1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and Elisha said unto him, Go say 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: unto him, thou mayest certainly recover, howbeit the Lord hath 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: showed me that he shall surely die Second Kings eight ten. 4 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: As I meditate on Second Kings eight one through fifteen, 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: I will lean on you, Lord for comfort and provision 6 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: in moments of uncertainty. Give me inner guidance and information, 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: like Elisha on what is to come. Thank you, God 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: for protecting all that is mine when the enemy seeks 9 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: to steal and rob me of all that You've promised 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: to me through every stage of my life. Protect me 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: from evil minded people like Haziel who seek to harm 12 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: me and put an end to the business, territory, industry, ministry, 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: and mission you've entrusted me with. Lord, I declare that 14 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: I will not be moved nor harmed because the army 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: of the Lord is on my side. Move quickly, Lord, 16 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: that no plan formed against me shall prosper. I am covered, 17 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: protected and anointed by your power and grace in Jesus name. Amen, 18 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with us today. Continue your time 19 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: with God by listening to today's Bible story brought to 20 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: you by Bible. In a Year dot. 21 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: Com Elisha and Hazael. 22 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 3: In our last story, the land of Israel was perishing 23 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 3: at the hand of the Syrians. The land was stripped 24 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 3: of all its resources, food, water, and life slowly left 25 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 3: the city of Samaria. Women were forced to eat their 26 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 3: own children, and all hope seemed lost. Then, as Elisha predicted, 27 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 3: life was restored to the city after four lepers discovered 28 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: the empty Syrian camp filled with flour, gold, and silver. 29 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 3: Now we learn of a new famine scraping the land 30 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 3: of Israel. A familiar family is once again saved by God, 31 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 3: and an enemy of Israel perishes, all for an even 32 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 3: more evil enemy to take his place. As inspired by 33 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 3: the Book of Second Kings. 34 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 4: This is Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible 35 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 4: in a Year podcast. In our previous episode, we heard 36 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: about the severe famine in Samaria and how people turned 37 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 4: to desperate acts to survive. We also heard how the 38 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 4: king and many others blamed God for their troubles, but 39 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 4: Elisha spoke God's promise to restore them, bringing abundant food 40 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 4: into the city, and just as he promised, God rescued 41 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 4: his people. He scattered the enemy, ending their attacks upon 42 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 4: Samaria and brought food and riches from their camp into Israel. 43 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 4: Today we learn about another famine that swept through Israel 44 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 4: and how God once again rescued a family we've met before. 45 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 4: We'll also hear the death of one of Israel's enemy 46 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 4: and the new foe that rises up even worse than 47 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 4: the last. So now let's listen to the word of God. 48 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 3: The people of Israel rejoiced in their new found wealth 49 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 3: after the deadly famine. Families were restored, livestock recovered, and 50 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 3: the armies of Israel were beginning to find their strength 51 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: once again. However, they still lived in a land that 52 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 3: could shift its abundance in a matter of days. There 53 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: was uncertainty about Israel's future. Rather than lean on the 54 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 3: Lord for comfort and provision, the people of Israel clung 55 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 3: to their own strength. They had no idea what heartache 56 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 3: lurked around the corner for them. A warm wind blew 57 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 3: in from deep in the east. Lush trees began to 58 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 3: lose their leaves prematurely, and the birds were flying away 59 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: in flocks. Elisha could see the signs. He knew what 60 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 3: was about to take place. With urgency, Elisha raced to 61 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: Shunnam to find the family he had once restored. Years ago. 62 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 3: Elisha had restored the rich woman's son from the dead. 63 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: He was close to the family and concerned for their 64 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 3: safety arise. He ordered them, sojourn wherever you can to escape. 65 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 3: A great famine is going to pierce the land like 66 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 3: a hot iron. The woman and her son trusted Elisha 67 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: with their lives. They did not hesitate. They gathered whatever 68 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 3: they could and departed to the land of the Philistines. 69 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 3: For seven years they remained there. Meanwhile, a blighted wind 70 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 3: blew continuously through Israel. Farms withered, grain turned to dust, 71 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 3: rivers ran dangerously dry. The Lord allowed for a refining 72 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 3: broom to be swept across Israel. Their self reliance withered 73 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 3: with the grass. After seven years, they looked towards the heavens, 74 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 3: and the land began to be restored to its former glory. 75 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 3: One day, the king was lounging in his throne room 76 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 3: listening to gehees I tell stories of Elisha. Gehesi was 77 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 3: Elisha's former servant who was made a leper after stealing 78 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 3: from Naeman. Although the king despised Elisha, he was fascinated 79 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 3: by him. He respected him and his devotion to the Lord. 80 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: So the king listened intently as Gehese told story after 81 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 3: story of Elisha's life with God. He spoke of many miracles, 82 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 3: the greatest being when Elisha restored a Shnamite woman's son 83 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 3: back to life. As the king was listening, the throne 84 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 3: room doors opened. The king looked closely to see a 85 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 3: woman and her son walking the halls to meet him. 86 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 3: Gehes I gasped at the timing, My Lord, he shouted, 87 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 3: that is the woman I was speaking about. That is 88 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 3: her son that was raised from the dead. The king 89 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 3: stood to his feet. Even though he was ruler over Israel, 90 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: he felt as though he was in the presence of 91 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 3: true royalty. The woman told the king of her travels 92 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 3: to the Philistines to escape the famine. When she returned, 93 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 3: her possessions and land had been lost. The king did 94 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 3: not hesitate restore all that was once hers. He ordered 95 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 3: his governors so the woman and her son were once 96 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 3: again protected by the merciful hand of God. Meanwhile, Elisha 97 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 3: was traveling to Damascus. His staff was keeping him upright. 98 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 3: Years of famine had aged him quickly, but he maintained 99 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: the quiet strength of a man with a purpose. Not 100 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 3: so far away. Ben Hadad, the King of Syria, laid 101 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 3: sick in his bed. His body was failing him, and 102 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 3: fear overwhelmed his soul. He had worked his whole life 103 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 3: to build his kingdom, and now fate was knocking at 104 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 3: his door to take it from him. When he heard 105 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 3: that Elisha was close, his hope returned to him. He 106 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 3: had heard of Elishah's connection to God, so he ordered 107 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 3: his most trusted servant, Hazieh, to go and find Elisha. 108 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 3: Please ask him if I shall recover from this sickness, 109 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 3: he asked. Haziel obeyed, but not with joy or enthusiasm. 110 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 3: Haziel had a deep longing in his heart for the throne, 111 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 3: and the king's sickness was an advantage to him. Nevertheless, 112 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 3: he found Elishah and Damascus. Father. He said to Elisha, 113 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 3: the King of Syria wants to know if his health 114 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 3: will ever return to him. Ah, he will most certainly recover. 115 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 3: Elisha paused mid sentence. He looked into Haziel's eyes. They 116 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 3: revealed a deep well of anger and ambition. They were 117 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: not the eyes of a loyal servant. They were the 118 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: eyes of a conqueror. But the king will die anyways, 119 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 3: won't he, Elishah said. Elishah fixed his gaze on Haziel 120 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 3: for minutes, so long that Haziel grew uncomfortable. Sweat began 121 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: to drip down the side of his temple. He watched 122 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 3: the man of God gaze into his soul. Then a 123 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 3: small tear slid down the side of Elisha's face. Why 124 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 3: do you weep, Haziel said, trying to break the silence. 125 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: Elishah placed his hands on Haziel's face. I weep because 126 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: I have seen the evil that dwells within you. Your 127 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 3: hand will be responsible for the deaths of many. You 128 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: will set fire to Israel's fortresses, You will kill their 129 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 3: young men, You will tear the wombs of pregnant women. 130 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 3: Alishah's tone was sorrowful. He wept over the lost soul 131 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 3: of Haziel. Haziel feigned offense. He mustered up false outrage 132 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 3: and pushed the prophet back, saying, how could I do 133 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 3: such things? I am a simple dog to the king 134 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: with no power. Elishah shook his head. You know as 135 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 3: well as I do. You will be the next king 136 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 3: of Syria. Haziel departed. As Elisha spoke these words, he 137 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: felt exposed. He felt vulnerable and angry. He went back 138 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 3: to the king and delivered the good news of his recovery. 139 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: The king rested easy, elated at the news. That night, 140 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 3: the king laid in his bed in peace. He was 141 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 3: no longer afraid of dying. He could even feel his 142 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 3: body making a speedy recovery. Thinking only of good things, 143 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 3: he slowly drifted asleep. The cool air drifted through his window. 144 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,440 Speaker 3: The moonlight shone brightly through the skylight. The king was 145 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 3: fast asleep and could not see the slight shadow approaching him. 146 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 3: There in the dead of night, Haziel loomed over him 147 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 3: With a wet cloth. He placed it over his king's 148 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 3: face and smothered him until he drifted into nothingness. The 149 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 3: king perished that night, and Hazael became king in his place. 150 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 4: We began today's passage with a joyful Israel, enjoying the 151 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 4: wealth and provisions God had sent them to end the 152 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 4: famine and devastation of the land. They had done nothing 153 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 4: to earn or deserve this great favor. It was God 154 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 4: and his grace who had rescued and provided for them. 155 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 4: But as we are all prone to do. When the 156 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 4: sun is shining and all is going well, the Israelites 157 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: neglected to trust in God and rest in his provision. 158 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 4: Elishah knew this self reliance was going to cost Israel 159 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 4: dearly the Lord's judgment, for their forgetful hearts would once 160 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: again bring famine to the land. Knowing what was coming, 161 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 4: he went to the Shunamite woman, the same one who 162 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 4: had provided a place of rest for Elishah and whose 163 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 4: son Elishah had raised from the dead, and he told 164 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 4: her of the impending seven years of famine that were 165 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 4: about to sweep through the land. She took her son 166 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 4: and traveled into Philistine territory to wade out the seven years, 167 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 4: and sure enough, God removed his hand of blessing from Israel, 168 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 4: and they were faced with the harsh fact that they 169 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 4: could no more provide for their own needs than an 170 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 4: infant can survive without its mother. At the end of 171 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 4: the seven years, the woman returned with her son, only 172 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 4: to discover her land had been taken from her, so 173 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: she went to see the king. When she arrived, Elisha's 174 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 4: servant Geheiza, the man who had been stricken with leprosy 175 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 4: after he deceived. Naemen was regaling the king with tales 176 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 4: of what Elishah had done. This moment was divinely appointed, 177 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 4: for in Second Kings eight to five, here's what we read. 178 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 4: And while he was telling the king how Elisha had 179 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 4: restored the dead to life, behold the woman whose son 180 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 4: he had restored to life. Appealed to the king for 181 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 4: her house and her land. And Ghiza said, my lord, 182 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 4: o King, here is the woman, and here is her son, 183 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 4: whom Elisha restored to life. This was not an accident 184 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 4: or a coincidence. Of course, it was God's timing, paving 185 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 4: the way for his provision and protection. So the king 186 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 4: sent her with an official promising to restore what she 187 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 4: had lost. Once more, this woman and her son witnessed 188 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 4: God's enduring faithfulness, and once more we are reminded that 189 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 4: God takes care of his own. When we lose things, 190 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 4: God will restore them in his own time and in 191 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 4: his own way, even more than what we had lost. 192 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 4: Elisha then traveled to Damascus in Syria. Again we see 193 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 4: the Lord's timing at work, for as he arrived, the 194 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 4: Syrian king ben Hadad was very ill he heard Elisha 195 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 4: was in town. And he went to speak to him. 196 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 4: For even this foreign king knew that the lord was 197 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 4: with Elisha. So he sent his servant Ehzel with camels 198 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 4: loaded with gifts for Elisha and ask if he would recover. 199 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 4: It seemed like an earnest question from a loyal servant, 200 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 4: but Elishah knew Haziel was harboring other thoughts, thoughts of betrayal, murder, 201 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 4: and seizing power. Elishah told Ahaziel to tell Ben Hadad 202 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 4: he'd recover, but he said God had shown him in fact, 203 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 4: that the king would die. Elishah then fixed his gaze 204 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 4: on a Haaseel until he was embarrassed. Elisha then began 205 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 4: to weep, and Ahziel asked why. He said it was 206 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 4: because a Haziel was going to do great evil to Israel, 207 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 4: horrows exceeding those of Ben Hadad. Haziel feigned innocence, denying 208 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 4: that he had any such intentions or even the power 209 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: to carry them out. He was just a servant. But 210 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 4: when he returned to the palace, he gave the king 211 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 4: the message just as Elisha had told him, saying the 212 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 4: king would recover. Then that same night he smothered the 213 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 4: king in his sleep fulfilling Elisha's words, Syria had a 214 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 4: new king, Ahazeel, and he would bring great sorrow to Israel. 215 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 4: Dear God, we thank you for your word, in errant 216 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 4: and infallible, your eternal word. We thank you for these 217 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 4: great stories of the Bible that inspire us and motivate 218 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: us and challenge and move our hearts to trust and obey. You. 219 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 4: Help us always to trust in you and know that 220 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 4: every good and perfect gifts comes from above, your provision, 221 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 4: your protection, and your peace. In Jesus' name. Amen, thank 222 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,119 Speaker 4: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 223 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 4: I'm pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. Let me encourage 224 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 4: you to download Theprey dot com app and always make 225 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 4: Bible reading and Bible study a priority in your life 226 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 4: along with prayer. If you enjoyed this podcast, share it 227 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 4: with someone you love. 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