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Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for reminding me to be

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Speaker 1: Even though the mountain in front of me may seem

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Speaker 1: decree and declare that you are setting up rahabs in

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Speaker 1: has been made sure in your unfailing love. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Speaker 1: Listening to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God.

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Speaker 1: we learned about the passing of Moses. His past with

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Speaker 1: we learn about God's steadfast reminder to Joshua to be

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Speaker 1: episode of the Bible in a Year. In our previous episode,

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Speaker 1: Before he died, Moses commissioned Joshua, the man that God

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Speaker 1: to today's reading. The sun had set on the era

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Speaker 1: while it was still dark, Rahab lowered the men down

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Speaker 1: life would be spared. That red chord represents a scarlet

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Speaker 1: Rayhab herself would become an ancestor to the Savior, who

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Speaker 1: you God that justice, Joshua and the people could trust

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