1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Let us pray, And he said, he that showed mercy 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: on him then said Jesus unto him, go and do 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: thou likewise. Luke ten thirty seven, open the eyes of 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: my heart so that I will be able to come 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: to the aid of my brother and sister in Christ. 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Break off all prejudices and cultural stigmas that may be 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: attached to my mind, both knowingly and unknowingly. Give me 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: the strength, Lord to break through cultural boundaries, like Jesus, 9 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: to show the love and kindness you have and think 10 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: towards them. Like the story of the Good Samaritan, I 11 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: will not wait for convenience to be a resource and 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: outlet of hope. I also thank you in advance for 13 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: providing all the provision needed to adequately serve those in need. 14 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: You've commanded me to love my neighbor as I love myself. Therefore, 15 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: first increase the love I have for myself, so that 16 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: I can increase the love for those all around me. 17 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: I declare that others are valuable because I am valuable. 18 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: I declare that they have worth because I have worth. 19 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: I declare that they are called to greatness because you 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 1: have called me to greatness. God, with these truths as 21 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: anchors to my soul. I will help build the lives 22 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: of those around me because you are building my life 23 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: within me in Jesus name, Amen. Listening to these daily 24 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: prayers strengthens your relationship with God. Continue hearing from the 25 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: Lord by listening to today's Bible in a Year, brought 26 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: to you by Bible in a Year dot. 27 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: Com the Good Samaritan. In our last story, Jesus gave 28 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: an intense illustration about the true meaning of forgiveness and 29 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 2: mercy through a servant and his master. Now Jesus unpacks 30 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: the meaning behind being a good neighbor through an unexpected 31 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: hero inspired by the Gospels. 32 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 3: Hello, this is Jack Graham with today's episode of the 33 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year. The last time we were together, 34 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 3: we heard Jesus's teaching on how great our debt is 35 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 3: to God and why his forgiveness of our sins should 36 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: motivate us to forgive others. It's an important lesson on 37 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,839 Speaker 3: showing mercy and giving forgiveness as a response to God's incredible, 38 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 3: immense grace toward us. Today, we'll hear another parable from Jesus. 39 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 3: A parable is described as an earthly story with a 40 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 3: heavenly meaning. Jesus this time is illustrating what it means 41 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: to love our neighbor and who is our neighbor. His 42 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: teaching sets the highest of standards for loving as God loves. 43 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 3: So let's listen now to the reading of his word. 44 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: Jesus was walking in the outer regions of the city. 45 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 2: It was a bright spring day, and Jesus was mingling 46 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 2: with a few of the villages. A lawyer came from 47 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 2: the crowd and sat beside Jesus. The young man was 48 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 2: carky and held himself with unearned confidence. Jesus smiled at 49 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: the young man and greeted him, paying little attention to pleasantries. 50 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: The lawyer spoke, saying, Teacher, how shall I inherit eternal life. 51 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 2: Jesus looked forward towards the children playing beside the road. 52 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: He saw their parents close behind them, laughing. Jesus looked 53 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 2: back at the lawyer and replied, what is written in 54 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: the law? Have you read it? You shall love the 55 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. 56 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 2: You shall love your neighbor as your elf. The young 57 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 2: man replied, very good. Jesus answered, do these things, and 58 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: you shall live into eternity. As Jesus sat up to 59 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: walk towards the people, the lawyer stopped him. Yes, but 60 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: who is considered my neighbor? The lawyer asked in jest. 61 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: He asked these things to figure out who he needed 62 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: to love and who he could ignore. Jesus turned back 63 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 2: to the man and walked back. He sat on the 64 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: bench beside him and told him a story. As he began, 65 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: a whole crowd of people gathered around to listen. A 66 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: man was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. As he walked 67 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 2: the countryside, a band of robbers ambushed him out of nowhere. 68 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: They struck his face and his ribs. As the man 69 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: fell to his knees, another robber kicked him in the jar. 70 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: The man's head slammed onto the ground, and an onslaught 71 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: of kicks barraged him endlessly. The robbers tore off his 72 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 2: clothes and took everything he owned. Once they were through 73 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: shaming him, they tossed him off the edge of the 74 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 2: road into a ditch full of stones and weeds. The 75 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 2: man lay there half dead. He had lost all feeling 76 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: in his legs, and his face was so swollen he 77 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 2: could barely see his cracked ribs scraped against his lungs 78 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 2: as he struggled for every breath. The man truly believed 79 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 2: he would die there until he saw a priest walking 80 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: by the road. The priest was holding a few scrolls 81 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: strolling along the pathways. The man groaned and tried to 82 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: shout out to the priest for help. The priest looked 83 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 2: around and saw the naked man bloodied on the floor. 84 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: Repulsed by the sight, the priest walked to the other 85 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 2: side of the road and continued on his way. The 86 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: day rolled on and the air was growing more frigid 87 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,679 Speaker 2: by the minute. The beaten and bloodied man shivered among 88 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: the stones, unable to even lift his head. On the 89 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: corner of his eye, he saw a levite. He was 90 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 2: wearing his elegant robes of different colors and hummed to 91 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 2: a tune sung in the synagogues. When the levites saw 92 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: the man quivering by the wayside, he cringed and shuffled 93 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 2: over to the other side of the road, pretending not 94 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 2: to see him. The priest and a levite had rejected him. 95 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 2: The man was certain he would die within minutes. Night 96 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: was approaching and the earth was basking in the last 97 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 2: moments of sunlight, the cold wind blew through the canyons 98 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: by the road. At this point, the man was completely unconscious. 99 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 2: A Samaritan, one of the people reviled by Israel, was 100 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 2: passing by the road. He hoped to find an inn 101 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 2: by nightfall, so he was in a rush. That was 102 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 2: until he saw the man on the side of the road. 103 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: The Samaritan climbed down the rocks to the man. When 104 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: he saw that he was still alive, he carried him 105 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: on his back up the hill. The samaritan stumbled a 106 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 2: few times, scraping his knees on the jagged rocks, but 107 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: he kept going. He strapped the man to his donkey 108 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: and walked him into town. There he found an inn 109 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 2: intended to his wounds. He bound up his broken bones 110 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 2: and sowed up his torn flesh. For a whole night 111 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 2: and day, he tended to the man's every need. Once 112 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: the man was beginning to heal, the Samaritan paid the 113 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: innkeeper enough money to take care of the man for 114 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: a few more weeks. Then he turned to check up 115 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 2: on him. Jesus finished his story. The lawyer was doing 116 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: his best to hide his teary eyes Jesus turned to 117 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 2: him with a tender smile. Tell me which of the 118 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: three was a better neighbor, the priest, the levite, or 119 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 2: the Samaritan. The lawyer wiped his eyes and took a 120 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: deep breath. I suppose it was the one who should mercy, 121 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: he answered. Jesus patted the man on the back and said, 122 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: you go and do likewise. And with that Jesus stood 123 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: to his feet to tend to the crowd. His story 124 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: revealed deep truths that had been hidden by dogma and racism. 125 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: The Samaritans were considered undesirable and wretched people by the Jews. 126 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 2: They treated them like dogs more than humans. On the 127 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: other hand, priests and Levites were revered and admired. Jesus 128 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: told the story of the good Samaritan to show that goodness, mercy, 129 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: and kindness can come from unexpected places. It showed Jesus's 130 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 2: heart that he was not concerned with cultural boundaries, but 131 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 2: human kindness. 132 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 3: In the parable that Jesus tells. This story begins with 133 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 3: an expert in Jewish religious law questioning the Lord. He 134 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 3: was not simply asking a question, but really testing Jesus. 135 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: This was not uncommon in that time. His students would 136 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 3: ask questions to teachers in a public forum like this. 137 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: But while his actions weren't necessarily wrong, clearly his motives were. 138 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: This man is a self righteous lawyer, and he's attempting 139 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 3: to trap Jesus, as the religious leaders have been trying 140 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 3: to do now for some time. Jesus is very controversial, 141 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 3: so he asked Jesus what was required for him to 142 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 3: inherit eternal life. Jesus then turned the question back on 143 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 3: the lawyer, pointing to the Torah, the law of the Jews, 144 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 3: and ask the man how he reads it. The man, 145 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 3: of course, knows all the right answers. He's a lawyer 146 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 3: who is well prepared, so he responds with the twofold 147 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 3: commandment to love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength, 148 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 3: and then to love your neighbor as yourself. It was 149 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: a textbook answer, and the man knew it. Jesus congratulated 150 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 3: him on his right answer and told the man to 151 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 3: go and do those things as if it were easy, 152 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: and he would inherit eternal life. Of course, Jesus knew 153 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 3: that the law itself could not give this man, or 154 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 3: any man, eternal life. Rather, it served to point us 155 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 3: to the need for the savior. The law points us 156 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 3: to the Lord himself. This man wasn't satisfied with the 157 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: Lord's answer. He didn't want to be just right. He 158 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 3: wanted to justify himself. So he asked Jesus, who is 159 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 3: my neighbor? Who is my neighbor? That is a very 160 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 3: important question, isn't it, And we need to know the 161 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 3: answer to that question as well. Jesus tells us this story. 162 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 3: Rather than give us a list of the people that 163 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: we should love, Jesus told this story, which is very familiar. 164 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 3: A man was traveling on a dangerous road alone. It 165 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: was a path known to harbor thieves who would attack 166 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 3: travelers and rob them and so on. Yet the man 167 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 3: foolishly put himself in a vulnerable position, and sure enough, 168 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 3: he was attacked. He was robbed, beaten, and left for dead. 169 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 3: Can you picture some of those listening to this story thinking, well, 170 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: that serves him right. What was he thinking going there 171 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 3: doing that? So the man is laying there, helpless and dying. 172 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 3: Then a priest appeared on the road. This was a 173 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 3: godly and righteous man by most anyone's standards. Surely he 174 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 3: would help. But rather than help, the priest crossed the 175 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 3: road and walked by as far as he could, away 176 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 3: from the dying, dirty, bleeding man. Next came a Levite. 177 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 3: This man knew what worship was. He helped priest in 178 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 3: the temple and led the people in songs of praise. 179 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 3: If anyone should know the heart of God, it should 180 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 3: have been this man. But he too crossed the road 181 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 3: and walked on the other side, way out of reach, 182 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: ignoring the man whose life was draining from his body. 183 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 3: By now the crowd listening to Jesus must have been perplexed, 184 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 3: or maybe they were even waiting for Jesus to tell 185 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 3: them that, like these two godly men so called, that 186 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 3: they also could walk by on the other side of 187 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 3: the road and not pay attention to people's needs. But 188 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 3: of course that's not what they heard. Jesus then introduces 189 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 3: another traveler, a Samaritan. Now the Samaritan was the least 190 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 3: likely hero. They were despised by Jews, what good could 191 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 3: come from Samaria? But this Samaritan man saw the broken man, 192 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 3: the bleeding man, and he had mercy on him. He 193 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 3: stopped and cared for the stranger. He saw him and 194 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 3: had compassion upon him. He attended to his immediate needs. 195 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 3: But he didn't stop just there. He loaded the man 196 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: onto his animal and took him to a nearby end, 197 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 3: where he paid for the man to be lodged, fed, 198 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:15,079 Speaker 3: and cared for, promising to return and settle any remaining debt. 199 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 3: It was an outpouring of generosity that would have shocked 200 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 3: everyone listening. We then hear the exchange between Jesus and 201 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 3: the lawyer in Luke ten thirty six and thirty seven. 202 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 3: Which of these three do you think proved to be 203 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 3: a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers? 204 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 3: He said, the one who showed him mercy, And Jesus 205 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 3: said to him, you go and do likewise, you go 206 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 3: and do the same. Here's what we learn in this story. 207 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 3: Every person in need is our neighbor. It goes beyond 208 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 3: the physical and cultural, and political or even religious boundaries 209 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: that we may cherish. When we love God with all 210 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 3: of our hearts, minds, soul and strength, then we will 211 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 3: others the way God loves others, and we have the 212 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 3: power of His spirit to help us do this. It's 213 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: a sacrificial love that we're incapable of on our own, 214 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 3: and one that Jesus would demonstrate to the whole world 215 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 3: by dying on the cross, to pay the debt for 216 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,680 Speaker 3: our sin, to die for us because we were dying 217 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: in our sins, to give us hope and to receive life. 218 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: This is the love, the agape, love, the compassion that 219 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 3: Jesus has for every one of us. Now in Christ, 220 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 3: we should show that same love to others and in 221 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 3: the name and in the power of God, meet needs 222 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 3: all around us. Dear God, thank you for showing us 223 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 3: what love really is and how we are to love 224 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 3: our neighbors and that anyone who has a need is 225 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 3: our neighbor. Help us to love people as you love 226 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 3: people without limitations. Thank you for sending Jesus your son 227 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 3: to rescue us when we were dying and helpless. That 228 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 3: you lifted us because you loved us. In Jesus' name, Amen, 229 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 230 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 3: This is Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. You can download 231 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 3: Theprey dot com app and make prayer and Bible study 232 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 3: a priority in your life. Millions and millions of people 233 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 3: have done just that, and we are grateful. If you 234 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 3: have joined this podcast, share it with someone you love 235 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 3: and let them know how they also can connect with 236 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 3: the Bible. In a year, it could absolutely change another 237 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 3: person's life. 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