Advent's Bethlehem Day 4

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Hey, welcome to Renewed Mindsets. I'm Rick, and I'm so glad you're here. Now, this is something special. For the next 25 days, we're gonna slow down, we're gonna quiet our hearts, and we're gonna turn our eyes towards Jesus as we walk through Advent together. Now every day we'll take a few minutes to breathe

Welcome To Renewed Mindsets

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and reflect and remember the hope that came into the world and the hope that's coming again. Hey, we're back,

Advent Focus And Daily Rhythm

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day four of the Advent Bible reading. Today we're gonna be in Micah chapter five, where the birthplace of the Messiah is foretold. And just like I told you yesterday, I got Ashton back, so you don't have to listen to me, but just for another few seconds. You ready, Ashton? I am. I'm glad. Sorry you were out yesterday. So is everybody else.

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Sorry, guys.

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That's okay.

Day Four: Micah 5 Overview

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All right, take it away.

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Micah 5, verses 2 through 5A of the New Living Translation says, A ruler from Bethlehem, but you, O Bethlehem Ephra, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf. The people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies

Scripture Reading: Micah 5:2–5a

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until the woman in labor gives birth. Then at last his fellow countrymen will return from exile to their own land, and he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord's strength in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. Then his people will live there undisturbed, for he will be highly honored around the world, and he will be the source of peace.

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Amen. Oh, I had to turn my microphone back on. That's a good little slip, but we'll just leave it in. Isn't it awesome how hundreds of years before his birth everything about it was foretold? It's so cool to look in the Bible and see all the prophecy, and then we can see later that it was fulfilled.

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Yeah, and I I was looking up and doing research about

Wonder At Fulfilled Prophecy

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how um out of all of the years, there's over a span of 1,500 years that these people wrote all of the 66 canonized books. Yeah. And there's not a single historical error. I'm like, this is something you can rely on. This is something you can count on.

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You sound like a history teacher.

Reliability Of Scripture Reflections

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All right. That's day four. We'll be back tomorrow with day five. I believe we're gonna have Ashton back with us. Of course. Okay, good. See you tomorrow.

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Bye.

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All right, thanks for joining me today on Renewed Mindsets. As we walk through Advent, let's stay expectant. Let's stay watching, praying, and keeping our hearts ready for the one who came and the one who's coming again soon. I love you. Let's keep our minds renewed and our eyes on Jesus. The executive producer of Renewed Mindsets is Christy McCurry. That's all for today, but I'll be back with more unfiltered biblical truth and undeniable prophecy. The time to wake up is now. If today's episode challenged you, don't keep it to yourself. Tell someone, please. Text them a

Closing Exhortations And CTA

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link. Share the truth while there's still time. Visit renewedmindsets.com to stay connected and to listen to past episodes. And check out our merch at renewedmindsets.store. Jesus is coming soon. Stay watchful. Stay holy. Stay renewed. Until next week, I'm Rick. Be an encourager, not a discourager. I love you. See ya. The intro and outro music for the Renewed Mindsets podcast is Are You Ready by Floodgate. From the album Are You Ready? Copyright 2002, Offbeat Ministries Incorporated. Floodgate can be found on Apple Music and iTunes. Music used with permission.