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Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord, that your promise has always come with

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Speaker 1: that is contrary to the marvelous vision you've shown me

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for praying with me today.

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Speaker 1: Continue listening for an incredible Bible story brought to you

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Speaker 2: The Lord gives water and victories. In our last story,

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Speaker 2: we learned about the protecting power of God. Pharaoh had

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible

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Speaker 3: in a year. In our last episode, we saw God

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Speaker 3: lead the Israelites to safety, delivering them from Pharaoh's hand

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Speaker 3: Today we will see how God provides once again, even

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Speaker 2: The sweet joys of freedom from slavery lasted only a moment.

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Speaker 3: in spiritual warfare. We have victory in Christ. Though we

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Speaker 3: do not build physical altars to remember our victories, let

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Speaker 3: Next time we'll hear God reaffirm his covenant and give

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Speaker 3: his people simple rules for life. Let's pray. Dear God,

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Speaker 3: thank you for today's scripture, that you miraculously delivered your

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Speaker 3: upon the people's lives. We thank you that in our

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Speaker 3: our battles on our knees. Pray. Help us to pray

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Speaker 3: for one another and hold each other's arms high in

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Speaker 3: victory in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.

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