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Speaker 1: Listening to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God.

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Speaker 1: Continue hearing from the Lord by listening to today's Bible

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Speaker 2: Com Everyday Miracles. In our last story, we learned about

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Speaker 2: Now we will learn about Elisha's relationship with the people

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Speaker 3: Hello, this is Jack Graham with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In our previous episode, we

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Speaker 3: his faithfulness to God, the Lord blessed Israel, Judah and

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Speaker 3: Edom with a great victory against Moab's army. Today, we'll

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Speaker 4: The prophet Elisha traveled the land of Israel in search

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Speaker 3: But then Elisha took some flour and threw it into

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Speaker 3: But God once again works miraculously through Elisha, and the

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Speaker 3: axe had floated on the surface of the water. Yes,

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Speaker 3: it floated, That was the supernatural work of God. Both

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Speaker 3: spirit of God that was upon him was flowing freely.

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Speaker 3: The miracles Elisha performed pointed to a day and a

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Speaker 3: person yet to come. One day God would send Jesus

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Speaker 3: to provide for our needs, all of them with abundance.

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Speaker 3: He said, I have come that you might have life

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Speaker 3: and have it more abundantly. Dear Lord, we thank you

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Speaker 3: for your miracle working power in our lives, taking ordinary

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Speaker 3: things and doing extraordinary things. We thank you that what

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Speaker 3: is lost can be found in you. And when we

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Speaker 3: seemingly don't have enough, Lord, you are enough. Thank you

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Speaker 3: for your faithfulness in our lives. In Christ's name, Amen,

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

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Speaker 3: I'm Pastor Jack Graham of Dallas, Texas. I would encourage

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Speaker 3: you to download the Prey dot com app and certainly

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Speaker 3: to make Bible study and prayer a priority in your life.

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Speaker 3: I would encourage you to go to church and be

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Speaker 3: a part of a Bible believing, Christ exalting church. If

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Speaker 3: you enjoyed this podcast, tell a friend, let someone else know,

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Speaker 3: because the Word of God changes lives. And if you

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Speaker 3: want more resources as to how you can know and

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Speaker 3: love God and follow Him all the days of your life,

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Speaker 3: be sure to visit Jack Graham dot org as we

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Speaker 3: have many resources available to you as you journey with

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Speaker 3: the Lord. God bless you.