How firm a foundation, he saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

If you were a teenager in the 70s, like I was,

you'll remember the song Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel.

Such secular songs reflect humanity's longing for comfort in the storms of life.

Well, years before that song hit the charts, Isaiah spoke a message of true spiritual comfort to Israel.

Listen to these great words from Isaiah 43 verse 2.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers they shall not

overflow you.

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.

Welcome to through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee, I'm Steve Sweats, inviting you

to another great adventure in God's word.

Now as you find your spot in Isaiah 43, Greg Harris is here with some letters from our fellow listeners around the world.

And what a privilege it is that we get to fling the seed to the far corners of the earth.

And I know later this month, Steve, we're going to have a chance to share

with our listening family some travels that you and I have had and you know we don't travel just

for the fun of it it's actually quite hard to travel around the world. It's very

tiring. We are doing it so that we can know our partners and also we can bring back to you the

passion that we encounter for the word of God.

And these letters, I think,

are representative of that passion.

You want to start with this one?

Yeah, this is from a woman in Turkey.

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