1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets, 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: and it came to pass when the people heard the 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a 4 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: the people went up into the city, every man straight 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: before him, and they took the city. Joshua six twenty 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Dear Lord, to day's reading has encouraged me to view 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: each challenge in my life as a Jericho moment. When 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: the enemy piles bad news and scare tactics in front 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: of me like the wall of that great city, Instead 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: of despair, I will equip myself with praise and worship, 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: even when the strategy doesn't make sense. I will remain 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: obedient to your plan because I know that you've never 14 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: lost a battle. I will not rely on what worked 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: in the past to conquer the wall in front of me, 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: but instead, I will leave my life open to the 17 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: marvelous possibilities and new methods you will use to get 18 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: me through the wall set up by the enemy. With 19 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: this truth, I will march forward into my future. I 20 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: will prepare my voice to give the shout of victory 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: in advance, because I am an unconditional praiser. Thank you 22 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: God that my life has the reputation of one who 23 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: walks with you. Look out, Devil, I'm coming and you 24 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: can't stop what God is doing in my life. In Jesus' name, Amen, 25 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: thanks for making prayer a priority in your life. To 26 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: hear the Bible come to life. Stay tuned for the 27 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: Bible in a Year brought to you by Bible in 28 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: a Year dot Com. 29 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 2: Click the link of the description to grow close to God. 30 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: There you'll find daily prayers, Bible plans, sleep stories, and 31 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: so much more all on the prey dot com app. 32 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 2: Click the link of the description to get started. 33 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: God gives his people Jericho. In our last story, we 34 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 3: learned about Joshua leading God's people through the Jordan River. 35 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: God parted the Jordan and split the waters so Israel 36 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 3: could walk through towards the promised land. Now Israel finds 37 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 3: themselves in the face of Jericho, a great city with 38 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: vast walls. It is time to learn of God using 39 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: unconventional tactics to take over a city. Inspired by the 40 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: Book of Joshua. 41 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 4: I'm so glad you've joined us on the Bible in 42 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 4: a Year podcast. 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When their 58 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 4: feet touched the water, the river's split in two, and 59 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 4: the people walked across on dry ground into the promised land. 60 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 4: They set up a monument to God's faithfulness on the 61 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 4: other side and worship God for all that he had done. 62 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 4: Today we will hear once again how God shows his 63 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 4: might and power, his miracle working power, in a way 64 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 4: that no one could really have expected. Joshua, the commander, 65 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 4: the general of the Lord's army, will meet someone who 66 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 4: will show him that only God can give him victory 67 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 4: in Jericho. So let's listen now to today's reading. 68 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 3: Joshua sat quietly gazing at the city below. Night was 69 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 3: drawing closer, and he had climbed a nearby hill to 70 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 3: get a better vantage point. He studied the walls surrounding 71 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 3: the colossal city. He measured them and imagined his army 72 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 3: attempting to breach it impossible. They would pick them apart 73 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: one by one if they attempted to storm the city walls. 74 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 3: If they entered through the main gate, it would be 75 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 3: a funnel straight into the enemy's sword. Could they climb it? No? 76 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 3: Could they avoid it? Not? Have they wanted to keep 77 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 3: the land? If the people of Israel were going to 78 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 3: have the promised land, the walls of Jericho had to 79 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 3: be taken down. Joshua made his way down the hill 80 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 3: with the sun setting behind him. Knight had draped itself 81 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: over the horizon like a warm blanket, and the stars 82 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: began to sprinkle the sky. Joshua looked up and saw 83 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: a man standing a few yards in front of him. 84 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 3: The man was standing upright with his sword drawn in 85 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: his hand. Joshua peered at the man, inching slower towards him, 86 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 3: with his hand ready to draw his sword. Are you 87 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 3: for us, Joshua asked? Or are you for our enemies? 88 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 3: The man looked at Joshua, seemingly uninterested in his specific question. No, 89 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 3: the man answered, I am the commander of the Lord's army, and. 90 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 4: I have come. 91 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 3: As the words left the man's mouth, Joshua fell on 92 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 3: his face. Joshua could barely speak with his face so 93 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 3: close to the ground. What does the Lord say, Joshua said, 94 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 3: words muffled by the dirt. Take off your sandals, Joshua, 95 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 3: For the place where you stand is holy ground, So 96 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 3: Joshua did. Stories of old rushed into Joshua's mind. He 97 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 3: was reminded of how Moses's journey once began. Standing among 98 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 3: God on holy ground, Joshua knew that God stood before him. 99 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 3: As a victorious commander, Joshua listened intently to what the 100 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 3: battle strategy was. He would have never predicted what would 101 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 3: come next After receiving instruction, Joshua gathered his men to strategize. 102 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 3: The morning had come, and the walls of Jericho blocked 103 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 3: the early sun from shining across the valley. The walls 104 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 3: were elevated and locked from the outside and the inside. 105 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: Ever since the Israelites crossed the Jordan River, Jericho shut 106 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 3: its gates so none could come or go. Joshua led 107 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 3: his people towards the city as one mass. The armies 108 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: of Israel marched forth, with the Ark of the Covenant 109 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: before them. Leading the way were seven priests with seven ramshorns, 110 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: as God had instructed, The army marched around the city 111 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 3: walls silently. No man said a word. With intensity and purpose, 112 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 3: they looked forward towards the Ark of the Covenant. The 113 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: priests blew their horns continually, and the beautiful trumpeting sounds 114 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 3: echoed throughout the valley. The people of Jericho watched, confused 115 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 3: and relieved that there was no attack. For six days, 116 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: the armies of Israel marched once around the city. They 117 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 3: said nothing. There were no battle cries, no swords banging 118 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 3: against their shields, or violent shouts of war. Neither swords 119 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 3: nor spears were drawn but God was on the move. 120 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 3: The men arose early in the morning on the seventh day. 121 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: The cool dawn air filled the soldier's lungs. The rest 122 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: of Israel watched as they prepared to leave again. They 123 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 3: strapped their armor to their chests, held their spears firmly, 124 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 3: and marched forth to Jericho. This time, the armies of 125 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 3: Israel marched around the city seven times. By the fourth time, 126 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 3: the eastern sun was risen firmly in the middle of 127 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 3: the sky. It beat down mercilessly. Beads of sweat dripped 128 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 3: from the furrowed brows of Israelite soldiers. A cloud of 129 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 3: dust followed them as they marched as one. The priests 130 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 3: continued their trumpeting, signaling war. As the men finished marching 131 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 3: across the city a seventh time, Joshua stopped and the 132 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 3: army stopped, with it remaining silent. He turned to his 133 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 3: true with a passionate voice, Joshua cried out, shout, shout, 134 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 3: for the Lord has given you this city. Today, the 135 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 3: city of Jericho will fall as an offering to God. Shout, 136 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 3: so the people shouted. A thunderous roar boomed from the 137 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 3: army of Israel. Cries of war and trumpets echoed and 138 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 3: shook the earth. One by one, the stones of the 139 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 3: wall began to shift. In their place, the walls of 140 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 3: Jericho began to split. Cracks and clanging pierced the ears 141 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 3: of everyone in the city. As the walls began to crumble, 142 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: the battle cries of Israel continued like the roar of 143 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 3: a lion. The great walls of Jericho bowed before the 144 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 3: might of God. The earth trembled as the wall fell 145 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 3: to the ground. Screams of terror could be heard from 146 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: the city. The broken walls stood before them, and Joshua, 147 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 3: standing on one of the large stones, outed to his 148 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 3: men with sword raised high, take this city, yet, Rahab, 149 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 3: the prostitute, shall live and do nothing that will make 150 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 3: your heart stumble. The men stormed the city like a tsunami. 151 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: Swords and shields clashed as the Jericho soldiers ran towards them. 152 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: The sounds of war could be heard from miles away, 153 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 3: and panicked screams littered the city. Flesh was torn from bone, 154 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 3: and men tumbled on the floor wrestling. The ugliness of 155 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 3: war and the blood of Jericho's soldiers painted the streets. 156 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 3: Hours had passed and screams were replaced with silence. Joshua 157 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 3: drew a deep breath. They had won their first city. 158 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: Jericho lay there, crumbled and broken before them. Joshua looked 159 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 3: to heaven and sighed deeply. He smiled, then continued forward 160 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 3: to gather his people again. God had given them the land. 161 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 3: The promises of God had never seemed closer. Yet there 162 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 3: were more battles to be one, more blood to be shed, 163 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 3: and more heartache to experience. The reputation of Joshua would 164 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 3: glide across the land like a hurricane, and the reputation 165 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 3: of God crumbling the walls of Jericho would shatter the 166 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 3: hearts of all those who would come against Israel. 167 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 4: As today's story begins, Joshua is surveying the challenge that 168 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 4: is ahead of him and the people of God. He 169 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 4: is certain that God would give them all the victory, 170 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 4: but he did not know quite how. Fear has seized 171 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 4: the city and nobody's coming or going in Jericho. They 172 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 4: locked it down tight. Then Joshua meets a very powerful man, 173 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 4: a warrior like himself, and Joshua wants to know, are 174 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 4: you friend or are you foe? Are you with us 175 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 4: or are you against us. That's when he discovers that 176 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 4: this warrior is no ordinary soldier, the commander of the 177 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 4: Lord's army, and he's there to help. Joshua immediately bows 178 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 4: in humble ateration because he realized this is indeed God himself, 179 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 4: just as God instructed Moses when he appeared to him 180 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 4: at the burning bush. This commander tells Joshua to remove 181 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: his sandals because he is on holy ground. Joshua listens 182 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 4: closely to God's instructions, and he will follow them perfectly 183 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 4: and obediently. The ark is to go before the army 184 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 4: as they march around the city walls of Jericho. They 185 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 4: were to march in silence. Can you imagine what the 186 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 4: citizens of Jericho must have been thinking. It was perplexing, irritating, 187 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 4: and terrifying. These were God's people. And for six days 188 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 4: this continued, this silent march around the city, no one screaming, 189 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 4: no one beating their chest or pounding shields, nothing of 190 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 4: horns bellowing through the town across the landscape. No just silence, 191 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 4: eerie silence. And on the seventh day, Joshua had the 192 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 4: army circle the city seven times, and they marched waiting 193 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 4: for constructions. After seven laps, Joshua told the people to 194 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 4: shout in one voice, shout to the God who had 195 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 4: given them the city. And what happened was truly amazing. 196 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 4: We read about it in Joshua six point twenty. So 197 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 4: the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon 198 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 4: as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the 199 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 4: people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, 200 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 4: so that the people went up into the city, every 201 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 4: man straight before him, and they captured the city. The 202 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 4: trumpets blue, the people shouted, and the walls fell down. 203 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 4: God has shown them his might with waters, with fire, 204 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 4: with the earth opening up to swallow evil men, and 205 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 4: in so many ways through the desert. But now God, 206 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 4: in control of all things, gives them the city. The 207 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 4: God who's in control of the universe, the God who's 208 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 4: in prol of the world, doesn't need anything for walls 209 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 4: to fall down. He just needs us to trust him 210 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 4: and obey him. God can work through the invisible, through 211 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,599 Speaker 4: sound waves to bring down entire city walls. The impenetrable 212 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 4: fortress of Jericho fell and was given over to Israel 213 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 4: because of the sound of the voices of God's people. 214 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 4: When we lift our voices in faith before God and 215 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 4: do what he says. He will tear down walls and 216 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 4: give us victories for His kingdom, not necessarily physical walls, 217 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: but spiritual strongholds. And when we lift our voices as 218 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 4: God's people, there is no limit to what God can do. 219 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 4: Today's reading ends with bloodshed and human death is suffering. 220 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 4: It was a necessary cleansing of wickedness from the place 221 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 4: where God's people were entering to keep them from becoming 222 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 4: corrupted and turn away from God. There would be many 223 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 4: more battles for God's people to fight, and God's name 224 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 4: would be made known throughout these victories that He would 225 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:03,359 Speaker 4: give them as life long as they remain committed unto him. 226 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 4: Dear God, thank you for this incredible story of the 227 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 4: walls of Jericho and the faith of God's people and 228 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 4: the power of your presence. We are reminded that you're 229 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 4: the God of the invisible as well as the visible, 230 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 4: and that you give us victory against every foe as 231 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 4: we fight spiritual battles. Help us to courageously, boldly lift 232 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 4: our voices and praise your name until the whole world hears. Amen. 233 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to Today's Bible in a Year podcast. 234 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: I'm Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas, and before we go, 235 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 4: I want you to know that I would love to 236 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 4: send you my daily devotional to give you fresh encouragement 237 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 4: every single day. So visit Jack Graham dot org to 238 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 4: sign up for your PowerPoint Today devotional. 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