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Speaker 1: When troubles come upon me, I will not cower and

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Speaker 1: thank you for praying with us today. Continue your time

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Speaker 1: with God by listening to today's Bible story, brought to

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Speaker 2: The righteousness and Loss of Job and this story we

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham. With today's episode of the Bible.

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Speaker 3: In a year previously, we heard about the final days

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Speaker 3: of Joshua's life and how God blessed Israel with peace

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Speaker 3: and many victories in battle, and gave them an ever

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Speaker 3: the story of Job. The story of Job is one

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Speaker 3: of God's faithfulness even in the face of the greatest

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Speaker 2: The ancient land of Uz was a blossoming and blessed

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Speaker 2: Job was a man of noble character and pure heart.

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Speaker 2: He was wise in all his dealings and raised his

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Speaker 2: made sacrifices for his family Every morning. Job would continually

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Speaker 2: From where have you come? God asked? The two did

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Speaker 2: He looked at God with equal reverence and hatred. The

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Speaker 2: The day was drawing to a close and the sun

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Speaker 2: He began to run towards the pastures, where he heard

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Speaker 2: My lord, The servant yelled again. Job looked up. A

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Speaker 2: Job's joy was complete in God. However, he was not

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Speaker 3: We opened our reading today in God's Word in a

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Speaker 3: and God has blessed him immensely. The riches and blessings

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Speaker 3: upon his life was a clear sign of God's favor

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Speaker 3: As Satan and God converse, God brings up Job his

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Speaker 3: Job only fears God because God has blessed him. God

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Speaker 3: He is so bold. Satan is to challenge God, saying,

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Speaker 3: but beyond that he could attack Job. Satan leaves, intent

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Speaker 3: Servants run to Job from every corner of his property

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Speaker 3: Job responds, like you and me, with an outward emotional

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Speaker 3: of the Lord. What a testimony. Whatever happens, blessed be

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Speaker 3: the name of the Lord. The story of Job is

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Speaker 3: a difficult one to understand at times, but in the

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Speaker 3: midst of his tragedy, he exhibited the most extreme kind

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Speaker 3: Dear God, may we, like Job worship you in every

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Speaker 3: circumstance of life, through the tears of tragedy or through

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Speaker 3: the joys of success. We know that you are worthy

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Speaker 3: that is above every no, the name of Jesus, that

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Speaker 3: we pray. Amen. Thank you for listening today to the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. I'm Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas,

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