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Speaker 1: for we shall not else escape from Absalom. Make speed

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Speaker 1: to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil

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Speaker 1: the sword Second Samuel fifteen fourteen. Father, when others come

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Speaker 1: for my position and influence like Absalom, I will not

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Speaker 1: worry or be dismayed. Instead, I will take David's lead

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Speaker 1: in Second Samuel seventeen seventeen and remember a very vital

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Speaker 1: truth that what's for me is for me. Because this

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Speaker 1: truth is my reality, it gives me the advantage because

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Speaker 1: I know that your hand is on me and for me. Therefore,

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Speaker 1: when people plot against me, they are actually going against

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Speaker 1: you and your sovereign plans for my life. No matter

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Speaker 1: what my current position is, everything will turn around and

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Speaker 1: work out for my good. Titles and accolades don't deter

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Speaker 1: me from declaring my destined future. I will continue to

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Speaker 1: boldly prophesy and speak life over my family, finances, and

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Speaker 1: everything that you have prepared for my life. Long before

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Speaker 1: I took my first breath. What is mine is mine.

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Speaker 1: Then I thank you God that you will see to it,

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Speaker 1: that it comes to me under your grace in a

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Speaker 1: perfect way. In Jesus Name, Amen. Listening to these daily

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

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

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Speaker 2: Absalom comes for the Throne. In our last story, Joab

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Speaker 2: convinced David to allow his son Absalom to return from exile.

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Speaker 2: Absalom returned not as a reformed or changed man, but

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Speaker 2: more bitter than ever. Absalom displayed evil tendencies by burning

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Speaker 2: Joab's fields and is reunited with David. Now we witness

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Speaker 2: the true heart of Absalom as he dethrones his father

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Speaker 3: Hello, this is Pastor Jack Graham once again with today

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Speaker 3: episode of the Bible in a Year. In yesterday's episode,

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Speaker 3: we heard how Joe Ab convinced David to allow Absalom

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Speaker 3: to return to Israel. David eventually allowed his banished son

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Speaker 3: Absalom lived for two years without speaking to his father.

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Speaker 3: In that time, his anger and bitterness only grew stronger

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Speaker 3: and stronger. When David finally reconnected with his son, the

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Speaker 3: Today will learn how he overthrows King David and sends

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Speaker 3: as he flees for his life, God will remain faithful

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Speaker 3: So let's listen now to today.

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Speaker 2: Reading Ambition, greed, and revenge. Thoughts of sitting on the

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Speaker 2: throne consumed Absalom into the night. Back and forth, he

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Speaker 2: No Absalam knew he needed the love and favor of

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Speaker 2: David said, doing his best to hold back tears. Wherever

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Speaker 2: no fool, Hushai said. You forget that he and his

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Speaker 3: But David was not willing to see the ark remove

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Speaker 3: it was God's will, then he would return one day. Clearly,

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Speaker 3: God comforted David's heart and strengthened him. And from David's

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Speaker 3: hear all about that the next time. Dear God, we

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Speaker 3: thank you that when we are lonely and broken, or

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Speaker 3: in times when we are as strange from loved ones

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Speaker 3: that you always comfort us. We know that we can

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Speaker 3: we pray that your presence will always fill us with

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Speaker 3: your grace and peace. In the name of Jesus, who

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Speaker 3: is the Prince of Peace. Amen. Thank you for listening

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

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