1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: who delivered them, even Othnil, the son of Canaz, Caleb's 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: younger brother, Judges three nine. Dear God, as I meditate 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: on to day's reading of Judges two to three, I 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: ask Lord that you make me like the mighty men 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: and women of Judges who were used to deliver your 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: children from the hands of the enemy. Quicken my heart 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: and strengthen my hands so that I can take on 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: the honor of being used to bring freedom and break 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: through to those who are hurting and in bondage. Raise 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: me up like Othneil. Let your spirit come upon me 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: as I continue to win battles and take territory for 14 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: your kingdom. Next, I thank you that you are giving 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: me the boldness of e Hud, so that I can 16 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: face my oppressor head on and without fear. Give me 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: divine strategy today, so that I know where my enemy's 18 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: weak points are. Thank you for inside information that will 19 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: ensure the victory for me and for all of your children. 20 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: Shout out loud and declare that you have given us 21 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: complete victory over all of our enemies. Thank you for 22 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: rest and restoration in Jesus's name. Amen, thank you for 23 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: making prayer a priority in your day. To learn more 24 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: about the Bible, stay tuned for today's story, brought to 25 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: you by Bible in a Year dot Com. 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 2: Click the link of the description to grow closer to God. 27 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 2: There you'll find daily prayers, Bible plans, sleep stories, and 28 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: so much more, all on the prey dot com app. 29 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: Click the link of the description to get started. 30 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 3: Rescuing Judges. The generation of Joshua had passed and Israel 31 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 3: made a home for themselves in their new land. The 32 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 3: gods of the other kingdoms surrounding Israel made their way 33 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: into their hearts, and they turned their backs on God. 34 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 3: In this story, we will learn how God heard the 35 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 3: cries of Israel as he did once in Egypt, only now, 36 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 3: instead of sending Moses, he sent his judges, mighty heroes 37 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 3: of great courage. Inspired by the Book of Judges. 38 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 4: We're so glad you've joined us on the Bible any 39 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 4: of Your podcast today. The Bible any of Your Podcast 40 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 4: is an outreach of PowerPoint ministries and can only come 41 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 4: to you each week through the support of listeners. 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That's Jack Graham 50 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: dot org slash Jesus, and thank you for your support. 51 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 4: In today's reading, we concluded the story of Job and 52 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 4: learned how God restored Job to health and wealth, giving 53 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 4: him more than even he had lost. Today we return 54 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 4: to the story of Israel. The hearts of God's people 55 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 4: have turned to other gods, and rather than influencing the 56 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: culture around them, they were letting the pagan cultures, the 57 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 4: unbelieving cultures, shape and corrupt them. Soon they find themselves 58 00:03:55,320 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 4: enslaved again. It is the result of their unfaithfulness to 59 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 4: God and their forgetful hearts. But as will learn again today, 60 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 4: God is not about to abandon his children. He will 61 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 4: hear their cries and come to their rescue just in time. 62 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 4: So let's listen now to today's reading. 63 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: Truth had been forsaken. The generation that fought for the 64 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 3: Promised Land had passed away. God's mighty acts had been 65 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: buried and forgotten with the past. Now Israel lived in comfort, 66 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 3: sinning on the graves of those who bled before them. 67 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 3: Israel abandoned the Lord and adopted the gods of the natives. 68 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 3: Since they forsook God, all their military exploits went without victory. 69 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 3: In vain, they marched to conquer new lands, but they 70 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: were left with heartache and bloodshed. Israel spiraled into a 71 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 3: whirlpool of defeat. They had forgotten that Israel's strength was 72 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 3: not in their military might, but in the sovereignty of God. 73 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: Weakened and distressed, Israel was vulnerable to outside attacks. Other 74 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: nations would descend upon the people and plunder them. Women 75 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 3: and children were stolen in the dead of night. Homes 76 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: were set ablaze, and their food and live stock was taken. 77 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 3: So God raised up mighty men and women of valor, 78 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: those who would save them and bring them out of oppression. 79 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 3: Yet Israel would not bow to them. They hoared themselves 80 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 3: to other gods and did only what seemed right in 81 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 3: their own eyes. Yet God would not relent in his 82 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 3: compassion over his people. When Israel descended into destruction and slavery, 83 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: God would send his heroes to save them. After delving 84 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: deep into the worship of other gods, Israel found themselves 85 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 3: overcome by Kushan, the king of Mesopotamia. Kushan's army took 86 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 3: Israel by force, and God's people found themselves once again 87 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: in slaves. For eight years, they sat under the cruel 88 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 3: reign of Messrs Potamia. The people of Israel cried out 89 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: to God, begging him to save them, as he had 90 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: thousands of times before. God did not ignore their cries. 91 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 3: He raised up his first judge, Othnil, the nephew of Caleb. 92 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 3: The spirit of God was with Othnil the same burning 93 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 3: intensity Joshua once had came upon him. Othnil gathered men 94 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 3: from all over Israel to raise a resistance. For weeks, 95 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 3: he plotted, schemed, and strategized. Othnil was a man a 96 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: few words. He was a man of the sword and 97 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 3: exactly what Israel needed. Othnil stood at the top of 98 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 3: a valley in front of Khushan's army. Weeks of preparing 99 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 3: had led him to this moment. The air was cold, 100 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 3: and the piercing wind of winter blew from the north. 101 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 3: Othnil was silent as lightning. With thousands of Israelite soldiers 102 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 3: behind him, Othnil stormed the city of their oppressors. Blood 103 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 3: scattered across the sky above them. Israel had its first 104 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 3: taste of true victory. 105 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: In years. 106 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 3: They were free. God had gone before them, and Othniel 107 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: was judge over Israel for forty years until he died. 108 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: After forty years of peace under Othnil's leadership, the people 109 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 3: of Israel fell prey to their old devices. Slowly and gradually, 110 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: their old idolatry crept back into their lives and hearts. 111 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 3: They let their God down and became complacent, while Israel rested, 112 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 3: feasted among idols, and enjoyed their new found freedom. King 113 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 3: Eglon from Moab gathered the Ammonites and the Amalekites to 114 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 3: overtake Israel. He succeeded, and for eighteen years, his cruelty 115 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 3: and greed plagued the Hebrew people like a sickness. The 116 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 3: people of Israel cried out again to God, not knowing 117 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 3: that he was already raising up a young man named 118 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 3: Ah from the tribe of Benjamin. He was a left 119 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 3: handed man, which was uncommon and looked down upon in 120 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 3: his time. Yet his skill as a warrior and master 121 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: of deception were exactly what the people of Israel needed, 122 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 3: so God provided. It was tradition for the people of 123 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: Israel to pay a tribute to King Eglon in his palace. 124 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 3: These tributes were large platters of food, filled with meats, cheeses, 125 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 3: and grains. For Eglon was a large and slothful man, 126 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 3: he gorged on Israel's offerings and grew fat in both 127 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 3: mass and confidence. The people sent a hood to pay 128 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 3: the tribute. With a double edged sword strapped to his 129 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 3: right thigh, A Hood brought in the tribute. Hail the king, 130 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: he said, I have brought you your tribute. A Hood 131 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 3: then leaned over to the King's side and whispered, I 132 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 3: have secret news from some spies in Israel. My King. 133 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: Eglon's interest and concern rose. He shewed away his guards 134 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: and rose from his to speak with a heard. As 135 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 3: Eglon rose from his seat, Eyhard unstrapped the sword from 136 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 3: his thigh and lodged it into Eglon's gigantic stomach. In 137 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 3: one motion, Eglon's fat wrapped around the blade and closed 138 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 3: it into his belly entrails, and dung came spewing out 139 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 3: of Eglon as he fell to the floor and died. 140 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 3: Ey had drugged the king's massive body into his restroom. 141 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 3: The guards heard a noise and entered into the king's chambers. 142 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 3: They heard a stirring in the lavatory and did not 143 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: want to bother the king while he was relieving himself. 144 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 3: While they delayed, Ehard escaped through the hole where the 145 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 3: excrement was released and crawled to safety. Moments later, the 146 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 3: guards opened the doors to see the king dead on 147 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 3: the floor. Eyhard ran past the temples to Sarai. When 148 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 3: he arrived at the right spot, he sounded a trumpet 149 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: that echoed throughout the entire hill country as one wave. 150 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 3: The Israelite army emerged from the horizon and ran behind Ahud. 151 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 3: They followed him, and he had let out a battle cry, saying, 152 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 3: follow me, for the Lord has given them into our hand. 153 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: Aherd's left handed swings tore apart the flesh of the 154 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 3: Moabite army. One by one they fell, and hope in 155 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 3: God was restored. Ten thousand Moabites fell that day, all 156 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 3: of them strong and able bodied, soldiers, no one escaped. 157 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 3: For eight years. Ay had protected the people of Israel, 158 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 3: and there was peace in the land. Yet danger and 159 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 3: temptation lurked around every corner. Ah had understood, just as 160 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 3: well as God that the peace would not last. Soon 161 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 3: Israel would houl itself to other idols again, and God, 162 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: as a faithful groom, would do anything to protect them. 163 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 4: In today's reading, in God's Word, we begin with a 164 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 4: new generation of Israelites. This generation is different from those 165 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 4: who followed Joshua. Joshua's people were gone, but now the 166 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 4: people who have been living in comfort became complacent. They 167 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: turned to false God's idols. They allowed the world around 168 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 4: them to infiltrate their daily lives, and the God of 169 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 4: their fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the 170 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 4: God of Moses and Joshua, these were a distant memory. 171 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 4: As always, rebellion and unbelief have consequences. God had warned 172 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 4: them that if they turned from him, they would not 173 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 4: experience victory, but only the bitterness and the brokenness of defeat. 174 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 4: And that's exactly what they experienced. In loss after loss 175 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 4: after loss, they became weaker and weaker as a nation. 176 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,479 Speaker 4: Even though God's said them a godly leader, the Israelites 177 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 4: persisted in their rebellion until they were overcome by the 178 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 4: king of Mesopotamia, Khushan, and then the people were once 179 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 4: again under the rule of another. They were slaves in 180 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 4: a pagan nation. This was the price to be paid 181 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 4: for their sins against God. But God would not abandon 182 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 4: his people, and when they cried out to him, he 183 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 4: brought a mighty warrior, a judge named Athonil. He was 184 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 4: the nephew of Caleb, and he burned with zeal, a 185 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 4: zeal for God and a zeal for the people of God. 186 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 4: And so God began the time of the Judges. Athoniel 187 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 4: raised up an army, and under God's protection, he led 188 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 4: them to victory over Khushan's army. They were once again 189 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 4: free and for the next generation, this man led the 190 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 4: people as God's appointed judge. But as it happened after 191 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 4: Joshua died, once Athoniel was gone, the people rebelled against 192 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 4: God again, and so began a tragic past of turning 193 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 4: from God, facing defeat, turning back to God for help, 194 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 4: and God helping. The words in Judges three twelve signal 195 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 4: the refrain that will repeat itself too many times in 196 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 4: the years to come, and the people of Israel again 197 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 4: did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, rescue, rebellion, repentance, 198 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 4: and return. Before we too quickly judge the Israelites for 199 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 4: their unfaithfulness, let's consider how often we do the same 200 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 4: thing when we allow other gods to take over our 201 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 4: hearts and our minds idols of the heart, we get 202 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 4: caught up in the world and rebel against God. But 203 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 4: here's what we know. Because of what Jesus Christ has 204 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 4: done for us on the Cross and by the power 205 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 4: of his resurrection, God can redeem us, renew us, and 206 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 4: restore us. When we repent of our sin and return 207 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 4: to him, God will respond and receive us. Because of 208 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 4: what Christ has done for us, we do need to 209 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: remember that there are consequences to our sins. And so 210 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 4: when the people once again turned against God again and 211 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 4: again they were conquered by another nation, they cried out 212 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 4: to God, and God brought them a new judge, Ehud. 213 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 4: Ehud courageously faced the king of Moab and put him 214 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 4: to the sword before leading an army against ten thousand 215 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 4: Moabite men, killing them all. Once again. Faith in God 216 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 4: and hope for the future was restored. But once again 217 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 4: this would be only temporary as the people would turn away. 218 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 4: They would often lose their faith and their faithfulness. But 219 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 4: God was faithful to his people and he would not 220 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 4: abandon them. And it's a wonderful promise to know that 221 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 4: God loves you, that his plans for your life even 222 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 4: when you fail, when you are fickle, and when you fall, 223 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 4: if you will return to him him and receive Him 224 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 4: through his son Jesus Christ, you can be forgiven and 225 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 4: God will lift you up. Dear God, thank you for 226 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 4: your patience with us. When our hearts fall away and stray, 227 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 4: and our attentions drifts to the gods of this world. 228 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 4: Help us to come back to you and to cry 229 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 4: out to you for your unending mercy and grace. We 230 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 4: know this grace, this mercy is available because of your 231 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 4: son Jesus, who died on the cross for our sins 232 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 4: and rose again that we may have eternal life. It 233 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 4: is at his name that we pray. 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