Faith of Friends
Our Daily Bread Podcast
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🗓️ 28 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | They made an opening in the roof above Jesus, and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. |
| 0:06.6 | Mark, Chapter 2, verse 4. |
| 0:10.7 | Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. |
| 0:14.2 | Faith of Friends was written by Katera Patton and read by Tony Collier. |
| 0:21.5 | Mark Chapter 2 verses 1 through 5. |
| 0:25.6 | A few days later, when Jesus again entered Copernum, the people heard that he had come |
| 0:31.5 | home. |
| 0:32.4 | They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door. And he preached the |
| 0:39.3 | word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since |
| 0:46.4 | they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above |
| 0:50.9 | Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. |
| 0:56.0 | When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, |
| 1:00.2 | Son, your sins are forgiven. |
| 1:05.2 | Faith of Friends, written by Katera Patton. |
| 1:09.9 | Attending a conference, a woman noticed that her friend, the day's presenter, didn't look well. |
| 1:15.3 | She approached the presenter who replied, |
| 1:17.4 | I'm going to get through this presentation. |
| 1:20.2 | If I don't feel better in the morning, I'll go to the doctor. |
| 1:23.7 | The woman didn't forget about the presenter's promise. |
| 1:26.9 | This friend had to leave early, but she asked another friend to check on the presenter. |
| 1:31.3 | In the morning, there was a knock at the presenter's hotel door. |
| 1:35.3 | The second friend had come to drive her to the hospital. |
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