November 11, 2025 • 16 mins
This week our study of the pregnancies of women in the Bible, using Marie Bowen's book, Pregnant With Promise, we move from Genesis into the Book of Exodus, where we meet Jochobed, the mother of the great leader, Moses. In the story of Jochobed we learn about God's kindness when we fear Him, when we are in danger, when we are weak, and when we care for others.
Scripture references in this episode include:
Genesis 46:8 Exodus 1-3 Luke 1:5-7
Acts 7:23-35 Proverbs 22:6 Psalm 31:14-15a
Psalm 139:16 Ephesians 5:15-16 Genesis 18:14
Romans 5:6 Galatians 4:4 2 Peter 3:7-10
2 Corinthians 6:2
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Host (00:18):
Welcome back to the ProLife Kitchen Table.
I'm Deborah Hollifield, yourhost, and we've been working
through Marie Bowen's wonderfulbook, Pregnant with Promise,
about what we can learn aboutGod from the pregnancy stories
contained in Scripture in thebook of Genesis.
Today's story moves us into thebook of Exodus, which is one of
(00:39):
the first five books of theBible known as the Pentateuch.
The word Exodus means "exit" or"departure", and it is believed
to have been written aboutfourteen hundred years before
Christ, and is the story ofGod's chosen people, the
Israelites.
The author is generallybelieved to be Moses.
(01:00):
Exodus is a book about God'scharacter, laws, and how his
people are to worship him, andis the story of deliverance of
God's people from slavery andthe beginning of God's
fulfillment of his promises toAbraham, for his descendants,
and their establishment of theland of promise.
(01:20):
In the story of Jacobed, welearn about God's kindness, when
we fear him, when we are indanger, when we are weak, and
when we care for others.
When Rachel's son Joseph is ateenager, his brothers sell him
to slave traders who took him toEgypt.
But God blesses Joseph in hiscaptivity, and over time he rose
(01:45):
to be Pharaoh's most trustedadvisor.
Through Joseph, his entirefamily was saved from starvation
during a famine, and they movedto Egypt at Joseph's request.
God continued to bless theHebrews in Egypt and they
multiplied and filled the land.
But after Joseph and hisbrothers all died, a new pharaoh
(02:07):
arose to power who did not knowJoseph, and he was afraid of
the numbers of the Hebrewpeople.
So he oppressed them with slavemasters who treated them
harshly.
So that is the background of howthe Hebrew people ended up
living in Egypt.
And now before we meet Jacobed,we need to hear the stories of
two other Hebrew women who werethe midwives, Shiphrah and Puah.
(02:32):
In Exodus 1:15-22, Pharaoh, theking of Egypt, enters an edict
that as they assist the Hebrewwomen in childbirth, the
midwives are to kill any malebabies as they are born.
But the midwives act againstthe king and allow the male
(02:52):
babies to live, because theyfear God more than they fear
Pharaoh.
This civil disobedience of themidwives takes on a more current
flavor when we think about theevents of recent years as
Christians have been expected tocomply with laws that conflict
with the morality that Godoutlines for Christ followers.
(03:14):
And as often happens to thosewho take a faithful stand
against the powerful, they areeventually discovered when it
comes to Pharaoh's attentionthat the boys are allowed to
live.
He confronts the midwives andasks why they have done this,
and they give him an explanationthat, well, the Hebrew women
(03:35):
are just so strong that thebabies are born before we can
get here.
God rewards the two women bygiving them families of their
own and continues to multiplythe Hebrew people.
Sometimes when we choose adifferent path out of obedience
to God and stand for God'sprinciples in spite of the
(03:57):
possibility of negativeconsequences, we too find
ourselves being rewarded by Godfor our obedience.
Put a mental bookmark here, andmaybe during the break, think
about the times in your own lifewhen this has been true.
So when his first plan toprevent the growth of the Hebrew
people fails, Pharaoh persistsand issues another command that
(04:22):
every baby boy born to theHebrews should be thrown into
the Nile, and this is where wefirst meet Jacobed.
If we jump to Exodus 6:20 wefind that the parents of Aaron
and Moses and Miriam are namedAmran and Jacobed.
They are slaves, and thereforeunder the edict of Pharaoh to
(04:44):
throw any baby boy into theriver Nile.
Jacobed becomes pregnant andgives birth to a son.
We are not told what she namesher son, but we do know that she
says he is a fine child and shecannot bear to throw him in the
river.
She decides to preserve his lifeand hides him for three months.
(05:07):
After three months she realizesshe can no longer hide the
child, but still she is notprepared to obey Pharaoh's
command and drown her son.
With great care she fashions abasket and coats it with tar so
that it will be waterproof, andthen she places her child in the
basket among the reeds whileher sister stands watch.
(05:30):
Like Shiphrah and Puah, Jacobedfears God more than she fears
Pharaoh.
Perhaps she took herinspiration from the stories of
Noah's Ark and God'sfaithfulness to preserve the
lives of Noah and his familyfrom the flood judgment.
I can't imagine how difficultthis was for her.
(05:51):
We aren't told whether sheprayed for her son's life to be
preserved, and we don't know ifshe was fearful or trusting in
God.
We are only told the results ofher actions.
Realizing that she cannotsafely parent her son, she makes
a daring plan and trusts herbaby to God by placing him in
the river in the basket.
(06:13):
After Jacobed does this, herdaughter Miriam stays behind to
keep watch over him.
And in a divine appointment,Pharaoh's daughter comes down to
the Nile to bathe with herattendants along the riverbank.
She sees the basket and sendsone of her slave girls to get
it, and when she opens it andsees the crying baby, she feels
(06:34):
sorry for him.
We know that she recognizes himas one of the Hebrew babies.
Then, showing a great deal ofcourage, his sister Miriam steps
up and approaches Pharaoh'sdaughter and sees an opportunity
and grabs it.
She asks, shall I go and getone of the Hebrew women to nurse
the baby for you?
(06:55):
In a wonderful turn, Pharaoh'sdaughter agrees, so Miriam goes
and brings her mother whobecomes a nurse for her own
baby.
And even more incredibly,Pharaoh's daughter offers to pay
Jacobed, a Hebrew slave,earning wages to nurse her own
child!From our place in history, we
(07:16):
know that God's special plansfor this child were fulfilled.
This story communicates thatGod has something special in
mind for this baby, even thoughhis mother had no way of knowing
that her son would become aleader of his people.
The Bible is not specific aboutthe work of the Holy Spirit in
this episode, but it's not hardto believe that God gave Jacobed
(07:40):
the idea to place her son inthe basket, and prompted
Pharaoh's daughter to come tothe Nile at just the right
moment and be moved to rescuethis child.
Our God is an awesome God!Centuries later, Moses remains
a household name among theJewish people, and the mighty
(08:00):
acts of deliverance God didthrough Moses are a part of the
common Jewish heritage.
In Acts 7, Stephen sheds lighton the impact of Moses' life and
importance in Jewish history inhis testimony, when he says
that Moses was "educated in allthe wisdom of the Egyptians and
(08:21):
was powerful in speech andaction."
And we know that when Mosesbecame an adult, he who was
raised as a prince of Egypt,came upon a Hebrew slave being
mistreated by an Egyptian.
He avenged the slave by killingthe Egyptian.
He thought that the Israeliteswould realize that God was using
(08:43):
him to rescue them, but theydid not.
Instead they asked, "Who madeyou ruler and judge over us?"
They wondered if he wanted tokill them too.
So Moses fled to Midian, wherehe lived as a foreigner, and
then had two sons by his Midianwife, Zipporah.
(09:04):
After another forty years Godappears to Moses in a burning
bush near Mount Sinai, and Godsent Moses back to Egypt because
he had heard the groanings ofhis enslaved people.
Moses leads the people out ofEgypt after God performed
wonders and miraculous signs.
Jacobed and Amran had no way ofknowing God's great purposes
(09:28):
for Moses.
They were simply doing whatthey could do in the moment to
preserve his life.
God took their small act offaith and delivered Moses to the
daughter of Pharaoh.
Jacobed and Amran had him foronly a short time, but they
instilled in Moses a sense ofidentity with God's people that
(09:51):
enabled him to hear God's voiceand follow his call to deliver
Israel when the time was right.
There are so many things thatparents can do when their
children are young to providethem a foundation of faith that
will be realized as they growolder and other influences come
into their lives.
When they learn that thoseinfluences are bankrupt, they
(10:13):
will be sensitive to the voiceof God and to the wise words of
their parents.
Hear the word of the Lord.
"Train up a child in the way heshould go.
Even when he is old he will notdepart from it.
" Proverbs 22:6 Thanks be toGod.
(10:34):
And now we have arrived again atbreak time.
These are such great stories ofwomen whose weaknesses and
strengths we can so easilyidentify with.
And how wonderful is it thatGod shines through their lives,
because we can takeencouragement from them that God
will redeem all our choices andcircumstances of life for our
(10:56):
good, the good of our children,and his own glory.
So take a minute to praise God,and then come back and hear the
story of Baby Chris'sthirty-fourth week in the womb.
Announcer (11:06):
Presbyterians Protecting Life has the
resources you need to equipyourself and your congregation
to champion life at every stage.
We have answers to yourquestions, referrals to
specialized care like abortionpill reversal and post-abortion
recovery, current statistics andinformation, discussion
starters, and devotionals tohelp you think about and share
about pregnancy and abortion,adoption, foster care, and even
(11:29):
suicide, assisted suicide andend-of-life challenges.
Visit PPL.org to learn more.
Host (11:38):
This week 34 Baby Chris Devotional is titled The
Fullness of Time.
Hear the word of the Lord.
"But I trust in you, Lord.
I say you are my God.
My times are in your hands."At thirty-four weeks, the
(12:00):
amniotic fluid that has beenprotecting baby Chris in the
womb has reached its maximumlevel and will decrease in the
coming week to make room for hisfinal prebirth growth spurt.
All the digestive enzymes inhis digestive systems are now
active and ready to processfood.
His body continues to plump upwith fat to help regulate his
(12:22):
body temperature.
His lungs are almost fullydeveloped.
And most importantly, nearlyall babies born prematurely at
34 weeks will survive withoutcomplications.
For the new parents, these lastfew weeks of pregnancy are days
of both excited anticipation andgrowing anxiousness.
(12:44):
Mothers often grow increasinglyrestless, wandering the house,
doing a final cleaning, settingthings right, partly to prepare
for her days of recovery andsettling into life with a new
baby, and partly to distract herfrom the worries that pop into
her mind.
Will my husband be home when Igo into labor?
(13:04):
Will we make it to the hospitalon time?
Will my labor be long or mydelivery painful?
Will everything be alright?
Labor is expected to begin atforty weeks gestation, but the
actual date is often imprecisebecause of confusion about the
date of the last menstrualperiod or intercourse,
(13:27):
developmental size, and a myriadof other unpredictable
circumstances.
But we do know for sure that atsome point after this week the
baby will be born one way or theother.
The ancient Greeks had two wordsfor time: chronos and
kairos. Chronos refers tochronological or sequential
(13:49):
time, while Kairos means theright, critical or opportune
moment.
When the Psalmist said that weshould number our days, it means
that we should use our chronostime wisely, because we have a
limited supply or measurableminutes and hours.
But when the Psalmist tells usthat God ordains the particular
(14:10):
days and lengths of our lives,and when Paul tells us to make
the best use of your time, God'sinvolvement in that number
is Kairos time.
The Bible refers both to aparticular time of completion
and a particular time of newbeginnings as the fullness of
time.
Sarah and Abraham were promiseda son at the appointed time.
(14:34):
God told the prophet Habakkukthat there was an appointed time
for the fulfillment of hisjudgment.
"For still the vision awaitsits appointed time, it hastens
to the end, it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it,it will surely come, it will not
delay.
Christ died at the right timefor the ungodly."
(14:56):
In his letter to the Galatians,Paul writes of the birth of
Jesus as an event that wasplanned by God to occur at the
right time to effect theredemption of those living under
the law, and that "God madeknown to us the mystery of his
will according to his purpose,which he set forth in Christ as
(15:16):
a plan for the fullness of time,to unite all things in him,
things in heaven and things onearth."
Peter reminds us that the "Lordis not slow in keeping his
promises," and that the day ofthe Lord is certain.
Just as the timing of apregnancy and birth involve
(15:36):
both Chronos and Kairos time, sodoes the timing of our response
to the working of the HolySpirit in our lives by trusting
our future to Christ as ourSavior.
Just as a mother or child doesnot know the exact day or hour
of birth as a child from thewomb, neither do we know the
expected day or hour of ourrebirth as a child of God.
(16:01):
We cannot know when ourChronos time on earth will run
out, and our Kairos opportunityto receive eternal life in
Christ will be lost.
Our only certainty is that ourKairos time is now.
Hear the word of the Lord.
"I tell you now is the time ofGod's favor, now is the day of
(16:23):
salvation." 2 Second Corinthians6:2
Thanks be to God.
Announcer (16:34):
We hope you enjoyed this week's reflection.
We encourage you to share itand join us next time on Pro
Life Kitchen Table.
May God bless you.
Welcome back to the ProLife Kitchen Table.
I'm Deborah Hollifield, yourhost, and we've been working
through Marie Bowen's wonderfulbook, Pregnant with Promise,
about what we can learn aboutGod from the pregnancy stories
contained in Scripture in thebook of Genesis.
Today's story moves us into thebook of Exodus, which is one of
(00:39):
the first five books of theBible known as the Pentateuch.
The word Exodus means "exit" or"departure", and it is believed
to have been written aboutfourteen hundred years before
Christ, and is the story ofGod's chosen people, the
Israelites.
The author is generallybelieved to be Moses.
(01:00):
Exodus is a book about God'scharacter, laws, and how his
people are to worship him, andis the story of deliverance of
God's people from slavery andthe beginning of God's
fulfillment of his promises toAbraham, for his descendants,
and their establishment of theland of promise.
(01:20):
In the story of Jacobed, welearn about God's kindness, when
we fear him, when we are indanger, when we are weak, and
when we care for others.
When Rachel's son Joseph is ateenager, his brothers sell him
to slave traders who took him toEgypt.
But God blesses Joseph in hiscaptivity, and over time he rose
(01:45):
to be Pharaoh's most trustedadvisor.
Through Joseph, his entirefamily was saved from starvation
during a famine, and they movedto Egypt at Joseph's request.
God continued to bless theHebrews in Egypt and they
multiplied and filled the land.
But after Joseph and hisbrothers all died, a new pharaoh
(02:07):
arose to power who did not knowJoseph, and he was afraid of
the numbers of the Hebrewpeople.
So he oppressed them with slavemasters who treated them
harshly.
So that is the background of howthe Hebrew people ended up
living in Egypt.
And now before we meet Jacobed,we need to hear the stories of
two other Hebrew women who werethe midwives, Shiphrah and Puah.
(02:32):
In Exodus 1:15-22, Pharaoh, theking of Egypt, enters an edict
that as they assist the Hebrewwomen in childbirth, the
midwives are to kill any malebabies as they are born.
But the midwives act againstthe king and allow the male
(02:52):
babies to live, because theyfear God more than they fear
Pharaoh.
This civil disobedience of themidwives takes on a more current
flavor when we think about theevents of recent years as
Christians have been expected tocomply with laws that conflict
with the morality that Godoutlines for Christ followers.
(03:14):
And as often happens to thosewho take a faithful stand
against the powerful, they areeventually discovered when it
comes to Pharaoh's attentionthat the boys are allowed to
live.
He confronts the midwives andasks why they have done this,
and they give him an explanationthat, well, the Hebrew women
(03:35):
are just so strong that thebabies are born before we can
get here.
God rewards the two women bygiving them families of their
own and continues to multiplythe Hebrew people.
Sometimes when we choose adifferent path out of obedience
to God and stand for God'sprinciples in spite of the
(03:57):
possibility of negativeconsequences, we too find
ourselves being rewarded by Godfor our obedience.
Put a mental bookmark here, andmaybe during the break, think
about the times in your own lifewhen this has been true.
So when his first plan toprevent the growth of the Hebrew
people fails, Pharaoh persistsand issues another command that
(04:22):
every baby boy born to theHebrews should be thrown into
the Nile, and this is where wefirst meet Jacobed.
If we jump to Exodus 6:20 wefind that the parents of Aaron
and Moses and Miriam are namedAmran and Jacobed.
They are slaves, and thereforeunder the edict of Pharaoh to
(04:44):
throw any baby boy into theriver Nile.
Jacobed becomes pregnant andgives birth to a son.
We are not told what she namesher son, but we do know that she
says he is a fine child and shecannot bear to throw him in the
river.
She decides to preserve his lifeand hides him for three months.
(05:07):
After three months she realizesshe can no longer hide the
child, but still she is notprepared to obey Pharaoh's
command and drown her son.
With great care she fashions abasket and coats it with tar so
that it will be waterproof, andthen she places her child in the
basket among the reeds whileher sister stands watch.
(05:30):
Like Shiphrah and Puah, Jacobedfears God more than she fears
Pharaoh.
Perhaps she took herinspiration from the stories of
Noah's Ark and God'sfaithfulness to preserve the
lives of Noah and his familyfrom the flood judgment.
I can't imagine how difficultthis was for her.
(05:51):
We aren't told whether sheprayed for her son's life to be
preserved, and we don't know ifshe was fearful or trusting in
God.
We are only told the results ofher actions.
Realizing that she cannotsafely parent her son, she makes
a daring plan and trusts herbaby to God by placing him in
the river in the basket.
(06:13):
After Jacobed does this, herdaughter Miriam stays behind to
keep watch over him.
And in a divine appointment,Pharaoh's daughter comes down to
the Nile to bathe with herattendants along the riverbank.
She sees the basket and sendsone of her slave girls to get
it, and when she opens it andsees the crying baby, she feels
(06:34):
sorry for him.
We know that she recognizes himas one of the Hebrew babies.
Then, showing a great deal ofcourage, his sister Miriam steps
up and approaches Pharaoh'sdaughter and sees an opportunity
and grabs it.
She asks, shall I go and getone of the Hebrew women to nurse
the baby for you?
(06:55):
In a wonderful turn, Pharaoh'sdaughter agrees, so Miriam goes
and brings her mother whobecomes a nurse for her own
baby.
And even more incredibly,Pharaoh's daughter offers to pay
Jacobed, a Hebrew slave,earning wages to nurse her own
child!From our place in history, we
(07:16):
know that God's special plansfor this child were fulfilled.
This story communicates thatGod has something special in
mind for this baby, even thoughhis mother had no way of knowing
that her son would become aleader of his people.
The Bible is not specific aboutthe work of the Holy Spirit in
this episode, but it's not hardto believe that God gave Jacobed
(07:40):
the idea to place her son inthe basket, and prompted
Pharaoh's daughter to come tothe Nile at just the right
moment and be moved to rescuethis child.
Our God is an awesome God!Centuries later, Moses remains
a household name among theJewish people, and the mighty
(08:00):
acts of deliverance God didthrough Moses are a part of the
common Jewish heritage.
In Acts 7, Stephen sheds lighton the impact of Moses' life and
importance in Jewish history inhis testimony, when he says
that Moses was "educated in allthe wisdom of the Egyptians and
(08:21):
was powerful in speech andaction."
And we know that when Mosesbecame an adult, he who was
raised as a prince of Egypt,came upon a Hebrew slave being
mistreated by an Egyptian.
He avenged the slave by killingthe Egyptian.
He thought that the Israeliteswould realize that God was using
(08:43):
him to rescue them, but theydid not.
Instead they asked, "Who madeyou ruler and judge over us?"
They wondered if he wanted tokill them too.
So Moses fled to Midian, wherehe lived as a foreigner, and
then had two sons by his Midianwife, Zipporah.
(09:04):
After another forty years Godappears to Moses in a burning
bush near Mount Sinai, and Godsent Moses back to Egypt because
he had heard the groanings ofhis enslaved people.
Moses leads the people out ofEgypt after God performed
wonders and miraculous signs.
Jacobed and Amran had no way ofknowing God's great purposes
(09:28):
for Moses.
They were simply doing whatthey could do in the moment to
preserve his life.
God took their small act offaith and delivered Moses to the
daughter of Pharaoh.
Jacobed and Amran had him foronly a short time, but they
instilled in Moses a sense ofidentity with God's people that
(09:51):
enabled him to hear God's voiceand follow his call to deliver
Israel when the time was right.
There are so many things thatparents can do when their
children are young to providethem a foundation of faith that
will be realized as they growolder and other influences come
into their lives.
When they learn that thoseinfluences are bankrupt, they
(10:13):
will be sensitive to the voiceof God and to the wise words of
their parents.
Hear the word of the Lord.
"Train up a child in the way heshould go.
Even when he is old he will notdepart from it.
" Proverbs 22:6 Thanks be toGod.
(10:34):
And now we have arrived again atbreak time.
These are such great stories ofwomen whose weaknesses and
strengths we can so easilyidentify with.
And how wonderful is it thatGod shines through their lives,
because we can takeencouragement from them that God
will redeem all our choices andcircumstances of life for our
(10:56):
good, the good of our children,and his own glory.
So take a minute to praise God,and then come back and hear the
story of Baby Chris'sthirty-fourth week in the womb.
Announcer (11:06):
Presbyterians Protecting Life has the
resources you need to equipyourself and your congregation
to champion life at every stage.
We have answers to yourquestions, referrals to
specialized care like abortionpill reversal and post-abortion
recovery, current statistics andinformation, discussion
starters, and devotionals tohelp you think about and share
about pregnancy and abortion,adoption, foster care, and even
(11:29):
suicide, assisted suicide andend-of-life challenges.
Visit PPL.org to learn more.
Host (11:38):
This week 34 Baby Chris Devotional is titled The
Fullness of Time.
Hear the word of the Lord.
"But I trust in you, Lord.
I say you are my God.
My times are in your hands."At thirty-four weeks, the
(12:00):
amniotic fluid that has beenprotecting baby Chris in the
womb has reached its maximumlevel and will decrease in the
coming week to make room for hisfinal prebirth growth spurt.
All the digestive enzymes inhis digestive systems are now
active and ready to processfood.
His body continues to plump upwith fat to help regulate his
(12:22):
body temperature.
His lungs are almost fullydeveloped.
And most importantly, nearlyall babies born prematurely at
34 weeks will survive withoutcomplications.
For the new parents, these lastfew weeks of pregnancy are days
of both excited anticipation andgrowing anxiousness.
(12:44):
Mothers often grow increasinglyrestless, wandering the house,
doing a final cleaning, settingthings right, partly to prepare
for her days of recovery andsettling into life with a new
baby, and partly to distract herfrom the worries that pop into
her mind.
Will my husband be home when Igo into labor?
(13:04):
Will we make it to the hospitalon time?
Will my labor be long or mydelivery painful?
Will everything be alright?
Labor is expected to begin atforty weeks gestation, but the
actual date is often imprecisebecause of confusion about the
date of the last menstrualperiod or intercourse,
(13:27):
developmental size, and a myriadof other unpredictable
circumstances.
But we do know for sure that atsome point after this week the
baby will be born one way or theother.
The ancient Greeks had two wordsfor time: chronos and
kairos. Chronos refers tochronological or sequential
(13:49):
time, while Kairos means theright, critical or opportune
moment.
When the Psalmist said that weshould number our days, it means
that we should use our chronostime wisely, because we have a
limited supply or measurableminutes and hours.
But when the Psalmist tells usthat God ordains the particular
(14:10):
days and lengths of our lives,and when Paul tells us to make
the best use of your time, God'sinvolvement in that number
is Kairos time.
The Bible refers both to aparticular time of completion
and a particular time of newbeginnings as the fullness of
time.
Sarah and Abraham were promiseda son at the appointed time.
(14:34):
God told the prophet Habakkukthat there was an appointed time
for the fulfillment of hisjudgment.
"For still the vision awaitsits appointed time, it hastens
to the end, it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it,it will surely come, it will not
delay.
Christ died at the right timefor the ungodly."
(14:56):
In his letter to the Galatians,Paul writes of the birth of
Jesus as an event that wasplanned by God to occur at the
right time to effect theredemption of those living under
the law, and that "God madeknown to us the mystery of his
will according to his purpose,which he set forth in Christ as
(15:16):
a plan for the fullness of time,to unite all things in him,
things in heaven and things onearth."
Peter reminds us that the "Lordis not slow in keeping his
promises," and that the day ofthe Lord is certain.
Just as the timing of apregnancy and birth involve
(15:36):
both Chronos and Kairos time, sodoes the timing of our response
to the working of the HolySpirit in our lives by trusting
our future to Christ as ourSavior.
Just as a mother or child doesnot know the exact day or hour
of birth as a child from thewomb, neither do we know the
expected day or hour of ourrebirth as a child of God.
(16:01):
We cannot know when ourChronos time on earth will run
out, and our Kairos opportunityto receive eternal life in
Christ will be lost.
Our only certainty is that ourKairos time is now.
Hear the word of the Lord.
"I tell you now is the time ofGod's favor, now is the day of
(16:23):
salvation." 2 Second Corinthians6:2
Thanks be to God.
Announcer (16:34):
We hope you enjoyed this week's reflection.
We encourage you to share itand join us next time on Pro
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