1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and Elisha said unto him, Go say 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: unto him, thou mayest certainly recover thubeit. The Lord hath 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: showed me that he shall surely die. Second Kings AD ten. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: As I meditate on Second Kings Ate one through fifteen, 5 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: I will lean on you, Lord for comfort and provision 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: in moments of uncertainty. Give me inner guidance and information 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: like Elisha on what is to come. Thank you, God 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: for protecting all that is mine when the enemy seeks 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 1: to steal and rob me of all that You've promised 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: to me through every stage of my life. Protect me 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: from evil minded people like Haziel who seek to harm 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: me and put an end to the business, territory, industry, ministry, 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: and mission you've entrusted me with. Lord, I declare that 14 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: I will not be moved nor harmed because the army 15 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: of the Lord is on my side. Move quickly, Lord, 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: that no plan formed against me shall prosper. I am covered, 17 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: protected and anointed by your power and grace in Jesus name. Amen, 18 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with us today. Continue your time 19 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: with God by listening to today's Bible story brought to 20 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: you by Bible in a Year dot com Elisha and Hazael. 21 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: In our last story, the land of Israel was perishing 22 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: at the hand of the Syrians. The land was stripped 23 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: of all its resources, food, water, and life slowly left 24 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: the city of Samaria. Women were forced to eat their 25 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: own children, and all hope seemed lost. Then, as Elisha predicted, 26 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: life was restored to the city after four lepers discovered 27 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: the empty Syrian camp filled with flower, gold and silver. 28 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: Now we learn of a new famine scraping the land 29 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: of Israel. A familiar family is once again saved by God, 30 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: and an enemy of Israel parishes, all for an even 31 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: more evil enemy to take his place. As inspired by 32 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: the Book of Second Kings. This is Jack Graham with 33 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: today's episode of the Bible in a Year podcast. In 34 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: our previous episode, we heard about the severe famine in 35 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: Samaria and how people turned to desperate acts to survive. 36 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: We also heard how the king and many others blame 37 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: God for their troubles, but Elisha spoke God's promise to 38 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: restore them, bringing abundant food into the city, and just 39 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: as he promised, God rescued his people. He scattered the enemy, 40 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: ending their attacks upon Samaria and brought food and riches 41 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: from their camp into Israel. Today we learn about another 42 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: famine that swept through Israel, and how God once again 43 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: rescued a family we've met before. We'll also hear the 44 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: death of one of Israel's enemy and the new foe 45 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: that rises up even worse than the last. So now 46 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: less listen to the word of God. The people of 47 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: Israel rejoiced in their new found wealth after the deadly famine. 48 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: Families were restored, livestock recovered, and the armies of Israel 49 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: were beginning to find their strength once again. However, they 50 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: still lived in a land that could shift its abundance 51 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: in a matter of days. There was uncertainty about Israel's future. 52 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: Rather than lean on the Lord for comfort and provision, 53 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: the people of Israel clung to their own strength. They 54 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: had no idea what heartache lurked around the corner for them. 55 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: A warm wind blew in from deep in the east. 56 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: Lush trees began to lose their leaves prematurely, and the 57 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: birds were flying away in flocks. Elishah could see the signs. 58 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: He knew what was about to take place. With urgency, 59 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: Elishah raced to shun Em to find the family he 60 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: had once restored. Years ago. Elishah had restored the rich 61 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: woman's son from the dead. He was close to the 62 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: family and concerned for their safety Arise. He ordered them, 63 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: sojourn wherever you can to escape. A great famine is 64 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: going to pierce the land like a hot iron. The 65 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: woman and her son trusted Elishah with their lives. They 66 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: did not hesitate. They gathered whatever they could and departed 67 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: to the land of the Philistines. For seven years, they 68 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: remained there. Meanwhile, a blighted wind blew continuously through Israel. 69 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: Farms withered, grain turned to dust, rivers ran dangerously dry. 70 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: The Lord allowed for a refining broom to be swept 71 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: across Israel. Their self reliance withered with the grass. After 72 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: seven years, they looked towards the heavens, and the land 73 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: began to be restored to its former glory. One day, 74 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: the king was lounging in his throne room listening to 75 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: gahze I tell stories of Elishah. Gaheze I was Elisha's 76 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: former servant who was made a leper after stealing from Namon. 77 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: Although the king despised Elisha, he was fascinated by him. 78 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: He respected him and his devotion to the Lord. So 79 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: the king listened intently as gahze I told story after 80 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: story of Elisha's life with God. He spoke of many miracles, 81 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: the greatest being when Elisha restored a Shunamite woman's son 82 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: back to life. As the king was listening, the throne 83 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: room doors opened. The king looked closely to see a 84 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: woman and her son walking the halls to meet him. 85 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: Gahze I gasped at the timing, My Lord, he shouted, 86 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: that is the woman I was speaking about. That is 87 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: her son that was raised from the dead. The king 88 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: stood to his feet. Even though he was ruler over Israel, 89 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: he felt as though he was in the presence of 90 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: true royalty. The woman told the king of her travels 91 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: to the Philistines to escape the famine. When she returned, 92 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: her possessions and land had been lost. The king did 93 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: not hesitate restore all that was once hers. He ordered 94 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: his governors so the woman and her son were once 95 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: again protected by the merciful hand of God. Meanwhile, Elisha 96 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: was traveling to Damascus. His staff was keeping him upright. 97 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: Years of famine had aged him quickly but he maintained 98 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: the quiet strength of a man with a purpose. Not 99 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: so far away, Ben Hadad, the King of Syria, laid 100 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: sick in his bed. His body was failing him and 101 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: fear overwhelmed his soul. He had worked his whole life 102 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: to build his kingdom, and now fate was knocking at 103 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: his door to take it from him. When he heard 104 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: that Elisha was close, his hope returned to him. He 105 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: had heard of Elishah's connection to God, so ordered his 106 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: most trusted servant, Hazaiah, to go and find Elishah. Please 107 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: ask him if I shall recover from this sickness, he asked. 108 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: Hazael obeyed, but not with joy or enthusiasm. Hazael had 109 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: a deep longing in his heart for the throne, and 110 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: the king's sickness was an advantage to him. Nevertheless, he 111 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: found Elishah and Damascus. Father. He said to Elisha, the 112 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: King of Syria wants to know of his health. Will 113 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: ever return to him? Ah, he will most certainly recover. 114 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: Alishah paused mid sentence. He looked into Hazael's eyes. They 115 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: revealed a deep well of anger and ambition. They were 116 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: not the eyes of a loyal servant. They were the 117 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: eyes of a conqueror. But the king will die anyways, 118 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: won't he, Alisha said. Alishah fixed his gaze on Hazael 119 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: for minutes, so long that Hazael grew uncomfortable. Sweat began 120 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: to drip down the side of his temple. He watched 121 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: the man of God gaze into his soul. Then a 122 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: small tear slid down the side of Elisha's face. Why 123 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: do you weep, Hazael said, trying to break the silence. 124 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: Alisha placed his hands on Hazael's face. I weep because 125 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: I have seen the evil that dwells within you. Your 126 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: hand will be responsible for the deaths of many. You 127 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: will set fire to Israel's fortresses. You will kill their 128 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: young men. You will tear the wombs of pregnant women. 129 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: Elisha's tone was sorrowful. He wept over the lost soul 130 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: of Hazael. Hazael feigned offense. He mustered up false outrage 131 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: and pushed the prophet back, saying, how could I do 132 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: such things? I am a simple dog to the king 133 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: with no power. Alishah shook his head. You know as 134 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: well as I do. You will be the next king 135 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: of Syria. Hazael departed as Alisha's spoke these words. He 136 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: felt exposed, He felt vulnerable and angry. He went back 137 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: to the king and delivered the good news of his recovery. 138 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: The king rested easy, elated at the news. That night, 139 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: the king laid in his bed and peace. He was 140 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: no longer afraid of dying. He could even feel his 141 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: body making a speedy recovery. Thinking only of good things, 142 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: he slowly drifted asleep. The cool air drifted through his window. 143 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: The moonlight shone brightly through the skylight. The king was 144 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: fast asleep and could not see the slight shadow approaching him. 145 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: There in the dead of night, Hazael loomed over him. 146 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: With a wet cloth. He placed it over his king's 147 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: face and smothered him until he drifted into nothingness. The 148 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: king perished that night, and Hazael became king in his place. 149 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: We began to day's passage, where a joyful Israel, enjoying 150 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: the wealth and provisions God had sent them to end 151 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: the famine and devastation of the land. They had done 152 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: nothing to earn or deserve this great favor. It was God, 153 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: in his grace who had rescued and provided for them. 154 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: But as we are all prone to do when the 155 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: sun is shining and all is going well, the Israelites 156 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: neglected to trust in God and rest in his provision. 157 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: Elisha knew this self reliance was going to cost Israel 158 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: dearly the Lord's judgment, for their forgetful hearts would once 159 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: again bring famine to the land. Knowing what was coming, 160 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: he went to the Shinnamite woman, the same one who 161 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: had provided a place of rest for Elishah and whose 162 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: son Elisha had raised from the dead, and he told 163 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: her of the impending seven years of famine that were 164 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: about to sweep through the land. She took her son 165 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: and traveled into Philistine territory to wade out the seven years, 166 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: and sure enough, God removed his hand of blessing from Israel, 167 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: and they were faced with the harsh fact that they 168 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: could no more provide for their own needs than an 169 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: infant can survive without its mother. At the end of 170 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: the seven years, the woman returned with her son, only 171 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: to discover her land had been taken from her, so 172 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: she went to see the king. When she arrived, Elisha's 173 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: servant Gohiza, the man who had been stricken with leprosy. 174 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: After he deceived, Naemon was regaling the king with tales 175 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: of what Elisha had done. This moment was divinely appointed, 176 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: for in second King's eight five here is what we read. 177 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 1: And while he was telling the king how Elisha had 178 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: restored the dead to life, behold the woman whose son 179 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: he had restored to life. Appealed to the king for 180 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: her house and her land. And Gohiza said, my lord, 181 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: o King, here is the woman, and here is her son, 182 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: whom Elisha restored to life. This was not an accident 183 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: or a coincidence. Of course, it was God's timing, paving 184 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: the way for his provision and protection. So the king 185 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: sent her with an official promising to restore what she 186 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: had lost. Once more, this woman and her son witnessed 187 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: God's enduring faithfulness, and once more we are reminded that 188 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: God takes care of his own. When we lose things, 189 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: God will restore them in his own time and in 190 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: his own way, even more than what we had lost. 191 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: Elisha then traveled to Damascus in Syria. Again we see 192 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: the Lord's timing at work, for as he arrived, the 193 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: Syrian king ben Hadad was very ill. He heard Elishah 194 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: was in town, and he went to speak to him. 195 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: For even this foreign king knew that the lord was 196 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: with Elishah. So he sent his servant a Haziel, with 197 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: camels loaded with gifts for Elishah and asked if he 198 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: would recover. It seemed like an earnest question from a 199 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: loyal servant, but Elishah knew Haziel was harboring other thoughts, 200 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: thoughts of betrayal, murder, and seizing power. Elishah told Ahaziel 201 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: to tell ben Hadad he'd recover, but he said God 202 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: had shown him in fact, that the king would die. 203 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: Elishah then fixed his gaze on a Haaseel until he 204 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: was embarrassed. Elisha then began to weep, and a Haziel 205 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: asked why. He said it was because Ajaziel was going 206 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: to do great evil to Israel, harrows exceeding those of 207 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: ben Hadad. Haziel feigned innocence, denying that he had any 208 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: such intentions or even the power to carry them out. 209 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: He was just a servant. But when he returned to 210 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: the palace, he gave the king the message just as 211 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: Elishah had told him, saying the king would recover. Then 212 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: that same night he smothered the king in his sleep 213 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: fulfilling Elisha's words, Syria had a new king, Ahazel, and 214 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: he would bring great sorrow to Israel. Dear God, we 215 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: thank you for your word, inerrant and infallible, your eternal word. 216 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: We thank you for these great stories of the Bible 217 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: that inspire us and motivate us and challenge us and 218 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: move our hearts to trust and obey. You. Help us 219 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: always to trust in you and know that every good 220 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: and perfect gifts comes from above, your provision, your protection, 221 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: and your peace in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for 222 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm pastor 223 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. 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