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Speaker 1: will tell thee Genesis twenty two too. Dear Lord, to day,

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Speaker 1: don't understand your methods, even though it may look like

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Speaker 1: that no eye can see as far as you can see.

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, give me the understanding to know that once

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Speaker 1: your word. With this truth, I choose to understand that

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Speaker 1: in order for my life and dreams to go forward,

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Speaker 1: my promise. Thank you for giving me the ultimate gift

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Speaker 1: in your son, Jesus, and thank you for always providing

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Speaker 1: a way when it seems as though there is none.

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Speaker 1: You are a miracle working God in Jesus name, Amen.

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Speaker 1: Listening to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God.

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Speaker 1: Continue hearing from the Lord by listening to today's Bible

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Speaker 1: in a Year, brought to you by Bible inayear dot Com.

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Speaker 2: God testing Abraham. Before this story, we heard the unfolding

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Speaker 2: of God's great promises. Abraham and Sarah finally bore a son,

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Speaker 2: and his name was Isaac. Now we learn of Abraham's

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Speaker 2: true devotion to God. Will he, after waiting decades to

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Speaker 2: Inspired by the Book of Genesis.

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm pastor Jack grayab with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. Today's reading is about a test,

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Speaker 3: the most difficult test a parent can imagine. In fact,

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Speaker 3: how confused you would be. That's exactly where we find

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Speaker 3: What could have POSI believe in going through his mind

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Speaker 2: At last, Abraham held his son in his arms. Sarah

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Speaker 3: And he said, behold the fire and the wood. But

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Speaker 3: in God verse eight, Abraham said, God will provide for

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Speaker 3: when a father would sacrifice his son. God stays, stops

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Speaker 3: that he would die. God would indeed sacrifice his only

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Speaker 3: son to bring others to himself, to give them eternal life.

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Speaker 3: But the sacrifice is not Isaac. The sacrifice is Jesus,

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Speaker 3: the one perfect sacrifice, who would die once and for

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Speaker 3: all for those who would trust in him and believe

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Speaker 3: in his salvation. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for today's

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Speaker 3: story and how we see your mercy and love and grace.

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Speaker 3: Thank you that you spared Isaac from death, but you

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Speaker 3: chose not to spare your only son, Jesus as he

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Speaker 3: went to the cross and was put to death because

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Speaker 3: of our sins, so that we could be saved. Thank

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Speaker 3: you for how the story reminds us of the sacrifice

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Speaker 3: and the love that you share with each one of

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Speaker 3: us in Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank you for listening to

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Speaker 3: today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm pastor Jack Graham

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