Month: March 2022

Numbers 11:24-13:33, Mark 14:22-52, Psalms 52:1-9, Proverbs 11:1-3

Today is the 9^th day of March I’m Brian it’s great to be here with you today as we gather around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward together, which leads us to where we left off yesterday, back into the book of Numbers. We are reading from the New Living Translation this week. And today Numbers chapter 11 verse 24 to 13 verse 33.

Commentary:

Okay, a couple of things for us to talk about today from our reading. In the book of Numbers, we now have seen spies appointed, one from each of the different tribes of the children of Israel, and they were sent into the promised land to spy it out. There’s a reason for this. It’s time to go in. Like the Lord has established a covenant. He has given laws and statutes, holidays, rituals, the way to worship and communicate with Him, the tabernacle in the center of the camp…like all of these things are ready and prepared and it’s time to go into the promised land. And, so, they’re moving toward that. And they’re in the wilderness of Zin, which is an actual place, and you can see the wilderness is that of Zin in the promised land, films, or in the promised land book. It is indeed a barren wilderness. I’ve been there several times and you can look out over the desert floor, imagining the smoke from the fires of what…like a moving city, of million people spread…spread across the desert valley. It’s interesting to imagine what that might have looked like. But the spies were sent into the land to find out what was going on and they did. There’s something really interesting embedded in here though because they follow a path, and they end up in the city of Hebron and they go to a place called the Valley of Eshchol. This is where they get the grapes from, and they carry them back on their shoulders. It’s just that we’ve been there already on our journey so far this year. We’ve already been there. Generations back when we were traveling along with Abraham his wife Sarah died and he needed a place to bury her. And, so, he bought a field from Ephron the Hittite and there was an associated cave that came along with this field, the cave of Machpelah in the valley of Eshchol. So, the spies ended up at the place where their patriarch Abraham, the one who originally received the promise of the land was buried with Isaac and Jacob and their wives. And then they carry grapes back and make their way back to the camp and give a report to the people who were eagerly waiting cause they’re ready to go. And the spies come back and Joshua and Caleb are on board that this is a beautiful land, there are people there, the Lord has delivered them into our hands, we can certainly do this, let’s go. But ten of the other spies said not so, that it’s not possible. We can’t take this land. There are giants in the land. We look like grasshoppers to them. They are too strong for us, which demoralizes the people. And will have to continue the journey tomorrow to find out what happens next. But there is enough here for it to be a supreme mirror in our lives because when we begin to sense a pull or a push from God in a direction and we begin to move in that direction and we begin to spy out the land, only to find out it’s gonna be hard, there are giants there, we look like grasshoppers there, they are walled cities there. It’s beautiful but we can’t do it, then we become demoralized as well. Oddly, the idea of this land of their own, this is the thing that is driving them forward and they are at the border, but they have decided that after all that they’ve gone through and actually all that God has sustained them through, including dismantling Egypt to set them free, that whatever is in this promised land is too big for them. And, so, there are plenty of things to think about there and apply to our own lives in our own journey.

And then we move into the gospel of Mark, and we are in the passion narrative again. And, so, it’s really important actually for us to pay…I mean this is the story of our salvation. This is the story of our Savior. And what we witnessed today was certainly the Last Supper and moving into the garden of Gethsemane for prayer and the disciples falling asleep and then the crowd, the mob coming to arrest Jesus, and we end our reading today with the fact that everyone abandoned Jesus. He was left alone with the mob. Everyone that was His friend abandoned Him and ran away. And this is kind of a thing. When the fire gets turned up, when it seems like it’s hot or there’s a risk involved then it’s so easy to just run away. But run away from God? And as ludicrous as it sounds to just say it we do it all the time. Sometimes in overt true denial sort of ways, but in other ways we just disappear into the wall work, we just run away. Kinda like Adam and Eve. They just ran away. They were naked and so they hid. When we do this in all kinds of ways we’re not the only ones. The idea of slinking back and withdrawing and running away and disappearing, these themes are all throughout the letters that we will read when we get to them in the Scriptures about staying true, about not fading or withdrawing, about not running away. And this also gives us plenty of opportunity for reflection upon our own lives. How have we run away? Where do we slink back and just become part of the wallpaper? Like how do we do the same things? It’s very easy for us to look at the disciples and watch them running away and thinking that…that’s pretty sad for Jesus and why are they doing this, but if we’re in the same situation who are we? Because even Peter was like, even if…even if I have to die with you, I’m not gonna deny you when will see that that wasn’t true. It’s important for us to examine our posture. It’s important for us to examine our hearts in this regard. This is what the gospel is leading us to do. This is what the Gospels do. They fundamentally want us to answer the question who we say Jesus is and whether or not we will be a disciple, whether or not we will follow. And, so, continually having the opportunity to check in with ourselves and invite the Holy Spirit to reveal things about ourselves that we may be hiding from ourselves or that we’re just ignoring is important because this is what it looks like to be vigilant and aware, not asleep, which is something that Jesus has been teaching us - to be awake, alert, aware, vigilant, paying attention or to say it more…more like Jesus did, to have eyes to see and ears to hear.

So, in Numbers we have the opportunity to think about the giants that are too big and why we can’t. And in Mark we have the opportunity to think about the ways that we run away.

Prayer:

Father, that’s plenty to think about. Those are deep things. They may seem like kind of trivial things to think about, but as soon as we start following that path it goes very, very deep, and we invite Your Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth. Ad we pray this in the mighty name of our Savior, Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning family this is Soaring on Eagles Wings from Canada. Treasured to treasure you are…have had so much sorrow and anguish in your life because of what the enemy has stolen and now you’re needing the blessings of God to replace those. There’s a woman who called in from Oregon she’s driving to California to visit her mom Kathy who has probably had a stroke and lost her vision and her words. This morning I want to speak the name of Jesus over you both. Jesus, name is power, Jesus’ name is healing, and Jesus’ name is life. So, for you Treasured to treasure, I am praying the Lord…Lords abundant blessing in your life. You’re always blessing others with your prayers and today I speak Jesus’ blessings over you. Kathy, I speak healing over you in the name of Jesus, that whatever’s happened to you will be resolved. You have vision and words and I pray for your daughter not knowing what she is going to meet when she gets there, and I pray the name of Jesus that brings peace in our hearts and our minds. So, in both you ladies I am lifting you up and remembering you to our heavenly Abba Father. He loves you so much and He wants to pour His blessings on you Treasures to treasure and heal your mom…

Hey Daily Audio Bible family it’s doctor, John from Jordan New York. I need you prayer warriors to saddle up and help one of my patients. Amanda is pregnant at 10 weeks and the man that she’s going to marry, she didn’t know had a drug problem and he has gone off the deep end and he’s gone on a bunch of binges and ran away from rehab where he was supposed to be going into. So, Amanda needs prayers for peace. She needs prayers for wisdom and how to deal with this. She needs prayers to not feel alone as…as she’s going through this pregnancy. And Joe needs prayers for release from this addiction and from the legal troubles that he will be facing. So, if…if you all could gather together and pray for Amanda and Joe, I would really appreciate it. Thank you, folks. And yes, I did ask for permission to call and…and have prayers, which she really appreciated. She was tearful in her appreciation for having other people pray for her. So, thank you family. You guy’s rock. You’re the best. And love you guys. Make it a great day. Doctor John from Jordan New York signing off.

Hi, my name is Bob Kelly my wife and I Barbara are serving as missionaries in Nicaragua, and we’ve been listeners of the Daily Audio Bible for I don’t know how many years, many many years and we just want to express our gratitude to Brian for this ministry and for his faithfulness to do this day after day. It…it enriches our lives tremendously and we use a lot of the truths that he comments on in our classes in the school that we teach in Nicaragua. So, I just want to say thanks to Brian and alante to the members of this community.

Good morning DAB friends. Hey, I’m just reaching out for some more prayer for my daughter. She’s just going through so much right now and her impulse control is just lacking. Lots of warning signs. You know, grades are dropping. Last two years she was bullied so badly and then now this year she just seems to…I don’t know if it’s in response to that, I don’t know if it’s an adoption issue because we adopted this sweet girl from the foster care system when she was a year and a half. I don’t feel like she’s adopted but I know that they have…I know that our adopted kiddos sometimes feel…you know, they have attachment things that come up, especially at this age. You know, she’s 12. But anyway, she’s just really really struggling. My husband though I think is struggling just as much as she is. He is having __ behavior and he can’t seem to separate himself from it and it has just become all-consuming, and he gets so very angry. And I just…I often feel caught in the middle. I was a peacekeeper growing up, you know. And, so, I’m trying not to step back into that mold __. I find it very difficult and I’m leaning on God and I’m just trying not to feel so out of wack and so unsettled. Anyway, I’m praying and praying and praying and praying and I’m like, well, let me get some help. Let me get some people on board that will help me pray. I love you guys. Always have, always will. Praying for you all the…

Hi DAB family this is Gigi from Gville and everything going is really good with me and the baby and Seth. I just finished the semester. So, that was totally a miracle. I…I remember saying in the beginning of this that if I make it through that…the spring semester it will be incredible testimony to God because I knew that there was no way I could do that. I’m actually calling in for prayer requests for my mom. I don’t know if you guys know this, but she hasn’t been able to walk well on her…I don’t know which leg it is actually but one of her foot…feet has plantar fasciitis and it's…it’s having a really hard time. It’s really hot right now and inflamed and it’s just not…she’s not really seeing improvement. And, so, we are just really asking for prayer and wisdom from God about this. Dear God thank You so much that You know exactly where mom is at with this foot and hot it’s been discouraging her and worrying her. I pray that You would give us Your peace. Thank You, Lord that You are with her right now and that You are ministering Your peace and Your comfort to her through the Holy Spirit. And I pray that what You would what we need to do to help her foot. If there’s something we don’t know, some treatment or some person that would be able to help her, pray that…that it would be aligned, and we would meet and we would understand what needs to happen. And we just pray supernatural healing over that foot that it would recover right now in the name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you, guys.

Hi, my name is __ from __ Nigeria I’m calling in for Sarah and John. I also get what you guys are going through a lot because I also struggle with masturbation and pornography and sometimes, I have issues with lying. But I just want you guys…I just want to encourage the three of us including myself that no matter what…so far we realize that what we’re doing is wrong and we’re able to repent of our sins He’s always willing to forgive us. And might fail today but I just want…there’s even a part in Psalms that says that even if they stumble they will not fall because…I think it’s Psalm 88 where even if they stumble they will not fall because His right hand is going to uphold them. I believe that God’s right hand is upholding us and strengthen us and guiding us. And there’s some days when it feels like sometimes, we’re so weak it’s been like a month that I couldn’t even read the Daily Audio Bible and that’s because it’s being a huge while. And sometimes things just block you off and does everything. But I just want to encourage you Sean, Sarah including myself that let’s just keep doing it, take it one day at a time, one step at a time and at the end of the race we’ll overcome it and we’ll be victors in it because we’re all victorious in Christ Jesus. And that’s just all I want to say and just to encourage you and to pray for everyone. I’m going to pray for you Sean and Sarah and if you could also pray for me just knowing that there’s someone else who’s going through the exact same thing, I’m going through…might not be the exact same problem is more than enough to be like encouraging and at the same time to know that people are praying for you. So, just keep praying for yourself. Keep praying for others. I’ll pray for you and at the end of the day the Holy Spirit will guide us through. Amen.

Numbers 10:1-11:23, Mark 14:1-21, Psalm 51:1-19, Proverbs 10:31-32

Today is the eighth day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it’s good to be here with you today. I trust that you are doing well. No matter how you are doing, here we are, around the Global Campfire and whatever is going on it can be set aside for a few minutes as we seek the Lord through the Scriptures and as we just kind of warm ourselves and rest together in our little oasis so that we can reenter the day, reenter life, maybe with some new perspective. And so, let’s dive in, we’ll pick up where we left off yesterday, which is what we do every single day. We’re moving our way through the book of Numbers today, chapter 10 verse 1 through 11 verse 23.

Commentary:

Okay so, a couple mileposts along the way that we passed by that we should pay attention to and look at briefly. First, from the book of Numbers and I quote Moses who is having a conversation, not with just anybody, a conversation with God and I quote “If this is how you intend to treat me just go ahead and kill me, do me a favor and spare me this misery” I’m pausing on purpose for it to sink in. Moses said that to God. Maybe we’ve said something similar to God. But why would Moses say this to God? Because he is overwhelmed with the burden that he is carrying for God, the burden of the people. God certainly does show up for Moses, get him some help and reaffirm that He’s going to give everybody meat to eat, even though they don’t have meat to eat. They’ve been sitting around talking about how they used to eat free meat. Which was not free, it was at the price of their very lives. They were slaves and they were being fed but they got cucumbers and melons and now they’re out in the desert free but they’re missing the melons and cucumbers. So, on the one hand Moses is trying to figure out how God is going to supply meat, not for just a day but for a whole month for 600,000 people. But he’s also getting weary from hearing their complaining and grumbling. And I’m telling you this is a mirror into our own life experience. First of all, the fact that this is in the Bible for us to read, at will, anytime we want, is on purpose and Moses being overwhelmed, we’re talking about Moses here. One of the greatest of the figures in the Bible, is overwhelmed while doing the work of the Lord. And God is not displeased with Moses having an honest conversation about it. That is one thing we should remember because life can be overwhelming and when it becomes that way, we can immediately think that we’re being punished or we’ve done something wrong when that’s just how it works sometimes. And so, God came to Moses’ rescue and gave him elders, help, help among the people. But Moses had already spoke on behalf of God, about meat and he’s concerned about it. And I quote Moses, “There are 600,000-foot soldiers here with me and yet you say I will give them meat for a whole month. Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds would that satisfy them, even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough.” Right, so we come to places where we are overwhelmed, leadership is too difficult, we are being crushed by the weight of what we’re called to do and we’re trying to be faithful in it and it is so hard that we are overwhelmed by it and we’re overwhelmed by the fact that we don’t have what we need even though we believe God has promised it to us, that is where Moses is standing today. This is what he’s experiencing and it should be familiar enough that we understand. God responds to Moses and may we let this sink in “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true.” And so, the next time maybe we’re feeling bold over or just completely overwhelmed by whatever, maybe we, maybe we come back to the book of Numbers, of all books of the Bible. The book of Numbers to find our encouragement in the story of Moses.

Then we get to the book of Mark, and we are experiencing the Last Supper again and the betrayal of Jesus is upon us again and there is this beautiful scene. A woman, she comes in to this supper and she’s got the alabaster jar, and this is famous enough story. She breaks open the jar and she pours perfume on Jesus head and then everybody’s indignant about it because what she just did basically blew a bunch of money that could have been used for other things. Why such frivolous behavior by this woman? This woman, she, there is nothing in the Scriptures to indicate she had an invitation to be there at all. And so, we have all this upheaval going on and we just have to imagine her for a second. Like, what is she thinking in this moment? She is with the master, she’s trying to do something to show gratitude, she’s not invited. She’s getting picked on. What does Jesus do? He says, leave her alone. It’s so beautiful. I love this story for lots of reasons, but it’s so beautiful to watch Jesus stand up for the pure in heart, even if their lives are filthy lives. But He works against those who are not pure in heart, but look like they are, the hypocrisy of hiding and faking, the echoes of what we read in Genesis 3, I was naked and so I hid. Just one more of many, many, many examples that reveal to us how backward we are living and how free we could be. People making criticisms against this woman, for her extravagance, aren’t really saying anything that wouldn’t be said in this day and age in a similar type of circumstance. Jesus sees it all, He sees what’s actually going on. It’s not about the perfume, it’s about her heart. This is the way she is pouring out her heart and gratitude to Jesus. She doesn’t have another way. This is what she has, her most valuable possession and she is pouring it out before Jesus because where else would you pour out some extravagant display of gratitude. It’s a beautiful story and Jesus says, wherever the gospel is told she’ll be remembered and she’s in the Bible and so she’s being remembered and we are talking about her today. And there are many things that we could think about in this story. But one of those things would be what are we withholding from Jesus. It’s just too expensive. This is too valuable to us and again we can think those thoughts about physical materials or money or something like that. But what are we withholding in our hearts from Jesus? And if we’ll consider that question as we move through our day and invite the Holy Spirit into that question as we move throughout our day, we may find ourselves much lighter by the day, by the time this day is over.

Prayer:

So, Jesus, we invite You into that. We are complicated people. We don’t even understand ourselves. We don’t understand the reasons that things trigger us or the motivations that we have all of the time, and we do desire to be fully given over to You. A full heart that we love You with all of our heart, mind and strength and that we love our neighbor as ourselves. That is the goal, that is the desire but we are too complicated even figure out ourselves. Yet we feel so often that we are a master at figuring You out. But maybe it is quite simple. We give all that we are to You and You give all that You are to us and it’s an unfair trade in our favor. So, Holy Spirit, come as we consider our hearts, even our possessions and our ambitions, what are we withholding from You. We need to know that because we need to you stop doing that. So, come Jesus into this we pray, in your mighty name we ask. Amen.

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Prayers and Encouragements will be posted later today.

Numbers 8:1-9:23, Mark 13:14-37, Psalms 50:1-23, Proverbs 10:29-30

Today is the 7^th day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we continue our journey, the journey that we’re on, the one that leads us through the Bible in a year and also leads us through a year of life together in community around the Global Campfire. So, welcome. Let’s dive in. We’re reading from the New Living Translation this week. And we’re working our way through the book of Numbers. Today chapters 8 and 9.

Commentary:

Okay. So, a few things for us to pay attention to from what we’ve read today. One from the book of numbers is basically just the marking of time. We were told that the children of Israel had reached their one-year anniversary from leaving slavery in Egypt. So, pretty much since we left Egypt with Moses it’s been a year that we’ve been traveling with the children of Israel, and at Mount Sinai and giving of the law and the setting up of the tabernacle how the camps would be established. All the stuff that we’ve been going through, that’s taken a year.

And then once we moved into the gospel of Mark, we encountered some territory that we have encountered before but it’s important for us to remember it because this is Jesus discussing the end of things and what that will look like, when it will happen, and how to approach it, which is definitely a popular topic of discussion among people of faith and has been for centuries and centuries. And there’s nothing really inherently wrong with that. There is a posture that Jesus gives and that is the posture of being alert and prepared. I just think it’s important for us to know that alert and prepared does not equal…like alert plus prepared does not equal speculation or conjecture, which is so often where the train kinda skips the track and move into mythology or really, really interesting ideas and stories and then eventually to dates. He’s coming on “this date” or we are in “these times”. We can certainly wonder about those things, and we certainly do wonder about those things but we must know, at least according to the Bible, we cannot reach a definitive conclusion. Jesus talks about how terrible certain time periods will be. He talks about how people will label other people Messiah. “There he is” or “he’s over here”, but that should be ignored, that should not be believe. There will be false messiahs, there will be false prophets, even those who can perform signs and wonders. And I’m quoting here, “so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.” So, these signs and wonders from false people give us an indication that this was going to happen, but they…they do not date anything they do not give us the clue about the specific time. As for the specific time, I quote Jesus. “No one knows the day or hour when these things will happen. Not even the angels in heaven, or the Son Himself. Only the Father knows. And since you don’t know when that time will come be on guard. Stay alert.” And that is pretty much the posture of our Savior on the future times of the end. Be alert, be on guard, right? Be prepared, be ready, be awake, be paying attention, which will invariably shape our lives id we’re living vigilantly and prepared like it can be today, I’m ready. It can be a year from now, I’ll be ready…like this is my life is to continually be awake and alert about what’s going on. That would be the proper posture. But trying to decide it’s going to be next week, we don’t know that. In the gospel Jesus says she doesn’t know that either. If that is true, then we should relax, which doesn’t mean we all of a sudden aren’t vigilant anymore or awake or aware, that means the anxiety that can be produced in trying to analyze things that Jesus is saying He doesn’t even know is probably not going to be fruitful. Is the Father going to tell you something He’s not gonna tell Jesus? Not likely. So, let’s at least have that. Remember that when we’re being bombarded by the news or any other source for information that is continually, continually trying to whip us into some sort of anxious fit about something.

And then lastly, let’s look at Proverbs. “The way of the Lord.” “The way the Lord.” Isn’t that what we are all seeking? Like, isn’t that what this entire faith journey is aimed toward? “The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it destroys the wicked.” So, the way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but the way of the Lord destroys the wicked.” So, the way of the Lord is not something to be trifled with. It is a very powerful thing, and integrity is important. And I suppose we all know that. Do we live in though or are we situational about our integrity? And can we so easily step over into wickedness. Well, the way of the Lord is unchanged we choose which side of the way of the Lord were going to walk and wisdom simply tells us where the roads go. Where do we want to end up, destroyed or protected by a stronghold? That decision is made by our integrity.

Prayer:

Father, we love You, we worship You, we adore You, we are grateful, we thank You. There are no words to describe You. There’s nothing that we could say in any of the languages that we know that would be adequate worship for You, and yet we give what we have, which is ourselves and our hearts and then You say that’s good. And, so, we worship You and love You and adore You. But this must be more than our words. We must walk the way of the Lord. So, come Holy Spirit and show us the ways that we are not walking with integrity. We must walk in a different direction, which is fundamentally what repentance is. And, so, we repent of those gray areas that we can find ourselves in, areas that would not have integrity and ask Your Holy Spirit to lead us on the narrow path that leads to life. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus. 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:

Hello, there it’s Sean here from London England UK. I just wanted to call in and pray for the lady who called in regarding someone called Patty who sort of lost the will to do anything and she’s remaining idle and she’s not really doing a lot and her friend was saying that she’s giving up, she’s not doing much. So, I’d just like to pray for Patty and just…just remind her that, Lord if you can remind her, you know, as it says in Isaiah 45:31, they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. Lord, open her eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions. Let her know that life is worth living. Lord, in whatever way you can we ask that you can touch her heart Lord in whatever way that she may feel that, in whatever form it comes to her Lord. Let her be reinvigorated. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Sean from London UK. God…

Hi, David the Blessed child of God and Preston for the Bay Area. I am lifting you up in prayer today and I just wanted to confirm it’s important what you identify yourself as, what you’re naming over yourself. So, don’t be ashamed of, you know, speaking out truth and life and, you know, don’t incorrectly label yourself. You know, you might be feeling one way like I think Preston you mentioned that you feel like a single dad, but you’re not a single dad you’re just going to be at home taking care of things on your own for some time but…but you're…you’re not a single dad. So, you know I…I don’t pray for that over you. I pray for unity in your…in your marriage and in your relationship and that you guys can’t support each other even when you’re not near each other. And, so, Lord I lift up Preston and I lift up David and I just I pray healing over them over their lives over their minds. I pray that she would just come and wash over them and that they would be able to reject the, You know, the fiery darts that are being shot at them and…and at their minds in that they would not accept those into them…into their beings, that they would be able to…to reject them and reflect You and invite You into their relationships with their children and their wives and I lift up all of the husbands out there and the men out there. I just pray blessings over them. I pray blessings over their minds and their thoughts and…and I just I just pray that You would bring them closer to You and their spouse…

This prayer is for brother Lazarus. I just listened to your plea and your prayer request and I’m here to encourage you, my brother. It’s never too late for new beginnings and the Lord sometimes takes us to the point where we become broken so that we can understand and more appreciate His power and His grace. So, this morning I’m going to ask that the Lord touch you Lazarus, touch you my brother, that the Lord lift you up, that the Lord give you grace, that the Lord grant you prosperity. May everything that your hands touch prosper. And don’t give up Lazarus. Depend on the Lord. Trust in Him. The Lord says trust in me in all things and lean not to your own understanding. Because sometimes we think we are finished but until God says it’s over it’s not over. Father God just touch my brother this morning Lord. Lift him up Father God. Encourage Him Lord God. Open his eyes Lord so that he may see the journey You have in front of him Father that you’ve placed him on. Father, God you know his needs, Lord. You know his issues. You know the mistakes he made. But Father God You said your sins I remember no more. So, Lord God I pray for brother Lazarus this morning and ask that You continue to guide him, Lord God, that You continue to place him on that path that You’ve laid out for him because You said Lord all things work out for the good of those who love the Lord and accord His purpose.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible this is Chip the Carpenter from Georgia, and this goes out to Lazarus. Lazarus buddy I've…I’ve heard you so many times on the morning prayer praying for people and I just want you to know you are a mighty man of God. You’re a man of steel when it comes to preaching the word and standing firm on what God has in plan for you. And sounds like you’re praying this morning was me speaking because Lord…Lazarus your 69 and on a new ram, a new day. And I’m 66 and I’m just about at the same place. And I just want you to know that God’s gonna keep you lifted up, He’s gonna keep me lifted up. You said you’ve done a lot of things stupid in your business and I have to say I mimic that too. And I can’t think of anybody I’d rather go through a firefight with than, somebody like you who’s been there and in that. And I just wanna speak blessings on your life. I know gods got you. He’s gonna give you the right direction and feel free to shoot me an email because I would love to talk to you more. You can reach me at chipshelton55@gmail.com. And I pray for so many that I never get on here and actually speak openly in prayers, but I pray every morning for so many on this Daily Audio Bible Global Campfire. Blessings to all of y'all.

Hey Lazarus, I just heard your call and I’m so sorry about your business being gone. I too have lost a couple of businesses to mismanagement and one because I didn’t pay the taxes that I needed to pay on time. My name is Mark by the way, Mark the truck driver and I’m in my late 60s and I’m going to be working for a while. And, so, I can really resonate with your…with your heartfelt request for prayer. So, I just wanna stop for a moment and pray for you. I’m not stopping the truck, but I am going to focus on…on this moment of lifting you up before the Lord. Lord, I bring my friend Lazarus to You as best I can in a moment of prayer. Give him a peace and a wisdom and actually a sense of joy in his circumstances knowing that he was never intended to be perfect and none of us are perfect and we all make mistakes. I pray that You would lift him up in his finances, lift him up in his future endeavors in whatever job he decides he needs to do to pay the bills and give him wisdom and guidance in that. Thank You for holding his hand and holding him up. And we all…we all agree together to lift up our brother and continue to pray for him as the days go by. Thank you, Lord for what you’re gonna do and we thank you in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Numbers 6:1-7:89, Mark 12:38-13:13, Psalm 49:1-20, Proverbs 10:27-28

Today is the sixth day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it’s great to be here with you as we greet a brand-new week out in front of us, a fresh start, a new week, some fresh perspective, day-by-day, step-by-step. And so, let’s dive in, we’ll read from the New Living Translation this week and of course, pick up right where we left off yesterday. Today Numbers chapters 6 and 7.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we thank You for this brand-new week that we are stepping into. We thank You that you will lead and guide our steps if we will humble ourselves before You and walk with You. This is what we resolve to do every day, step-by-step, day-by-day, in a straight line as You continue to sanctify, set us apart as holy, cleanse us, guide us, direct us and we need you more than ever, we need You more than ever. And so, we run to You, fall at Your feet and worship in humility, asking that Your Holy Spirit guide us, all of the moments of this week. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, this is New in Vision Growth calling from New York, calling in praying along with the DAB family. I know we all are for the things just going on in the world, specifically out to Ukraine and Russia. And you know, I’m just remembered and just want to encourage and bring to everyone else remembrance who may not remember this verse in Matthew 24 verse 6 through 8 and it says you know, and I’m paraphrasing that we will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but when we see these things, we as believers are not to be alarmed. We are to know that the end is to come like, these are birthing pains that we see so, with birthing pains we are to be like the midwives so to speak. And pray and intercede and that’s what I’m doing. I know that I’m not the only one doing it. I’m also praying for those who are trying to flee to safety. And unfortunately, due to just color barriers, it’s like a war within a war, they’re people being denied just because of the color of the skin, to flee to safety, which made me just think again about our own salvation and I’m just so happy that Jesus saves no matter what color you are, no matter what we did, what we’re doing, Jesus knows and he gave up His spirit and died for all of us. So, I just want to, just have everyone be encouraged not to be alarmed, not to be scared, not to be fearful, but know that God’s word cannot come back void. So, these things are to come but as believers we are to stand firm, to pray and to intercede for everyone and be grateful and thankful that we have gotten, if you have which I pray everyone has, the gift of salvation. Okay, be blessed everyone.

I’ve been thinking a lot about labor pains and the thought of having my first child came back to me. I remember vowing never to have another child because it was much too painful. But in God’s mercy, He allows us to forget that pain only until we’re in the same situation again and when I was having my second child as soon as I felt that first labor pain, I was terrified because I recognized it and I knew what I was in for. And the same thing with my third child. It wasn’t until my fourth child that I decided that I needed to embrace the pain, I needed to take control over it and to stop looking at it as an adversary but to look at it as a blessing and that new life will come forth from it. And so, I did and as a result my fourth and fifth deliveries were amazing, absolutely amazing. And so, I know that God can do the same thing in our marriages and I’m speaking of my marriage in particular, the pain of it. I just really am praising God for it because I know that it brings me closer to Him and I know that He’s going to bring forth new life. I don’t know when but I know He will. I am hopeful and I am so thankful for my Lord. This is Danny from Southern Oregon.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family. This is Karen from Washington State. This is my first-time calling in. I’ve been doing DAB for the last year or so but I served many years as a missionary in the nation of Ukraine and I just wanted to call in and ask that you would intercede for our brothers and sisters and the church there right now, is there undergoing so much. And there is so much fear among people but there’s also so much strength and faith in the church and I just pray for the protection of my friends there, my brothers and sisters in Christ that this would be a time that people would just be turning to God like never before. And as people are crying out like never before that God would hear their prayers. So, if you would just pray for protection for my friends, people still trying to get to safety and just pray that all bombing would cease and that this war would cease. Thank you, brothers and sisters, around the world. Just keep lifting up the body of believers in Ukraine and throughout the world and just pray for peace. Thank you.

Hi, this is Randy from Phoenix. And I’m calling to pray for Joel from the Bay Area. I can only imagine the challenges you may be having with your wife away and taking care of a one-year-old and dealing with financial insurance matters and all kinds of other stuff and not having that support and proximity with each other, with your wife. And pray that God would strengthen you and bring brothers alongside you that can help support you and be a blessing to you and your son. And also, others to support your wife and her time away. In Christ name. Amen.    

Numbers 6:1-7:89, Mark 12:38-13:13, Psalm 49:1-20, Proverbs 10:27-28

Today is the sixth day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it’s great to be here with you as we greet a brand-new week out in front of us, a fresh start, a new week, some fresh perspective, day-by-day, step-by-step. And so, let’s dive in, we’ll read from the New Living Translation this week and of course, pick up right where we left off yesterday. Today Numbers chapters 6 and 7.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we thank You for this brand-new week that we are stepping into. We thank You that you will lead and guide our steps if we will humble ourselves before You and walk with You. This is what we resolve to do every day, step-by-step, day-by-day, in a straight line as You continue to sanctify, set us apart as holy, cleanse us, guide us, direct us and we need you more than ever, we need You more than ever. And so, we run to You, fall at Your feet and worship in humility, asking that Your Holy Spirit guide us, all of the moments of this week. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, this is New in Vision Growth calling from New York, calling in praying along with the DAB family. I know we all are for the things just going on in the world, specifically out to Ukraine and Russia. And you know, I’m just remembered and just want to encourage and bring to everyone else remembrance who may not remember this verse in Matthew 24 verse 6 through 8 and it says you know, and I’m paraphrasing that we will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but when we see these things, we as believers are not to be alarmed. We are to know that the end is to come like, these are birthing pains that we see so, with birthing pains we are to be like the midwives so to speak. And pray and intercede and that’s what I’m doing. I know that I’m not the only one doing it. I’m also praying for those who are trying to flee to safety. And unfortunately, due to just color barriers, it’s like a war within a war, they’re people being denied just because of the color of the skin, to flee to safety, which made me just think again about our own salvation and I’m just so happy that Jesus saves no matter what color you are, no matter what we did, what we’re doing, Jesus knows and he gave up His spirit and died for all of us. So, I just want to, just have everyone be encouraged not to be alarmed, not to be scared, not to be fearful, but know that God’s word cannot come back void. So, these things are to come but as believers we are to stand firm, to pray and to intercede for everyone and be grateful and thankful that we have gotten, if you have which I pray everyone has, the gift of salvation. Okay, be blessed everyone.

I’ve been thinking a lot about labor pains and the thought of having my first child came back to me. I remember vowing never to have another child because it was much too painful. But in God’s mercy, He allows us to forget that pain only until we’re in the same situation again and when I was having my second child as soon as I felt that first labor pain, I was terrified because I recognized it and I knew what I was in for. And the same thing with my third child. It wasn’t until my fourth child that I decided that I needed to embrace the pain, I needed to take control over it and to stop looking at it as an adversary but to look at it as a blessing and that new life will come forth from it. And so, I did and as a result my fourth and fifth deliveries were amazing, absolutely amazing. And so, I know that God can do the same thing in our marriages and I’m speaking of my marriage in particular, the pain of it. I just really am praising God for it because I know that it brings me closer to Him and I know that He’s going to bring forth new life. I don’t know when but I know He will. I am hopeful and I am so thankful for my Lord. This is Danny from Southern Oregon.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family. This is Karen from Washington State. This is my first-time calling in. I’ve been doing DAB for the last year or so but I served many years as a missionary in the nation of Ukraine and I just wanted to call in and ask that you would intercede for our brothers and sisters and the church there right now, is there undergoing so much. And there is so much fear among people but there’s also so much strength and faith in the church and I just pray for the protection of my friends there, my brothers and sisters in Christ that this would be a time that people would just be turning to God like never before. And as people are crying out like never before that God would hear their prayers. So, if you would just pray for protection for my friends, people still trying to get to safety and just pray that all bombing would cease and that this war would cease. Thank you, brothers and sisters, around the world. Just keep lifting up the body of believers in Ukraine and throughout the world and just pray for peace. Thank you.

Hi, this is Randy from Phoenix. And I’m calling to pray for Joel from the Bay Area. I can only imagine the challenges you may be having with your wife away and taking care of a one-year-old and dealing with financial insurance matters and all kinds of other stuff and not having that support and proximity with each other, with your wife. And pray that God would strengthen you and bring brothers alongside you that can help support you and be a blessing to you and your son. And also, others to support your wife and her time away. In Christ name. Amen.    

Numbers 4:1-5:31, Mark 12:18-37, Psalms 48:1-14, Proverbs 10:26

Today is the 5^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is great to be here with you as we come around the Global Campfire together and just find our place, relax and take the next step forward together. And that next step forward will lead us back into the book of Numbers. The fourth book of the Bible. The fourth of five books of the Torah and certainly part of the giving of the law. So, we’ve been reading from the Evangelical Heritage Version this week, which is what we’ll do today. Numbers chapters 4 and five.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for another week. And as we bring to a close the first week or weekend in this brand-new third month of the year, we are grateful. Every time we think of time and look forward and look back, we become grateful. You have sustained us. You are Fathering us. You are maturing us. We’re growing up. And we ask Father as we continue this journey that we would continue to put away childish things, things that go nowhere, things that do not help. We want to be mature sons and daughters of the most-high. And even saying that sentence is beyond comprehension. But that’s what we’re invited into in the Scriptures and that's…that’s how we want to live and that’s what we believe to be true. It’s just beyond our comprehension. It's…it’s so big that it makes all the things that we busy ourselves with or entrench ourselves with. These little competitions everywhere with our fellow brothers and sisters, these are going nowhere. We already one. We are children of the most-high. And, so, plant this reality in our hearts as we continue forward, as we mature, as we grow up. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

OK. This is my third attempt at this. I keep going over the two-minute limit. Hello guys thank you so much for praying for me. I didn’t get my name before it was because I was trying to conceal my identity. I didn’t want people who might know me who are listening to have a problem. I was the one who called in anonymously about having kind of screwed up my own reputation feeling like I went to Bible school for nothing. And I wanted to thank the man and the woman who answered me back. I don’t remember your names, but I wrote them down in my journal. I thank you for your words of encouragement. Thank you for your challenge to me. And I took some initiative with some of the things you both said, and I joined CR, Celebrate Recovery in my church and I was able to enter it into that group of men and tell them the truth about who I am. Some of them had known me for a long time and didn’t know this part of me. And I confessed to them about how I’ve been struggling with this abusive tendency with my mouth, how it’s been affecting my whole life and how bitterness has consumed me. And those guys just spilled over and love and embraced me right away, revealed to me that this is the gospel, this is how it works. We don’t see you any different than we did before because Jesus saved all of us while we were still sinners. Christ died for us. And I know that, we all know that as Christians but it’s so easy to forget because our flesh wants us to. And, so, I just wanted to praise God for this new group of believers that are going to help me get through this crazy time in my life. And I encourage…I encourage all of you to find gospel speaking, truth speaking people to encourage you. Thank you.

Hi, DABbers I’m Sheridan from Brighton just calling up with an amazing praise report. Firstly, just to put in context, we’re kind of __ as __ Buddhist countries around the world. I just met a Buddhist here in Brighton who was praying recently and had a vision of Jesus. She now wants to become a Christian and wants to find out everything about Jesus. Praise the Lord. Amen.

Hello Global Campfire. First time calling in and just want to say happy sabbath. My heart’s heavy tonight because I keep thinking about Ukraine and what’s going on right now and the war that’s happening. And as I was praying about tonight, I was realizing like I don’t understand the scope of the prayer that I need to pray to…to…to be the hands and feet of Jesus in…in…in a place that’s so distant from me. So, I just ask that like our Global Campfire lift up Ukraine tonight. And maybe this is the harvest season, right? Maybe this is an opportunity for those people who are, you know, underground right now to be praying with their friends and family and lifting up those men and women that are out there that are fighting for their country. And…and, you know, we’ve got…we need to be praying for Russia too. You know, we’ve got a serious…serious event happening in the world and…and this is an opportunity for harvest to…to happen. So, let's…let’s pray. I just wanna lift up my prayers that that we as the body of Christ can totally understand with the scope of a prayer should be and…and that this terrible terrible war isn’t in vain and that God will use it to glorify Himself and His body and His church. So, thank you. Thank you for this community. And lift that up in Jesus’ name.

Hey family this is Melissa from Albertville AL. Bria, Jill, China, and Ezekiel thank you for all that you do for body…for the body of Christ. I just want to let a few people know I’m praying for them. BW in NC, thank you for thinking of me. And when you think of me, please pray for me. Val in Vegas I want you to know I’m praying for you sister. I understand what you’re going through. I’ve been battling upper respiratory issues and infections for months and I…I know. And the last time you call you said you want to do it and He said he would. I know what you’re talking about girl. I’m praying for you. Come on back to us. I love your energy. I love your spirit. Aaron from Vegas you said a prayer for the people whose faith has gotten weak. Beautiful prayer. Beautiful. It touched my heart. And my sister in the UK. I think her name was Julie, you have to move because your landlord is selling or something and you’re depressed, and your anxiety levels are high. Trust in God sweet sister. We’re praying for you. God is able. He will keep you. He will give you a place to live. My daughter battles depression and anxiety. I’m not touting medicine but sometimes you may have a chemical imbalance and it won’t hurt to check on that. It may…it may help you. I love you family. I’m listening. I don’t call all the time, but I am listening. Y'all have a blessed day. Bye-bye.