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Episode 357: Proverbs 4:23
Your Daily Bible
11/19/20 • 3 min
Proverbs 4:23
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”
Episode 405: P.R.A.Y For Your Work Or School
Your Daily Bible
02/23/21 • 5 min
Colossians 3:23-24 (NLT)
23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.
Colossians 4:5-6 (NLT)
5 Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.
God created work, and He cares about your work. Whether you work in your home, in an office, or by going to school, there’s a plan and purpose behind your work.
The people you sit next to or work alongside, the teachers you’re assigned, the customers who walk through your doors — each will learn something about God from you because God’s Spirit lives in you.
Our faith is meant to affect every part of every day. As it does, we experience a change in our attitude toward our coworkers and the work itself. We’re no longer working for the weekend or trying to get ahead. Instead, every day becomes an opportunity to serve God and see His kingdom come.
Praise
When the last time you thanked God for the ability to go to work or school?
What is God showing you about yourself and about Him through this opportunity or season?
How have you seen God show up for you this year in your workplace or classroom?
Repentance
Does your job or degree program hold an appropriate amount of value in your life? Do you find more of your identity in what you do or who God says you are?
How’s your attitude at work/school? Would you say you’re working wholeheartedly? Would others say the same?
Think about your interactions at work or school this week. How are you doing when it comes to speaking graciously and doing “all that you can to live in peace with everyone”?
Ask
Is there anything you’re stressed about or anyone you’re at odds with? Ask God to equip you for any difficulties awaiting you when you get to work or school.
What do you want to see God do in your school or workplace? Talk to Him about it.
Yield
You may have dreams and desires for your work, but remember, God has dreams and desires for you. Take a few moments and let God speak to you about who He has called you to be in your workplace or school.
Episode 243: John 12:20-43
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05/29/20 • 11 min
John 12:20-43
Jesus Predicts His Death
20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[a] from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.
Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews
37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
“Lord, who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[b]
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
nor understand with their hearts,
nor turn—and I would heal them.”[c]
41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.
42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved human praise more than praise from God.
Episode 110: Genesis 6:8-9
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01/03/20 • 4 min
Gen 6:9
Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.
Can you imagine how Noah felt when God told him all humanity was going to be destroyed and he was to build an ark? The verse we just read tells us that Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation, and had found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Even then, I think it was overwhelming for him to hear God’s command to build a ship that was 450-feet long, 75-feet wide, and 45-feet tall. After all, it had never rained on the earth, and there was no vast body of water nearby. Noah didn’t have an engineering degree or any ship-building experience. The only thing he had was a command from God. It is estimated that it took Noah between 55 and 75 years to build the ark.
How are we to respond when God asks us to do something far bigger than we have experienced in our lives? We’re to do what Noah did when he heard God’s command—believe, obey, and walk with God one step at a time.
As Noah walked with God in his assignment, he experienced the revelation of God through his obedience. He got to see things that only God could accomplish like the construction of a huge ship, the animals entering the ark, and his family’s survival during a flood of catastrophic proportion. God protected and provided for his family for almost a year while the earth was covered and recovering from the flood, and he witnessed the miraculous power of God firsthand.
When we say yes to God’s command and walk with Him in our assignment, we get to experience revelation, see His mighty work, experience the orchestration of events to fulfill the work, live under God’s grace of protection and provision, and witness His miraculous power firsthand.
Has God given you an overwhelming assignment? Will you follow Noah’s example and experience God’s work in a mighty and powerful way in your life?
Prayer
God, thank You for the assignment You’ve given me. I choose to believe and obey Your commands in my life. I’m amazed at how You work things out for good over and over again, and I believe You will do that in my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Episode 92: Advent Day 16
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12/16/19 • 5 min
Matthew 1:18-25 (NLT)
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son,
and they will call him Immanuel,
which means ‘God is with us.’”
24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. 25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.
Mary was an ordinary Hebrew girl. She blended in. She was part of the crowd. But God chose Mary to play an important role in His plan to bring blessing and salvation to the world.
Mary supernaturally carried God’s Son in her belly and brought Jesus into the world. God saw fit for His only Son to be born, nurtured, and taught by Mary and her husband, Joseph. No longer able to blend into the crowd, Mary was set apart by God Himself.
Why? What made Mary so special? She didn’t have wealth, nobility, or social standing. Any talents she may have possessed were unimpressive. While her earthly possessions were few, Mary did possess three valuable traits.
First, Mary’s heart was fully surrendered. Mary answered the angel Gabriel, “I am the Lord’s servant. May it be to me as you have said.” Though she had questions, she was open to God’s plan.
Second, Mary had faith. Mary shared the life-altering encounter with a close friend and relative, Elizabeth. Elizabeth recognized Mary’s faith, “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” (Luke 1:45).
Third, Mary was a worshiper. Luke 1:46-55 beautifully captures Mary’s heart as she points the focus and praise back to the One who saw her and knew her. God elevated Mary because she surrendered to Him and His plans for her life.
God uses the ordinary for His extraordinary plan. We can trust in Him.
Episode 91: Advent Day 15
Your Daily Bible
12/15/19 • 4 min
Luke 21:1-4 (NLT)
The Widow’s Offering
21 While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. 2 Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins.
3 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. 4 For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”
Each year, we try to make the holidays bigger and better than the year before. We frantically search the aisles and spend hard-earned money on the perfect gift. At Christmas, we feel the need to go above and beyond for show. So, we fill stockings to the brim and meticulously decorate the tree.
Luke 21:1-4 reminds us that Jesus is not impressed by our status, wealth, or online following.
In Jesus’ day, most widows lacked the means to support themselves. Without a husband or children to provide, they relied on welfare from the church or the kindness of strangers. As the wealthy placed their gifts into the treasury, a widow placed two small copper coins in the offering. She gave only a few cents, but she gave all she had.
You can imagine the widow trying to hide her gift, embarrassed at its lack of size. But Jesus saw the depth of her sacrifice and called attention to her faith. The gift most likely to be seen as insignificant and the person most likely to be overlooked is the one Jesus brought to the forefront.
It’s easy to get caught up in the celebration and forget the person we’re celebrating. Jesus came so everyone — the poor and the wealthy, the curated and the chaotic — would have an opportunity to know their Father in heaven.
Those who have a lot and those who have a little can both lose sight of what matters. Jesus cares far more about the spirit with which we give than the amount we give. He longs for us to feel the same way (Matthew 6).
What if this Christmas we gave others the same attention Jesus gave the poor widow? What if we looked past the stuff to see a person’s heart? We might just help someone take a step closer to their heavenly Father.
Episode 53: 1 Timothy 2:9-10
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11/07/19 • 4 min
1 Timothy 2:9-10 New Living Translation (NLT)
9 And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. 10 For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.
This is one of those teachings that is so counter cultural that we struggle with it deeply. It offends us and we immediately go on the defensive.
Modesty is one of the most abused words in the Christian dialect and is usually only spoken about girls showing to much skin. Modesty goes much deeper than simply that.
Modesty and humility go hand and hand. Humility is evaluating ourselves properly, with sober judgment (Rom 12:3). Modesty is behavior that flows out of remembering our true place of service, and does not conceitedly boast about the self, but boasts in God (2 Cor 10:17) (Phil 2:3-4) Modesty, or the lack thereof, reveals where we’ve placed our identity.
Rich women in the ancient world arrogantly declared their high status, their value, their identity with expensive clothing and jewelry. How do we go about boasting in ourselves today?
We live in an identity-addicted society. We strive to put our tastes and our stuff on display so that everyone knows who we are. We’re told to accentuate our best features, get what we want out of life, stand up for and express ourselves. Social media is often the megaphone we use to herald our personal identity and covertly brag about our smarts, body, sexuality, culture, politics, sports, relationships, family, insecurities, experiences, and possessions.
People who are growing in there faith to become more like Jesus instead love to fade into the background, serving the needs of others, asking Jesus to take center stage. We’ve been freed to have a truly modest life, which will make the world wonder why we’re not fighting for our social status and incidental preferences. Maybe we can be so freed from human approval and praise that they begin to inquire, “Who are you?”
And we can respond, “I am not my own, for I was bought with a price. I belong to God”(1 Cor 6:19-20); (Romans 14:8)
Living modestly is to intentionally take the focus off of ourselves and shift people’s attention to God. “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!” (Psalm 115:1)
The Story Episode 41: 1 Kings 19:19-21
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03/02/22 • 5 min
The Call of Elisha
19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.”
“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”
21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.
The Story Episode 50: Luke 2:1-20
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03/24/22 • 9 min
Luke 2:1-20
The Birth of Jesus
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Episode 358: Happy Thanksgiving!
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11/26/20 • 5 min
Lamentations 3:31-32 NLT
31For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever. 32Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
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