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Speaker 1: to approach, to tap into the greatest power, provision, and

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Speaker 1: love I've ever known. In Jesus' name, Amen, stay tuned

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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm doctor Tony Evans, your host for Heroes in

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Speaker 2: the Bible Jesus. If you've been enjoying this series, please

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Speaker 2: has impacted your life. Welcome to the greatest story every

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Speaker 2: time told. It is the story of a shepherd's heart

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Speaker 2: bringing the divine heart of God right into the hearts

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Speaker 2: is foundational to our faith in Jesus. Why because what

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Speaker 5: Do not cling to me, Mary, I have yet to

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Speaker 2: Peter's heart was cold and broken without the warmth of Jesus.

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Speaker 2: Mary Jesus said, softly, that's all, just her name. Jesus

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Speaker 2: in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my

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Speaker 2: unformed substance. In your book were written every one of them,

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Speaker 2: the days that were formed for me, when as yet

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Speaker 2: there was none of them. How precious to me are

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Speaker 2: your thoughts, O God, How vast is the sum of them?

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Speaker 2: If I would count them, They are more than the sand.

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Speaker 2: I awake, and I am still with you rest today

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Speaker 2: and the knowledge that you are known, loved, and cherished.

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Speaker 2: There is nothing about you that is hidden from God.

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Speaker 2: He has seen the darker parts of your mind, and

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Speaker 2: he has seen the purity of your hopes for the future.

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Speaker 2: He sees all these things, yet still calls you by name.

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Speaker 2: He still calls you his beloved Jesus comforted Mary and

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Speaker 2: told her to go tell the disciples. There was much

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Speaker 2: to do before Jesus returned to the Father. This episode

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Speaker 2: ended in the temple with Caiaphas and the Roman gods

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Speaker 2: charged with watching the tomb. The high priest doesn't deny

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Speaker 2: once that Jesus rose from the dead. This tells Us

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Speaker 2: that even if he did believe Jesus rose again, he

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Speaker 2: didn't care. He wanted the name of Jesus snuffed out

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Speaker 2: and done. Pride has a way of taunting belief. Even

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Speaker 2: if you and I have belief or knowledge of Jesus,

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Speaker 2: pride can quickly choke out whatever good fruit would come

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Speaker 2: from it. Control the story, and you control the masses,

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Speaker 2: he said. Unfortunately, for him, the testimony of the resurrection

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Speaker 2: was a story that could not be controlled. For thousands

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Speaker 2: of years, people have tried to taint the testimony of Jesus,

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Speaker 2: yet it always finds a way to prevail. The story

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Speaker 2: of Jesus outlasts the greed of men. In our next episode,

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Speaker 2: Jesus will travel from place to place in relative omnimity.

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Speaker 2: He will walk alongside a few men and take them

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Speaker 2: on a journey they did not expect join us next

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Speaker 2: time for episode twenty the Road. Thanks again for listening.

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Speaker 2: For more inspiring stories, daily prayers, and wisdom to last

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Speaker 2: a lifetime, go to pray dot com. And to expand

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Speaker 2: your heroes in the Bible journey, download the Heroes of

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Speaker 2: the Faith devotional at Tony Evans dot org Forward slash Heroes.

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Speaker 2: Please write a review and let us know how Jesus

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Speaker 2: and this podcast have impacted your life. God bless