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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming

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Speaker 2: Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 2: Write after this short word from our sponsors will reflect

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Speaker 2: on Tonight's scripture Nahem Chapter one. Tonight's Scripture reflection is

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Speaker 2: written by Lynette Kittle and read by Carrie Eichberger. Naem

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Speaker 2: Chapter one. The Lord is a jealous and avenging God.

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Speaker 2: The Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The

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Speaker 2: Lord takes vengeance on his foes, and thence his wrath

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Speaker 2: against his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger, but

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Speaker 2: great in power. The Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.

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Speaker 2: His way is in the whirlwind, and the storm and

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Speaker 2: clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebukes the

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Speaker 2: sea and dries it up. He makes all the rivers

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Speaker 2: run dry, bash Em and Carmel whither, and the blossoms

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Speaker 2: of Lebanon fade. The mountains quake before him, and the

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Speaker 2: hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the

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Speaker 2: world and all who live in it. Who can withstand

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Speaker 2: his indignation, who can endure his fierce anger, his wrath

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Speaker 2: is poured out like fire. The rocks are shattered before him.

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Speaker 2: The Lord is good, are refuge in times of trouble.

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Speaker 2: He cares for those who trust in him. But with

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Speaker 2: an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh.

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Speaker 2: He will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

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Speaker 2: Whatever they plot against the Lord, he will bring to

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Speaker 2: an end. Trouble will not come a second time. They

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Speaker 2: will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine.

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Speaker 2: They will not be consumed like dry stubble from you, Nineveh.

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Speaker 2: Has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord

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Speaker 2: and devised as wicked plans. This is what the Lord says.

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Speaker 2: Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be

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Speaker 2: destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah,

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Speaker 2: I will afflict you no more. Now I will break

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Speaker 2: their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.

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Speaker 2: The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh. You

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Speaker 2: will have no descendants to bear your name. I will

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Speaker 2: destroy the images and idols that are in the temple

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Speaker 2: of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you

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Speaker 2: are bile. Look they are on the mountains, the feet

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Speaker 2: of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace. Celebrate

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Speaker 2: your festivals Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will

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Speaker 2: a wicked invade you, They will be completely destroyed.

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Speaker 3: If it seems lately like the world has it out

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Speaker 3: for us that everywhere we turn there's trouble, unrest, complications, conflicts, disputes,

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Speaker 3: and more.

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Speaker 2: We can take hope because we don't have to try

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Speaker 2: and figure everything out or how to solve it all

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Speaker 2: on our own. During troubled times, God calls us to

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Speaker 2: find a refuge in Him, to come to Him as

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Speaker 2: our stronghold in distressing days, rather than hide ourselves behind

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Speaker 2: closed blinds and locked doors. He encourages us to turn

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Speaker 2: to Him and trust his care over our lives. But

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Speaker 2: yet maybe some of us feel like for facing difficulties

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Speaker 2: and stresses because we haven't been seeking and following God

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Speaker 2: closely like we could be doing, feeling like because we

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Speaker 2: aren't close he doesn't want us to ask him for help,

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Speaker 2: or that we really don't deserve or have the earned

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Speaker 2: right to come to him. Still, he cares for those

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Speaker 2: of us who trust in Him, and thankfully, his love

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Speaker 2: for us isn't based on our actions, So even if

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Speaker 2: we've been distracted or wandered away from Him a bit,

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Speaker 2: we can turn to God, remembering how his love for

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Speaker 2: us has no expiration date. Because God is slow to anger.

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Speaker 2: He's also more than ready and willing to face our

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Speaker 2: foes on our behalf, because he is great in power

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Speaker 2: and is not intimidated by their threats to us, but

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Speaker 2: is the one who frees us from the enemy's grip

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Speaker 2: and hold over our hearts and minds. God, I come

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Speaker 2: to you tonight, weary and tired, seeking safety, security, comfort

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Speaker 2: and refuge in you and you alone, from a world

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Speaker 2: that is wearing me down. Help me daily and facing

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Speaker 2: life's troubling situations. Oh Lord, I ask as I need

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Speaker 2: you to be my defender and to deal with those

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Speaker 2: who deal harshly with me. Let me find shelter and

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Speaker 2: rest in your care of me. Thank you for being

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Speaker 2: my stronghold in distressing times and for freeing me from

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Speaker 2: affliction to grip. My heart is deeply grateful to you

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Speaker 2: for loving and caring for me all the days of

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Speaker 2: my life.

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