Month: June 2021

1 Kings 14:1-15:24, Acts 10:1-23, Psalms 133:1-3, Proverbs 17:7-8

Today is the 15^th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it’s great to be here with you. Welcome to the middle of the sixth month of the year. We’re crossing through the middle of the month, even as we’re here together moving through the Daily Audio Bible for today. So, I’m excited, excited we can be together, excited for the next step in the story. In the book of First Kings…well…we had this kingdom that we moved from Genesis all the way until just now, working toward this kingdom and now it’s been split into two. Now there are two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel, whose king is Jeroboam and the southern kingdom of Judah whose king is Rehoboam, Solomon’s son. Jeroboam in the north has led 10 of the tribes into idolatry, which is never a good idea in the Bible. And, so, let’s take the next step forward and find out what happens next. First Kings chapters 14 verse 1 through 15 verse 24 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we have been transitioning in the book of First Kings and now we’re starting to get the lay of the land. Like, we…we’re…we we’re dealing with this next generation after Solomon so King Rehoboam and King Jeroboam, but as we can see now the book of Kings is about Kings. And, so, we’ll be moving through the different kings of both Israel and Judah. And, so, it’s important for us to just kind of keep track of which king is where. The kings of Israel are in the north, the 10 tribes of the north. The kings of Judah are in the South and that’s where Jerusalem is. And we’ll just notice the slide. And we can already see it. 10 of the tribes have entered into idolatry with…with Jeroboam’s kingship and there’s idolatry happening in Jerusalem. It’s just…there is this constant slide. And then…and then a reforming king eventually comes and for one generation things are restored to God but there’s this steady slide downward until it all falls apart, which will be a while from now and will take a while. It takes a while but this is where we are in the story.

And when we flip into the book of Acts, man this is monumental in the early church what’s happening today. And Peter’s having this vision on top of a roof. He’s in Joppa, which is…well…it’s basically modern-day Tel Aviv area. And, so, he’s there staying at the seashore with Simon the tanner and he has this vision. And in this vision, something like a sheet comes down with what would be considered unclean animals to eat. And Peter is instructed to eat these unclean animals. And he is super perplexed by it, super confused by it. His response in the trance or the vision is like, “I’ve never eaten anything unclean. I’ve never…I’ve never done that. That’s not what we do. And the response in this vision is that “what God has made clean is clean” basically, like God is making clean here. In other words, something’s shifting. Something’s shifting and meanwhile the people sent by Cornelius have arrived and something so profound indeed is shifting. So, Peter leaves to go back to Cornelius’s house and we will pick up that story tomorrow, but what’s happening here…and we’ll talk about it more tomorrow…but what’s happening here is so profound. It’s God doing a new thing in the world and this new thing that God is doing will ultimately turn the Jews against the followers of Jesus completely. Like they’ll be…they will distance themselves completely from the followers of Jesus over this new thing that God is doing in the world and we’ll talk about that tomorrow.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for all of these different stories. Sometimes we can get them in their completion. Sometimes we move through them over the course of a series of days and gives us an opportunity to think and meditate and just take all of it on board and just really really process and invite You to lead us into all truth. And, so, that’s where we are today in…in…the in between in the New Testament of a really really pivotal important story. And, so, as we think about that today and we begin to move forward tomorrow we invite Your Holy Spirit come lead us into all truth, lead us on the narrow path that leads to life, lead us deeper into Jesus, we ask. In His mighty name, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello this is Praying for God’s Tree. Tyke, praying for Tyke. Really could reflect on that story. My son also is about 30 and trying to find his way. And Lord I just pray for Tyke. Lord God I pray through these situations, the things in his life Lord, that you would draw him closer to you Lord God and you would show him Lord God that he needs to do Lord God to be successful. I pray for peace and strength over the family Lord. I pray that his dad would not be mad about the truck being recked Lord and I pray Father God that you would just supernaturally bless them Lord God with another vehicle Lord God. Lord I just pray your blessings Lord God. Father you say you shall supply all of our needs according to riches and glory according by Christ Jesus. And we just pray God you will just provide every need and that you move mightily on time and you would rapidly change him Lord God and do a work in him and that he will Lord God will just have prosperity in his life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi, my DAB family this is Julie from Arizona. I’ve been listening for several years but don’t usually call in. I love the DAB. After listening to June 12^th, I wanted to call in to pray for Tyle and Chane. Dear Lord, we know how frustrating it is to feel that the deck is stacked against us, and I lift up payers for Tyke, that you would bless him abundantly, give him favor Lord. He needs Your help right now. Also keep the love and understanding of his precious mom and dad. Lord we pray for Tyke. And for Chane Lord please help her to keep calling to us for love and support. Break the bonds of those expectations. We know expectations cause heartache. So, Lord please break those bonds. Help give her parents more understanding and love. Place a friend or a family member in her life that she can ask for help and support. Chane, I want you to know that I was that parent who had expectations and didn’t understand my daughter’s anxiety, but I did love and care for her. So, there is hope. My daughter has persevered and prevailed and is doing well. So, I pray that you would have the hope and the faith and the strength and the love and support that you need. So, Lord we just pray for Chane and Tyke in Jesus’ name. Amen.

This is Pam from Ohio. My husband and I were listening to the Daily Audio Bible on June 12^th, and I heard a prayer request of Chane from South Africa. You are obviously in lots of pain and feel like your parents aren’t listening to you. I want you to know that you are valuable to us, to God, and I’m sure to your parents even though it doesn’t feel like it. I have spent many years in depression. I can tell you that it makes you think things that are not necessarily true. I came very close to suicide 20 years ago after the loss of my daughter and I really believe that everyone would be better off without me. I could not stop trying and I just felt I was being a burden to everybody. I took a chance and went to my doctor who was also a believer and he started me on medication that completely changed my life. I believe God sent me there and used that man to help me. And now I look back and I realize that I was not thinking clearly at all. My family definitely would not have been better off without me, and I would have missed out on so much joy. I’m guessing your parents would be so sad to know how bad you really feel. If you feel they won’t listen, be sure to find somebody who will and talk to them - a pastor, a friend, your doctor. Please get some help. It doesn’t matter if you have clinical depression or have depression of the body and mind. It all feels the same and it’s so destructive. Many years ago, in the middle of one of my darkest depressions my husband put a little note on our bathroom mirror that said “just like those friends carried the man to Jesus on a mat and lowered him through the roof of a building I’m doing that with you right now” and that meant so much to me I can’t even tell you. This community is doing that for you right now my friend. We’re taking you to Jesus for His touch. You are very loved.

We hear so many people weeping on here and it breaks my heart and if it breaks my heart then it certainly breaks the Lord’s heart. Here are some promises in the word for you who are weeping. Psalm 56 verse 8. You keep track of all my sorrows, You have collected all my tears in your bottle, You have you recorded each one in your book. Psalm 31 verse 5. Weeping may stay for a night but rejoicing comes in the morning. This may not mean a literal morning, but He will come through for you in Jesus’ name I pray. Genesis 16 verse 13. Hagar Speaking of God. “She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her. You are the God who sees me. I pray that you take these promises and hold on to Jesus. And may he bless you. Amen.

I’m Jonah and I’m Daniel
I’m Thomas, Job, Laban and Nathaniel
I am Peter, I am Paul
I’m Mephibosheth, Onesimus, David, and Saul
I’m all of the above yet I’m still uniquely me struggling every day to be the best that I can be
and just like those above mentioned men
full of power and purpose but still struggling within
every blade of grass is different
just like every leaf on every tree
you’re uniquely you like I’m uniquely me
yet in many ways we’re all the same
trying to get to heaven on the strength of Jesus his name
and every single one of us was created in God’s image
he gave us all a measure of faith and every day we have to scrimmage
fighting hard to do what’s right
surrounded by darkness seeking the light
and sometimes we’re weak and sometimes we’re strong
sometimes we’re right and sometimes we’re wrong
but we still have to struggle every day to do what’s right
God’s word will strengthen us when we fight the good fight
all of us want to hear well done when we finish the race
that’s when we come to the realization that it’s only by grace
blessed assurance Jesus is mine
if we just hold on tightly to that one thought everything else will be fine

blind1016@gmail.com. Like to give a shout out to my brother Big Hearted Ben. I want to say happy birthday to my brother on your 7^th birthday. And once again Brian and the Hardin family, thank you for this wonderful podcast for God’s Holy Spirit to flow. Keep it flowing y'all. Alright. Bye-bye.

1 Kings 12:20-13:34, Acts 9:26-43, Psalm 132:1-18, Proverbs 17:6

Today is the 14^th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian, it’s great to be here with you today like it is every day as we dive into this brand-new work week and continue to take steps forward together in life and through the scriptures. So, let’s dive in we’re reading from the New Living Translation this week. 1 Kings chapter 12 verse 20 through 13 verse 34 today.

Commentary:

Okay, let’s talk about 1 Kings. What we read in 1 Kings today because imbedded in that narrative that of the story of the cursing of the alter today, ah something so, so deeply vital in our own lives. So, let’s just first of all catch ourselves up because we have two kings and they have very similar names. We have King Rehoboam and we have King Jeroboam so super easy when you got all these really interesting names to begin with to keep everything straight. So, Rehoboam is the son of King Solomon so the rightful heir to descend his father upon the throne. Jeroboam worked for King Solomon, he was over the labor forces. But there was a prophecy about him and then Solomon tried to kill and so he had to flee Egypt. He came back after Solomon died when all of the tribes got together to crown Rehoboam as the king of all the united tribes of Israel and a negotiation took place in witch Rehoboam was stern and essentially told the people that he was going to be a more difficult king than his father had been. And so, 10 of the tribes of Israel decided not to re-up basically. They abandoned Rehoboam and they abandoned the house of David instead turning to Jeroboam and crowning him king. So, Rehoboam eventually has to get back to Israel he is the king of Judah along with the tribe of Benjamin. And so, he is king in Jerusalem and that is a pretty important thing. He has that, what had been known among the people as their capital city. So, that’s an important thing that’s where the temple of God is. So, once the tension, I was gonna say dies down but it doesn’t die down but once the tension is manageable and it’s pretty clear that Rehoboam he plans to go to war and take back his kingdom and then there’s a prophecy not to fight with their relatives so they don’t. And so, there’s sort of an understanding there. Jeroboam who is king of Israel now the ten tribes known as the Kingdom of Israel he’s up in the north. And so, he got his own capital going and there establishing basically a whole new set of governance. And he realizes that if he sends people to worship in Jerusalem their going to eventually return to the house of David and that will be the end of Jeroboam’s kingship, he’ll be killed. So, he leads Israel into idolatry by putting temples in the southern boundary and in the northern boundary of his kingdom. And then he starts appointing priests, etc., etc. Now, it won’t be long before Jeroboam moves his capital from Shechem and a new city is built called Samaria and this becomes the area the region of Samaria and so there’s this new way of appointing priests, new ways of worship, new festivals being ordained and of course the golden calves. And so, the worship of the Lord as the people had understand it is now being modified in such a way that eventually these people are known as Samaritans. And they don’t worship the same as they do down in Jerusalem. And by the time we get to the first century to the time of Jesus’ ministry we see that coming out and so this is kind of where that begins and continues forward from there but a prophet and this is sort of the point of all this, a prophet from Judah is sent across a border to the southern temple, the one in Bethel. And he was given instructions go, curse the alter, don’t eat, don’t drink, don’t go back the same way that you came, get in, get out, do your job, be done with it. And that’s….that’s what’s happening. So we saw, I mean when you read it, we don’t need to re-read it, we saw Jeroboam his arm gets stuck out like there’s miraculous signs here, the alter is split in two. The king want’s this prophet to come back to the palace and he’s like I can’t gotta go home, can’t eat, can’t drink, gotta go home a different way. And so, that’s what’s happening but news of this spreads rapidly and another old prophet, like an actual prophet of God goes and finds this guy before he can get back across the border. And this is where it gets really important for us. Because the prophet that cursed the alter heard from God and was given specific leading, specific instructions, a specific thing, a mission that he was to accomplish and a way that he was to do it. Another prophet came to that prophet and essentially told him God told me to tell you that you don’t have to obey him any, like your missions accomplished you can come back to my house and eat and drink. And the prophet who was basically in the home stretch of his mission diverted from his mission because somebody told him “God told me to tell you, you don’t have to complete this in way that you were originally told.” That cost the prophet his life because in the end he had heard clearly and directly from God and he was clearly and directly being obedient to God’s commands until somebody came and falsely spoke on behalf of the Lord and this prophet believed it even though he had heard from God himself to the contrary. It is not uncommon, it is not uncommon for people to say I’m really sensing that the Lord is telling me to tell you X, Y and Z. That kind of stuff happens to me all the time but it is common enough and we often look for those kinds of signs or oracles or messages or words of knowledge. We look for them for direction and maybe clarity and maybe conformation and that’s not bad like that’s fine. But if God has already spoken and we are already in the middle of the mission maybe even on the home stretch and then somebody says God told me to tell you something contrary to what he’s already spoken to you. Let’s just, rather than me kind of me landing this, how about we just, if that happens and when that happens how about we remember this story in the Book of 1 Kings about this prophet who listened to that kind of counsel and let’s just remember how the story ended up because this story gives us that halfway and where it goes and I don’t think it goes where we want it to go. And so, at some point we have to start growing up enough to own our relationship with God and be responsible. Everything can’t be hearsay. Like you can’t be in your marriage through a third party only right like, maybe if you’re split up or whatever you’re communicating through a mediator of some sort but if you’re in marriage and there is this other person that just keeps coming and saying yeah this is what she wants and we’re never hearing it directly from her well, it’s gonna get sideways. It’s gonna get messed up and the stakes are so much different with the Lord, our creator. More than ever we need to hear his voice and obey it, more than ever we need to pay attention and not just listen to everybody who says God told me to tell you this.  

Prayer:

And so once again Father we come into Your presence asking for Your Holy Spirit to lead and guide our steps and that we would submit to your authority, that we would slow down and listen and not begin to move without clarity and not begin to search out clarity that is not from you. Come Holy Spirit. You said My sheep hear my voice, we are Your sheep. May we listen to Your voice and follow where You are leading. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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And that is it for today, I’m Brian, I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.  

Prayers and Encouragement:

Hi my name is Peggy. I am a first-time caller and a 3-year listener. First of all, Brian Hardin and family, God bless you. Thank you for this community that you’ve built. You are storing up and abundance of treasures in heaven you enrich my life every single morning when I listen to the Daily Audio Bible. Now for Carmen, I heard Carmen’s call a few days ago about her son had passed away. Carmen, I prayed and I cried and I prayed all day. And I’ll tell you that the Holy Spirit put something on my heart and directed me to call you. So Carmen your boy touched the hearts of people who would have never heard about Jesus in the place that he was in and perhaps, perhaps that is why he was there. Carmen your faith and the faith of your phone call it’s there it’s strong. I hope that this somehow helps you, I don’t know why it’s so strong on my heart but I know that I was to call and let you know that your boy made a difference. So, I pray for you I lift you and your family up and I pray that God comforts you and gets you through this very difficult time and know that your beautiful boy is with Jesus. I loved when you said “I am not gonna see him for a long time” because your faith showed right in that sentence. Thank you. God bless each and every one of you and Brian again thank you.

Hi, this is Sunshine again because I want to shine like the Son of God. I forgot to say where I was from, I’m based in Queens though I travel but locally for work and what have you. But I’m really grateful for this…for hearing Brian. Brian, thank you to you and your family, I mean truly may God just rain upon those blessings just because you’ve been faithful to this and what you sow you have to reap. I…I need connection, I’m someone who’s really in desperate need of connection. I’ve been very isolated because of COVID to some extent. But it’s also because I’ve really been ostracized by much of my family. And in a way it’s been a good thing that they can’t hurt me as much as they used to because they haven’t been family to me. I love them but I really need people I can be connected to and people I can trust. And I honestly don’t know where to turn to anymore. And I’m trying to find a church and I’m trying to find people I can trust and people I can build community with but I was having such the hardest of heart even to listen to Daily Audio Bible. It’s my own issues but I was listening just because I decided I didn’t want to get behind and listening to the word of God was softening my heart enough that I was gonna be…

Good morning this is To Be A Blessing in California. It’s been a while since I’ve connected but I’m still listening and praying for those requests that come through. This morning I heard Deja’s request and wanted to let her know that I’m praying for you as you walk on this journey that God would just strengthen you and give you comfort and peace for you as well as your siblings. I’m also praying for the mother who found out that her son had passed away who had been living on the streets. I’m so sorry for your loss and just praying that God would strengthen and comfort you and your family during this time. I’m asking for prayer personally for the revealing that happened over this time of isolation during the pandemic, living alone, missing family, having a lot of grief take place with the loss of people in my life. As well as just knowing that it was very challenging to be alone during this time. So, asking that you would pray for me and the healing as we come out of this time of isolation. Also asking that you would lift me up in prayer as I believe God is leading me to a new job. I’m not exactly sure what that is but I am applying to different places and asking that you would join me in prayer. Lastly, I’m asking for prayer for a companion. I’ve been single, divorced for a long time. And while I do have friends I just think it would be nice to have someone that I could connect with and just get to know. So, if you would pray with me on that, that would be awesome. God bless each and every one of you.

Hi family this is Dawn Rising from Michigan and I’m here with my son Ashton. Hi. And we just had a prayer for all school children. I just hope all school children have a fun and safe summer so that they can be safe and have fun. And blessings over all teachers that they can use this time to rejuvenate, grow in their faith and just have peace as this has been a really hard year. I myself am a teacher and I’m rejoicing in the time that I get to spend with my family, rest and relax and enjoy the beautiful weather. So blessings on all children and all teachers and school personnel. I love you family. Bye.

Hi friends this is Veronica calling in from Oklahoma. Today is Friday, June 11^th and I just wanted to call in and ask for prayer for my sanity. We have 3 children ages 7, 9 and 13. I work from home, it is summer and they are home with me all day while I work. And suffice it to say that things are rough. I’m trying to be the fun mom as much as I can be and I’m the screaming, yelling get out of my hair mom. I mean, I’m that kind of mom all the time, I feel like. But definitely right now with all three of them home all day. I can be fine, perfectly fine, having a great day and then I get attitude from my oldest and its snapping my fingers and I’m freaking out, crazy mom, psycho mom. So, I could just really use some prayers please this for patience and grace. Thanks family.

1 Kings 11:1-12:19, Acts 9:1-25, Psalms 131:1-3, Proverbs 17:4-5

Today is the 13^th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is a joy and a privilege and an honor and all kinds of things that are really humbling to be here with you today as we do what we do every day, which is put 1 foot in front of the other and take a step. And we just keep doing that and before you know it, we’ve read the whole Bible together as well as lived a whole year of life together. And, so, it’s a joy to be able to do that, really. It’s a privilege that we live at the time that we do where this is even a possibility. And, so, as we reach out together and swing open the threshold and step into this brand-new shiny week that’s before us, let’s do it with a grateful heart. So, this week we’ll read from the New Living Translation. We’re stepping back into the book of first Kings and I’ve been mentioning, you know, we’re…we’re in the reign of Solomon and I’ve been saying like we’re…we’re kind of coasting along here on the mountain top. This is the apex of ancient Israel’s experience that comes to fruition under Solomon’s reign. And then there's…you sort of like reach the peak and then you slowly start going down the other side. And we have reached the peak and we have been at the peak for a couple days and we’re gonna start going down the other side and watch things begin…well…to slide. First Kings chapter 11 verse 1 through 12 verse 19 today.

Prayer:

Thank you, Father for your word. Thank you for this new week, shiny and sparkly and waiting to greet us moment by moment. Each moment a gift from your hand, each breath a gift of life. And we’re transitioning the Scriptures. Now we have this breaking apart of the kingdom of ancient Israel into two different kingdoms and all that we will learn through that drama. And then Saul, you appear to Saul who is absolutely convinced that if he could wipe the name of Jesus from the face of the earth you would be pleased with him. And, so, his heart was indeed after you and you came for him, introduced yourself and it changed…well…the reverberations of that meeting echo and reverberates until this very day. So, we’re thankful for that and we look forward all that you have to teach us through Saul who will soon enough become Paul. And, so, come Holy Spirit, as we ask so…so regularly because it’s such a regular thing that we need, to lead us into all truth. Let us not lean on our own understanding. Lead us on the pathways that lead to life we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi family it’s Shannon from Texas and I’m calling again for prayer. I…I almost…if not for crying I could almost laugh at this attack that I’m having. I’m having migraines for weeks straight. I’m just…was going to trade in my car, was pre-approved and then mine broke down. It is like, I mean, it is like…there’s just not words to describe how it went down with mine breaking down and being towed and being fixed and then needing fix again and again and again and again and again and it just broke down again today…the whole…I’m not even going to claim what it is because I don’t want it to be that. It’s like…it affected the whole air conditioner and I’m in it right now with the baby and it’s hot. It’s almost like embarrassing. I just feel like I’m being attacked. And I know that I know that I know in my spirit it is because of my ministry because of what God is doing in my life. And, so, as much as I want to complain and hit the floor because of an attack that like just shows you how bad that…I’ve spent years with that I haven’t even talked to in years pretended he was reaching out to me to send my son money and I thought, “I don’t care. I’m a healed. I’m over it.” It’s like attacked me yesterday and it was just like bullets hitting my soul. I just…I don’t even have words add to describe how I feel right now but I’m just gonna to say, I’m just gonna count it all for glory and I’m not going to fall apart. I am just going to say this too shall pass, that the afflictions of the righteous are many but he delivers from us all and this is for a purpose and a greater plan. But please pray for me. Pray for my son who’s coming out of prison soon and that I just don’t fall apart because I can’t continue to have migraines like this.

Hey DAB fam this is Nate from North Carolina. I’ve been listening for probably 10 years off and on and first time calling. I wanted to call in response to the lady who in Canada who lost her son recently and also to the…the woman who called and mentioned that June is a hard month for her. Both of these messages really stuck out to me. I lost my brother Seth who was on the DAB Facebook page and the queer role quite a bit. He was struggling with mental illness. He actually ended his life in December of 2019, and it’s been a life altering event in both good and bad ways. The bad, obviously there’s lots of grief, there’s lots of healing, there are bad good days, there are lots of bad days. And those…those good days are happening more frequently than they were but there are lots of bad days. There are a lot of times where there’s confusion and disbelief at what has happened, just pain. But then there is also the good. My relationship with my sister has improved. Actually, really it has caused me to have value for those around me in a much deeper way, value for God in a deeper way. So, I just wanted to reach out to you all and say that it's…it’s gonna be hard for a long time but let this be a time of growth when you can see the opportunity arise. Also pray for my sister-in-law. She has exploded her life through bad decisions and I love her. I just want her restoration.

Good afternoon DAB family God bless you all. Carlo letos from Cali I’m praying for your coach in the name of Jesus. I am praying for healing in the name of Jesus. Rebecca from Michigan, you know, being bullied at work for most of your life. I am praying and the name of Jesus that no weapons formed against you will prosper in the name of Jesus. Matthew from Cali a first time caller I am believing, you know, that the Lord is going to point you to a home church and that you will be able to have the community that you are longing for that the God that we serve desires for you to have in the name of Jesus. Andrew, you know, first time 21 years old I just loved, you know, how you just stood up to what you want to do in the eyes of the Lord, you know, and you coming through and telling your girlfriend about the things that you have done and that you want to live for God, you know. And yes, all the dark things do come to light and I…I’m am so proud of you. God bless you in the name of Jesus and unbelieving and that mighty things are going to happen for you by God in the name of Jesus. Judy from Georgia. Yes, John 21, what’s that to me? Let’s follow Jesus. Amen. Emily from Minnesota. I am sorry for the loss of your son in the name of Jesus. I am praying for the comforter to be with you in the name of Jesus. Gwynne from Texas. You know, as you were, you know, calling in comforting Running Desperately to Jesus you too feel the loss of your son’s passing. I am sorry for your loss in the name of Jesus. I am believing that the Lord we serve is just going to comfort you in Jesus’ name. Matt from Washington you called in a couple weeks ago, you know, depression, suicidal thoughts, restoration of marriage. I am praying for you in the name of Jesus. And I am…you are not alone in Jesus’ name. We love you. Esther from Kissimmee.

This is Candace from Oregon giving my greetings to all of you and my love. I was out on my bike listening to both June 8^th and June 9^th podcasts and on the 8^th a dear sister called in and prayed for all of us who are hoping for and…and also longing for a life partner to be in a marriage relationship serving the Lord Jesus Christ together. And I’ve definitely felt that ache in my heart. I got to be married for 41 years but then I’ve had for years as a widow. And I’ve had this longing too, but you know about half the time I’m just soaking in the beauty and grace and goodness of that relationship as a single person that I can have uniquely as a single person with Jesus. And it’s really wonderful. But then the other half of the time I’m really aching also for a life partner. And both situations can be wonderful or terrible, but it depends on turning ourselves over to the Lord. So, on the 9^th Brian read from proverbs 16:33 a thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord. You can cast dies into your lap but the Lord…but it will be the Lord’s decision. And He’s got your back and He’s got your best interest in mind. So, look to Him and thank you so much sister for praying all of us who are in that situation.

1 Kings 9:1-10:29, Acts 8:14-40, Psalm 130:1-8, Proverbs 17:2-3

Today is the 12^th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I’m Brian, it is awesome to be here with you today as we, man we’re approaching the middle of another month, we’re not there, no, I know, we got a few days. I just notice that when we get into that week and I start looking at the calendar and I’m like wow, this is, this is how it goes. We’re only a couple weeks away from the middle of the year already. And I for myself couldn’t be happier to be on any journey with anybody than this one with you. Ånd so, let’s take that next step forward. We’re reading from the Common English Bible this week. 1 Kings chapters 9 and 10. And just by way of reminder we are, we are reading the life of King Solomon. And we have reached this place where this is ancient Israel’s finest hour, at least as told in the scriptures. And so, let’s enjoy the peace and prosperity that’s happening here, it took centuries to reach this point and it just last’s so briefly. So, 1 Kings chapters 9 and 10.

Prayer:

Thank You Father for Your word. All that we are learning in Kings Solomon’s reign and observing in ancient Israel and all that we are learning and observing about the early birth of the church after Your ascension we thank You for these things from 1 Kings and Acts. We thank You for what’s spoken of in the Proverbs today, that You are the tester of the heart. You test the heart in the same way a crucible is a tester for silver and a furnace is for gold. And so, purify us God. Make our hearts true before You that we might have eyes to see and ears to hear and that we can completely participate in what You are doing in this world. We can assume our place in Your story. Come Holy Spirit we pray. We ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayers and Encouragement:

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family this is Samuel. I’m calling from Nigeria and this is for Brian who is missing his mother on June 8^th ___. Thank God for her life and thank God for you that you’re able to carry on the good work of the Daily Audio Bible family even after she has passed on. And many of us know what it means to have lost a loved one so I pray that God’s strength be with you, God’s grace would be upon you, He would continue to strengthen you and your entire family and He would give you grace even when you continue with the good works that she started and do more. In Jesus name. Amen. And I would also like to pray for the caller who called in for a nephew who had a neuro-blastoma in the cerebellum. I know that region and God’s hands is really with you. And it really pains me so much that that young boy has to go through with all that but we pray in the name of Jesus that come June 16^th he would be found cancer free in the name of Jesus. God would strengthen him, God would strengthen his mother and his family. The good work that the Lord has started in him God would complete it in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus God would strengthen you too give the boy grace and he would become a testimony of God’s healing power and for his future in the name of Jesus I pray for every other Daily Audio Bible family member that God would be with you that are listening to that are not listening that God would be with them. God would carry your body, God would lift all of us, God would bless us. Thank you, Daily Audio Bible family, I’m glad to be a part of this family and this family is a blessing to me. God bless every one of you. Keep loving Jesus, keep walking in His ways and it will always come through for you. Amen.

Hey DABers it’s…calling in today to pray for so many of you. I listen almost every day and pray for so many of you, I’m on the east coast, my name is Charlie and I love this ministry, this podcast and all of you. I want to pray for Andrew who is a young man in college who realizes that he wants to follow God and commit his life to God and I just pray for Andrew that he will find a Christian group on campus, there’s so many where he can build new relationships and he can start studying the word of God and creating a community because the enemy loves to keep us in isolation. So Andrew, right now, in the name of Jesus I pray that He will bring you into a community of believers on campus, you and your girlfriend, so that you both can begin to build a foundation of faith and of studying the word of God and getting it on the inside of you so that you would become strong and realize that you are a child of the most high God and that you have the power and the authority to grow in faith and in love for the Lord God and for yourself and for other believers. I want to pray for Desperately Running to Jesus who is mourning the loss of her family members, so many people are mourning the loss of their children who’ve committed suicide, son’s who’ve died by motorcycle accidents and it’s…and family who’ve passed. Lord God, death is a natural part of life that’s so hard for us to accept sometimes. So, right now in the name of Jesus I pray for the healing balm of Gilead to flow out on every single person who is listening to this podcast and…and mourning the loss of a loved one. And God, I just pray that You would remind us that we are yoked to You and Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light. I thank You that You are all mighty God and I commit our way to You and our path to You in Jesus name. Amen.

This is a message for Angie who called on the 9^th of June. Talking about how you’ve got someone whose 28 and has found a new mum. And you’ve been an addict since he was 18 and you’ve been very close but he’s found this mother and she’s a Christian and you’re pleased about it but you’re clearly really upset understandably. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of the situation but you’ve must of called around about the day that we were listening to …Brian talked about Solomon asking for wisdom and then afterwards the two women come to him with their child both arguing that it’s their child and in the end the real mother is identified by the fact that she wants the best for the child and I just wanted to make sure that you realize that that’s you. Because you…you’ve accepted that he’s found this other woman even though it’s upsetting to you and in the end that’s how that woman got her child back by wanting the best for her son. So, I just wanted to make sure that you realized that that was you and that you’re doing the right thing by caring about your son more than yourself and to have faith because that’s how that woman got her son back. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you knew that. God Bless.

Hi there Daily Audio Bible, my name is Shinu, I’m from South Africa. I’m calling in this morning because I need some prayer. I’ve been struggling a lot recently. We’ve moved recently me and my family to a new place and because of this pandemic and because of things that have happened in the last year I’m feeling quite stuck. And there’s a lot of things that I’ve been dealing with that I’ve been trying to deal with on my own and with God. There’s a lot of healing that needs to happen and I just don’t think my parents quite understand or care for that matter. And it’s been really hard because they have all these expectations of me and I try so hard to meet those expectations but I’m struggling with anxiety and depression. Not the clinical depression but the depression of the body and the mind. And I feel like there’s so much healing that I need to do and they…they can’t see it or they don’t care or whatever but it’s really hard and difficult trying to feel like I’m not a burden. Trying to feel like I’m not useless. Trying to feel like I’m just this ghost, roaming around my house. I feel so estranged from the people that I love and I really need prayer. Thank you.

Hello Daily Audio Bible this is God’s Tree for I have many branches and I’m trying hard to be rooted in the word of God. I called a few weeks back about my son going through a difficult time trying to find a job and trying to get a reliable car and everything. Well, me and my husband decided to pray over him this weekend and cover him cause he’s a good kid just has bad luck. And, this morning I just got a call from him, he’s driving his father’s truck trying to go for…to take a test for a job and lost control of the truck and crashed it and it caught on fire and total loss of the truck. And even though his father was not angry he was glad that he’s safe in my heart I’m afraid that my husband is gonna hate my son cause he keeps taking us a through monetarily. And I’m just asking that you would pray for my family and my relationship with my son and my husband. He’s a step-son to my husband but he…that’s the only daddy he knows. But it’s starting to cost us a lot of money to get him straight even though he’s a good kid. So, I ask that you just pray for him, his name is Tyke and that God would turn around his situation and that the enemy would stop attacking him and his luck would improve and his life would be better. He’s 30 years old and he wants to be stable and have a good life and I know that there are other people who have worse things going on in their lives but I just need prayer for my situation. I thank you all. God Bless you.

1 Kings 8:1-66, Acts 7:51-8:13, Psalms 129:1-8, Proverbs 17:1

Today is the 11^th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s great to be here with you today as we press forward in our week toward the end of another one of our weeks together. I’m so grateful that we can share time. I’m so grateful that we’re…none of us are in this alone. And what a journey it is to travel through the Bible together. And, so, let’s dive in. We’re reading from the book of first Kings in our Old Testament reading. We’re reading from the Common English Bible this week. First Kings chapter 8.

Commentary:

Okay. So, it’s kind of a pivotal day here in Old and New Testaments. Important events that sort of shift and change things have occurred. So, in the book of first Kings it’s the temple. The temple is completed and dedicated and Solomon’s before his people and dedicating the temple and standing humbly before the Lord. And this is the pinnacle, and we don’t really get to stay at this pinnacle for very long before we start going down the other side of this story. And, so, this is a bit of an important day because, odd as it sounds, we’ve been working toward this day since we started the beginning of this year. And as I’ve mentioned before, especially since we met Abram who became Abraham. We’ve been following the story of that family and we will continue to follow the story of that family throughout the rest of the Bible because they become the children of Israel. And, so, now there is a temple in Jerusalem. There is a king of Israel. His name is Solomon and he is bringing them to their finest hour. And, so it’s like, let’s enjoy this moment because we’ll continue this story, it’s like we’ll continue the story of ancient Israel, certainly but we’ve been working like so long toward this promised land and toward the establishment of this people and this is where we are now. They are in for firm control of the promised land. The have a wise king who is standing before God in humility. His reputation for wisdom is known the world over. Peace is upon them, all around them on all sides. Prosperity is everywhere. People are sort of like living the dream at this point. But it just doesn’t last that long. So, let’s enjoy it.

When we turn into the book of Acts, we have reached the conclusion of Stevens testimony, which went on for a couple of days now where he recounted the story that we read from the beginning of the year. He was doing it at his own trial where he was accused. Basically, he needed to haul out his Hebrew credentials. And that’s what his testimony was, telling the story of his people of which he was one of them. But when he got to the last little bit of that story and connected Jesus to that story and then, you know, kind of indicted the religious leaders themselves in that story, like reverse accusation. They’re accusing him of one thing and then he’s kind of accusing back how that story came to its conclusion and they’re just livid right, grinding their teeth at him, rushing at him, dragging him out of the city. And we see the first person after Jesus’ death, the first person recorded in the Scriptures that died for their faith in Jesus Christ. This is the first person killed for their faith in Jesus. And I guess it’s fair to point out since it’s pointed out explicitly in the Scriptures that it's…it’s the religious leaders. It’s the religion, it’s the people who are over the people spiritually that have hauled Stephen and made these accusations and then condemned him and shrieked at him and drug him out of the city and a mob forms and then they stoned Stephen to death. It’s sort of the same story, same opposition that came against Jesus. It’s so ironic that it’s the religious leaders that are so against this move of God that simply can’t in any way fathom God doing a new thing that in any way He will replace any old thing in any possible scenario. And, so, they’re…they’re…they’re stoning Stephen and they’re very angry and they’re doing it in their rage, but they think they’re defending God. Like, it’s not like they just got murderous all of the sudden. It’s very possible that they got envious, but Stephen, he wasn’t that big of a deal. Like, there’s wasn’t a whole lot to envy there. There was definitely envy over Jesus. It’s…it’s…that’s explicit in the Scriptures too but in this scenario, they just want this to stop, and they want this news of a Messiah that suffered and has risen from the dead. They want this to go away. And the…the book of Acts goes into detail about Saul, Saul standing there holding the robe…the cloaks of those killing Stephen, approving of it, and then how he unleashed an assault on the church and was dragging people into prison and questioning them. And just his mission, he believed was on behalf and for God defending the name of God and His righteousness and His law. So, he begins to persecute the church. And that’s what we see happen after Stephen’s death. We’re just barely scratching the surface here in the book of Acts, but we see that when that happens, once Stephen was killed that caused people to…to break apart and to flee, to move into other regions, to move around, which only served to escalate the good news spread all around the region. So, Stephen dies and as a result the…the thing that they were trying to stamp out only moves more aggressively forward and more quickly. And this is how the church, and the church era is born - early believers under duress being pressured and marginalized by their fellow Hebrew people. Like, we don’t have a whole lot of news about Gentile…like we haven’t reached that part. We’re at the very beginning and this is a Hebrew centric thing, the faith in Jesus. It’s a Hebrew centric thing is it as it gets going. It becomes a Gentile centric thing over time once the Jews condemn following the Nazarene as a heresy, distancing themselves from…well…what becomes known as Christianity. And, so, that’s what we’re watching develop.

Prayer:

Father we thank You. As always, we thank You for these…these stories and these people that we get to know and how it all begins to fit together to tell a larger story. We are very, very grateful. And, so, even as we watch ancient Israel reach the mountaintop experience that they been working toward for so long, we thank You for that story. And we will continue to watch the story all the way through and find so many of the nuances of our own lives in it. We also thank You for the story that reveals the birth of the church and how our earliest brothers and sisters faced questions that were before them and the pressures and persecutions that were thrust upon them. Holy Spirit come. Help us to learn lessons that we need to know. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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And, as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragement you can hit the Hotline button in the app, which is the little red button up at the top or you can dial 877-942-4253.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Heavenly Father Lord I just want to lift up that the lady who just came on on the 6^th of June in regards to her son passing Lord. Father God I just pray that You would just continue to be her in her family’s strength. I pray Lord God that You watch over her heart Lord. Father God tend to her heart and to the whole family’s heart Lord. Father God, I also thank You that they were allowed, and You gave them the opportunity to spend the time they spent with their son and his heart wanting to go back to church and wanted to get close to You. So, Lord I just pray God Father that You would just lift them up, be with them, strengthen them. Help them oh God in this season of their grief. Oh God Father minister to their hearts God and know that their son have connected with You and now is with You. So Father God I just lift up her and her family. I lift up every day from…from henceforth that You would just continue to be with them. Show them that You love them. Give them what they need oh God. I lift him up in the mighty name of Jesus. Have Your way. Give them peace of God. Comfort them when they need Your comfort oh God Lord. And Father God, I pray You will send people around them who will also encourage them, lift them, Lord God, for a __, for a word, for song. Lord God I just pray oh God that their hope will continue to rest in You as they go through their daily days and their daily weeks. Father God in the mighty name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

Hi DAB family this is Ashley from California and I just wanted to reach out and encourage those out there who are still experiencing the COVID pandemic and just still wrestling with the season of a lack of joy and feeling like that. I wanted to share with you Psalm 27 verses 13 and 14. And it says, “yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.” And everybody, I have had…I’ve had…I’ve had a rollercoaster over a year, and I can’t imagine what other circumstances are going on in your life, but I just want to encourage you from what it says in the scripture. It says when things look topsy turvy and is hard to keep leaning into God to keep our eyes on Him and to pray and lean in and He will offer that peace that surpasses understanding. So, I just want to encourage you. Just keep waiting, just keep praying, just keep going to God and he will help, and it will get better. Take care everybody. This is Ashley from California. I love you all. I’m praying for you all and have a blessed day. Bye.

Hi, DABbers, this is Kira from Denver. I just wanted to lift up Carmen from Canada. And…ahhh…Father God I come to You in prayer to Your throne of grace to find mercy and grace to help in time of need. Please strengthen Carmen and her family as they grieve the loss of her son. Help them to be comforted and know that You are God. And we don’t understand why these things happen in the way that they do but show her Your face God. Let Your love shine upon Carmen. Amen.

Good evening DABbers this is Running Desperately to Jesus also known as Staying Desperately connected to Jesus. I’m coming…coming to you very humble thanking you all for your prayers for standing in the gap for me. I heard every prayer that was sent straight up to God. So, I know He heard them. I thank you for your words of encouragement and for your asking God to give me joy in the month of June. My joy comes from hearing my brothers and sisters that I can go to whenever I need to have someone pray me through and that’s exactly what you did and that’s exactly what you’re doing is praying me through. I thank you again from the bottom my heart. I love you all. I wish I could see you personally, but your voice right now is sufficient because it’s a voice from God and I thank you. I thank him for this season, this season of putting you in my life. This season has been going on now for three years and I look forward to the season continuing on. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you and I love every one of you. Thank you. Running Desperately to Jesus also Staying Desperately connected to Jesus.

Good morning DAB family it’s a beautiful morning in the UAE Abud Abi here I am. I am __ from South Africa Cape Town, a first-time caller but a longtime listener. Well man, thank you Brian for your way of breaking down the word to us and make it easy, make it simple in our busy days that we can just sit on our phones and hear the word of God. Man, I’m so moved by king Solomon’s. I always love reading his books because instead of asking of everything that other kings are searching and searching even today’s life but he asked for wisdom because without wisdom we are nothing in this world. So, Father God, we thank You for this beautiful word. We just want to pray over us Lord we just want to pray that prayer and ask for wisdom Lord, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Father You chose us to be Your sons and daughters. You chose us Lord to show this world Your love, to be an example of who You are. So, we pray for wisdom in the places where You have placed us. We believe Lord, You have placed us for a purpose, and we need Your wisdom every day. We need Your knowledge. We want to know deeper things of the heaven Lord. We don’t want to do things Lord according to our own understanding, but we search for that wisdom Lord Jesus Christ. We thank You for this beautiful family that we can come together Lord and pray and encourage each other and love each other. But we don’t want that to end only hear Lord, on these phones, on these mobile phones that we’re listening, but we want to do that Lord practically outside. We want to show that love to the world. We want to change the world Lord through Your love…