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Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast.

I'm Dalton, a member of the Paul Tripp Ministries team.

Join me each week as I read aloud Paul's popular Wednesday's Word devotional.

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Trip app. This week, Paul is going to look at one of the saddest stories in scripture,

when Adam and Eve hide from God in the garden, and how the Sunday gathering of God's people

can help us when we're tempted

to hide from God as well.

Here's this week's Wednesday's Word.

For the next several months, Luella and I will be renting an apartment in California.

Philadelphia is where we reside permanently, but three of our four adult children now live in Los Angeles and San Diego, along with all six of our grandkids.

Our two oldest granddaughters are obsessed with hide-and-seek.

That means we'll play a lot of it over the

next few months. The game unfolds the same way every time. Because they are not very good at hiding,

we pretend that we can't find them and act like we're about ready to give up. They, on the other hand,

always have trouble finding us. Just as they are about to concede defeat, we begin whistling or clapping

so they can find us. It's a very cute game, but the first game of hide and seek recorded in the

Bible was anything but. Quote, and they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden

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