{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Eagle Community Church of Christ","title":"The Story: The Journey Isn’t Always Easy | Week 4","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2478,"description":"What happens when God answers your prayer, but the answer doesn't look like you expected?\nAfter generations in Egypt, the Israelites cried out under the weight of slavery. God heard their cries, remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and called Moses to lead His people to freedom.\nThrough the plagues, the Passover, and the crossing of the Red Sea, God demonstrated His power and faithfulness. But Israel soon discovered that being delivered by God did not mean the journey would be easy.\nThey faced Pharaoh's army. They became hungry and thirsty. They complained about their circumstances and even wondered whether they would have been better off in Egypt.\nYet they were still exactly where God had led them.\nIn Week 4 of The Story, John Gunter explores the tension between what we experience in the Lower Story and what God is accomplishing in the Upper Story. We don't always understand God's timing or where He is leading us. Difficult circumstances do not necessarily mean we have taken a wrong turn.\nIn fact, we can be living inside an answered prayer and still have days where we question what God is doing.\nGod hears. God sees. God knows. And when He calls us to walk through an open door, we can move forward in faith even when we cannot see how the journey will unfold.\nThe journey may not be easy, but God is faithful.\nKey Scriptures: Exodus 2:23-25; Exodus 3:7-12; Exodus 6:6-8; Exodus 12:21-32; Exodus 14:10-31; Exodus 16:2-15\nSeries: The Story\nWeek 4: The Journey Isn’t Always Easy\nSpeaker: John Gunter\nEagle Community Church of Christ\nMont Belvieu, Texas\nLoving God. Loving People. Following Jesus.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ztrp-e1kfEhoFNuUnZ4PIfa_NbAaVQGgyohMINXN_F4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIyMDE1LzE2MjQz/MDM4NjYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}