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

If you're an early riser, you've seen many dark nights turn into the dawn of a new day.

I love those early moments.

You can't help but feel the hope of something new as a day begins.

Welcome to Through the Bible.

In this final study of the Old Testament book of Zephaniah, we're going to look at the end of Israel's dark night of judgment and then hear about the light of a new

day. Our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, begins in chapter three, verse nine. So grab your Bible and find

your place. And while you do, Greg and I have a little time that we want to talk about one of the

core values of this ministry. It's one we don't really talk about that much. And it involves you.

It does. And I think it's also a core value or a manifestation of the value that is kind of

unique through the Bible, and that is the level of personal involvement that our listening

family has in not just consuming through the Bible, but sharing it.

Yeah, sharing it with others.

And I think that's been such a key component of the ministry is the involvement of our listeners.

Yes.

The way people have supported us in prayer, the way we've built the world prayer team to support those who want to see and want to pray actively for what's going on.

It's such an encouragement for us, and I think

it brings glory to God, and it encourages our listeners who participate. And our listeners, I mean,

from the earliest years, back in the late 60s and early 70s, you'd hear Dr. McGee talk about

people sharing with their neighbors and their friends. And of course, that has developed

into some interesting ways. We've heard about people that have gotten billboards up.

Remember the one about people painting rocks on a trail, like a hiking trail? Yeah, don't do that

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