1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Let us pray, And he said, he that showed mercy 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: on him then said Jesus unto him, go and do 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: thou likewise. Luke ten thirty seven, open the eyes of 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: my heart so that I will be able to come 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: to the aid of my brother and sister in Christ. 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: Break off all prejudices and cultural stigmas that may be 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: attached to my mind, both knowingly and unknowingly. Give me 8 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: the strength, Lord to break through cultural boundaries, like Jesus, 9 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: to show the love and kindness you have and think 10 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: towards them. Like the story of the Good Samaritan, I 11 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: will not wait for convenience to be a resource and 12 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: outlet of hope. I also thank you in advance for 13 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: providing all the provision needed to adequately serve those in need. 14 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: You've commanded me to love my neighbor as I love myself. Therefore, 15 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: first increase the love I have for myself, so that 16 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: I can increase the love for those all around me. 17 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: I declare that others are valuable because I am valuable. 18 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: I declare that they have worth because I have worth. 19 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: I declare that they are called to greatness because you 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: have called me to greatness. God, with these truths as 21 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: anchors to my soul. I will help build the lives 22 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: of those around me because you are building my life 23 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: within me in Jesus name, Amen. Listening to these daily 24 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: prayers strengthens your relationship with God. Continue hearing from the 25 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: Lord by listening to today's Bible in a Year, brought 26 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: to you by Bible in a Year dot com the 27 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: Good Samaritan. 28 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: In our last story, Jesus gave an intense illustration about 29 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: the true meaning of forgiveness and mercy through a servant 30 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: and his master. Now Jesus unpacks the meaning behind being 31 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: a good neighbor through an unexpected hero inspired by the Gospels. 32 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 3: Hello, this is Jack Graham with today's episode of the 33 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year. The last time we were together, 34 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 3: we heard Jesus's teaching on how great our debt is 35 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 3: to God and why his forgiveness of our sins should 36 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 3: motivate us to forgive others. It's an important lesson on 37 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 3: showing mercy and giving forgiveness as a response to God's incredible, 38 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 3: immense grace toward us. Today, we'll hear another parable from Jesus. 39 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 3: A parable is described as an earthly story with a 40 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: heavenly meaning. Jesus this time is illustrating what it means 41 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 3: to love our neighbor and who is our neighbor. His 42 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: teaching sets the highest of standards for loving as God loves. 43 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 3: So let's listen now to the reading of his word. 44 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: Jesus was walking in the outer regions of the city. 45 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: It was a bright spring day, and Jesus was mingling 46 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: with a few of the villages. A lawyer came from 47 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: the crowd and sat beside Jesus. The young man was 48 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: carky and held himself with unearned confidence. Jesus smiled at 49 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: the young man and greeted him, paying little attention to pleasantries. 50 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: The lawyer spoke, saying, teacher, how shall I inherit eternal life. 51 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 2: Jesus looked forward towards the children playing beside the road. 52 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: He saw their parents close behind them, laughing. Jesus looked 53 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: back at the lawyer and replied, what is written in 54 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: the law? Have you read it? You shall love the 55 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 2: Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. 56 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The young man replied, 57 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: very good. Jesus answered, do these things, and you shall 58 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: live into eternity. As Jesus sat up to walk towards 59 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: the people, the lawyer stopped him. Yes, but who is 60 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 2: considered my neighbor? The lawyer asked in jest. He asked 61 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: these things to figure out who he needed to love 62 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: and who he could ignore. Jesus turned back to the 63 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: man and walked back. He sat on the bench beside 64 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: him and told him a story. As he began, a 65 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: whole crowd of people gathered around to listen. A man 66 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. As he walked the countryside, 67 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: a band of robbers ambushed him out of nowhere. They 68 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 2: struck his face and his ribs. As the man fell 69 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: to his knees, another robber kicked him in the jar. 70 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: The man's head slammed onto the ground, and an onslaught 71 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 2: of kicks barraged him endlessly. The robbers tore off his 72 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: clothes and took everything he owned. Once they were through 73 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: shaming him, they tossed him off the edge of the 74 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 2: road into a ditch full of stones and weeds. The 75 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: man lay there half dead. He had lost all feeling 76 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 2: in his legs, and his face was so swollen he 77 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 2: could barely see his cracked ribs scraped against his lungs 78 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 2: as he struggled for every breath. The man truly believed 79 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 2: he would die there until he saw a priest walking 80 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: by the road. The priest was holding a few scrolls 81 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: strolling along the pathways. The man groaned and tried to 82 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,119 Speaker 2: shout out to the priest for help. The priest looked 83 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: around and saw the naked man bloodied on the floor. 84 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: Repulsed by the sight, the priest walked to the other 85 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 2: side of the road and continued on his way. The 86 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: day rolled on and the air was growing more frigid 87 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: by the minute. The beaten and bloodied man shivered among 88 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: the stones, unable to even lift his head. On the 89 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: corner of his eye, he saw a levite. He was 90 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 2: wearing his elegant robes of different colors and hummed to 91 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: a tune sung in the synagogues. When the levites saw 92 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: the man quivering by the wayside, he cringed and shuffled 93 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: over to the other side of the road, pretending not 94 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 2: to see him. The priest and a levite had rejected him. 95 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 2: The man was certain he would die within minutes. Night 96 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 2: was approaching and the earth was basking in the last 97 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: moments of sunlight, the cold wind blew through the canyons 98 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: by the road. At this point, the man was completely unconscious. 99 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 2: A Samaritan, one of the people reviled by Israel, was 100 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,239 Speaker 2: passing by the road. He hoped to find an inn 101 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 2: by nightfall, so he was in a rush. That was 102 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 2: until he saw the man on the side of the road. 103 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 2: The Samaritan climbed down the rocks to the man. When 104 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: he saw that he was still alive, he carried him 105 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 2: on his back up the hill. The samaritan stumbled a 106 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 2: few times, scraping his knees on the jagged rocks, but 107 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 2: he kept going. He strapped the man to his donkey 108 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: and walked him into town. There he found an inn 109 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: intended to his wounds. He bound up his broken bones 110 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 2: and sowed up his torn flesh. For a whole night 111 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 2: and day, he tended to the man's every need. Once 112 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 2: the man was beginning to heal, the Samaritan paid the 113 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 2: innkeeper enough money to take care of the man for 114 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: a few more weeks. Then he turned to check up 115 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: on him. Jesus finished his story. The lawyer was doing 116 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 2: his best to hide his teary eyes Jesus turned to 117 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 2: him with a tender smile. Tell me which of the 118 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: three was a better neighbor, the priest, the levite, or 119 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: the Samaritan. The lawyer wiped his eyes and took a 120 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: deep breath. I suppose it was the one who showed mercy, 121 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 2: he answered. Jesus patted the man on the back and said, 122 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: you go and do likewise. And with that Jesus stood 123 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: to his feet to tend to the crowd. His story 124 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 2: revealed deep truths that had been hidden by dogma and racism. 125 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: The Samaritans were considered undesirable and wretched people by the Jews. 126 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 2: It treated them like dogs more than humans. On the 127 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 2: other hand, priests and Levites were revered and admired. Jesus 128 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 2: told the story of the good Samaritan to show that goodness, mercy, 129 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: and kindness can come from unexpected places. It showed Jesus's 130 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 2: heart that he was not concerned with cultural boundaries, but 131 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: human kindness. 132 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 3: In the parable that Jesus tells, this story begins with 133 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 3: an expert in Jewish religious law questioning the Lord. He 134 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 3: was not simply asking a question, but really testing Jesus. 135 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: This was not uncommon in that time his students would 136 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 3: ask questions to teachers in a public forum like this. 137 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 3: But while his actions weren't necessarily wrong, clearly his motives were. 138 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: This man is a self righteous lawyer, and he's attempting 139 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 3: to trap Jesus, as the religious leaders have been trying 140 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 3: to do now for some time. Jesus is very controversial, 141 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 3: so he asked Jesus what was required for him to 142 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 3: inherit eternal life. Jesus then turned the question back on 143 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 3: the lawyer, pointing to the Torah of the law of 144 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 3: the Jews and ask the man how he reads it. 145 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 3: The man, of course, knows all the right answers. He's 146 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 3: a lawyer who is well prepared, so he responds with 147 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 3: the twofold commandment to love God with heart, soul, mind, 148 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 3: and strength, and then to love your neighbor as yourself. 149 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 3: It was a textbook answer, and the man knew it. 150 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: Jesus congratulated him on his right answer and told the 151 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 3: man to go and do those things as if it 152 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 3: were easy, and he would inherit eternal life. Of course, 153 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 3: Jesus knew that the law itself could not give this man, 154 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 3: or any man, eternal life. Rather, it served to point 155 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 3: us to the need for the savior. The law points 156 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 3: us to the Lord himself. This man wasn't satisfied with 157 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 3: the Lord's answer. He didn't want to be just right. 158 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 3: He wanted to justify himself. So he asked Jesus, who 159 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 3: is my neighbor? Who is my neighbor? That is a 160 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 3: very important question, isn't it? And we need to know 161 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: the answer to that question as well. Jesus tells us 162 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 3: this story. Rather than give us a list of the 163 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 3: people that we should love, Jesus told this story, which 164 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 3: is very familiar. A man was traveling on a dangerous 165 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 3: road alone. It was a path known to harbor thieves 166 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: who would attack travelers and rob them and so on. 167 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: Yet the man foolishly put himself in a vulnerable position, 168 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 3: and sure enough, he was attacked. He was robbed, beaten, 169 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 3: and left for dead. Can you picture some of those 170 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: listening to this story thinking, well, that serves him right. 171 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 3: What was he thinking going there doing that? So the 172 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 3: man is laying there, helpless and dying. Then a priest 173 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 3: appeared on the road. This was a godly and righteous 174 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 3: man by most anyone's standards. Surely he would help. But 175 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 3: rather than help, the priest crossed the road and walked 176 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 3: by as far as he could, away from the dying, dirty, 177 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 3: bleeding man. Next came a Levite. This man knew what 178 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 3: worship was. He helped priest in the temple and led 179 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 3: the people in songs of praise. If anyone should know 180 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 3: the heart of God, it should have been this man. 181 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 3: But he too crossed the road and walked on the 182 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 3: other side, way out of reach, ignoring the man whose 183 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: life was draining from his body. By now the crowd 184 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 3: listening to Jesus must have been perplexed, or maybe they 185 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 3: were even waiting for Jesus to tell them that, like 186 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 3: these two godly men so called, that they also could 187 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 3: walk by on the other side of the road and 188 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 3: not pay attention to people's needs. But of course that's 189 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 3: not what they heard. Jesus then introduces another traveler, a Samaritan. 190 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 3: Now the Samaritan was the least likely hero. They were 191 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 3: despised by Jews, what good could come from Samaria. But 192 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 3: this Samaritan man saw the broken man, the bleeding man, 193 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 3: and he had mercy on him. He stopped and cared 194 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 3: for the stranger. He saw him and had compassion upon him. 195 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 3: He attended to his immediate needs, but he didn't stop 196 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 3: just there. He loaded the man onto his animal and 197 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 3: took him to a nearby end, where he paid for 198 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 3: the man to be lodged, fed, and cared for, promising 199 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 3: to return and settle any remaining debt. It was an 200 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 3: outpouring of generosity that would have shocked everyone listening. We 201 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 3: then hear the exchange between Jesus and the lawyer in 202 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: Luke ten thirty six and thirty seven. Which of these 203 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 3: three do you think proved to be a neighbor to 204 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 3: the man who fell among the robbers? He said, the 205 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 3: one who showed him mercy, And Jesus said to him, 206 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 3: you go and do likewise, you go and do the same. 207 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 3: Here's what we learn in this story. Every person in 208 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,119 Speaker 3: need is our neighbor. It goes beyond the physical and cultural, 209 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 3: and political or even religious boundaries that we may cherish. 210 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 3: When we love God with all of our hearts, minds, 211 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 3: soul and strength, then we will love others the way 212 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 3: God loves others, and we have the power of His 213 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 3: spirit to help us do this. It's a sacrificial love 214 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 3: that we're incapable of on our own, and one that 215 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 3: Jesus would demonstrate to the whole world by dying on 216 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 3: the cross to pay the debt for our sin, to 217 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 3: die for us because we were dying in our sins, 218 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 3: to give us hope and to receive life. This is 219 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 3: the love, the agape, love, the compassion that Jesus has 220 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 3: for every one of us. Now in Christ, we should 221 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 3: show that same love to others and in the name 222 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 3: and in the power of God, meet needs all around us. 223 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 3: Dear God, thank you for showing us what love really 224 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 3: is and how we are to love our neighbors and 225 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 3: that anyone who has a need is our neighbor. Help 226 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,599 Speaker 3: us to love people as you love people without limitations. 227 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 3: Thank you for sending Jesus your son to rescue us 228 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 3: when we were dying and helpless. That you lifted us 229 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 3: because you loved us. In Jesus' name, Amen, Thank you 230 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 3: for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 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