2 Kings 10:32-12:21, Acts 18:1-22, Psalms 145:1-21, Proverbs 18:1
Today is the 27th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s great to be here with you today as we greet a brand-new shiny sparkly week. And yeah, we get to do this 52 times each journey that we take through the Bible. And, so, this is one of those times where, yeah, at the beginning of the week 52 times a year we can reset and just realize this week is something we’re going to live into, but we haven’t yet, and we can make some decisions that set the tone about what this week is going to look like no matter what the circumstances bring us. And one way that we do this is to stay rooted in the Scriptures and allow them to instruct and guide our steps. So, brand-new week here. And before this week is out, and this is a big deal friends, before this week is out, we will cross the threshold of the halfway point in our journey, and we’ll find ourselves in another month before this week is over. So, let’s dive in and take the next step. We’ll read from the New International Version this week and picking up where we left off. Second Kings chapter 10 verse 32 through 12 verse 21 today.
Prayer:
Father, we thank You for Your word and…and again we are grateful that You have brought us safely and successfully here to this point in time where we greet a new week. And in this week, we’re going to greet a new month. And that may not be a big deal, it’s just another day but we mark the time because it allows us to look back and see Your faithfulness every step of the way. And, so, we are grateful that You have brought us to this point. So, we invite You, we become aware of Your presence constantly at work in our lives. We ask that You continue to lead us deeper into our relationship with Jesus as we continue deeper into the Scriptures. And we ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Community Prayer and Praise:
Hi this is Angel Heart. I kind of have a little bit of twist today. I was visiting with my daughter and my grandson my mom today and…and I really had a good day. Even though I was having my struggles I had a good day and I want to thank God for that. Thank you, Jesus for giving me this good day. And I wanna thank you for praying for me all the days that you guys have been praying for me. It’s been hard and it’s been very long, but I did have a good day and I went into my room to lay down and my grandson was looking for me and he doesn’t normally do that, but he did that to me today and it made me feel so blessed that he actually was looking for me and not my mom or his mom. He was looking for me this time and it just filled my heart full, and it made me want to cry even though I can’t cry. But it made me want to cry. So, I just want to thank everybody for everything that you’ve been doing for me. So, thank you and God bless you and I’m praying for you, and I hope you have a blessed day. Thank you. Bye-bye.
Hi family this is Suzanne from Albuquerque. I just wanted to lift a couple people up today in prayer. Father we bring to You Desperately Seeking Jesus. And we know that she has been hurting from the loss of so many family members during this month of June and she’s having to walk the gauntlet every year as she passes through June and remembers those who she loves so much, and she’s lost. We know You’re holding her in Your beautiful loving arms close to Your heart. And You are there for the broken hearted and You love every tear. And we thank You so much for…for caring for her. I also want to lift up Danny from Southern Oregon who’s worried about her best friend, the wildfire. Please…please help them modify that…that at least get it under control. She’s worried about her best friend and her fathers in the hospital not doing well. We know that You are loving them and caring for them and there is a purpose to all things that You do and touch with Your…Your beautiful arms and we thank You so much. God bless you family. Please know that even though I don’t call in very much, I think I’m just kind of a reserved person and so it's…it’s hard for me but I do love you and I pray for every one of you. I don’t always get through all the community prayer every week, but I try. Every prayer I hear and even those that I don’t I am lifting you up here. So, thank you family. I love you.
Good morning I’m about a month behind listening to the Daily Audio Bible and I heard Grace and Peace and Heart call and ask for help to pray for her husband who is unsaved and for the division in their marriage and I felt compelled to call and just give a brief testimony. I too was married with division. Both my husband and I were unsaved when we got married and I got saved after the birth of my daughter and for 21 years I prayed for my husband and when God performed a miracle and that miracle included God himself waking my husband up in the middle of the night and asking him the question, “what is salvation?” And a week after that my husband suffered a massive heart attack, a heart attack that the doctors say he should not have survived from. It included 100% inclusion at the sight of the widow maker. He was…coded 7 times and was on defibrillation, the chest compressions for 45 minutes but he survived that, and not only did he survive that, but the doctor said he shows no signs of ever having a heart attack of that nature. He’s on no cardiac meds and he’s healthy today. And that is only through God’s grace. But I do want to say this, for 21 years I feel like part of the reason why it took God so long to answer my prayer was because of me, because he was…he was teaching me, he was growing me. I mean I stood against my husband for those 21 years that I was praying for him and…and I took control in my marriage, and I caused a lot of harm and when I finally got a clue and started looking at my part in this then God was able to work and again, he performed a massive miracle. And I will just say that God had a plan from the very first prayer I ever prayed, and he has a plan for you as well. Don’t give up. Hold on.
Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is Diana His Dearly Beloved in Minnesota it is June 24th and I just finished listening to the podcast and some of the prayers and just had to call in in response to Blind Tony’s beautiful poem. Your poems so touch me Blind Tony and I’m so grateful for you. I love each person who calls in. And just…this podcast is completely amazing. I was recently diagnosed with metastatic cancer in February, and I’ve had four surgeries since then. It’s kind of a strange cancer. It’s a neuroendocrine tumor and chemotherapy doesn’t work so you basically just have to cut it out with surgery, and I have been able to stay positive and grateful during this whole time thanks to your prayers and encouragement of friends and family. And just…just this podcast has meant so much to me. And I want to encourage people that no matter what is going on in your lives that God is there with us, and we just need to stay in communication and stay close to our Lord Abba Father and His presence and, yeah, give Him our time and not allow ourselves to be so swept up with the daily craziness and to make time. It’s the most important thing that we can do each day. Also want to do a shout out for supporting the Daily Audio Bible. I have been doing that, really just for the last couple of years, although I’ve been listening for a long time, I’m embarrassed to say but I planning continuing support this ministry and love each of you and pray for you. Take care. Bye.
Hi DAB family this is Kathy from Virginia and I have a praise report of sorts. I’ve been listening and praying along with you all for four years, but have never called in. I consider myself a very private person usually keeping my concerns worries really between God and me and really never had the courage to call in. However, this private relationship between God and me was really shattered yesterday unexpectedly by a call and a prayer from Roslyn in North Carolina. This is on June 23rd. So, two weeks ago I began praying intently for direction and guidance on an issue I’m dealing with at work and spent more time than usual really in quiet thought prayer and reading and I was weepy and sort of fraught with anxiousness even though I knew was held by God. And late last week I began to have a constant sensation at the stop back left of my head like I was being touched. And I kept feeling back there and could not find anything back there and thought that’s such an unusual place to have a sensation. And yesterday Roslyn shared her vision of our Father Abba holding a fretting child and guiding their head back to His chest to fully feel His embrace. And Roslyn your words brought me to tears instantly as I felt you were speaking to me. So, thank you for sharing what…what was on your heart. And how amazing it is that God works through this family to comfort us even when we don’t ask for it. So, thank you Brian and the DAB family. I’m really walking with a glowing heart today and feeling the flowing grace of God. God bless you all.