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- 0:04Hello,
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- 0:04Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:05Miller
- 0:06here
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- 0:06Daily
- 0:07Bible
- 0:07Refresh.
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- 0:12bit
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- 0:13will
- 0:13read
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- 0:13Testament
- 0:14lessons
- 0:14selected
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- 0:15the
- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:16Lectionary
- 0:17for
- 0:18this
- 0:18very
- 0:19day.
- 0:19The
- 0:19reading
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- 0:20understandable.
- 0:20I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21message
- 0:21version
- 0:22relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:23listen
- 0:23to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:24ponder
- 0:24and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
- 0:26action
- 0:26steps
- 0:27you
- 0:27can
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- 0:28We
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- 0:29and
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- 0:29in
- 0:29less
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- 0:3010
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- 0:30It's
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- 0:38ABC1,
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- 0:41Bible
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- 0:42Method.
- 0:42Please
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- 0:43me
- 0:43in
- 0:43my
- 0:44mission
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- 0:46millionaires
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- 0:52podcast
- 0:53and
- 0:53tagging
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- 0:54Here's
- 0:55today's
- 0:55reading
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- 0:56we're
- 0:56reading
- 0:57from.
- 0:57The
- 0:57gospel
- 0:58of
- 0:58Matthew
- 0:588:28
- 0:5934
- 1:00from
- 1:01the
- 1:01Message
- 1:02this
- 1:02is
- 1:02called
- 1:03the
- 1:03Madman
- 1:03and
- 1:03the
- 1:04Pigs.
- 1:05They
- 1:05landed
- 1:06in
- 1:06the
- 1:06country
- 1:07of
- 1:07the
- 1:07gardenias
- 1:08and
- 1:08were
- 1:08met
- 1:08by
- 1:09two
- 1:09madmen,
- 1:10victims
- 1:11of
- 1:11demons,
- 1:12coming
- 1:12out
- 1:12of
- 1:13the
- 1:13cemetery.
- 1:14The
- 1:14men
- 1:14had
- 1:15terrorized
- 1:15the
- 1:15region
- 1:16for
- 1:16so
- 1:16long
- 1:16that
- 1:16no
- 1:17one
- 1:17considered
- 1:17it
- 1:17safe
- 1:18to
- 1:18walk
- 1:18down
- 1:19that
- 1:19stretch
- 1:19of
- 1:19road
- 1:20anymore.
- 1:21Seeing
- 1:21Jesus,
- 1:22the
- 1:22madman
- 1:23screamed
- 1:23out,
- 1:23what
- 1:24business
- 1:24do
- 1:24you
- 1:24have
- 1:25giving
- 1:25us
- 1:25a
- 1:25hard
- 1:26time?
- 1:26You're
- 1:27the
- 1:27son
- 1:27of
- 1:27God.
- 1:27You
- 1:28weren't
- 1:28supposed
- 1:28to
- 1:28show
- 1:28up
- 1:29here
- 1:29yet.
- 1:30And
- 1:31off
- 1:31in
- 1:31the
- 1:31distance,
- 1:32a
- 1:32herd
- 1:32of
- 1:32pigs
- 1:32was
- 1:33grazing
- 1:33and
- 1:33rooting,
- 1:34and
- 1:34the
- 1:35evil
- 1:35spirits
- 1:36begged
- 1:36jesus,
- 1:37if
- 1:38you
- 1:38kick
- 1:38us
- 1:38out
- 1:38of
- 1:38these
- 1:39men,
- 1:39let
- 1:39us
- 1:39live
- 1:40in
- 1:40the
- 1:40pigs.
- 1:42Jesus
- 1:42said,
- 1:43go
- 1:44ahead,
- 1:44but
- 1:44get
- 1:45out
- 1:45of
- 1:45here.
- 1:46Crazed,
- 1:48the
- 1:48pigs
- 1:49stampeded
- 1:50over
- 1:50the
- 1:50hill,
- 1:51over
- 1:52a
- 1:52cliff,
- 1:52into
- 1:53the
- 1:53sea
- 1:54and
- 1:54drowned.
- 1:55Scared
- 1:56to
- 1:56death,
- 1:57the
- 1:57swineherds
- 1:58bolted.
- 1:59They
- 1:59told
- 1:59everyone
- 1:59back
- 2:00in
- 2:00the
- 2:00town
- 2:01what
- 2:01had
- 2:01happened
- 2:02to
- 2:02the
- 2:02madman
- 2:03and
- 2:03the
- 2:03pigs.
- 2:05Those
- 2:05who
- 2:05heard
- 2:05about
- 2:06it
- 2:06were
- 2:06angry
- 2:06about
- 2:07the
- 2:07drowned
- 2:07pigs.
- 2:08A
- 2:09mob
- 2:09formed
- 2:09and
- 2:10demanded
- 2:10that
- 2:10Jesus
- 2:11get
- 2:11out
- 2:12and
- 2:12not
- 2:13come
- 2:13back.
- 2:14That
- 2:15ends
- 2:15the
- 2:15reading.
- 2:15A
- 2:15very
- 2:16interesting
- 2:16one
- 2:16here.
- 2:17It's
- 2:17a
- 2:17wild
- 2:17story
- 2:17about
- 2:18what
- 2:18and
- 2:18who
- 2:20a
- 2:20community
- 2:20values.
- 2:22Let's
- 2:22get
- 2:22into
- 2:22some
- 2:23points
- 2:23to
- 2:23ponder.
- 2:25Jesus
- 2:26crosses
- 2:27boundaries
- 2:27to
- 2:27restore
- 2:28People.
- 2:31Understand
- 2:31that
- 2:32we're
- 2:33here
- 2:33in
- 2:33this
- 2:33passage
- 2:34here
- 2:34we're
- 2:34in
- 2:34gentile
- 2:35territory.
- 2:36It's
- 2:36a
- 2:36cemetery
- 2:37road,
- 2:38a
- 2:38place
- 2:38folks
- 2:39avoided.
- 2:39And
- 2:40Jesus
- 2:40goes
- 2:40there
- 2:41on
- 2:41purpose
- 2:42and
- 2:42a
- 2:43progressive
- 2:43faith
- 2:43follows
- 2:44him
- 2:44across
- 2:45lines
- 2:47towards
- 2:47the
- 2:47stigmatized.
- 2:50This
- 2:50unsafe
- 2:51stretch
- 2:51of
- 2:51road,
- 2:52the
- 2:53places
- 2:54culture
- 2:55neglects,
- 2:57healing
- 2:57isn't
- 2:58tidy
- 2:58or
- 2:58centralized.
- 2:59It's
- 2:59incarnational
- 3:00and
- 3:01proximate.
- 3:02That
- 3:03is,
- 3:03it's
- 3:03real
- 3:04and
- 3:04it's
- 3:04close.
- 3:06We
- 3:06don't
- 3:06wait
- 3:06for
- 3:06People
- 3:07in
- 3:07pain
- 3:07to
- 3:07come
- 3:07to
- 3:08us.
- 3:08We
- 3:08go
- 3:08to
- 3:08them
- 3:09with
- 3:10non
- 3:10judgmental
- 3:11presence,
- 3:12practical
- 3:12help
- 3:13and
- 3:13advocacy.
- 3:16Another
- 3:16point
- 3:16to
- 3:16ponder
- 3:17is
- 3:17to
- 3:17confront
- 3:18harm
- 3:19without
- 3:19devaluing
- 3:20people.
- 3:22The
- 3:22text
- 3:22names
- 3:23demons
- 3:24demons.
- 3:25But
- 3:25notice
- 3:26Jesus
- 3:26doesn't
- 3:27shame
- 3:27the
- 3:27men
- 3:28involved
- 3:28here,
- 3:29he
- 3:30confronts
- 3:30what's
- 3:30harming
- 3:31them.
- 3:32And
- 3:32today
- 3:33a
- 3:33progressive
- 3:33reading
- 3:34of
- 3:34this
- 3:34passage
- 3:34recognizes
- 3:35both
- 3:35personal
- 3:36struggles,
- 3:37mental
- 3:37health
- 3:37for
- 3:38instance,
- 3:38and
- 3:38trauma
- 3:39and
- 3:40systemic
- 3:41forces
- 3:42such
- 3:42as
- 3:42poverty
- 3:43and
- 3:43racism
- 3:44and
- 3:44criminalization
- 3:45of
- 3:46illness.
- 3:48We
- 3:48hold
- 3:48a
- 3:48trauma
- 3:49informed
- 3:49ethic.
- 3:50People
- 3:50are
- 3:51never
- 3:51the
- 3:51problem.
- 3:52The
- 3:52problem
- 3:52is
- 3:52what
- 3:52wounds
- 3:53isolates
- 3:53or
- 3:54dehumanizes
- 3:54them.
- 3:55Healing
- 3:56means
- 3:56new
- 3:57community
- 3:57patterns.
- 3:58Care
- 3:58over
- 3:59control,
- 3:59treatment
- 4:00over
- 4:00punishment,
- 4:01belonging
- 4:02over
- 4:02banishment.
- 4:04Another
- 4:05point
- 4:05to
- 4:05ponder
- 4:05is
- 4:06healing
- 4:07disrupts
- 4:08economies.
- 4:10And
- 4:10that's
- 4:10the
- 4:11point
- 4:12the
- 4:13town
- 4:13grieves.
- 4:13Did
- 4:14you
- 4:14get
- 4:14this
- 4:14part?
- 4:15The
- 4:15town
- 4:15grieves
- 4:16the
- 4:16pigs
- 4:17more
- 4:18than
- 4:18it
- 4:18celebrates
- 4:19the
- 4:20men,
- 4:21the
- 4:21madmen
- 4:22who
- 4:22were
- 4:22set
- 4:22free.
- 4:23And
- 4:23that's
- 4:24a
- 4:24mirror
- 4:24for
- 4:24us.
- 4:25When
- 4:26mercy
- 4:26costs
- 4:27money,
- 4:27time
- 4:27or
- 4:27reputation,
- 4:28do
- 4:28we
- 4:28still
- 4:28choose
- 4:29people?
- 4:30And
- 4:30progressive
- 4:31discipleship
- 4:32measures
- 4:33success
- 4:34by
- 4:34reduced
- 4:34suffering,
- 4:36not
- 4:36preserved
- 4:37profits.
- 4:38If
- 4:38a
- 4:38community
- 4:39prefers
- 4:39its
- 4:40herd
- 4:41of
- 4:41pigs
- 4:42to
- 4:42its
- 4:42neighbors,
- 4:43liberation,
- 4:44something's
- 4:44off
- 4:44there.
- 4:46Following
- 4:46Jesus
- 4:47will
- 4:47sometimes
- 4:48unsettle
- 4:50business
- 4:50as
- 4:50usual
- 4:51so
- 4:51that
- 4:51vulnerable
- 4:52people
- 4:53can
- 4:53thrive.
- 4:56Let's
- 4:56talk
- 4:56about
- 4:56an
- 4:56action
- 4:57step.
- 4:58Choose
- 4:58people
- 4:59over
- 4:59convenience.
- 5:00Identify,
- 5:02quote,
- 5:02some
- 5:03stretch
- 5:03of
- 5:03road
- 5:05in
- 5:05your
- 5:05life
- 5:05that
- 5:06you
- 5:06maybe
- 5:06usually
- 5:06avoid
- 5:07or
- 5:08that
- 5:08somehow
- 5:08is
- 5:08stigmatized.
- 5:10Could
- 5:10be
- 5:10an
- 5:11actual
- 5:11stretch
- 5:11of
- 5:11road.
- 5:11It
- 5:12could
- 5:12be
- 5:12people
- 5:12or
- 5:13situations
- 5:14or
- 5:14places
- 5:15of
- 5:15need
- 5:16or
- 5:16maybe
- 5:16a
- 5:16tough
- 5:17conversation
- 5:17and
- 5:18do
- 5:18some
- 5:18concrete
- 5:19act
- 5:19of
- 5:19care.
- 5:20Do
- 5:21something
- 5:21real.
- 5:22Have
- 5:22that
- 5:22conversation.
- 5:23Offer
- 5:23a
- 5:23ride
- 5:23to
- 5:24someone
- 5:24who
- 5:24needs
- 5:24a
- 5:24ride
- 5:25to
- 5:25the
- 5:25doctor.
- 5:26Deliver
- 5:26a
- 5:27meal.
- 5:28Give
- 5:28some
- 5:29money
- 5:29or
- 5:29your
- 5:29time
- 5:30or
- 5:30your
- 5:30service
- 5:30to
- 5:30a
- 5:31food
- 5:31bank
- 5:31or
- 5:31some
- 5:31other
- 5:32mutual
- 5:32aid
- 5:33or
- 5:33mental
- 5:33health
- 5:34nonprofit.
- 5:36Or
- 5:36invite
- 5:37somebody
- 5:37just
- 5:37to
- 5:37have
- 5:37a
- 5:38conversation
- 5:38or
- 5:38walk
- 5:38in
- 5:39the
- 5:39park
- 5:39and
- 5:39listen
- 5:40without
- 5:41fixing.
- 5:43If
- 5:43you're
- 5:43a
- 5:43person
- 5:44with
- 5:44some
- 5:44influence
- 5:45in
- 5:45your
- 5:45church
- 5:45or
- 5:46workplace
- 5:46or
- 5:47a
- 5:47civic
- 5:48organization.
- 5:50Get
- 5:50involved
- 5:51with
- 5:51a
- 5:51policy
- 5:53or
- 5:53budget
- 5:53choice
- 5:54that
- 5:54prioritizes
- 5:55care
- 5:56over
- 5:56profit,
- 5:57such
- 5:58as
- 5:58funding
- 5:59counseling
- 5:59and
- 6:00community
- 6:00health
- 6:00and
- 6:00crisis
- 6:01response
- 6:02over
- 6:03putting
- 6:03people
- 6:03in
- 6:03jail.
- 6:04Just
- 6:04automatically
- 6:05small
- 6:06steady
- 6:07choices.
- 6:07RA
- 6:08retrain
- 6:08our
- 6:08communities
- 6:09to
- 6:10value
- 6:10people
- 6:12First.
- 6:14We're
- 6:14going
- 6:14to
- 6:15come
- 6:15back
- 6:15and
- 6:15have
- 6:15a
- 6:15prayer
- 6:16here
- 6:16in
- 6:16just
- 6:16a
- 6:16second.
- 6:17I
- 6:17want
- 6:18you
- 6:18to
- 6:18know
- 6:18we've
- 6:18got
- 6:18a
- 6:19resource
- 6:19that's
- 6:19going
- 6:19to
- 6:19help
- 6:20you
- 6:20with
- 6:20your
- 6:20at
- 6:20home
- 6:20Bible
- 6:21study
- 6:21practices.
- 6:22It's
- 6:22called
- 6:22the
- 6:23ABC
- 6:231,
- 6:232,
- 6:243
- 6:24Bible
- 6:24Study
- 6:25Method.
- 6:25Love
- 6:26for
- 6:26you
- 6:26to
- 6:26head
- 6:26over
- 6:26to
- 6:26our
- 6:27website
- 6:27voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:29that's
- 6:29where
- 6:29you
- 6:29can
- 6:30get
- 6:30that
- 6:30resource.
- 6:31Let's
- 6:31pray.
- 6:33Jesus
- 6:33who
- 6:34crosses
- 6:35hard
- 6:35roads.
- 6:36Thank
- 6:36you
- 6:36for
- 6:36moving
- 6:36toward
- 6:37the
- 6:37places
- 6:37we
- 6:37avoid.
- 6:38Cemetery
- 6:39paths,
- 6:40hospital
- 6:40corridors,
- 6:41anxious
- 6:42midnights
- 6:43move
- 6:43us
- 6:44from
- 6:44fear
- 6:44to
- 6:44compassion.
- 6:45Teach
- 6:46us
- 6:46to
- 6:46confront
- 6:46what
- 6:47harms
- 6:47without
- 6:48condemning
- 6:48those
- 6:48who
- 6:48hurt.
- 6:49When
- 6:50mercy
- 6:50costs
- 6:51us
- 6:51reputation,
- 6:51money
- 6:52or
- 6:52comfort,
- 6:53give
- 6:53us
- 6:53courage
- 6:54to
- 6:54choose
- 6:54people
- 6:55anyway.
- 6:56Bless
- 6:56caregivers
- 6:57and
- 6:57patients,
- 6:57the
- 6:58lonely
- 6:58and
- 6:58the
- 6:58overwhelmed.
- 6:59Meet
- 6:59us
- 7:00on
- 7:00wooded
- 7:00trails
- 7:01and
- 7:01in
- 7:01waiting
- 7:01rooms,
- 7:02in
- 7:02family
- 7:03group
- 7:03texts
- 7:04and
- 7:04in
- 7:04laughter,
- 7:05even
- 7:06at
- 7:07groans
- 7:08of
- 7:08bad
- 7:08jokes.
- 7:09Keep
- 7:09our
- 7:10hearts
- 7:10soft
- 7:10and
- 7:10our
- 7:11spines
- 7:11strong
- 7:12so
- 7:12our
- 7:12neighbors
- 7:13become
- 7:13neighborhoods,
- 7:14become
- 7:15safer,
- 7:15kinder
- 7:16and
- 7:16more
- 7:16just.
- 7:17And
- 7:18when
- 7:18we
- 7:18ask
- 7:18to
- 7:19leave
- 7:19you
- 7:19because
- 7:19change
- 7:20feels
- 7:20costly,
- 7:21stay
- 7:21with
- 7:22us
- 7:22and
- 7:23change
- 7:23us.
- 7:24Amen.
- 7:30My
- 7:30friend,
- 7:30I
- 7:31am
- 7:31delighted
- 7:32you
- 7:32chose
- 7:33to
- 7:33join
- 7:33me
- 7:33for
- 7:34today's
- 7:34reading.
- 7:35The
- 7:35Daily
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- 7:36Refresh
- 7:37is
- 7:37completely
- 7:39listener
- 7:39supported.
- 7:40Your
- 7:41gift
- 7:41goes
- 7:42a
- 7:42long
- 7:42way
- 7:42to
- 7:42getting
- 7:43the
- 7:43audible
- 7:43word
- 7:44of
- 7:44God
- 7:45from
- 7:45a
- 7:45progressive
- 7:46perspective
- 7:47into
- 7:472
- 7:47million
- 7:47years,
- 7:48a
- 7:48million
- 7:48people
- 7:49by
- 7:492028.
- 7:51I
- 7:51would
- 7:51be
- 7:52so
- 7:52grateful
- 7:52if
- 7:53you
- 7:53would
- 7:53go
- 7:53to
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- 7:56and
- 7:56share
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- 7:57of
- 7:57any
- 7:58amount.
- 7:59Thanks
- 7:59much.
- 8:00My
- 8:00name
- 8:00is
- 8:01Dr.
- 8:01Brad
- 8:01Miller
- 8:02and
- 8:02I'll
- 8:02be
- 8:02right
- 8:02here
- 8:02tomorrow
- 8:03with
- 8:03your
- 8:04Daily
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- 8:05Refresh.
- 8:06Please
- 8:06subscribe
- 8:07and
- 8:08tag
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- 8:08friends
- 8:09until
- 8:09tomorrow.
- 8:10Remember,
- 8:11God's
- 8:11loyal
- 8:11love
- 8:12doesn't
- 8:12run
- 8:12out.
- 8:13His
- 8:13merciful
- 8:14love
- 8:14hasn't
- 8:15dried
- 8:15up,
- 8:16it's
- 8:16created
- 8:17new
- 8:18every
- 8:18morning.