God's Plan Takes Work | Torah | Exodus 17:8-16

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🗓️ 9 June 2022

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Should Christians "let go and let God"? What role do you have in God's plan? Are you trying to avoid hard work? In today's episode, Jensen talks through Exodus 17:8-16 to explain how living out God's plan requires work and action. 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 with others, so 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 Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. 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. Passages: Exodus 17:8-16 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.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair and right now we're going through exodus.
0:16.5	My husband and I just got back from a week of vacation and we went without our eight-month-old son.
0:22.5	Jude got to spend plenty of time with his grandparents,
0:25.4	and we got to spend a week eating good food,
0:28.1	reading books, and laying on a beach.
0:30.3	It was incredibly relaxing and peaceful.
0:32.6	No nap schedules, no crying, no scrambling to find puffs to feed the baby.
0:37.2	Just rest and the sound of waves on the sand.
0:40.8	It makes sense why when people often imagine luxury and peace and
0:45.6	comfort they envision themselves sitting on a beach. In many of the TV shows and
0:50.3	movies I grew up watching, oftentimes if a character was sick and dying,
0:53.9	they would find themselves on a beach in a dream-like state
0:57.2	that was supposed to represent their life in heaven,
1:00.0	their life at peace.
1:07.6	But as my husband and I were on our vacation, by the last day we missed home. We missed having something to do. We missed the naps and the crying and the chores because with all of those things comes the joy of being with Jude.
1:16.0	There was a flaw in our plan and a reason why vacation only lasts a few days.
1:21.0	If our goal in life is to live comfortably and peacefully,
1:24.9	then we would miss out on things like a joyful marriage and having a child and
1:30.0	excelling in a career. All of those things, they take effort and work, and in turn they require responsibility
1:37.5	and discomfort at times. It's why the vision of heaven as a beach and a margarita always rubbed me the wrong way.
1:45.6	And why popular Christian phrases like, let go and let God, it never quite sat right.
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