And like I said, just all of the different experiences. Just all of the different ways to encounter an episode of the Daily Audio Bible. So, we went back to the drawing board and started looking at like, how do we, how do we get there from here. What can we bring with us when we go, what should we bring with us when we go, what have we learned and what should we rebuild, knowing what we know, and knowing that we can’t get there from here. And so, a lot of discussions happened back then and a lot of really strategic decisions were made back then. And we began a new development project back then for essentially Daily Audio Bible 2.0, baking into the new technology from the ground up, everything that we knew we wanted to do the Daily Audio Bible had always been on the edge of technology, but we were bolting things on as we went because it was just growing up around us. The community was just growing up around us and we were just adapting. But with this decision back at the end of COVID, it was strategic decision to look with vision into the future of what we are trying to make. And the desire is that the Daily Audio Bible is a point of connection to other brothers and sisters, centered around God’s word and the rhythm of God’s word, and what the Scriptures are saying we should be living like. And so that we can display that for one another and connect to one another as we take this journey. Because being alone is a killer. Isolation is a killer. Loneliness is a killer. Depression is killing us. Anxiety is destroying us. And with all of these tools of connection, we are being pushed further and further into isolation, because with all these tools of connection we see more and more and more just how vile humanity can be to each other. And the Scriptures are telling us there’s a better way. We could focus on how you are taking care of each other. That’s what we’ve been trying to model. And that’s what we’ve been trying to live. And that’s what we’ve been trying to do. And that’s what we’ve been pouring resources into developing technologies that can support this have been, and we have, we have bet the farm on this. We have invested so heavily over the last couple of years that we are finally reaching a point where I believe we have a foundation and a technology that is, that the Daily Audio Bible owns and controls and can set the course for, and can build onto, without having to, without having to rewire everything. We’re finally in a position, after all these years of growing up together, to be much more stably connected and buildout community using the Daily Audio Bible app. And so, I’m telling you that as we go into the new year, this technology is going to begin to come online. None of it is online, like for any public use right now but in the next few months, we will be getting to a place where we’ll start beta testing some things and rolling out this new technology in the year 2024. So, I’m telling you all of that now, to say that’s what, that that’s what’s been going on. There’s been a massive, massive, massive development project going on behind the scenes to actually host the Global Campfire, to be the Daily Audio Bible and it’s been a huge risk, a huge investment, a huge, a huge obedience in a specific direction with specific goals of creating connection around God’s word in our lives. So, that’s coming in the new year. And we’ve been working on it really, really hard.
Christmas is coming and normally we do a Christmas box each year full of resources from the Daily Audio Bible and the annual Christmas ornament that we pack in there. We’re not doing a Christmas box as it were this year. We’re doing something centered around what I’ve just told you. We’re, we’re centering our holiday this year around the Global Campfire and resourcing this development project as we move toward its conclusion. So, we don’t have a box this year, but we do have is all of the music of the Daily Audio Bible. All of the music that we’ve produced over these years. We’ve pressed each of these projects on vinyl to make them beautiful, to have beautiful packaging, to have something tangible to actually hold in our hands. And so, we’ve pressed up the Sleep album that came out last year, on vinyl. We’ve pressed the Heart album, and that had been previously on vinyl. But we completely repackaged it. New packaging, we pressed Heart on vinyl. We have Max’s Christmas Time album, that came out a couple years ago. We pressed that on vinyl for the first time. Our Family Christmas album has been pressed onto vinyl for the first time. And the music from the Promised Land films, the soundtrack that is part of the Global Bible Campfire soundtrack, called Promised Land has been pressed onto vinyl for the first time. So, we have five different projects that we’ve pressed up on vinyl. And that’s kind of gonna be our Christmas box this year. All of the resources that come in from the purchase of these resources, will go into this development project that we are trying to bring to the finish line. So, there are five different projects available. Any one of them that you purchase or any number of them that you purchase, we’ll put the Christmas ornament with our word “expand” this year on it. We’ll put that and send that and put that in the box and send that your way with each order. An ornament for each order. You can order one, you can order them all. There is a donation of, a minimum donation of $25 for each one of these that’s the price of vinyl albums these days. So, we wanted everybody to be able to participate. But you can give as much as you want. You can name your own price and contribute in any way that you can or any way that you want to. And we would like to send these to you as a gift of thanks for investing in the future of what we’ve been building together. I’m just sitting here now going wow, we are, we are at Thanksgiving and it’s going to be black Friday, and it’s all on. Like this, I get here and I feel like the years practically over because it just goes into warp speed until…until after Christmas. So, it feels like the last moments of the real year. And I’m sitting here going, wow, we are almost done with 18 years of this, seven days a week. And I have in my heart for 18 more. I hope that can happen. I want that to happen. And I want these next years to use technology in a way that is safe and brings connection to God, to God’s people in a way that is helpful to our lives, so that we know we’re not alone. We know we are in this together. And so, there’s the story. There’s where we’re going. That’s what’s been going on behind the scenes. A lot of massive work has been happening, especially this year, behind the scenes. And I’m telling you about it. We’re moving forward together and everything that we’re looking at is looking at ways to be connected together as brothers and sisters in Christ, centered around God’s word, each and every day. So, you can participate in that, you can find these resources in the Daily Audio Bible Shop. Look for them, you will find them and thank you, thank you, humbly. Thank you, humbly for your partnership at this time. We could really use your help now, as we’re moving forward into some really, really big steps forward. And we can all pray into this, as we move forward together into the new year and into moving into our new home together. And so, thank you for your prayers. Thank you for your partnership.
If you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can hit the Hotline button in the app or you dial 877-942-4253.
And that’s it for today, I’m Brian, I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.
Prayer and Encouragements:
Hello my DAB family. This is Jamie in New Jersey, Standing on the Word of God. I humbly ask you to please pray. Dear Father in Heaven, we come before You with gratitude for all that You are, for all that You have given us, for Your mercy and grace. For Your presence and Your faithfulness. You created us to reflect Your image, and in doing so, to bring You glory. Your word says that a _ Spirit is of great value to You. Lord Jesus, You have modeled gentleness and humility, while You lived here on earth. You have dealt gently with us in our sin and rebellion. Help us to learn from You and follow Your example. I know _ gentle and bright spirit, so that we are able to walk as we have walked. Right those areas of our lives that are not pleasing in Your sight. Helping us to check our hearts, that we may not be hard towards others. So many people need a kind word, an act of compassion, a quite voice of reason, a softly spoken encouragement, a tender touch. Help us Father, to be peace makers. Help us to be mild mannered. Help us to be careful with our responses and interactions with others. Help us to be those who bring calm to storms raging in this world. We pray in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for praying along with me, my brothers and sisters. I love each and every one of you. Have a good night.
Hi family, Prisoner of Hope here. I want to give a shout out to His Little Warrior from Alabama. You said you talk about smiling in public and this game you play, and you give yourself points. I love that. I’m gonna adopt that game myself. I do smile at people a lot, but I could, I could smile more. So, thank you for that. Made By Thee for Me, you’re really struggling to listen to DAB. You feel the Lord has abandoned you and you just don’t feel Him at all. But you don’t want to give up. We don’t want you to give up, sweet sister. We’re gonna pray for you. Kathy from Kentucky, you get depressed in the winter. You said the time change really affects you. We’re praying for you and also your friend Larry, who is two months sober. That he will maintain that. Also praying for Sabina. You’re a mom and wife, you’re not sleeping well, you’re struggling, you’re having some depressed thoughts. And you said everyone has bigger problems but everyone’s problem, big or small are relevant to them. And we invite anybody to call in with their problems, big or small, because we want to lift you up. Refined by His Love in Arizona, you said you would like encouragement and His will to be done in the trial, in this trial of your life. So, we are praying for you. People on the Water, you and your girlfriend are overwhelmed. You just said you have a lot going on. So, we’re praying for you. And also, the people that you are caring for, that you are taking to church and out for ice cream. And so, lifting you up, sweet brother and your friends. Heavenly Father, we come to You. We are asking for Your blessings, that they will reach the deepest part of these people’s hearts and souls, each one of them that I have mentioned. Save them and strengthen them so that they may be able to go through all the troubles that come their way. All the fiery darts of the evil one. Become their ultimate support as they find themselves struggling and can no longer bear all the burdens of this life. Crush the plans of the enemy who wants to lead them into despair. Instead, sew Your seed of hope that they so desperately need. We ask this in the beautiful precious name of Jesus. Amen.
Hi, everyone. This is Angie from New Devin in the UK. And I’m calling in for Serene Ghost. But first of all, I wanted to just thank everybody for their prayers. I’m sorry it’s so long overdue, calling in and thanking you guys. I just felt so much love when you prayed over me about my adoption. I’m still stuck and in limbo. But the Lord is sustaining me. So, thank you for all your prayers. And for your love. And Serene Ghost, I just wanted to say to you, hang in there. Hang in there. I went through a similar thing, and I was the person like your wife. And I think that she’s looking for love in all the wrong places, like I was. I just wanted to say that yeah, hang in there. And just love her through it. I just think you’re amazing for just loving her. And for hanging in there. So, just keep on and pray for her. And thank you for calling in because you’ve done the right thing. You have thousands of people praying for you now. And I just pray Lord Jesus, that You will break through into this lady’s life. Lord, I just pray that You will break every chain that binds her Lord. That she is looking for love in that wrong place. Lord, I pray that she will find that in You. You break through and show her, like You showed me that You are the only love that she needs. In Jesus name. Lots of love. Bye.
Hello, fellow DABers. This is Kristen, aka Christ in Me. And I’m calling in concerning Junk to Treasure’s request for her granddaughter Genesis. And Genesis has been on my heart, ever since Junk to Treasure told us about the loss of her daughter-in-law, Genesis’ mother. This particularly hit me hard because I know how Genesis feels. When I was 14, I lost my beautiful mother to Leukemia. And I was going through a really, really hard time. I developed an eating disorder. And I was really struggling. But the Lord gave me a Scripture. I opened up my mothers Bible to, and I went to Lamentations 3:22-24. And I found one of the few positive Scriptures, well, uplifting Scriptures in Lamentation. And it is, the Lord’s unfailing love and mercies still continue. Fresh is the morning, as sure as the sun rise. The Lord is all I have and so I can put my hope. I would like to, just lift up Genesis and Junk to Treasure’s whole family, while they’re grieving the loss of their daughter-in-law, their mother, their wife, and the other family members that are grieving as well. And I just lift them up. I just pray for your comfort. I just pray that You will wrap Your arms around them. And give them peace that surpasses all understanding. In Jesus mighty name. Amen.