1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Let us pray, then said his wife, unto him, dost 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God and die job 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: to nine, my Lord. To day marks the day that 4 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: I will begin to pre qualify who gets to speak 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: into my life. I will not allow the length of 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: time that I've known a person to be the reason 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: why I keep them close if they continue to speak 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: against you and what you have commanded. Holy Spirit, help 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: me to protect my ears so that the only things 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: I allow in are the words that are in alignment 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: with what you have spoken to me about my future 12 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: and destiny. Satan. You will not break me, You will 13 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: not destroy me, no matter how many times you try 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: to inflict me with pain. Lord, I decree and declare 15 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: that you are my redeemer, and I know that you 16 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: live whatever may come. I will not stop praising your name. 17 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: Redemption and favor follow my life, and I know this 18 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: to be true in Jesus' name. Amen, thanks for making 19 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: prayer a priority in your life. To hear the Bible 20 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: come to life. Stay tuned for the Bible in a 21 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: Year brought to you by Bible in a Year dot com. 22 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: Curse God and die. In our last story, we learned 23 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: about the righteousness of Job. The Lord showcased Job to 24 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: Satan as an example of uprightness, integrity, and love. Job 25 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: was truly unmatched in riches, familiar bliss, and devotion. Satan, 26 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: in an attempt to expose Job's shallow faith, destroyed his property, riches, 27 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: and family. Job stood over the corpses of his children, 28 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: breathing in the ash from his burning fields, yet still 29 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 2: praised God. His faith was unwavering. Now we learn of 30 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: Satan's second attempt to break Job. Satan removes his health, 31 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 2: and Job is faced with his wife and friends, who 32 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: tragically failed to comfort Job. As inspired by the Book 33 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: of Job. 34 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible 35 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 3: in a Year podcast. In yesterday's reading, we learned how 36 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 3: God allows Satan to take away Job's riches and even 37 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 3: his children. Satan had challenged God, saying that if he 38 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: took away what Job had, that Job would curse him, 39 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: Job would no longer serve him. But when Job lost everything, 40 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 3: his response was surely grief, but through the tears there 41 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: was worship. Never once did he accuse or curse God. 42 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 3: Satan had underestimated this man's heart and the power of 43 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 3: God to be faithful to his servant. Today, we'll see 44 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: God remove another layer of protection, allowing the enemy to 45 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 3: attack Job himself, leaving him without his health but still alive. 46 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 3: He'll be joined by his friends and his wife, those 47 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 3: closest to him who should offer him comfort and encouragement. 48 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 3: But how will they respond to Job's challenges. Let's listen 49 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 3: to today's reading to find out. 50 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: Satan stood again before the presence of God. The sound 51 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: of Job's praises filled the accuser with more hatred and contempt. Again, 52 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 2: the Lord asked, from where have you come. Satan gazed 53 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 2: upon the Lord and said, walking up and down the 54 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: earth seeking souls that may be deceived and corrupted. The 55 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: Lord once again showcase to Job before him, saying, have 56 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 2: you seen the faithfulness of my servant Job? His integrity 57 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: and love towards me endures even after your vain attempts 58 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 2: to destroy him. Satan snapped as he spoke, saying skin 59 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 2: for skin, Job would give away his property in children 60 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: to save his own life. But if you allow me 61 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: to touch his bones and flesh, I promise you that he 62 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 2: shall curse your name. So the Lord allowed it, he 63 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: could harm Job and take his body, but he could 64 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 2: not kill him, so Satan descended upon Job once again, 65 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: hell bent on killing the spirit within him. Job awoke 66 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 2: in the morning from his bed. The room was filled 67 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: with ash from the fire outside his home. He coughed 68 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 2: for minutes and then rose up from the bed. A 69 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 2: sharp pain shut out from the soles of his feet. 70 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 2: Job fell back on to his bed, looking at his 71 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 2: feet and legs. They were covered in disgusting sold Job 72 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 2: felt around the rest of his body to realize he 73 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: was covered in oozing boils. They were tender to the 74 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 2: touch and filled his entire body with pain. He felt 75 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: poisoned unless he got rid of them, but he had 76 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: to scar his body to do so. Job's silent weeping 77 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: could be heard from his room as he took a 78 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: broken piece of pottery to scrape off the sores. He 79 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: sat there alone in his room, wincing in pain. Job's 80 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 2: wife peeked her head in from the hall. She looked 81 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 2: at her husband with glazed eyes. They were red from 82 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 2: weeping throughout the night. Job, who had been praising God 83 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 2: over the dead bodies of her children, was now covered 84 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 2: in sores and pass She stood at the entrance of 85 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: the room and said, do you still feel joy now? Job? 86 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 2: Job looked at her. He was in too much pain 87 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 2: to respond to her. She did not cry, she could 88 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: spare no more tears. She scoffed at him and said 89 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: you should curse God and die. Her words stung more 90 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 2: than the sores. Job raised himself from the ground and 91 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,559 Speaker 2: walked past her. He limped down the hall and said, 92 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: shall we only receive good from God and not bad? 93 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 2: So Job left to go sit outside and pray. Job 94 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 2: sat beside the wall of his home, overlooking the darkness 95 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: and ash of his land. He did not smile. Instead, 96 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: he closed his eyes and sought any semblance of comfort 97 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: from God he could. Occasionally he would look to the 98 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 2: direction of his son's house and cry. Job's friends, eliphaz 99 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 2: bil Dad and Zofar heard of his hardship and made 100 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: plans to go and mourn with him. The three friends 101 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: approached his home and saw Job sitting on the floor outside. 102 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 2: They could barely recognize him. His face was dirty with ash, 103 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 2: his cheeks were covered in small sores, and his eyes 104 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 2: were red from crying. Job sat there, wet with the 105 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 2: puss oozing from his boils. His friends said nothing. Instead, 106 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 2: they sat with Job, looking into the nothingness. Their silent 107 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 2: presence was a comfort to Job. There they remained for 108 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 2: seven days and seven nights. They would eat and sleep, 109 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 2: but say nothing out of respect for Job. They saw 110 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: that his suffering was truly great. The silence was palpable, 111 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: and none of the friends dared to speak. First, then 112 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: after seven days of complete silence, Job spoke, cursed be 113 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: the day I was born, Job yelled. His friends were 114 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 2: startled by Job's statement. Job beat the wall behind him, saying, 115 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 2: let gloom and darkness consume my life. I pray that 116 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 2: the thickness of night would drown me. Why did I 117 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: not die at birth? To experience joy only increases the 118 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: pain of loss. Why even give life to a bitter 119 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: soul like mine? My soul knows no rest, no comfort, 120 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: and no peace. Job's words cut deep into his soul. 121 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: He lamented in front of his friends for a while. 122 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: They sat in silence. Then, one by one, Eliphaz, Bill Dad, 123 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: and Zofar began a barrage of explanations as to why 124 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 2: God could have possibly allowed Job to suffer such a loss. 125 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 2: Eliphaz suggested that God wanted Job to have a greater 126 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 2: understanding of how to comfort others, and that sorrow gives 127 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 2: him a greater depth of empathy. Bill Dad and Zo 128 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 2: far chimed in with the possibility that Job must be 129 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 2: partaking in some tremendous sin. Surely Job is under the 130 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 2: judgment of God, or else he would not be suffering. 131 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 2: Bil Dad contemplated the possibility of Job's children being the 132 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: real sinners and thus bringing their deaths upon themselves. Their 133 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 2: voices continued to shake in Job's brain. Their explanations offered 134 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: him no peace, no resolution, and no respite from his suffering. 135 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: The bickering rang in Job's ears. His heart began to 136 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 2: beat fast as he listened to their quarreling and speculations. 137 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 2: You are worthless friends and poor physicians, Job screamed, you 138 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 2: think I have somehow sinned? Tell me what crimes have 139 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: you witnessed in my life? I have made a covenant 140 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 2: with my eyes that no evil thing shall enter into 141 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: the windows of my mind. Show me a tangible reason 142 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 2: for my tragedy, and I will be silent still. Job's 143 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 2: friends insisted that his claims to righteousness came from a 144 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 2: skewed image of God's justice and character. Job sighed deeply, 145 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: and tears once again began to fall from his face. 146 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: There is only one who will speak for me. Job 147 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 2: stood to his feet and brushed the dust off of 148 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 2: his clothes. He took a deep breath and looked to Heaven. 149 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 2: I know that my Redeemer lives. I know I shall 150 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 2: witness his faithfulness. Still, after more bickering and visiting for 151 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 2: more friends to discuss the philosophical reasons for suffering, Job 152 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 2: departed on a walk to sit in his own sorrow. 153 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: What he knew of God's goodness did not align with 154 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 2: his experiences, and he beat his chest and pain over it. 155 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 2: In the quiet of the evening, Job wrestled with his 156 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 2: faith in God and sought answers to the question of 157 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 2: suffering and God's sovereignty. 158 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 3: In today's scripture, we see another meeting between God and Satan. 159 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 3: The accuser. Satan has failed to prove that Job's faithfulness 160 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 3: is conditional upon God's blessing, and God points this out 161 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 3: to Satan, reminding him that Job still worship even when everything, 162 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 3: his possessions, even his family, was taken away from him. 163 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 3: He tells God that if Job were to feel his 164 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 3: own health failing, if God were to allow Satan to 165 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 3: touch him or harm him, Job's attitude would change, he says, 166 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 3: this righteous man would show his true colors and curse 167 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 3: God to his face in the midst of personal pain. 168 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 3: This exchange, as the one from yesterday, show us some 169 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 3: profound truths. First, God is always in control. That means 170 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 3: God is sovereign. Satan answers to God, and even though 171 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 3: there is an eternal battle between good and evil, now 172 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 3: God is still on his throne and he commands the 173 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 3: powers of the devil himself. There may be times when 174 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 3: it seems the devil is getting the upper hand, but 175 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 3: he is restrained by God's own will and God's own purposes. Secondly, 176 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 3: God did not himself cause the harm to Job. Satan 177 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 3: attacked him, and soon we're going to see that Job's 178 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 3: friends will claim that this was somehow God's punishment, but 179 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 3: nothing could be further from the truth. God allowed Satan 180 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 3: to do physical harm to Job, but he was not 181 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 3: permitted to kill him. And Satan once again leaves and 182 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 3: gets to work on Job. He strikes Job with illness 183 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 3: painful boils. Can you imagine the pain that he must 184 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 3: have felt as these boils raging across his body. He 185 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 3: was scraping his skin with broken clay just to remove 186 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 3: the sores. He was in intense pain. Job's wife then 187 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 3: enters the scene, and, rather than being a comfort to 188 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 3: her diseased and distraught, pain ridden husband, she challenges him. 189 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 3: Why is he still holding onto God? He should just 190 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 3: curse God and die, she says. He rebuked his wife, 191 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 3: reminding her that God is to be praised not only 192 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 3: in good times, but in the bad times, even in 193 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 3: the tragedies of life. Job was at this point all 194 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 3: alone in his suffering humanly. But then three of his 195 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: friends come to him. They see his pain, and in 196 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 3: Job two thirteen we see what their first response is. 197 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 3: And they sat with him on the ground seven days 198 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 3: and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, 199 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: for they saw that his suffering was very great. It 200 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 3: would be good if we could just stop right there. 201 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 3: Sometimes the very best response to someone who is grieving, 202 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 3: hurting in intense pain is just to be present, just 203 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 3: to be there, no attempt to explain the pain, to 204 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 3: make sense of the suffering that is inexplicable and unexplainable, 205 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 3: Just to be there. Job needed his friends to sit 206 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 3: with him in these moments of suffering. After this silence 207 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 3: and suffering, Job gave voice to his feelings. He deeply 208 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 3: lamented his pain, and he was not blaming God. He 209 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 3: was simply pouring out his honest hurt and sorrow. His 210 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 3: friends listened, and then they tried to offer explanations. I 211 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 3: suppose their intentions were good at first, but they weren't helpful. 212 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 3: They certainly weren't comforting. What begins our musings and questionings 213 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 3: that become accusations against Job. Job must have sinned in 214 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 3: some way, so that this pain and judgment has come 215 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 3: upon him. He should just confess and own up to 216 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 3: his mistakes. That's what his friend said. Some kind of friends, huh. 217 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 3: They assumed that blessings were a sign of favor and 218 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 3: suffering was a sign of sin. But Job knows something 219 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: that his friends don't. That God is a redeemer and 220 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 3: that God redeems our suffering, and in the midst of 221 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 3: pain and problems that we can't understand or explain, God's 222 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 3: presence is enough. So Job leaves his friends behind and 223 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 3: goes to talk with God himself. There he will ask 224 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 3: God what is happening and why? And we'll hear that 225 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 3: conversation tomorrow. Let's pray. Dear God, help us to know 226 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 3: how to comfort those who suffer and are in pain. 227 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 3: Help us to show up and sit with people who hurt, 228 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 3: and to give them your word, not our own. May 229 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 3: we always trust you in the plans and purposes that 230 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 3: we may not understand. And may we never ever doubt 231 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 3: your love for us, because we know your love is 232 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 3: an everlasting love that you've promised never to leave us 233 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 3: or forsake us. In Jesus's name, Amen, thank you for 234 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 3: listening today to the Bible in a Year podcast. I'm 235 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas, pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church. 236 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 3: Download Theprey dot com app and make prayer a priority 237 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 3: in your life. And if you enjoy this podcast, share 238 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 3: it with others people that you love and care about, 239 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 3: people who want to know the Bible. Help them understand 240 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: the Bible as well. This podcast can make a huge 241 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 3: difference in someone's life. 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