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Speaker 1: Let us pray. So when they had dined, Jesus saith

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Speaker 1: to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me

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Speaker 1: you glory in all that I do, And to that

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Speaker 1: I say yes. I say that I am ready to

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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 today's story,

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Speaker 2: Com Do you Love Me?

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Speaker 3: In our last story, Jesus revealed himself on the road

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Speaker 3: to Emmaeus. He spoke of the entire Word of God

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Speaker 3: and how every story and prophecy pointed forward to his death, burial,

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Speaker 3: and resurrection. Now Jesus restores the faith of Thomas and

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Speaker 3: the failures of Peter. As these two men come in

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Speaker 3: filled with purpose. Inspired by the Gospels.

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Speaker 4: Welcome to another episode of the Bible in a Year podcast.

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Speaker 4: I'm Jack Graham. In yesterday's episode, we heard how Jesus

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Speaker 4: appeared to two disciples on the road to Emmaus. While

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Speaker 4: God's word pointed to the coming of the savior Jesus himself,

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Speaker 4: and even spoke of his death and resurrection. Jesus showed

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Speaker 4: them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Finally,

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Speaker 4: these two men's eyes were open to see Jesus as

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Speaker 4: good news that Christ is alive. Today we'll hear how

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Speaker 4: Jesus restores a disciple who's holding on to the guilt

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Speaker 4: So let's listen with joy to the stories of the

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Speaker 3: We have seen him, Andrew yelled, we saw him with

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Speaker 3: Peter were away. When Jesus revealed himself in the home

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Speaker 3: I refuse to believe you. Thomas's doubt revealed a deep

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Speaker 4: Peter still had a place in God's plan. Jesus had

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Speaker 4: his faith needed to be restored. He needed to be restored.

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Speaker 4: Jesus simply said, follow me. It was an invitation to

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Speaker 4: It's never too late for a new beginning in Christ.

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Speaker 4: Peter had felt his sin and his shame, but now

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Speaker 4: It was an extraordinary calling to an ordinary very man

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Speaker 4: powerful word that we can either let our failures define

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Speaker 4: to forgive you that you could find his love and

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Speaker 4: experience his grace in your life. Dear God, how we

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Speaker 4: thank you for today's reading and the example of Peter's life.

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Speaker 4: And though we fail you time and time again, even

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Speaker 4: Thank you for your grace, thank you for your mercy,

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Speaker 4: for your healing and your hope, and that when we

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Speaker 4: fail and fall, you lift us up and give us

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Speaker 4: the strength to begin again. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank

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