02/14/2019 DAB Transcript

Exodus 37:1-38:31, Matthew 28:1-20, Psalms 34:11-22, Proverbs 9:9-10

Today is the 14th day of February. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and happy Valentine’s Day for all you lovers in the world. So, here we are, center of the second month of the year. We’re working our way through the book of Exodus. We’ll actually complete the book of Exodus tomorrow and we will conclude the first gospel in the New Testament, the book of Matthew today. So, we’re reading from the Contemporary English Version this week. Exodus chapter 37 and 38.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for bringing us to the conclusion of the first gospel and the story of your resurrection, the story of all stories. We thank you for rescuing our hearts. We thank you for redeeming our souls. We thank you for aligning us to your will and your ways and inviting us near so we can come into your presence with boldness as children. That is almost unfathomably good news. And, so, we thank you Father for your word that instructs us in these things and reveals to us the narrow path that leads to life and we invite your Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth. And on this day that we commemorate love in the world, we love you, we love you with all of our hearts, we love you above all others. And through that love and that intimacy and that union we can love those around us because we are loving them with your love. Come Holy Spirit and help us to spread love throughout the earth today we pray. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen.

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And, yeah, in just a couple of days from now we will be leaving for the land of the Bible but this is Valentine’s Day and I have invited my Valentine my, my, my best friend, my all, I mean, I don’t know what I would without my wife. So, I have invited her to come talk to you about our upcoming More Gathering for women that will take place this April in the mountains of North Georgia. So, welcome, welcome Jill.

Jill: Thank you, babe. I probably should’ve got you something better than I did after that. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Happy Valentine’s Day to you, those of you who are in waiting and in hopes of a Valentine someday. So, this is where I usually talk to the men, to the husbands. So, if that’s you, ladies you are excused from the moment. Go get your nails done, go get a cup of coffee, go get a cupcake. If you are not married, Fathers I would also ask you to lend your ear this way and maybe women who are still on the fence thinking about coming to More. I don’t know what I could say to you that hasn’t already been said as far as what you might experience at More. I truly believe as women most of us if not all of us live with a secret desire, the secret longing, hope, secret cry or prayer or desperation that there has to be something more than this. I am supposed to be something or someone more than who I am. I feel as women we live under an umbrella, a secret umbrella of shame that we need to be doing more than what we are and we need to be doing more better than what we are doing. Now, this might not be all women. I meet a lot of women on the road, I meet with a lot of women throughout the week and this is what I’m hearing. I see your tears, I hear you apologize for your tears, I hear you say I don’t even know why I’m crying or where these came from. That tells me you are living alone with thoughts and there are few safe places to let those thoughts, those feelings, those emotions go. So, husbands, fathers, significant others, if you have heard your wife, your daughter, your sister, if you’ve heard any of these women voice any of these emotions, any of these thoughts, then she should be at More. We have created a very safe place to validate a woman’s emotions, a woman’s longing, a woman’s fears, a woman’s lies that are trapped inside their mind, but we’re not stopping at validation, we are exploring this together. I have a team of women who are willing to be vulnerable to talk about their pain, their shame, their hurt. So, we’re going to validate the secret that most women live with, we’re going to explore it together, we’re going to dig deep. This is not your fluffy women’s conference. We’re gonna dig deep, we’re gonna get healed and set free from some things and we are going to teach women who they are and let them lose to be all that God created them to be. So, this is me imploring you men, husbands, grandfathers, brothers, if you have a woman that needs to be there, if you have a woman who is lost, who is overwhelmed, who does not know who she is or where she’s going, who feels like she is spiraling out of control, please send her to More and give her one of the greatest gifts you could ever give. Now, women I’m gonna talk to you again because this might be the last time I get to talk about More before the gathering. So, we’re still a couple of months away. Some of you are still on the fence, some of you are really afraid ,some of you hate women’s gatherings. I get it. I do too. I did too. That’s why it’s so funny that God has had me create a whole conference for women. I hated them too, but it was actually at a women’s conference, Captivating in Colorado with the ministry of Ransomed Heart with John and Stacy Eldridge where God completely healed me and showed me who I am in Him. So, this was our starting point, our starting point was Captivating to reiterate the message of captivating. It has slowly morphed and was birthed into something more. Ironic don’t you think? No, that’s just Jesus. This is what He does. So, ladies, you’ve he decided to get there. You’re gonna sign up, you’re gonna bite the bullet, you’re gonna do this thing, you’re going for it, let me tell you some things that you absolutely will have to hear and trust me in this process but hold onto these words. You will have to fight the fear to there. Once you say yes every possible thing that could be used against you that would hinder you from getting there will happen. You will think that you’re going to be alone and isolation will prevent you. You might snore and so you’ll say, “I don’t want to be in a room full of women.” Guess what, you will be with fellow snorers. You already feel alone, you’re worried about going alone and remaining alone. Guess what? That is not true. You will leave with some of the deepest friendships, relationships, that you have ever had and it might be women clear across the country but we have this beautiful thing called the Internet that keeps us connected. You’re going to say that you have a special diet. Fantastic. A lot of women do. We have an incredible chef who will meet every dietary need possible. Maybe you’re older, you can’t walk well, but you would really like to come. Guess what? We can accommodate you as well. We have ways to meet every need possible, but you will have to fight through to say yes. And what I am most excited about this year is two things that God has highlighted for us. One is we are continuing to move forward for the deaf community. God has provided two American Sign Language interpreters, two ASL interpreters for More 2019. Here’s the thing. God has equipped us with two ASL interpreters and our greatest form and tool of marketing is an audible podcast. So, we will need your help. If you have a deaf friend or sister, could you help us spread the word and let them know. This is undoubtedly something that God is doing and I know this because it’s beyond my realm of anything. I think I know two words in what Ezekiel calls “silent language”, is that not precious? So, but this is a dream that one of my team members had, “we’ve got to take this to the deaf community.” God has provided a way for that. We would love it if you could help us spread the word. The second thing is, this is not a conference we typically say, “yes mothers and daughters come together.” Here’s why, there’s some really personal work that women have to do here. It is so difficult sometimes to do work that we need to do when we feel like we need to nurture another woman. And, so, it’s really difficult for a mom to come out of the role of a mom to first be a daughter. However, we have had such an unprecedented amount of mothers and daughters register together this year that we just had to stop telling women that we advise against it and we’re rolling with it. Because of the amount of women signing up together we felt like this is directly what Jesus is inviting us into this year because sometimes we put these boundaries in, these healthy parameters up, you know, “oh no, we need to protect the women” and then times like this He just…He just makes it known that the boundaries are being blown into shreds. And, so, we are we are acknowledging the amount of mothers and daughters coming together, we are welcoming you. So, what I want to say to you all the way now, two and half months out from conference, from More, is that if you are a mother coming with your daughter I need you to get into the place and the mindset that you are coming first and foremost as a daughter. We are not all mothers coming but we are all daughters. And, so, we’ve got to stay in the mindset that first and foremost, we are a daughter first before we are anything and we are daughter of the most-high King. We are a daughter to that woman that carried us in her womb for nine months. And I think if you can remember that in this context and we’ll remind you at the conference, all throughout the weekend, but if you can come in first as a daughter I think you you’re gonna have a completely different experience. Daughters, if you’re coming with your mother or you’re considering coming with your mother, I’m gonna ask you to get into the headspace and the heart, please be mindful that she is coming first as a daughter and that will make more sense at the conference, but even right now you need…if you could consider that then maybe even some of you that are on the fence about whether you can come do this thing together, maybe that will compel you forward. So, the invitation has been given, the invitation is extended, the invitation is in my hand, my hand is reached out, and I would be absolutely thrilled if you just accepted the invite and placed that invitation in your hand and say, “yes”. This is not a numbers game for us. This is not…this is not an ego stroke of we've…we've…we’ve gotten the best number that we ever have this year. We pray for a number every year and that number already has been exceeded. And truly what I wish everyone to know is this is the work of my heart, of my life, that I feel like everything I have been through in life has come down to this moment. I have told the Lord time after time after time again that I say yes, I give my life to showing women who they are in You and watching them be set free, watching them live the life that God intended for them to live. Nothing brings me greater joy. Nothing gives me more sense of fulfillment and purpose and I will not stop until every woman that is within my capability, my sphere of earshot, knows who they are in Jesus, because when I…I firmly believe when we know who we are, when we know whose we are it does not matter what He’s asked of us. We say yes, and we go in full abandon towards Him and what He has for us and that will set the world on fire, that will change the world we live in. I don’t want to just pray for change and hope for change and wait for somebody else to change things, I want to be the change and I want you to be the change as well. So, will you come with me to More 2019, April 11-14 in Jasper, Georgia? If you are saying yes, you can sign up. www.moregathering.com or you can go to www.dailyaudiobible and scroll down until you see the More Gathering page. That’s it for me. Happy Valentine’s Day. I love you all. Each and every one. Love one another.