1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and Joseph answered Pharaoh saying it is 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: not in me. God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: Genesis forty one sixteen. Dear God, through to day's reading. 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: In Genesis forty one, I thank you that you've given 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: me the keys to any prison cell I find myself 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: in through the keys of obedience. I thank you that 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: when I use my gifts, my promotion is within reach. 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: Thank you that, like Joseph, you are putting me in 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: front of powerful people so that, through your power and ability, 10 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: I can be used as a vessel of solutions. I 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: confess that my life will be a walking billboard for 12 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: your goodness and faithfulness. As I reflect on the many 13 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: times you've come through for me, I thank you for 14 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: expanding my future and putting my life on the fast track. 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: I thank you that all red tape is being cut 16 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to my destiny. I declare that open 17 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: seats of influence are mine because I choose to honor 18 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: you in every victory. So I thank you in advance 19 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: for promotion, for I know that my promotion only comes 20 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: from the Lord. Thank you that in a moment you 21 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: take me from prison to a palace in Jesus' name. Amen, 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: thank you for praying with me today. Continue listening for 23 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: an incredible Bible story brought to you by Bible in 24 00:01:47,080 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: a Year dot com. 25 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: From Prison to Palace. Before this story, we learned about 26 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: Joseph's faithfulness and prison. His gifts for interpreting dreams was 27 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: shown to Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker in the prison. He 28 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: showed them kindness and interpreted their dreams. The cup bearer 29 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 2: was restored to his position with Pharaoh, but the baker 30 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: was hanged. The cup bearer forgot Joseph's kindness and Joseph 31 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 2: continued as a prisoner. Now we learn about Joseph finally 32 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: being brought out of prison to help Pharaoh, and Joseph's 33 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: assent to power inspired by the Book of Genesis. 34 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with the day's episode of the 35 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast In our Lifetime Together, we 36 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: heard that Joseph interpreted dreams for two fellow prisoners, and 37 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 3: both interpretations happened just as Joseph said, though one of 38 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 3: the men was hanged, just as Joseph foretold, the cupbearer 39 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: was released and returned to the palace near to Pharaoh. 40 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 3: Though the man promised to remember Joseph and help him 41 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 3: once he was freed, this cupbearer soon forgot about that 42 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 3: promise and Joseph remained in prison. So today we're going 43 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 3: to pick up with Joseph after two more years had passed. 44 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 3: As he is imprisoned, he continued to pray to God 45 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 3: each day and to trust in God for his situation 46 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 3: to change, that the time would soon be right. And yes, 47 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 3: God is about to make it happen. This is what 48 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 3: we'll hear today as the Pharaoh is played with a 49 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 3: fearful and confusing dream that would rob him of peace. 50 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: Listen as Joseph once again turns focus to the place 51 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 3: where it needs to be, and see how God blesses 52 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: his faithful obedience, perseverance, and faith. Listen now to find 53 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 3: out what happens. 54 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,279 Speaker 2: Two whole years had passed, and Joseph continued to faithfully 55 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: serve in the prison. That night, he prayed to God again, 56 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 2: hoping one day he would be delivered miles away. In 57 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: the dead of night, Pharaoh writhed in his bed. His 58 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: eyes could be seen moving beneath his eyelids, and beads 59 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: of sweat dripped from his furrowed brow. Vivid images splashed 60 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: around his mind. He dreamed he was standing beside the 61 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 2: Nile river. Out of the water climbed out seven cows, attractive, 62 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 2: plump and well fay. Coming from behind them, seven sickly 63 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: and ghastly cows emerged crawling out from the river. Pharaoh 64 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: watched as the seven sickly cows violently devoured the healthy cows. 65 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: The nile filled with blood, and Pharaoh awoke screaming. Pharaoh 66 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 2: sat up in his bed. His short breaths could be 67 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: heard cutting through the silence like a razor blade. He 68 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: calmed himself and slowly drifted back to sleep. Pharaoh found 69 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 2: himself immersed in dream once again, only this time he 70 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: was by an empty field. Brilliantly, seven ears of grain 71 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 2: sprouted from the ground and shot into the sky. The 72 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 2: grain was healthy and ripe. Pharaoh was enraptured by the 73 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: grain's beauty. When all of the sudden, seven more ears 74 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: of blighted grains sprang up like weeds, choking out the 75 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 2: healthy grains. The east wind blew as a tempest, and 76 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 2: the hot air brought Pharaoh to his knees. He awoke 77 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 2: in another panic. In the morning, He called all the 78 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 2: magicians and wise men of Egypt to interrupt his dream, 79 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 2: yet they tried and failed. Pharaoh continued to be tormented 80 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 2: by what he had seen, not sure why his heart 81 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: and mind was consumed by fear. The chief cupbearer saw 82 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: Pharaoh's troubled spirit, and it reminded him of the time 83 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: he once was troubled with dreams. As he remembered this, 84 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: his eyes widened and he gasped, saying, today I finally 85 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 2: remember my offenses. He turned to Pharaoh and said, when 86 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: I was in prison with the Baker, we both had 87 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: dreams that concerned us. A young Hebrew was there serving, 88 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: and he gave us each an interpretation that came true. 89 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 2: Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him 90 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: out of the mid Joseph was shaved and given new 91 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: clothes before being sent to Pharaoh. Joseph entered the palace doors, 92 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 2: striding with the guards. The palace was more beautiful than 93 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 2: he could ever have imagined. The halls were adorned with jewels, 94 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 2: and the floors hewn from marble and alabaster. Ivory beams 95 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: held up the ceiling and in the center, sitting atop 96 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 2: his throne stood the most powerful man in the known world. 97 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: I have heard you can hear dreams and give their meaning, 98 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 2: he said. His voice was deep, exuding power and nobility 99 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 2: in each breath. Yet behind the powerful voice, Joseph could 100 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 2: sense fear. He had compassion on Pharaoh. It is not me. 101 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: Dreams belong to God alone. He will give Pharaoh an answer, 102 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: Joseph said. Pharaoh recounted his dreams to Joseph. Every detail 103 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 2: and image was given to him. After he was finished speaking, 104 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: Joseph sat silent for a moment. He looked up to 105 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: the king and spoke with confidence. Your dreams are one, 106 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: Joseph said, God has revealed to you his plans. The 107 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: seven good cows and the seven good ears of grain 108 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,559 Speaker 2: represent seven years of great plenty and flourishing. The seven 109 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 2: ugly cows and blighted grain represents seven years of famine 110 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: that will follow. The famine will wreak havoc and destruction. 111 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 2: If we are not prepared, it will consume the land. 112 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: The news troubled Pharaoh, yet he remained silent. He looked 113 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: at Joseph with concern beaming from his eyes. Joseph sensed 114 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: this and spoke again with confidence. You should select a 115 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: wise man among you to take care of the land. 116 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: Appoint overseers, and take one fifth of the produce you 117 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: gained during the seven good years. Store the grain and 118 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: save it. Then when the famine comes, you will have 119 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 2: reserves for your land, so nobody perishes. Pharaoh's once exhausted 120 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: face turned bright with hope. He stepped down from his 121 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: throne to stand before Joseph. He was taller than he 122 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 2: had imagined. He looked around the room to his advisers 123 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: and said, can we find a man like this who 124 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 2: has the spirit of God? He smiled and looked at Joseph. 125 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 2: Since your God has shown you all this, there is 126 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: no one else better fit for the job. You shall 127 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: be head over all my people, and they will all 128 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: obey your command. Other than me, nobody will be greater. 129 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,839 Speaker 2: Listen and look, I have set you as head over 130 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 2: all Egypt. Then Pharaoh took his signet ring and put 131 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 2: it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments a 132 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 2: fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. 133 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 2: Joseph was reminded of the robe his father once gave him. 134 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: Pharaoh went into the city with Joseph having him ride 135 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: his second chariot. As they passed through the city, people 136 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: cried out, bow and kneel. Pharaoh smiled and said to Joseph, 137 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 2: no one shall move without your consent. You are their leader. 138 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 2: And Pharaoh renamed him zapphanath Pania, and he gave him 139 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: in marriage Asanath, the daughter of Portipherah, priest of Ann. 140 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 2: Joseph once again found himself lifted from a pit into 141 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 2: the blessings of God. Joseph ruled the land with the 142 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: same care as Plotiphar's house in the prison. Favor followed Joseph, 143 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 2: and the entire country of Egypt was grateful for him. Joseph, 144 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 2: the young man, once rejected by his own brothers, found 145 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 2: himself beloved by an entire nation. 146 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 3: Day after day, Joseph prays that he would be delivered 147 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 3: from prison, and even after praying for two years, he 148 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 3: does not give up hope. He continued to faithfully serve 149 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: God in the prison and those in the prison, giving 150 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 3: comfort to prisoners who would cross paths with him. He had, 151 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: as the scripture says, a most excellent spirit. So Joseph 152 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 3: is doing enthusiastically what he was assigned to do, and 153 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 3: he pointed people to his ever faithful God, the one 154 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 3: true God of Abraham and Isaac and his father Jacob. 155 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 3: Then suddenly the winds have changed blow. As Pharaoh lies 156 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 3: in bed, he dreams a dream that greatly disturbs him, 157 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: a terrible dream, dreams of good and bad cows and 158 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 3: grain agin groups of seven, half good followed by half bad. 159 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 3: Now Pharaoh himself considered himself a god, was worshiped as 160 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: a god on earth. But he nor his magicians and 161 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 3: wise men could make heads or tails of these crazy visions. 162 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: It's no surprise that when the Pharaoh is troubled, all 163 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 3: the palace is upset, and so word reaches the cup bearer, 164 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 3: the same man who forgot about Joseph two years ago 165 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 3: after Joseph helped to get him out of prison by 166 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 3: interpreting his dream. But then the man remembers. The cupbearer 167 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 3: remembers that he has forgotten Joseph, So he tells Pharaoh 168 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 3: his story, crediting Joseph for his ability to interpret difficult dreams. 169 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 3: So Joseph is then called by Pharaoh, and Pharaoh wants 170 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 3: to know what Joseph thinks about his dreams. Joseph, just 171 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 3: as he did previously, does not take credit for himself. Instead, 172 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 3: he says, it is God, the one true God, who 173 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 3: can give Pharaoh the answer that he's looking for. And 174 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 3: here's the meaning of the dream. Egypt will experience seven 175 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 3: years of abundance and then seven years of famine. Now 176 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 3: this is heavy and hurtful news, and Pharaoh is unsure 177 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 3: as to what he used to do. But Joseph, still 178 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 3: empowered with the wisdom of God, he keeps telling Pharaoh 179 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,239 Speaker 3: what he needs to do to prepare for a coming famine. 180 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 3: He is so thorough in his plan given to him 181 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 3: by God that Pharaoh puts him in charge of enacting it. 182 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 3: So now Joseph has moved from the prison to the palace. 183 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 3: In an instant, Joseph finds the freedom for which he 184 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 3: has prayed and trusted God for so long, not just 185 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 3: the freedom of being the second highest position in all 186 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: of Egypt, for he was actually named the prime minister. 187 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 3: Joseph has now moved, by God's grace and power, from 188 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 3: the prison to the palace. Isn't that the way with 189 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 3: you and me? So many times when we hold fast 190 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 3: to God's promises and wait paciently for him, Then he 191 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 3: does things in our lives beyond what we could have expected. 192 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 3: He does them suddenly often, and we are in a 193 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 3: place that we had prayed for all along. Joseph is 194 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 3: no longer a prisoner. He is the prime minister of Egypt. 195 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 3: He is a man who in all of Egypt, the 196 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 3: Egyptians respected and obeyed him. Other than Pharaoh himself, there 197 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 3: was no one more powerful than this Hebrew man Joseph. 198 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 3: He's now thirty years of age, and he realizes that 199 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 3: God has delivered him and fulfilled the dreams of his heart. Still, 200 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 3: Joseph does not forget that the real power lies with God, 201 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 3: the God that he serves, the God who is with 202 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 3: him in the pit when his brothers betrayed him, the 203 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 3: God who was with him in Potiphar's house when Potiphar's 204 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 3: wife falsely accused him, the God who was with him 205 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 3: in prison, and now the God who is with him 206 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 3: in the palace. Is truly one of the great comeback stories, 207 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 3: great stories of the Bible. So the question it is, 208 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 3: now that he is in the palace, will he serve God, 209 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 3: Will he continue to be God's men in Egypt? And 210 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: will he bring about not only the rescue of Egypt 211 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 3: from a famine. But will he be faithful to his God? 212 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 3: And what to do about those brothers who more than 213 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 3: a decade ago conspired to hurt him, to harm him, 214 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 3: and even to kill him. We're going to find out 215 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 3: what happens with those brothers in the next episode. Dear God, 216 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 3: like Joseph, we pray that we will wait patiently for 217 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 3: you in our circumstances, knowing that sometimes you're not trying 218 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 3: to change our circumstances, but you're changing us. Thank you 219 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 3: for in your own time and your own way, fulfilling 220 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: your purpose and plan for our lives. Knowing that suddenly, 221 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 3: in your timing, in your perfect plan, your story and 222 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 3: our lives will be fulfilled. In Jesus's name, we pray Amen. 223 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 224 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: I'm pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. 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