9/14/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 15:1-18:7, Galatians 1:1-24, Psalm 58:1-11, Proverbs 23:12

Today is the 14th day of September, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today around the Global Campfire, as we gather and take the next step forward together. And every next step forward together, picks up right where the previous step left off. And so, that leads us back into the book of Isaiah. We are reading from the New International Version this week and today, Isaiah chapters 15 through 18.

Introduction to the Book of Galatians:

Okay, so, yesterday in the New Testament, we concluded the book of second Corinthians, or Paul’s letter known as second Corinthians, which now leads us to new territory, although not all that new, another letter from the apostle Paul. This letter is known as Galatians. And Galatians is very respected, in terms of theology, because it lays out so much of our understanding of the Gospel and we’ll see why in a minute. But Galatia, this is a little different because when Paul’s writing to the Corinthians, he’s writing to the believers in the church in Corinth, the city. Well, Galatia isn’t a city or wasn’t a city, it was a province of the Roman Empire and that territory now is part of modern day Turkey. But in previous historical eras, the Galatians were known as Gauls or Kelts. So, Paul’s writing to the churches in Galatia, this region, and from the letter we know there are churches in Pocitia, Antioch, Aconium, Lystra and Derby. There may have been other ones, but these are named and so we can assume that Paul wrote to these these communities in these cities, in the province of Galatia. And one of the things that we might notice, might sound familiar, because some of the things that Paul’s dealing with in this letter to the Galatians, are the same kinds of things that he was dealing with in second Corinthians. People had come to these churches after Paul, and then taught what Paul thought was another gospel and more specifically, people were coming to the Galatian churches and telling them that they essentially needed to convert to Judaism and then follow Jesus from that worldview and that perspective. They needed to obey the holidays, the customs, the practices, including things like circumcision and obeying the Mosaic law. These are things that Paul stood against, so there’s a contrast here that is creating a conflict. For Paul, Jesus fulfilled the law, a new covenant had been begun between God’s people and God, and no one needed to convert to Judaism to get there, just go to God, because of the work of Christ in this world. This was a very difficult thing for a Hebrew person who had grown up in Judaism to get their mind around. It was a lot easier to believe in Jesus from a Hebrew perspective, but to think that a Gentile, a non-Jewish person, could just call upon the name of the Lord and be saved, without actually converting and living within the framework of the Hebrew context, God’s people, that was very, very revolutionary thought. Because the Hebrew people were a set apart people, a consecrated people and they kept to themselves and didn’t intermingle at all. And now, here’s somebody saying God has flipped this, He’s come in person and He’s made a bunch of things right again. We can go, anyone can call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. They don’t have to convert and be initiated and accepted into a group, a people group. It’s one of the very, very earliest controversies in the Christian faith and it’s documented in the book of Acts, when we see the first Council, the Jerusalem Council, where this issue is actually up for debate. And even though a decision was made, and even though the Council made this decision based upon what they were observing God doing, because the Holy Spirit was falling upon Gentile people. So they felt like, how can we make this decision, God is making this decision, even though that’s the conclusion that they reached, that’s not the conclusion that everybody had and not everybody was on board. And so, there were people out and about, visiting different Christian churches or churches that were disciples of Jesus, telling them that they needed to convert to Judaism and then follow Jesus from that perspective. Which makes one naturally wonder okay, did this letter to the Galatians then happen before or after the Jerusalem Council, that’s a matter of debate. If Paul wrote this letter before the Jerusalem Council then people from the Jerusalem church were visiting churches that Paul had planted and were simply attempting to get those churches to align with the teachings of the Jerusalem church, before they had wrestled with the issue and actually needed to make a decision. Which would’ve made Paul irritable, to say the least. If Paul wrote the letter to the Galatians after the Jerusalem Council, then he’s reiterating, with as much force as he can put his pen to paper on, that the Jewish believers did not need to convert to Judaism in order to be saved. Basically it’s…it’s like one more step. So, to get to God you go through Jesus, but to get to Jesus you convert to Judaism. Or to get to God you go through Jesus, you call upon the name of the Lord and you are saved, you don’t have to convert to anything. This is a big deal to Paul because Judaism is an exclusive religion for Jews, believing in Jesus is for everyone in the world. And these decisions that were made were monumental decisions and choices, and we’ve talked about this some when we were going through the book of Acts. At one point, those who believed in Jesus, who were also Jews which is all of the early believers, they had the cover of Judaism, which had an exclusion in the Roman Empire so that they could have sort of freedom of worship. Once this Jerusalem Council happens, a distinction is made and those following Jesus no longer had the cover of Judaism and so, they were hated by the Jews and marginalized and persecuted by the Romans. So, the choice was a weighty choice because it had an enormous amount of impact on people’s lives who believed in Jesus. And that is what Paul is addressing so much, in the letter to the Galatians. And so, with that, we begin, Galatians chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, and we thank You for the Proverbs, we thank You for what we just read because that is exactly what we are attempting to do here every day to apply our heart to instruction and our ears to words of knowledge and we can’t achieve that without You, without the leadership of Your Holy Spirit in our lives. And so, Holy Spirit, show us how to apply our hearts to instruction, how to open our ears to words of knowledge. And even as we move into new territory in the New Testament, into the letter to the Galatians, Holy Spirit, lead us as we move through this letter into deeper understanding of the ways of our faith and intimacy with You. We pray this in the name of our Savior Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

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If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if what we do by showing up every day together and getting cozy around the Global Campfire and taking the next step forward together, if that is life-giving to you and thank you, humbly and profoundly for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996 Springhill, Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can hit the Hotline button in the app or you can dial 877-942-4253.

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

Prayer and Encouragements will be posted later.

9/14/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 15:1-18:7, Galatians 1:1-24, Psalm 58:1-11, Proverbs 23:12

Today is the 14th day of September, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today around the Global Campfire, as we gather and take the next step forward together. And every next step forward together, picks up right where the previous step left off. And so, that leads us back into the book of Isaiah. We are reading from the New International Version this week and today, Isaiah chapters 15 through 18.

Introduction to the Book of Galatians:

Okay, so, yesterday in the New Testament, we concluded the book of second Corinthians, or Paul’s letter known as second Corinthians, which now leads us to new territory, although not all that new, another letter from the apostle Paul. This letter is known as Galatians. And Galatians is very respected, in terms of theology, because it lays out so much of our understanding of the Gospel and we’ll see why in a minute. But Galatia, this is a little different because when Paul’s writing to the Corinthians, he’s writing to the believers in the church in Corinth, the city. Well, Galatia isn’t a city or wasn’t a city, it was a province of the Roman Empire and that territory now is part of modern day Turkey. But in previous historical eras, the Galatians were known as Gauls or Kelts. So, Paul’s writing to the churches in Galatia, this region, and from the letter we know there are churches in Pocitia, Antioch, Aconium, Lystra and Derby. There may have been other ones, but these are named and so we can assume that Paul wrote to these these communities in these cities, in the province of Galatia. And one of the things that we might notice, might sound familiar, because some of the things that Paul’s dealing with in this letter to the Galatians, are the same kinds of things that he was dealing with in second Corinthians. People had come to these churches after Paul, and then taught what Paul thought was another gospel and more specifically, people were coming to the Galatian churches and telling them that they essentially needed to convert to Judaism and then follow Jesus from that worldview and that perspective. They needed to obey the holidays, the customs, the practices, including things like circumcision and obeying the Mosaic law. These are things that Paul stood against, so there’s a contrast here that is creating a conflict. For Paul, Jesus fulfilled the law, a new covenant had been begun between God’s people and God, and no one needed to convert to Judaism to get there, just go to God, because of the work of Christ in this world. This was a very difficult thing for a Hebrew person who had grown up in Judaism to get their mind around. It was a lot easier to believe in Jesus from a Hebrew perspective, but to think that a Gentile, a non-Jewish person, could just call upon the name of the Lord and be saved, without actually converting and living within the framework of the Hebrew context, God’s people, that was very, very revolutionary thought. Because the Hebrew people were a set apart people, a consecrated people and they kept to themselves and didn’t intermingle at all. And now, here’s somebody saying God has flipped this, He’s come in person and He’s made a bunch of things right again. We can go, anyone can call upon the name of the Lord and be saved. They don’t have to convert and be initiated and accepted into a group, a people group. It’s one of the very, very earliest controversies in the Christian faith and it’s documented in the book of Acts, when we see the first Council, the Jerusalem Council, where this issue is actually up for debate. And even though a decision was made, and even though the Council made this decision based upon what they were observing God doing, because the Holy Spirit was falling upon Gentile people. So they felt like, how can we make this decision, God is making this decision, even though that’s the conclusion that they reached, that’s not the conclusion that everybody had and not everybody was on board. And so, there were people out and about, visiting different Christian churches or churches that were disciples of Jesus, telling them that they needed to convert to Judaism and then follow Jesus from that perspective. Which makes one naturally wonder okay, did this letter to the Galatians then happen before or after the Jerusalem Council, that’s a matter of debate. If Paul wrote this letter before the Jerusalem Council then people from the Jerusalem church were visiting churches that Paul had planted and were simply attempting to get those churches to align with the teachings of the Jerusalem church, before they had wrestled with the issue and actually needed to make a decision. Which would’ve made Paul irritable, to say the least. If Paul wrote the letter to the Galatians after the Jerusalem Council, then he’s reiterating, with as much force as he can put his pen to paper on, that the Jewish believers did not need to convert to Judaism in order to be saved. Basically it’s…it’s like one more step. So, to get to God you go through Jesus, but to get to Jesus you convert to Judaism. Or to get to God you go through Jesus, you call upon the name of the Lord and you are saved, you don’t have to convert to anything. This is a big deal to Paul because Judaism is an exclusive religion for Jews, believing in Jesus is for everyone in the world. And these decisions that were made were monumental decisions and choices, and we’ve talked about this some when we were going through the book of Acts. At one point, those who believed in Jesus, who were also Jews which is all of the early believers, they had the cover of Judaism, which had an exclusion in the Roman Empire so that they could have sort of freedom of worship. Once this Jerusalem Council happens, a distinction is made and those following Jesus no longer had the cover of Judaism and so, they were hated by the Jews and marginalized and persecuted by the Romans. So, the choice was a weighty choice because it had an enormous amount of impact on people’s lives who believed in Jesus. And that is what Paul is addressing so much, in the letter to the Galatians. And so, with that, we begin, Galatians chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, and we thank You for the Proverbs, we thank You for what we just read because that is exactly what we are attempting to do here every day to apply our heart to instruction and our ears to words of knowledge and we can’t achieve that without You, without the leadership of Your Holy Spirit in our lives. And so, Holy Spirit, show us how to apply our hearts to instruction, how to open our ears to words of knowledge. And even as we move into new territory in the New Testament, into the letter to the Galatians, Holy Spirit, lead us as we move through this letter into deeper understanding of the ways of our faith and intimacy with You. We pray this in the name of our Savior Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home base and that is where you can find out what is going on around here. You also have access to the Daily Audio Bible app, just search for Daily Audio Bible in the App Store that works with your device and you should be able to find it, download it from there and have the experience of the Daily Audio Bible app in the palm of your hand, so certainly check that out. Check of the different sections like the Community Section, like the Daily Audio Bible Shop section and just enjoy exploring.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if what we do by showing up every day together and getting cozy around the Global Campfire and taking the next step forward together, if that is life-giving to you and thank you, humbly and profoundly for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996 Springhill, Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can hit the Hotline button in the app or you can dial 877-942-4253.

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

Prayer and Encouragements will be posted later.

09/13/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 12:1-14:32, 2 Corinthians 13:1-14, Psalms 57:1-11, Proverbs 23:9-11

Today is the 13th day of the month of September welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is wonderful to be around the Global Campfire with you today as we gather each and every day and take the next step forward through the Scriptures and through life together. It’s wonderful to have this little oasis in life together as we move forward. And, so, let’s dive in. We are working our way in the Old Testament through the book of the prophet Isaiah. And I guess we are in Isaiah enough to kinda understand that we’re not reading a narrative story per se, like we’re not reading a sequential order of things. Isaiah is a book of prophecy, and these are the prophecies and when one gets done we go to another one. But it’s not like there’s a bridge there so that we have a clear understanding of then this happened, then this happened. Then this happened. Many biblical scholars believe Isaiah was…is a collection that spans centuries. Others don’t. Some biblical scholars see more than one voice in the book of Isaiah. Others don’t. So, it’s easy enough for us to get really confused about what we’re even…like what he’s aiming at, what he’s talking about. However, we have already read first and second Samuel, first and second Kings, first and second Chronicles and that is our backdrop because the prophets that we will read were either prophesying to the northern kingdom of Israel before Assyria took them into It captivity or prophesying to the southern kingdom of Judah before the Babylonian Empire took them into captivity. And, so, whereas with the books of Kings we get this sort of linear look, sometimes we get a long glimpse at a king, sometimes we just get a paragraph but we get this linear look at the kings of Israel and Judah and all of their great victories and the things that they accomplished and all of the things that they accomplished on behalf and in service of the Lord, or all of their sin. Like it’s all there. The prophets are prophesying during this time. And when God speaks through prophet then we get a birds eye view of what’s going on in the culture and how things have eroded from the way that they were meant to be. And Isaiah is no different. In fact, as we began the book of Isaiah we were told that Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of King Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah and these are kings of Judah. And, so, we can go back to Kings and Chronicles and read of the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. That would be the backdrop. Isaiah is speaking on behalf of God during those times, and speaking to what was going on. And, so, with that we take the next step forward and dive back into the book of Isaiah. Today, chapters 12, 13, and 14.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in today’s reading we concluded the letter known as second Corinthians, and one of the things that we talked about along the way because it’s nearly impossible to miss is that Paul spent a lot of his time in this letter defending himself. The church in Corinth was getting visitors, visitors who were sharing in the gospel of Jesus but differently with different customs and rules than Paul had laid down and people were being swayed back and forth and back and forth when Paul wanted to be very very clear that all the churches that he planted operate a certain specific way, which made people who were rebelling against that idea question Paul, whether or not he was really even able to speak for Jesus and did he really get this stuff from Jesus and does he really have any authority, and what about the apostles that were actually with Jesus, people that get called super-apostles in this letter. And, so, Paul gets put in a very uncomfortable position where he has to defend himself and he does this through quote unquote boasting. And we heard quite a bit of boasting in Paul’s own defense, which is usually not a good thing. Like, it’s typically not an accepted thing where we’re sitting watching somebody puff themselves up. It has a tinge of arrogance to it and it sort of leads us to dismiss the person. But Paul is in a position where he doesn’t feel like he has a choice because his passion isn’t to preserve his own reputation. His passion is…are those people that he feels are falling into deception. So, he’s gotta boast make a fool out of himself to get them to take a good hard look at what they’re doing then he’s willing to do that. And, so, we saw plenty of that boasting in this letter. Like, are they Hebrews? I’m a Hebrew. Have they been persecuted? I’ve been persecuted more. Do they work hard? I work harder than all of them. But Paul whose been put in this position to defend himself, to defend his pedigree ends up determining that he can boast. He can say these things to give himself credibility in the people’s eyes. He can play the game that’s being played in other words. But if he’s going to be really really honest, the only thing that he can boast about would be his own weakness and the strength of Jesus inside of him. And that is…that is compelling to consider. Jesus dealt with these same things. He’s continually in the Gospels being asked, who gave you the authority to do this, etc. etc. And, so, as we leave second Corinthians behind and move forward tomorrow let’s just think about the scenario. Like what if we were put in a position where our faith was in question, and we had to quote unquote boast or play the game to stand up, to say the things that we believe in an honest and compelling way. Because the people of Paul’s dealing with here, they’re religious people who believe in Jesus. They just want a sign. They want proof. And Jesus Himself faced the same thing. And, so, taking an opportunity to examine ourselves, yet again, is always a good thing. In fact, I’m not just suggesting that we should examine ourselves. Paul does in this letter. And I quote, “examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you, unless of course you fail the test.” If we are forced into a position where we have to stand up and boast, do we realize as Paul did, that this is a game, that if the truth were to be told we are nothing, the only thing that gives us strength and standing is Jesus? And if we actually feel that way in our hearts is that evident in our speech? Is that evident in our lives? Has Jesus so radically changed the way that we live that it can be observed? What would change in our own hearts posture and what would change in the environment around us if we took the humble posture, if we boasted in our weakness? In other words, that any strength that is in us would bring glory to God because everything that we have and all that we can achieve is a gift from God, who gives us our strength. These kinds of postures, we can feel as if we’ve heard this kind of stuff…be humble…all this kind of stuff so often that we know it. But this posture that’s being discussed here is a life changing one  because we realize that whatever we’re trying to conjure up to make ourselves bigger is false anyway and any glory that we try to attract to ourselves does not compare to the glory of the Lord spilling out of us. Yeah, these kind of postures if they can get in our heart and become our lifestyle will change the way we live our lives. And if all of us could get on board with the same thing the world would change, which is the idea, which is what we are collaborating with God in, making all things new again, putting it all back together again. Let’s give it some thought today.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit come into this. We are in a culture that certainly invites us to try everything we possibly can to stand out on our own and bring glory to ourselves based upon our gifting’s or talents or money or achievements. We place value on one another. We label one another. We do all kinds of things to categorize ourselves when we are nothing without You and You bring actual meaning and validity to our lives. And if there is anything we can boast in, that is it. Everything else is fleeting. May we realize this posture being spoken of and modeled here and may we change, may we repent from the way we’ve been in the past and embrace the fact that we are nothing without You. Come Holy Spirit into this. Lead us on the paths…pathways that we need to go as we think about this. Lead us to observe ourselves and the way that we react to things and the way that we puff ourselves up. Help us to begin to observe these things and to recognize that they’re not leading us anywhere good and lead us into all truth we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey guys this is Isaac from Saskatchewan Canada. I need prayer guys. I need prayer for guidance and wisdom, you know, just to be able to hear God’s voice and just know it’s Him, just to be still and listen. And, so, I also am dealing with a lot of burn out lately, you know, just with things going on, just everything, you know. I can’t even complete daily tasks without…even the simplest of them without feeling burnt out and just tired and just overwhelmed. I just ask for prayer to that, you know, I would just…I don’t know. you know. You know what, let me ask this. Whatever you feel that God is calling you to pray for over me, if you feel God saying that, let it be done. Because you know what, I can ask for what I want but not my will be done but His alone. I’ll put it that way. Yeah, so also just my walk with God, you know. I’ll be honest, for the first time in a while I opened my Bible last week and things went good, you know, it went good, I was happy and then I started last night thinking, you know, this is good I got this but I don’t God’s got this. So, I just ask that whatever He’s calling you to pray for over me let it be done because once again not my will be done but His alone. So, thank you guys. Have a great day. This is Isaac from Saskatchewan Canada. Have a great night.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family. Calling in to pray today for Bob. He is the 93-year-old father of one of our listeners. And I don’t remember his name because I was focused on Bob and he was I believe a pastor for 51 years and married to the same woman for 65 years, something like that but it was tremendous numbers there. But now, you know, he’s outlived all of his friends and family and he’s very…very much alone on this earth except the fact is he knows it that he’s not alone, that the Lord said that He would never leave us nor forsake us. So, Father I just pray today for Bob, and I pray that he would just have a reviving in his soul of Your presence Lord, that he would just sense Your presence on a level that he’s never experienced before. You know, I went through this over the last several years with my mother. She passed away last year at the age of, she was almost 96 and she was truly the matriarch of our family probably the most godly woman that I’ve ever known and I miss her so much. But you know what she wouldn’t come back here to see her baby boy for nothing in the world because she’s in the presence of Jesus. God bless everyone out there in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Good morning, Patrick from Alberta Canada this is Adrian his Mighty Tortoise in Maryland. I hear you about your dad. I remember my husband, my late husband’s parents when they got to be at that point, at that age and they had no one left, everyone else had moved on from this life. And, so, it is…it’s a very lonely time. Dearest Papa please take care of Bob, pastor Bob. Please heal his heart. He’s mourning his wife’s death and please give him…give him some friends some new friends. They might be younger and that’s OK or they might be his own age that’s OK too. Please help him be OK Lord and give him purpose. Some somebody special, some special friends in his life to help keep him going. We appreciate it so much Lord, in Jesus’ name. And thank you for your outrageous faithfulness, Lord. You’re good. You’re gonna take care of this man God. Thank you so much. Again, Patrick this is your friend Adrian from Maryland.

Hello DAB good morning. I’d like to pray for Bob who’s the dad of Patrick from Alberta Canada. I sympathize with your story. My dad who passed away at 93, I had him come live with me when he was 90 because…almost by force…because he wanted to stay in his own house, and we could not relocate to the state where he was in. Nevertheless, I know as people get older into their 90s many times everyone they know have passed away and it’s very hard and I…I saw it at my dad too that mother, father, brother sister, cousins, friends, everyone was gone and he himself wanted to be gone too. But your dad who is a pastor, I particularly have a heart for him, and I just pray now Father that You will touch Bob Lord Father that Lord as a pastor of all those years I thank him for his faithfulness to You God and I pray that he would have a visitation for You Lord. I also pray oh God that people around him will circle him Lord and…and visit him and if possible, maybe he can live with his son, or his son can live with him. Father, I pray oh God that he would find peace and rest in You Lord Father, that the Holy Spirit will be his comforter. That’s what You called him Lord. And I just pray oh God for the spirit of heaviness and loneliness to be lifted in the name of Jesus, supernatural deliverance today oh God, that he will find peace in You and a joy. You said the joy of the Lord is our strength. So, I pray that for him today in Jesus’ name. I thank You for what You’re doing Lord and we look forward to a testimony in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hello DAB community this is Paul. This message is for all of you suffering from debilitating anxiety or panic disorders. For a couple of months, I had a return of symptoms along with heart dysrhythmias. I had been under a lot of stress with little sleep. The panic returned after decades and I was afraid of losing my job as a firefighter and a paramedic in a big department, big city. Every hour is a battle is a testing of your faith and the enemy has laid his snares. I tell you do not give up. As soon as you wake praise on the Lord Jesus Christ your Redeemer, your salvation the one who took your place. Stay in the psalms, stay in scripture, and pray. Read Psalm 91 is an anchor point. If you don’t feel Him near, if you don’t feel Him at all still pray. Lay it out for Him. He will never leave or forsake you. In Him you will have peace. He will fight the battle for you but give it to Him. When your faith is weak give Him the battle. Do not…He did not die to ignore you. I faced my symptoms and am back at work with constant prayer dialogue with Him and thanksgiving. I will pray for all of you. With faith peace will come. Christ will show you the way. Thank you.

Daily Audio Bible family today I’m just asking for prayers for my two children and myself. My children are dealing with stuff with their dad, my ex-husband. He messed up pretty bad and now they can’t see them…or see him for the time being and I don’t know when they’re going to get to see him and I’m just trying to do right by them, I’m trying to be strong for them, I’m trying to lift them up. And in the meantime, I got offered a better job where I can make more money to help, you know, care for them but that would mean I would have to switch their school. And I’m already going through so much with them, and I don’t want to uproot everything that they know and I’m just scared and I’m just trying…I’m trying to find the right thing to do for them. I want to give them a better life. If you could just, please pray for us at this time. Thank you.

09/13/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 12:1-14:32, 2 Corinthians 13:1-14, Psalms 57:1-11, Proverbs 23:9-11

Today is the 13th day of the month of September welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is wonderful to be around the Global Campfire with you today as we gather each and every day and take the next step forward through the Scriptures and through life together. It’s wonderful to have this little oasis in life together as we move forward. And, so, let’s dive in. We are working our way in the Old Testament through the book of the prophet Isaiah. And I guess we are in Isaiah enough to kinda understand that we’re not reading a narrative story per se, like we’re not reading a sequential order of things. Isaiah is a book of prophecy, and these are the prophecies and when one gets done we go to another one. But it’s not like there’s a bridge there so that we have a clear understanding of then this happened, then this happened. Then this happened. Many biblical scholars believe Isaiah was…is a collection that spans centuries. Others don’t. Some biblical scholars see more than one voice in the book of Isaiah. Others don’t. So, it’s easy enough for us to get really confused about what we’re even…like what he’s aiming at, what he’s talking about. However, we have already read first and second Samuel, first and second Kings, first and second Chronicles and that is our backdrop because the prophets that we will read were either prophesying to the northern kingdom of Israel before Assyria took them into It captivity or prophesying to the southern kingdom of Judah before the Babylonian Empire took them into captivity. And, so, whereas with the books of Kings we get this sort of linear look, sometimes we get a long glimpse at a king, sometimes we just get a paragraph but we get this linear look at the kings of Israel and Judah and all of their great victories and the things that they accomplished and all of the things that they accomplished on behalf and in service of the Lord, or all of their sin. Like it’s all there. The prophets are prophesying during this time. And when God speaks through prophet then we get a birds eye view of what’s going on in the culture and how things have eroded from the way that they were meant to be. And Isaiah is no different. In fact, as we began the book of Isaiah we were told that Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of King Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah and these are kings of Judah. And, so, we can go back to Kings and Chronicles and read of the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. That would be the backdrop. Isaiah is speaking on behalf of God during those times, and speaking to what was going on. And, so, with that we take the next step forward and dive back into the book of Isaiah. Today, chapters 12, 13, and 14.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in today’s reading we concluded the letter known as second Corinthians, and one of the things that we talked about along the way because it’s nearly impossible to miss is that Paul spent a lot of his time in this letter defending himself. The church in Corinth was getting visitors, visitors who were sharing in the gospel of Jesus but differently with different customs and rules than Paul had laid down and people were being swayed back and forth and back and forth when Paul wanted to be very very clear that all the churches that he planted operate a certain specific way, which made people who were rebelling against that idea question Paul, whether or not he was really even able to speak for Jesus and did he really get this stuff from Jesus and does he really have any authority, and what about the apostles that were actually with Jesus, people that get called super-apostles in this letter. And, so, Paul gets put in a very uncomfortable position where he has to defend himself and he does this through quote unquote boasting. And we heard quite a bit of boasting in Paul’s own defense, which is usually not a good thing. Like, it’s typically not an accepted thing where we’re sitting watching somebody puff themselves up. It has a tinge of arrogance to it and it sort of leads us to dismiss the person. But Paul is in a position where he doesn’t feel like he has a choice because his passion isn’t to preserve his own reputation. His passion is…are those people that he feels are falling into deception. So, he’s gotta boast make a fool out of himself to get them to take a good hard look at what they’re doing then he’s willing to do that. And, so, we saw plenty of that boasting in this letter. Like, are they Hebrews? I’m a Hebrew. Have they been persecuted? I’ve been persecuted more. Do they work hard? I work harder than all of them. But Paul whose been put in this position to defend himself, to defend his pedigree ends up determining that he can boast. He can say these things to give himself credibility in the people’s eyes. He can play the game that’s being played in other words. But if he’s going to be really really honest, the only thing that he can boast about would be his own weakness and the strength of Jesus inside of him. And that is…that is compelling to consider. Jesus dealt with these same things. He’s continually in the Gospels being asked, who gave you the authority to do this, etc. etc. And, so, as we leave second Corinthians behind and move forward tomorrow let’s just think about the scenario. Like what if we were put in a position where our faith was in question, and we had to quote unquote boast or play the game to stand up, to say the things that we believe in an honest and compelling way. Because the people of Paul’s dealing with here, they’re religious people who believe in Jesus. They just want a sign. They want proof. And Jesus Himself faced the same thing. And, so, taking an opportunity to examine ourselves, yet again, is always a good thing. In fact, I’m not just suggesting that we should examine ourselves. Paul does in this letter. And I quote, “examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you, unless of course you fail the test.” If we are forced into a position where we have to stand up and boast, do we realize as Paul did, that this is a game, that if the truth were to be told we are nothing, the only thing that gives us strength and standing is Jesus? And if we actually feel that way in our hearts is that evident in our speech? Is that evident in our lives? Has Jesus so radically changed the way that we live that it can be observed? What would change in our own hearts posture and what would change in the environment around us if we took the humble posture, if we boasted in our weakness? In other words, that any strength that is in us would bring glory to God because everything that we have and all that we can achieve is a gift from God, who gives us our strength. These kinds of postures, we can feel as if we’ve heard this kind of stuff…be humble…all this kind of stuff so often that we know it. But this posture that’s being discussed here is a life changing one  because we realize that whatever we’re trying to conjure up to make ourselves bigger is false anyway and any glory that we try to attract to ourselves does not compare to the glory of the Lord spilling out of us. Yeah, these kind of postures if they can get in our heart and become our lifestyle will change the way we live our lives. And if all of us could get on board with the same thing the world would change, which is the idea, which is what we are collaborating with God in, making all things new again, putting it all back together again. Let’s give it some thought today.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit come into this. We are in a culture that certainly invites us to try everything we possibly can to stand out on our own and bring glory to ourselves based upon our gifting’s or talents or money or achievements. We place value on one another. We label one another. We do all kinds of things to categorize ourselves when we are nothing without You and You bring actual meaning and validity to our lives. And if there is anything we can boast in, that is it. Everything else is fleeting. May we realize this posture being spoken of and modeled here and may we change, may we repent from the way we’ve been in the past and embrace the fact that we are nothing without You. Come Holy Spirit into this. Lead us on the paths…pathways that we need to go as we think about this. Lead us to observe ourselves and the way that we react to things and the way that we puff ourselves up. Help us to begin to observe these things and to recognize that they’re not leading us anywhere good and lead us into all truth we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey guys this is Isaac from Saskatchewan Canada. I need prayer guys. I need prayer for guidance and wisdom, you know, just to be able to hear God’s voice and just know it’s Him, just to be still and listen. And, so, I also am dealing with a lot of burn out lately, you know, just with things going on, just everything, you know. I can’t even complete daily tasks without…even the simplest of them without feeling burnt out and just tired and just overwhelmed. I just ask for prayer to that, you know, I would just…I don’t know. you know. You know what, let me ask this. Whatever you feel that God is calling you to pray for over me, if you feel God saying that, let it be done. Because you know what, I can ask for what I want but not my will be done but His alone. I’ll put it that way. Yeah, so also just my walk with God, you know. I’ll be honest, for the first time in a while I opened my Bible last week and things went good, you know, it went good, I was happy and then I started last night thinking, you know, this is good I got this but I don’t God’s got this. So, I just ask that whatever He’s calling you to pray for over me let it be done because once again not my will be done but His alone. So, thank you guys. Have a great day. This is Isaac from Saskatchewan Canada. Have a great night.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family. Calling in to pray today for Bob. He is the 93-year-old father of one of our listeners. And I don’t remember his name because I was focused on Bob and he was I believe a pastor for 51 years and married to the same woman for 65 years, something like that but it was tremendous numbers there. But now, you know, he’s outlived all of his friends and family and he’s very…very much alone on this earth except the fact is he knows it that he’s not alone, that the Lord said that He would never leave us nor forsake us. So, Father I just pray today for Bob, and I pray that he would just have a reviving in his soul of Your presence Lord, that he would just sense Your presence on a level that he’s never experienced before. You know, I went through this over the last several years with my mother. She passed away last year at the age of, she was almost 96 and she was truly the matriarch of our family probably the most godly woman that I’ve ever known and I miss her so much. But you know what she wouldn’t come back here to see her baby boy for nothing in the world because she’s in the presence of Jesus. God bless everyone out there in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Good morning, Patrick from Alberta Canada this is Adrian his Mighty Tortoise in Maryland. I hear you about your dad. I remember my husband, my late husband’s parents when they got to be at that point, at that age and they had no one left, everyone else had moved on from this life. And, so, it is…it’s a very lonely time. Dearest Papa please take care of Bob, pastor Bob. Please heal his heart. He’s mourning his wife’s death and please give him…give him some friends some new friends. They might be younger and that’s OK or they might be his own age that’s OK too. Please help him be OK Lord and give him purpose. Some somebody special, some special friends in his life to help keep him going. We appreciate it so much Lord, in Jesus’ name. And thank you for your outrageous faithfulness, Lord. You’re good. You’re gonna take care of this man God. Thank you so much. Again, Patrick this is your friend Adrian from Maryland.

Hello DAB good morning. I’d like to pray for Bob who’s the dad of Patrick from Alberta Canada. I sympathize with your story. My dad who passed away at 93, I had him come live with me when he was 90 because…almost by force…because he wanted to stay in his own house, and we could not relocate to the state where he was in. Nevertheless, I know as people get older into their 90s many times everyone they know have passed away and it’s very hard and I…I saw it at my dad too that mother, father, brother sister, cousins, friends, everyone was gone and he himself wanted to be gone too. But your dad who is a pastor, I particularly have a heart for him, and I just pray now Father that You will touch Bob Lord Father that Lord as a pastor of all those years I thank him for his faithfulness to You God and I pray that he would have a visitation for You Lord. I also pray oh God that people around him will circle him Lord and…and visit him and if possible, maybe he can live with his son, or his son can live with him. Father, I pray oh God that he would find peace and rest in You Lord Father, that the Holy Spirit will be his comforter. That’s what You called him Lord. And I just pray oh God for the spirit of heaviness and loneliness to be lifted in the name of Jesus, supernatural deliverance today oh God, that he will find peace in You and a joy. You said the joy of the Lord is our strength. So, I pray that for him today in Jesus’ name. I thank You for what You’re doing Lord and we look forward to a testimony in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hello DAB community this is Paul. This message is for all of you suffering from debilitating anxiety or panic disorders. For a couple of months, I had a return of symptoms along with heart dysrhythmias. I had been under a lot of stress with little sleep. The panic returned after decades and I was afraid of losing my job as a firefighter and a paramedic in a big department, big city. Every hour is a battle is a testing of your faith and the enemy has laid his snares. I tell you do not give up. As soon as you wake praise on the Lord Jesus Christ your Redeemer, your salvation the one who took your place. Stay in the psalms, stay in scripture, and pray. Read Psalm 91 is an anchor point. If you don’t feel Him near, if you don’t feel Him at all still pray. Lay it out for Him. He will never leave or forsake you. In Him you will have peace. He will fight the battle for you but give it to Him. When your faith is weak give Him the battle. Do not…He did not die to ignore you. I faced my symptoms and am back at work with constant prayer dialogue with Him and thanksgiving. I will pray for all of you. With faith peace will come. Christ will show you the way. Thank you.

Daily Audio Bible family today I’m just asking for prayers for my two children and myself. My children are dealing with stuff with their dad, my ex-husband. He messed up pretty bad and now they can’t see them…or see him for the time being and I don’t know when they’re going to get to see him and I’m just trying to do right by them, I’m trying to be strong for them, I’m trying to lift them up. And in the meantime, I got offered a better job where I can make more money to help, you know, care for them but that would mean I would have to switch their school. And I’m already going through so much with them, and I don’t want to uproot everything that they know and I’m just scared and I’m just trying…I’m trying to find the right thing to do for them. I want to give them a better life. If you could just, please pray for us at this time. Thank you.

09/12/2022

Isaiah 10:1-11:16, 2 Corinthians 12:11-21, Psalm 56:1-13, Proverbs 23:6-8

Today is the 12th day of September, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is fantastic to be here with you today, as we gather around the Global Campfire. Come in, out of whatever is going on, whatever is swirling around us, lay it all down, exhale, relax, we’re in this together and we’re here to let the Scriptures wash into our hearts and minds, and to shape our hearts and minds, in the way that we should go. And so, it’s obviously such a unique place that we create each day, it’s wonderful every day to be in this place together, moving forward together. And so, let’s dive into the Scriptures. We are working our way through the book of Isaiah and this week we are reading from the New International Version. Today, Isaiah chapters 10 and 11.

Commentary:

Okay so, when we began the book of Isaiah, we were just kinda talking about what’s in the book and doing a little bit of a fly over. I mentioned that this book of Isaiah is one of the most quoted Old Testament books, inside the New Testament. And this is because Isaiah gives clear promises that a deliver a…a Messiah, which means a promised deliverer, would come. The writers of the New Testament reveal this Messiah, this promised deliverer, to be Jesus and this is done, impart, certainly with the narratives of Jesus life, but it’s done by revealing the ways in which Jesus fulfills prophecies that were expected to be…to be fulfilled. The people were waiting to be fulfilled. If we just read Isaiah though, and we look at the New Testament texts that are meant to make a connection to Jesus, we can’t find that explicit connection. Like there’s no name of Jesus in the book of Isaiah and the context of promise deliverers, etc. etc. are in a different time period, in a different context. And so, how did the connections then get made? How did Jesus come into the mix and then fulfill these ancient prophecies? We get a little bit of a glimpse of that today. So, take, let’s take a look. I am reading from the 10th chapter of Isaiah, “woe, to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue opressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.” So, a condition or a posture of the people is being called out and named: unjust laws, oppressive decrees, depriving the poor of their rights, withholding justice from the oppressed, making widows prey, not like got get down on their knees and pray, but become the prey of the oppressor and robbing the fatherless. This pattern of injustice was going on before Jesus, before Isaiah and is still going on today. And the prophet will have no problem condemning that those postures and laying out a clear picture of where that road is going to go. But the prophetic hope is that it will always be that way, that God is making all things new, or putting all things back together again and this would include a coming Redeemer who would set things right. Because this is ultimately the trajectory of the Scriptures. That God will not give up on something that is broken, He will make it new again. And so, then next Isaiah foretells the invasion of the Assyrian Empire and we know, because we’ve already read this in the Scriptures, that the Assyrian Empire invaded the northern kingdom of Israel and took them over and deported them into exile; 10 out of the 12 tribes were sent into exile. And then Assyria went on to threaten Jerusalem. Since we’ve already read this, we know that Assyria doesn’t conquer Jerusalem, but later on the Babylonian Empire does conquer the southern kingdom of Judah, including Jerusalem. Isaiah speaks to that and I quote, “a remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel only a remnant will return.” So, what we have are prophecies about exile and the hope that one day there would be a return from exile. When we get to the first century, the time of Jesus, the people who are in the land are the descendants of that remnant of people who got to return and so that prophecy had been fulfilled. They were able to return but they had not been, in any way, restored to their former glory. They were able to return to their ancestral homeland but it was not their ancestral homeland anymore. It had been centuries. And at the time of the first century, this land was controlled by the Roman Empire and this wasn’t the ancient land of Israel anymore. This was the province of Syria. And the very kind of oppression that they had been committing, that they had been warned about, that they did not heed and that ultimately led them into exile, was being visited upon them. In other words, there was a time where they were the perpetrator, but now they are the victim; they have reaped what they sowed. And so, in first century Hebrew culture this is a very oppressed people, very marginalized, very separatist. We’ve talked about all of this kind of stuff before, but they were hoping for a deliverer to come, to fully restore the land to God, to fully give back Israel its former glory. They were in the land, but it was not there land and they wanted it to be there land under God once again. And so, knowing the prophecies of their own corruption, knowing that those stories prophetically were fulfilled in and that they were conquered and taken into exile, knowing that the hopeful promise that a remnant would return was fulfilled, knowing that those people were the descendants of those who were able to return who lived in the first century. And if you’re reading Isaiah and you read things like and I quote “a shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse,” so, this is obviously very, very embedded into Hebrew culture because this is referring King David, “from his roots a branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him. The Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord and He will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what He sees with his eyes or decide by what He hears with his ears, but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice He will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, with the breath of His lips, He will slay the wicked, righteousness will be his belt and His faithfulness, the sash around his waist.” This is what they had been looking for, this is like a prophetic description of what they’re waiting for and Jesus looks like this. And the more Jesus moves around saying what He’s saying and doing, what He’s doing, the more there is talk that He looks like this, which creates great discussions among the people, great debates among the people. Could He be the one? Could He be the anointed one? And some believed that He was, while others denied, all the way until it became sort of an issue of the people themselves because the Jewish High Council got involved in doing away with Jesus, determining that He couldn’t be the one. So, there was considerable debate around Jesus as it relates to the criteria in Isaiah that they were looking for, that it looked like Jesus fulfilled or looked like. And as we see from our New Testament writers, Old Testament prophets are quoted extensively to make the connection that the Redeemer did come and nobody was paying attention, that the work of God to restore all things or to put things back together or to make all things new, was fully at work in the world and fully at work through Jesus, the promised Deliverer.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for an opportunity to see how connections are made and the difficulties that people would’ve had to embrace, to…to observe and discern what was going on while You were here. We are grateful for the advantage of hindsight, thousands of years to look back and pour over these things. We thank You that You came, that is really the important thing, we can get lost in the weeds of trying to dissect things until they are unrecognizable. Or we can understand that promise to put things back together, to restore, to redeem, to make all things new again is an ongoing promise that has been ongoing for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. This is the work that we are invited to participate in with You. This is the work that we can look out in the world and look for You doing, this is what You are doing, putting things back together. And we confess we can destroy things about as fast as they could be put back together. We are like sheep that have gone astray, but ultimately You are making all things new and You have invited us to be a part of that story and we are deeply grateful and we humble ourselves before You, making ourselves available to Your service. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements will be posted later.

09/12/2022

Isaiah 10:1-11:16, 2 Corinthians 12:11-21, Psalm 56:1-13, Proverbs 23:6-8

Today is the 12th day of September, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is fantastic to be here with you today, as we gather around the Global Campfire. Come in, out of whatever is going on, whatever is swirling around us, lay it all down, exhale, relax, we’re in this together and we’re here to let the Scriptures wash into our hearts and minds, and to shape our hearts and minds, in the way that we should go. And so, it’s obviously such a unique place that we create each day, it’s wonderful every day to be in this place together, moving forward together. And so, let’s dive into the Scriptures. We are working our way through the book of Isaiah and this week we are reading from the New International Version. Today, Isaiah chapters 10 and 11.

Commentary:

Okay so, when we began the book of Isaiah, we were just kinda talking about what’s in the book and doing a little bit of a fly over. I mentioned that this book of Isaiah is one of the most quoted Old Testament books, inside the New Testament. And this is because Isaiah gives clear promises that a deliver a…a Messiah, which means a promised deliverer, would come. The writers of the New Testament reveal this Messiah, this promised deliverer, to be Jesus and this is done, impart, certainly with the narratives of Jesus life, but it’s done by revealing the ways in which Jesus fulfills prophecies that were expected to be…to be fulfilled. The people were waiting to be fulfilled. If we just read Isaiah though, and we look at the New Testament texts that are meant to make a connection to Jesus, we can’t find that explicit connection. Like there’s no name of Jesus in the book of Isaiah and the context of promise deliverers, etc. etc. are in a different time period, in a different context. And so, how did the connections then get made? How did Jesus come into the mix and then fulfill these ancient prophecies? We get a little bit of a glimpse of that today. So, take, let’s take a look. I am reading from the 10th chapter of Isaiah, “woe, to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue opressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.” So, a condition or a posture of the people is being called out and named: unjust laws, oppressive decrees, depriving the poor of their rights, withholding justice from the oppressed, making widows prey, not like got get down on their knees and pray, but become the prey of the oppressor and robbing the fatherless. This pattern of injustice was going on before Jesus, before Isaiah and is still going on today. And the prophet will have no problem condemning that those postures and laying out a clear picture of where that road is going to go. But the prophetic hope is that it will always be that way, that God is making all things new, or putting all things back together again and this would include a coming Redeemer who would set things right. Because this is ultimately the trajectory of the Scriptures. That God will not give up on something that is broken, He will make it new again. And so, then next Isaiah foretells the invasion of the Assyrian Empire and we know, because we’ve already read this in the Scriptures, that the Assyrian Empire invaded the northern kingdom of Israel and took them over and deported them into exile; 10 out of the 12 tribes were sent into exile. And then Assyria went on to threaten Jerusalem. Since we’ve already read this, we know that Assyria doesn’t conquer Jerusalem, but later on the Babylonian Empire does conquer the southern kingdom of Judah, including Jerusalem. Isaiah speaks to that and I quote, “a remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel only a remnant will return.” So, what we have are prophecies about exile and the hope that one day there would be a return from exile. When we get to the first century, the time of Jesus, the people who are in the land are the descendants of that remnant of people who got to return and so that prophecy had been fulfilled. They were able to return but they had not been, in any way, restored to their former glory. They were able to return to their ancestral homeland but it was not their ancestral homeland anymore. It had been centuries. And at the time of the first century, this land was controlled by the Roman Empire and this wasn’t the ancient land of Israel anymore. This was the province of Syria. And the very kind of oppression that they had been committing, that they had been warned about, that they did not heed and that ultimately led them into exile, was being visited upon them. In other words, there was a time where they were the perpetrator, but now they are the victim; they have reaped what they sowed. And so, in first century Hebrew culture this is a very oppressed people, very marginalized, very separatist. We’ve talked about all of this kind of stuff before, but they were hoping for a deliverer to come, to fully restore the land to God, to fully give back Israel its former glory. They were in the land, but it was not there land and they wanted it to be there land under God once again. And so, knowing the prophecies of their own corruption, knowing that those stories prophetically were fulfilled in and that they were conquered and taken into exile, knowing that the hopeful promise that a remnant would return was fulfilled, knowing that those people were the descendants of those who were able to return who lived in the first century. And if you’re reading Isaiah and you read things like and I quote “a shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse,” so, this is obviously very, very embedded into Hebrew culture because this is referring King David, “from his roots a branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him. The Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord and He will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what He sees with his eyes or decide by what He hears with his ears, but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice He will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, with the breath of His lips, He will slay the wicked, righteousness will be his belt and His faithfulness, the sash around his waist.” This is what they had been looking for, this is like a prophetic description of what they’re waiting for and Jesus looks like this. And the more Jesus moves around saying what He’s saying and doing, what He’s doing, the more there is talk that He looks like this, which creates great discussions among the people, great debates among the people. Could He be the one? Could He be the anointed one? And some believed that He was, while others denied, all the way until it became sort of an issue of the people themselves because the Jewish High Council got involved in doing away with Jesus, determining that He couldn’t be the one. So, there was considerable debate around Jesus as it relates to the criteria in Isaiah that they were looking for, that it looked like Jesus fulfilled or looked like. And as we see from our New Testament writers, Old Testament prophets are quoted extensively to make the connection that the Redeemer did come and nobody was paying attention, that the work of God to restore all things or to put things back together or to make all things new, was fully at work in the world and fully at work through Jesus, the promised Deliverer.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for an opportunity to see how connections are made and the difficulties that people would’ve had to embrace, to…to observe and discern what was going on while You were here. We are grateful for the advantage of hindsight, thousands of years to look back and pour over these things. We thank You that You came, that is really the important thing, we can get lost in the weeds of trying to dissect things until they are unrecognizable. Or we can understand that promise to put things back together, to restore, to redeem, to make all things new again is an ongoing promise that has been ongoing for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. This is the work that we are invited to participate in with You. This is the work that we can look out in the world and look for You doing, this is what You are doing, putting things back together. And we confess we can destroy things about as fast as they could be put back together. We are like sheep that have gone astray, but ultimately You are making all things new and You have invited us to be a part of that story and we are deeply grateful and we humble ourselves before You, making ourselves available to Your service. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com that is home base, it is the website, it is where you find out what’s going on around here, so certainly check it out. We can check it out by using the Daily Audio Bible app as well. That’ll get you to all the different sections, you just push the little drawer icon in the upper left-hand corner of the…of the app screen, that opens up a drawer and you can navigate to different places, like the Community Section. And the Community Section has links to get connected on the different social media channels that we’re participating in, but it is also the home of the Prayer Wall, the Prayer Wall lives there. That is a resource, whether using the app or the web, that is always available. We can always pray for each other, there are always people to pray for, there are always people to pray, and we can always ask of our brothers and sisters to come alongside of us in prayer, that we’re carrying or dragging burdens that are making it impossible to move and what is moving an inch at a time would freedom file go to feel like that brothers and sisters come alongside and encourage us for the next stretch of road and help us make that next mile. That’s the Prayer Wall, it’s there for all of us, whenever we need. And so, check that out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, thank you. If the mission, to bring the spoken word of God, read fresh everyday, and offered freely to anyone who will listen, anywhere on this planet, any time of day or night, and to build community around the Global Campfire so that we’re in this together or…or moving through this together. Not only a year of our lives together, with the entirety of the Scriptures together, if that is life-giving to you, then thank you for being life-giving. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996 Springhill, Tennessee 37174.

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

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

Prayer and Encouragements will be posted later.

09/11/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 8:1-9:21, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Psalms 55:1-23, Proverbs 23:4-5

Today is the 11th day of September welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s wonderful to be here with you today as we greet a brand-new week a fresh start. And even as we begin this brand-new week, we will certainly pick up where we left off last week, which was yesterday. This week we will read from the New International Version and doing what we just said. Picking up where we left off will lead us into the book of Isaiah. Today chapters 8 and 9.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for this brand-new week that we are stepping into. And we know that moment by moment we are being transformed, which also means week by week we are being transformed and year-by-year, month by month, all these little demarcations of time that we observe to give us a sense of movement and understanding and organization. But we come to the beginning of a new week and each week we realize it’s a brand-new week, it’s a fresh start. All that happened last week, although some of it may carry over into this week, that was then and this is now and the way we deal with things, if we reset ourselves, humble ourselves before You and walk on the narrow path that leads to life, we will be doing well. And, so, we thank You for this fresh start, a brand-new shiny sparkly new week. May we be aware of Your presence each moment listening for Your leadership in our lives we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey family this is Melissa from Albertville AL. Brian and Jill China and Ezekiel thank you for reading the word. Thank you, Victoria Soldier. Y’all I need prayer. I’ve been battling a nasty case of pneumonia and COVID. Haven’t called in but I need your prayers. I love you all very much. Y'all have a blessed day. Prayer changes things. I love y'all. Bye-bye.

Hi DAB family I’m a 1st time caller. I’ve been listening since January 1st of this year, and I have always just told myself that I would call in at some point when I really felt the Spirit led me to do so. I have been praying with all of you for all of you since I started listening and I’ve been so humbled and encouraged by this community. Silvia from South Texas, I have to tell you sister, thank you so much for calling in. Your request absolutely stopped me in my tracks today and I had tears just streaming down my face. It’s been a really really hard couple of days. My husband abuses alcohol and has for a long time. That’s something I’ve tried and tried and tried to help him to see. And he through pride and denial and I think shame will not admit that this is a problem and it’s really starting to affect our marriage and our kids are old enough now that they all know that their dad has got a problem pretty soon. And I just feel so…I feel so broken over it and just powerless. I only want is for him to realize that there is a problem and to seek help and to turn to Christ for strength. But he’s gotta see it first. So, Sylvia, I join you I pray I’m praying for you sister. And I just ask DAB family that you would be the faithful, the faithful that I know you are and join with me and…and Sylvia and just prayers for the family members living with last loved ones who love struggling with this terrible addiction. Thank you all.

Hi this is Chris in California again. I called in a while back asking for prayer for my marriage and my family. It’s gone from separation to…I received divorce paperwork over the weekend, Labor Day weekend. I just ask that you lift my family up, my three kids. It’s a difficult time. I ask that you lift up my wife. I’m thankful for those of you who have been praying for us and I just ask that you continue to lift us up and pray. I’m not sure what God wants to do through this, but I just want to be open to it and I just I really need prayer. Thank you everyone. God bless.

Hi this is New Envision Growth from New York, and this message is for Beloved in Texas AKA Sparky’s wife. I was listening to your message yesterday and literally as you were talking about your anxiety, I felt anxiety coming over myself. For me my triggers are like tunnels or like thick fog. So, as I was driving over this bridge it was nothing but clouds. You couldn’t see. It was foggy. And I could feel it coming on a little bit, like my chest starting to tighten and I’m hearing you talk about anxiety. And in that moment, I just said, and as simple as it is, I just said God is in the clouds. God is in the fog. It can’t hurt me because God loves me. And again, as simple as it is I just kept repeating it until I got over my bridge. And for you, you know, I don’t know what the triggers are that may bring on your anxiety. Maybe it’s the new job or the financial issues but even in that I would just say a simple prayer. Sometimes the words and the comfort of knowing that God is in everything can help. So, if you have to say God is at my job, my job can’t be overwhelming because God is in it and God loves me. God is in my finances and therefore my finances can’t hurt me because God loves me, and God is on my finance. Something simple but just keep repeating it. Hopefully it’ll help, just a little exercise just putting God in and over everything because we know if God is in it it’s good for us and he’s never gonna harm us. That’s it. Love you guys.

09/11/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 8:1-9:21, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Psalms 55:1-23, Proverbs 23:4-5

Today is the 11th day of September welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s wonderful to be here with you today as we greet a brand-new week a fresh start. And even as we begin this brand-new week, we will certainly pick up where we left off last week, which was yesterday. This week we will read from the New International Version and doing what we just said. Picking up where we left off will lead us into the book of Isaiah. Today chapters 8 and 9.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for this brand-new week that we are stepping into. And we know that moment by moment we are being transformed, which also means week by week we are being transformed and year-by-year, month by month, all these little demarcations of time that we observe to give us a sense of movement and understanding and organization. But we come to the beginning of a new week and each week we realize it’s a brand-new week, it’s a fresh start. All that happened last week, although some of it may carry over into this week, that was then and this is now and the way we deal with things, if we reset ourselves, humble ourselves before You and walk on the narrow path that leads to life, we will be doing well. And, so, we thank You for this fresh start, a brand-new shiny sparkly new week. May we be aware of Your presence each moment listening for Your leadership in our lives we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey family this is Melissa from Albertville AL. Brian and Jill China and Ezekiel thank you for reading the word. Thank you, Victoria Soldier. Y’all I need prayer. I’ve been battling a nasty case of pneumonia and COVID. Haven’t called in but I need your prayers. I love you all very much. Y'all have a blessed day. Prayer changes things. I love y'all. Bye-bye.

Hi DAB family I’m a 1st time caller. I’ve been listening since January 1st of this year, and I have always just told myself that I would call in at some point when I really felt the Spirit led me to do so. I have been praying with all of you for all of you since I started listening and I’ve been so humbled and encouraged by this community. Silvia from South Texas, I have to tell you sister, thank you so much for calling in. Your request absolutely stopped me in my tracks today and I had tears just streaming down my face. It’s been a really really hard couple of days. My husband abuses alcohol and has for a long time. That’s something I’ve tried and tried and tried to help him to see. And he through pride and denial and I think shame will not admit that this is a problem and it’s really starting to affect our marriage and our kids are old enough now that they all know that their dad has got a problem pretty soon. And I just feel so…I feel so broken over it and just powerless. I only want is for him to realize that there is a problem and to seek help and to turn to Christ for strength. But he’s gotta see it first. So, Sylvia, I join you I pray I’m praying for you sister. And I just ask DAB family that you would be the faithful, the faithful that I know you are and join with me and…and Sylvia and just prayers for the family members living with last loved ones who love struggling with this terrible addiction. Thank you all.

Hi this is Chris in California again. I called in a while back asking for prayer for my marriage and my family. It’s gone from separation to…I received divorce paperwork over the weekend, Labor Day weekend. I just ask that you lift my family up, my three kids. It’s a difficult time. I ask that you lift up my wife. I’m thankful for those of you who have been praying for us and I just ask that you continue to lift us up and pray. I’m not sure what God wants to do through this, but I just want to be open to it and I just I really need prayer. Thank you everyone. God bless.

Hi this is New Envision Growth from New York, and this message is for Beloved in Texas AKA Sparky’s wife. I was listening to your message yesterday and literally as you were talking about your anxiety, I felt anxiety coming over myself. For me my triggers are like tunnels or like thick fog. So, as I was driving over this bridge it was nothing but clouds. You couldn’t see. It was foggy. And I could feel it coming on a little bit, like my chest starting to tighten and I’m hearing you talk about anxiety. And in that moment, I just said, and as simple as it is, I just said God is in the clouds. God is in the fog. It can’t hurt me because God loves me. And again, as simple as it is I just kept repeating it until I got over my bridge. And for you, you know, I don’t know what the triggers are that may bring on your anxiety. Maybe it’s the new job or the financial issues but even in that I would just say a simple prayer. Sometimes the words and the comfort of knowing that God is in everything can help. So, if you have to say God is at my job, my job can’t be overwhelming because God is in it and God loves me. God is in my finances and therefore my finances can’t hurt me because God loves me, and God is on my finance. Something simple but just keep repeating it. Hopefully it’ll help, just a little exercise just putting God in and over everything because we know if God is in it it’s good for us and he’s never gonna harm us. That’s it. Love you guys.

9/10/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 6:1-7:25, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, Psalm 54:1-7, Proverbs 23:1-3

Today is September 10th, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s wonderful to be here with you, at the close of another week together. What a beautiful place we create each day around the Global Campfire but an honor that we can come together and relax and allow the Scriptures to speak into us and wash over us and counsel us, on the narrow path that leads to life. It’s wonderful to be here with you today, wherever you may be, it’s lovely here in the rolling hills of Tennessee. I pray it is lovely wherever you may be, but it is lovely here around the Global Campfire, no matter what we might be facing. So, let’s dive in and take that next step forward together and that next step leads us back into the book of Isaiah. Today, we will read chapters 6 and 7.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. Thank You for another week to spend together in community, moving step-by-step, day-by-day through the Scriptures. We thank You that each and every day Your presence is among us, knitting us together in community, but your Holy Spirit is there, leading us into all truth, as we so often request because we desperately need this every second of every day, to know the narrow path that leads to life, to follow You into all truth. So, as we release this week and it becomes part of our story, part of our past, part of our history, we ask that You plant what we’ve read into the soil of our lives, that it may bear much fruit for your kingdom and that it will transform us, so that we can be a conduit flowing out into the world from the abundance of what is within us. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com, that is home base, that’s the website, that’s where you find out what’s going on around here and so certainly check it out. If you have the Daily Audio Bible app, you can do all that from within the app. If you don’t have the Daily Audio Bible app, you can download it from whatever app store, I was gonna say store, but whatever app store is connected to the device that you use. Just search for Daily Audio Bible and you’ll be able to find it and download it for free from there, check that out. And then, while you’re checking out, just explore a little bit, like the Community Section. This is where to get connected on social media. This is where the Prayer Wall lives. Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop. There are resources in a number of different categories and they’re all there, all aimed at what we’re doing, moving through the Scriptures, together in a year. Whether that be to take the journey deeper or wider artist more enjoyable just fun, there’s fun stuff in there as well. So, just check it out. Like check out the Wind Farm Coffee and Tea that is fresh roasted, freshly sourced, sent directly to you each month or…or whenever you want it. We find, I find that Wind Farm Coffee is part of my Daily Audio Bible rhythm. I drink it every day, a cup to my left right now and it works well with kind of settling down, focusing in, allowing the Scriptures to speak in our lives. All kinds of resources in the Daily Audio Bible Shop, that are just aimed at being a part of our life. Letting this rhythm be a part of our lives, engaging with and having a relationship with the Scriptures. Every day, so check it out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, thank you, we couldn’t do this, we couldn’t be here, if we weren’t in this together and so thank you, profoundly and humbly for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996 Springhill, Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can hit the Hotline button in the app or you can dial 877-942-4253.

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

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hello, this is Joshua, I’m a first-time caller. I was, started listening to Daily Audio Bible three months ago. At the time, I was going through an extremely hard time because I’ve been heartbroken over my children. I lost my children. They were kidnapped against a court order the United States five years ago, in there in Paris, France with their mother. I’m still have been fighting and I’ve still note been able to see them or talk to them. I just ask the community to keep me in prayer, as I continue this battle as it comes to conclusion here soon. And I’ve done everything I can on my end and I’m just trusting God to do the rest. So, just keep me in prayer and my three children, Simon, Rebina, Lena. My name is Joshua, and my ex-wife is in a dish. If you could keep us all in prayer for God to move and for God to work in our hearts. And we’re trusting that He can move mountains and trusting that He can do the impossible and that He can reunite and reconcile and restore. Me and my children, my ex-wife is heavily involved in witchcraft. She was once claimed to be a Christian and don’t know if she was but anyhow, I’m just asking that you all keep me in prayer. And I thank you for this ministry. Brian it’s been a tremendous blessing to my life. God bless you.

Hello, this is Joyful Joe and I’m calling in to pray for Beloved, Sparky’s wife. You said you were so tired of trying so hard, that you’ve crashed and hit a wall. Well, all the things you know, I’m just repeating them to myself, so that I can pray with knowledge. Lord Father, I come to You, and I lift up my sister to You, Father God. And Lord God, although I don’t know what it is to have a bipolar disorder, Lord God, I know what it is to deal with depression, Father. And, Lord God, when we hit those rock bottom places, Father, we don’t know, Lord God, as she said, she just don’t know what to do to come out of this, Lord Father. But we praise You God because You are the God who knows. You are the God who knows her, You created her Father. You know her intimately, God. And You know all the things that she’s dealing with, Lord God. All the places that she’s trying to do what’s right, Father. I pray that You would enable her to rest in You God and have peace and the knowledge that, at times like these sometimes, God, You, we just have to rely on You to carry us through. Lord God, we just have to put one foot in front of the other, God. And trust You, of course she trusts You, Lord God. But just rest in You. And rest in Your peace, God, we pray Your perfect peace over her Father. That You would be glorified in her life, Lord. And I just pray God, all these things, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi DAB family, this is Damaris. And I’m calling you from New Jersey. Today is September the 5th, it’s Labor Day here in the USA. And I hope that everyone is enjoying a wonderful holiday. The reason why I’m calling however, the reason why I’m reaching out to you is because I am asking that you, please include me in your prayers. I’m going through a really, really hard time right now. I’m going through a really, really dark time in my life. I’ve been fighting cancer for four years and God has been with me throughout this struggle from this battle. And I thank him every day for my life. And I’m so grateful that I’m still here. That my cancer hasn’t progressed, and I am on a medication that God has allowed for me to see and so far, it’s working. However, I am so wanting for Devine intervention. So, that I can be healed completely. I ask one thing I need to find appointment cause I have a disability sometimes. It’s hard to get appointments because I always have to disclose that I have a disability. And I need these to get treatment for this disability. Offers have been withdrawn because so many don’t want to give me the time that you need. But I trust in God.

Hi DAB family, this is Matitta, I’m calling from New York City. I’m a listener for a couple of months now. But I’ve just been prompted this evening to call in for the mom, I didn’t catch your name, I believe she’s from the UK, calling for her little, her little one. I think his name is Oliver and he’s four years old. And she just sounded exasperated about the challenges that she’s having as a mom. So, I want to encourage you. Dear sister, I have a son that’s 23 years old. And there’s many times that I have felt like a failure. We’re estranged at the moment. And while that is not your situation, thank God, I just want to encourage you and say that the enemy will try to trick you into thinking that you are not equipped to be a mom or to be a good mom and do a good job. But you have to rebuke that in Jesus’ name. You are equipped, God gave you that baby and while you may feel like a failure, we serve a big God who equips us and who is there to fight our battles. So, when you feel discouraged, I encourage you to do what I do, put on some praise music, turn and open your Bible and see what God has to say in the moment. But don’t let the enemy trick you into thinking that you cannot do the job of being a wonderful mom. You can. You can because you have God on your side. And the enemy wants you to think that you’re doing everything wrong. And you know, you don’t know what you’re doing. None of know what we’re doing sister. None of us know what we’re doing. But God knows. God knows beginning from the end. And God Bless you with him. And God will help you to bring that baby into exactly what he wants. So sister, remain encouraged. We’re here praying for you. As a fellow mom I will keep you in prayer. And just don’t let the enemy win. Don’t let him trick you. You can do this. God will help you do this. So, stay strong in Jesus’ name. God Bless you and your family.

9/10/2022 DAB Transcript

Isaiah 6:1-7:25, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, Psalm 54:1-7, Proverbs 23:1-3

Today is September 10th, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s wonderful to be here with you, at the close of another week together. What a beautiful place we create each day around the Global Campfire but an honor that we can come together and relax and allow the Scriptures to speak into us and wash over us and counsel us, on the narrow path that leads to life. It’s wonderful to be here with you today, wherever you may be, it’s lovely here in the rolling hills of Tennessee. I pray it is lovely wherever you may be, but it is lovely here around the Global Campfire, no matter what we might be facing. So, let’s dive in and take that next step forward together and that next step leads us back into the book of Isaiah. Today, we will read chapters 6 and 7.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. Thank You for another week to spend together in community, moving step-by-step, day-by-day through the Scriptures. We thank You that each and every day Your presence is among us, knitting us together in community, but your Holy Spirit is there, leading us into all truth, as we so often request because we desperately need this every second of every day, to know the narrow path that leads to life, to follow You into all truth. So, as we release this week and it becomes part of our story, part of our past, part of our history, we ask that You plant what we’ve read into the soil of our lives, that it may bear much fruit for your kingdom and that it will transform us, so that we can be a conduit flowing out into the world from the abundance of what is within us. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com, that is home base, that’s the website, that’s where you find out what’s going on around here and so certainly check it out. If you have the Daily Audio Bible app, you can do all that from within the app. If you don’t have the Daily Audio Bible app, you can download it from whatever app store, I was gonna say store, but whatever app store is connected to the device that you use. Just search for Daily Audio Bible and you’ll be able to find it and download it for free from there, check that out. And then, while you’re checking out, just explore a little bit, like the Community Section. This is where to get connected on social media. This is where the Prayer Wall lives. Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop. There are resources in a number of different categories and they’re all there, all aimed at what we’re doing, moving through the Scriptures, together in a year. Whether that be to take the journey deeper or wider artist more enjoyable just fun, there’s fun stuff in there as well. So, just check it out. Like check out the Wind Farm Coffee and Tea that is fresh roasted, freshly sourced, sent directly to you each month or…or whenever you want it. We find, I find that Wind Farm Coffee is part of my Daily Audio Bible rhythm. I drink it every day, a cup to my left right now and it works well with kind of settling down, focusing in, allowing the Scriptures to speak in our lives. All kinds of resources in the Daily Audio Bible Shop, that are just aimed at being a part of our life. Letting this rhythm be a part of our lives, engaging with and having a relationship with the Scriptures. Every day, so check it out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, thank you, we couldn’t do this, we couldn’t be here, if we weren’t in this together and so thank you, profoundly and humbly for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996 Springhill, Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can hit the Hotline button in the app or you can dial 877-942-4253.

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

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hello, this is Joshua, I’m a first-time caller. I was, started listening to Daily Audio Bible three months ago. At the time, I was going through an extremely hard time because I’ve been heartbroken over my children. I lost my children. They were kidnapped against a court order the United States five years ago, in there in Paris, France with their mother. I’m still have been fighting and I’ve still note been able to see them or talk to them. I just ask the community to keep me in prayer, as I continue this battle as it comes to conclusion here soon. And I’ve done everything I can on my end and I’m just trusting God to do the rest. So, just keep me in prayer and my three children, Simon, Rebina, Lena. My name is Joshua, and my ex-wife is in a dish. If you could keep us all in prayer for God to move and for God to work in our hearts. And we’re trusting that He can move mountains and trusting that He can do the impossible and that He can reunite and reconcile and restore. Me and my children, my ex-wife is heavily involved in witchcraft. She was once claimed to be a Christian and don’t know if she was but anyhow, I’m just asking that you all keep me in prayer. And I thank you for this ministry. Brian it’s been a tremendous blessing to my life. God bless you.

Hello, this is Joyful Joe and I’m calling in to pray for Beloved, Sparky’s wife. You said you were so tired of trying so hard, that you’ve crashed and hit a wall. Well, all the things you know, I’m just repeating them to myself, so that I can pray with knowledge. Lord Father, I come to You, and I lift up my sister to You, Father God. And Lord God, although I don’t know what it is to have a bipolar disorder, Lord God, I know what it is to deal with depression, Father. And, Lord God, when we hit those rock bottom places, Father, we don’t know, Lord God, as she said, she just don’t know what to do to come out of this, Lord Father. But we praise You God because You are the God who knows. You are the God who knows her, You created her Father. You know her intimately, God. And You know all the things that she’s dealing with, Lord God. All the places that she’s trying to do what’s right, Father. I pray that You would enable her to rest in You God and have peace and the knowledge that, at times like these sometimes, God, You, we just have to rely on You to carry us through. Lord God, we just have to put one foot in front of the other, God. And trust You, of course she trusts You, Lord God. But just rest in You. And rest in Your peace, God, we pray Your perfect peace over her Father. That You would be glorified in her life, Lord. And I just pray God, all these things, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi DAB family, this is Damaris. And I’m calling you from New Jersey. Today is September the 5th, it’s Labor Day here in the USA. And I hope that everyone is enjoying a wonderful holiday. The reason why I’m calling however, the reason why I’m reaching out to you is because I am asking that you, please include me in your prayers. I’m going through a really, really hard time right now. I’m going through a really, really dark time in my life. I’ve been fighting cancer for four years and God has been with me throughout this struggle from this battle. And I thank him every day for my life. And I’m so grateful that I’m still here. That my cancer hasn’t progressed, and I am on a medication that God has allowed for me to see and so far, it’s working. However, I am so wanting for Devine intervention. So, that I can be healed completely. I ask one thing I need to find appointment cause I have a disability sometimes. It’s hard to get appointments because I always have to disclose that I have a disability. And I need these to get treatment for this disability. Offers have been withdrawn because so many don’t want to give me the time that you need. But I trust in God.

Hi DAB family, this is Matitta, I’m calling from New York City. I’m a listener for a couple of months now. But I’ve just been prompted this evening to call in for the mom, I didn’t catch your name, I believe she’s from the UK, calling for her little, her little one. I think his name is Oliver and he’s four years old. And she just sounded exasperated about the challenges that she’s having as a mom. So, I want to encourage you. Dear sister, I have a son that’s 23 years old. And there’s many times that I have felt like a failure. We’re estranged at the moment. And while that is not your situation, thank God, I just want to encourage you and say that the enemy will try to trick you into thinking that you are not equipped to be a mom or to be a good mom and do a good job. But you have to rebuke that in Jesus’ name. You are equipped, God gave you that baby and while you may feel like a failure, we serve a big God who equips us and who is there to fight our battles. So, when you feel discouraged, I encourage you to do what I do, put on some praise music, turn and open your Bible and see what God has to say in the moment. But don’t let the enemy trick you into thinking that you cannot do the job of being a wonderful mom. You can. You can because you have God on your side. And the enemy wants you to think that you’re doing everything wrong. And you know, you don’t know what you’re doing. None of know what we’re doing sister. None of us know what we’re doing. But God knows. God knows beginning from the end. And God Bless you with him. And God will help you to bring that baby into exactly what he wants. So sister, remain encouraged. We’re here praying for you. As a fellow mom I will keep you in prayer. And just don’t let the enemy win. Don’t let him trick you. You can do this. God will help you do this. So, stay strong in Jesus’ name. God Bless you and your family.