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June 15 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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Today's reading will cover Jeremiah Chapters 2-6. Today we will read about how God described the behavior of His people and how their behavior made Him feel. We will read about God feeling cheated upon by an unfaithful spouse. We will read about His heart hearting. We will read about How God longs for His people to return to Him, even one, that He might pardon the city. In our discussion for daily application we will once again talk about how important it is to know God, and in knowing His heart, to know what hurts Him so that we can avoid doing so. Our God is so faithful, kind, and loving to us. It is right that we should be faithful to Him, not turning away from Him or His kind love to worship other, false, gods or to turn to ourselves for provision or trust in people when God has shown us time and time again in our own lives how HE is the one who provides for us, especially in our times of need. Let us be faithful to our faithful, loving, kind God and avoid grieving Him and His Holy Spirit by remaining true to Him and His ways, loving Him with all of our hearts, minds, and souls. We are one with our God, made whole and complete in Him. Let us behave as such.
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Introduction to Bible Reading Session
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Good day, everybody. Today is June 15th, and you are here with Robin at In the Family Way Coaching. We are here for what? That's right, our daily Bible reading.
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We are reading through the Bible this year, getting the whole big picture of God's story from Genesis to Revelation using the Day by Day Kids Bible written by Karen Henley.
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If you are new to this event, welcome. I am so glad that God led you here.
Benefits of Chronological Bible Reading
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This is not ah the complete Bible in the sense that it has every single detail, as you would find in what we are calling your Big Bible, but it is a very complete overview of the big picture.
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from Genesis to Revelation. And what's awesome about this version is that it is written in chronological order so that we have an easy way of understanding God's story.
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So sometimes in the Bible, in different books, the same stories are repeated. And so it can be confusing when we are reading them on a daily basis or and on a and a one-off basis here and there as to what we are reading, if that is something that has already occurred, that we have read about, or whether this is something different.
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And a lot of times, too, is that people have the same names as other people in the Bible. So this version has consolidated the entire story into one timeline.
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So it's easy for us to understand God's Word. Because it doesn't do us much good to read God's Word if we don't understand what we are reading.
Understanding Through Chronological Reading
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So we are reading and understanding the whole big story.
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And like yesterday, I was mentioning that what I have found is a personal benefit to this is that when I attend service on the weekend at church, now when we are talking about and doing other readings, I have a sense of where it is in the timeline instead of it just simply being relegated to Old Covenant and New Covenant, which is what we are calling the Old Testament or New Testament.
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So this Bible has really helped me have a broader understanding as well as a more in-depth understanding of what happened and when in the Bible.
Accessing the Podcast and Commitment Calendar
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So thank you for joining me today, whether you have found me on a podcast such as Amazon Music or Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, or whether you are watching on video somewhere such as on my site at inthefamilywaycoaching.com or whether you are watching on YouTube or on Spotify through the video.
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However you are here, I am so glad that you are here. This podcast is available everywhere that someone and like one of your friends might be interested, such as iHeartRadio, Podbean, Overcast, Cast Off.
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It is available everywhere. So this podcast has been made easy to find. So thank you for joining me. And if you are following along on your commitment calendar, go ahead and get that out and your sticker or however you are following along, because that's right. You are about to hear the Bible today.
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If you are new to this event and you are interested in following along with your copy of the commitment calendar to show your accomplishment and achievement this year, head over to my site at www.in.org.
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dot in thefamilywaycoaching.com and click on the tab for Read the Bible in One Year and you will find the downloadable calendar.
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What you will not find is clickbait. There is no need to enter your email address or subscribe to anything. You just have it there available for you to download.
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That is for you. So I am going to get us going here in just a moment.
Introduction to Jeremiah and Judah's Behavior
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But what I wanted to do is give us a little bit of perspective so that as we read today in Jeremiah chapters two through six, that we have a little bit of understanding.
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Jeremiah is considered or is called the weeping prophet. Okay. So ah he was often very sad about the news that he had to ah convey for God, as well as the fact that nobody was listening.
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And today we are going to hear more about God. We have read in the past, if you have been following along for a little bit, that God delights in us knowing him.
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And part of how we can know him is to read his word. And today he's going to tell us about things that make him sad and how he feels about his people not turning to him.
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So keep your ears open so that you can hear the things that God is telling us and how he makes him, how the behavior that is going on in his nation of Judah works.
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Because remember, Israel has already been taken into exile. it's Hear how God describes how Judah is now making him feel. In the New Testament, or the New Covenant, now that we have the Holy Spirit, this would be paralleled with grieving the Holy Spirit.
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What makes God sad? What makes the Holy Spirit sad? Now that we have understanding that we are one with God, we can see more readily and feel that Holy Spirit when he is sad by what we do.
Unity with the Holy Spirit
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Because just like in in this time of Jeremiah, we can still grieve God's Spirit. The Holy Spirit is an extension of our Holy Father. there So we are one with the Spirit.
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The Spirit has been placed in us. We have the mind of Jesus. Jesus only says what he hears from God, and then Jesus tells the Holy Spirit.
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So it's like a chain. And then we are the completing link. And so together, through that link, we have become one with God.
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So let's open up our hearts and our ears and our eyes today to see what makes our Holy Father sad so that we can avoid doing these things that hurt him because he is so much.
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He is so kind and he is love. And so he takes care of us and he loves us. He is gracious and it's just not right to try to make him sad.
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And it's not okay to make him sad even unintentionally. We might not do it on purpose, but let's learn about God and see what it is that makes him sad.
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Are you ready? We have a lot to read today.
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Jeremiah chapter two. This is entitled, A Bride's Love.
Jeremiah's Call for Repentance
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God said to go and tell this to the people of Jerusalem. I remember how you obeyed me when you were young. You loved me like a bride loves a groom.
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You followed me through the desert. My people were special and holy to me. What did your fathers find wrong with me?
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Asks God. Why did they go so far away from me? They followed idols that were no good. They became no good themselves.
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Look at the other nations. Do they change their gods even though their gods aren't real? But my people traded away their great God.
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They traded him for idols that were no good. My people did two wrong things. First, they turned away from me.
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Second, then they chose to shoot to trust themselves. I am like a river of living water for them, but they are like a well they dug themselves.
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It can't even hold water. My people were not born to be slaves. Then why are armies taking them away? My people, you are to blame.
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You turned away from me, the Lord your God. Your own sin will bring you trouble. Think about it. See the trouble that comes when you turn away from me?
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You get in trouble. Then you ask me to come and save you. So where are the idols you made? Let these fake gods save you.
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Chapter 3 Come Back Josiah was the king of Judah, and God said, Did you see what the people up north in Israel did?
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They worshipped idols. I thought they would come back to me. but they did not. So I sent them out of their land. Judah saw it, but Judah did not care.
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The people have worshipped idols too. Judah's people only acted like they were worshipping me and obeying me, says God. Come back, Israel, says God.
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I won't frown at you anymore. That's because I am kind and loving, says God. I won't be angry forever. Just tell me that you know you sinned.
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You turned against me, ye the Lord your God. And you worshipped other idols. You did not obey me, says God. Come back to me and I will help you keep following me.
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Yes, we will come back to you. You are the Lord our God and we know you will save us. We sinned against you, God, and we did not obey.
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Chapter 4, Jeremiah 6. A war cry. Come back, if you will, Israel, says God. Put away your idols.
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Don't do wrong anymore. Promise. Be true and fair and right. Then God will bring good things to the nations.
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They'll call God great.
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Here's what God says to Judah's people. Obey me. Do what is right. If you don't, I'll be angry. Look, he is coming like the clouds come.
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His chariots come like a fast, circling wind. His horses are faster than eagles. This is bad news for us. We lose.
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Oh, Jerusalem, clean the sin out of your heart. Be saved. This happened because of the way you acted.
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says god this trouble came to you because of the wrong you did it is very sad it hurts my heart and jeremiah's heart was very very very sad My heart pounds inside of me, he said.
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I can't stay quiet. I heard the horn of the fighters. More and comes. Our enemies tear up the whole land, and my tents are torn down in one moment.
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All of a sudden, my house is gone. How long will we see the flag of the army? How long will we hear the war horn?
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Chapter 5 and 6 Where the Roads Cross Tell this to my people, says God. Listen, you are foolish.
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You don't think. You have eyes, but you don't look. You have ears, but you don't listen. Shouldn't you treat me like someone one important?
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asked God. Shouldn't you I am with you? Who can I talk to? Who will listen? asked Jeremiah.
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How can I tell God's people what is going to happen? Their ears don't listen and they don't like what God is saying. It doesn't make them feel good. They are all wanting more and more things.
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says God. The prophets and priests lie. They think they can tape over the hurt places. They act as if things were not that bad.
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They say, peace, peace. But there is no peace. Do they feel bad about the wrong things they do No, they don't feel bad at all.
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Their faces don't even turn red when they sin. So I will bring trouble to them for what they have done, says God. Stand where the roads cross each other.
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Look down the roads. Ask, which is the good way? Then walk that way.
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Look. An army is coming. It's coming from the north. A great nation is moving in from far away. The people carry bows and spears.
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They are mean. They are not kind. They ride their horses, and it sounds like the seas roar. They come out to fight Jerusalem, says God.
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And that is the end of our reading today.
Layers in Jeremiah's Prophecies
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One of the other things that's important to notate about Jeremiah is that the prophecies contained within Jeremiah are deep. they They are three layers deep.
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There will be immediate fu fulfillment, which is when they had the 70 years of exile and they come back. And so part of the ah fulfillment of the prophecies when Jeremiah speaks about coming back and about what the judgments will be were fulfilled with the first exile.
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Then they will be fulfilled partially with Jesus is coming when he starts the Messianic era, which is what we are in now. And then there is also a third depth of the fulfillment of the prophecy, and that will be at the very end times.
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So Jeremiah ah is is delivering a very deep message here throughout his book.
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So did you hear how God feels? He is comparing Judah turning away like a couple, ah married couple.
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of a bride being so in love with her husband in the beginning. But Judah cheats on God. And she doesn't just cheat with one idol.
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she She cheats and cheats and cheats and cheats in this relationship that she had with God. and goes to many idols. God says, look at the other nations.
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Do they change their gods and they're not even real? And yet you throw me away. it makes God feel rejected and tossed away.
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makes God feel cheated upon. and God was faithful to his people. And yet as soon as they had trouble, who did they run back to Their beloved husband, their beloved God.
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like a wife who is running from somebody who hurt her and then comes back and says, save me, save and me. But God has always been there, but he is hurting.
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And he says, you even saw that how I disciplined your sister and yet you are still doing it. So God's feelings are very hurt.
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He says here that his heart hurts. It grieves His Spirit when we are not faithful to Him.
Impact of Human Actions on God
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So what are the things that we would do today?
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It says that they did two things wrong. First, they turned away from God. And second, they chose to trust themselves. We can do the exact same things today, can't we?
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The same things that hurt God's hurt way back then can still hurt God's heart today. When we turn away from God and we forget about the wonderful ways that He has taken care of us,
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And then we trust in ourselves. We trust in our jobs. We trust in our financial security. We trust in our friends. We trust in our cars. We trust in the fact that we have a home that we've paid off.
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We trust in the fact that we have plenty of food. And we forget about the fact that everything we have has come from God. We forget to give him a tenth of what we what he has given us.
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We forget that he is the one who loves us and takes care of us. And so these things hurt God. They hurt his feelings. We think of God as just being mighty and powerful and he is kind and he is loving.
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But we forget about the fact that God has feelings too. And when we are trusting in ourselves and turning away from him, This hurts him.
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And now that we have his spirit within us, what we do is when we we are grieving with the Holy Spirit. That is what it means. We are causing sadness to the Holy Spirit.
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When we are treating others poorly, when we are treating others unfairly, when we are mean and hurtful to others, these things hurt God. God says that they worshiped him and only acted like they were worshiping him.
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They weren't really worshiping him, meaning that they didn't they weren't acting, they weren't practicing what they preached. We like to say one thing, but then when it comes down to it in the moments when we are in situations, we need to remember that it is God's Holy Spirit that can empower us to do the right thing so that we do not grieve his Holy Spirit.
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In here, we see that
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the even the priests, even the pastors were lying to the people. It says in Jeremiah that God looked for even one person. Do you remember Sodom and Gomorrah when abram ah Abraham rather was ah interceding for his nephew Lot and he was concerned when God was going to destroy the city?
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He said, what if you find 30 people who are righteous? Will you save the city? What about 10? Five? And he goes down and down in number.
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And God said, yes, if there are even so many people who are righteous, I will save the city. And in Jeremiah, in our big Bible, God says, if there were even one person, just one person, would save the city.
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But there was none. Not even one single person. Can you imagine? You are a single person.
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And yet, if you were there, you would be the person who would have saved the city if you were worshiping God with your whole heart. But there was not one.
Encouragement to Live Righteously
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i'm going to turn to Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah chapter 5, verse 1. verse one says, roam the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and consider. Search through her squares if you can find a person.
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If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, then I will pardon the city.
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But they did not find one. For God tells us here that there was none to be found. He says they are all wanting more and more things.
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Do they feel bad about the wrong things they've done, that they have done? No. They don't even blush when they do something wrong. They don't give it a second thought.
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God could find no one righteous to save the city, and it hurt his heart. So we are meant to be the light of the world. Let's not grieve God's spirit.
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Let us be ones who are set apart and holy by his commandments, by his love. We are called by Jesus to be his his emissaries in the world.
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to to witness and tell about God's transforming love and what it has what he has done for us in our lives. God wants us to speak well of him and to not grieve him, to tell others so that others can come together, as we read yesterday, to serve together with God.
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And that is our daily application today is to not grieve his spirit, to obey God, to not do those things that hurt him.
Motivation to Share Testimony and God's Love
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So I hope that you feel that God has lit your light today.
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and that you are motivated to share this event and to share your testimony and to share what God has taken you through with other people, to be God's witnesses, to let the other people know what grieves God and to help your brothers and sisters by being a good example, to not grieve the Holy Spirit, to not grieve God's spirit because God deserves all of our love.
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We love because he first loved us. So let us love one another and love God with all of our hearts and all of our minds and all of our soul. And then we will not grieve our Holy Spirit.
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So thank you for joining with me today. And I will be here with everyone again tomorrow.