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Speaker 1: the same day where all the fountains of the Great

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Speaker 1: Genesis seven eleven. Dear Lord, give me the resolve to

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Speaker 1: Thank you in advance that when the storms come, I

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Speaker 1: of Noah, I am choosing to rest on the fact

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Speaker 1: praying with us today. Continue your time with God by

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Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible story, brought to you by Bible

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Speaker 1: in a Year dot.

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Speaker 2: Com, Noah and the Ark. Before this story, we were

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Speaker 2: Cain's hatred for God and jealousy of his brother led

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Speaker 3: Evil continued its reign over the hearts of man. God,

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Speaker 4: Hello, I'm pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the

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Speaker 4: Bible in a Year podcast. As we begin today's story,

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Speaker 4: we find that since Cain was cursed to wander the earth,

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Speaker 4: going to wash the earth clean of evil humanity. But

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Speaker 4: there is one man who is different. Noah, we're told,

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Speaker 4: was righteous in God's eyes. It must have been extremely

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Speaker 4: challenging for Noah to live a righteous life in the

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Speaker 4: feel surrounded by evil in our world today, and like Noah,

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Speaker 4: you must stand apart from those living to satisfy their

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Speaker 4: and his family must have felt building this giant arc.

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Speaker 4: They'd never before even seen rain or experienced a flood.

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Speaker 4: Think about the immense amount of faith is required. Imagine

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Speaker 3: Mankind multiplied. With more people filling the earth, more opportunities

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Speaker 3: After four months had passed, Noah opened a window and

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Speaker 4: but sadly not the end of sin and evil. That

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