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Speaker 1: that thou mayst know that there is none like me

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Speaker 1: as I look back on Exodus seven eight and nine

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Speaker 1: threats and plans of the enemy. I confess that my

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Speaker 1: I give you all the glory and honor for keeping

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Speaker 1: hand is upon me, because my life is living proof.

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Speaker 1: I decree and declare that the best is yet to come.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus name, Amen. Listening to these daily prayers strengthens

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Speaker 2: Plague by plague. In our last story, we learned about

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Speaker 2: Moses and Aaron entering the courts of Pharaoh. They asked

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Speaker 2: Moses for making things worse. Yet God was not finished yet.

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Speaker 2: In this story we discover the resolve of God to

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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 podcast. In our previous episode, we heard

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Speaker 3: what happened when Moses and Aaron first delivered God's message

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Speaker 3: it brought only more hurt and horrible trouble to the

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Speaker 3: God's response was one of patience and comfort for Moses

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Speaker 3: Aaron as they returned to Pharaoh to give him God's

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Speaker 2: Darkness hovered over the heart of Pharaoh. His eyes portrayed

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Speaker 3: When Moses and Aaron first appeared before Pharaoh, they came

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Speaker 3: God tells Pharaoh he's alive only because he's allowed it.

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Speaker 3: different for Pharaoh. God sent a terrible hailstone raining ice

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Speaker 3: But even in all of this we see how God

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Speaker 3: is merciful and slow to anger, that he is patient

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Speaker 3: but he's not a pushover. God is holy and he

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Speaker 3: does judge sin. And when we harden our hearts against

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Speaker 3: his grace, there is a price to pay. The next

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Speaker 3: time we'll hear about the final plagues and the ultimate

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Speaker 3: price that would be paid for doing battle with God.

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Speaker 3: Almighty God, thank you for your relentless pursuit of us,

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Speaker 3: just as you tie dlessly pursued the children of Egypt.

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Speaker 3: Thank you also for what today's lesson is teaching us

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Speaker 3: about your forbearans and your patience and your grace toward us. Lord,

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Speaker 3: give us soft hearts, not hard hearts. May we give

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Speaker 3: our hearts to you unconditionally to know and to do

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Speaker 3: your will in Jesus's name. Amen. Thank you for listening

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Speaker 3: to today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm Pastor Jack

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