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Speaker 1: in Jesus name. Amen, thank you for making prayer a

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Speaker 2: Joshua and the Treaty. In our last story, we learned

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Speaker 2: we learn of a new kind of warfare. The people

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year. In yesterday's episode, we learned how

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Speaker 2: Word of Israel's triumph over Jericho and I spread beyond

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Speaker 3: If Joshua and his men had consulted God and sought

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Speaker 3: Once again, God intervened in miraculous ways, confusing the enemy armies,

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Speaker 3: raining down hailstones that killed more than Joshua's army could kill.

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Speaker 3: There is incredible power and prayer, and we see it here.

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Speaker 3: Jesus told his disciples in us that nothing is impossible

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Speaker 3: Joshua caught just a glimpse of that truth and believed,

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Speaker 3: and because of his faith in God, all five kingdoms

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Speaker 3: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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