Ezekiel 42:1-43:27, James 5:1-20, Psalms 119:1-16, Proverbs
28:6-7
Today is the 21st day of November welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it’s great to be here with you today. What an honor. Here we are again at the threshold of a brand-new sparkly week and it’s just bright and clean and we haven’t amassed anything up. We haven’t done anything good either. It’s in the future. It’s out in front of us. And here we are. Not to many more of these beginnings of a week left for us in this journey through this particular year, but this is a…a shiny new sparkly threshold for us to walk into and so let’s walk into it together. It’s pretty much not a secret that before this week’s out we will pretty much find ourselves officially in the holiday season, this being Thanksgiving week for us here in the United States. And things have been getting a little more hasty. That’s how the year works, but, yeah, when we get done with this week and prepare to move into next month, it it seems to be the most fast-paced busiest season and month of the year. And, so, let’s remind ourselves that finishing well…we didn’t start this to not finish, right? And if we’ve made it this far, we gotta…we gotta keep putting one foot in front of the other day by day, step-by-step, and that’s exactly what we will do. Our next step leads us back into the book of Ezekiel, we will read from the New English Translation this week. Ezekiel chapters 42 and 43.
Prayer:
Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for this threshold of a brand-new week. And You give it to us every week and You give us a fresh start. Your mercies are new every morning, every day. And, so, we pay attention to the fact that every time that we acknowledge that we have a new beginning we understand that You are making all things new all of the time, including remaking our hearts into Your own image. And, so, as we move into this shiny week, we invite Your Holy Spirit to do just that. May we be different at the end of this week then we are now in a good way because we paid attention, not only to what You are saying in Your word, but in how You were leading and directing us and how our motivations were shifting and how our attitudes were shifting and how our speech shifts as a result. We need Your help. We can’t do this without You. And yet You are offering and You have only ever come for us. And, so, we accept and humble ourselves before You, inviting You to lead us forward. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Community Prayer and Praise:
Hi this is Royal and the Holy Spirit’s been thumping my heart to share my testimony. So, here goes. I was born out of wedlock. My dad left my mom before I was one. I was molested by one of my grandpas when I was only six. I asked Jesus into my heart when I was eight. I was molested by my brother and stepbrother when I…from the time I was 10 to 13. When I was 16 my boyfriend was killed in a car accident. So, that’s when eternity became very real to me when I said goodbye to him in his open casket. So, I got plugged into youth group. When I was 19 my fiancé was killed in a car accident. He was a Bosnian refugee who survived a terrible war. So, I was mad at God in my grief over that for a long time. I started reading the left behind series and listening to Christian radio. I got married when I was 22 to a man I’d only known two months who claimed to be a Christian, but right away there was physical and emotional abuse. I felt trapped but despite the abuse I really wanted to be a mom, so I stayed in the heartache, but the hopes of motherhood never came to pass. My husband left our marriage after nine years and eventually disclosed he was with my best friend and broke up her family. My faith and fellowship were in pieces as I went through the divorce. Honestly, the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced though was losing my beloved aunt who was like a mother and a mentor to me. The day after Thanksgiving she got in an accident. So, I have battled so many seasons of deep depression and multiple close calls with suicide. So, fast forward to today. I found my biological dad. He’s buried in Las Vegas, and I was able to forgive him. I was able to forgive my ex-husband. I found healing in God’s word through worship. My faith is fed and lifted up by countless answered prayers. My cousin asked me to get ordained and I got the honor to be a minister. So, I just hope this encourages someone. Don’t give up on your faith.
So, I wept much because no one was found worthy to open and to read the scroll or to look at it. But one of the elders said to me do not weep, behold the lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David has prevailed to open the scroll and to lose its seven seals. Heavenly Father we come before You today Lord as this family and community all over this planet Lord and we thank You that You alone are worthy. We thank You Lord that You are…have provided salvation for us in our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. You have provided healing for us. By His stripes we are healed. And heavenly Father we just come before You Lord and we just stand on Your healing promises. We stand on Your word to be transformed into the image of Your son. And Father I just want to lift up Blind Angel before You this…this morning Lord. And we pray for Blind Angel Lord that You’ll send laborers to come along and to hold her hand to be here, to love her Lord, to share her Your word and to read Your scriptures to You. Father You said that You comfort us so that we can be a comfort, by the same comfort where would You comfort us when we were going through these sufferings and trials. And heavenly Father I pray that we won’t just be looking for comfort, but we will go forth and…and be that comfort to those around us. Father send laborers for the fields are ripe for the harvest for salvation, for healing, for love. And time is growing short Father. And we just pray Lord that You’ll help us to be what it is that we’re looking for in this world. And we pray Lord Jesus and I just want to pray and let all Your brothers and sisters know that…that sometimes it just is overwhelming hearing some of some of the desires that hurts that are going on in Your lives and…and I just pray…
Hi family this is Grateful to be a Mother. I had called last week two with a praise report because our son had asked if he could come home and try to get his life on track. And he has no ID. So, I could not quarter a bus ticket for him. So, I sent him some money and I guess that was the wrong thing to do but it was the only thing…only way I knew how to do it and he’s back on the streets. We are so disappointed. I don’t know what to do. I keep trying to give it to the Lord and taking it back and it’s like every minute there’s a struggle inside of me to…that goes to worry because I want my child to be…to be right. So, I ask your prayers and as I continue to pray for all of our children and all of our family he is on the streets in Gulfport Ms, and we’re in another state. Just…just please pray. Pray, pray. Thank you.
Good morning DABbers it’s your girl Val in Vegas. I’m late calling in. It’s the morning of the 18th. Hallelujah guys. Hey, I just wanted to let you guys know praise report. I got a promotion. Most of you guys knows I started my job April 6th 2021, right? Yeah…yeah…no 2020…2020. Oh, my goodness. And anywho a year and a half later I’ve been promoted. I start my new role January 21st 2022 and it’s a huge raise guys and I’m so grateful. You know, but there’s people that are struggling financially and don’t have jobs. So, let’s pray for them. Lord God right now I ask that You open up doors Lord, open up windows Lord open up ways heavenly Father, open up resources Father. Give us more than we need Lord Jesus. Lord God provide work for everyone on this call Lord but good work God. We know that we work for You Lord Jesus. So, God provide us with the work that we can do that is pleasing to You Lord Jesus. And God in that work, bless us Lord so that we can be a blessing. Lord open up so much Father that we can’t even hold it in our store houses Lord. I love You guys so much. And I just want everyone to have everything they need. Thank You, Father.
Good morning DAB this is Mike from Harrisburg PA. First and foremost, I just want to thank Brian and the whole Hardin family for their dedication over these past 15, 16, 17 years. I’ve lost track. But just the amazing platform that they’ve created for us all to just pray for anyone and everyone all around the world. That in itself is a miracle. And the ability to know that every single day you’re going to hear the word from Brian or Jill or little E and just the way that that’s going to impact everyone is just…it’s mind boggling. My son is 11 years old. He just was baptized a few weeks ago and during my last call both my parents had passed in January and with that that brought together my son’s mother and her fiancé as well as myself and my wife. And on that Sunday when he was baptized, he asked us all to be in the water with him. And I can’t express how beautiful it was to hear his story and to hear how he prayed for a miracle that my mom and my dad would be saved but instead he ended up bringing both families together. That’s a miracle.