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Nov 2024
12m 21s

Ministry After God Takes a Beloved Wife

DESIRING GOD
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Why did God take the life of Ezekiel’s wife and then command Ezekiel not to mourn? Pastor John considers the perplexing yet merciful ways of God. 
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