Month: October 2021

Jeramiah 37:1-38:28, 1 Timothy 6:1-21, Psalms 89:38-52, Proverbs 25:28

Today is the 21^st day of October welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian, and it is wonderful, wonderful to be here and a privilege to be here with you around the Global Campfire as we take our places and just…yeah…ease…ease back and take this time to relax and allow the word of God to wash over us and through us, leading us forward. And that forward will take us back into the book of Jeremiah. Today, Jeremiah, chapters 37 and 38.

Commentary:

Okay. So, as we continue the book of Jeremiah, we’re sort of reading the account of the ongoing and escalating deterioration of society within the walls of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem is surrounded and besieged and being starved to death. Jeremiah’s been saying, you know, there’s a way to live and the way to live is surrender but nobody believes him. In fact, that looks like certain death. Surrender looks like certain death. But things have just gotten so complicated within…within the city. It’s reached the point where the sovereign king of Judah in the capital holy city of Jerusalem doesn’t really have a whole heck of a lot of authority. So, even he is trying to have secret meetings with Jeremiah. And then of course Jeremiah gets questioned about all of these things. So…and…and we also saw Jeremiah thrown into a well. We can just see the whole thing is breaking down. And eventually, yeah, the Babylonians will break in and, yeah, it will be mayhem, and indeed the temple will be destroyed, the temple of God. Like gentile army people are going to go into the holy of holies and desecrate it and burn it down. So, just imagine that. I mean there are still cities in the world that have ancient walls around them, but we don’t really generally live in walled cities. We might live in gated communities, but we don’t live inside a city that is surrounded by a wall. Our cities have expanded and grown and it’s different now, but imagine you live in a walled city and the wall gets breached and the enemy pours in and just, by the thousands, killing everything in sight. Like they come in swinging swords. And imagine the chaos. Imagine the mayhem of just trying to find a place to hide and feeling hunted down and you’re starving. So, it’s not like you have a bunch of energy to fight back. You’re starving. But the wall has been breached. It’s come down. There is no defense. That sounds terrifying, right? And that’s what they’re facing. And we’ll follow the story all the way to its conclusion, but that’s what they’re facing. And we can imagine it, but the more that we imagine it and try to put ourselves in that position the more we’re like, “I am so glad that I’m reading about this instead of experiencing this.”

Now let’s bring it close and turn to what we read in the book of Proverbs today and I quote. “Like a city that is broken down and without walls, leaving it unprotected is a man who has no self-control over his spirit and sets himself up for trouble.” So, it sounds like chaos and mayhem and death and destruction as we’re reading Jeremiah. And then when we try to put ourselves in the position of what that experience would be like it’s overwhelming. And then we see that we can do this to ourselves, within ourselves when we have no self-control. And just like that, the Bible opens up to us. We have a picture from an ancient time, and we have a proverb that tells us we can cause the same kind of destruction inside ourselves. Like a city whose walls are broken down and it is defenseless, is the person with no self-control.

Prayer:

Father, that explains an awful lot. That would explain an awful lot about a lot of things because we all have lacked self-control at one point or another. Some of us can’t get the hang of it, and it keeps causing destruction and we need things to shift. We need Your Holy Spirit to come, and we need to submit to Your Holy Spirit’s guidance. And, so, that’s what we’re asking for is exactly that. Come Holy Spirit guide us. Reveal to us when we’re about to lose control of ourselves and give us a clear picture of a defenseless city. In fact, give us the picture of what we’re reading about in Jeremiah as Jerusalem is overrun and let us understand that we can do this to ourselves and have. It would be one thing if this were super esoteric, and we couldn’t understand the proverb, but we have done this. We know this is the truth. And, so, we want the principal to remain the truth. We just don’t want it to be true about us any longer, which means we will need self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit. Come Holy Spirit with the fruit of self-control and plant it in our lives. And we acknowledge we will have to collaborate. And, so, we submit ourselves to Your authority as You lead and guide us in this regard. And we ask 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.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi friends this is Veronica calling in from Oklahoma City. I need a lot of prayer for my brother Robert. He is 42 and has been a severe alcoholic for many, many, many years. But about a year ago he got sober, and he’s been sober for not quite a year. This November would have been a year, but he started on a new job and this new job is just extremely, extremely stressful. And anyway, he left on Thursday. He went to a little town a few hours away. He’s at a hotel drinking himself into oblivion. Nobody’s heard from him since yesterday morning. This is his normal MO. This is…I don’t know how many times he’s done this, 30 - 40 times. He’s been in rehab around 10 times, and it just doesn’t stick. He doesn’t follow through. He doesn’t go to AA or get any kind of counseling or therapy. And my prayers for him have changed a lot over the years and I’m at the point I just don’t know what to pray anymore. And I’m just scared. This is not what I want for him. He is not a believer. His name is Robert.

Hello this is Vy from the farm. I’m calling for Asia in Chicago. I'm…I was a day or two behind. I’m calling on October 17^th, but I heard your prayer, your request for prayer and I wanted you to know I am praying for you. And actually, recently, I think it’s about a week and a half ago, you came to my mind, and I thought I should pray for you. I hadn’t heard your prayer…heard your voice for a while. I don’t always catch the community prayer, but you came so to my mind, and I prayed for you and have a couple times since. And, so, I will continue to keep you in my prayers, that God will be with you and support you in the challenges that you are now facing. I…one of my favorite verses I hold in my heart; when you walk through the water I will be with you, and the rivers they will not overwhelm you. And Asia just know that I am praying for you. I send my love. Bye.

Hi audio…Daily Audio Bible family this is Aussie B from Australia. I was just listening to the praise and encouragement for this week, and I was just listening to the prayer from, I think it was Sweet Soul, the lady who is from the US but is working in Morocco currently. And she was asking for prayer because she has contracted an illness and she’s hoping that she will be able to go home at the end of the week. So, I just wanted to pray for her. So, loving Father I just ask for Your blessing over this woman and for Your healing over the illness that she has. You know the details of the illness and what it will take for her to be brought to full recovery so that she’s able to travel back home. Working in another country so far away from her family and friends has got to be difficult. And, so, being faced with the prospect of a possibly not being able to go home Lord just must add to the burdens that she’s already dealing with with being unwell. So, Lord I just ask for Your blessing over Sweet Soul and that You will heal her and bring her back to full health and that she will be able to safely travel and go home to be with her family and friends. And Lord, I thank You for Your might and Your power and Your love for each one of us and just how much You care and how…how in touch with every minute detail of our lives. And I pray these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hello, DABbers this is coolbrother2003@yahoo.com. This is my first time ever calling in. I’ve been listening to the Daily Audio Bible for over about 10 years and I just want to give a shout out to the Hardin family. This is a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful podcast and I enjoy listening to the chronicles, the Daily Audio Bible and my kids also enjoy the kid’s ministry as well with little E. And I just want to say to all the DABbers who are calling in, you are being prayed for and know that God is listening, and He will come through. You just have to hold on. Just hold on. He hasn’t forgotten about you no matter how hard it seems. I know there have been times we’ve all been down, and we just be patient and we wait on the Lord and His timing is so perfect. It is so perfect for us. And a lot of the prayer warriors, Victoria Soldier, Blind Tony, Tony the truck driver, there lot of guys of and listening to and I know that they’ve been very inspirational. So, this is my first time calling in and I just want to say don’t give up. You just hang on. Jesus will see you through. He will. He is faithful. Have a wonderful evening.

Hey DAB family it’s Lukas calling from Calgary. I’m the guy who’s got a couple of learning disabilities and I’ve been hired and fired for the past almost year. Oh shoot…it actually may have been a year. But anyways I’ve decided that I’m going to apprentice underneath a…a welding company, like become an apprentice, get hired and near the end of the month I’m going to go to __, go to school so, you know, be taken a bit more seriously by the company. So, prayer for that, that it all works out. I have a below grade 12 level diploma. I wasn’t really told what…what grade level I’m at so that makes things harder. I’m also moving in as roomies on this nice apartment with my friend Andrew. So come up prayer that things are going to work out for me because I just feel so stuck in life. Thank you very much family. Bye-bye. Love you all.

Hi there, I’m so glad that all of you are out there wherever you are. It is a comfort to know that I can come to a group and ask for prayer. This is peg and Texas. And tonight, there is a dad and a mom and a son who’s struggling, all separate, all separately, and separated. And I’m concerned as a grandmother. And I see it and I feel it and I know it but there’s not a lot that I can do except pray. And while I realize that prayer is the best thing I can do, it is a lonely thing right now and I…I need you. It's…it’s hard for emotion tempts me and…and brings on worry. And, so, I just confess that. And know it’s wrong but I’m grateful that you’re there. I’m grateful that you pray with me. I don’t actually know the full situation, but I do know that trauma has ended the young life of the teenage grandson and he has grown distant, and he’s grown angry and he has withdrawn and he…I know that he’s addicted to the telephone. And whether there’s another addiction I just don’t know, and I don’t know what he’s been faced with but I do know the enemy wants to steal and kill and destroy. And as the matriarch I refuse this. I refuse this in the name of Jesus. And I…I pray for a hedge of protection around him and…and all three of them really, the parents too…

Jeremiah 35:1-36:32, 1 Timothy 5:1-25, Psalm 89:14-37, Proverbs 25:25-27

Today is the 20th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian, it is wonderful to be here with you today. So, I guess we’re moving into the last 3rd of the tenth month of the year. And things are starting to feel like they’re speeding up. I swear, I feel like I just started October. But it seems like the last quarter of any year is the fast quarter of the year, things move so quickly.  But no matter what they feel like: fast, slow, speedy or crawling along; we’re steady right, we’re steady around the Global Campfire, day-by-day, step-by-step. And our next step will lead us back into the book of Jeremiah. I’d say we have about a week left until before we conclude the book of Jeremiah. And in the New Testament we’re reading the letter known as I Timothy, a couple days there. These are letters that are shorter than books like major prophets like Jeremiah.  A couple more days in I Timothy. And so, let’s dive in today, Jeremiah 35 and 36.

Commentary:

Okay, so in I Timothy today, we have a verse, well, we have several verses but we have a verse that is really interesting. No longer continue drinking only water but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. Now, that’s just a sentence in a letter but that’s kind of the point. It’s very unlikely, I guess it’s possible but very unlikely that if you attend church this Sunday, that this would be the opening text to the sermon, right. Don’t continue drinking only water but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. Like it would be, like hard, to attach that to a doctrine and what would be the points that were made to help a Christian walk and behave more Christ-like? However, it is a verse in the bible in the New Testament. And so, this is why we look at things and go why, what is the context here. The context is that this is a personal letter from a father in the faith, like the founder of all these churches, to a son in the faith that happens to be the pastor of one. And so, we do see personal advice in this letter to Timothy directly. And so, we can see Paul knows he has a stomach issue of some sort, frequently ill and gives him some fatherly advice about his health. But that’s not the only thing going on here, Paul is giving Timothy pastoral advice, things that he needs to focus in on, that aren’t personal, that are for the ways to conduct himself before the entire congregation. For example, Paul told Timothy every, I mean basically, everybody needs to be looked at like family. And so, when you’re dealing with an older man deal with him as a father or an older woman as a mother and the younger men and woman as brothers and sisters, that everything may be appropriate. That you might treat each other like family. Indeed, that is good pastoral advice. Paul also talked pretty long in our reading today about widows. And we can see this is a complicated issue in the early church and we can certainly apply that to the least of these in our communities. Paul told Timothy how the elders were supposed to be treated, how even that they’re supposed to be compensated, things that a pastor should know and understand. And then he says something that is very direct about his instructions. Paul tells Timothy “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels.” How’s that for an introduction into a sentence; I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of his chosen angels, so you’re like, after that, whatever comes after that is important and it is. I solemnly charge you I the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels that you guard and keep these rules without bias doing nothing out of favoritism. That is very necessary pastoral advice. And so, again, it’s important for us to know what we’re reading, we’re reading a pastoral epistle. A letter from a founding pastor to a son in the faith who is now, the current pastor. This is what you need to know, this is how you should conduct yourself. And we’ve already looked at the criteria for pastors and deacons, we’ve talked about already but here’s another opportunity and a pastoral epistle that if you’re out there and you’re in seminary or you’re feeling a call on God, from God on your life to move into pastoral ministry of some sort, this is pastoral advice coming across the generations from the beginning of the story of the church that still holds absolutely true today about the posture of heart that a spiritual leader has to have to do the work. And if that’s not you but you are apart of a faith family of some sort then, this is in the bible and it’s in the bible for a reason. It’s here so that we know, this is what things are supposed to look like, this is how are leaders should be conducting themselves. And there’s nothing here that’s so strange or so difficult that it’s insurmountable. For example, a pastor shouldn’t show favoritism. That doesn’t work, that leads to a lot of confusion and bitterness. And they should lead the faith community in that regard so that it is, it’s the culture of the community. Right or respecting the elderly understanding that there’s wisdom to be unlocked there and that they are spiritual mothers and fathers. Or looking at those that are of the same age or generation or whatever as brothers and sisters instead of anything else. And so, these are good things for us to contemplate and consider about our leadership or about our leaders. And so, this is important why this would end up in the scriptures. Pastoral letters to pastors gives us insight into the postures that are required for ministry.

Prayer:

And so, Father, once again we pray for our leaders. We pray that You would uphold them and give them wisdom, insight, clarity. Clarity of speech, clarity of heart and a profound love that is beyond understanding for those that You have placed in their care. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, this is Lynn from Louisiana. I’m calling this morning to say thank You God, thank you Brian and thank you to the anonymous caller, the last caller of today. I want to say thank You Lord for knowing Your children, knowing what we need when we need it. And I wanted to say thank you Brian for the beautiful commentary on Jeremiah 29:11 today. And to the last caller who was calling to be a source of encouragement, you were indeed that. A couple things that you said that really were a blessing to me. You said to surrender yourself to the will of God, the only way that you can save your life is by losing it. You said, now is the time to lean in, acknowledge you do not have the answers, that you cannot mark your steps but give it up to God and let Him help you. Let Him work for you, he wants to but he wants to be invited. You prayed that we would find courage or have courage to find joy in our suffering and lean into the Lord and allow Him to help you. Very timely words. Again, thank You God, thank you Brian and thank you caller. Bye.

Hi Daily Audio Bible family, this is Renzo in Florida, I just want to pray for a few of the DABers. Father God, please pray for Asia from Chicago Lord, lead her to find rest in your presence Lord God. Let her know that the Lord is her rock, He’s our shelter and our fortress God. Let her to know that God will provide. Let her to prosper, let her to be filled with your presence God, let her desire to be gone and let Your will be done, Lord God. And Jesus name I pray. Amen. And pray that Father God, I please pray for Laura in Georgia as her son is struggling with drug addiction. Lord, just complete take away that drug addiction in the name of Jesus God. Let him to get his life back together Lord. You know, You are all sovereign, You are all powerful God. Let her son to just be filled with the Lord’s presence God. Jesus name I pray. Amen. Father God, pray for Esther in Kissimmee God. Let her to just keep knowing and keep going and the endurance, let her to keep running the race of faith God. Let her to know that just you are always with her. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Father God, I just want to pray, God please just help Jenn in Phoenix, Arizona. I pray for, I pray for her friend Smitty’s son Michael. God, in the name of Jesus, please take this drug addiction away. Please help them to just be an encouragement to his family. Let him to keep being an encouragement to his family, being the man of the house Lord. Let him to just take responsibility and know what you called him to be God. Let him to not run from God but to seek him God. Let him to run back just like the prodigal son. And let him to know that God is always running towards him. It’s just up to him if he wants to come back. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. God bless you guys. Bye. Jesus loves you.

Sometimes I stop and reflect on the insanity of my past
And how far you brought me over a chasm so vast
And my soul cries out halleluiah for the diets they cast
And just like Martin Luther King Junior used to say
Thank God almighty, I’m free at last
But to whom much is given, much will be asked
So I know there’s a responsibility that comes with my past
Many who were first now find themselves last
So strengthen me father to be up to the task
I know I have a story that’s supposed to get told
About how many victories you’ve give me over so many dangers untold
How you shielded me at a young age and allow me now to get old
Strengthen me Father, make my speech bold
Cause all that I have is due only to Thee
The air that I now breath and everything around me that I see
Life in the future eternally with Thee
And life right now, life more abundantly
Thank you my Father for all that You do
For giving me this chance to live life anew
Please keep my thoughts faithful, humble and true
And may all of my thoughts be accepting unto You

blindtony1016@gmail.com I’d like to give a shout out to Rebecca from Michigan and Radiant Rachel and Big Hearted Ben and the situation with your father. Know that you are all thought about regularly and prayed for daily. And once again Brian and the Hardin Family, thank you for this wonderful podcast for God’s Holy Spirit to flow. Keep it flowing ya’ll. Alright, bye bye.

Hi I’m a double DABer and I need prayer. My son married his ___. And my daughter has moved in with a man who has turned her and our grandchildren against us so we don’t see them.  We love them so much and we just ask for prayer. For God to come into these situations and I don’t know, only God knows. But I really appreciate prayer. And I thank you. God bless.

Hello DAB family this is Michael in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. I don’t call in very often but I was very, very moved by a sister in the Lord who called and said her situation had been very tough ever since they moved and it was tough before they moved and she’s had a hard, pretty much a hard life her whole life. And my heart broke for you sweet sister. It broke, I mean I just prayed and I will continue to pray for you and I’m sure that many thousands of others that have heard you today will pray for you as well. And we’re asking you not to give up, not to give up on God. I know that right now, it doesn’t feel like he cares but he does. I know it’s easy for me to say. It may be hard for you to maybe understand right now but just don’t give up. Let us to continue to know how you are doing and we’ll continue to pray for you and things will have to improve. They can’t continue like this, forever. Love you.

Hello everyone. I’m having a really hard time making this recording. This is about my 7th time trying and it’s just really hard to talk about and find the right words but this is the lady who called in last week about moving across the country and really struggling in life. And, first of all, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who called in to pray for me. That really means a lot to me. I hit a pretty low point last week where I felt, well, I contemplated taking my life. And, I’ve been trying to avoid those types of thoughts for years and have been pretty successful at it until this season because I’m just so exasperated. And it, finally, you know, got to me and I contemplated it. And I reached out to my old church family, a few friends, a few close friends and let them know that this was how I was feeling last week. And I just felt like I got really impersonal responses people saying things like “I’ll pray for you” but then never following up. I haven’t heard from any of them since then. None have checked in on me to see if I’m still alive. None of them called me on the phone and it just made me feel very forgotten and uncared for and just like unloved. And it really did make me feel cared for when you guys called in and made the effort to pray for me on the app and you guys don’t even know me. So, I just want to say thank you for all of those that did do that for me and even for the ones praying on the sidelines, thank you. It’s nice to know that so many people care.

Jeremiah 31:27-32:44, 1 Timothy 3:1-16, Psalms 88:1-18, Proverbs 25:20-22

Today is the 19^th day of October welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is a pleasure and joy to be here with you today for the next step forward together around the Global Campfire that we share. And that the next step forward will lead us back into the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament and into the letter, the first letter…well…the letter to Timothy known as first Timothy in the New Testament. And, so, let’s dive in. Jeremiah chapter 33 and 34 today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You. We thank You for Your word. We often when…when…when we become grateful and we consider the gift and we start thinking of all the different facets and all of the different nuances of the Scriptures that have touched our lives just in the recent weeks, but throughout this year, we’re far enough into this year now that we’re beginning to see that things change when we commit ourselves to each day immersing ourselves and interacting with the Scriptures. And, so, it’s very evident that though we might not be able to explain it things are shifting. The motivations of our hearts are shifting. Our countenance is shifting. The things that drive us are changing. You are transforming us. This is called sanctification. It’s a process but we are in process and each day as we meditate upon the Scriptures takes us a little bit further, transforms us a little bit more. And, so, we open ourselves to You Holy Spirit to continue this transformation within us by Your power, the power of the Spirit of the living God, but also through the gift and the Council of the Bible. So, come Holy Spirit and continue to lead us into all truth. Lead us forward, deeper into Jesus we ask. Amen.

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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:

Hey this is Blessed to Serve, and I am calling on October 15^th after hearing a young lady who moved across the country with her family, her two children and her husband hoping and praying that that would be a…the answer as far as helping them to have a better life and…and she’s struggling with the fact that it’s not gotten easier. And I just want to say that, you know, I definitely am praying for you. And I can relate in that a lot of my life, I’m older, but a lot of my life I had that same feeling of…of, you know, “where are you God” at times.  And I just want to tell you to just please, please, please, please spend, you know, just more time in God’s word and just keep crying out to Him in the day, in the morning, and night and just ask Him. And we’re going to pray with you. I am, for him to reveal to you how wonderful He is, how solid He is, how strong He is and how He has never left your side. He’ll never leave us or forsake us and He loves you and we all love you too. We thank you so much for sharing that. I just could feel your hurt. Be blessed…

Father God thank you so much for the Daily Audio Bible, for Brian, Jill, and their family and everyone who allows God to use their talents to bring your word to the world basically at this point. This family is growing and getting deeper roots by the year. I’ve been listening for about 12 years and the girl that called in this morning prompted me to be a first-time caller. You did not leave your name, but you were talking about moving across the country to better your life. And I would just like to say God loves you sweetheart. He is never…you’re never alone. He is always by your side. So, if I could talk to my younger self who did not know God at the time and had a moment with her, I would say take His hand Anne let Him lead you. Just be calm and try to have some peace. And look from the outside looking in. Look at all you do. You can find some gift in there that is something to be grateful for every single day. And you can start nurturing that ability and you’ll be able to let God help you see the beauty in your life and not only the pain. And I’m so sorry that you’re having to go through whatever you’re going through. I would like to lift up Victoria Soldier from the loss of her brother. I lost my brother when I was 17 and I’m so sorry sweetheart. It’s a terrible thing to go through. Asia, I’m praying for a miracle for you. And thank you Cindy for calling in about your brother and we’ll continue to pray for him. And I never thought I’d actually call in but God bless you all.

Hello, Daily DABbers this is Esther from Georgia. This is my first time calling in and I just have to say I’m just loving this Daily Audio Bible. I’ve been doing it for a couple of months. My daughter told me about it and I just love it. My heart goes out to so many of you that are struggling and having issues in your lives. And sometimes you just feel like where is God. But I do want to lift up Laura from Georgia whose son is Christopher Nettles. The lady that moved across country, you never gave your name, to get a better life with your family and things didn’t turn out right. Denise whose daughter Candace is having a Job experience and Kathy in Kentucky who’s very lonely and needs to supplement her income. I just pray in the name of Jesus that God will lift up every one of your prayer requests and your heart’s desire for your children and for your families, that God is still on the throne, and never will He leave you, never will He forsake you. It may feel like it but he’s there and I pray God would give you the touch that you need. Kathy, I pray God will send you someone that will be a friend to you, that will help you through these days and that will guide you on the things you need to do to supplement your income. I pray all this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

Hi this is Tammy from the Adirondacks it’s October 15^th and I’m calling to give encouragement to the young woman who called in that moved her family across country and to Asia, I think you said your name was, from Chicago. You’re not alone. Both of you young girls, you’re not alone. God is with you. He will never leave you and He will never forsake you. And I know those moments. I know those moments too well when it feels like He’s not there. He is there and it’s the patience that we have to endure as Christians to…to get through these trials and…and these seasons that we go through. But lean into Him, press into Him, know you’re not alone. You have me and you have an entire DAB family community that are praying for you both all of the world. You are you’re never alone. God is always with you. He says in His word trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. So, I pray that you two will find comfort in His arms and know that I love you, that you are so loved, and that the days will get better. It’s hard but they will get better one day at a time. Love you both. Bye. God bless.

Hello, my DAB family this is Jamie in New Jersey standing on the word of God. Pray with me. Dear Father in heaven thank You for this day. We praise You for who You made us to be, where You have placed us, and the people You have surrounded us with. We pray that we learn to soak in Your steadfast love and mercies each day. Father today we remind ourselves that everyone who calls themselves a Christian is in essence a teacher of the faith because we represent You to the outside world. What we say and do is a testimony to our faith and beliefs to honor Your great love and passion for all mankind. Let us represent Jesus well to all our family and friends. Lord we want to be a testimony of Your ability to transform a life yet some of us failed to acknowledge where we were when You came to rescue us. We don’t want others to see our scars. There’s not a single one of us who doesn’t have some scars on our souls from the things we’ve been through in the past. It’s just life. But these are scars and not open wounds. These scars on our souls they are part of who we are. They attest to what we have been through, and these scars will speak of the healing You have given us. Father You love us scars and all. These scars are beautiful and Your site. These scars on our soul show that we belong to Jesus. Help us to not hide our past but rather use it as a testimony of Your love, compassion, grace and mercy. May we draw others into Your loving arms. Thank You for all that You will do for our lives today. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. Thank you, my brothers and sisters for praying along with me. I hold each of you in my hearts. May God bless you.

Hey family this is Mike from New York City. Rather odd happening tonight. I’m working as a medic on a film set and we were shooting in New Jersey and this one guy I had been talking to, you know, the past three weeks, cool guy, we were just chatting about jobs and…and different places we’ve traveled. And I was sharing with him one story about crashing on a bike and how God saved me from falling off a cliff. And he got really hostile, like really hostile like against God. So, he must have some kind of hurt there. And then I shared with him just some testimony and some stories and he got really hostile and pretty much said I’m an idiot and I can’t have science or medical aptness and have faith as well. And he just kind of insulted me but other than, you know, that he really does not believe in God and has something against him. So, I’m going to ask you to pray. His name is Mark. Yeah…and he…he does film he does processing and a lot of back end work. But he has a hurt against God. I don’t know where, I don’t know if he’ll talk to me anymore. But just pray that God softens his heart, and he can use me as His vessel. And that I don’t mess it up. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Jeremiah 31:27-32:44, I Timothy 3:1-16, Psalm 88:1-18, Proverbs 25:20-22

Today is the 18th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here with you today. As we move forward, take the next step through the Scriptures, which is an everyday activity around here, around the Global Campfire. We will be continuing our journey through the book of Jeremiah; today, Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 27 through 32 verse 44.

Commentary:

Okay, so in our reading in I Timothy today we encounter criteria that Paul was putting in place for those in church leadership and he discusses two different functions. The role of the overseer or what we would now call Pastor and the office of the diaconate or deacons and their representations throughout the different denominations in the Christian faith are varied. Certainly, especially with deacons. So, I mean, pretty much no matter what church you go to, even if you were to go to a nondenominational church, it’s pretty likely that this reference, as well as a couple of other references in the pastoral epistles, are used as criteria for determining whether or not a person has the correct gift mix to do the task because it’s not an easy task. Like a pastor has to watch over the spiritual well-being and health of the community that they’ve been put in charge of before God on behalf of the Lord Jesus. So, we’re in a culture now that you can look really cool and you can look really cool and you can be really cool and you can be a pastor but and that’s fine, but behind it all, if that pastor it isn’t in the position, simply to be seen than it is a very, very difficult job. It is the job of a shepherd and so I Timothy lays out some criteria is to be examined and so let’s examine those because maybe you feel a call, maybe you’re a seminary student, or maybe you feel a call toward ministry in some kind of capacity. This is how you would self-gauge, like this is how you would begin a discernment process within your own heart. Understanding what you’re going to need to be able to fulfill that role, but also just for those of us who are a part of a faith community, it’s good to know what the Bible expects of our spiritual leaders. And so, according to I Timothy chapter 3, a pastor must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He needs to have self-control and have wisdom and live in wisdom. Have a good reputation. He needs to be hospitable. He needs to be able to teach. He can’t be a violent or over the top with wine or drink. He needs to be gentle, not quarrelsome and not be over obsessed with money. He needs to be able to manage and lead his family well and have children who respect and are obedient because they respect him. And he mustn’t be a brand-new believer because he might become proud and that’s easy enough, and then the devil could cause him to fall. And people outside the church need to have respect and speak well so that he won’t be disgraced and fall into a trap. And so, a pastor’s ultimate job is to shepherd the people and care for their spiritual health or well-being. The deacons, the office of the diaconate was given and we saw that formed the book of Acts when there was a problem with food distribution. So, the deacons are to care for the needs of people’s lives, of their physical lives and to care for the community itself. So, a Deacon is to assist the overseer or the pastor in caring for the people. And there were some criteria given for that office and those criteria are: a Deacon must be well respected and have integrity, they can’t be heavy drinkers, they can’t be dishonest with money, they have to be committed to the mystery of the faith, and they must be able to live with clear consciences, their wives to be respected and can’t be gossips or slanderers, they, the deacon needs to exercise self-control and be faithful in what they do and what their assigned to do, the deacon has to be faithful to his wife, he has to manage his households and take care of his family. And so, if you’ve ever wondered, like how do, you know, how do people get into ministry. There are any number of pathways, but at some point, those seeking ordained ministry are highly likely to encounter these particular passages in the pastoral epistles and they are highly likely to be used, in part, at least as a template for assessing a person’s life and their calling. And so, let’s pray for our spiritual leaders.

Prayer:

And Jesus, it is no small task to be called in the direction of lowering one’s self down below and low in service to be a servant leader, a caretaker of Your people. A stand-in on Your behalf. The physical representation of Your ministry in this world. It is no small thing. It is a worthy thing. It is a necessary thing, but it is no small thing. And so, we pray for those in spiritual leadership. We pray for our pastors and our deacons throughout the earth. It is an extraordinarily rewarding thing, but an extraordinarily challenging thing to fulfill this call and so we pray Holy Spirit that You would blow throughout the earth a refreshing wind into the souls of those who have been navigating some of the strangest times certainly of our lifetime, but some of the strangest times and just trying to figure out how to lead and care for and find new ways of doing those things while facing some really, really significant challenges in the world. So, we ask Holy Spirit for Your help, that You would strengthen our pastors, that You would strengthen the deacons throughout the earth, that You would encourage them and that You would use us to be encouraging vessels that we might give words of encouragement as well. Give them strength, give them honor and nobility and stamina, help them to fight cynicism and fatigue, we ask in your precious name, for the sake of your body in this world. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Good morning this is Darren from College Station and I am calling in regards to a lady who didn’t leave her name, but it aired on today’s podcast, the 15th of September. It was the first prayer requests played. Basically, she said that she was, had moved across country and made a lot of sacrifices, things have gone from difficult to remaining difficult. She said she was losing faith. I just wanted to encourage you that we all go through this. I’ve gone through different seasons in my life where things have gone from difficult to worse and it seemed like there was no point to having faith but that’s just a lie from the enemy. You need to recognize it as a lie from the enemy and denounce that lie and hold onto the truth that we find in Scripture and that will give you the strength to make it through. God doesn’t promise that things will get easy, but He promises to give us the strength to make it through. So, the only thing we can do is hold onto the truths that have been given to us but if we accept the lies from the enemy, then, then our faith will be weakened and I know I have done that in the past and I’m sure I’ll do it again in the future, but hopefully I can remind you and remind myself to rely on the truths that are in Scripture and to rely on the truths that we get from the Holy Spirit. Love you sis, chow.

Good morning, this is my first-time calling in. I’m gonna stay anonymous. I’m just coming this morning for prayer. I’ve been struggling with depression for the past, I want to say maybe six months, and it’s been getting worse every day. I have a loving family; 6 beautiful children and a husband that love me but inside I feel so empty and so alone. I feel like no one is there for me knowing that my family is but, it’s just been really hard on me lately to stay focused on my, in my ministry and…and as being a mother as well and a wife, it’s just been really hard for me. And I just come to ask for prayer that God may intervene in my life and strengthen me when I feel weak and to give me that strength that I need when the enemy is coming against my mind and telling me things that are not true. I know that there’s a praying church and I’m just asking for prayer. That you may just lift me up. Thank you and God bless.

Good morning, everyone, it’s Val in Vegas. Oh my gosh I love you DAB family. Hey, it’s the 15th of the month, your reporter here in Vegas, checking in, just calling to say I love you guys. All is well; it’s almost 30 days since my procedure and I feel amazing. I’ve seen my surgeon three times since then. She says that I’m healing perfectly, and I just wanted to say thank you guys or everyone because I don’t know, just I don’t know crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, the devil. But I know the best thing always is to do is to share with your family so that they can pray for you and be specific right. Leave names guys, so that we can lift those people up. And so, let’s lift people up right now. Lord God, thank You for this amazing community. Lord, they are demolitions. O, I love everyone here at the DAB. God Lord, please bless Brian and Jill and China and little E Lord, O God Lord. Just give them the energy and strength that they need to continue to read the word to us and to share enlightenment with us Lord. O Gosh I love this community. Lord God, we pray right now for anyone that might be having any mental health issues. Lord, we know as the holidays come that people feel more burdened Lord and maybe more alone. And God, I gotta say, sometimes I feel like that myself. I pray for us that Your peace You bequeath to us Lord and that we have peace that passes all understanding and God most importantly just use us Lord. Use use to bring more people to the kingdom in your mighty name Jesus. Amen. You guys go out make a great weekend. I love you.

Hey, this is Mary calling from Virginia. And I wanted to call in and lift up a lady who called in asking for prayer. She moved across the country and she was just feeling defeated and discouraged. So Lord, I just pray for her this morning as she has just shared that she’s struggling, that her faith is struggling, that she’s struggling to see how Your working. Father, I pray that You would show her in a tangible way, how You’ve been holding her all along and that You’ve been walking with her through the struggles since she was a child. And God, I pray that You would renew the hope of her salvation. Lord, Your word says in Psalms 34:19 that many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers them from all. So, God, may you be her deliverer. May You show her just in fresh and new ways that You are faithful. That You have never left her, never will You forsake her. Encourage her today, Lord. I pray against the enemy that would try to lie and discourage and make her feel defeated. Father, I pray that she would know that she’s victorious in You and that she is an overcomer by the blood of the lamb and the word of her testimony. And Lord, that You brought her this far as a testimony to Your goodness. Remind her that You’re her Abba Father, I pray in Jesus name. Amen. Be encouraged today.

This is Kathy from Kentucky. I called in a prayer request a couple weeks ago for a new job because I need extra money cause I’m lonely, board and broke. Well, yesterday I got a new job working in a shopping center for alcoholic addicts and homeless people. And I am very happy and today I listened and somebody was praying for me. I can’t remember your name but thank you. And I just wanted to give that praise report. I’ll post it on the DAB friends Facebook page. Thank you for praying for me. I’m, that’s it, thank you.

Good morning, Daily Audio Bible friends and family. I’ve never left a message before; this is Christy from Arizona. But I was so moved by the girl who left a message just today it was released. Moving across the country and sacrificing so much to do so and just your heart sweet daughter, your precious heart. I too, understand everything that you said. It just completely resonated with me and I want you to know that I reached that point about a year ago. That I will never forget just sitting outside in the cold, shaking, crying saying God, I can’t, I don’t get it, I don’t understand. Where are you? Why did you even create me? Why on earth am I even here? This doesn’t make any sense. So, everything you said, everything you shared just moved my heart to tell you and encourage you. There is hope. He is light and He is with you. And you’re about to have a breakthrough. I promise. He’s coming for you. He’s coming for you. His Spirit desires your heart more than anything in the world. He knows you. He sees you. He loves you. And you will have breakthrough. Just look for Him. Listen to His voice. Stay in His word. Keep catching up with your Daily Audio Bible. Keep getting your face in the word so that your heart can be open to it and He will move. And I can tell you I’m in a completely different place today because of Him and you will be too. Love you.

Jeremiah 30:1-31:26, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Psalms 87:1-7, Proverbs 25:18-19

Today is the 17^th day of October welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is fantastic to be here with you today as we greet a brand-new week. And in this brand-new week we will do what we do and pick up the story from where we left off yesterday and continue forward. This week we’ll read from the Amplified Bible. Today, Jeremiah chapter 30, verse 1 through 31 verse 26.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for this brand-new beginning to a brand-new week, a shiny sparkly one, one that we’re walking into, one that will be made up of the decisions that we make. And we know this and we remind ourselves of this most every week because it reminds us that if we don’t slow down and walk with you than we’re gonna end up in a ditch somewhere. But we can slow down and walk with you and…and deal with everything that comes our way correctly. And, so, come Holy Spirit. That’s our desire. We want to finish this week better than how it is right now as we start it instead of making chaos and come here one week from now in the ditch. So, come Holy Spirit and help us in thought, word, and deed to acknowledge you in all things. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi this is Ben Scangialosi and I’ve been listening to Daily Audio Bible for…this…I’m on my second year. And I love this. I love this family. I love the whole thing. And…and as I get close to God and listen to His word, I’m amazed that…that we can call Him Father, the whole Creator of the universe, the Creator of everything, that we actually we can call Him Papa, Father. And it’s changed my life. It’s changed my life. I get close to Him. Get to Him every day and the Holy Spirit works to my life. And when I wake up every day I…I want to be a reflection of His love to other people and make people joyful. And just polish my mirror every single day and pray for strength and guidance and be sensitive to His will, not what I desire but his will. And I encourage, I pray, and I challenge this family too share this. Share this to anyone, anyone because that’s our job. That’s what He wants. He wants His family back home, His kids. And share it. Just…that’s what I…that’s what I do every day just try to share to somebody. Just say, listen put 20 minutes, 30 minutes aside in your day and just listen to this. It will change everything. It will change your life. It will change your soul. It will change the way you think, the way you live, the way you love God…

Hello Daily Audio Bible this is Matthew from the United Kingdom. I just feel I should pray for Victoria Soldier. I’ve been praying for her in the background, but I feel she should hear this. Victoria Soldier I am with your spirit and I’m praying for you and the God of comfort will grant you the comfort that you need at this time, that you are mourning and grieving at the death of your brother. Just to let you know that we care for you, and we are praying for you. I don’t call in regularly, but I feel I should call in just to let you know how much we love you Victoria Soldier. Thank you, Brian and family for this wonderful podcast. I have been so blessed and I can’t do without the Daily Audio Bible. And our brother John in Sudan. Just to let you know that we are praying for you. I want to give a shout Biola and Maryland. Where have you been? I hope all is well and we are also praying for you. May the Lord bless you all. May the Lord uphold you. May the Lord turn His countenance towards you all. Be blessed. This is Matthew from the UK. Bye for now. Matthew.

Good morning, everyone this is Ivy. It’s been a while since I’ve called in for prayer requests and just to let you know how things are going. It’s been still rough. But I just wanted first of all to give a big thank you to just John. Thank you for your encouraging words about finding God outdoors especially, but we know he’s everywhere. Ironically, I’m going to be going on a camping trip again this weekend alone and I appreciate your sharing how you found Him alone. And I just am so grateful for your encouraging words. Just to catch a glimpse is what caught my attention. My brother is an artist and he’s been still struggling with the loss of his son who committed suicide almost two years ago this November. He’s getting back into his painting, and I swear that the paintings he’s been doing lately might be just a glimpse of God for him. He shared with me that he’s wanting to get back into ministry and I’m just grateful that God is in the midst of all this trouble that he’s gone through, is bringing him back. So, I praise you Lord for what you’re doing in his life and in my life and I continue to ask for prayer for myself since I feel like I’m still grieving and probably will be for the loss of my husband. It’ll be two years this April. I love you guys. Bye.

Hi this is Karen from California. I’m calling to pray for the young lady who called in about moving from across the country and she just feels like things are just getting worse and she just wants to give up her faith. And I just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone. I’ve gone through the same struggles maybe not exactly the same things but the situation where I just wanted to give up my faith and I just didn’t know what to do and I was hopeless. And it came to the point where I just asked God, you know, I I don’t know what to do anymore. I can’t do this anymore. And I just completely gave everything to Him. And I said Lord I…I’m desperate…I’m desperate before You. Like, I need You to guide me. I need You to take control of my life because we can’t, we can’t do it. You know, we can’t take control of everything. Only God can. And just have…just continue having that small faith that you have. Just crown yourself in it. Take one step at a time and know that God loves you and He is there for you even though you can’t feel Him, even though you can’t understand what's…why things are happening. But He is there for you. Lord heavenly Father I ask You Lord that You take this young lady Father God, that You help her Father in her struggles Lord that You guide her Father God, that the Holy Spirit can put love peace and kindness in her life Father God and that he give her the strength that she needs. In the name of Jesus Christ, I ask You Father. Everyone else that’s struggling with the same situation Father, that You can lift them up Father…