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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: Have you ever tried to heal a heart wound and

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Speaker 1: felt like it just got worse? Rejection can be a

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Speaker 1: deep wound. In my book, Reframing Rejection, how looking through

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Speaker 1: a different lens changes everything walks you through lasting healing.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Jessica Drokel, and after this short word

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

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Speaker 1: chapter three, verses sixteen and seventeen. Today's Bible Versus two Timothy,

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Speaker 1: Chapter three, Verses sixteen and seventeen. All scripture is God

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Speaker 1: breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training

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Speaker 1: in righteousness so that the servant of God may be

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Speaker 1: thoroughly equipped for every good work. We enjoy watching The

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Speaker 1: Great British Baking Show. It's fascinating to see each contestant

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Speaker 1: bring their skills to the table and reveal their strengths.

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Speaker 1: The technical challenges also reveal weaknesses, but each participant has

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Speaker 1: a similar skill set. They know the ins and outs

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Speaker 1: of baking. They know the fundamentals. Many of them can

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Speaker 1: combine ingredients together without a recipe and still produce an

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Speaker 1: amazing bake. I can bake, but only if I follow

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Speaker 1: a recipe, and even then sometimes it doesn't turn out

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Speaker 1: the way I hoped. It takes practice, failure, and repetition

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Speaker 1: to master a recipe, but once we do, we can

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Speaker 1: trust it. We know we can rely on it to

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Speaker 1: guide us toward the right result. That simple idea helps

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Speaker 1: us understand the heart of two Timothy, Chapter three, Verses

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Speaker 1: sixteen and seventeen. Scripture inspires us. It teaches, corrects, and

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Speaker 1: trains us so that we might live God's way for

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Speaker 1: his glory, and so that other people might see Him

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Speaker 1: reflected in our lives. God's word is how he equips

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Speaker 1: us over time through faithful study and reading. It prepares

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Speaker 1: us for every good work that God places in front

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Speaker 1: of us to do. One of the ways this happens

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Speaker 1: is by knowing God's word. The Bible has endured for

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Speaker 1: centuries through critics and opposition. It remains widely read and studied.

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Speaker 1: There is no other book like it in its consistency, continuity, honesty,

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Speaker 1: and survival. Scripture is more than historically impressive, though it

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Speaker 1: transforms us. When we come to the Bible and allow

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Speaker 1: God to speak through it, we are changed. The apostle

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Speaker 1: Paul backs this up in Romans chapter twelve, verse two,

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Speaker 1: where he states, do not conform to the pattern of

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Speaker 1: this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

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Speaker 1: Then you will be able to test and approve what

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Speaker 1: God's will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will you see.

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Speaker 1: God's word renews our thinking so we can discern His

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Speaker 1: best for us. This transformation requires practice as well as belief.

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Speaker 1: When we let the Bible guide our thinking, we discover

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Speaker 1: it profitable for our daily lives. It's possible to affirm

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Speaker 1: the inspiration of the Bible but live as though it

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Speaker 1: has little authority in our daily lives, and sometimes we're

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Speaker 1: tempted to impose our personal preferences into the text, or

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Speaker 1: to value our opinions more than the message Saig God

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Speaker 1: is actually communicating. Yet God's word is profitable because it

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Speaker 1: tells us what is true about God, humanity, the world

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Speaker 1: we live in, and the world to come. The Bible

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Speaker 1: exposes our thoughts and actions as misaligned with God's truth.

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Speaker 1: We're tempted to reshape scripture to fit our views, but

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Speaker 1: instead we must allow scripture to reshape us. Paul reminds

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Speaker 1: us in the Book of Philippians that being confidence of this,

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Speaker 1: that he who began a good work in you will

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Speaker 1: carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

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Speaker 1: When we are hearers and doers of God's word, we

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Speaker 1: grow in the maturity God desires for his people. When

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Speaker 1: we say that God's word is inspired, we are affirming

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Speaker 1: that it is God's original message to humanity. It is

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Speaker 1: completely reliable, trustworthy, and given for our good. Testament writers

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Speaker 1: understood this and often introduce their words with the phrase,

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Speaker 1: Thus says the Lord. Jesus affirmed the authority of scripture

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Speaker 1: as well when he said in Matthew chapter five, verse eighteen.

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Speaker 1: For truly, I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear,

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Speaker 1: not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen,

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Speaker 1: will by any means, disappear from the law until everything

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Speaker 1: is accomplished. To set aside the inspiration of scripture is

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Speaker 1: to set aside the testimony of Jesus, the Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 1: and those commissioned to deliver God's message as the inspired

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Speaker 1: word of God. Its power does not depend on our

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Speaker 1: full comprehension, but on God's faithfulness. God's word cleanses us, spiritually,

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Speaker 1: gives us power to live for Him, and builds faith

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Speaker 1: in our lives. We are called to read it thoughtfully,

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Speaker 1: study it carefully, and rely on the Holy Spirit for clarity,

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Speaker 1: especially when certain parts stretch us, like the way the

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Speaker 1: bakers in the Great British Baking Shows stretch their bread dough.

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Speaker 1: A recipe's power isn't in its ingredients, but in the

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Speaker 1: way it guides us. The more we trust it, follow it,

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Speaker 1: and practice it, the more confident we become in the outcome.

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Speaker 1: God's word was not given to us just to be

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Speaker 1: admired or study. God gave it to us to live

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Speaker 1: by return to it again and again so that it

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Speaker 1: can equip you, shape you, and prepare you for every

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Speaker 1: opportunity God sets before you. Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank

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Speaker 1: you that your word has everything that we need for

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Speaker 1: this life. Lord, you teach us, You guide us, Lord,

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Speaker 1: you correct us gently with love. Lord, we know that

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Speaker 1: you are good, and you are come, and you draw

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Speaker 1: us ever closer to your heart. Let us respond by

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Speaker 1: reading your word, trusting your word, and believing that you

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Speaker 1: will help us understand it. In Jesus Day, we pray

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Speaker 1: Amen