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Psalm 62:10
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 27, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:10 Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. Back in verse 5, we thought about some of the things that we might put our hope in. I doubt that 'stolen goods' were top of your list! But riches (or, at least, '...
Psalm 62:9
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 26, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:9 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Who do you rely on? When the going gets tough, who do you look to to sort things out? The government? The scientists? Or closer to home, a hus...
Why Wellness is Financial - Episode 416
Crushing Debt - April 25, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhere do you shop for everyday necessities? Can you save money by switching to an online shopping club? Can you save money by switching stores? Can you generate money by shopping? Can you use shopping to get out of debt? This week George and Shawn talk to Mark Roth with The Patriot Sho...
Psalm 62:8
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 25, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Do you ever 'pour out your heart to God'? We often come to God with our lists of requests, or our thanks. We praise him. We confess our sins. But do we pour out our hearts? Just telling him ...
Psalm 62:7
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 24, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:7 My salvation and my honour depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. What does your honour depend on? It's not a word we often use, but we recognise the idea. It's like 'reputation'. What do people think of me? What am I recognised, valued, appreciated or praised for? Does my ...
Psalm 62:6
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 23, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I shall not be shaken. Do these words sound familiar? They should do! Verse 6 is an exact repeat of verse 2. Why? Why does the psalmist repeat himself? I imagine it's because he is like us, and needs to keep hearing the same t...
Psalm 62:5
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. What are you hoping for right now? Back in March we were hoping to find pasta and toilet rolls in the supermarket. By May we were hoping for an end to home-schooling. In June we were hoping for the rain to stop so we could mee...
Psalm 62:3-4
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 20, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:3-4 How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down – this leaning wall, this tottering fence? Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. The palmist is facing enemies det...
Psalm 62:1-2
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 19, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 62:1-2 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I shall never be shaken. 2020 has been a year of great turmoil – our usual routines completely destroyed by Covid-19 lockdown, economies around the world decima...
The Secret to Paying Off Six Figures of Debt - Episode 415
Crushing Debt - April 18, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsHow long would it take to pay off $141,000 in debt? How would you do it? What would you do first? Is it okay to invest while still in debt? This week's guest is Amanda Sharratt. Amanda and her husband found themselves in over $141,000 in debt from student loans, credit cards, and other o...
Psalm 51:19
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 18, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar. Some people just love trying to find parts of the Bible that appear to contradict each other, in an attempt to undermine our confidence that it is G...
Psalm 51:18
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 17, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:18 May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. For most of this psalm we've been listening to David relating to God individually. He's talking very personally about his sin, his need for forgiveness, his own individual faith. But in the final two verses we s...
Psalm 51:16-17
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 16, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutesPsalm 51:16-17 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Even though it’s a familiar psalm, I still find these verses surprising. Why would...
Psalm 51:14-15
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:14-15 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Saviour, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. Yesterday we saw that one aspect of David's response to being forgiven is a renewed commitment to...
Psalm 51:13
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 13, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. Now that David has confessed his sin and asked for forgiveness, this next section (verses 13-17) shows us how a forgiven sinner responds to their forgiveness. Firstly, here in verse 13, he commits hi...
Psalm 51:12
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 12, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Back in verse 10, David asked God for a 'steadfast spirit". And perhaps you thought that that sounded a bit dreary. Steadfast can be the sort of word we associate with over-long walks in the rain:...
Convert Your Debt to Wealth - Episode 414
Crushing Debt - April 11, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsCan you become debt free with just a few hundred dollars left at the end of the month? If you could eliminate the payment of interest, would that help you to be debt free? Would you want to be out of debt in five to ten years? How is the payment of debt more like a GPS than a paper map? ...
Psalm 51:11
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 11, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 51:11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Throughout the Psalms we keep coming across this idea of God turning his face away from sinners, or sending sinners away from him. And I keep saying that if we are trusting Jesus we need never be afraid that it wil...
Psalm 51:10
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 10, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. David knows that deep down, in his heart, he is a sinner. His adultery and murder were not an accidental, out-of-character slip-up. They were the outworking of his lifelong sinful nature. And so he needs more...
Psalm 51:9
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 09, 2024 04:00 - 1 minutePsalm 51:9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. When we looked at Psalm 80 together we saw how 'God's face' symbolised his relationship with his people. The psalmist prayed that God's face would shine on them with favour. Many other psalms contain prayers for God not to 'h...
NL-Day100 Deuteronomy 15-16; Psalm 57; Acts 12
Daily Bible Reading Podcast - April 09, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsDEUTERONOMY 15-16: Yesterday's reading included Moses' warning about being led astray by anyone, including false prophets or even close family members. No one who proposed idolatry was to be allowed to live. Then we heard a repetition of the laws about which animals were to be treated as clean/e...
Psalm 51:7-8
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 08, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:7-8 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. David has been totally honest about the seriousness of his sin. He has done evil. He is unclean before God. What's the solu...
NL-Day099 Deuteronomy 13-14; Psalm 56; Acts 11
Daily Bible Reading Podcast - April 08, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsDEUTERONOMY 13-14: In yesterday's reading Moses continued to stress the need for faithfulness to God and all his commands. It is clear that Moses loves the people and is marshaling every argument possible to convince them to keep on obeying God. PSALM 56: This is another psalm from the experie...
NL-Day098 Deuteronomy 11-12; Psalm 55; Acts 10:21-48
Daily Bible Reading Podcast - April 07, 2024 00:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsDEUTERONOMY 11-12: In yesterday's reading, Moses continued to hammer on the people not to think that they have been favored by God because they are such good people. Moses gave his first hand account of being in God's presence for 40 days and 40 nights on two occasions, one right after the other...
Psalm 51:5-6
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 06, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:5-6 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. There's a strong similarity between the story of David's sin of adultery with Bathsheba, and Adam & Eve's sin in th...
NL-Day097 Deuteronomy 9-10; Psalm 54; Acts 10:1-29
Daily Bible Reading Podcast - April 06, 2024 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsDEUTERONOMY 9-10: In yesterday’s reading, Moses continued his stern lecture. I note particularly that Moses did all he could to stress that the Israelites must not get proud or think they’re great people based on their own merits. The reading also included the famous words, “people do not live b...
Psalm 51:4b
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 05, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutesPsalm 51:4b so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. We all want justice. We have an inner instinct that longs for right judgements and hates unfair decisions. We see it clearly in children, even from a very early age, railing against any perceived injustice: "it's not fa...
NL-Day096 Deuteronomy 7-8; Psalm 53; Acts 9:17-43
Daily Bible Reading Podcast - April 05, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsDEUTERONOMY 7-8: Yesterday in Deuteronomy we heard Moses repeating the 10 Commandments and pleading with the people that they remain faithful in obeying all the commands and regulations the Lord gave. The reading ended with an important statement to remember when considering the difference betwe...
Tik Tok Money Hacks - Episode 413
Crushing Debt - April 04, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhat is the "Cash Stuffing" method? What is Home Equity Sharing, or a Home Equity Appreciation Agreement? Should you get a HELOC? How can you become a gazillionaire overnight? Are there any useful tips on Tik Tok? This week Shawn & George are reviewing advice from Tik Tok because, ever...
Psalm 51:4a
Daily Bible Encouragement - April 04, 2024 09:04 - 3 minutesPsalm 51:4a Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; As we saw yesterday, David recognises his own sin and calls it what it is. Today we see that he also understands WHY it is so serious. He knows that when he sins, he sins against God himself. If you're fami...
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