2 Samuel 18:1-19:10, John 20:1-31, Psalm 119:153-176, Proverbs 16:14-15
Today is the 1st day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I’m Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we greet a brand-new month, the 6th month of the year and the 152nd day of our journey through this year together and through the bible together so, well done, well done friends. We’ve been around this Global Campfire 152 days now and we’re well into our year and what a year. The scriptures have spoken some significant things into our personal lives I’m sure, definitely into my personal life. But just also into humanity just into the things that we see around us it’s so interesting to see that so many of the underlying things that we can see in our world right now have been underlying things in the world for a long time, they’re…they’re human things and our Father, our Creator who created us in His image pursues our hearts at every turn. And that will never let up, that will never let up while we’re reading the bible, that will never let up. He wants to be in a relationship with us and so with that in mind we enter into this 6th month of the year around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. In our reading from the Old Testament we have the story of Absalom going on right now. Absalom the son of King David, so a prince is attempting to take over his father’s throne, understanding that that would be the death of his father if he’s successful and that’s where we find ourselves. David has fled Jerusalem, Absalom has entered Jerusalem. Absalom has gone after his father with his army and it’s inevitable that there’s a showdown. 2 Samuel chapter 18 verse 1 through 19 verse 10.
Commentary:
Okay so as we enter into this brand new 6th month of the year we find ourselves in a bit of transition uh, in the Old Testament in 2 Samuel. The cue attempt by Absalom in now over because Absalom is now dead. So, the king’s son, one of the princes of Israel has been killed in battle and David is very, very sad. And that’s understandable, that was his son. But it was also a son that wanted his dad dead so, it’s kind of a complicated scenario there. If we pause here for second and go back, just kind of think back to the beginning of 2 Samuel when…even for that matter back to 1 Samuel when David is on the run from King Saul we see David clinging to God for dear life and reverent…reverencing God in every conceivable situation. Like he knows that he’s alive because God is keeping him alive. If we’ll remember during that whole episode with Saul and David, once Saul was killed in battle and David had become King in Hebron, some very influential people were killed along the way. Uh, like Saul’s son Ishbasheth who had been anointed the king, he was assassinated. Uh, the general of Saul’s Army, he’s assassinated. People are watching David to see if he had anything to do with it, like they’re looking to David to get their cues about what comes next and whether there gonna get behind David. And David shows himself upright and honorable and that makes a huge difference, in fact, it makes THE difference. Today, in David’s life in this reading, the Army’s that are loyal to David because of all these things, because he’s the king, they have vanquished a foe, it just happens to be the King’s son and so, they’re still looking to David, right, for their cues and he’s behaving very differently. He’s weeping and mourning like, at the death of his son in the same way that he would have wept and mourned over one of the Lord’s anointed being struck down or over a righteous uh, valiant warrior being struck down outside of battle. And so, Joab, who is the…the leader of David’s army is like, nobody will be left, if you keep this up, nobody will be left, and what happens to you next will end up being even worse than anything else that has ever happened to you because basically the cues that their getting from David is that their lives and their loyalty don’t matter. It was the kings son, the rest of them could have all died and he’d been fine with it if the kings son could have lived. And that’s what Joab is explaining to him if…if this is how you feel, you will have nothing left by the morning. And so, David will encourage his people but we see that there’s just such a transition after David takes his friends wife Bathsheba. Things never, ever are the same for King David again. And of course, we’ll pick-up that story tomorrow.
Then in the gospel of John we don’t have a death we have a resurrection and Jesus is restored to life victorious. And so, we read John’s account of the after-math of that and we’ll have one more day to kind of sow that that up from the gospel of John we will conclude John’s gospel tomorrow. Which means we will conclude the gospels, the four gospels tomorrow. And so, after tomorrow’s reading we’ll earn our badge. If we’re using the Daily Audio Bible app and checking off the days as they come by we will have completed another section of the bible, the gospels. We’ll get our gospels badge for 2021 and so I’m looking forward to that. And then after we finish the gospels we will move into the story of what comes next which will be interesting because it is the story of all that comes next but some of the things that we’re gonna read going forward are earlier writings than the gospels that we just read. Although all of it was written down after Jesus’ ascension. But we have plenty of time for that, we’ll get into all that, we’re just, we’re here at the 1st day of the 6th month so we got a ways to go and a lot of ground to cover and I am so excited that we can cover this ground together and we can be on this voyage together each day. All we have to do is show up, each day and just allow the bible to transform the way we think about things and begin to shift things from within.
Prayer:
And so, Father we thank You for Your word and as we mark the time, as we begin this 6th month of the year and as we begin to transition in…in the scriptures into new territory Holy Spirit come. You are the Guide. We are following You on this journey and we ask that You be a light to our path that You lead us deeper into Jesus. That You lead us into all truths and we ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Prayers and Encouragement:
Good morning one and all um, it’s Susan from Canada, God’s Yellow Flower calling. And I just want to pray for Zach this morning um, who wants to be a pastor, feels Gods calling on him. And Lord God I just lift him up to You. I thank You that You have called him into ministry. I thank You for his goals and for his obedience and for his um, desires to um, to bring You to others in all kinds of ways. I pray, dear God that You would provide for him along every step of the way. That You would open his eyes and unstop his ears to hear and see all the things that You have prepared for him. I pray dear God that You would um, not only provide financially but You would sharpen his mind to absorb the studies carefully and fully and successfully. Guide him and lead him in the way you want him to go Lord in all things and in all ways, and all the days of his life. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Hi, this is Big Hearted Ben and Radiant Rachel and we’re praying for Little Sharie and her foot. Please help her foot to have a good time, please help it to heal again and we rebuke any foul spirits hanging around His Little Sharie and her health and anything that has to do with her and her family and we pray that um, nothing will come against them. And anything that comes against us and her and our family of believers we’re putting up the shield of faith over them. And we’re…and we’re fighting with our faith. And we’re fighting and we are rebuking Satan and sending him and his minions to the pit of hell. In Jesus name, Amen. Also, known as death. Amen. Amen. Do you have any other prayers today? Nope. Oh actually, we want the whole world to have a good time…A good time, a good day. And…good life…please help it not to rain too much today where we’re going, help us to have a safe trip and uh, a good time. Amen. Saying Amen? You’re praying to yourself? Amen. Oh yeah, Amen. Jesus is the priest of everyone that believes in you in the whole wide world. Amen.
Hey guys, so today’s tail was Absalom and his sister who’s rigged and then plotting for 2 years to kill his brother, 2 years. It made me think about me and my family, um just with unforgiveness and plotting and wickedness and I’m sure it applies to all of you in some way. We’re all in a horri…horrible world and we’re called as Christians to forgive. But there is many of us who are not believers um, many of our families who are not and they don’t really have a call to forgive. And in thinking about our call to forgive I find it super hard to forgive, to really forgive. Like maybe if I could sit down with somebody and have a full-on conversation, an argument and stay in and we both hurt and get through the issues and come to a resolution but most of the time it’s not like that. People, you, I, we, are cowards and are selfish and don’t like pain we do everything we can to avoid pain. So, we run away, we hide in unforgiveness and we make little Christian-eze prayers so you know, I forgive them, but really we don’t, I don’t quite often and it sucks, it’s the nature. I personally don’t quite know how to overcome it. You know I’ve had many conversations about forgiveness and…and uh, people say well if you forgive in your heart and pray for God, you don’t have to feel it but just do it. I hope that’s the case but is it? I don’t know. We’re called to forgive. Yeah, like we believe in Christ and we’re going to heaven but we’re called to forgive or else we won’t be forgiven, kind of a, what’s the right word, a juxtaposition, I’m not sure. But forgiveness man, it’s a big deal and it’s something that I struggle with big time, especially against Christians, people who’ve hurt me who’ve I’ve loved and I feel don’t love me anymore. Alright, love you guys, I will talk to you soon.
Hello DAB family this is Iva from Ohio. It is Friday night and I just had the last day of school for the 2021 school year and I’m gonna tell you it was a difficult one. I’m not a rookie, this was my 26th year of teaching but it was a really hard year. Since last March my school district has done school 8 different ways and I am excited that the year is over but I am also in need of restoration and I’m in need of renewal and I would guess that many teachers across the country and across the world are feeling the same. And so, if you know of any teachers would you please pray for them, would you pray that we would be restored this summer that we would be renewed this summer that we would move beyond this school year into the creative place that God wants us to be for the next school year. And uh, I just thank you for your prayers and I thank you in advance for all that you do in the DAB community. You are pretty special people and I love you.
Blessings DAB family my name is George Powell. And I’m calling to ask you for prayer. I am going through a moment in my life that I’ve never gone through before. The hand of God is heavy on me. Right now, doors are closing left and right, all around me, people are leaving my life, left and right. And I know it’s for a purpose and I know it’s for a reason. My name is George Powell. I need prayer partners. I need people to pray for my health and my strength. Keep the prayer of restoration between me and my family and those that I love. I know that I am not perfect but I’m seeking God with my whole heart. And I sit here and I pray and I see God every single day and it’s a struggle. Cause it’s like I don’t hear from God and I know that all of you out there that are faithful Daily Audio Bible listeners, you’re family and you believe and I need you to believe for me and help me believe. I’m in jail, I just went through a twelve-year incarceration that the Lord released me from but I messed up and now I’m back. I need as much love and help as I can get right now, moral support. Thank you for your time Daily Audio Bible, thank you Brian you have wonderful podcast. I listen to it every day. God Bless everybody. I hope to hear from ya’ll soon.