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Hi, this is Jim Denison, the Denison Ministries, and this is the Daily Article special edition

for March 24, 2020.

The president of Harvard University and his wife just announced

that they have tested positive for COVID-19. Their statement highlights the fact that no one is

immune from this disease. As I record this Daily Article Special Edition, Congressional and White House

officials say they expect to reach a deal today on a nearly $2 trillion measure aimed at

easing the economic damage from the coronavirus epidemic. Negotiators are laboring in the shadow

of what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls the most serious threat to Americans' health

in over a century and quite likely the greatest risk to America's jobs and prosperity

that we've seen since the Great Depression.

We're facing an unprecedented challenge, at least in my lifetime. We're looking, therefore,

for unprecedented opportunities from medical experts and national leaders to respond. Our fear is

that this bill, massive though it will be, will not be enough. Well, let's sustain our economy until we can

all go back to work. How long will that be? What will the permanent consequences of this crisis be?

What will normal look like, assuming we can return to it? If you're afraid that all our resources

are not enough to meet the challenges of our day, I have some good news for you. In Psalm 81, the Lord

says to his people in verse 10, I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

This sentence captures a miracle that transcends anything we can fully comprehend. Egypt was the

greatest empire of the world had ever seen. Its military

feared the world over. For a fugitive shepherd and two million slaves to defy their Pharaoh

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