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Speaker 1: for making prayer a priority in your life. To hear

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Speaker 2: Com Lepers, Judges and Pride, and our last story, we

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Speaker 2: explored the story of the prodigal Son. Jesus used his

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Speaker 2: story to demonstrate the steadfast forgiveness of God. No matter

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Speaker 2: waiting to restore and forgive. Now we see Jesus healing lepers,

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Speaker 3: Hello, and welcome to the Bible in a Year. This

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Speaker 3: is Jack Graham. In our last episode, we heard about

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Speaker 3: a loving, forgiving father who accepted his repentant son with

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Speaker 3: open arms, which provides us a picture of God's own

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Speaker 3: nature and his desire to restore us into his family.

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Speaker 3: When we come to him, Jesus was showing the Pharisees

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Speaker 3: and all of us. God rejoices greatly when even one

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Speaker 3: of his children comes back to him, no matter where

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Speaker 3: they've been or what they've done. It's never too late

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Speaker 3: for a new beginning. Today, we'll hear as Jesus continues

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Speaker 2: Have mercy on Us, Jesus heard from the distance. The

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Speaker 3: then does Jesus conclude that the one who owned up

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Speaker 3: to his son, the man who humbled himself and asked

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Speaker 3: house right with God. When we humble ourselves before God,

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Speaker 3: he always hears us. And if you want to know God,

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Speaker 3: if you want to know Jesus as your Lord and savior,

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Speaker 3: begin with that simple prayer, the prayer of this man

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Speaker 3: who said, Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner. And

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Speaker 3: then look to the savior, the Lord Jesus, who died

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Speaker 3: for our sins and rose again so that we could

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Speaker 3: have eternal life. Dear God, we thank you for your

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Speaker 3: word and what it teaches us about your desire to

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Speaker 3: and spiritually. May we always return with gratitude, day after day,

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Speaker 3: with thanksgiving in our hearts for all that you have

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Speaker 3: done for us. And may we always look to you

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Speaker 3: in humility, asking for your forgiveness when we sin, and

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Speaker 3: receiving your love and grace and healing. For we pray

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Speaker 3: in Jesus' name because your love never fails. Amen. Thank

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Speaker 3: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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Speaker 3: I'm Jack Graham of Dallas, Texas. You can download the

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Speaker 3: if you want to know more about what it means

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Speaker 3: to be a Christ's follower, what it means to be

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Speaker 3: a disciple of Jesus, then go to Jack Graham dot

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