You're Never Too Far From God's Grace | Historical Books | 1 Samuel 27

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Have you ever found yourself spiritually lost? Am I ever too far for God to find me? Will God be faithful? In today's episode, Tanya shares how 1 Samuel 27 reminds us that God's mercy can always track us down and bring us home. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. 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 so that 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: 1 Samuel 27

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Tanya Wilmuth. My friend Muti is an alpine climbing guide and rescue volunteer.
0:16.0	He lives in a remote mountain region where helicopters can't go.
0:20.0	There's high winds, low clouds, and rugged terrain that make the air rescue impossible.
0:24.9	So when a hiker goes missing, it's not search and rescue professionals who get the call.
0:29.3	It's the local community.
0:30.8	People like Mutie, along with teachers, coffee shop owners, and restaurant workers are the ones who go looking.
0:36.9	Mutie's eyes light up when he talks
0:38.9	about carrying someone out of the wilderness, sometimes on his back, like the woman who broke her ankle,
0:44.2	seven miles above the trailhead. Other times it's with a stretcher, though that's more rare.
0:50.2	Most often, he says, it's just a matter of finding the hiker, offering a calm face and walking
0:54.7	them back down the mountain.
0:56.5	I asked him, how do you even know where to start looking?
1:00.1	He laughed and said, oh, they're almost always in the same two or three places.
1:04.7	We go there first.
1:06.4	He's not wrong.
1:07.9	Nearly 80% of all search and rescue missions find the lost person within 50 yards of
1:13.5	the trail. You know the feeling. You step off the trail to take a picture, follow an animal,
1:19.1	and when you turn back, the trail is gone. Panic sets in. Your body floods with cortisol. You
1:25.0	lose your sense of direction. You feel lost, even though you're likely
1:28.3	just a few yards from the path. In moments of disorientation, both physically and spiritually,
1:35.5	fear and doubt can take over. Today we're following the story of David, the future king of Israel,
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