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Speaker 1: expound the riddle Judges fourteen fourteen. Lord, to day, I

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Speaker 1: realize that my similarities create my comfort, but it is

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Speaker 1: Your hand on my life is undeniable. The source of

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Speaker 1: my strength, to some is a riddle. However, the truth

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Speaker 1: thank you for praying with us today. Continue your time

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

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Speaker 2: In our last story, we learned about the birth of

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Speaker 3: Hello, this is Jack Grayham with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In yesterday's episode, we heard

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Speaker 3: the story of Samson's parents receiving unexpected news they were

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Speaker 3: we'll learn how Samson grew stronger than any other man,

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Speaker 2: Samson walked around Timna, a Philistine city. He had grown into.

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Speaker 3: that we have learned today. How it shows us the

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