Leviticus 6:1-7:27, Mark 3:7-30, Psalms 37:1-11, Proverbs 10:3-4
Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am absolutely, positively not Brian, but I am the other, I guess, I’m the other half of Brian since the two of us are one. I am Brian’s wife, Jill, for those of you that are new this year. Welcome to this amazing community led by an amazing man. I have watched my husband go from word reader, Bible reader, to theologian to lover of God’s word and I am immensely…I am one immensely proud wife. Welcome to a new day, to a new mercy, and a new living breathing word. It is truly an honor to be here with you. I know how seriously Brian takes this, I see what he does every day, day in day out, no matter where he’s at. So, it is truly an honor that he has entrusted me with this mantel of carrying the word. We are reading today, starting in the Old Testament, the Christian Standard Bible translation on this 18th day of February, and we begin in Leviticus 6:1 and we’re reading through verse…I’m sorry…chapter 7 verse 27. And we will see what kind of names he has left for me.
Commentary:
Every day this community gets Brian’s explanations at the end of this. He’s become this theologian, this deep historian, and this man that can explain the Bible and interpret in a way that just makes it clear and understandable, which is…it’s just such a gift. Many of you like me have said, “I’ve tried to read the Bible through…I mean…I was even a junior Bible quiz student growing up in my church and just didn’t understand Scripture. And the way that Brian explains it and delivers it is so beautiful and so rich and its such a gift and I feel bad that you’re stuck with me today. So, my offering today, where I see myself in the Scripture is in the passage in Mark. I find myself all too well relating to the scribes who walk into a situation where Jesus is casting out demons, demonic spirits, and even knows what’s about to happen so He tells the disciples to have the boat ready and before long here come the scribes. And I, with conviction, say that I ashamedly find myself with the scribes. And here’s what I mean by that. When the natural mind cannot comprehend what fits into our religious confinements, when we do not understand outside the parameters of our belief system, and if it doesn’t fit into our theology and our denominational confinements, boy, we like to call it the work of the enemy, don’t we? If we can’t understand it, it must not be holy, it must not be God. And, so, if it’s not of God it is automatically of the enemy. And I think so often we find ourselves, I find myself, blaming God for things He is not responsible for and blaming the enemy for things that God might be actually a part of. But in this particular Scripture it is the work of the enemy and Jesus is taking it upon himself and casting out demons and the scribes come down and they insert their personal opinion and their personal belief system which we do so many times in so many of the wrong places. And Jesus responds in a way that only He can. He responds to them with a question and I hear the conviction in my own heart as the question is presented, “how can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. You know, we often pin that quote to the speech that Abraham Lincoln gave often forgetting Jesus himself said it first. And it’s so true. When my husband and I are not on the same page in parenting our kids can detect it and they’ll utilize it in their favor, right? We often reference that in government but what about this statement to be true in our churches. And if we go a little bit further inward let’s look into our homes. And if we were to go in just a little bit deeper, what if we look into our own lives?
Prayer:
So Jesus, we invite You into all of the places that we do not understand with our natural mind, we invite You, Holy Spirit, to bring understanding and direction and counsel and guidance and we can do that so much more clearly when we stop and give room for pause and room for breathe and room for You to speak into that which we do not understand, but we must create space for You to speak. And we can do that so much more effectively if we will stop before we jump to assumptions, before we make our conclusions, before we reach for our religious rules and boundaries and parameters and confinements and restraints and allow You to do what You do, which is guide us, counsel us, direct us, correct us, break us outside of our comfort zones and break us outside into deeper waters as You call us into the deep. So, Father would You forgive us where we have inserted our own personal preferences and opinions of what we think we already know. And when we do that we allow You to come and show us more of what we don’t know, that we need to know and give us a longing to know You more. How I long to know You more. Give us Your eyes to see, Your ears to hear, and Your mind, give us the mind of Christ. We love You. We are so grateful for all that You are, all that You’ve done, all that You have not done because You know better and all that You are yet to do. In the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit.
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If you have ever been to Israel, but really, really, really long to go. It’s not your time to go. I would encourage you to follow the social media pages on their journey. They will give you as close of an in-depth look as you possibly can through virtually being there through social media. And I am personally asking you to cover the team while they are there. I was there a few years ago with Ezekiel and I knew it was a hardship for my husband and for Mike who goes and assists and all of the other people that are there working but I had no idea the depth of the trip, especially for Brian. It is…he will not tell you this…it’s grueling for him. And, so, especially starting off with jetlag. There’s no way to get around that and the responsibilities that he has to do to keep the Bible read fresh while he’s there and all of the other demands of the trip. So, please, please cover him in prayer as he goes and the rest of the team and all that are on the journey and the pilgrimage. I say this almost every time I get behind the mic but it is your prayers that sustain our family and this community and I cannot, cannot highlight the magnitude of what I just said. I would have to give you stories and that would take time, but your prayers are the sustenance and the wind that keep this ship assail for lack of a better analogy…well…I guess…to keep a fire burning you have to have a little bit of wind to pick up that…to keep that fire, that ember burning. And when it’s about to die, when the wind picks up you’re gonna have a good frame. So, thank you for your prayers as always. Thank you for being a community that truly prays and cares for one another. It is…it’s beautiful to see you bear one another’s burdens. And I think sometimes the tendency is to think if Brian could just pray for me know…if, you know, if that pastor, if that evangelist could just pray for me all will be well. If they could just hear my story. It’s not physically…here’s the bitter cold truth. It’s not physically possible for Brian and I to meet all of the demands and the needs of this community. It is possible for all of us to do it for all of us together and you all do it beautifully, absolutely beautifully. So, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for doing what we can’t. And we can't…it’s not because we don’t want to…it’s that we are physically incapable of doing all that there is to do and we do a lot throughout the day and it seems like, you know, we could very much get thrown into the idea that there’s not enough time in the day. There is exactly enough time in the day. We just have to manage it well. So, thank you sincerely for picking up where we leave off and for being the beautiful body of Christ. It is truly one of the most breathtaking parts of this community and we are grateful. Okee dokee shmoecky, that’s it for today. I think Brian will be back with you tomorrow. Until then, that’s it for me today. I’m Jill. Love one another.
Community Prayer and Praise:
Good morning Daily Audio Bible, my name is Chris, I’m calling because my wife struggles with infertility and because I am an obstetrician I sought and obtained a donor which led to a frozen embryo. Maybe I did not seek God’s will long enough, but my wife was against adoption. Maybe I did not insist in her receiving counseling prior to doing this treatment but afterwards her behavior was definitely strange. Anyway, our son was born in 2015. Then in 2017 a job opportunity came up and my wife seemed excited because it meant security for our family. We prayed about and then we went and moved three hours away without her at first but only to give her a little time but not for more than a few weeks. Well, she barely came during that transition, but she did come to choose our new home and then she disappeared. I found her months later and she refused to __ my file custody of my son and she trumped me by signing for a divorce. Since then she’s claimed that she was counseling and has placed the divorce on hold but she’s still withholding my son and denying access even against courts orders. I have an attorney but he’s very slow. It’s now been one year since she’s filed for divorce and longer since she ran off with my son. Please pray that she’ll do the right thing. Her name is Carla from the Hudson Valley region of New York. Her stronghold is her mind. Her mother who’s a pastor and a strong matriarchal __ family. Also, please pray for me. I’m definitely __ stronger in my walk than I need to be, pray for my mind and for my son to be returned. He’s my only son. I am my dad’s only son and my dad waited 82 years for him to be born. My son’s name is Andr…My son’s name is Andred. Thank you.
Hi family I’m just calling on behalf of Karen. You called in. I just want to start off by saying I’m very happy and grateful that you did because you had a change of heart and your seeking change. You want…you want change. You want God to work in your heart and in your life and help heal the broken places for you and your son. So, I pray for starters that this change can be made permanent, solidified. And I pray that the Spirit of God will clearly guide You on what to do next, where to go, where to change even more. And as for Your son, I pray for healing and a complete identity restoration within his mind. I lift both Karen and her son to You God and I thank You. Thank You for having her call-in. Thank You for just the work You’re doing in her life, it’s just amazing, in all of our lives. I pray for all of our lives, lift all of our lives up into Your hands, that Your will will be done in each and every one of us because we know Your will is the best and most perfect way to go. Sometimes we think, yeah, this is the right way, but I believe in Proverbs it says, “the way of a man seems right, but it ends in and leads to death. That’s so true. In so many cases in my life it’s been the case. And I pray that we can have Your wisdom and be guided by Your Spirt. You know exactly what actions to take and where no to go. Thank you. Talk to you guys soon. Bye.
Good morning, good evening, good afternoon Daily Audio Bible family. This is Andrea DeLane from Kentucky and I just wanted to share and encouragement with you today. Obviously, we’re going through and we’re hearing about the crucifixion of Jesus and His resurrection and it’s so humbling to me. It’s just like, so humbling when we really stop and meditate and think on all that Yeshua has done for us, that He’s torn down the walls of separation between us and the Father and He has, so that we can be restored to Him. And, so, this morning also in my own personal time reading the word of God, I was reading and looking up Scriptures on humility and that brought me to first Peter 5, where he’s talking about, “humble yourself, and under the mighty hand of Elohim so that He will exalt you in due time casting all your worry upon Him for He is concerned about you.” And I just had to stop there because to take that all in, that He is so concerned about us, that He loves us so much. And I just want to remind you that to cast your cares upon Him for He truly, truly cares about you. And sometimes we want to feel it, but the fact is that He’s laid Himself on a cross, stretched His arms out and said I love you. And that, is enough to know that He cares, but He is so much more bigger and broader to just come down to each of us individually and show us His love. And I pray today that you experience His love. So, I agree with you for your prayer request and I love you. Have a good day.
Hello Daily Audio Bible family, this is Michael from Mesa. It’s been a little bit since I called in. Let’s see. Basic things. Amber from California, I think, I listen on my commute so my memory is really not so great on it but I think that’s right. Going through just marriage things. I have my own Amber, and we’ve been through so so many things over our 25, 27+ years of marriage. I, you know, I’m with you there, girl. So, just to let you know I’m praying for you. Brian, trip to Israel. I’m praying for you and the team and everybody that’s going. Praying for safe travels, technology working well, and just a wonderful and blessed time. In terms of myself, I know, I would guess that, as large as this family is, there’s someone still pray for me for clients. There’s things starting to build but I have nothing solid yet. And my work hours toward the billable stuff I’m supposed to be doing is all really low right now. So, prayers that the Lord would bring some of the efforts to fruit and that I would actually have some clients. My big project, working on the __ that I’m working on is going well but it’s coming to a close to. So, I’ve gotta get the client work in. Anyway, if you all know pray for me that’d be great. Love you all so much. Every day, the voices are a blessing to me just in that as I’m commuting back and forth during the day. You’re a rich family. Love you deeply. Talk you later. Michael from Mesa.