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Short, daily meditations on God’s Word that are practical and relevant to your everyday life. Featuring pastor Kurt Barnes from Silver Creek Fellowship Church in Silverton, Oregon.

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The Story Episode 36: 1 Kings 3:5-14

February 24, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 3.75 MB

1 Kings 3:5-14 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” 6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. 7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am ...

The Story Episode 35: Psalm 51

February 23, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MB

Psalm 51 For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God,     according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion     blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity     and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions,     and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned     and done what is evil in your sight; so you are...

The Story Episode 34: 1 Samuel 17:45-50

February 22, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MB

1 Samuel 17:45-50 45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gath...

The Story Episode 33: 1 Samuel 16:6-7

February 21, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MB

1 Samuel 16:6-7 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Support the show

The Story Episode 32: 1 Samuel 3

February 20, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.46 MB

1 Samuel 3 The Lord Calls Samuel 3 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” 5 And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am...

The Story Episode 31: Ruth 4:13-17

February 18, 2022 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.61 MB

Ruth 4:13-17 13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” 16 Then Naomi took the child in ...

The Story Episode 30: Judges 6:1-16

February 17, 2022 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MB

Judges 6:1-16 Gideon 6 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. 4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living t...

The Story Episode 29: Joshua 24:14-24

February 16, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.64 MB

Joshua 24 14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” 16 Then the people answered, “Fa...

The Story Episode 28: Joshua 6:1-25

February 15, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.49 MB

Joshua 6 6 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. 2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you ...

The Story Episode 27: Joshua 5:1-12

February 14, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.8 MB

Joshua 5:1-12 5 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites. Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal 2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibea...

The Story Episode 26: Joshua 1:1-9

February 13, 2022 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MB

Joshua 1:1-9 Joshua Installed as Leader 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite cou...

The Story Episode 25: Numbers 33:1-4

February 12, 2022 17:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MB

Numbers 33 Stages in Israel’s Journey 33 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. 2 At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages: 3 The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, 4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom th...

The Story Episode 24: Numbers 21:4-8

February 10, 2022 15:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MB

Numbers 21:4-8 The Bronze Snake 4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” 6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned...

The Story Episode 23: Numbers 13:23-33

February 09, 2022 08:00 - 9 minutes - 6.24 MB

Numbers 13:23-33 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. Report on the Exploration 26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the...

The Story Episode 23: Numbers 13:23-33

February 09, 2022 08:00 - 9 minutes - 6.24 MB

Numbers 13:23-33 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land. Report on the Exploration 26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the...

The Story Episode 22: Exodus 19:16-20

February 08, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.76 MB

Exodus 19:16-20 16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 19 As the sound of the ...

The Story Episode 21: Exodus 17:1-7

February 07, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.12 MB

Exodus 17:1-7 Water From the Rock 17 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?” 3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out...

The Story Episode 20: Exodus 14:10-31

February 05, 2022 08:00 - 8 minutes - 5.89 MB

Exodus 14:10-31 New International Version 10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. 11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians t...

The Story Episode 19: Exodus 12:12-13

February 04, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MB

Exodus 12:12-13 New International Version 12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. Support the show

The Story Episode 18: Exodus 2:1-10

February 03, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.52 MB

Exodus 2 The Birth of Moses 2 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. 5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter w...

The Story Episode 17: Exodus 1:6-14

February 02, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MB

Exodus 1:6-14 New International Version 6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.  8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. 9 “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numer...

The Story Episode 16: Genesis 41:25-43

February 01, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.7 MB

Genesis 41:25-43 25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. 27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine. 28 “It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Ph...

The Story Episode 15: Genesis 39:20-23

January 31, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.6 MB

Genesis 39:20-23 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph a...

The Story Episode 14: Genesis 37:1-11

January 30, 2022 14:00 - 5 minutes - 4.04 MB

Genesis 37:1-11 Joseph’s Dreams 37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. 2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate[a] robe for him....

The Story Episode 13: Genesis 33:1-4

January 28, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.61 MB

Genesis 33:1-4 Jacob Meets Esau 33 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants. 2 He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. 4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed hi...

The Story Episode 12: Genesis 32:22-32

January 27, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5.15 MB

Genesis 32:22-32 Jacob Wrestles With God 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “L...

The Story Episode 11: Genesis 28:10-22

January 26, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.81 MB

Genesis 28:10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it[a] stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the ...

The Story Episode 10: Genesis 26:1-5

January 25, 2022 17:00 - 5 minutes - 3.87 MB

Genesis 26:1-5 26 Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will make your descendants as...

The Story Episode 9: Gen 22:1-19

January 24, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MB

Genesis 22 22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” 3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about...

The Story Episode 9: Genesis 22:1-19

January 24, 2022 16:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MB

Genesis 22 22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” 3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about...

The Story Episode 8: Gen 12:1-4

January 23, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MB

Genesis 12:1-4 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation,     and I will bless you. I will make your name great,     and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,     and whoever curses you I will curse. And all peoples on earth     will be blessed through you.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five ...

The Story Episode 8: Genesis 12:1-4

January 23, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MB

Genesis 12:1-4 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation,     and I will bless you. I will make your name great,     and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,     and whoever curses you I will curse. And all peoples on earth     will be blessed through you.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five ...

The Story Episode 7: Gen 11:1-9

January 22, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.52 MB

Genesis 11 The Tower of Babel 11 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the wh...

The Story Episode 7: Genesis 11:1-9

January 22, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.52 MB

Genesis 11 The Tower of Babel 11 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the wh...

The Story Episode 6: Gen 9:1-17

January 21, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.51 MB

Genesis 9:1-17 God’s Covenant With Noah 9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. 4 “...

The Story Episode 6: Genesis 9:1-17

January 21, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.51 MB

Genesis 9:1-17 God’s Covenant With Noah 9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. 4 “...

The Story Episode 5: Gen 6:1-8

January 20, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MB

Genesis 6:1-8 Wickedness in the World 6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughter...

The Story Episode 5: Genesis 6:1-8

January 20, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MB

Genesis 6:1-8 Wickedness in the World 6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughter...

The Story Episode 4: Gen 4:1-8

January 19, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.14 MB

Genesis 4:1-8 Cain and Abel 4 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and ...

The Story Episode 4: Genesis 4:1-8

January 19, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.14 MB

Genesis 4:1-8 Cain and Abel 4 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and ...

The Story Episode 3: Genesis 3

January 18, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MB

Genesis 3 The Fall 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God k...

The Story Episode 3: Gen 3

January 18, 2022 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MB

Genesis 3 The Fall 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God k...

The Story Episode 2: Genesis 1:27

January 17, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes - 3.23 MB

Genesis 1:27(NIV) 27 So God created mankind in his own image,     in the image of God he created them;     male and female he created them. Support the show

The Story Episode 2: Gen 1:27

January 17, 2022 08:00 - 4 minutes - 3.23 MB

Genesis 1:27(NIV) 27 So God created mankind in his own image,     in the image of God he created them;     male and female he created them. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

The Story Episode 1: Genesis 1:1-5

January 16, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.63 MB

Genesis 1:1-5 The Beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. Suppo...

The Story Episode 1: Gen 1:1-5

January 16, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.63 MB

Genesis 1:1-5 The Beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. Suppo...

Episode 522: James 5:7-11

October 04, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.16 MB

James 5:7-11(NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. 8 You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door! 10 For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and si...

Episode 521: Jeremiah 29:1-14

September 28, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.09 MB

Jeremiah 29:1-14 (NLT) Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. 2 This was after King Jehoiachin,[a] the queen mother, the court officials, the other officials of Judah, and all the craftsmen and artisans had been deported from Jerusalem. 3 He sent the letter with Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah when they went to Babylon as King Zedekiah’s ambassadors to Nebuchadnezzar...

Episode 520: The Danger of Criticism

September 21, 2021 18:00 - 6 minutes - 4.41 MB

Romans 14:1 The Danger of Criticism Accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don’t argue with them about what they think is right or wrong.  Ephesians 4:3-4 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. 4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. Support the show

Episode 519: Romans 5:5

September 13, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.71 MB

Romans 5:5 (NIV) 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Mark 7:21-23 (ESV)  For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) 26 I will give you a new heart and put a ...