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God Provides Quail - The Book of Numbers · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and
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  Speaker 1: brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by
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  Speaker 1: the camp, as if it were a day's journey on
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  Speaker 1: this side, and as if it were a day's journey
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  Speaker 1: on the other side, round about the camp, and as
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  Speaker 1: it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
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  Speaker 1: Numbers 11.31 Lord, as I continue my journey to the
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  Speaker 1: promised future, strengthen my mind, body, and soul, so that
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  Speaker 1: I do not get weary leading myself and those called
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  Speaker 1: to be with me to our promised land. I thank
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  Speaker 1: you for assembling the right team that will help me
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  Speaker 1: execute with excellence the task set before me. As I
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  Speaker 1: look at the book of Numbers 11.4-11.35, when times get
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  Speaker 1: hard on my journey to my destiny, I will be
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  Speaker 1: careful not to look into my past and long for
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  Speaker 1: the things that brought me comfort. Instead, I will look
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  Speaker 1: forward with my eyes towards the prize and promise that
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  Speaker 1: awaits me in my upcoming season. I declare that I
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  Speaker 1: will not sacrifice my legacy for temporary luxury, because I
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  Speaker 1: know that doing so will only leave me with the
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  Speaker 1: pain of regret. So, I speak to my mind and
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  Speaker 1: declare peace over it. I will speak to my heart
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  Speaker 1: and command it to remember all of God's provision and
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  Speaker 1: deep love for me. I confess that I only want
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  Speaker 1: what you want for me, Lord. And thank you that
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  Speaker 1: you never disappoint. In Jesus' name, amen. Thanks for making
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  Speaker 2: God provides quail. In our last story, we learned about
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  Speaker 2: Israel begging God to stay in their presence and not
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  Speaker 2: to leave because of their stubbornness. God reestablished his covenant
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  Speaker 2: with Israel, and they built him a tabernacle. In this story,
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  Speaker 2: we pick back up with the Israelites wandering the desert
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  Speaker 2: and their continued distrust in God's provision, as inspired by
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  Speaker 2: the book of Numbers.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible
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  Speaker 3: in a Year podcast. But before we begin, I want
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  Speaker 3: slash stress. In yesterday's reading, we learned that God led
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  Speaker 3: the Israelites into the desert again, headed towards the promised land.
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  Speaker 3: God instructed the Israelites in the building and setting up
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  Speaker 3: of the tabernacle, the place where his presence would dwell
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  Speaker 3: with them on the earth. And as we closed out
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  Speaker 3: the book of Exodus, God was leading the Israelites through
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  Speaker 3: the deserts, his presence once again appearing as cloud and
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  Speaker 3: fire to guide them and to tell them when to
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  Speaker 3: stop and when to go. Today, we'll enter the book
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  Speaker 3: of Numbers, and once again, we'll hear how the people
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  Speaker 3: continue to complain and express their lack of faith in God.
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  Speaker 3: Their impatience and distrust will wear on Moses, and God
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  Speaker 3: will see that he needs help. Leading these people is
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  Speaker 3: no small task. It is a great task. So, let's
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  Speaker 3: listen to today's reading.
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  Speaker 2: Moses continued to lead the thousands of people through the
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  Speaker 2: wilderness towards the promised land and God continued to provide
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  Speaker 2: for his people. Moses and the Lord were close and
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  Speaker 2: spoke daily. However, the mantle of leadership began to wear
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  Speaker 2: on Moses. His eyes looked weary, and his body was
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  Speaker 2: tired from tending to all the needs of Israel alone.
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  Speaker 2: The people of Israel began to moan in hunger. Like
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  Speaker 2: children needing food, they groaned and held their stomachs. Moses
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  Speaker 2: could hear their childish sounds from inside his tent. He
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  Speaker 2: got up from his tent and went out to find
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  Speaker 2: people grabbing him and complaining. When we were in Egypt,
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  Speaker 2: we had fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that we would be able to eat meat again. For
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  Speaker 2: weeks we have had nothing but manna. They wailed in
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  Speaker 2: anxious complaint. Their childish weeping angered God and irked Moses
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  Speaker 2: as well. Annoyed, tired and feeling overwhelmed, Moses snapped at God, shouting,
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  Speaker 2: Have I done something wrong that you would lay the
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  Speaker 2: burden of all these people on me? Am I their mother?
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  Speaker 2: Did I carry them in my womb?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: Yet you would have me breastfeed them all the way
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  Speaker 2: to the promised land. I cannot carry all these people
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  Speaker 2: on my own. It's too much. You should kill me
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  Speaker 2: now so I don't do something I am going to regret.
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  Speaker 2: God took Moses seriously, for his burden was great. Over
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  Speaker 2: 600,000 people were in his care. Issues of family strife
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  Speaker 2: Sexual abuse, fights, and arguments over property plagued Moses daily.
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  Speaker 2: It was truly a burden too great for him to
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  Speaker 2: bear alone. So the Lord had Moses appoint seventy men
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  Speaker 2: out of the elders of Israel to be his officers
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  Speaker 2: to relieve his burden. All but two came to Moses' side.
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  Speaker 2: Moses gathered them all in his tent, and the Spirit
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  Speaker 2: of God descended on each and every one of them,
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  Speaker 2: even the ones who had remained at home. JOSHUA WATCHED
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  Speaker 2: AS EVEN THE TWO WHO HAD NOT COME RECEIVED GOD'S
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  Speaker 2: SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO PROPHECY. CONFUSED, JOSHUA YELLED, WE MUST
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  Speaker 2: MAKE THEM STOP. HOWEVER, MOSES HAD A SMILE ON HIS
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  Speaker 2: FACE BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. THE WRINKLES ON HIS FACE
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  Speaker 2: LIFTED UP AS HE LAUGHED. MOSES PUT HIS HAND ON
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  Speaker 2: JOSEPH'S SHOULDER AND SAID, ARE YOU JEALOUS FOR MY SAKE?
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  Speaker 2: DON'T BE, FOR I WOULD RATHER THE ENTIRE CAMP BE
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  Speaker 2: FILLED WITH PROPHETS Moses was elated, finally not bearing the
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  Speaker 2: burden of all these people alone. The next day, a
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  Speaker 2: tempest from the east sprang forth. The mighty winds raged
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  Speaker 2: and carried with it was a flock of quail. The
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  Speaker 2: quail ran through camp like a tsunami. For miles and
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  Speaker 2: miles there were quail. The people had complained greatly to
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  Speaker 2: God about having no meat, and now there was too
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  Speaker 2: much for them to eat. Yet with the quail came
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  Speaker 2: a price. A plague descended upon the people. Sickness riddled
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  Speaker 2: the people of Israel for days, and the anger of
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  Speaker 2: God was made known. Their hearts had longed for Egypt,
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  Speaker 2: to return to the bitterness of slavery, all because they
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  Speaker 2: missed having meat. The wrestling match between Israel and God continued,
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  Speaker 2: as did God's mercy, discipline, and blessings.
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  Speaker 3: As we open today's reading from Numbers 10, Moses is leading...
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  Speaker 3: tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of Israelites through
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  Speaker 3: the desert. God never failed to take care of them,
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  Speaker 3: to provide for them. But once more, the people began
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  Speaker 3: to moan and groan and complain. They grew tired of
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  Speaker 3: the same food every day, the manna, though it was
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  Speaker 3: supernaturally delivered from heaven each day. They began to see
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  Speaker 3: only the negative and forgot about God's miraculous provisions. They
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  Speaker 3: started to think about the meat they ate in Egypt
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  Speaker 3: and wish they had never left. Their ingratitude offended God
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  Speaker 3: and its wearing on Moses. The constant complaints and quarrels
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  Speaker 3: among the people chipped away at him. And so he
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  Speaker 3: did what he would always do, and that is to
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  Speaker 3: go to God. He's tired. He's irritated, and he doesn't
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  Speaker 3: hold back. He asks God why he's bringing all this
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  Speaker 3: trouble on him. He then reminds God that it was
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  Speaker 3: God that brought them out of Egypt. Moses says he's
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  Speaker 3: about to snap and do something stupid. Maybe you've been there.
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  Speaker 3: I know I have in the past. We're frustrated, afraid,
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  Speaker 3: and don't know what to do. It's chaos. So we
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  Speaker 3: can appreciate Moses' frustration. God doesn't chastise him or tell
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  Speaker 3: him he's not being a good leader. He comes to
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  Speaker 3: his rescue and instructs Moses to call 70 men to
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  Speaker 3: appoint his officers to help lighten the load. God tells
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  Speaker 3: Moses that the spirit that is upon Moses shall be
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  Speaker 3: upon them too, so that they can lead others as
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  Speaker 3: officers and leaders of Israel. This is a great plan.
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  Speaker 3: It is the relief that Moses needed, lest he burn
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  Speaker 3: out completely. When we earnestly come to God for help,
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  Speaker 3: he always delivers. And he gives us the means to
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  Speaker 3: overcome our situation, as he did for Moses. But now
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  Speaker 3: God will deal with the ungrateful hearts of his people.
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  Speaker 3: He tells Moses that he's going to give them more
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  Speaker 3: meat than they can handle. Moses asks how God thinks
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  Speaker 3: he's going to do that. There are over 600,000 people.
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  Speaker 3: God's response is one that we should keep in mind
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  Speaker 3: when we think something sounds impossible. Numbers 11.23 says this,
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  Speaker 3: The Lord said to Moses, Is the Lord's power limited?
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  Speaker 3: Now you will see whether my word will come true
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  Speaker 3: for you or not. God tells Moses to stay faithful,
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  Speaker 3: to keep watching. And that's a good word for us.
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  Speaker 3: When things seem unlikely, improbable, or even impossible, we need
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  Speaker 3: to turn our eyes upon the Lord. and see what
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  Speaker 3: God can do, because God's power is not limited. God
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  Speaker 3: can do anything but fail. Just as God promised, He
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  Speaker 3: sent meat. Quail came down upon their camp. They were
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  Speaker 3: up to their knees in quail. The people spent the
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  Speaker 3: day gathering it, and there was no way they could
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  Speaker 3: eat all of it. Clearly, there was no doubt that
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  Speaker 3: God would provide and did provide for his people. It
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  Speaker 3: is so very important that we never mumble or grumble
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  Speaker 3: or complain about God's provision. God will always take care
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  Speaker 3: of his children. We should not complain or doubt that.
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  Speaker 3: Imagine how different this story would have been if people,
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  Speaker 3: the people of Israel, had just trusted God and turned
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  Speaker 3: to him. But as we end today's reading, the people
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  Speaker 3: are overwhelmed with meat and then a plague hits that
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  Speaker 3: wrecks havoc on the entire camp. And it's all because
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  Speaker 3: they forgot that their God can do all things and
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  Speaker 3: that he is faithful to provide for our every need.
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  Speaker 3: Dear God, thank you for today's reminder that nothing is
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  Speaker 3: impossible for you, that you can do anything beyond what
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  Speaker 3: we can even think or imagine, that you abundantly supply
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  Speaker 3: our every need. Lord, may we never grumble, but rather
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  Speaker 3: be grateful for all that you have provided for us
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  Speaker 3: and to give thanks for the multitude of blessings that
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  Speaker 3: you have given to us. Amen. Thank you for listening
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  Speaker 3: to today's Bible in a Year podcast. Before we go,
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  Speaker 3: I want to let you know about a unique e-book
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  Speaker 3: that's yours to download absolutely free today. It's called Breaking
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  Speaker 3: Free from Stress. And my prayer is that it will
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  Speaker 3: help you conquer the daily tasks and pressures and burdens
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  Speaker 3: that bring stress into your life. Download your free copy
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  Speaker 3: of Breaking Free from Stress today by visiting jackgram.org slash stress.
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  Speaker 3: That's jackgram.org slash stress.