A Look Into the Future | The Writings | Daniel 8

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Are you anxious about the future? Do you worry about the election or about where your country is heading? What should you do with your fear? In today's episode, Patrick finds encouragement in Daniel 8 as he shares about God's control over everything that happens. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Daniel 8

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life,
0:09.0	in the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Patrick Miller.
0:14.0	Have you ever said this is the most important election of our lifetime?
0:18.0	Or even that this is the most important election of history?
0:22.0	Well, if you haven't said it I promise others have you
0:25.2	hear it during almost every major election cycle I've heard it so much I've started to
0:29.6	wonder whether people are losing their memories or at least losing their minds.
0:33.8	But of course they aren't.
0:35.0	This is just an old political ploy used to ramp up anxiety about the future.
0:40.0	Politicians and pundits know that the more anxious they are,
0:43.5	the more likely they are to drum up votes
0:45.4	and get more views on their cable shows.
0:48.3	I'm not at all surprised that these tactics work year after year,
0:51.6	election after election, because they prey on our most basic
0:55.2	human emotion fear. We are quite literally designed to be afraid and for good reason you
1:01.7	see it's good to be afraid of heights. If you aren't you might fall and die.
1:05.6	It's good to be afraid of fire because if you touch it you might get burned. It's good to be
1:09.6	afraid of things that really are threats to your life or your limbs.
1:14.0	But fear is also very easy to hijack.
1:16.5	And because we humans have the ability to think about the future
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