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Speaker 1: Let us pray, But the voice answered me again from heaven.

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Speaker 1: What God hath cleansed that call? Not thou common Acts

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Speaker 1: eleven nine. Jesus, thank you for showing me the most

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Speaker 1: Thank you for showing me that whommever you deemed as

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Speaker 1: for showing me, Jesus that your plan is for all people,

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Speaker 1: regardless of their ethnicity, economic standing, and upbringing, similar to

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Speaker 1: the life of Peter. Use me in my industry to

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Speaker 1: share stories of your goodness and mercy. As I speak,

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Speaker 1: Let your holy Spirit charge and change the hearts of

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Speaker 1: every one listening. Let your loving kindness be put on

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Speaker 1: full display, like the Centurian soldier and his family. May

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Speaker 1: other families come to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: You are a game changer. You are the waymaker, and

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Speaker 1: through me, others will know that you have called them

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Speaker 1: and your desire is to love on them. In Jesus name. Amen,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for making prayer a priority in your day.

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Speaker 1: To learn more about the Bible, stay tuned for to

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Speaker 1: day's story brought to you by Bible in a year

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Speaker 1: dot Com unclean.

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Speaker 2: In our last story, we saw the work of God

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Speaker 2: through Peter. One man was restored from being crippled for

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Speaker 2: eight years. Another was dead and raised to In this

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Speaker 2: we saw the will of God moving people out of

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Speaker 2: their beds and into a life of purpose. Now we

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Speaker 2: see God extend his reach further than just the Jews.

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Speaker 2: We see a Roman family come to know the truth

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a year. Thanks for joining us. In yesterday's episode,

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Speaker 3: we heard how God worked through Peter in the towns

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Speaker 3: of Lida and Joppa to bring physical healing and life

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Speaker 3: to the sick and dead, and that ultimately pointed people

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Speaker 3: to faith in Jesus Christ. Today, we'll see the Gospel

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Speaker 3: once again going beyond the Jewish people as a Roman

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Speaker 3: God is working on the hearts of his disciples as

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Speaker 3: he speaks to Peter and shows him that no person

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Speaker 3: is unclean or excluded from God's grace. Let's listen now

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Speaker 3: to the reading of God's word.

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Speaker 2: The night was silent under the crescent moon. The birds

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Speaker 2: to me have been heard. Now send men to Joppa.

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Speaker 2: My servant, Peter resides there by the sea. Cornelius woke

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Speaker 2: Peter was kneeling by the sea. He often looked out

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Speaker 2: As he was praying, the Lord caused him to sleep.

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Speaker 2: Through his dream, he saw many faces wearing expectant grins.

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Speaker 2: Jesus was that seed. Through him, all nations would be

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Speaker 3: As we opened today's reading, we are introduced to a

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Speaker 3: Cornelius did as the Angel had told him to do

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Speaker 3: God had two purposes in sending for Peter. He would

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Speaker 3: We hear that Peter was very hungry, and as he

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Speaker 3: These were animals considered unclean by Jewish law. And then

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Speaker 3: a voice told Peter to rise, kill and eat. But

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Speaker 3: Peter protested, affirming that he had never defiled himself with

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Speaker 3: Three times Peter heard this voice say the same thing

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Speaker 3: three times to get through to him, just as Jesus

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Speaker 3: as Peter stood there, he explained what he was doing

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Speaker 3: Peter was beginning to understand the fullness of the Gospel

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Speaker 3: Peter then shared the Gospel with his houseful all of Gentiles,

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Speaker 3: Peter's Jewish companions who had come along were amazed, seeing

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Speaker 3: and it is unstoppable. Men and women from every tongue

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Speaker 3: and every nation can now know that Jesus is Lord

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Speaker 3: and discover new life in him. Let's pray together. Dear God,

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Speaker 3: how we thank you for this passage of scripture that

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Speaker 3: reminds us just how much you love the world, that

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Speaker 3: do not love. We know that we have all sinned

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Speaker 3: the power of sin and death in our lives. So Lord,

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Speaker 3: we praise you for this, and may we be witnesses

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Speaker 3: name and tell others of Jesus, who is powerful to save,

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Speaker 3: for it is in his name that we pray. Amen.

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

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Speaker 1: He beckoned the giant and said.

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Speaker 5: You know, we all have giants that we face in

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