How do wild horses find food and stay warm in winter? Discover God’s designs in domestic and wild horses. Uncover the secrets to their strength and how horse power points us to the much greater power of our Creator.  

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• How Did God Design Horses to be Strong?
• Did God Make Horses to Help Humans?
• How Do Wild Horses Stay Warm?
• Should People Trust In Horses?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“Job, are you the one who gives the horse its strength

    or puts a flowing mane on its neck?

Do you make the horse jump like a locust?

    It scares people with its proud snorting.

It paws wildly, enjoying its strength,

    and charges into battle.

It laughs at fear and is afraid of nothing;

    it does not run away from the sword.” Job 39:19-22 (NCV)

“Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.’

So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female. God blessed them and said, “Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:26-28 (NCV)

“You put them in charge of everything you made.

    You put all things under their control:

all the sheep, the cattle,

    and the wild animals,

the birds in the sky,

    the fish in the sea,

    and everything that lives under water.

Lord our Lord,

    your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!” Psalm 8:6-9 (NCV)

“The godly care for their animals…” Proverbs 12:10 (NLT)

“Horses can’t bring victory;

    they can’t save by their strength.” Psalm 33:17 (NCV)

“You can get the horses ready for battle,

    but it is the Lord who gives the victory.” Proverbs 21:31 (NCV)

“Some trust in chariots, others in horses,

    but we trust the Lord our God.” Psalm 20:7 (NCV)

Terms Learned in This Episode:

• Muscle: A stretchy part inside a body that can tighten and pull. Muscles help parts of the body move or stay still.
• Extensor Muscles: A group of connected muscles that run along the top of a horse from its neck and along its back to its tail. 
• Flexor Muscles: The group of connected muscles beneath a horse’s spine.
• Biomechanics: The study of how living things move like machines.
• Sebaceous Gland: Tiny glands in a horse’s skin that create oil (called sebum) to protect their skin and hair.

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