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Adam and Eve - The Book of Genesis · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: And the Lord God formed man of the dust of
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  Speaker 1: the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
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  Speaker 1: and man became a living soul. Genesis 2.7 Dear Heavenly Father,
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  Speaker 1: Like Adam and Eve, I realize that I too get
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  Speaker 1: to make the decision to live together with you in
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  Speaker 1: divine unity. Today, help me to make the right choices
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  Speaker 1: so that I can continue to thrive in this beautiful
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  Speaker 1: garden called life. I will celebrate the fact that you
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  Speaker 1: have created the perfect life partner for me that will
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  Speaker 1: allow me to enjoy your many blessings and to experience
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  Speaker 1: the love and joy that comes with companionship. I declare
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  Speaker 1: that life flows through me because you breathed your breath
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  Speaker 1: into my body. I declare that I can live in
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  Speaker 1: vulnerability and transparency because in your presence is no shame.
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  Speaker 2: Or guilt.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for forming me and sculpting me out of
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  Speaker 1: the dust of the earth. When life gets a little
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  Speaker 1: dirty and even messy at times, I will calm my soul,
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  Speaker 1: because through today's reading in Genesis 2, 5-24, I see
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  Speaker 1: you created amazing things out of dirt. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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  Speaker 3: Adam and Eve Previously in our story, we witnessed the
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  Speaker 3: creation of the universe. Out of chaos and nothingness, God
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  Speaker 3: made everything. He spoke light and life into existence. The
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  Speaker 3: glory of the skies, the galaxies, and the creatures of
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  Speaker 3: the earth were made by God and declared to be good. Now,
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  Speaker 3: we will learn more about the creation of man and woman,
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  Speaker 3: made in the image of God, inspired by the book
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  Speaker 3: of Genesis.
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  Speaker 2: I'm so glad you joined us on the Bible in
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  Speaker 2: a Year podcast today. But before we get to today's episode,
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  Speaker 2: I want you to know that I would absolutely love
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  Speaker 2: to send you my daily devotional that will give you
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  Speaker 2: we wake up to the moment our head finally hits
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  Speaker 2: the pillow, there are thousands of things demanding our attention.
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  Speaker 2: But it's in the midst of all this crush and
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  Speaker 2: hustle and bustle that you and I need peace and
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  Speaker 2: truth in God's Word. That's why I want to help
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  Speaker 2: That's jackgram.org, jackgram.org. In our previous episode, we heard about
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  Speaker 2: the grand unfolding of God's act of creation, night and day, earth,
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  Speaker 2: sky and seas, animals, plants, moon and stars, and humanity. Today,
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  Speaker 2: we take a microscope to the pinnacle of God's creation,
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  Speaker 2: man and woman, His image bearers. This is the story
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  Speaker 2: of the very first humans. As you listen today, pay
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  Speaker 2: close attention to how God creates man. how he stands
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  Speaker 2: apart from the rest of creation. Notice the great care
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  Speaker 2: God takes not only in forming man, but in providing
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  Speaker 2: for him in every imaginable way, including a suitable companion,
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  Speaker 2: one that was perfectly made for him. This isn't just
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  Speaker 2: the dawn of humanity, but the dawn of marriage. Listen
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  Speaker 2: for what this passage teaches about the design of marriage
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  Speaker 2: and the designer of marriage. Finally, you'll encounter a choice
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  Speaker 2: in today's story, a choice that God gives because he
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  Speaker 2: is not interested in forced worship, compulsory obedience, or artificial
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  Speaker 2: superficial love. This story reveals God's heart to you, his
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  Speaker 2: care for you, his love for you. It's a story
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  Speaker 2: about his desire for you to be fulfilled by him
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  Speaker 2: and in him, and for you to choose a relationship
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  Speaker 2: of trust with him. So come with me. And let's
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  Speaker 2: take a look in Eden at the story of Adam
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  Speaker 2: and Eve and the perfect garden God gave them.
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  Speaker 3: The world was new and its refreshing mist was covering
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  Speaker 3: the land. Streams and rivers flowed from the ground, giving
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  Speaker 3: life to all plants and living creatures. Among the quiet
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  Speaker 3: and new earth, God was at work. Personally and intricately,
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  Speaker 3: God formed a man from the dust, as a potter
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  Speaker 3: does with clay. Then he breathed life into him. God
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  Speaker 3: named him and knew him. His name was Adam. God
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  Speaker 3: made a dwelling place for Adam in a garden called Eden.
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  Speaker 3: He placed Adam there, and it was filled with every
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  Speaker 3: tree that is pleasant and good for food. In this garden,
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  Speaker 3: man's relationship with God began. and with that relationship a
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  Speaker 3: choice of free will. There were two trees in the garden.
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  Speaker 3: One was the tree of life. The other was the
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  Speaker 3: tree of knowledge of good and evil. God commissioned Adam, saying,
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  Speaker 3: You may eat of every tree of the garden, but
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  Speaker 3: not of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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  Speaker 3: For if you do, you shall surely die. This would
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  Speaker 3: be Adam's choice. For God does not desire relationship without
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  Speaker 3: free will. Adam was with God in paradise. He dwelt
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  Speaker 3: in the garden that was filled with all things good.
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  Speaker 3: Yet there was one thing that was not good. God said,
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  Speaker 3: It is not good that man should be alone. So
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  Speaker 3: the Lord caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. God,
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  Speaker 3: like a silent surgeon, took a rib from Adam's side.
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  Speaker 3: FROM THIS RIB HE FORMED A WOMAN AND BREATHED LIFE
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  Speaker 3: INTO HER. AT THIS MOMENT ADAM'S LONELINESS WAS QUIETED AND
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  Speaker 3: HIS SOUL AND BODY WAS SATISFIED WITH HER. ADAM THEN
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  Speaker 3: SANG TO HER AND THE TWO WERE MARRIED BEFORE GOD.
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  Speaker 3: TO THIS DAY, THIS IS WHY A MAN WILL LEAVE
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  Speaker 3: HIS FAMILY AND BECOME UNITED WITH HIS WIFE. THEY WERE
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  Speaker 3: NAKED AND WITHOUT SHAME, FOR THERE WAS NO EVIL TO
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  Speaker 3: CORRUPT THE PURITY OF THEIR UNITY They made love, ate
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  Speaker 3: the food in the garden, and cared for the earth
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  Speaker 3: and its animals. God was in the garden with them,
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  Speaker 3: and it was still good. Yet there still remained a
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  Speaker 3: choice to stray, a choice that would alter the course
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  Speaker 3: of all creation.
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  Speaker 2: The dawn of man. This was a different work of creation.
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  Speaker 2: For all other created things, God merely spoke, and things
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  Speaker 2: that were not suddenly were. But for humanity, it was different.
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  Speaker 2: God took his own hands in the very dirt he
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  Speaker 2: had created and formed man in the image of his
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  Speaker 2: triune self. But he didn't stop there. He didn't just
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  Speaker 2: fashion man with his hands. He breathed his very breath,
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  Speaker 2: his breath of life into Adam. Then God created a
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  Speaker 2: special place, a garden for Adam. Did you notice the
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  Speaker 2: nature of God's relationship with Adam? This was not a
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  Speaker 2: created being without choice, without freedom. God created a true
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  Speaker 2: relationship with Adam, and so he gave mankind a choice.
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  Speaker 2: Two trees, one full of good and life, the other
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  Speaker 2: the path to broken relationship and an untimely death. And
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  Speaker 2: it was in this garden that God and man were
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  Speaker 2: to live in communion, knowing each other intimately. I imagine
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  Speaker 2: this garden as the very best of the very best.
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  Speaker 2: In a perfect creation, this was the most perfect place imaginable,
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  Speaker 2: where every single need Adam had was met. Every need
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  Speaker 2: except one, companionship and community. Our triune God knew that
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  Speaker 2: to truly reflect his nature, this man would need to,
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  Speaker 2: as he does with the Son and the Spirit, live
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  Speaker 2: in community. Up to this point, God has said everything
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  Speaker 2: was good, but looking at the lone man, he said
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  Speaker 2: it was not. good. God created all the animals and
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  Speaker 2: brought them to Adam, who named each one of them,
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  Speaker 2: but none were a fitting match. You see, they were
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  Speaker 2: not part of Adam's own flesh. They were distinctly different.
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  Speaker 2: That simply would not do. So once again, God set
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  Speaker 2: to work in creating with his own hands. Genesis 2,
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  Speaker 2: 22 and 23 records the moment when God gave Adam
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  Speaker 2: this beautiful gift of a companion. It says, And the
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  Speaker 2: Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which he
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  Speaker 2: had taken from the man and brought her to the man.
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  Speaker 2: Then the man said, at last, this is bone of
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  Speaker 2: my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be
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  Speaker 2: called woman because she was taken out of man. God
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  Speaker 2: gave Adam a helper, a perfect pair to be with
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  Speaker 2: him for mutual satisfaction. Eve was created from man and
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  Speaker 2: together they lived in a perfect place, at least for now.
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  Speaker 2: but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Today's story tells
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  Speaker 2: us something very important. about our need for community and companionship.
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  Speaker 2: You see, whether you are married or not, God has
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  Speaker 2: created you to be in communion with others. It is
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  Speaker 2: not good to be alone. As God's image bearer, just
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  Speaker 2: like Adam and Eve, you are made to live in community,
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  Speaker 2: in unity, with others just as God Himself exists in unity.
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  Speaker 2: And the highest expression of this unity is seen nowhere
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  Speaker 2: better than in the marriage relationship, created by God right
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  Speaker 2: there in the Garden of Eden. Likewise, this story shows
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  Speaker 2: you that God has given you a choice. Like Adam
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  Speaker 2: and Eve, you have before you the choice to follow
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  Speaker 2: God or follow your own desires. It is a choice
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  Speaker 2: between life eternal and death eternal. and it's the most
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  Speaker 2: important choice you will ever make. Dear Heavenly Father, just
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  Speaker 2: as you provided for Adam's every need, you continue to
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  Speaker 2: do so for us today. You have created us for
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  Speaker 2: community with others and with yourself, and we thank you
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  Speaker 2: for that, O Lord. Help us to choose you and
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  Speaker 2: your ways, God, the way of life everlasting in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. And before we go,
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  Speaker 2: I want you to know that I would love to
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  Speaker 2: send you my daily devotional to give you fresh encouragement
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  Speaker 2: every single day. So visit jackgraham.org to sign up for
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