham's family would be

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Speaker 1: a blessing to all nations. This foreshadowed the coming of

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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ to both Jews and Gentiles to reestablish the

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Speaker 1: relationship between God and humanity, which Adam and Eve broke

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Speaker 1: at the time of Isaiah's prophecy that Israelite nation needed hope.

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Speaker 1: Jesus is their hope. You see, Jesus is fully God

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Speaker 1: and fully man. He is the second person of the

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Speaker 1: triune God. He is eternal and has existed forever as son.

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Speaker 1: And when Jesus came to earth, he added a human

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Speaker 1: nature to his divine nature, which then functioned together in

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Speaker 1: perfect harmony. Jesus our victory bringing Messiah lowered himself to

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Speaker 1: a weak and dependent baby to identify fully with Us.

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Speaker 1: Became fully man so he could stand in the place

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Speaker 1: of sinful man. Jesus remained fully God so his sacrifice

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Speaker 1: would be sufficient. Wonderful counselor Mighty God, everlasting Father and

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Speaker 1: Prince of Peace, describe who he is and what he

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Speaker 1: came to do. He is a wonderful counselor. We can

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Speaker 1: be filled with wonder when we look to Jesus because

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Speaker 1: of his supernatural miracles and wisdom. Jesus can be our

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Speaker 1: mediate resource when we face problems. Satan was the evil

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Speaker 1: counselor who tricked Eve into breaking her relationship with God,

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Speaker 1: and Jesus is the good counselor who restores us to

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Speaker 1: a right relationship. God's entire nature and character exist in

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Speaker 1: the body bodily form through Jesus Christ. God is the

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Speaker 1: God of all creation and glory. He is the Lord

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Speaker 1: who reigns in heaven and is worthy of our worship

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Speaker 1: and praise. He is Mighty God, mighty to save, mighty

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Speaker 1: to heal, mighty to lead us to a deeper relationship

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Speaker 1: with Him as everlasting Father. Jesus shows us the way

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Speaker 1: to the everlasting Father. He is the perfect reflection of

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Speaker 1: Father God. He is loving, protecting, and providing. Through Jesus

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Speaker 1: we have access to eternity and will never be parted

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Speaker 1: from our good good Father. We all know that our

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Speaker 1: world needs peace, and the only way to that peace

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Speaker 1: is through Jesus. He is the Prince of Peace. Jesus

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Speaker 1: makes peace between God and humanity because of Jesus, we

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Speaker 1: can be set free from the trap of sin how

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Speaker 1: it separates us from God. He can bring peace to

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Speaker 1: This child enters and brings a peace no one else

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Speaker 1: can bring. Advent teaches us to hold our breath and

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Speaker 1: in and transforms the room and our lives. Will you

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Speaker 1: take a step toward a relationship with God today? As

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Speaker 1: we're ending this episode, I want to invite you to

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Speaker 1: take an action step. I want you to envision God's

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Speaker 1: presence filling your home. I want you to pause in

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Speaker 1: the moment of overwhelm or anxiety to picture Christ, the

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Speaker 1: all powerful King, standing with you. Let's pray, Heavenly Father,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much that you had a plan from

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Speaker 1: the very beginning to redeem us. That your son would

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Speaker 1: become fully man and always be fully God. We would

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Speaker 1: know him as wonderful counselor Prince of Peace, Mighty God,

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Speaker 1: and so that we could be restored to a right

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Speaker 1: relationship with you, our ever lasting Father. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: all that You're doing in our lives this advanced season.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name Amen,