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🗓️ 12 November 2025
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It’s hard to thank someone for a gift when you don’t know who sent it. Dr. Tony Evans reminds us that every good thing in life comes from God and challenges us to respond with gratitude and generosity that reflects His heart.
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| 0:00.0 | Any ability you have to do anything has come from God. |
| 0:05.0 | Dr. Tony Evans talks about the importance of acknowledging the source of all goodness and power within your being. |
| 0:11.0 | If you don't get that, then your whole philosophy of life will be off. |
| 0:17.0 | This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans. |
| 0:26.0 | It's hard to thank someone for a gift when you don't know who sent it. |
| 0:30.5 | Today, Dr. Evans reminds us that every good thing in our life comes from just one source. |
| 0:36.3 | Let's join him as he begins. One day an atheist was walking |
| 0:41.5 | through the woods. And as this atheist was walking through the woods, he was just admiring the |
| 0:49.8 | beauty that was surrounding him. He was looking at the greatness of the trees, |
| 0:57.0 | listening to the singing of the birds, |
| 1:00.0 | feeling the blowing of the breeze, |
| 1:04.0 | seeing the various creatures that were out and about in the woods |
| 1:09.0 | and the beauty of the foliage all around him. |
| 1:13.6 | He was admiring all that Mother Nature had to offer, even though he did not believe in God. |
| 1:21.6 | He heard some rustling behind him, and he turned around, and behind him was a seven-foot grizzly bear coming toward him. |
| 1:35.3 | He took off running and was terrified, but the grizzly bear was catching up to him ever so closely. |
| 1:45.0 | As he was running, he tripped and fell. |
| 1:49.0 | And then as he turned, the grizzly bear was atop of him, |
| 1:54.0 | with paws lifted up. |
| 1:59.0 | The atheist cried out, oh God! |
| 2:05.4 | And when he did, everything stopped. |
| 2:09.6 | The wind stopped blowing. |
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