When Life Is More Than You Can Handle | Torah | Numbers 13

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🗓️ 29 August 2022

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Does God give you more than you can handle? Are there any obstacles in life too big for God? Is there anything you can't trust God with? In today's episode, Keith looks at Numbers 13 to discuss how to and how to not trust God. 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 Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Numbers 13

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	My name is Keith Simon. God doesn't give you more than you can handle.
0:17.0	Maybe you've said that to someone or have had a person say it to you.
0:21.0	If you have cancer, then you can handle it. If you're going through a rough time at work
0:25.2	don't worry you can handle it. If you have a difficult season in your marriage don't
0:29.3	worry you can handle it. If you're having a hard time in school, don't sweat it, you can handle it.
0:35.0	Most of the time, that's said to comfort people or maybe to instill a confidence in them
0:40.0	that they're going to be okay.
0:41.0	Look, God doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
0:45.0	Now, the only problem with that is that it's completely wrong. It's absolutely
0:49.9	unbiblical. God doesn't give you anything that you can't handle? Are you
0:54.3	kidding me? Of course he does. Most of the time that seems like that's all he
0:59.1	gives me. So that phrase that God doesn't give me more than I can handle, the problem with it is that it directs me back to me.
1:07.0	It tells me that I can handle things, that I've got what it takes.
1:11.0	And I think that's just the opposite of what the
1:13.6	it takes and I think that's just the opposite of what the Bible teaches.
1:15.4	According to Amazon, the most highlighted passage in all books read on Kindle a
1:20.2	few years ago. In fact, this passage was highlighted almost twice as often as any other
1:25.0	passage. Well it was from the second volume of The Hunger Games. Here's what the most frequently
1:31.0	highlighted passage said.
1:33.6	Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
1:38.7	Now the reason that was highlighted so often is because it resonated with people. It described how they
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