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The Impossible: The Foundation That Survived (Matthew 7:24-27)

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In The Impossible, the Belon family is separated by the 2004 tsunami. Maria and Lucas are swept miles away; Henry searches with the younger boys. Against all odds, they reunite. What survived the wave? Not their possessions—family, love, determination to find each other. "The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock." The tsunami took everything loose; family bonds, built over years on the rock of commitment, held. Some foundations survive what should destroy them.

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Scripture References

Matthew 7:24-27Psalm 46:1-3Proverbs 10:25

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