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🗓️ 28 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | That house did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. |
| 0:06.4 | Matthew 7.25. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:15.8 | Sure Foundation in Christ was written by Arthur Jackson and read by West Ward. |
| 0:22.5 | Matthew chapter 7 verses 24 through 27. |
| 0:27.1 | Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
| 0:36.4 | The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and |
| 0:41.0 | beat against that house, yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone |
| 0:49.4 | who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice, is like a foolish man who built his |
| 0:56.0 | house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that |
| 1:03.1 | house, and it fell with a great crash. |
| 1:09.6 | Shore Foundation in Christ, written by Arthur Jackson. |
| 1:15.7 | American football quarterback C.J. Stroud is young, talented, and an unashamed believer in Jesus. |
| 1:23.0 | In a profession where the average career span is just 3.3 years, Stroud has been outspoken about where his trust lies. |
| 1:34.2 | Football has a lot of twists and turns, Stroud said, but at the end of the day it's all about your foundation, and something that set my foundation is my faith. |
| 1:46.1 | Football or any other profession isn't the only sphere of life with ups and downs, twists, and |
| 1:51.9 | turns. Jesus' story in Matthew 724-27 features two houses, each pummeled by rain, floods, and wind. But only one survived the storm, |
| 2:04.7 | because it had its foundation on the rock, Christ's metaphor for his teaching. Yes, storms happen in |
| 2:13.0 | this life. Sickness and countless other dilemmas can leave us spinning. |
| 2:25.3 | Life isn't stormproof, but building our lives on Jesus and his teaching, our sure foundation, makes the difference. |
| 2:32.3 | Those who refuse to embrace Christ are more vulnerable when life's storms come. |
| 2:36.2 | But those who listen to his words will find stability. |
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