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Speaker 1: Number sixteen four. Dear Heavenly Father, as I step into

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Speaker 1: accuse me with false stories. Thank you that your protection

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Speaker 1: When I am faced with challenging people, I will be

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Speaker 1: like Moses. I will drop to my knees in prayer

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Speaker 1: and seek a solution in your presence, Because wherever the

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Speaker 1: spirit of the Lord is, there's freedom and liberty. Through

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Speaker 1: your power. I know that even though the attacks seem unrelenting,

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Speaker 1: I can rest my mind knowing that with each attack,

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Speaker 1: I will remain untouched because you surround me with a

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Speaker 1: cloud of glory and protection. Confirm my call. Like you

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Speaker 1: confirmed Moses, I give you permission to take over my

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Speaker 1: trials and to silence all opposition. I confess that without

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Speaker 1: you I'm limited, but with you on my side, I

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Speaker 1: am a force to be reckoned with what God has

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Speaker 1: for me is for me, and I'm coming after it

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Speaker 1: all in Jesus' name. Amen. Listening to these daily prayers

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Speaker 1: strengthens your relationship with God. Continue hearing from the Lord

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Speaker 1: by listening to today's Bible in a Year, brought to

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Speaker 2: Com Corah and his followers. In our last story, Moses

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Speaker 2: sends spies to the land of Canaan. Out of the

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Speaker 2: twelve spies brought back negative reports and scared the people

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Speaker 2: with their constant doubts, denied them access to the promised land.

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Speaker 2: They were banished to die in the wilderness, and their

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Speaker 2: children would be the ones to inherit the land. In

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Speaker 2: this story, we learn about Israel's first organized rebellion. Seeds

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Speaker 2: of doubt were sown by Cora from the tribe of Levy.

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Speaker 2: Those who rise up against Moses regretted deeply as inspired

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

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Speaker 3: That's Jack Graham dot org slash stress. In our last episode,

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Speaker 3: we discovered that the Israelites' lack of faith cost them.

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Speaker 3: It cost them God's promised land, at least for that generation.

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Speaker 3: Because they failed to trust in God to give them

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Speaker 3: Only Caleb and Joshua would experience the promise that God

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Speaker 3: Aaron defying Moses, but in today's reading, we'll learn of

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Speaker 3: The people will turn against Moses, but their actions will

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Speaker 3: have terrible consequences, and God will use their actions to

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Speaker 3: remind his people that when they oppose his plans and

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Speaker 3: now to today's reading.

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Speaker 2: The stars lit the skies like sand on the sea shore.

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Speaker 2: Moses turned to Arin and gave him incense to spread

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Speaker 2: Arin ran like the wind, wanting to save the people

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Speaker 2: A plague had descended upon them like a tempest. Moses

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Speaker 3: They were envious of Moses's very special place in the

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Speaker 3: he proposes a test. Both groups would bring an incense

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Speaker 3: Was that not enough. Moses lets them know in no

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Speaker 3: fifty leaders gathered themselves with their offerings. The congregation stands

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Speaker 3: by pointing them to God. Christ himself faced rejection and

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Speaker 3: opposition that we cannot imagine and yet he interceded on

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Speaker 3: God tells Moses to have the people get away from Korrah.

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Speaker 3: They obey. As Moses is speaking to Kora and the others,

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Speaker 3: Moses and Aaron seek to make atonement for the people's

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Speaker 3: but not before fourteen thousand and seven hundred people perish.

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Speaker 3: God sends a sign the very next day, flowers budding

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Speaker 3: chosen to lead the Levites. The people were now living

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Speaker 3: in fear of God's judgment, but this would not be

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Speaker 3: the end of God's struggles with his stubborn, wayward people,

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Speaker 3: and yet his blessing and promise remained upon them. Dear God,

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Speaker 3: thank you for moses example of humility and servant leadership.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for how this story points us to Jesus himself,

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