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Speaker 1: in Jesus name, Amen. Listening to these daily prayers strengthens

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Speaker 1: listening to Today's Bible any Year brought to you by

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Speaker 1: Bible in a Year dot com. Plague by plague. In

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Speaker 1: our last story, we learned about Moses and Aaron entering

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Speaker 1: I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible in

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Speaker 1: a Year podcast. In our previous episode, we heard what

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Speaker 1: The next time, we'll hear about the final plagues and

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Speaker 1: with God. Almighty God, thank you for your relentless pursuit

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Speaker 1: give us soft hearts, not hard hearts. May We give

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Speaker 1: your will in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for listening

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