Zechariah 9:1-17, Revelation 17:1-18, Psalms 145:1-21, Proverbs 30:32
Today is the 26th day of December welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is great, it is a joy, it is an honor to be here with you the day after Christmas, right? Left over day, return day, exchange day, all of the things that are traditional. I guess we have to try to find some nontraditional ways of doing some of those things, but this is the day after Christmas where we…we just kind of relax and be together and try to just let the day unfolded. But it is great to be here with you because the day has unfolded that we could spend some time together around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward. I mean we don’t have too many more steps left. This is the 361st day of the year. We actually have 366 days in this year. It was a leap year this year among other things. So, here we are at the 361st day of the year and we will return to the book that we are in in the Old Testament, the second to the last book of the Old Testament, the book of Zechariah. We’re reading from the New English Translation this week. Zechariah chapter 9.
Prayer:
Father we thank You for Your word and we thank You for another week completed in Your word, which…which leaves us less than one full week to go. By the time we finish the next week we will be in a new year, which is on some levels very, very hopeful and we’re looking forward to the fresh start. On another level it’s like, “wow, this is where we are. It’s almost over. We really made this journey and it’s been a year for the books. We’ll never forget this one.” Yet we’ve mentioned many times Father, we’re still here because of Your faithfulness to us, and we have a hope for the future because You are faithful to us. You are sustaining us. Christmas day that we celebrated yesterday reminds us of Your passion to come in person to restore us. And, so, we rest in that as we just acknowledge where we are in the year. And, so, as we begin to turn the corner and…and move to the final days of this year 2020 we look into Your word and we look to Your word to give us the counsel that we will need in these coming days as we make a transition into a new year. And, so, we take what the Proverbs, what the voice of wisdom that we met back at the beginning of the year, she, the one at every crossroads pointing the way to go, we listen to her today at the end of the year telling us that if we’ve been foolish by exalting ourselves and others, in other words, if we’ve been proud or if we’ve planned to do something evil that we should put our hands over our mouths. It’s stark. That’s how wisdom works. It’s just simply the truth without nuance. And, so, we take hold of that, carry that forward as we listen to Your word, speaking into our lives about what we’re going to need to carry with us into the new year. And learning to put our hand over our mouth is something that we should carry forward. And, so, we thank You for that gift, that post Christmas gift that You’ve just given us, the counsel of wisdom. Holy Spirit come and plant that in our lives. Help us to water it so that it can be a shoot, just a little shoot peeking through the ground by the time we get to the new year, something we’re gonna cultivate, water, and care for and watch it blossom into something beautiful as we learn to control our tongues. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.
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Community Prayer and Praise:
Hey fellow DABbers this is Denise A New Day in Tampa Florida and I wanted to thank you guys for praying for my dad who did pass away at 95 but did come to know the Lord before that. And I especially wanted to thank Esther from Orlando who’s a tremendous prayer warrior and I heard her mention that. So, thank you Esther. I’m calling for prayer today because I find myself in a situation where I’ve been thinking since my dad passed of the fact that my husband passed and then my mother passed and now my dad passed within a five-year time period. And I find myself being one of those people who society looks at as elder orphans, people who’ve lost their parents and…or husband and don’t have children. So, I’m essentially alone. And, so, I just would like to ask for some prayer about how I approach this, what I do, and where to find community so that as I age alone, I won’t do it alone. So, if you could offer a prayer for me, I would really appreciate it. God bless you guys. Have a beautiful weekend.
I was listening to the recording for 18th of December and I heard quiet confidence asking for prayers and asking for the Lord to take her up. My dear, if you’re still here then He has a reason for that, and you have a purpose on earth. I know it can be difficult. It can be frustrating it can be overwhelming. I can’t say I have a clue…I can’t say I have…I…I…I can’t say I know exactly what you’re going through but I might have a clue. I just want to ask you a favor please if you don’t mind. I would like you to think of four things you are grateful for, four things every morning and every evening before you go to sleep. Four things, just four things. It could be anything. It could be thanking the Lord for being grateful for waking up. It could be being grateful for brushing your teeth. You know, it could be being grateful for anything, that you’re still breathing or that you had a delicious meal or that you had a meal that you didn’t even enjoy. Just anything that you are grateful for. Just list the simplest things, doesn’t have to be major. But every morning and every evening try that. You know, it gives you a sense of calm, it gives you a sense of thankfulness. And from my experience if you are thankful for everything, everything, for the air we breathe for every single thing of life there is this peace and this happiness and this joy that comes with it. So, my darling if you will please do this every morning four thing’s you’re grateful for when you wake up, every evening before you sleep four things you are grateful for, for the day, for that day. Just do it for the next two weeks and you’ll see how the Lord will bless you and change your life. Thank you very much and thank you Brian, thank you everyone.
Hello Quiet Confidence from Virginia this is Running Bear in Tennessee and your words were…I hear you and recognize the sorrow of your journey and I spent a lot of time yesterday praying for you and even praying for words to share with you. Read some scriptures for you and prayed to them. Prayed through Psalms 27 where you definitely have your eyes focused on the Lord as you do reflect of wanting to be with the Lord, but you also have the sorrow the journey and that comes out in Psalms 27. And just prayed through that for you and for your family. And then I thought too, about in places of deep sorrow I reflect upon the children of the Bible and how they lived through absolute tragedy and yet are able to demonstrate an amazing love to the community around them. First thing that comes to mind is Naaman the servant girl who is in a foreign land, no real hopes of seeing her family anymore and yet she provides not only love to her captors but direction and obviously lived a life that was powerful, that they took value in her words. I’m praying for you, praying for your husband. There’s a lot of sorrow right there for him as well with you. Love you.
Praise God for Quiet Confidence for you called in to reach out to your family and we, every one of us heard your voice. Everyone of us heard your plea. And God our father in heaven loves you so very much. You were wonderfully made. God chose you to live this life this time right now for His purpose no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the thoughts from the enemy, no matter what the feelings that are affected by the attempts of the enemy the truth will always remain that you are loved, and God loves you. May His Holy Spirit fill you and rest in his love and let you know that He never leaves, He never will forsake you. No matter what it is you’re feeling, no matter what the lies are telling you from the enemy. He will do everything to separate you from God but nothing, nothing can ever separate you from God’s love and your husband’s love who is there beside you to help you and we are here for you. Quiet Confidence, thank you for calling, thank you so much for calling. You will be prayed for every day by this family and the angels in heaven are surrounding you and protecting you and lifting you up at the feet of our Lord. And you are saved. Don’t you ever doubt it. You are home now until God chooses otherwise. God bless you. Leann…
Hi family this is Soaring On Eagles Wings from Canada it’s Saturday, December 19th and I am phoning in to ask for prayer. There are six more days before…no…five more days before Christmas and I haven’t spent Christmas here for many many years. I’m either in Arizona or the with my daughter and family or the beautiful island of Jamaica __. But because of Covid I can’t travel to see I won’t get to see my family. And as Christmas draws closer, I find I’m getting a little bit more despondent. And, so, I’m asking all of my family to surround me with prayers so that in spite of what is happening I will focus on Christ’s birth, what it means to humanity, and the joy of the Lord will be my strength. I am really __ having its ups and downs it’s not easy. So, I thank you for praying for me. I love you all. I pray for you every day. And I wish that all of you will have a beautiful and very special Christmas.
Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is Anonymous in Tulsa Oklahoma. I want you to know that I wish each of you, those who speak, those who work behind the scenes, those who just listen a blessed Christmas. This has been a difficult, strange, interesting, awesome, phenomenal, remarkable, different, and a holy joyous year and we’re going into a new year where we’re still just carrying this load, but the thing is is we don’t have to carry it. We can shed it and place it in the Lord’s lap and let Him carry it while we walk along with Him on our path in life. This path is called the journey of life and that it’s not ours to walk alone. He always walks with us as long as we ask Him to. Christmas reminds me of that, that He came to this earth to walk along with us, to show us how to walk in servitude, in patience and kindness and forgiveness and love. And I love each of you remarkably differently and in all different kinds of ways. Thank you for coming. Know that you’re being prayed for whether you’re here speaking, behind the scenes, or listening. Amen.
Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is Blessed Assurance calling in a prayer for Quiet Confidence in Virginia. I believe she called in on December 18th stating that she had mental issues and she was really struggling. I’d like to lift her up in prayer now. Our heavenly Father holy holy holy is Your name. I lift up to You Quiet Confidence. I ask Lord that You protect her and comfort her, give her peace. Lord I ask that You draw near to her and in doing so she will draw closer to You. Lord God I…I pray that You protect her…