Fire and Hope
97 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA reflection through the scriptures with fire and hope. Fire, the combustion that releases heat and light. Hope, the desire for things to happen.
Reflect, with a laser focus. Listen with fire in your heart, mind, and soul. Then, move with hope; the expectation of things to come.
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Be The Light
March 22, 2022 09:41 - 2 minutes - 3.3 MBMatthew 5:16 (KJV) 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
The Foundation
March 21, 2022 12:21 - 4 minutes - 5.58 MBChrist has built our foundation. How we live it out can be totally contrary to the way it was intended for us to live. One of my new favorite songs, The Bones made me reflect on the many ways my foundation was built and how I live it out. Sometimes we are bigger than we are living it out. Check your foundation! "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Blood and righteousness..." Don't live smaller than you're foundation!
I've Got Goals
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 1 minute - 2.69 MBLuke 13:31-32 (NIV) 31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’
Psalm 91:1-5
November 10, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 5.21 MBPsalms 91:4-5 (NIV) 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Quiet! Be Still
May 09, 2021 09:00 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MB35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet...
NEW PROGRAM FORMAT
May 04, 2021 09:00 - 50 seconds - 1.13 MBThank you for listening to Fire & Hope We are making some program changes and we’re looking forward to bringing them to you on Sunday, May 16th. Be sure to come back and tune in to the new program. drLoni
Carry Each Other
April 27, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MBGalatians 6:2 (NIV) 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Let 'em Talk
April 26, 2021 11:19 - 3 minutes - 4.56 MBMatthew 5:11-12 (NIV) 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
War
April 22, 2021 22:25 - 2 minutes - 3.98 MBGalatians 5:16-18 (NIV) 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Don't Remain Silent
April 21, 2021 09:31 - 4 minutes - 5.69 MBEsther 4:14 (NIV) 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
The Light
April 20, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.3 MBHappy 86th Birthday Sis. Jeanette Lloyd As believers we understand that we have a light that shines within us. Jesus Christ is that Light. Go, walk in the light. "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12 KJV
Lock Step
April 19, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.97 MBGalatians 5:25 (NIV) 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Can't Please People
April 18, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 4.05 MBGalatians 1:10 (NIV) 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Entire Law
April 17, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 5.24 MBGalatians 5:14-15 (NIV) 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
Faith Expression
April 16, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.77 MBGalatians 5:6 (NIV) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
God Called Me
April 15, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.32 MBGalatians 1:15-16 (NIV) 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
Live in Peace
April 14, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 5.62 MB2 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV) 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
Adopted
April 13, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.32 MBGalatians 4:4-6 (NIV) 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
Blessing of Abraham
April 12, 2021 12:45 - 2 minutes - 3.75 MBGalatians 3:13-14 (NIV) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Everything
April 11, 2021 13:55 - 2 minutes - 3.04 MB2 Corinthians 7:1 (NIV) 1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Abundant Blessings
April 09, 2021 14:07 - 2 minutes - 2.76 MB2 Corinthians 9:8-9 (NIV) 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”
Accept it, Now
April 08, 2021 13:21 - 2 minutes - 2.96 MB2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV) 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Didn't Let It Happen
April 07, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.32 MBPsalms 30:1 (NIV) 1 I will exalt you, LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
God's Will
April 06, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.19 MB1 John 5:13-15 (NIV) 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
Seventy Seven Times
April 05, 2021 11:19 - 3 minutes - 4.56 MBMatthew 18:21-22 (NIV) 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Change Your Mind
March 30, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.5 MBMatthew 16:21-23 (NIV) 21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in m...
Don't Tell Anyone
March 29, 2021 23:19 - 3 minutes - 4.84 MBLuke 5:12-16 (NIV) 12 While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your clea...
Above Yourself
March 27, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 3.75 MBRomans 12:9-10 (NIV) 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Please God
March 26, 2021 11:49 - 2 minutes - 3.34 MBHebrews 11:5-6 (NIV) 5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Where to Hang Out
March 25, 2021 09:00 - 2 minutes - 3.88 MBLuke 5:29-32 (NIV) 29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Present Suffering
March 24, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.8 MBRomans 8:18-19 (NIV) 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
Your Mouth Speaks
March 23, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.9 MBLuke 6:43-45 (NIV) 43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Don't Love It
March 22, 2021 11:13 - 2 minutes - 3.81 MB1 John 2:15 (NIV) 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
The Reward
March 18, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.53 MBEsther 6:10-11 (NIV) 10 “Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.” 11 So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”
Out of Poverty
March 17, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 5.41 MBMark 12:41-44 (NIV) 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everyt...
I Have Seen It
March 16, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 4.43 MBExodus 3:7-8 (NIV) 7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey —the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
Just Believe
March 16, 2021 00:28 - 3 minutes - 5.21 MBLuke 8:49-56 (NIV) 9 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don’t bother the teacher anymore.”50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. “Stop wai...
Safe
March 14, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.26 MBPsalms 24:1-2 (NIV) 1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; 2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
Love Your Enemies
March 13, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.97 MBLuke 6:27-31 (NIV) 27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Where Is Your Faith?
March 12, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 5.21 MBLuke 8:22-25 (NIV) 22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. 24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his d...
Don't Block Them
March 11, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.8 MBMatthew 19:13-15 (NIV) 13 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. 14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
Rebuke The Fever
March 10, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 3.71 MBLuke 4:38-39 (NIV) 38 Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. 39 So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them.
Shameless Audacity
March 09, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBLuke 11:5-10 (NIV) 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because o...
Good Seed
March 08, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.77 MBMatthew 13:24-30 (NIV) 24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. 27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ 28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked...
Your Answer in Distress
March 07, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.36 MBPsalms 20:1-2 (NIV) 1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
The Right Answer
March 06, 2021 13:39 - 3 minutes - 4.19 MBProverbs 16:1 (NIV) 1 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
Put A Smile On It
March 05, 2021 13:08 - 3 minutes - 4.46 MBProverbs 15:13 (NIV) 13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
God Answers Everything
March 04, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBProverbs 15:1-3 (NIV) 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. 3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
Unchanging God
March 03, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 3.95 MBNumbers 23:19-20 (NIV) 19 God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? 20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Don't Break It
March 02, 2021 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.7 MBEcclesiastes 5:4-7 (NIV) 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. 5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. 6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? 7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.