Speaker 1: Previously on the chosen people.
Speaker 2: Behold you are no Pharaoh. Behold answers, son of Seti,
Speaker 2: the image of her.
Speaker 3: Shaws and mother gods, to lead you into a new.
Speaker 4: And age.
Speaker 5: A power, oh Lord and age.
Speaker 2: But Egypt had be the envy of gold, where the
Speaker 2: laws of us cities will rive my other the heavens. Hello,
Speaker 2: enemy will tramp on.
Speaker 4: Me for us.
Speaker 6: Pharaoh will not let you go unless compelled by a
Speaker 6: mighty hand. I will stretch out my hand and strike
Speaker 6: Egypt with all my wonders. Tell Pharaoh that Israel is
Speaker 6: my first born son. If he will not release my
Speaker 6: son to me, then I shall take his His first
Speaker 6: born will be as dust upon the wind, as a
Speaker 6: shadow upon the wall.
Speaker 7: The God of our forefathers appeared to me in a dream,
Speaker 7: commanding me to come here, meet you.
Speaker 5: What has happened?
Speaker 6: Why have you returned?
Speaker 5: He has a name. I am the God of Abraham,
Speaker 5: the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the Lord.
Speaker 7: He's shown himself to you.
Speaker 5: Yes, he appeared in flames of fire. He said that
Speaker 5: he's heard the cries of our me. He will defeat
Speaker 5: phallow and lead them out of this place.
Speaker 7: I would be your voice, brother, Together we shall shake
Speaker 7: the fairy foundations of Egypt.
Speaker 6: And you taught people to the proms latity.
Speaker 4: That's so it would.
Speaker 8: The bricks had become a burden too great to bear.
Speaker 8: The cry of the oppressed rose louder than the lash
Speaker 8: of the whip. Shallo my friends from here in the
Speaker 8: holy land of Israel i'm y l Extein with international
Speaker 8: fellowship of Christians and Jews, Welcome to the Chosen People.
Speaker 8: Today's stories inspired by Exodus chapters five and six. The
Speaker 8: Israelites are enslaved, oppressed under Pharaoh's rule. Generations have cried
Speaker 8: out to God for deliverance, and now Moses returns, not
Speaker 8: as a prince, but as a liberator, a voice sent
Speaker 8: from God to declare, let my people go. But freedom
Speaker 8: is costly. Pharaoh's heart hardens, the burden grows even heavier.
Speaker 8: The people cry out again, and the question lingers, where
Speaker 8: is God? When deliverance feels delayed? Can you relate? Have
Speaker 8: you ever wondered is God really listening?
Speaker 1: Moses moved through the teeming streets of Thebes like a
Speaker 1: man wading through a dream. The heat pressed down upon
Speaker 1: the city and the voices of merchants and peddlers, The
Speaker 1: shouts of children and the quarrels of nobles swirled together
Speaker 1: into a ceaseless hum. But these sounds were far off
Speaker 1: to Moses. His mind was fixed on the voice that
Speaker 1: called him from the wilderness, the voice of I am
Speaker 1: the Lord. There was a trend in his step, a
Speaker 1: trembling that came not from the heat or the press
Speaker 1: of bodies, but from the weight of the task laid
Speaker 1: upon him. His lips moved in silent prayer.
Speaker 5: Lord, I'm not sure stronger for this.
Speaker 1: The sandstone steps to the palace courtyards were familiar beneath
Speaker 1: his feet, a memory from a life half forgotten. As
Speaker 1: he passed beyond the walls, the cacophony of thebes faded,
Speaker 1: replaced by the heavy silence of a place that thrumbed
Speaker 1: with power. Guards flanked the bath, their eyes cold beneath
Speaker 1: bronze helmets, hands tightening on the shafts of spears. As
Speaker 1: Moses and Aaron drew near.
Speaker 3: Topright their slaves.
Speaker 6: What business do you have in this palace?
Speaker 5: I am Moses, son of Bitia and grandson a Setti,
Speaker 5: lord of the Nile.
Speaker 1: The guards exchange looks heads cocked to one side like
Speaker 1: weary dogs scenting a lie. Moses garb was that of
Speaker 1: a Hebrew slave, his hands rough from years of labor.
Speaker 1: It was then that a figure stepped forward from the shadows,
Speaker 1: a face that had not changed much since Moses last
Speaker 1: saw it, though the years had made his back more
Speaker 1: rigid and his eyes more weary.
Speaker 9: By the Niles coil, Moses, is that you?
Speaker 1: It was Moses Sebait, much older but still upright with
Speaker 1: his hardened shoulders.
Speaker 9: Yes, Sabait, it is great to see you. We all
Speaker 9: thought the desert had claimed you in many ways. It did,
Speaker 9: But I returned to speak with Ramses, and you get
Speaker 9: me an audience with him. Ah, Yes, he will be
Speaker 9: eager to see you.
Speaker 1: With Sebait leading the way, Moses and Aaron passed the
Speaker 1: guards and entered the grand halls of Pharaoh. The throne
Speaker 1: rooms stretched out before them like the belly of a
Speaker 1: great beast, vast and cavernous, held up by thick columns
Speaker 1: painted with the likenesses of gods. Moses remembered this place well.
Speaker 1: He had stood behind his grandfather's throne here, watching as
Speaker 1: judgments were cast and fate sealed. It was different.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: Where once hung the tapestries of Pharaoh's past, there were
Speaker 1: now only images of Rameses every wall, a testament to
Speaker 1: his grandeur. The court was full. Priests and nobles crowded
Speaker 1: the room like carrion birds around a fresh kill, each
Speaker 1: angling for a closer place to their lord. Aaron's voice
Speaker 1: was a low whisper in Moses's ear, tight with worry.
Speaker 7: I've got a bad feeling about this, Moses. Yes, I've
Speaker 7: never been here before. I'm not sure how to carry myself.
Speaker 5: We are about to break every code of conduct. Might
Speaker 5: as well just be yourself.
Speaker 1: They approached the throne, a marvel of craftsmanship, adorned with
Speaker 1: gold and inlaid with precious stones, flanked by statues of
Speaker 1: falcons and sphinxes, symbols of divine authority. And there sat
Speaker 1: Rameses the Pharaoh, as if sculpted from granite. His head
Speaker 1: was shaved, and he wore a head dress glimmering with sapphires.
Speaker 1: His chest was bare, his skin gleaming like polished bronze.
Speaker 1: And in his hands he held the crook and flail,
Speaker 1: the emblems of his dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt.
Speaker 1: His eyes were hard, his gaze like the edge of
Speaker 1: a homed blade. And beside him stood Nebermun, the chief priest,
Speaker 1: a man Moses knew well, a serpent tongued schemer whose
Speaker 1: voice could turn honey to venom. Sebate bowed low, but
Speaker 1: Moses remained upright, his eyes locked on the man who
Speaker 1: had once been like a brother to him.
Speaker 4: Moses, I know it was you the moment you walked in.
Speaker 5: Here, Rameses. It is good to see you again, Is
Speaker 5: it good?
Speaker 3: Moses?
Speaker 4: If I recalled before you fled to the desert, you
Speaker 4: killed one of our own. Why have you returned, and
Speaker 4: why do you bring a slave into my hallowed horse?
Speaker 5: I I.
Speaker 1: Aaron felt his brother's faltering and stepped forward, his voice
Speaker 1: rising above the murmurs of the court lord Pharaoh.
Speaker 7: Moses has been commissioned by our God. He has a
Speaker 7: message for you.
Speaker 1: Ramsy's eyes turned to Aaron, his nostrils flaring like a
Speaker 1: bull abo to charge. Nevermund stepped forward, his voice dripping
Speaker 1: with scorn.
Speaker 10: You dare address the Lord of the Nile. Who are
Speaker 10: you to speak to the image of ra slave?
Speaker 5: He is my brother. We have both come with a
Speaker 5: message from the God of Israel.
Speaker 10: What request does this god have with the.
Speaker 7: Image of ra Our God has commanded that Pharaoh let
Speaker 7: his people go into the wilderness to worship.
Speaker 10: You go to false love. Pharaoh takes no commands. He
Speaker 10: is the only one they ought to worship, Not this
Speaker 10: unnamed god of yours. He has a name, Oh does him?
Speaker 7: He is the I am the Lord. And thus says
Speaker 7: the Lord, the God of Israel, let my people go
Speaker 7: that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.
Speaker 10: Preposterous, your pitiful slave God has no power here. No
Speaker 10: one from the mountains to the banks of the Nile
Speaker 10: has heard of this god. Perhaps the goats and the
Speaker 10: sheep of your ancestors bleeded out his name once or twice.
Speaker 1: The priest's taunting was like tinder to a flame. Moses
Speaker 1: could feel a deep, smoldering fury rising within him, a
Speaker 1: righteous anger that was not his own. The words of
Speaker 1: the priest grated against him like stones.
Speaker 10: And furthermore, if this god you serve is so powerful,
Speaker 10: then why are is people so weak?
Speaker 11: Hm?
Speaker 10: And I will tell you another thing. Barrel doesn't have
Speaker 10: time to entertain the dedic company of outlaw.
Speaker 1: And enough he stepped forward, his staff held firmly in
Speaker 1: his grasp, and slammed it against the sandstone floor. The
Speaker 1: sound echoed through the great hall like the breaking of chains.
Speaker 5: Ramses, this is not a request let my people go.
Speaker 1: The words hung in the air, heavy and unyielding, and
Speaker 1: for a long moment silence reigned. Then the tension broke,
Speaker 1: and Ramses laughed, a deep, rolling sound. The priests and
Speaker 1: nobles followed, their laughter rising like a chorus of crows.
Speaker 4: Ha Ha, there's that familiar anger, Moses. Decades in the desert,
Speaker 4: it had done little to settle your temper. I do
Speaker 4: not know this god of yours. Who is the lord
Speaker 4: that I should obey. I am the image of Rah,
Speaker 4: the Lord of the Nile. The sun rises and sets
Speaker 4: according to my greatness. I will not let your people go. Moses,
Speaker 4: I do not acknowledge this God of yours.
Speaker 5: Treadlightly, Rameses, the God of the Hebrews will not relent.
Speaker 4: Is that a threat, Moses.
Speaker 6: It is not a threat.
Speaker 5: It is a promise.
Speaker 1: That Pharaoh rose from his throne. The room seemed to
Speaker 1: shrink around him as he descended, the steps, each footfall
Speaker 1: echoing like the beating of a war drum. The air
Speaker 1: was thick with fear, but Moses and Aarons stood their ground.
Speaker 1: Rameses came to stand before Moses, close enough that Moses
Speaker 1: could see the fire in his eyes.
Speaker 4: Have you come to spar with me again?
Speaker 6: Mosense?
Speaker 4: Are you challenging a god?
Speaker 5: Rameses? It is not I who is challenging you.
Speaker 4: Your God doesn't frighten me. I am that which was,
Speaker 4: and is and shall be, And no man or God
Speaker 4: has lifted my veil.
Speaker 1: Pharaoh returned to his throne, settling back upon it with
Speaker 1: the air of a boy who had tied of his toys.
Speaker 4: Ah the respect for my late sister, I will allow
Speaker 4: you to retreat back to Goshen with your heads. Do
Speaker 4: not muddy these chambers again with your presence. You've been warmed.
Speaker 1: At his signal, the gods seized the brothers and dragged
Speaker 1: them out of the palace. They were tossed into the
Speaker 1: streets like refuse, landing hard.
Speaker 6: In the mud.
Speaker 1: Aaron groaned as he rolled to his side.
Speaker 7: To be quite honest, that when far better than I expected.
Speaker 7: In fact, that's probably the gentlest an Egyptian guard has
Speaker 7: ever treated me.
Speaker 5: I can't say I share your joy.
Speaker 6: What do you think he'll do next.
Speaker 5: If I know Ramses, he'll make a measured move to
Speaker 5: assert his dominance. He won't let this slight go unpunished.
Speaker 7: He's going to punish the people and blame you.
Speaker 1: Get ready, Moses, Aaron, Moses, and Miriam stood shoulder to
Speaker 1: shoulder as they listened to the Egyptian general, a grim
Speaker 1: figure atop a dark horse, proclaiming Pharaoh's new decree. His
Speaker 1: voice boomed across the assembly of slaves, carrying Pharaoh's edict
Speaker 1: like a death knell.
Speaker 3: Thus, says Pharaoh, the image of a rah and lord
Speaker 3: of an I, your taskmasters.
Speaker 4: Will no longer give you straw to.
Speaker 6: Me your bricks.
Speaker 3: From now on, every slave will be responsible for finding
Speaker 3: and grinding their own straw. This does not change your
Speaker 3: quota for bricks. You will still be expected to provide
Speaker 3: the same number of bricks per day. Moses, an error.
Speaker 3: The sons of a arm have come to Pharaoh with
Speaker 3: request to leave for the wilderness. Since you all have
Speaker 3: so much time on your.
Speaker 6: Hands to plan such things, Pharaoh has seen fit.
Speaker 5: To increase your labor.
Speaker 3: Every man who cries out in such a way asking
Speaker 3: to worship their god in the wilderness will be given
Speaker 3: heavier work. Hey, no regard to such men.
Speaker 6: Or you will receive.
Speaker 3: The same punishment. This is the final decree of Pharaoh.
Speaker 1: The three said Ling's exchanged concerned looks. The murmurs began
Speaker 1: as a low rumble, spreading like a wave among the people.
Speaker 1: Moses felt the weight of their stairs, accusing fearful, betrayed.
Speaker 1: They had prayed for deliverance, but had not counted the
Speaker 1: cost it would demand. This was only the beginning. Moses
Speaker 1: turned to Aaron and Miriam, his voice low.
Speaker 5: And have to remind the people that this will be
Speaker 5: a long process. It won't be easy. It's never been easy, Moses.
Speaker 5: The groans you are hearing are not new, Miriam. Is
Speaker 5: there anybody else who can speak on our behalf? Anyone
Speaker 5: to encourage the people to keep their spirit high? My
Speaker 5: son will be eager to help.
Speaker 10: He's loved among the younger generation.
Speaker 6: Her is a fine young marin.
Speaker 7: He will help us. But we will also need to
Speaker 7: convince some of the elders to keep the droning to
Speaker 7: a minimum. I may need to do some work in
Speaker 7: the and pull some favors.
Speaker 4: Careful with all that politicking, Aaron, Aaron.
Speaker 1: Left with a wave and a nod. Moses glanced around
Speaker 1: at the crowd, so many angry faces, eyes like knives.
Speaker 1: He felt a chill despite the heat, a sudden vulnerability.
Speaker 1: Miriam squeezed his arm, guiding him away. Pharaoh did not relent.
Speaker 1: His decree stood, and the burdens of the children of
Speaker 1: Israel grew heavier. They were forced to gather their own straw,
Speaker 1: to grind it and mix it with clay to build.
Speaker 1: With blistered hands, they fell behind in their work, and
Speaker 1: the lash fell heavier upon their backs. Food was withheld.
Speaker 1: The weak grew weaker. When the foremen dead present themselves
Speaker 1: before Pharaoh to beg for mercy, his answer was a
Speaker 1: scornful bark.
Speaker 4: You are idle and lazy people keep before me begging
Speaker 4: for rest in the wilderness to sing songs to your God.
Speaker 3: Clearly you have.
Speaker 4: Enough time on your hands for more bricks. I shall
Speaker 4: not relent.
Speaker 2: More work, fast our work.
Speaker 1: The foreman returned, despondent and frustrated. The bottoms of their
Speaker 1: eyes were creased with weariness. When the people gathered together,
Speaker 1: the foreman lashed out at Moses.
Speaker 5: The lord judge of what's happened to us?
Speaker 11: Moses, you've made us a stink in the sight of
Speaker 11: Berwin his taskmasters. You may as well put a sword
Speaker 11: in their hands to kill us.
Speaker 1: The crowd stirred, and Moses shrunk back in shame. His
Speaker 1: worst fears were manifesting before him.
Speaker 7: Brothers and sisters, calm yourselves. Is this not what we've
Speaker 7: been praying for? This is all a part of the
Speaker 7: Lord's plan.
Speaker 11: Does that plan involve our children's hands pleading from grinding
Speaker 11: the heyes, the Lord's Salvati work in such ways.
Speaker 5: Erin patience. We will get through this.
Speaker 11: And what if we don't like? What if it only
Speaker 11: gets worse? Will Moses flee again and lead us to bleed?
Speaker 7: Moses isn't going anyways, Moses, Moses, where are you going?
Speaker 1: Moses left without a word. He turned the corner and
Speaker 1: ran down to the river bank. The sound of the
Speaker 1: angry crowd faded, replaced by the sounds of crickets by
Speaker 1: a steady river. Moses fell to the ground and wept.
Speaker 1: He cried out to the Lord, feeling the immense weight
Speaker 1: of the people's welfare.
Speaker 12: Oh Lord, why have you forsaken these people? Why have
Speaker 12: you committed such an evil against them? Is this a
Speaker 12: part of your plan. Is this what redemption looks like?
Speaker 12: I said exactly what you wanted me to say.
Speaker 5: Ever since their lives have been worse you have I
Speaker 5: delivered them at all.
Speaker 1: The reeds whispered in the wind, bending beneath an unseen force,
Speaker 1: And in that moment the voice of the Lord spoke,
Speaker 1: calm and steady as the river itself.
Speaker 6: Whoms have only begun. Moses, you will see what I
Speaker 6: will do to Pharaoh. With a strong hand, he will
Speaker 6: send my children away, and with a shout he will
Speaker 6: drive them out of.
Speaker 5: This land that seems impossible.
Speaker 6: I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and
Speaker 6: Jacob as the God most High, but my name was
Speaker 6: hidden to them. Yet I made a promise to them,
Speaker 6: a covenant to keep them in the land of Canaan.
Speaker 6: I have heard the groans of my people. I remember
Speaker 6: my covenant. Go before the people and remind them of
Speaker 6: these things.
Speaker 1: Moses rose, the weight of the world still heavy upon
Speaker 1: his shoulders, but something steadier within him. Now he returned
Speaker 1: to the throng, moving slowly, his steps deliberate. The faces
Speaker 1: that met him were weary and worn, but he spoke
Speaker 1: as he had been commanded.
Speaker 5: The Lord has spoken to you. He wants to remind
Speaker 5: you of his promises. Thus says the Lord your God.
Speaker 1: As he spoke, his voice blended with another stronger voice,
Speaker 1: one that seemed to come from the very earth itself.
Speaker 5: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out
Speaker 5: from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will deliver
Speaker 5: you from flavery and relieve.
Speaker 6: You with an outstretched arm. My judgment will be great,
Speaker 6: it will be final. You shall be my people, and
Speaker 6: I will be your God. You shall know that I
Speaker 6: am the Lord, your God, who has brought you out
Speaker 6: of slavery and into freedom. The land promised to Abraham,
Speaker 6: Isaac and Jacob shall be yours, for I am the Lord.
Speaker 1: The people listened as if the words came from the
Speaker 1: lips of God himself. Something ancient and powerful stirred within them,
Speaker 1: a memory buried deep but never forgotten. They remembered who
Speaker 1: they were, and more importantly, they remembered whose they were.
Speaker 1: They were the children of Israel, the chosen.
Speaker 8: People who I'm still catching my breath from that episode.
Speaker 8: The weight of it all, the tension, the oppression, the
Speaker 8: cries of our ancestors echoing through the centuries. You can
Speaker 8: almost feel the pressure building, can't you The pain of waiting,
Speaker 8: the sting of promises yet unfulfilled. It's pretty unsettling, isn't it?
Speaker 8: To hear Moses, full of hope, declaring freedom, only.
Speaker 1: For things to get worse.
Speaker 8: The people are crushed even more under Pharaoh's thumb, And
Speaker 8: it makes you ask why does liberation sometimes feel more
Speaker 8: like chains? But at the same time, there's something stirring
Speaker 8: beneath the surface. Even as Pharaoh digs in his heels,
Speaker 8: you can sense God's hand at work, quietly, powerfully, getting
Speaker 8: ready to move. You can feel the storm brewing. This
Speaker 8: Bible story makes me wonder how often do we mistake
Speaker 8: God's silence for inaction. First, let's start with Moses. In
Speaker 8: this story, Moses continues the great tradition of great Biblical
Speaker 8: leaders of the Chosen People engaging with God and even
Speaker 8: criticizing him when fairness and justice are at stake. In
Speaker 8: verse twenty two and twenty three, Moses actually says to God, quote,
Speaker 8: why Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people?
Speaker 8: Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went
Speaker 8: to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought
Speaker 8: trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your
Speaker 8: people at all. End quote WHOA How could Moses speak
Speaker 8: that way that harsh to God?
Speaker 5: Well?
Speaker 8: I think that Moses saw his mission as being an
Speaker 8: advocate for the chosen people, often even after they had sinned.
Speaker 8: And so here Moses presents God with what he sees
Speaker 8: as a contradiction. I had promised to rescue the Israelites
Speaker 8: from slavery. He sent Moses to do that. But now,
Speaker 8: instead of freedom, the people found their situation getting even worse.
Speaker 8: Moses's question to God is perhaps unanswerable, but it has
Speaker 8: been asked for generations. Why must God's people suffer so
Speaker 8: very much? The only real answer for the faith that
Speaker 8: we've had since Egypt is that while it may take time,
Speaker 8: there is redemption at the end of the tunnel. And
Speaker 8: here I am speaking to you from the Holy Land
Speaker 8: to which the Jewish people have returned to finally, after
Speaker 8: two thousand years. Our suffering has been long and hard,
Speaker 8: and it continues to have its challenges. But we pray,
Speaker 8: and we read the words of our scriptures, and we
Speaker 8: believe that we are now in a new chapter of
Speaker 8: this prophetic reality. But Moses isn't the only hero who
Speaker 8: I want to talk about in this story. The Hebrew
Speaker 8: Foremen also acted heroically. The Egyptian taskmasters mercilessly beat the
Speaker 8: Israelite slaves because they weren't producing the quota of bricks
Speaker 8: that was expected, but the Hebrew four Men refused to
Speaker 8: in turn beat their Hebrew brothers and sisters, even though
Speaker 8: they were endangering themselves. I personally find inspiration from their example.
Speaker 8: Standing up for a principle even under the threat of punishment,
Speaker 8: especially under the threat of punishment, is what I look
Speaker 8: at as true heroism. Jewish tradition teaches that these very
Speaker 8: Hebrew Foremen were so holy and so heroic that they
Speaker 8: were later chosen as the seventy elders who were appointed
Speaker 8: as judges of the nation of Israel during their time
Speaker 8: in the desert. Good acts, heroic acts are indeed rewarded
Speaker 8: by God. There's one more thing that I want to
Speaker 8: discuss that this story made me think about something that's
Speaker 8: as important to discuss today as ever before. This Bible
Speaker 8: story is the first instance of the Chosen people being
Speaker 8: accused of idleness because they wanted to devote time to
Speaker 8: serving God. This very accusation has served as a major
Speaker 8: anti Semitic trope for millennia, the idea that Jewish people
Speaker 8: don't contribute to the countries where they live because they're
Speaker 8: always praying and celebrating holidays. Of course, we know that
Speaker 8: the opposite has always been true. The Jewish people have
Speaker 8: enriched the countries in which they have lived, often drawing
Speaker 8: on inspiration from spiritual sources this Bible that we study
Speaker 8: each day in order to do so. We see the
Speaker 8: Jewish people being committed to furthering health care and helping
Speaker 8: with new innovations that make life better, whether it comes
Speaker 8: to agriculture, medicine, or technology. The Jewish people are committed
Speaker 8: to making this broken world a little bit better and
Speaker 8: easier to live in. But we see that it is
Speaker 8: no different today than it was thousands of years ago.
Speaker 8: When it comes to anti Semitism, the truth often goes
Speaker 8: out the window. And that's why I am so thankful
Speaker 8: for Israel and the Jewish people's Christian friends today, who
Speaker 8: not only stand for truth, but who stand with us
Speaker 8: as true brothers and sisters, as the Chosen people. The
Speaker 8: story of the Exodus, the story of God's light piercing
Speaker 8: through the darkness of oppression, his pursuit of his people.
Speaker 8: His justice is mercy, his unwavering love, from bondage to freedom,
Speaker 8: from darkness to light. How does this ancient story speak
Speaker 8: to our lives today? What are the Pharaohs that we
Speaker 8: face in our time? Maybe the stress of work conflicts
Speaker 8: with our families, the inner battles that drain our spirit.
Speaker 8: But even today, the message of Exodus is clear that
Speaker 8: we are not alone. Think about your everyday struggles, the
Speaker 8: deadlines that feel like chains, the relationships that seem beyond repair,
Speaker 8: the doubts that threaten to choke our faith in these moments?
Speaker 8: Can you hear God calling you? Can you feel his
Speaker 8: outstretched hand inviting you to step into the chalom the
Speaker 8: peace and blessings that he offers. I hear him calling you,
Speaker 8: and I pray that you'll have the strength to answer.
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