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- 0:04Hello,
- 0:04my
- 0:05friend
- 0:05Dr.
- 0:05Brad
- 0:06Miller
- 0:06here
- 0:06with
- 0:06the
- 0:06Daily
- 0:07Bible
- 0:08Refresh.
- 0:08This
- 0:09is
- 0:09your
- 0:09daily
- 0:10reading
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- 0:10Bible
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- 0:11a
- 0:11progressive
- 0:12point
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- 0:12In
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- 0:13bit
- 0:13I
- 0:13will
- 0:13read
- 0:13the
- 0:14New
- 0:14Testament
- 0:14lessons
- 0:15selected
- 0:15from
- 0:15the
- 0:15Revised
- 0:16Common
- 0:17Lectionary
- 0:18for
- 0:18this
- 0:19very
- 0:19day.
- 0:19The
- 0:20reading
- 0:20is
- 0:20understandable.
- 0:21I
- 0:21use
- 0:21the
- 0:21Message
- 0:22version
- 0:22relatable.
- 0:23Please
- 0:23listen
- 0:24to
- 0:24the
- 0:24points
- 0:24to
- 0:25ponder
- 0:25and
- 0:25applicable
- 0:26with
- 0:26action
- 0:27steps
- 0:27you
- 0:27can
- 0:28take.
- 0:28We
- 0:29pray
- 0:29and
- 0:29are
- 0:29done
- 0:29in
- 0:30less
- 0:30than
- 0:3010
- 0:30minutes.
- 0:31It's
- 0:31all
- 0:31brought
- 0:31to
- 0:31you
- 0:32by
- 0:32voiceofgoddaily.com
- 0:34which
- 0:34is
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- 0:35home
- 0:35of
- 0:35your
- 0:35free
- 0:36personal
- 0:36Bible
- 0:37Study
- 0:37Guide,
- 0:38the
- 0:38ABC1,
- 0:4023
- 0:41Bible
- 0:42Study
- 0:42Method.
- 0:43Please
- 0:43join
- 0:43me
- 0:44in
- 0:44my
- 0:44mission
- 0:44of
- 0:44getting
- 0:45the
- 0:45audible
- 0:45word
- 0:45of
- 0:45God
- 0:46into
- 0:46two
- 0:47millionaires
- 0:47a
- 0:48million
- 0:48people
- 0:49by
- 0:492028.
- 0:50You
- 0:50can
- 0:50help
- 0:50by
- 0:51saving
- 0:51and
- 0:52subscribing
- 0:52to
- 0:52the
- 0:52podcast
- 0:53and
- 0:53tagging
- 0:54your
- 0:54friends.
- 0:55Here's
- 0:55today's
- 0:55reading.
- 0:57We're
- 0:57reading
- 0:58from
- 0:58the
- 0:58gospel
- 0:58of
- 0:58John
- 0:591:1
- 1:0013
- 1:00from
- 1:01the
- 1:01Message
- 1:02the
- 1:02life
- 1:03light
- 1:05the
- 1:05Word
- 1:05was
- 1:05first
- 1:06the
- 1:07Word
- 1:07present
- 1:08to
- 1:08God
- 1:09God
- 1:10present
- 1:11to
- 1:11the
- 1:11Word.
- 1:12The
- 1:13Word
- 1:13was
- 1:14God
- 1:15in
- 1:15readiness
- 1:15for
- 1:16God
- 1:16from
- 1:16day
- 1:17one.
- 1:18Everything
- 1:18was
- 1:19created
- 1:19through
- 1:20Him.
- 1:20Nothing,
- 1:21not
- 1:22one
- 1:22thing
- 1:22came
- 1:23into
- 1:23being
- 1:23without
- 1:23him.
- 1:24What
- 1:25came
- 1:25into
- 1:25existence
- 1:26was
- 1:26life
- 1:27and
- 1:28the
- 1:28life
- 1:29was
- 1:29light
- 1:30to
- 1:30live
- 1:31by.
- 1:32The
- 1:32life
- 1:33light
- 1:33blazed
- 1:34out
- 1:34of
- 1:34the
- 1:35darkness.
- 1:36The
- 1:36darkness
- 1:37couldn't
- 1:37put
- 1:37it
- 1:37out.
- 1:39There
- 1:39once
- 1:39was
- 1:39a
- 1:39man,
- 1:40his
- 1:40name
- 1:40John,
- 1:41sent
- 1:42by
- 1:42God
- 1:42to
- 1:42point
- 1:42out
- 1:43the
- 1:43way
- 1:43to
- 1:43the
- 1:44life
- 1:44light.
- 1:46He
- 1:46came
- 1:46to
- 1:46show
- 1:47everyone
- 1:47where
- 1:47to
- 1:47look,
- 1:48who
- 1:48to
- 1:48believe
- 1:49in.
- 1:50John
- 1:50was
- 1:50not
- 1:51himself
- 1:51the
- 1:51light.
- 1:52He
- 1:52was
- 1:52here
- 1:53to
- 1:53show
- 1:53the
- 1:53way
- 1:54to
- 1:55the
- 1:55light.
- 1:57The
- 1:57life
- 1:57light
- 1:58was
- 1:58the
- 1:58real
- 1:59thing.
- 2:00Every
- 2:00person
- 2:00entering
- 2:01life
- 2:02he
- 2:02brings
- 2:02into
- 2:03light.
- 2:04He
- 2:04was
- 2:05in
- 2:05the
- 2:05world.
- 2:06The
- 2:06world
- 2:07was
- 2:07there
- 2:07through
- 2:07him
- 2:08and
- 2:09yet
- 2:09the
- 2:09world
- 2:10didn't
- 2:10even
- 2:10notice.
- 2:11He
- 2:11came
- 2:12to
- 2:12his
- 2:12own
- 2:12people,
- 2:13but
- 2:13they
- 2:14didn't
- 2:14want
- 2:14him.
- 2:15But
- 2:15whoever
- 2:16did
- 2:16want
- 2:17him,
- 2:17who
- 2:17believed
- 2:18he
- 2:18was
- 2:18who
- 2:19he
- 2:19claimed
- 2:20and
- 2:20would
- 2:20do
- 2:21whatever
- 2:21he
- 2:21said
- 2:22he
- 2:23made
- 2:23to
- 2:23be
- 2:24their
- 2:24true
- 2:24selves,
- 2:26their
- 2:26child
- 2:26of
- 2:27God
- 2:27selves.
- 2:29Those
- 2:29are
- 2:29the
- 2:30God
- 2:30begotten.
- 2:31Not
- 2:32blood
- 2:32begotten,
- 2:34not
- 2:34flesh
- 2:35begotten,
- 2:36not
- 2:37sex
- 2:37begotten.
- 2:40What
- 2:40an
- 2:40incredible
- 2:41passage
- 2:41of
- 2:42scripture.
- 2:42It's
- 2:42actually
- 2:43one
- 2:43of
- 2:43my
- 2:44favorites
- 2:45about
- 2:45the
- 2:45life
- 2:46light
- 2:48being
- 2:48the
- 2:48real
- 2:48thing.
- 2:50So
- 2:50let's
- 2:51get
- 2:51into
- 2:51some
- 2:51points
- 2:52to
- 2:52ponder
- 2:52about
- 2:53this.
- 2:55The
- 2:55Life
- 2:56Light
- 2:57names
- 2:57us
- 2:58beyond
- 2:58labels.
- 3:00John
- 3:00says
- 3:01Jesus
- 3:01makes
- 3:01us
- 3:02their
- 3:03true
- 3:03selves,
- 3:04not
- 3:04their
- 3:04child
- 3:05of
- 3:05God
- 3:05selves.
- 3:07Very
- 3:07interesting
- 3:07turn
- 3:08of
- 3:08a
- 3:08phrase
- 3:10not
- 3:10defined
- 3:10by
- 3:10bloodlines,
- 3:11flesh
- 3:11or
- 3:12sex.
- 3:12A
- 3:12progressive
- 3:13reading
- 3:13hears
- 3:14radical
- 3:14inclusion
- 3:16identity
- 3:16rooted
- 3:17in
- 3:17grace,
- 3:18not
- 3:18gatekeeping.
- 3:19Your
- 3:19worth
- 3:20isn't
- 3:20measured
- 3:20by
- 3:21pedigree,
- 3:21performance
- 3:22or
- 3:22conformity.
- 3:23It's
- 3:23received
- 3:24when
- 3:25the
- 3:25world
- 3:25doesn't
- 3:26notice
- 3:26you
- 3:26or
- 3:26misnames
- 3:27you.
- 3:27The
- 3:28life
- 3:28light
- 3:29still
- 3:29sees
- 3:30you,
- 3:30claims
- 3:31you,
- 3:31and
- 3:31calls
- 3:32you
- 3:32into
- 3:32its
- 3:32truest
- 3:33self.
- 3:36This
- 3:36resonates
- 3:37in
- 3:37my
- 3:37own
- 3:37family
- 3:37story.
- 3:39Long
- 3:40marriage,
- 3:40great
- 3:41kids,
- 3:42grandchildren,
- 3:44and
- 3:44laughter
- 3:44and
- 3:45storytelling
- 3:45are
- 3:45all
- 3:46part
- 3:46of
- 3:46our
- 3:46life
- 3:46together.
- 3:48And
- 3:48love
- 3:49lets
- 3:49people
- 3:50be
- 3:50themselves,
- 3:51not
- 3:51replicas
- 3:52of
- 3:52someone
- 3:53else's
- 3:54expectations.
- 3:56Another
- 3:57point
- 3:58light
- 3:59doesn't
- 4:00deny
- 4:00darkness.
- 4:01It
- 4:01refuses
- 4:02to
- 4:02be
- 4:02extinguished.
- 4:04It
- 4:04says
- 4:05here
- 4:05the
- 4:05darkness
- 4:06couldn't
- 4:06put
- 4:06it
- 4:07out.
- 4:08A
- 4:08progressive
- 4:09reading
- 4:09of
- 4:09this
- 4:10doesn't
- 4:10pretend
- 4:11suffering
- 4:11isn't
- 4:11real.
- 4:12It
- 4:13insists
- 4:13that
- 4:13hope
- 4:14is
- 4:14more
- 4:14stubborn.
- 4:15In
- 4:16my
- 4:16weekly
- 4:16podcast
- 4:17for
- 4:17folks
- 4:17impacted
- 4:18by
- 4:18cancer,
- 4:19we
- 4:19hold
- 4:19both
- 4:20pain
- 4:20and
- 4:20humor
- 4:22together.
- 4:23A
- 4:23light
- 4:24doesn't
- 4:24erase
- 4:25chemo
- 4:26side
- 4:26effects
- 4:26or
- 4:27scan
- 4:27anxiety.
- 4:29It
- 4:29shows
- 4:29a
- 4:29path
- 4:30through
- 4:30them,
- 4:31often
- 4:31with
- 4:31small
- 4:32graces.
- 4:33Maybe
- 4:33it's
- 4:34a
- 4:34casserole
- 4:34from
- 4:34a
- 4:35neighbor,
- 4:35or
- 4:36the
- 4:36kind
- 4:36word
- 4:37from
- 4:37a
- 4:37nurse,
- 4:38or
- 4:38a
- 4:38shared
- 4:39laugh
- 4:39that
- 4:39breaks
- 4:39the
- 4:40heaviness
- 4:40of
- 4:40the
- 4:40minute.
- 4:43Sometimes
- 4:43I
- 4:43think
- 4:43about
- 4:44going
- 4:44on
- 4:44hikes
- 4:44with
- 4:44my
- 4:45wife,
- 4:45which
- 4:45we
- 4:45do
- 4:45quite
- 4:46often,
- 4:47and
- 4:47how
- 4:48if
- 4:48we're
- 4:48in
- 4:48an
- 4:49area
- 4:49where
- 4:49there
- 4:49is
- 4:49a
- 4:50canopy
- 4:50of
- 4:50trees,
- 4:50sometimes
- 4:51a
- 4:52shaft
- 4:52of
- 4:52sunlight
- 4:53will
- 4:53go
- 4:54through
- 4:54the
- 4:54trees,
- 4:55through
- 4:55the
- 4:55leaves
- 4:56and
- 4:56onto
- 4:56the
- 4:56trail
- 4:57after
- 4:58a
- 4:58stretch
- 4:58of
- 4:58shadow.
- 4:59That's
- 4:59just
- 4:59such
- 4:59a
- 4:59cool
- 5:00moment.
- 5:01And
- 5:02when
- 5:02we
- 5:03see
- 5:03these
- 5:03things,
- 5:05it
- 5:05enlightens
- 5:06us.
- 5:06The
- 5:07light
- 5:08lights
- 5:08up
- 5:09the
- 5:09darkness.
- 5:10All
- 5:10right,
- 5:11so
- 5:11that's
- 5:11what
- 5:11I'm
- 5:11watching.
- 5:11My
- 5:12favorite
- 5:12teams,
- 5:13Colts,
- 5:13Pacers,
- 5:14IU
- 5:16Fever.
- 5:17Sometimes
- 5:18they
- 5:18got
- 5:18bad,
- 5:19you
- 5:19know,
- 5:20a
- 5:20bad
- 5:20game
- 5:21or
- 5:21bad
- 5:21quarter
- 5:22and
- 5:22some
- 5:22it
- 5:23looks
- 5:23dark,
- 5:23it
- 5:23looks
- 5:23bleak.
- 5:24And
- 5:24sometimes
- 5:25they
- 5:25come
- 5:25back
- 5:26several.
- 5:27Happens
- 5:27several
- 5:27times
- 5:27to
- 5:28Pacers
- 5:28this
- 5:28year
- 5:29where
- 5:29they
- 5:29came
- 5:29back
- 5:30in
- 5:30the
- 5:30last
- 5:30minute
- 5:30and
- 5:31won
- 5:31the
- 5:31game.
- 5:32And
- 5:32light
- 5:32is
- 5:33there.
- 5:33It's
- 5:33just
- 5:33a
- 5:33cool
- 5:34moment.
- 5:35Light
- 5:35is
- 5:35faithfully
- 5:36showing
- 5:36up.
- 5:37Everybody.
- 5:37The
- 5:37good
- 5:38understand,
- 5:38the
- 5:39good
- 5:39persists
- 5:40and
- 5:40the
- 5:40truth
- 5:40that
- 5:40studies
- 5:41the
- 5:42love
- 5:42that
- 5:43carries.
- 5:44Here's
- 5:45an
- 5:45action
- 5:45step.
- 5:47Make
- 5:47a
- 5:47light
- 5:48list
- 5:49today.
- 5:50Write
- 5:51three
- 5:51names
- 5:51of
- 5:51people
- 5:52who
- 5:52might
- 5:53in
- 5:53your
- 5:53life
- 5:53who
- 5:53might
- 5:54be
- 5:54a
- 5:55bit
- 5:55unseen.
- 5:56Someone
- 5:56in
- 5:57treatment,
- 5:57a
- 5:57caregiver,
- 5:58a
- 5:58colleague,
- 5:59a
- 5:59neighbor.
- 6:00And
- 6:01for
- 6:02them
- 6:02do
- 6:02one
- 6:02small
- 6:02act
- 6:03that
- 6:03helps
- 6:03them
- 6:03feel
- 6:04their
- 6:04true
- 6:05child
- 6:05of
- 6:05God's
- 6:05self.
- 6:06It
- 6:07may
- 6:07be
- 6:07a
- 6:07bookmark,
- 6:08it
- 6:08might
- 6:08be
- 6:08a
- 6:08text
- 6:10just
- 6:11encouraging
- 6:11them.
- 6:12Or
- 6:13might
- 6:13be
- 6:13a
- 6:13practical
- 6:14thing.
- 6:14You
- 6:14know,
- 6:14buy
- 6:14somebody
- 6:15a
- 6:15cup
- 6:15of
- 6:15coffee,
- 6:16take
- 6:16them
- 6:16for
- 6:16a
- 6:16meal
- 6:17or
- 6:17maybe
- 6:18a
- 6:18five
- 6:18minute
- 6:18phone
- 6:18call
- 6:19just
- 6:19to
- 6:20say
- 6:20I
- 6:20was
- 6:20thinking
- 6:20about
- 6:20you.
- 6:21Let
- 6:22it
- 6:22be
- 6:22simple.
- 6:23No
- 6:23fanfare.
- 6:24The
- 6:24life
- 6:25light
- 6:26often
- 6:26moves
- 6:27in
- 6:27quiet,
- 6:28steady
- 6:29ways.
- 6:32Well,
- 6:32we'll
- 6:33come
- 6:33back
- 6:33and
- 6:33have
- 6:33a
- 6:33prayer
- 6:34here
- 6:34in
- 6:34just
- 6:34a
- 6:34minute.
- 6:35But
- 6:35I
- 6:35did
- 6:35want
- 6:35you
- 6:35to
- 6:35know
- 6:36that
- 6:36we
- 6:36have
- 6:36a
- 6:37illuminating
- 6:39gift
- 6:39for
- 6:39you.
- 6:40And
- 6:40that
- 6:40is
- 6:40our
- 6:41gift
- 6:42which
- 6:42is
- 6:42our
- 6:43ABC
- 6:441,
- 6:442,
- 6:443
- 6:45Bible
- 6:45study
- 6:45method.
- 6:46And
- 6:46we
- 6:46just
- 6:47invite
- 6:47you
- 6:47to
- 6:47go
- 6:47to
- 6:47our
- 6:48website
- 6:48voiceofgoddaily.com
- 6:50and
- 6:50it's
- 6:50free
- 6:50to
- 6:50you
- 6:51right
- 6:51there.
- 6:52Let's
- 6:52pray.
- 6:53Life
- 6:54Light
- 6:55of
- 6:55God
- 6:55thank
- 6:55you
- 6:56that
- 6:56the
- 6:56darkness
- 6:57can't
- 6:57put
- 6:57you
- 6:57out.
- 6:58When
- 6:58labels
- 6:59and
- 6:59expectations
- 7:00tug
- 7:00at
- 7:01us,
- 7:02you
- 7:02name
- 7:02us
- 7:02again
- 7:03as
- 7:03your
- 7:03children,
- 7:03our
- 7:04true
- 7:04selves.
- 7:06Be
- 7:06near
- 7:06those
- 7:07who
- 7:07are
- 7:07having
- 7:07anxiety,
- 7:09cancer,
- 7:09some
- 7:09other
- 7:10adversity
- 7:11in
- 7:11life
- 7:12and
- 7:12give
- 7:13them
- 7:13comfort
- 7:14and
- 7:14a
- 7:14smile
- 7:14where
- 7:15possible.
- 7:16Bless
- 7:16our
- 7:16families,
- 7:17spouses,
- 7:19kids,
- 7:20grandchildren,
- 7:21friends,
- 7:22co
- 7:22workers.
- 7:23Thank
- 7:24you
- 7:24for
- 7:24moments
- 7:24when
- 7:24we
- 7:24can
- 7:25laugh
- 7:25and
- 7:26teach
- 7:26us
- 7:26to
- 7:26notice
- 7:27light
- 7:28on
- 7:28the
- 7:28ordinary
- 7:29days
- 7:29and
- 7:30even
- 7:30the
- 7:30ordinary
- 7:30trails
- 7:32of
- 7:32a
- 7:32kind
- 7:33word.
- 7:33A
- 7:33decent
- 7:34pass,
- 7:35a
- 7:35friend
- 7:36who
- 7:36sits
- 7:37with
- 7:37us
- 7:38when
- 7:38times
- 7:38are
- 7:38tough.
- 7:39Help
- 7:39us
- 7:40carry
- 7:40that
- 7:40light
- 7:41to
- 7:41someone
- 7:41else
- 7:42today.
- 7:43Amen.
- 7:55My
- 7:55friend,
- 7:55I
- 7:56am
- 7:56delighted
- 7:57you
- 7:57chose
- 7:57to
- 7:58join
- 7:58me
- 7:58for
- 7:58today's
- 7:59reading.
- 8:00The
- 8:00Daily
- 8:00Bible
- 8:01Refresh
- 8:02is
- 8:02completely
- 8:03listener
- 8:04supported.
- 8:05Your
- 8:06gift
- 8:06goes
- 8:06a
- 8:06long
- 8:07way
- 8:07to
- 8:07getting
- 8:07the
- 8:08audible
- 8:08word
- 8:08of
- 8:09God
- 8:09from
- 8:10a
- 8:10progressive
- 8:10perspective
- 8:11into
- 8:122
- 8:12million
- 8:12years,
- 8:13a
- 8:13million
- 8:13people
- 8:14by
- 8:142028.
- 8:16I
- 8:16would
- 8:16be
- 8:16so
- 8:17grateful
- 8:17if
- 8:17you
- 8:18would
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