July 2018 – Page 5 – A Walk Through The Word

July 12, 2018

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday July 12, 2018 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:19-14:17

¹⁹Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)^(A) ²⁰When David went to Ziklag,^(B) these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. ²¹They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. ²²Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.^[a]

Others Join David at Hebron

²³These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron^(C) to turn^(D) Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the Lord had said:^(E)

²⁴from Judah, carrying shield and spear—6,800 armed for battle;

²⁵from Simeon, warriors ready for battle—7,100;

²⁶from Levi—4,600, ²⁷including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men, ²⁸and Zadok,^(F) a brave young warrior, with 22 officers from his family;

²⁹from Benjamin,^(G) Saul’s tribe—3,000, most^(H) of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then;

³⁰from Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans—20,800;

³¹from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king—18,000;

³²from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do^(I)—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;

³³from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty—50,000;

³⁴from Naphtali—1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;

³⁵from Dan, ready for battle—28,600;

³⁶from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle—40,000;

³⁷and from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon—120,000.

³⁸All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel.^(J) All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David king. ³⁹The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking,^(K) for their families had supplied provisions for them. ⁴⁰Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies^(L) of flour, fig cakes, raisin^(M) cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy^(N) in Israel.

Bringing Back the Ark^(O)

13 David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ²He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. ³Let us bring the ark of our God back to us,^(P) for we did not inquire^(Q) of^[b] it^[c] during the reign of Saul.” ⁴The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.

⁵So David assembled all Israel,^(R) from the Shihor River^(S) in Egypt to Lebo Hamath,^(T) to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.^(U) ⁶David and all Israel went to Baalah^(V) of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who is enthroned between the cherubim^(W)—the ark that is called by the Name.

⁷They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s^(X) house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. ⁸David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.^(Y)

⁹When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. ¹⁰The Lord’s anger^(Z) burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down^(AA) because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

¹¹Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.^[d]^(AB)

¹²David was afraid of God that day and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” ¹³He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom^(AC) the Gittite. ¹⁴The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his household^(AD) and everything he had.

David’s House and Family^(AE)

14 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs,^(AF) stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him. ²And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted^(AG) for the sake of his people Israel.

³In Jerusalem David took more wives and became the father of more sons^(AH) and daughters. ⁴These are the names of the children born to him there:^(AI) Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, ⁵Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, ⁶Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁷Elishama, Beeliada^[e] and Eliphelet.

David Defeats the Philistines^(AJ)

⁸When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel,^(AK) they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went out to meet them. ⁹Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley^(AL) of Rephaim; ¹⁰so David inquired of God: “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”

The Lord answered him, “Go, I will deliver them into your hands.”

¹¹So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim,^(AM) and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.^[f] ¹²The Philistines had abandoned their gods there, and David gave orders to burn^(AN) them in the fire.^(AO)

¹³Once more the Philistines raided the valley;^(AP) ¹⁴so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. ¹⁵As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move out to battle, because that will mean God has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.” ¹⁶So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon^(AQ) to Gezer.^(AR)

¹⁷So David’s fame^(AS) spread throughout every land, and the Lord made all the nations fear^(AT) him.

Footnotes:

1 Chronicles 12:22 Or a great and mighty army
1 Chronicles 13:3 Or we neglected
1 Chronicles 13:3 Or him
1 Chronicles 13:11 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.
1 Chronicles 14:7 A variant of Eliada
1 Chronicles 14:11 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

Romans 1:1-17

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle^(A) and set apart^(B) for the gospel of God^(C)— ²the gospel he promised beforehand^(D) through his prophets^(E) in the Holy Scriptures^(F) ³regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life^[a]^(G) was a descendant of David,^(H) ⁴and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power^[b]^(I) by his resurrection from the dead:^(J) Jesus Christ our Lord.^(K) ⁵Through him we received grace^(L) and apostleship to call all the Gentiles^(M) to the obedience that comes from^[c] faith^(N) for his name’s sake. ⁶And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.^(O)

⁷To all in Rome who are loved by God^(P) and called to be his holy people:^(Q)

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.^(R)

Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome

⁸First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you,^(S) because your faith is being reported all over the world.^(T) ⁹God, whom I serve^(U) in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness^(V) how constantly I remember you ¹⁰in my prayers at all times;^(W) and I pray that now at last by God’s will^(X) the way may be opened for me to come to you.^(Y)

¹¹I long to see you^(Z) so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift^(AA) to make you strong— ¹²that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. ¹³I do not want you to be unaware,^(AB) brothers and sisters,^[d]^(AC) that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now)^(AD) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

¹⁴I am obligated^(AE) both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. ¹⁵That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.^(AF)

¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^(AG) because it is the power of God^(AH) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:^(AI) first to the Jew,^(AJ) then to the Gentile.^(AK) ¹⁷For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed^(AL)—a righteousness that is by faith^(AM) from first to last,^[e] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”^[f]^(AN)

Footnotes:

Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh
Romans 1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God
Romans 1:5 Or that is
Romans 1:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.
Romans 1:17 Or is from faith to faith
Romans 1:17 Hab. 2:4

Cross references:

Romans 1:1 : S 1Co 1:1
Romans 1:1 : S Ac 9:15
Romans 1:1 : Ro 15:16; S 2Co 2:12; 11:7; 1Th 2:8, 9; 1Pe 4:17
Romans 1:2 : S Ac 13:32; Tit 1:2
Romans 1:2 : Lk 1:70; Ro 3:21
Romans 1:2 : Gal 3:8
Romans 1:3 : S Jn 1:14; Ro 9:5
Romans 1:3 : S Mt 1:1
Romans 1:4 : S Mt 4:3
Romans 1:4 : S Ac 2:24
Romans 1:4 : 1Co 1:2
Romans 1:5 : 1Ti 1:14
Romans 1:5 : S Ac 9:15
Romans 1:5 : Ac 6:7; Ro 16:26
Romans 1:6 : Jude 1; Rev 17:14
Romans 1:7 : Ro 8:39; 1Th 1:4
Romans 1:7 : S Ac 9:13
Romans 1:7 : 1Co 1:3; Eph 1:2; 1Ti 1:2; Tit 1:4; 1Pe 1:2
Romans 1:8 : 1Co 1:4; Eph 1:16; 1Th 2:13; 2Th 1:3; 2Ti 1:3
Romans 1:8 : S Ro 10:18; 16:19
Romans 1:9 : 2Ti 1:3
Romans 1:9 : Job 16:19; Jer 42:5; 2Co 1:23; Gal 1:20; Php 1:8; 1Th 2:5, 10
Romans 1:10 : 1Sa 12:23; S Lk 18:1; S Ac 1:14; Eph 1:16; Php 1:4; Col 1:9; 2Th 1:11; 2Ti 1:3; Phm 4
Romans 1:10 : S Ac 18:21
Romans 1:10 : ver 13; Ro 15:32
Romans 1:11 : Ro 15:23
Romans 1:11 : 1Co 1:7; 12:1-31
Romans 1:13 : S Ro 11:25
Romans 1:13 : S Ro 7:1
Romans 1:13 : Ro 15:22, 23
Romans 1:14 : 1Co 9:16
Romans 1:15 : Ro 15:20
Romans 1:16 : 2Ti 1:8
Romans 1:16 : 1Co 1:18
Romans 1:16 : S Jn 3:15
Romans 1:16 : Ac 3:26; 13:46
Romans 1:16 : S Ac 13:46; Ro 2:9, 10
Romans 1:17 : Ro 3:21; Php 3:9
Romans 1:17 : S Ro 9:30
Romans 1:17 : Hab 2:4; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:38

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 9:13-20

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^(A) persecute me!
Have mercy^(B) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(C)
¹⁴that I may declare your praises^(D)
in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(E)
and there rejoice in your salvation.^(F)

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(G)
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(H)
¹⁶The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[a]^(I)
¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(J)
all the nations that forget God.^(K)
¹⁸But God will never forget the needy;
the hope^(L) of the afflicted^(M) will never perish.

¹⁹Arise,^(N) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(O)
let the nations be judged^(P) in your presence.
²⁰Strike them with terror,^(Q) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.^(R)

Footnotes:

Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

New International Version (NIV)

Proverbs 19:4-5

⁴Wealth attracts many friends,
but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.^(A)

⁵A false witness^(B) will not go unpunished,^(C)
and whoever pours out lies will not go free.^(D)

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

July 11, 2018

07/11/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 11:1-12:18, Acts 28:1-31, Psalms 9:1-12, Proverbs 19:1-3

Today is the 11^th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today and every day. And I’m excited to see where the Bible leads us today as we take the next step. We’re reading from the New International Version this week. 1 Chronicles 11:1- 12:18 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, Paul’s shipwreck turned out to be on the island of Malta. And they were way off course. Had they missed the island of Malta and survived, had the ship held together, then the next place that they could have hit would have been on the continent of Africa. So, this shipwreck’s on the island of Malta about seven hundred miles south of Rome. And to this very day, Paul is revered as the person who brought the good news to the island of Malta.

I remember back, I don’t remember how many years but many years ago, we had a brother on the island of Malta who was a Daily Audio Bible listener every day, would call in often, sent me a book on Malta. Fascinating, fascinating, beautiful place. We’re seeing a fascinating, really interesting thing happen in Paul’s ministry because when he first began to travel around and he did a lot of traveling and establishing churches everywhere, he was free. And then he went into captivity. He was arrested and under guard. And he’s able to speak freely the gospel to very, very powerful and influential people from that time forward. And then we have the serendipity of a shipwreck that brings the gospel to a completely different place than Paul had ever been before. And we just read the story, right? Paul’s gathering firewood, they’re building a fire to dry off, warm up, get out of the ocean. And this snake bites Paul and he throws it into the fire and everybody’s expecting him to die because this is a ship with prisoners on board. But when Paul doesn’t die then they think he’s a god. This has happened to Paul before. And it’s amazing what the anointing, the presence of God, in any situation will do to change hearts and minds, which is what we saw happening on Malta. And then they sailed away. And Paul eventually made it to Rome. And we’ll pick up that story as we continue forward.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for the examples of people like the Apostle Paul that demonstrate for us what it looks like to be completely abandoned to the mission that You’ve called them to. Father, we know that You have purpose for each one of us. It may look very different and does look very different than that of the Apostle Paul, but the posture of heart that is demonstrated is something that we all seek. So, come Holy Spirit. Let us spend this day in awe of You, knowing we are in Your hands and that You are aware of us and that You are leading and guiding us by the power of Your Holy Spirit. And that You will send us into situations that You need us to go into. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray. In Jesus name we ask. Amen.

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Good morning Daily Audio Bible family. To Be A Blessing in California. I’m requesting prayer for my work situation. It’s changing significantly and there are a lot of details that are not known. I ask that you would pray for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding on my behalf as well as working with people that I don’t know in a situation where I’ve been working for quite some time. I’ll just be moving into a new department. Also asking that you would pray for me as I am learning how to live life now that I have lost my mother. I was living with her and life is changed and now I have to figure out, have God tell me what I need to do in terms of making a new life without her. My brain is foggy, I’m scattered, I’m just in the midst of great sorrow and grief. And, so, this change with work in addition to the change without having mom is pretty big. I’m praying for jubilant perseverance. I’m praying for the woman whose son was just killed and her other son is facing cancer. I pray for all of you as it comes through. Thank you for praying for me. God bless you. Bye-bye.

My name is Scott. I’m calling from North Carolina. I’m calling for prayer for my son Joel. We’ve had a very difficult season. I lost a 25-year-old son in a car wreck and shortly after that I lost my father to dementia. Very shortly after that my son Joel had emergency brain surgery because of a tumor wrapped around his brain stem. It was his eighth surgery. Unfortunately, things have not gone well. They’ve not given him very long to live. We are trying radical new surgeries right now. Radiation is probably going to be the only option. Joel is going to be 17 on his next birthday in August and I’m just asking for you to pray for the life of my son.

Hello, this is Beautiful Soul from North Carolina. I called earlier and the call got disconnected but I wanted to say that I call myself Beautiful Soul because in 1 Peter 3 verse 3 and 4 where he speaks about not living the outward appearance but God is in love with your soul. I called in because I wanted to give a little tip to some of you who are having a hard time concentrating on the Scriptures as Brian reads through the genealogy. Sometimes that gets to be a little bit tedious when you’re naming all of the descendant’s and you want to kind of just skip over it, but I found that if I repeat every name that Brian repeats it becomes fun. And because their unusual names sometimes if you try to read them on your own in Scripture, they’re hard to translate or hard to pronounce. But it’s fun when Brian pronounces the names and you say the names afterwards. And before you know it you’ve gone through that entire Scripture as he’s read through it. And, so, you know, I thought I would give that little tidbit to those who are struggling through it to not skip through it, that if you just repeat the names after Brian it becomes fun and it ends up being something that will stay on your Spirit. And I want to continue to pray for my Daily Audio Bible family and Brian. And God’s going to keep on blessing us. And have a fantastic summer. God bless.

Hi, this is Valerie calling from south of Atlanta. I just heard Mary from the UK call about her friends son, the one that just passed away and the one that is recently diagnosed with cancer and was just giving a few leaks to live. Mary, my heart breaks for this family. I have a 25-year-old son. I also have a 27-year-old son. And I just could not imagine what this mother must be going through at this moment. So, please know that I am praying for her. I am praying that she feels the comfort of God surrounding her. I pray that she has a strong support system to get her through this. Thank you so much for reaching out to us and telling us about her story so that we can surround her in prayer and uplift her and her family during this difficult time. I can only imagine the questions she must have and the sense of hopelessness and I just pray that she is able to draw on her faith and that she is able to rely on the Lord and that He’s sovereign and that He has everything in control and there’s a reason, even when we can’t understand it. But please just know Mary, that my heart hurts for her and I am praying for her and please keep us updated on any updates on her son that is fighting cancer and how we can continue to pray. And also I just want to also uplift Vince. I’m glad that he’s doing so well. And today is the 9^th. And, so, tomorrow is when they’re turning on the devices and I will be praying for him and that everything goes well. Thank you guys. You all have a blessed day. Bye-bye.

July 11, 2018

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday July 11, 2018 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 11:1-12:18

David Becomes King Over Israel^(A)

11 All Israel^(B) came together to David at Hebron^(C) and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. ²In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.^(D) And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd^(E) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.^(F)’”

³When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed^(G) David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

David Conquers Jerusalem^(H)

⁴David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites^(I) who lived there ⁵said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

⁶David had said, “Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander-in-chief.” Joab^(J) son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command.

⁷David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. ⁸He built up the city around it, from the terraces^[a]^(K) to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. ⁹And David became more and more powerful,^(L) because the Lord Almighty was with him.

David’s Mighty Warriors^(M)

¹⁰These were the chiefs of David’s mighty warriors—they, together with all Israel,^(N) gave his kingship strong support to extend it over the whole land, as the Lord had promised^(O)— ¹¹this is the list of David’s mighty warriors:^(P)

Jashobeam,^[b] a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers^[c]; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

¹²Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors. ¹³He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines. ¹⁴But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory.^(Q)

¹⁵Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley^(R) of Rephaim. ¹⁶At that time David was in the stronghold,^(S) and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. ¹⁷David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!” ¹⁸So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured^(T) it out to the Lord. ¹⁹“God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it.

Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

²⁰Abishai^(U) the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three. ²¹He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

²²Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel,^(V) performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.^(W) ²³And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits^[d] tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod^(X) in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. ²⁴Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors. ²⁵He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

²⁶The mighty warriors were:

Asahel^(Y) the brother of Joab,

Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

²⁷Shammoth^(Z) the Harorite,

Helez the Pelonite,

²⁸Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa,

Abiezer^(AA) from Anathoth,

²⁹Sibbekai^(AB) the Hushathite,

Ilai the Ahohite,

³⁰Maharai the Netophathite,

Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,

³¹Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,

Benaiah^(AC) the Pirathonite,^(AD)

³²Hurai from the ravines of Gaash,

Abiel the Arbathite,

³³Azmaveth the Baharumite,

Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

³⁴the sons of Hashem the Gizonite,

Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,

³⁵Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite,

Eliphal son of Ur,

³⁶Hepher the Mekerathite,

Ahijah the Pelonite,

³⁷Hezro the Carmelite,

Naarai son of Ezbai,

³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan,

Mibhar son of Hagri,

³⁹Zelek the Ammonite,

Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite,

Gareb the Ithrite,

⁴¹Uriah^(AE) the Hittite,

Zabad^(AF) son of Ahlai,

⁴²Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,

⁴³Hanan son of Maakah,

Joshaphat the Mithnite,

⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite,^(AG)

Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

⁴⁵Jediael son of Shimri,

his brother Joha the Tizite,

⁴⁶Eliel the Mahavite,

Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam,

Ithmah the Moabite,

⁴⁷Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

Warriors Join David

12 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag,^(AH) while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; ²they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed;^(AI) they were relatives of Saul^(AJ) from the tribe of Benjamin):

³Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite, ⁴and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,^[e]^(AK) ⁵Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; ⁶Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites; ⁷and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.^(AL)

⁸Some Gadites^(AM) defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions,^(AN) and they were as swift as gazelles^(AO) in the mountains.

⁹Ezer was the chief,

Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

¹⁰Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

¹¹Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

¹²Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

¹³Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh.

¹⁴These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred,^(AP) and the greatest for a thousand.^(AQ) ¹⁵It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks,^(AR) and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

¹⁶Other Benjamites^(AS) and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. ¹⁷David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.”

¹⁸Then the Spirit^(AT) came on Amasai,^(AU) chief of the Thirty, and he said:

“We are yours, David!
We are with you, son of Jesse!
Success,^(AV) success to you,
and success to those who help you,
for your God will help you.”

So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.

Footnotes:

1 Chronicles 11:8 Or the Millo
1 Chronicles 11:11 Possibly a variant of Jashob-Baal
1 Chronicles 11:11 Or Thirty; some Septuagint manuscripts Three (see also 2 Samuel 23:8)
1 Chronicles 11:23 That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters
1 Chronicles 12:4 In Hebrew texts the second half of this verse (Jeremiah … Gederathite) is numbered 12:5, and 12:5-40 is numbered 12:6-41.

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Acts 28

Paul Ashore on Malta

28 Once safely on shore, we^(A) found out that the island^(B) was called Malta. ²The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. ³Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. ⁴When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand,^(C) they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”^(D) ⁵But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.^(E) ⁶The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.^(F)

⁷There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and showed us generous hospitality for three days. ⁸His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer,^(G) placed his hands on him^(H) and healed him.^(I) ⁹When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured. ¹⁰They honored us^(J) in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

Paul’s Arrival at Rome

¹¹After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island—it was an Alexandrian ship^(K) with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux. ¹²We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. ¹³From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli. ¹⁴There we found some brothers and sisters^(L) who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. ¹⁵The brothers and sisters^(M) there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged. ¹⁶When we got to Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.^(N)

Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard

¹⁷Three days later he called together the local Jewish leaders.^(O) When they had assembled, Paul said to them: “My brothers,^(P) although I have done nothing against our people^(Q) or against the customs of our ancestors,^(R) I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. ¹⁸They examined me^(S) and wanted to release me,^(T) because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.^(U) ¹⁹The Jews objected, so I was compelled to make an appeal to Caesar.^(V) I certainly did not intend to bring any charge against my own people. ²⁰For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel^(W) that I am bound with this chain.”^(X)

²¹They replied, “We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people^(Y) who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. ²²But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.”^(Z)

²³They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God,^(AA) and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets^(AB) he tried to persuade them about Jesus.^(AC) ²⁴Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.^(AD) ²⁵They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said^(AE) through Isaiah the prophet:

²⁶“‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
²⁷For this people’s heart has become calloused;^(AF)
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’^[a]^(AG)

²⁸“Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation^(AH) has been sent to the Gentiles,^(AI) and they will listen!” ^[29]^[b]

³⁰For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. ³¹He proclaimed the kingdom of God^(AJ) and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness^(AK) and without hindrance!

Footnotes:

Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Acts 28:29 Some manuscripts include here After he said this, the Jews left, arguing vigorously among themselves.

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 9:1-12

Psalm 9^[a]^[b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(B)
²I will be glad and rejoice^(C) in you;
I will sing the praises^(D) of your name,^(E) O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
⁴For you have upheld my right^(F) and my cause,^(G)
sitting enthroned^(H) as the righteous judge.^(I)
⁵You have rebuked the nations^(J) and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name^(K) for ever and ever.
⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;^(L)
even the memory of them^(M) has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^(N)
he has established his throne^(O) for judgment.
⁸He rules the world in righteousness^(P)
and judges the peoples with equity.^(Q)
⁹The Lord is a refuge^(R) for the oppressed,^(S)
a stronghold in times of trouble.^(T)
¹⁰Those who know your name^(U) trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(V) those who seek you.^(W)

¹¹Sing the praises^(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(Y)
proclaim among the nations^(Z) what he has done.^(AA)
¹²For he who avenges blood^(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(AC)

Footnotes:

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

Proverbs 19:1-3

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.^(A)

²Desire without knowledge is not good—
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!^(B)

³A person’s own folly^(C) leads to their ruin,
yet their heart rages against the Lord.^(D)

Cross references:

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July 11, 2018

07/10/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 9:1-10:14, Acts 27:21-44, Psalms 8:1-9, Proverbs 18:23-24

Today is the 10^th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s great to be here with you today. It’s full-blown summer here in the rolling hills of Tennessee and that means hot and humid, but it also means lush and alive and the rolling hills are green and beautiful. So, I trust that it’s a lovely day wherever you might be in the world, even if you’re bundling up and going out into the winter weather because you’re in the southern hemisphere. Whether it’s for warmth or just a light in the dark, the global campfire is always happening, it’s always burning. And we can always come, every day into community with each other and take the next step forward as we continue to move through the Scriptures. So, this week we are reading from the New International Version. And we’ll read 1 Chronicles 9 and 10 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the book of 1 Chronicles, we are almost out the other side of the genealogy portion of this book and we’ll be moving into… we’ll re-examine David’s reign and Solomon’s reign as we continue to move forward.

Then in the book of Acts, we should be exhausted. We’ve just been through shipwreck. The Apostle Paul had appealed his case to the emperor himself as a Roman citizen and sailed from Caesarea Maritima and was on his way to Rome when this storm popped up and it was such a powerful storm to be caught in that they just had to go with it and see how far they could get. So, they have no idea where they are. They haven’t been able to look at the stars, they don’t know where they are. They just know that there’s some ground. And when the morning came they found ground, they found land. And they aimed the ship toward the land but they don’t know where they are. And tomorrow we’ll find out where they are. And when we do, we’ll see just how far off course they were. And how miraculous it was that they survived.

Prayer:

Father we thank You for another day in Your word. We thank You for the stories and the lives that we get to know, the choices and decisions that they made and where all of those roads led. And how deeply You desire to be involved. And so we invite You, Holy Spirit. Certainly we open ourselves to You completely - minds, heart, will, body, spirit - to You. We not only want You to be involved, we need You to be involved. We’re desperate for You to be involved. So, come Holy Spirit and lead us into all truth, we ask. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello everybody. This is Cherry Pie from the Tulsa Oklahoma area and today is July 7^th and I am so looking forward to my date day with God today as we all journey together on our prayer walk here. I had a dream I was dreaming on May the 7^th, which I feel like I need to share on this day specifically. It was a dream about a man I know in real life that has relentlessly asked me to marry him over and over for many years now and at the end of my journaling this dream God did what he usually does, five times He had me rewrite it as if He were speaking to me and us as the body of Christ. And I call it the invitation. And it goes like this. My beloved, I am presenting you with an invitation. I made it myself just for you. It’s outward appearance is magical, stunning, dazzling, fantastical and helps to draw you in to a life I want to give you. Inside of the request to be married, not just today but again and again and again for the rest of our lives. I am full of awe and joy knowing every day with you will be like a wedding day. I will never hold you close enough. And, so, after journaling this I played the make 3^rd podcast where Brian was speaking about the man going to the well every day and doing our part for healing and one of the things he said was, and I quote, do we really want to be well, mind, heart, spirit, body. Because that means to truly be well we have to surrender and be reunited with You which is the invitation of the gospel. And that’s definitely going to change some things, close quote on that. I feel this is a confirmation of God presenting us with an invitation to be reunited with Him every day and every day is special and magical. So, on this walk today one of the things are going to be praying is that we have a prophetic vision of wholeness and what getting well looks like over us and so we can actually see it and touch it and live it.

Hi. This is Stephen from Alabama. And today is July the 8^th and I went on my long walk today. I got 2 miles in and I actually I wanted to encourage all of you too. This is a great thing. I started doing it as Brian suggested a few years ago. But I’d like to encourage all of you to keep us walking up. There was a study done and they showed that people who walk just 25 minutes a day can extend their life as much us in heaven years. So, what I do is I listen to the Daily Audio Bible and I read along. This is my morning habit. And then I will journal my thoughts and journal what I feel like God spoke to me. And when I finish that I’ll maybe offer a prayer or two at that point. After that I’ll put my shoes on and I’ll grab my, they’re called laki poles. And I do Nordic walking. You can look that up. It actually helps you burn more calories. It gives you more of an upper body workout as well. And I will then, so I pause Daily Audio Bible when I journal. And then when I go on my walk I will pick it back up and listen to the prayers and I’ll do a prayer walk and pray and speak life over many of you. And I am doing that like so many other people are kind of doing that currently. So, I hope that maybe is a blessing for you and an encouragement to keep walking. Just keep this habit up. It’s a beautiful, beautiful time with God and it does so much for your mind, your body, and your spirit. God bless. Love you

Viv from Canada. Oh Viv from Canada, where are you? You were a regular caller throughout the beginning of the year on the Daily Audio Bible and DAB __ and it’s been a while since we’ve heard from you and I am hoping everything is okay. I mean, we really miss you. We miss your wisdom and your beautiful singing voice and your beautiful accent. We really miss you and really…I pray…I remember the last thing you called on the DAB prayer for a friend or a family member and we just haven’t really heard a lot from you since. So, you’ve just been on my mind. And also, another sister from British Columbia, I was actually think about you today. And Sherry, actually, when I was listening to the community prayer on May here and as soon as I thought about you, your beautiful song, Jesus, just forgive me my voice is not pretty. But I was singing it as loud as I possibly could in my car. I was so thrilled to hear from you and just know that, yes, I will be praying for you and your job because we spend a third of our lives on our jobs and there’s no way that a sister of Christ should be miserable on her job. So, God bless you. Sean316.

I am a stranger in a foreign land. I dream of my home in the heavenly realm. I’ve never been there but that is where I am going and where I want to be. I get homesick often. I long for the day I will forever be in God’s presence. My only comfort is His Spirit living within me. I’m talking and singing about our awesome God and where we are going. I can only imagine what it will be like to see my Savior face-to-face, to eat has table, and to talk and sing with all of my brothers and sisters. My vision is clouded by the things of this world. My ears are full of the promises amounted of this world. Look after number one. ___. You only live once. To be successful is to own a fast car, live in a big house, and have the latest gadgets. I started to talk like this world and desire the things of this world but then I remember, it is better to be a beggar on the street and know You then live in a big house with a big TV. It is better to work with honesty and ___ then to be a high flyer with a really fast car. It is better to be a servant of the most high God than to be a millionaire in this world. You are our strength Lord. As we walk through trials and hardships you rain down grace and mercy on us. Our lives flow with your love. You hear me night and day. There is never a time You don’t listen. I open my eyes to see Your answers, open my ears to hear your voice. You shine Your love and glory down on us. You protect us by Your Spirit. Our trust is solid in You. Thank You.

July 10, 2018

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday July 10, 2018 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 9-10

9 All Israel^(A) was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. They were taken captive to Babylon^(B) because of their unfaithfulness.^(C)

The People in Jerusalem^(D)

²Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns^(E) were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.^(F)

³Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:

⁴Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.^(G)

⁵Of the Shelanites^[a]:

Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

⁶Of the Zerahites:

Jeuel.

The people from Judah numbered 690.

⁷Of the Benjamites:

Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

⁸Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah.

⁹The people from Benjamin, as listed in their genealogy, numbered 956. All these men were heads of their families.

¹⁰Of the priests:

Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;

¹¹Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God;

¹²Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur,^(H) the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.

¹³The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.

¹⁴Of the Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a Merarite; ¹⁵Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah^(I) son of Mika, the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph; ¹⁶Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.^(J)

¹⁷The gatekeepers:^(K)

Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief ¹⁸being stationed at the King’s Gate^(L) on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites. ¹⁹Shallum^(M) son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the Lord. ²⁰In earlier times Phinehas^(N) son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him. ²¹Zechariah^(O) son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

²²Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers^(P) at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.^(Q) ²³They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting. ²⁴The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south. ²⁵Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day^(R) periods. ²⁶But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries^(S) in the house of God. ²⁷They would spend the night stationed around the house of God,^(T) because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key^(U) for opening it each morning.

²⁸Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out. ²⁹Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary,^(V) as well as the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices. ³⁰But some^(W) of the priests took care of mixing the spices. ³¹A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread. ³²Some of the Kohathites, their fellow Levites, were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table.^(X)

³³Those who were musicians,^(Y) heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night.^(Z)

³⁴All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

The Genealogy of Saul^(AA)

³⁵Jeiel^(AB) the father^[b] of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.

His wife’s name was Maakah, ³⁶and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³⁷Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. ³⁸Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

³⁹Ner^(AC) was the father of Kish,^(AD) Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan,^(AE) Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.^[c]^(AF)

⁴⁰The son of Jonathan:

Merib-Baal,^[d]^(AG) who was the father of Micah.

⁴¹The sons of Micah:

Pithon, Melek, Tahrea and Ahaz.^[e]

⁴²Ahaz was the father of Jadah, Jadah^[f] was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. ⁴³Moza was the father of Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.

⁴⁴Azel had six sons, and these were their names:

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

Saul Takes His Life^(AH)

10 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa. ²The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. ³The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.

⁴Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. ⁵When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died. ⁶So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

⁷When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

⁸The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. ⁹They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people. ¹⁰They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.^(AI)

¹¹When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead^(AJ) heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

¹³Saul died^(AK) because he was unfaithful^(AL) to the Lord; he did not keep^(AM) the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium^(AN) for guidance, ¹⁴and did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned^(AO) the kingdom^(AP) over to David son of Jesse.

Footnotes:

1 Chronicles 9:5 See Num. 26:20; Hebrew Shilonites.
1 Chronicles 9:35 Father may mean civic leader or military leader.
1 Chronicles 9:39 Also known as Ish-Bosheth
1 Chronicles 9:40 Also known as Mephibosheth
1 Chronicles 9:41 Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and 8:35); Hebrew does not have and Ahaz.
1 Chronicles 9:42 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 8:36); most Hebrew manuscripts Jarah, Jarah

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

Acts 27:21-44

²¹After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice^(A) not to sail from Crete;^(B) then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. ²²But now I urge you to keep up your courage,^(C) because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. ²³Last night an angel^(D) of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve^(E) stood beside me^(F) ²⁴and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar;^(G) and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’^(H) ²⁵So keep up your courage,^(I) men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.^(J) ²⁶Nevertheless, we must run aground^(K) on some island.”^(L)

The Shipwreck

²⁷On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic^[a] Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land. ²⁸They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet^[b] deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet^[c] deep. ²⁹Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight. ³⁰In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat^(M) down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. ³¹Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”^(N) ³²So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.

³³Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything. ³⁴Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”^(O) ³⁵After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it^(P) and began to eat. ³⁶They were all encouraged^(Q) and ate some food themselves. ³⁷Altogether there were 276 of us on board. ³⁸When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.^(R)

³⁹When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach,^(S) where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. ⁴⁰Cutting loose the anchors,^(T) they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. ⁴¹But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.^(U)

⁴²The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. ⁴³But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life^(V) and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. ⁴⁴The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.^(W)

Footnotes:

Acts 27:27 In ancient times the name referred to an area extending well south of Italy.
Acts 27:28 Or about 37 meters
Acts 27:28 Or about 27 meters

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 8

Psalm 8^[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name^(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory^(B)
in the heavens.^(C)
²Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold^(D) against your enemies,
to silence the foe^(E) and the avenger.
³When I consider your heavens,^(F)
the work of your fingers,^(G)
the moon and the stars,^(H)
which you have set in place,
⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?^[c]^(I)

⁵You have made them^[d] a little lower than the angels^[e]^(J)
and crowned them^[f] with glory and honor.^(K)
⁶You made them rulers^(L) over the works of your hands;^(M)
you put everything under their^[g] feet:^(N)
⁷all flocks and herds,^(O)
and the animals of the wild,^(P)
⁸the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,^(Q)
all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(R)

Footnotes:

Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:5 Or than God
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

New International Version (NIV)

Proverbs 18:23-24

²³The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.

²⁴One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.^(A)

Cross references:

Proverbs 18:24 : S 1Sa 20:42; Jn 15:13-15

New International Version (NIV)

July 9, 2018

07/09/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40, Acts 27:1-20, Psalms 7:1-17, Proverbs 18:22

Today is the 9^th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you today and everyday as we continue to take steps forward into and deeper into our relationship with the Scriptures. So,, this week we’ve been reading from the New International Version. Today we’ll pick up where we left off yesterday, which is our custom. It has always been our custom. 1 Chronicles 7 and 8 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the book of Acts, we’ve left the Apostle Paul on a ship where everyone is in a hurricane, being swept forward and they’ve lost all hope of survival. And the Apostle Paul had warned before they ever set sail this was going to happen. So, now this is happening, but we’ll have to wait till tomorrow to find out what happened.

Then in the book of Psalms, we have something that we should consider. Actually, the imagery is so vivid that we should consider this today. Whoever is pregnant with evil, right? So, whoever is growing evil inside of them conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. Of course, disillusionment is when you are after something that it looks like the best thing ever and then you get this thing and it’s not, right? It’s not what you thought it was going to be. So, when you allow evil to grow within you, it is going to grow into trouble and you will birth disillusionment.

Prayer:

Father we invite You into that because we’ve all experienced disillusionment. We’ve all chased after something that was gonna be the best thing until we got it and it wasn’t. We’re chasing gold and found out it was plastic with spray paint and it wasn’t at all what was promised. We have experience this in many ways and when we experience this spiritually, we can certainly see now that we have become pregnant with evil, that we have allowed evil inside of us and we’ve nourished it and given it life. And it has conceived trouble and it has brought disillusionment. Come Holy Spirit and show us how we’ve done this and how perhaps we may be doing this now. Come, in Jesus name we ask. We repent change our minds about this and move in another direction. Move toward You. Cleanse us from all unrighteousness, we ask, Father. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Good evening Daily Audio Bible. This is Tiny calling in from Cleveland Ohio and I’m just calling it to say hello to everyone and to let you all know that you’re always on my heart, that I’m praying for each and every one of you. I haven’t called in for a while but I definitely get a chance to listen when I hear some of the prayer requests as a go to work and I just want to touch and agree with the prayers that are going up and also just a bit of a praise report and that is that I’ve been practicing trusting God and being very very intentional about trying to stay out of his way, if you will, and allow him to lead and guide me more versus me being emotional, making a bunch of emotional decisions. Of course, it’s a journey and it’s very hard to trust God. I didn’t think having the faith the size of a mustard seed would be this hard because I want to be in control, I want to do everything, I want to answer everything, I want to have a response, I want to be in charge, I want to, you know, just make it happen, versus, you know, sometimes just sitting back and really listening and being in tune with the heart of God. So, it’s no easy feat but God is just showing through the prayer requests that generally I see a lot of answered prayers and I see what he’s teaching me patience and to be kind. We are living in, it’s just a hateful world and there’s just so much going on and I hate what I see, but God is teaching me more and more to be compassionate and to be kind and that is something that I’m grateful for. So, I just want to spread the love as best as I can and pray for each and every one of you. Love you guys dearly. Love you Brian and Jill. Thank you for the platform as always and helping us all stay connected to God through the Daily Audio Bible.

Hi everyone it’s Karen in St. Louis. Here I am picking a fit well I’m doing my long walk. I just heard Cherry Pies prayer request. And also I heard Victoria’s earlier. I too had a week where just unmercifully Satan was just going after me. And I don’t know if it was __ if it was Satan, but I do believe that we are in a spiritual battle and he does want to take out anyone that is furthering the mission of the gospel. I think of Paul and all the things that he went through, all the disciples. And, so, gosh, this walk has been great for me and on the way here I think I heard that Hillsong song, Who I am in Him, and gosh, I needed to hear that. And I know it was just one thing after another every single day. There were nights that I where I literally thought I was losing my mind. That’s how furious beyond __ as the spiritual attack was on me this week. One day in particular I had texted a friend about my dogs surgery, which was about a month ago and why I paid $1300 to have 100 bladder stones removed my 11 year old dog. And that night I had even told my hairdresser about how great my dog was doing and that night I came home and my dog had lost bladder control all over the living room. And it was just like, I knew right then and there that Satan was at work. And, so, I just pray for all of us who are in the battle, that we would stand firm, that we put that helmet of salvation on, that we would not believe the lies of Satan, that we would have that breastplate of righteousness, that we would stand firm against the schemes of Satan, that we would use that sword of the spirit, that we would keep that belt of truth and I thank Brian…

All is well. I am Daniel. Father, thank you for Your mercy today. Father, thank you for this day and all you have given my family in Christ here in the Daily Audio Bible global campfire. Thank you for the strength wisdom and understanding you give this new day to Brian and to all of your children. Father, thank you that the forces that are for us are far greater than the forces against us. I pray for my family and with my family today. Thank you Father for the overflowing joy you give that bubbles up inside like a spring listening to your children give you praise. Thank You Father that my family in Christ is one with you like Christ as children of God. Thank you father for this day of praise I can listen and __ in all according to your perfect will not my will. Thank you father for your faith this day in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hello Daily Audio Bible. This is Viola from Maryland. I hope you’re all doing well. Brian, bless you. What a nice long walk we all had today. Woo hoo. Oh, Paul, my brother, I heard your prayer request. I am praying that the God who made you with a purpose will open your eyes to see the purpose for which you were made. Father, I am praying against that depression. Every lie the enemy in your life, I bind them in the name of Jesus. Father Lord, I pray that you would touch your son oh God Lord, that You would hold him oh God, that you would give him hope oh Lord God that you would give him a reason for living in the name of Jesus. I pray that this depression would lift from his life in the name of Jesus. Brother Gregory, I think is your name, I am praying for you for your mom asking that God would touch her, God will strengthen her body. There’s nothing that God cannot do. Age does not limit God. I’m praying that God will touch her body and heal her and strengthen her in the name of Jesus and am also praying about your job situation, that God will give you wisdom, that God will give you favor as a teacher in the name of Jesus. God bless you my brother. Pastor’s wife I am praying for you my sister. I am praying that God who has a heart for prodigal children will bring your daughter who is in the military back to him. That the Holy Spirit of God will pursue her relentlessly in the name of Jesus. When she turns right, left, back, looks front she will see God. Sister, by the time the Holy Spirit is done with your daughter she will be the __ person to you. I declare that in the name of Jesus. And I am praying for your son. I’m praying that God will restore his marriage. God is the restorer. He will touch his marriage and heal that marriage in the name of Jesus. Lastly, Victoria from Arizona, you know God has a heart for __. That’s is true religion and that is what he told us of the word of God. First of all I pray that God will comfort you in the loss of your husband. I pray oh God that God will touch you, that God will wrap his arms around you and then that God will give you, wisdom everything that you’re asking for, that God will do it for you before you call…

July 9, 2018

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday July 9, 2018 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 7-8

Issachar

7 The sons of Issachar:^(A)

Tola, Puah,^(B) Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

²The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

³The son of Uzzi:

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

⁵The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

Benjamin

⁶Three sons of Benjamin:^(C)

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

⁷The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

⁸The sons of Beker:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. ⁹Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

¹⁰The son of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

¹²The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites^[a] the descendants of Aher.

Naphtali

¹³The sons of Naphtali:^(D)

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem^[b]—the descendants of Bilhah.

Manasseh

¹⁴The descendants of Manasseh:^(E)

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.^(F) ¹⁵Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad,^(G) who had only daughters.

¹⁶Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

¹⁷The son of Ulam:

Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead^(H) son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer^(I) and Mahlah.

¹⁹The sons of Shemida^(J) were:

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

Ephraim

²⁰The descendants of Ephraim:^(K)

Shuthelah, Bered his son,

Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,

Tahath his son, ²¹Zabad his son

and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. ²²Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. ²³Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah,^[c] because there had been misfortune in his family. ²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon^(L) as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

²⁵Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,^[d]

Telah his son, Tahan his son,

²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,

Elishama his son, ²⁷Nun his son

and Joshua his son.

²⁸Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer^(M) and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages. ²⁹Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan,^(N) Taanach, Megiddo and Dor,^(O) together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

Asher

³⁰The sons of Asher:^(P)

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

³¹The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

³²Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and of their sister Shua.

³³The sons of Japhlet:

Pasak, Bimhal and Ashvath.

These were Japhlet’s sons.

³⁴The sons of Shomer:

Ahi, Rohgah,^[e] Hubbah and Aram.

³⁵The sons of his brother Helem:

Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

³⁶The sons of Zophah:

Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran^[f] and Beera.

³⁸The sons of Jether:

Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

³⁹The sons of Ulla:

Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

⁴⁰All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.

The Genealogy of Saul the Benjamite^(Q)

8 Benjamin^(R) was the father of Bela his firstborn,

Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third,

²Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth.

³The sons of Bela were:

Addar,^(S) Gera, Abihud,^[g] ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,^(T) ⁵Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.

⁶These were the descendants of Ehud,^(U) who were heads of families of those living in Geba and were deported to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who deported them and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹By his wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families. ¹¹By Hushim he had Abitub and Elpaal.

¹²The sons of Elpaal:

Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono^(V) and Lod with its surrounding villages), ¹³and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon^(W) and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.^(X)

¹⁴Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸All these were heads of families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹Jeiel^[h] the father^[i] of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.^(Y)

His wife’s name was Maakah, ³⁰and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,^[j] Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zeker ³²and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³Ner^(Z) was the father of Kish,^(AA) Kish the father of Saul^(AB), and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.^[k]^(AC)

³⁴The son of Jonathan:^(AD)

Merib-Baal,^[l]^(AE) who was the father of Micah.

³⁵The sons of Micah:

Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz.

³⁶Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷Moza was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.

³⁸Azel had six sons, and these were their names:

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second son and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.

All these were the descendants of Benjamin.^(AF)

Footnotes:

1 Chronicles 7:12 Or Ir. The sons of Dan: Hushim, (see Gen. 46:23); Hebrew does not have The sons of Dan.
1 Chronicles 7:13 Some Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 46:24 and Num. 26:49); most Hebrew manuscripts Shallum
1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for misfortune.
1 Chronicles 7:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have his son.
1 Chronicles 7:34 Or of his brother Shomer: Rohgah
1 Chronicles 7:37 Possibly a variant of Jether
1 Chronicles 8:3 Or Gera the father of Ehud
1 Chronicles 8:29 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:35); Hebrew does not have Jeiel.
1 Chronicles 8:29 Father may mean civic leader or military leader.
1 Chronicles 8:30 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:36); Hebrew does not have Ner.
1 Chronicles 8:33 Also known as Ish-Bosheth
1 Chronicles 8:34 Also known as Mephibosheth

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

Acts 27:1-20

Paul Sails for Rome

27 When it was decided that we^(A) would sail for Italy,^(B) Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.^(C) ²We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia,^(D) and we put out to sea. Aristarchus,^(E) a Macedonian^(F) from Thessalonica,^(G) was with us.

³The next day we landed at Sidon;^(H) and Julius, in kindness to Paul,^(I) allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs.^(J) ⁴From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.^(K) ⁵When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia^(L) and Pamphylia,^(M) we landed at Myra in Lycia. ⁶There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship^(N) sailing for Italy^(O) and put us on board. ⁷We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course,^(P) we sailed to the lee of Crete,^(Q) opposite Salmone. ⁸We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

⁹Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement.^[a]^(R) So Paul warned them, ¹⁰“Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.”^(S) ¹¹But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. ¹²Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete,^(T) facing both southwest and northwest.

The Storm

¹³When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. ¹⁴Before very long, a wind of hurricane force,^(U) called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. ¹⁵The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. ¹⁶As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat^(V) secure, ¹⁷so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground^(W) on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor^[b] and let the ship be driven along. ¹⁸We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard.^(X) ¹⁹On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands. ²⁰When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

Footnotes:

Acts 27:9 That is, Yom Kippur
Acts 27:17 Or the sails

Cross references:

Acts 27:1 : S Ac 16:10
Acts 27:1 : Ac 18:2; 25:12, 25
Acts 27:1 : Ac 10:1
Acts 27:2 : S Ac 2:9
Acts 27:2 : S Ac 19:29
Acts 27:2 : S Ac 16:9
Acts 27:2 : S Ac 17:1
Acts 27:3 : Mt 11:21
Acts 27:3 : ver 43
Acts 27:3 : Ac 24:23; 28:16
Acts 27:4 : ver 7
Acts 27:5 : S Ac 6:9
Acts 27:5 : S Ac 2:10
Acts 27:6 : Ac 28:11
Acts 27:6 : ver 1; Ac 18:2; 25:12, 25
Acts 27:7 : ver 4
Acts 27:7 : ver 12, 13, 21; Tit 1:5
Acts 27:9 : Lev 16:29-31; 23:27-29; Nu 29:7
Acts 27:10 : ver 21
Acts 27:12 : S ver 7
Acts 27:14 : Mk 4:37
Acts 27:16 : ver 30
Acts 27:17 : ver 26, 39
Acts 27:18 : ver 19, 38; Jnh 1:5

New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 7

Psalm 7^[a]

A shiggaion^[b]^(A) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

¹Lord my God, I take refuge^(B) in you;
save and deliver me^(C) from all who pursue me,^(D)
²or they will tear me apart like a lion^(E)
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue^(F) me.

³Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands^(G)—
⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause^(H) have robbed my foe—
⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(I) me;
let him trample my life to the ground^(J)
and make me sleep in the dust.^[c]^(K)

⁶Arise,^(L) Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.^(M)
Awake,^(N) my God; decree justice.
⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.^(O)
⁸Let the Lord judge^(P) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(Q)
according to my integrity,^(R) O Most High.^(S)
⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—^(T)
you, the righteous God^(U)
who probes minds and hearts.^(V)

¹⁰My shield^[d]^(W) is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.^(X)
¹¹God is a righteous judge,^(Y)
a God who displays his wrath^(Z) every day.
¹²If he does not relent,^(AA)
he^[e] will sharpen his sword;^(AB)
he will bend and string his bow.^(AC)
¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.^(AD)

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth^(AE) to disillusionment.
¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit^(AF) they have made.^(AG)
¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^(AH)
I will sing the praises^(AI) of the name of the Lord Most High.^(AJ)

Footnotes:

Psalm 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.
Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 7:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God

Cross references:

Psalm 7:1 : Hab 3:1
Psalm 7:1 : Ps 2:12; 11:1; 31:1
Psalm 7:1 : S Ps 3:7
Psalm 7:1 : Ps 31:15; 119:86, 157, 161
Psalm 7:2 : S Ge 49:9; Rev 4:7
Psalm 7:2 : Ps 3:2; 71:11
Psalm 7:3 : Isa 59:3
Psalm 7:4 : Ps 35:7, 19; Pr 24:28
Psalm 7:5 : S Ex 15:9
Psalm 7:5 : S 2Sa 22:43; 2Ki 9:33; Isa 10:6; La 3:16
Psalm 7:5 : S Job 7:21
Psalm 7:6 : S 2Ch 6:41
Psalm 7:6 : Ps 138:7
Psalm 7:6 : Ps 35:23; 44:23
Psalm 7:7 : Ps 68:18
Psalm 7:8 : S 1Ch 16:33
Psalm 7:8 : S 1Sa 26:23; Ps 18:20
Psalm 7:8 : S Ge 20:5
Psalm 7:8 : S Ge 3:5; S Nu 24:16; S Mk 5:7
Psalm 7:9 : Ps 37:23; 40:2
Psalm 7:9 : Jer 11:20
Psalm 7:9 : S 1Ch 28:9; Ps 26:2; Rev 2:23
Psalm 7:10 : Ps 3:3
Psalm 7:10 : S Job 33:3
Psalm 7:11 : S Ge 18:25; Ps 9:8; 67:4; 75:2; 96:13; 98:9; Isa 11:4; Jer 11:20
Psalm 7:11 : S Dt 9:8
Psalm 7:12 : Eze 3:19; 33:9
Psalm 7:12 : S Dt 32:41
Psalm 7:12 : S 2Sa 22:35; Ps 21:12; Isa 5:28; 13:18
Psalm 7:13 : Ps 11:2; 18:14; 64:3
Psalm 7:14 : Isa 59:4; Jas 1:15
Psalm 7:15 : Ps 35:7, 8; 40:2; 94:13; Pr 26:27
Psalm 7:15 : S Job 4:8
Psalm 7:17 : Ps 5:8
Psalm 7:17 : S 2Ch 31:2; Ro 15:11; Heb 2:12
Psalm 7:17 : S Ge 14:18

New International Version (NIV)

Proverbs 18:22

²²He who finds a wife finds what is good^(A)
and receives favor from the Lord.^(B)

Cross references:

New International Version (NIV)

July 8, 2018

07/08/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 5:18-6:81, Acts 26:1-32, Psalms 6:1-10, Proverbs 18:20-21

Today is the 8^th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you today as we cross the threshold and step into a brand-new week. We had a great long walk all over the world yesterday and those pictures continue to come in on the Facebook page, which is beautiful to see. We can talk about that in a little bit. Let’s dive in by taking the next step forward and the first step of this new week. We’ll read from the new international version this week. 1 Chronicles chapter 5 verse 18 through 6 verse 81.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your faithfulness to us through your word, your faithfulness to us through the power of your Holy Spirit and your overwhelming love sustaining us as we move into this new week. We thank you. We love you Father and we take to heart everything that we’re learning. We’re watching your Holy Spirit continue to give Paul influence where he should otherwise not have its and you’re telling us in the book of Proverbs that’s our tongue has the power of life and death. And, so, we invite you into that today as we contemplate it, that what we say today can be life-giving, but can also be life taking. Come Holy Spirit we pray in Jesus’ name we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is the website, its home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here.

Man, we had a great long walk yesterday. Some of you are doing your walk today and the pictures, they keep coming in it at the Facebook page, which is Facebook.com/dailyaudiobible. So, if you hadn’t had a chance to scroll through that, you might want to. It’s a great way to get a sense of community and just windows into each other’s lives. And those continue to come in. I enjoy it every year. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one out there walking. It was hot. What a beautiful day though. So, another Daily Audio Bible long walk in the books. We’ve done 11 of those, 11 years if I’m counting right. So, it’s a great little tradition that we have in the center of the year to reset. And, so, now that we are all reset and looking toward the back half of the year, starting this brand-new week, we can live into this continue this dialogue, this conversational intimacy that we are allowed to have with God, and the intimacy of hearing His responses, seeing his leadership in our lives, feeling the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This is all ours. We are children of the most high. So, it’s always available and we realize how much we ignore it once we’ve given ourselves over to it in something like the long walk, once we’ve experienced it. So, let’s walk into this second half of the year pursuing intimacy with God in all that we do all that we say.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible you can do that at dailyaudiobible.com. There’s a link. It’s on the homepage. Thank you, thank you for your partnership as we move through these summer months. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or, if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi family. This is Jeanette from Charlotte. I have called in twice before to ask for prayer for my husband Vince. He has been having surgery to relieve and alleviate symptoms for Parkinson’s disease. Well, Vince has completed all three surgeries to put the equipment in place and is doing very well during the healing process. He has had some pain but it has been minimal. And they haven’t actually turned the system on yet but he is experiencing what they call a honeymoon period, which the doctor says happens sometimes just by having the electrodes placed in the brain. So, he has experienced great relief from his symptoms. Praise God. As his body heals and before they turn the system on, some symptoms may return. For instance, he has had trouble sleeping for a few nights and this was a symptom that in the past has really given him a lot of trouble. I know a lot of you know it’s just so awful to be exhausted and not be able to sleep and that is something that he has really struggled with. So, anyway on July 10^th the system will be turned on and we will find out how it works for him. So, would you all please pray that the outcome will be so successful that the doctors would just be amazed and that it would be just a far-reaching success that lasts for a long. This experience has been a real prayer odyssey for Vince and me. We want to thank all of you so very much for your prayers. We believe in the power of prayer and we have felt covered by your prayers even though we’ve had a lot of ups and downs this past month. I want to give special thanks to Janelle Holliday, Victoria Soldier, Karen in St. Louis, Kim from Eastern Kentucky, Diane from Indiana, and all of you who have been praying with us and for us. Know that we are praying for you too every day as you call in your prayer requests. Brian and Jill, thanks for making these connections possible. We love you all.

Good morning DAB, oh, well, it’s morning here. Anyway, this is Emily from the Houston area and I’ve be meaning to call for a couple of weeks. I was just thinking, who it is that the DAB format precludes all racism and how neat it is that people call from all over. We don’t know what color they are or ethnic background, but maybe the Brits and the Australians, but even then we don’t know what they look like and that we’re all one family. And isn’t that amazing. And I thought well that’s kind of a dumb reason to call. And then right after I thought that the woman called to pray for Keisha and said that she had also experienced racism in the workplace. And it really broke my heart because that’s not what we are about. And, you know, as we’re listening to Acts and Brian’s been talking about how one of the greatest miracles of the church is the inclusion of all of us, different nations, through faith in Jesus Christ, it just made me think even more, how wonderful it is that we are a family. And, so, my prayer for all of us is that today, that the DAB family would show people that the love…what reconciliation truly is, that is family through Jesus Christ, the risen Lord, the Middle Eastern Jewish guy. And, so, I bless you and I pray for you sister and I pray for all of us, anyone who has experienced discrimination, that you experience family through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Family, it’s redeemed in him from Virginia and I wanted to reach out to Jim from Tennessee, whose prayer request was heard on July 2^nd. And Jim, I just wanted you to know that we are grieving with you and your family over the loss of your son, Tanner. And we pray that you’ll keep calling so that we can get to know you. Family, please join me in praying for Jim and his family in remembrance of Tanner. Dear God, in Jesus’ name we pray that You will surround Jim and his family and friends with Your love and precious memories of Tanner. And we know that You bottle up every tear that falls. Thank You God that we will be reunited with our loved ones, but until then we will keep Tanner and our other loved ones close to our hearts knowing that You are in complete control. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi family. This is Mary from the UK. Family, I’d like you to pray for a colleague of mine. About two weeks ago she found out that her 25-year-old son had a tumor, a cancer in his shoulder. He came back to the UK for tests and very sadly they found that it spread and he is going to die within the next few weeks to months. This lady only has two sons and yesterday her other son was killed while climbing in our lake district. Family, it’s impossible to understand how this happened but please uphold her and her husband and her living child, however long he’s got, in prayer. Thank you family. God will be with him throughout. It’s really hard to understand why such difficult, difficult things happen. Bless you and thank you.

July 7, 2018

07/07/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 4:5-5:17, Acts 25:1-17, Psalms 5:1-12, Proverbs 18:19

Today is the 7^th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is awesome, it’s wonderful to be here with you today. Today is the Daily Audio Bible Long Walk, so hello to all of you long walkers. I imagine that a few of you are listening to the Daily Audio Bible as you walk. It’s good to be here with you on your long walk. And if you’re doing it later or you’ve already done it, looking forward to that. To just look (in on) all that. We’ll talk about all this in a little bit because we have more important things to do. And the most important thing we can do here right now is to center ourselves in the Scriptures and take the next step forward. So we’ve been reading from The Voice translation this week. Of course, today is the end of a week, so we’ll read from something else beginning tomorrow. But we’ll pick up where we left off. 1 Chronicles 4:5-5:17 today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for another week that we’ve been able to spend in Your word. We thank You for this new month. We thank You for bringing us here to the center of the year. So, Father, we commit ourselves to You, to finishing strong, to going through the second half of this year with more intention and awareness than we’ve ever had in our lives because Your word continues to orient us to You. Father, today is a special day in this community and a tradition that we have around here to go for a long walk. And so many of us are doing that. Come, Holy Spirit, as we open ourselves to You and share our hearts with You. We want to hear Your heart. Father, we realize that taking this kind of time and being able to talk like this, well this is just gonna make us hunger and thirst for it more and more. And You’ll bring up things, things that we need to let go of, things that we need to forgive, things that we need to ask forgiveness for, changes of directions. All things that our lives contain You want to be involved in so we invite You into all of it. Come Holy Spirit. Lead us into all truth. That’s what we want is to walk in the light of truth on the narrow path that leads to life. And so we are centering ourselves in You and orienting ourselves to You and inviting Your Holy Spirit to lead us forward. Come Jesus, we pray. In Your mighty name we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is the website, its home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here.

Of course, today is the Daily Audio Bible Long Walk. We’ve been talking about this for a couple weeks. And so many of us are doing that. Many of you are listening while you’re doing that. Maybe some of you are like, I wasn’t gonna do it, but now I am and you go for a walk around the block. That’s fine. But just go for a walk with God. Find some time, somewhere beautiful today. Spend some time centering yourself and re-centering yourself as we move into the second half of the year. And what makes this communal is that wherever you go, whatever you do, just snap a picture, take a little video. Post that back up to the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page, which can be found at facebook.com/dailyaudiobible. And then we will be able to enjoy each other’s long walks and look through these little windows into each other’s lives and into what your day looked like. So I look forward to that every July 7th, and today will be no different. So make sure to post up your picture.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that at dailyaudiobible.com. There is a link. It’s on the homepage. Thank you so much for your partnership. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the give button in the upper right-hand corner. Or if you prefer, the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello DAB listeners. This is Michael from North Georgia. I wanted to call and give praise report about my wife. First of all, I’d like to thank every single one of you guys for praying for my wife. She is now finally on the road to recovery. After nine months of testing and not being able to figure out what is wrong with her they finally did a biopsy of her right lung in three places, sent it out, and turns out, from sending samples, I guess, to the Mayo Clinic, wherever that is, that she has a extremely rare form of vasculitis. It normally doesn’t show up on a vasculitis test. It came back negative. But, at least, praise God now we know exactly what’s wrong and therefore they have a target and can start giving her different types of medicine to help her recover from whatever this is. From what I understand it’s an autoimmune disease, possibly could have been inherited. Not really sure about that. Her mom’s pretty healthy. Her dad was killed in a car wreck at 21 years old. So, we don’t really have a low lot go by from that standpoint. But we are claiming healing in the name of Jesus. Thank you so much for your prayers. She is starting to feel a lot better. Hopefully she’ll be returning to work soon with her business. That’s what she ultimately wants to be able to do in another week. Thank you guys so much for praying for her. It is such a blessing to see God’s work being done in her life. And because of all your prayers as well. Thank you so much for everything that you have done. God bless you guys. Have a blessed day and we love you.

Hi DAB. This is Laura Lee in Boynton Beach. I’d like to ask for a prayer request for my neighbor. Join me in prayer lease. I’d like to pray for her on her behalf. Heavenly Father, thank You for Linda Ray. Thank You for all the opportunities in our relationship as neighbors to glorify You in her presence. I thank You for allowing me to serve her in so many ways. Lord, You know all the details about her circumstances right now and I know You’ve been knocking on the door to her heart. Today, help me express what You would have me say to her. Holy Spirit, fill me with what she will hear. I pray a breakthrough the fog of medication and indifference with Your glory. Stun her and give her a Damascus Road experience. Let her in to an intermittent relationship with You. Penetrate her heart of stone and kiss her soul to life and melt the walls of resistance. She’s afraid of love, afraid of feeling, afraid of change. And each of these fears, they are lies about Your heart. Tell her the truth. And Your grace and truth is her freedom. Lord, You love her more than I ever could and I thank You ahead of time in the name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you all.

Hi. This is Cherry Pie from the Tulsa Oklahoma area, of specifically Claremore. I’ve __ this call many times. I can’t keep it under two minutes. So, I’m just going to do this. It’s July the 5^th. I heard Victoria’s message and from Arizona, Alabama. And I’m like her in the fact that, I am just being hit by so many things all at once that my head is spinning. I’m so sorry, here we go. I got a job two years ago but I can only come back home twice a year and God gave it to me. I know I was to have it. He allowed me to do many things but ___ this marriage of 31 years will be final this coming August and it was very bad. And I’m exhausted. I’m, right now, I got back a couple days ago to home. It’s in my name. I made the payments bit __ as I have to share it with him. I have nothing from the divorce, just this home and now I want to __ in such peace and I…oh gosh…where do I go with this…there’s no air conditioning, there’s nothing, there’s no car. I’m stuck here for two weeks to move my stuff out. I just…I want to keep the home…I think I’ve got some leverage in that area maybe. I got to talk to a lawyer. But there’s just so many things. God knows. God can give you guys the Spirit of knowing how to pray for me. But I’m just exhausted. I need wisdom and peace. I need wisdom and peace on this stuff. So many decisions, you now, like the __ I just can’t really the details in two minutes but it’s been so long and intense that I just need favor, wisdom, peace, and God will show you guys the rest. I’ve been feeling…

Hello Daily Audio Bible. I am calling because I am struggling with smoking and I have gotten myself hooked after a long time break of smoking and I’m having a hard time breaking away even though I’ve had minor successes. I know that I am being compelled by God to stop smoking. I’m asking for your prayer for complete and utter deliverance and obedience to God in all areas of my life. I’m starting and ending my day with God. I’m getting back to listening to the Daily Audio Bible every day and I have plans of joining the long walk. Today is July 5^th. Thank you so much for your prayers. And I thank God for each and every one of you. Thank you Brian and family for your obedience to God. Have a great day.

July 6, 2018

07/06/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 2:18-4:4, Acts 24:1-27, Psalms 4:1-8, Proverbs 18:16-18

Today is the 6^th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s great to be here with you as we bring another workweek to a close. And we’ll take the next step forward in the Scriptures. We’ve been reading from The Voice Translation this week and we’ll pick up where we left off, 1 Chronicles chapter 2 verse 18 through 4 verse 4 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, Paul made it safely to Caesarea, Caesarea Maritima, which is on the Mediterranean coast. Five days later, the high priest in Jerusalem, Ananias, makes his journey to Caesarea. It’s pretty good sized journey. So, this is a pretty big deal for the high priest to leave Jerusalem and the temple and go to Caesarea to make a case but that’s how seriously they were taking the issue of Paul whom they were deeming as a heretic and an apostate. Of course, Paul was claiming none of that and denying all of that, but that’s the conflict and we’ll see it in one form or another continue throughout Paul’s ministry. So, Paul gets an audience before the governor, and he is defending himself. Now he’s able to begin to share the good news, the message of The Way, as it was known, to the Roman proconsul. And later on Felix, the proconsul or the governor, and his wife, Drusilla, listen to Paul. So, he’s got a one-on-one audience with one of the most powerful people in the land and is able to share the message of Jesus. We point out most every year when we get to this part of the book of Acts is just how systematically we see how Paul’s influence, how the people that he is beginning to be able to talk to are people that he would never have been able to get a meeting with. The message of the good news of Jesus is reaching the highest places in government and we will continue to watch this as we continue through the story of Paul.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word. I thank you for bringing us all of these days since the beginning of the year through all of these stories through all of this time. We thank you that we can see the thread of faithfulness of redemption, of kindness and love. You are the all mighty one, the Lord of Heaven’s armies, and yet you are kind and just and gracious. And we can see that, not only in the Scripture, but certainly in our own lives and we are grateful. We give ourselves to you completely, our minds, our bodies, our hearts, our Spirits and ask Holy Spirit that you continue to lead us forward. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is the website, its home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here.

And we’re at the eve of the daily audio Bible long walk which is tomorrow, the 7^th of July. So, I hope you’ve got a place picked out that you’re gonna go. Maybe you’re just gonna wander a little bit until find…I mean…anything is possible. The idea is just go into beauty, spend some time, go for a long walk with God, speak your heart, hear his heart in return. And what makes this a community event, as we’ll see tomorrow, is just wherever it is that you go take a picture, shoot a video, whatever. You can upload that to the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page facebook.com/dailyaudiobible and the long walk will become a community experience, and it’s beautiful. So, I look forward to that tomorrow. I love it when the pictures come in. I love to look through. So, make plans to be a part of the Daily Audio Bible long walk tomorrow.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that dailyaudiobible.com. There is a link on the homepage. Thank you, thank you profoundly for your partnership as we move through the summer. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or, if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi. This this is Terry the truck driver. It is July 4. Listening to the community prayer for June 30. The lady just called in about her son and he’s been off of meth for four months. He’s living with the grandkids. I want you to know on praying for you. I understand fully what you going through. I’ve been going through it myself for a while now. It finally came to a point where I had to make my son leave, my stepson, but we had to make him leave. He would not help with the bills, got angry when we asked him to. It Pretty crazy, got very crazy. The kids live with us now. We were actually living next door to them at one time. We moved into town to get away from him. He does not have anything to do with his kids. His girlfriend, he posts all over social media what he’s doing with her and her little boy and girl. It’s a very sad situation. Totally understand what you’re going through and I want you to know I’m lifting you up to the Lord in prayer, you and your son, your whole family. God bless you and you have a blessed day.

Hi everybody. How are you doing? My name is Eddie. I’m from Las Vegas. I’ve got a couple prayer requests today. Just want to say thank you Brian and Jill for this first of all. All you all, I’ve been listening for quite a while now. I’ve a prayer request for an uncle of mine, his name is Jesse. He’s been on drugs for really long time and right now there’s a pretty bad situation going on. My grandmother, which he lives with, she is 99 years old, she has dementia and she’s been in the hospital a lot and we don’t know how much longer she’s going to be with us. So, my prayers for her, first of all, you know, that, you know she’s 99, you know so if it’s God world to color home, you know that’s his will, but with if we could have more time with her, that would be great. But I mean, it’s my uncle, if he doesn’t change his ways is going to end up you know on the streets, no, or dad or other no. But it’s a pretty bad situation and the whole family is concerned about the situation. So, if you guys could just send prayers out to my uncle that he could cleanup and straighten out his life for his family and hope and for my grandmother, you know, I don’t know. I just need prayers for the Lord. And I’ve got a friend of mine, his name is Donnie. He’s just, I saw him in church Sunday, and he’s trying to change his ways to. You know, if we can just send out a prayer for him. His name is Donnie. And his girlfriend Lisa has stage IV cancer. So, if you could just lift them up and just help her with the cancer…

Hi. This is Diana in Arizona and I am a first time caller. I found the DAB, January 1^st of 2018. I am very grateful to have found it. Thank you Brian and Jill for this group and these podcasts I wanted to call today to speak to Victoria in Arizona. I think you called in May 2018. Your husband was dying of cancer and I started praying for you then. And today I heard your message again that you are in this stage of meeting wisdom and peace and I just wanted to say that I’m thinking about you, I’m praying for you, and I would say give yourself time to grieve. It’s a huge transition, this loss and I am praying for you and just keep in touch. Take care sister. Bye-bye.

I daily audio Bible family. This is Laura in San Diego. I am so thankful for this community and this podcast. Thank you Lord God for answering our prayers, for bringing us together as a body of believers of people who are united in faith in you. I pray you Lord that you to strengthen the faith of everyone listening, that we would rely on you for our answers. I’m so thankful for the prayers that lead from New Jersey has been leaving about anger. Lord, this is a strong will and something that touches all of our lives and I know these prayers have ministered to me and I have needed to lay down anger in my life as well. So, Lord we thank you for your on ending grace and graciousness to less skin laying down your anger cynically lowers that you change our perspectives and help us to the six cents’s son, swerved his feet, and slow to become angry. Help me to do that word, especially to think of people in a right way and not to be’s frustrated with them out of habit but to be compassionate, as you are. So, we offer this prayer and I thank you for this community. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

1 Chronicles 12:19-14:17

Others Join David at Hebron

Bringing Back the Ark(O)

David’s House and Family(AE)

David Defeats the Philistines(AJ)

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Romans 1:1-17

Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome

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Psalm 9:13-20

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Proverbs 19:4-5

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1 Chronicles 11:1-12:18

David Becomes King Over Israel(A)

David Conquers Jerusalem(H)

David’s Mighty Warriors(M)

Warriors Join David

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Acts 28

Paul Ashore on Malta

Paul’s Arrival at Rome

Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard

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Psalm 9:1-12

Psalm 9[a][b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

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Proverbs 19:1-3

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1 Chronicles 9-10

The People in Jerusalem(D)

The Genealogy of Saul(AA)

Saul Takes His Life(AH)

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Acts 27:21-44

The Shipwreck

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Psalm 8

Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

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Proverbs 18:23-24

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1 Chronicles 7-8

Issachar

Benjamin

Naphtali

Manasseh

Ephraim

Asher

The Genealogy of Saul the Benjamite(Q)

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Acts 27:1-20

Paul Sails for Rome

The Storm

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Psalm 7

Psalm 7[a]

A shiggaion[b](A) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

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Proverbs 18:22

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Bringing Back the Ark^(O)

David’s House and Family^(AE)

David Defeats the Philistines^(AJ)

David Becomes King Over Israel^(A)

David Conquers Jerusalem^(H)

David’s Mighty Warriors^(M)

Psalm 9^[a]^[b]

The People in Jerusalem^(D)

The Genealogy of Saul^(AA)

Saul Takes His Life^(AH)

Psalm 8^[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[b] A psalm of David.

The Genealogy of Saul the Benjamite^(Q)

Psalm 7^[a]

A shiggaion^[b]^(A) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.