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2/27/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 20:22-22:16, Mark 9:1-29, Psalm 43:1-5, Proverbs 10:18

Today is the 27th day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it is wonderful to be here with you around the Global Campfire today as we step into a brand-new week, reminding ourselves, we may have made every conceivable misstep last week and maybe there’s some holdovers from that but this is a new week and we can decide how we’re going to live it. And so, let’s remind ourselves wisdom is a category, wisdom is available, let’s seek it and let’s seek the next step forward in the Scriptures. So, we got a brand-new week here, we’ll read from the Evangelical Heritage Version this week and pick up where we left off moving our way through the book of Leviticus and the giving of the law today. Leviticus chapter 20 verse 22 through 22 verse 16.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we thank You for this brand-new, shiny, sparkly, week that we are entering into. We we’re talking about wisdom at the beginning today, and here it is, whoever conceals hatred has lying lips and whoever spreads gossip is a fool, may we carry that with us into this week as a signpost, this is the way, don’t go that way, go this way, this is the way of wisdom. Which means we will not conceal hatred and be a liar and will not spread gossip and be a fool. Come, Holy Spirit into this and help us, help us catch ourselves, when we are moving into those directions. We pray in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Morning DAB, I would like to pray for a young man named Hasan. He is in Texas. He’s been in the hospital for a month, I know his mom and that’s longer story. But his mom and I were both delivered from crack cocaine addiction, 16, 10 years ago. She is trusting in God, her faith. She lost one son which brought her home. Please Lord, have mercy, breath Your breath of life in Hasan. He’s on a respirator, I don’t know if he’s off but his name is Hasan, Daily Audio Bible family, please lift him up. Lord, Your word says that Your son came to destroy the works of Satan. Satan tempted and doubted that You were good in the garden, which brought on our rebellion, which brought on the fall of all mankind, which brought on sin and disease and all the brokenness, we see in the world today. You have conquered the world and sin and the thought of sin. Thank You Jesus. Thank You for calling us out from the darkness with your marvelous light, we love You, we worship You and I’m, we’re all trusting You with Hasan’s life, breath the life, the breath. He’s not yours, make him a new creation in Christ Jesus. In Jesus name. Amen.

This is Kathy from Kentucky. I would like ya’ll to celebrate with me. I’m 30 years clean and sober today, February 23rd. And I appreciate everyone who prayed for me. Also, I think the man’s name who was, who was BW, who prayed for me and I wanted to thank him for that. So, this, thank you for your prayers. I got through Uncle Tim’s funeral. I’m okay but now my Aunt Helen is not doing well. I just texted my cousin and she, I said I can’t come till Sunday to see her and she said I’m not sure she’s gonna be here by Sunday. So, anyways, thank you for your prayers, continue to pray for me, Uncle Tim’s family and Aunt Helen’s family.

Good morning DAB family this is Simone from Houston. And I was just having my quiet, private time with God and felt led to share with everyone. I haven’t spoken publicly about my life and the things that I’ve endured but you know, I’m not ashamed of it either because I believe like the Word says, we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimonies. So, our testimonies are pivotal because it’s through our testimonies that others can see and experience God and understand how amazing He is. I have been fighting depression all of my life, since about 10 years old. And I am 45, about to be 46 years old. Not even, ten years ago, I attempted suicide and through therapy, finding an amazing therapist, who’s also a preacher and a pastor and really getting, having a relationship, an intimate relationship with God, I’ve been able to overcome depression and be victorious. So, I want to encourage everyone and just know we have to put on the full armor of God to guard, to have God guard our minds, our hearts, our spirit, what comes into our ears, our eyes, our gates and most importantly what comes out of our mouths. So, I just want to encourage everyone on today and just know I am praying for each and every one of you and we’ve got you and God’s got you. And I just love ya’ll so much, this community is amazing. Be …

Hi, this is Tony from Germany. I hope everyone is doing okay. Yeah, keeping the faith. I wanted to just leave a message that for Brian today, what you offered regarding the fungus, that you know how it can be like thoughts that are external and then become internal and cause harm, right. To our minds, the way we’re looking at things and to our body and to others. And that was important for me. You were talking about in association where someone has wronged you and I’ve had something pretty, wow, horrible happen. A wrong but this is what I wanted to say is you know, when people do wrong it’s usually because of things that have happened in their past and they have areas of that need healing. And sometimes they react and sometimes they intentionally do wrong. And we, I guess I think of what the Lord said on the cross, forgive them Lord, they know not what they do. And so, my thing is, our thing is just to do as the Lord would have us you know, in a way that we can honor the Lord and feel good about the way we handle things. Anyways, I typically support the DAB in different ways but I did make another contribution today because I wanna, I wanna feed the, feed it.

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02/26/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 19:1-20:21, Mark 8:11-38, Psalms 42:1-11, Proverbs 10:17

Today is the 26th day of February welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is a great to be here with you today as we bring another week to its close. And we’ll do that by taking the next step forward. And, so, let’s do that. We are working our way through the book of Leviticus. We’ve been reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Today, Leviticus chapter 19 verse 1 through 20 verse 21.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for another week to spend together in your word. We thank you for the rhythm that we’ve established together to come around the Global Campfire every day and hear from your word and invite your Holy Spirit to plant the scriptures into our lives, something that we need more than ever, it seems. And in our lifetimes it is more than ever we need is to seep into our lives and be rooted and planted in us that we might truly be transformed, that we do not look in the mirror at the end of this year and see the same person, that we see a person that is a full year into transformation and actively participating in that and actively seeking to collaborate with you in your work in this world, that we really may be your hands and feet doing your bidding and loving it because it’s free. It’s freeing. Its freedom. So, com Holy Spirit we pray and seal what we’ve read this week into our hearts we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home. It’s home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here. And, so, be sure to check in. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app you can check in there.

Check out the Community section. That’s where the Prayer Wall is, and social media links are.

Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop for resources to take the journey deeper and wider and…well…in some cases just funner…but check out the resources and the Daily Audio Bible Shop.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, thank you profoundly. Thank you. We couldn’t be here if we weren’t in this together. Thank you 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 PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And, of course, if you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can at 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.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Community prayer and praise will be posted when I’m back from vacation. Love you family…

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02/26/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 19:1-20:21, Mark 8:11-38, Psalms 42:1-11, Proverbs 10:17

Today is the 26th day of February welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is a great to be here with you today as we bring another week to its close. And we’ll do that by taking the next step forward. And, so, let’s do that. We are working our way through the book of Leviticus. We’ve been reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Today, Leviticus chapter 19 verse 1 through 20 verse 21.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for another week to spend together in your word. We thank you for the rhythm that we’ve established together to come around the Global Campfire every day and hear from your word and invite your Holy Spirit to plant the scriptures into our lives, something that we need more than ever, it seems. And in our lifetimes it is more than ever we need is to seep into our lives and be rooted and planted in us that we might truly be transformed, that we do not look in the mirror at the end of this year and see the same person, that we see a person that is a full year into transformation and actively participating in that and actively seeking to collaborate with you in your work in this world, that we really may be your hands and feet doing your bidding and loving it because it’s free. It’s freeing. Its freedom. So, com Holy Spirit we pray and seal what we’ve read this week into our hearts we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home. It’s home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here. And, so, be sure to check in. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app you can check in there.

Check out the Community section. That’s where the Prayer Wall is, and social media links are.

Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop for resources to take the journey deeper and wider and…well…in some cases just funner…but check out the resources and the Daily Audio Bible Shop.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, thank you profoundly. Thank you. We couldn’t be here if we weren’t in this together. Thank you 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 PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And, of course, if you have a prayer request or encouragement, you can at 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.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Community prayer and praise will be posted when I’m back from vacation. Love you family…

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday February 27, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 20:22-22:16

22 You shall keep all my regulations and all my ordinances and put them into practice, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. 23 You shall not walk according to the religious practices of the nation which I am casting out before you, for I was disgusted with them because they did all these things, 24 so I said to you, “You will take possession of their land. I myself will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I, the Lord, am your God, who has distinguished you from the other peoples. 25 You shall therefore distinguish the clean animal from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable with an animal or a bird or anything that crawls on the ground that I have distinguished by declaring what is unclean for you. 26 You will be holy to me, for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have distinguished you from the other peoples so that you belong to me.”

27 A man or a woman who is a medium or deals with the spirits of the dead must certainly be put to death. They must be stoned to death. Their blood is on them.

Protecting the Holiness of the Priests

21 The Lord told Moses to speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them this:

No one shall make himself unclean for a dead person among his people, 2 except for his closest relatives. He may do it for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother, 3 and also for his virgin sister, who is close to him because she does not have a husband—for her he may make himself unclean. 4 But he shall not make himself unclean for his relatives by marriage and so defile himself.

5 The priests shall not cut a bald patch on to their heads or cut off the edges of their beards or gash their bodies. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not defile the name of their God. Because they present offerings made by fire,[a] the food of their God, they are to be set apart as holy.

7 They shall not marry a woman who has been a prostitute or is defiled. Neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for each priest is holy to his God. 8 So you shall treat him as holy. Since he presents the food of your God, he shall be holy to you, for I, the Lord, who sets you apart as holy, am holy.

9 When the daughter of a man who is a priest defiles herself through prostitution, she is defiling her father. She shall be burned in fire.

10 The high priest, who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the holy garments, shall not dishevel his hair nor tear his garments. 11 He shall not enter any place where there is a dead person. He shall not make himself unclean even for his father or his mother. 12 He shall not leave the sanctuary, so that he will not defile the sanctuary of his God, for the mark of consecration with the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.

13 The high priest shall marry a woman who is a virgin. 14 A widow or a divorcée or a woman defiled because of prostitution—these he shall not marry. Instead, he shall take a virgin from his own people as a wife, 15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord, who sets him apart as holy.

Disqualification From Priestly Service

16 The Lord told Moses 17 to tell Aaron this:

Any man from your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may not approach to present the food of his God. 18 Indeed, any man who has a defect shall not approach—a man who is blind or lame, or who has a limb that is too short or too long, 19 or a man who has a crippled foot or a crippled hand, 20 or who is deformed or abnormally small, or who has a growth in his eye, or a festering boil, or some other disfiguring skin condition,[b] or a damaged testicle. 21 Any man among the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall not draw near to present the gifts of the Lord. He has a defect, so he shall not draw near to present the food of his God.

22 But he may eat the food of his God from the most holy things and from the holy things. 23 Nevertheless, he shall not go in front of the veil and shall not approach the altar because he has a defect, so that he does not defile my holy things, for I am the Lord, who sets them apart as holy.

24 So Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Eating Holy Food

22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be very careful with the holy things of the people of Israel, which they consecrate to me, so that they may not defile my holy name. I am the Lord. 3 Tell them these things.”

In future generations, if any man among all your descendants, while he is in a state of uncleanness, approaches the holy things, which the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person is to be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord.

4 Any man of Aaron’s descendants who has an impure skin disease or a bodily discharge shall not eat any of the holy things until he is clean.

Any man who touches anything made unclean by a dead person, or any man from whom an emission of semen goes out, 5 or any man who touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean, or who touches any human being who makes him unclean, whatever his uncleanness might be— 6 that person who touches any of these things will be unclean until sunset and shall not eat any of the holy things unless he has washed his body with water. 7 When the sun has gone down, he will be clean. After that he may eat from the holy things, for it is his food. 8 But he shall not eat anything that has died naturally or been torn by wild animals, and so become unclean by it. I am the Lord.

9 Aaron’s descendants shall therefore keep watch for me, so that they do not become responsible for sin on account of uncleanness and die for it because they have defiled something holy. I am the Lord, who sets them apart as holy.

10 No person who is not a member of a priest’s family may eat anything holy. No guest or employee of a priest may eat anything holy. 11 But if a priest purchases anyone with his money, that person may eat from it, and those who are born into his household may eat from his food. 12 If a priest’s daughter has a husband who is not a priest, she may not eat any of the holy things that have been donated as an elevated offering. 13 But if a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced and she has no children and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food. No person who is not a member of a priest’s family may eat of it.

14 If anyone eats a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add one fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest.

15 The priests shall not defile the holy things that the Israelites donate as an elevated offering to the Lord 16 by letting other people eat them and so make that person incur the penalty of a restitution offering for the holy things, because I am the Lord, who sets them apart as holy.

Footnotes:

  1. Leviticus 21:6 Or food offerings. Here the Hebrew text has an additional word that specifies that this is a food offering.
  2. Leviticus 21:20 The meaning of this and some of the other terms in this section is uncertain.
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Mark 9:1-29

9 He said to them, “Amen I tell you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come with power.”

The Transfiguration

2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain where they were alone by themselves. There he was transfigured in front of them. 3 His clothes became radiant, dazzling white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them. 4 And Elijah appeared to them together with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

5 Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 He did not know what to say because they were terrified.

7 A cloud appeared and overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him.”

8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus alone.

9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing with one another what this “rising from the dead” meant.

11 They asked him, “Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

12 He said to them, “Elijah does come first and restores all things. Why was it also written about the Son of Man that he must suffer many things and be rejected? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it was written about him.”

Jesus Heals a Boy With a Demon

14 When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some experts in the law were arguing with them. 15 As soon as all the people in the crowd saw Jesus, they were very excited and ran to greet him. 16 He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”

17 One man from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. 18 Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.”

19 “O unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied. “How long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him to me.”

20 They brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the spirit saw him, it threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been happening to him?”

“From childhood,” he said. 22 “It has often thrown him into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

23 “If you can?”[a] Jesus said to him. “All things are possible for the one who believes.”

24 The child’s father immediately cried out and said with tears,[b] “I do believe. Help me with my unbelief!”

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit. “You mute and deaf spirit,” he said, “I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”

26 The spirit screamed, shook the boy violently, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many of them said, “He’s dead!” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, raised him up, and he stood up.

28 When Jesus went into a house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why were we not able to drive it out?”

29 He said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out, except by prayer and fasting.”[c]

Footnotes:

  1. Mark 9:23 Some witnesses to the text read If you are able to believe.
  2. Mark 9:24 A few witnesses to the text omit with tears.
  3. Mark 9:29 A few witnesses to the text omit and fasting.
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Psalm 43

Psalm 43

A Plea for Vindication

1 Judge me justly, O God,
and plead my case against an ungodly nation.
Rescue me from the deceitful, wicked man.
2 I know you are God, my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go around mourning
because of oppression by the enemy?
3 Send out your light and your truth.
Let them guide me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and gladness.
Then I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

Refrain

5 Why are you so depressed, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I will again praise him
for my salvation from the face of my God.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 43:5 Literally the salvation of my face and my God
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Proverbs 10:18

18 Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads gossip is a fool.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday February 26, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 19:1-20:21

Laws of Holiness

19 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy(A) because I, the Lord your God, am holy.(B)

3 “Each of you is to respect his mother and father.(C) You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to worthless idols(D) or make cast images(E) of gods for yourselves;(F) I am the Lord your God.

5 “When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 6 It is to be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must be burned.(G) 7 If any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.(H) 8 Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.(I)

9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings(J) of your harvest. 10 Do not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor(K) and the resident alien;(L) I am the Lord your God.

11 “Do not steal.(M) Do not act deceptively(N) or lie(O) to one another. 12 Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God;(P) I am the Lord.

13 “Do not oppress(Q) your neighbor or rob(R) him. The wages due a hired worker(S) must not remain with you until morning. 14 Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind,(T) but you are to fear your God;(U) I am the Lord.(V)

15 “Do not act unjustly(W) when deciding a case. Do not be partial(X) to the poor or give preference to the rich;(Y) judge your neighbor fairly. 16 Do not go about spreading slander(Z) among your people; do not jeopardize[a] your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord.

17 “Do not harbor hatred against your brother.[b](AA) Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.(AB) 18 Do not take revenge(AC) or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself;(AD) I am the Lord.

19 “You are to keep my statutes. Do not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.(AE)

20 “If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed(AF) or given her freedom, there must be punishment.[c] They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. 21 However, he must bring a ram as his guilt[d] offering to the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(AG) 22 The priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin he committed.

23 “When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden.[e] It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten. 24 In the fourth year all its fruit is to be consecrated as a praise offering(AH) to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you;(AI) I am the Lord your God.

26 “You are not to eat anything with blood in it.[f](AJ) You are not to practice divination(AK) or witchcraft.(AL) 27 You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.(AM) 28 You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead(AN) or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.

29 “Do not debase[g](AO) your daughter by making her a prostitute,(AP) or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity. 30 Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary;(AQ) I am the Lord.

31 “Do not turn to mediums[h](AR) or consult spiritists,[i](AS) or you will be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God.

32 “You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old.(AT) Fear your God; I am the Lord.

33 “When an alien resides with you in your land, you must not oppress(AU) him. 34 You will regard the alien who resides with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself,(AV) for you were aliens in the land of Egypt;(AW) I am the Lord your God.

35 “Do not be unfair(AX) in measurements of length, weight, or volume. 36 You are to have honest balances,(AY) honest weights, an honest dry measure,[j] and an honest liquid measure;[k](AZ) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”

Molech Worship and Spiritism

20 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or alien residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech(BA) must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.(BB) 3 I will turn[l] against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary(BC) and profaning my holy name.(BD) 4 But if the people of the country look the other way when that man[m] gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, 5 then I will turn against that man and his family, and cut off from their people both him and all who follow[n] him in prostituting(BE) themselves with Molech.

6 “Whoever turns to mediums[o](BF) or spiritists[p] and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people. 7 Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sets you apart.

Family and Sexual Offenses

9 “If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.(BG) He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.[q]

10 “If a man commits adultery(BH) with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[r](BI) Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[s] 12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,(BJ) both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault. 13 If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman,(BK) they have both committed a detestable act.(BL) They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. 14 If a man marries[t] a woman and her mother,(BM) it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned,(BN) so that there will be no depravity among you. 15 If a man has sexual intercourse with[u] an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal. 16 If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal.(BO) They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. 17 If a man marries his sister,(BP) whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,[v](BQ) it is a disgrace.(BR) They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity. 18 If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood.(BS) Both of them are to be cut off from their people. 19 You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister,(BT) for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity. 20 If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle;[w](BU) they will bear their guilt and die childless. 21 If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.(BV) He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother;[x](BW) they will be childless.

Footnotes:

  1. 19:16 Lit not stand against
  2. 19:17 Or your fellow Israelite
  3. 19:20 Or compensation
  4. 19:21 Or restitution
  5. 19:23 Lit uncircumcised
  6. 19:26 Or anything over its blood
  7. 19:29 Lit profane
  8. 19:31 Or spirits of the dead
  9. 19:31 Or familiar spirits
  10. 19:36 Lit honest ephah
  11. 19:36 Lit honest hin
  12. 20:3 Lit will set my face, also in vv. 5,6
  13. 20:4 Lit country ever close their eyes from that man when he
  14. 20:5 Lit prostitute themselves with
  15. 20:6 Or spirits of the dead
  16. 20:6 Or familiar spirits
  17. 20:9 Lit his blood on him
  18. 20:11 Lit has uncovered his father’s nakedness
  19. 20:11 Lit their blood on them, also in vv. 12,13,16,27
  20. 20:14 Lit takes, also in vv. 17,21
  21. 20:15 Lit man gives his emission to
  22. 20:17 Lit and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness
  23. 20:20 Lit has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness
  24. 20:21 Lit has uncovered his brother’s nakedness

Cross references:

  1. 19:2 : Ex 19:5–6
  2. 19:2 : Lv 11:44; 21:8
  3. 19:3 : Ex 20:12; 21:15
  4. 19:4 : Lv 26:1
  5. 19:4 : Nm 33:52
  6. 19:4 : Ex 20:3,23; 32:31; Dt 4:15–16
  7. 19:6 : Lv 7:17
  8. 19:7 : Lv 1:4
  9. 19:7–8 : Lv 7:18,20
  10. 19:9 : Lv 23:22; Dt 24:19–22; Ru 2:2–7,15–19,23; Is 17:5
  11. 19:10 : Dt 15:11
  12. 19:10 : Ex 2:22; Dt 24:20–21; Is 17:5–6; 24:13
  13. 19:11 : Ex 20:15; 22:1; Rm 13:9; Eph 4:28
  14. 19:11 : Pr 30:9; Is 30:9; 59:13; Jr 5:12; Hs 4:2; 7:3; 9:2; 10:13; Nah 3:1; Hab 3:17; Zch 13:4
  15. 19:11 : Gn 21:23; Ex 20:16; 1Sm 15:29; Ps 44:18; 89:34; Is 63:8; Eph 4:25
  16. 19:12 : Ex 20:7; Lv 18:21; 20:3; Mal 3:5; Jms 5:12
  17. 19:13 : Dt 24:14
  18. 19:13 : Dt 28:29
  19. 19:13 : Ex 12:45; 22:14; Lv 22:10; 25:6,40,50,53; Is 7:20; Jr 46:21; Ezk 18:7; Mal 3:5; Jms 5:4
  20. 19:14 : Ex 4:11; Dt 27:18
  21. 19:14 : Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Ac 10:2; Rv 14:7
  22. 19:14 : Ex 31:13
  23. 19:15 : Dt 25:16
  24. 19:15 : Ex 23:2–3; Dt 1:17; Jms 2:9
  25. 19:15 : Gn 24:35; Jb 34:19
  26. 19:16 : Ps 15:3; Jr 6:28; 9:4; Lk 6:22; 2Co 6:8; 12:20; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Ti 3:2; 1Pt 2:1; 4:4; Rv 2:9
  27. 19:17 : 2Th 3:15; 1Jn 2:9,11; 3:15; 4:20
  28. 19:17 : Pr 9:8; 27:5; Ezk 3:18; Mt 18:15; Gl 6:1
  29. 19:18 : Dt 32:35; Pr 20:22; Rm 12:17,19; Heb 10:30; Rv 19:2
  30. 19:18 : Pr 17:17; Mt 5:43; 22:39; Mk 12:31; Lk 10:27; Rm 13:9; Gl 5:14; Jms 2:8
  31. 19:19 : Dt 22:9–11
  32. 19:20 : Ex 6:6; 21:7–11; Lv 27:29; Dt 22:23–27
  33. 19:21 : Ex 27:21
  34. 19:24 : Jdg 9:27
  35. 19:25 : Lv 25:18–22
  36. 19:26 : Gn 9:4; Lv 3:17; 17:10–12; 1Sm 14:32–35; Ezk 33:25
  37. 19:26 : 1Kg 20:33
  38. 19:26 : Dt 18:10,14; Jdg 9:37; 2Kg 21:6; 2Ch 33:6; Is 2:6; 57:3; Jr 27:9
  39. 19:27 : Lv 21:5; Dt 14:1; 2Sm 10:4–5; Jr 41:5; 48:37; Ezk 5:1–5; 44:20
  40. 19:28 : 1Kg 18:28; Jr 16:6; 41:5; 47:5; 48:37
  41. 19:29 : Lv 21:12
  42. 19:29 : Ex 34:31; Lv 21:9; Dt 23:17–18
  43. 19:30 : Ex 15:17; Lv 20:3; 26:2; Nm 19:20
  44. 19:31 : Lv 20:6
  45. 19:31 : Dt 18:11; Ac 16:16
  46. 19:32 : Jb 12:12; 32:4; Pr 23:22; Lm 5:12; 1Tm 5:1
  47. 19:33 : Dt 23:16
  48. 19:34 : Lv 19:18
  49. 19:34 : Ex 23:9; Lv 18:3; Dt 10:19; 23:7
  50. 19:35 : Dt 25:16
  51. 19:36 : Hs 12:8; Am 8:5; Mc 6:11
  52. 19:36 : Dt 25:13–16; Pr 16:11; Ezk 45:10
  53. 20:2 : Lv 18:21; Dt 18:10; 2Kg 23:10; Ac 7:43
  54. 20:2 : Lv 24:14; Nm 15:35–36; Dt 17:2–7; 21:21; Jos 7:25
  55. 20:3 : Ex 15:17
  56. 20:3 : Lv 18:21; 19:12; 22:2,32; Jr 34:16; Ezk 36:20; 39:7; Am 2:7
  57. 20:5 : Dt 22:21
  58. 20:6 : Lv 19:31; 20:27; Dt 18:11; 1Sm 28:3,7–9; 2Kg 21:6; 23:24; 1Ch 10:13; 2Ch 33:6; Is 8:19; 19:3; 29:4
  59. 20:9 : Ex 21:17; Dt 21:18–21; 27:16; Pr 20:20; 30:11; Mt 15:4; Mk 7:10
  60. 20:10 : Ex 20:14; Dt 5:18; 22:22; 31:16; Pr 6:32; Mal 3:5; Mt 5:27–28,32; 19:9,18
  61. 20:11 : Lv 18:8; Dt 22:30; 27:20; 1Co 5:1
  62. 20:12 : Gn 38:16; Lv 18:15; Ezk 22:11
  63. 20:13 : Gn 19:5
  64. 20:13 : Gn 46:34
  65. 20:14 : Lv 18:17
  66. 20:14 : Gn 38:24; Lv 18:22; 21:9; Jdg 14:15; Rv 17:16
  67. 20:15–16 : Ex 22:19
  68. 20:17 : Lv 18:13
  69. 20:17 : Lv 18:9
  70. 20:17 : Lv 19:29
  71. 20:18 : Lv 18:19
  72. 20:19 : Ex 6:20; Lv 18:12–13
  73. 20:20 : Lv 18:14
  74. 20:21 : Mk 6:18
  75. 20:21 : Lv 18:16
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Mark 8:11-38

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

11 The(A) Pharisees(B) came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign(C) from heaven(D) to test(E) him. 12 Sighing deeply in his spirit,(F) he said, “Why does this generation(G) demand a sign? Truly I tell you,(H) no sign will be given to this generation.” 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

14 The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then(I) he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven[a](J) of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”(K) 16 They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. 17 Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?(L) 18 Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear?[b](M) And do you not remember?(N) 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?”

“Twelve,” they told him.

20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you collect?”

“Seven,” they said.

21 And he said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?” (O)

Healing a Blind Man

22 They came to Bethsaida.(P) They brought a blind(Q) man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting(R) on his eyes and laying his hands on(S) him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”

24 He looked up and said, “I see people—they look like trees walking.”(T)

25 Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly. 26 Then he sent(U) him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”[c](V)

Peter’s Confession of the Messiah

27 Jesus(W) went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

28 They answered him, “John the Baptist;(X) others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”(Y)

29 “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter(Z) answered him, “You are the Messiah.”(AA) 30 And he strictly warned(AB) them to tell no one about him.

His Death and Resurrection Predicted

31 Then(AC) he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man(AD) to suffer many things and be rejected(AE) by the elders,(AF) chief priests, and scribes,(AG) be killed, and rise(AH) after three days.(AI) 32 He spoke openly about this. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan!(AJ) You are not thinking about God’s concerns[d] but human concerns.”

Take Up Your Cross

34 Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself,(AK) take up his cross,(AL) and follow me.(AM) 35 For whoever wants to save(AN) his life will lose it,(AO) but whoever loses(AP) his life(AQ) because of me(AR) and the gospel(AS) will save it.(AT) 36 For what does it benefit(AU) someone to gain(AV) the whole world(AW) and yet lose(AX) his life?(AY) 37 What can anyone give in exchange for his life?(AZ) 38 For whoever is ashamed(BA) of me and my words(BB) in this adulterous and sinful(BC) generation,(BD) the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory(BE) of his Father(BF) with the holy(BG) angels.”(BH)

Footnotes:

  1. 8:15 Or yeast
  2. 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2
  3. 8:26 Other mss add or tell anyone in the village
  4. 8:33 Or about the things of God

Cross references:

  1. 8:11–12 : Mt 16:1–4
  2. 8:11 : Mk 7:3
  3. 8:11 : Mk 13:22; Jn 2:11; Heb 2:4
  4. 8:11 : Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10
  5. 8:11 : Jms 1:13
  6. 8:12 : Ps 51:12
  7. 8:12 : Lk 11:29
  8. 8:12 : Rv 22:21
  9. 8:15–21 : Mt 16:5–12
  10. 8:15 : Lk 13:21; Gl 5:9
  11. 8:15 : Mt 14:1
  12. 8:17 : Mk 6:52; Jn 12:40; Rm 11:7; 2Co 3:14
  13. 8:18 : Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mk 4:9,40
  14. 8:18 : Rv 2:5
  15. 8:21 : Mk 4:40
  16. 8:22 : Jn 12:21
  17. 8:22 : Mt 15:14
  18. 8:23 : Mk 7:33; 8:23; Jn 9:6
  19. 8:23 : 1Tm 5:22
  20. 8:24 : Mt 11:5
  21. 8:26 : Mk 3:14
  22. 8:26 : Mk 1:44
  23. 8:27–30 : Mt 16:13–20; Lk 9:18–20
  24. 8:28 : Mk 1:4; Lk 7:20
  25. 8:28 : Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52
  26. 8:29 : Lk 6:14
  27. 8:29 : Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2
  28. 8:30 : 2Tm 4:2
  29. 8:31–9:1 : Mt 16:21–28; Lk 9:21–27
  30. 8:31 : Mk 2:10
  31. 8:31 : Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 9:22; 17:25; 20:17; Heb 12:17; 1Pt 2:4,7
  32. 8:31 : 3Jn 1
  33. 8:31 : Mt 2:4
  34. 8:31 : Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; Ac 2:24
  35. 8:31 : Lk 9:22
  36. 8:33 : Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10
  37. 8:34 : Mk 10:45
  38. 8:34 : Lk 9:23
  39. 8:34 : Jn 8:12; 3Jn 9
  40. 8:35 : Ac 16:30; Jms 5:20; Jd 23
  41. 8:35 : 1Jn 3:16
  42. 8:35 : Mt 16:26
  43. 8:35 : Mt 10:39
  44. 8:35 : Mk 10:29; Rm 8:36
  45. 8:35 : Mk 1:1; Php 1:5
  46. 8:35 : Mt 16:25; Lk 9:24
  47. 8:36 : Mk 5:26
  48. 8:36 : Mt 16:26
  49. 8:36 : Mt 13:38
  50. 8:36 : 1Co 3:15; Php 3:7
  51. 8:36 : Rm 15:1
  52. 8:37 : Mt 20:28
  53. 8:38 : Rm 1:16
  54. 8:38 : Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32
  55. 8:38 : 1Tm 1:15
  56. 8:38 : Mt 12:39; Lk 11:29
  57. 8:38 : Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18
  58. 8:38 : Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42
  59. 8:38 : 1Co 7:14
  60. 8:38 : Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Jd 14; Rv 14:6
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Psalm 42

BOOK II

(Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42

Longing for God

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.

1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so I long for you, God.(A)
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?(B)
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?” (C)
4 I remember this as I pour out my heart:(D)
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.(E)

5 Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.(F)
6 I[a] am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.(G)
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your breakers and your billows have swept over me.(H)
8 The Lord will send his faithful love by day;(I)
his song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.

9 I will say to God, my rock,(J)
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?” (K)
10 My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?” (L)
11 Why, my soul, are you so dejected?
Why are you in such turmoil?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him,
my Savior and my God.(M)

Footnotes:

  1. 42:5–6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read him, the salvation of his presence. 6 My God, I

Cross references:

  1. 42:1 : Ps 84:2; 119:131
  2. 42:2 : Ps 63:1
  3. 42:3 : 1Sm 4:21; Ps 79:10; 115:2
  4. 42:4 : Ps 62:8
  5. 42:4 : Ps 55:14; 100:4
  6. 42:5 : Ps 38:6; 43:5; Mt 26:38
  7. 42:6 : Ps 61:2; Jnh 2:7
  8. 42:7 : Ps 69:1–2; Jnh 2:3
  9. 42:8 : Jb 35:10; Ps 77:6
  10. 42:9 : Ps 18:2; 31:3
  11. 42:9 : Ps 43:2
  12. 42:10 : Jl 2:17
  13. 42:11 : Ps 43:5; Mt 26:38
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Proverbs 10:17

17 The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,
but the one who rejects correction goes astray.(A)

Cross references:

  1. 10:17 : Pr 5:12–13,22–23; 6:23; 13:13–14
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2/25/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 16:29-18:30, Mark 7:24-8:10, Psalm 41:1-13, Proverb 10:15-16

Today is the 25th day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian, it is great to be here with you today as we do what we do and take the next step forward together and that will lead us back into the book of Leviticus where we are learning the laws that will establish this people, the children of Israel, who have recently, relatively recently been delivered from slavery in Egypt. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week, Leviticus chapter 16 verse 29 through 18 verse 30 today.

Commentary:

Okay, so in the gospel of Mark today, Jesus heals a deaf man and we’ve already gone through the gospel of Matthew so, we know that Jesus does this kind of stuff everywhere that He goes and people are flocking to him because He does this kind of stuff. One interesting feature though of the miracles of Jesus, and if I have my numbers right there are 37 miracles of Jesus accounted for in the Gospels and then the gospel of John tells us, basically, Jesus did a bunch of other stuff too, if everything could be written down it would take all the books in the world. So, it’s not a secret that Jesus was considered to be a miracle worker, what is kind of interesting is what He does and He did it today when he healed the deaf man. He took the man aside, away from crowd privately, a couple of strange things like putting His fingers in his years and spitting and touching it to His tongue and the man gets healed and Jesus tells him essentially, don’t tell anybody about this, keep this quiet and He does this repeatedly, often. So, from…from a practical perspective, the more that the news travels about a miracle worker right, the more crowds probably will come. And we could think, well Jesus doesn’t want the crowds but the crowds are already upon Jesus. So, what else could be going on here, certainly the crowds and Jesus having to retreat and all of these kinds of like he can’t even find a place of eat. This information is in the Gospels, but what else could be going on here? Is that that Jesus didn’t want to be known as the miracle worker, like that wasn’t the calling card, He didn’t want the label because His ministry was far more comprehensive than simply restoration and healing but once the labels go on, it’s hard to get them back off, even in this day and age and it was certainly that way at that time as well. People are people. Or maybe it’s just really simple, Jesus was about the work that He said He came to do to heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free and in every way, He is about this work and by our standards we would judge it miraculous. Well let’s pause here for a second and go all the way back to our first day together when we read Genesis chapter 1 and then by day two, we’re at Genesis chapter 3 and things start falling apart, but we have a minute to see things as they were created to be. We get to see Adam and Eve before the fall or what we know of as the fall, we see them before sin becomes a category in the human story. If we can begin to understand that no human walked the earth, after that sinless until Jesus came and then all the sudden His entire life, not just His death, His entire life becomes supremely important to us because it’s the first time that we can actually look at a human being without sin, inside a sinful world, were given an example of what humanity is supposed to look like, how it was created to be with intimate fellowship with the Father and no sin. And if that’s true then we are watching Jesus move about the earth doing what is completely normal to Him, healing the broken hearted and setting the captives free, restoring humanity, mending humanity, with every touch, with every word. And then the Scriptures go on to tell us that it is Jesus, we are to imitate, it is Jesus that we are to be like. We have a term for this: Christlike, we say it all the time. Christlike, which really doesn’t seem to be meant as an aspiration, like a goal of the things that were just trying to do but can’t do. It seems like we’re supposed to be part of the body of Christ in this world, it seems like were supposed to be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world, we often wish for a moment with Jesus with skin on, but when we look at one another, that’s what we’re supposed to be seeing or as the apostle Paul would put it is no longer I who live, it is Christ who dwells within me or the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you. This is the process on this faith journey known as sanctification, redemption, restoration, being set apart and made holy to God, like Jesus, joint heirs the Bible tells us. Joint heirs with Jesus in this kingdom, that is … we’re gonna have to talk about that more when we get into the sum of the letters in the New Testament, but that is mind boggling stuff to think about, joint heirs with Jesus. What Jesus gets, we get. That is crazy because we don’t deserve anything but when we realize we don’t deserve anything but have been given everything. Well, we can say yeah of course, I deserve this and we can get arrogant and we can become the human side of darkness. Or we can realize I don’t deserve to be here at all. And when we have emptied ourselves of all of our rights, and all of our wrongs and all of our offenses and all of the things that are holding us back like chains, when we realize, Jesus has come to set us free from these things and that we have been given permission to be Christlike in this world, well then, we need a model for what that looks like and that is what we find when we look at the ministry of Jesus. So, back to the miracles and Jesus is moving around the countryside and restoring people and some of them are receiving healing and miraculous ways, we need to wonder if that’s what’s supposed to be no normal. When we look at Jesus and stop looking at Him as the superhero but look at him as God made flesh, revealing what humanity was intended to be and look like and operate like, that is a game changer because then we immediately realize it’s not that way. In fact, it’s almost backward. Then we realize how far we have fallen, and how much we have normalized, how less we are living, than what seems to be offered to us. And so, yes, we rejoice in the miracles of Jesus, but they should serve as reminders of what a normal human being without sin, created in the image of God looks like, like Jesus, which is what we’re supposed to look like.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we invite You into that. Plenty to think about, we always have things to think about some days, we have things to wrestle with, some things we have some deep digging to do, some days You bring words of comfort and inspiration and solace and we thank You because You give us what we need as we need it and we are grateful. So, we’re still at the beginning of the year and as we contemplate what our total freedom might look like, what holiness might look like for us, we begin to realize that we can’t live on both sides of the fence. Our freedom requires that we surrender completely to You. And then all things become possible because it’s not just our wants and needs and desires and for You to dig us back out of holes that we’ve dug. Or that You give us a raise or You give us a better job, these things may be important but when we realize what we have been given and things become rewired in our own minds, we are flooded with gratefulness. It is, it is beyond our capacity to truly imagine what it would be like to be totally and completely free, with nothing tethering us and completely surrendered and open to You for Your work in this world and we ask for divine imagination, that we can imagine ourselves like this because this is what the process is supposed to be doing in us day-by-day, step-by-step, over time, we are being perfected, we are being made holy. May we never stand in the way of that. That would be standing in the way of our freedom. Come, Holy Spirit into all of this we ask, in the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday February 25, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 16:29-18:30

29 “This is to be a permanent statute(A) for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial(B) and do no work,(C) both the native and the alien(D) who resides among you. 30 Atonement will be made for you on this day to cleanse you,(E) and you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It is a Sabbath(F) of complete rest for you,(G) and you must practice self-denial; it is a permanent statute. 32 The priest who is anointed and ordained[a](H) to serve as high priest(I) in place of his father will make atonement. He will put on the linen garments, the holy garments, 33 and make atonement for the most holy place. He will make atonement for the tent of meeting and the altar and will make atonement for the priests and all the people of the assembly. 34 This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites once a year(J) because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the Lord commanded Moses.

Forbidden Sacrifices

17 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: This is what the Lord has commanded: 3 Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters(K) an ox, sheep, or goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp, 4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before his tabernacle—that person will be considered guilty.[b](L) He has shed blood(M) and is to be cut off from his people.(N) 5 This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices(O) they have been offering in the open country. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting and offer them as fellowship sacrifices(P) to the Lord. 6 The priest will then splatter the blood on the Lord’s altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons(Q) that they have prostituted(R) themselves with. This will be a permanent statute(S) for them throughout their generations.

8 “Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens(T) who reside among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice 9 but does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord, that person is to be cut off from his people.

Eating Blood and Carcasses Prohibited

10 “Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens who reside among them who eats any blood,(U) I will turn[c] against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for[d] your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.(V) 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood.

13 “Any Israelite or alien residing among them, who hunts(W) down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood(X) and cover it with dirt. 14 Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature,(Y) because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

15 “Every person, whether the native or the resident alien,(Z) who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts(AA) is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his iniquity.”

Prohibited Pagan Practices

18 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God.(AB) 3 Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt,(AC) where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan,(AD) where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.(AE) 4 You are to practice my ordinances(AF) and you are to keep my statutes(AG) by following them; I am the Lord your God. 5 Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live(AH) if he does them.(AI) I am the Lord.

6 “You are not to come near(AJ) any close relative[e] for sexual intercourse;(AK) I am the Lord. 7 You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father(AL) and mother.[f] She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. 8 You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;(AM) she is your father’s family.(AN) 9 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s,(AO) whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her. 10 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for they are your family.[g] 11 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by[h] your father; she is your sister. 12 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister;(AP) she is your father’s close relative. 13 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister,(AQ) for she is your mother’s close relative. 14 You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to[i] your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.(AR) 15 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law.(AS) She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her. 16 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s family.(AT) 17 You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter.(AU) You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.(AV) 18 You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.(AW)

19 “You are not to approach(AX) a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.(AY) 20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[j] your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.(AZ)

21 “You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire[k] to Molech.(BA) Do not profane the name(BB) of your God; I am the Lord. 22 You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman;(BC) it is detestable.(BD) 23 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[l] any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it;(BE) it is a perversion.

24 “Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things. 25 The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.(BF) 26 But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts—not the native or the alien who resides among you. 27 For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled. 28 If you defile the land, it will vomit(BG) you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you. 29 Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people. 30 You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs(BH) that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.”

Footnotes:

  1. 16:32 Lit and will fill his hand
  2. 17:4 Lit tabernacle—blood will be charged against that person
  3. 17:10 Lit will set my face
  4. 17:11 Or to ransom
  5. 18:6 Lit any flesh of his flesh
  6. 18:7 Lit Do not uncover your father’s nakedness and your mother’s nakedness
  7. 18:10 Lit because they are your nakedness
  8. 18:11 Lit daughter, a relative of
  9. 18:14 Lit Do not uncover the nakedness of
  10. 18:20 Lit to give your emission of semen to
  11. 18:21 Lit to make any of your children pass through the fire
  12. 18:23 Lit to give your emission to

Cross references:

  1. 16:29 : Ex 28:43; Lv 11:46
  2. 16:29 : Lv 23:27–32; Nm 29:7; Ps 35:13; Is 58:3,5; Dn 10:12
  3. 16:29 : Ex 12:16; Lv 23:3,28,31; Nm 29:7; Jr 17:22
  4. 16:29 : Ex 12:49; Lv 17:15; 18:26
  5. 16:30 : Lv 13:6
  6. 16:31 : Gn 2:2
  7. 16:31 : Ex 16:23; 31:15; 35:2; Lv 23:3,24,32,39; 25:4–5
  8. 16:32 : Ex 29:33
  9. 16:32 : Lv 8:12,33
  10. 16:34 : Heb 9:7
  11. 17:3 : Dt 12:5–21
  12. 17:4 : Ex 22:1; Lv 20:9; Nm 35:27; Dt 19:10; Ps 55:23; Is 33:15
  13. 17:4 : Gn 9:6
  14. 17:4 : Nm 9:13
  15. 17:5 : Gn 46:1; Ex 34:25
  16. 17:5 : Lv 7:11
  17. 17:7 : 2Ch 11:15; Is 13:21; 34:14
  18. 17:7 : Dt 22:21
  19. 17:7 : Gn 26:5; Ex 12:14; Lv 3:17; Nm 9:3; Dt 6:2; 8:11
  20. 17:8 : Gn 19:9; Ex 2:22
  21. 17:10 : Gn 9:4; Lv 3:17
  22. 17:11 : Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24; Rm 3:25; 5:9; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14,20; Heb 13:12; 1Jn 1:7; Rv 1:5
  23. 17:13 : Gn 25:27
  24. 17:13 : Ex 29:12; Lv 17:4; Dt 12:16,24; 15:23; Ezk 24:7
  25. 17:14 : Lv 3:17
  26. 17:15 : Lv 16:29
  27. 17:15 : Ex 22:31; Lv 7:24; 22:8; Dt 14:21
  28. 18:2 : Nm 15:41
  29. 18:3 : Lv 11:45; 19:34,36
  30. 18:3 : Dt 18:9–12
  31. 18:3 : Ex 23:24; Lv 18:24–30; 2Kg 17:7–8
  32. 18:4 : Lv 18:26; Nm 29:18; Jos 6:15; Ezr 3:4; Jb 9:19; Ps 119:13; Is 1:17; Ezk 18:5
  33. 18:4 : Lv 7:7
  34. 18:5 : Dt 4:1; Neh 9:29; Ezk 20:13,21,25; 33:12; Rm 7:10; Php 1:21
  35. 18:5 : Dt 6:24; Pr 6:23; Lk 10:26–28; Rm 7:10; 10:5; Gl 3:12
  36. 18:6 : Gn 20:4
  37. 18:6 : 1Tm 4:3
  38. 18:7 : Ezk 22:10
  39. 18:8 : Gn 35:22; 49:4; Lv 20:11; 2Sm 16:21–22; Am 2:7; 1Co 5:1
  40. 18:8 : Lv 20:11
  41. 18:9 : Lv 20:17; Dt 27:22; 2Sm 13:11–14; Ezk 22:11
  42. 18:12 : Ex 6:20
  43. 18:13 : Lv 20:19
  44. 18:14 : Lv 20:20
  45. 18:15 : Gn 38:16; Lv 20:12; Ezk 22:11
  46. 18:16 : Lv 20:21; Dt 25:5–10; Mt 14:3–4; Mk 6:18
  47. 18:17 : Lv 20:14; Dt 27:23; Am 2:7
  48. 18:17 : Lv 19:29
  49. 18:18 : Gn 29:21–28
  50. 18:19 : Gn 20:4
  51. 18:19 : Lv 15:19–24; 20:18; Ezk 18:6
  52. 18:20 : Ex 20:14; Lv 20:10; Nm 5:11–31; Dt 22:22; 1Co 6:9; Heb 13:4
  53. 18:21 : Lv 20:2–5; Dt 18:10; 1Kg 11:7; 2Kg 23:10; Jr 32:35; Ac 7:43
  54. 18:21 : Ex 20:7; Lv 20:3; Jn 10:25
  55. 18:22 : Gn 19:5; Lv 20:13; Dt 23:18; Rm 1:26–27; 1Co 6:9–11; Gl 5:21; 1Tm 1:10; Rv 21:8
  56. 18:22 : Gn 46:34
  57. 18:23 : Ex 22:19
  58. 18:25 : Nm 35:33–34; Dt 9:4; Ezr 9:11; Is 24:5–6; Jr 2:7; Ezk 36:1
  59. 18:28 : Lv 20:22; Dt 8:20
  60. 18:30 : Lv 7:7
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Mark 7:24-8:10

A Gentile Mother’s Faith

24 He got up and departed from(A) there to the region of Tyre.[a](B) He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice. 25 Instead, immediately after hearing about him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit(C) came and fell at his feet.(D) 26 The woman was a Gentile,[b](E) a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon(F) out of her daughter. 27 He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”(G)

28 But she replied to him, “Lord,(H) even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

29 Then he told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.” 30 When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

Jesus Does Everything Well

31 Again, leaving the region of Tyre,(I) he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,(J) through[c] the region of the Decapolis.(K) 32 They brought to him a deaf(L) man who had difficulty speaking(M) and begged Jesus to lay his hand on(N) him. 33 So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man’s ears and spitting,(O) he touched his tongue. 34 Looking up to heaven,(P) he sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!”[d] (that is, “Be opened!”). 35 Immediately his ears were opened,(Q) his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.(R) 36 He ordered them to tell no one,(S) but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.(T)

37 They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well.(U) He even makes the deaf(V) hear and the mute speak.”(W)

Feeding Four Thousand

8 In(X) those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called(Y) the disciples(Z) and said to them, 2 “I have compassion(AA) on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way,(AB) and some of them have come a long distance.”

4 His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to feed(AC) these people?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked them.

“Seven,” they said. 6 He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke(AD) them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. So they served them to the crowd. 7 They also had a few small fish, and after he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well. 8 They ate and were satisfied. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces. 9 About four thousand were there. He dismissed them. 10 And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

Footnotes:

  1. 7:24 Many early mss add and Sidon
  2. 7:26 Or a Greek (speaker)
  3. 7:31 Or into
  4. 7:34 An Aramaic expression

Cross references:

  1. 7:24–30 : Mt 15:21–28
  2. 7:24 : Ac 21:7
  3. 7:25 : Lk 11:24
  4. 7:25 : Lk 8:47
  5. 7:26 : Ac 17:12
  6. 7:26 : Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2
  7. 7:27 : Ex 22:31
  8. 7:28 : Lk 10:1
  9. 7:31 : Ac 21:7
  10. 7:31 : Mt 4:18; 15:29; Mk 1:16; Jn 6:1
  11. 7:31 : Mt 4:25; Mk 5:20
  12. 7:32 : Lk 7:22
  13. 7:32 : Ex 4:11; Is 35:6; 56:10
  14. 7:32 : 1Tm 5:22
  15. 7:33 : Jn 9:6
  16. 7:34 : Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10
  17. 7:35 : Phm 10
  18. 7:35 : Lk 20:21
  19. 7:36 : Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56
  20. 7:36 : Mk 1:4
  21. 7:37 : Gn 1:31
  22. 7:37 : Lk 7:22
  23. 7:37 : Mk 9:17
  24. 8:1–10 : Mt 15:29–38
  25. 8:1 : Lk 18:16
  26. 8:1 : Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1
  27. 8:2 : Lk 15:20
  28. 8:3 : Mk 8:27
  29. 8:4 : Mt 5:6; 15:33
  30. 8:6 : Mk 14:22
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Psalm 41

Psalm 41

Victory in spite of Betrayal

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

1 Happy is one who is considerate of the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.(A)
2 The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.(B)
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.(C)
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
you will heal him on the bed where he lies.(D)

4 I said, “Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against you.”(E)
5 My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?” (F)
6 When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.(G)
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.(H)
8 “Something awful has overwhelmed him,[a]
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!” (I)
9 Even my friend[b] in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.(J)

10 But you, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.(K)
11 By this I know that you delight in me:(L)
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.(M)
12 You supported me because of my integrity(N)
and set me in your presence forever.(O)

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.(P)

Footnotes:

  1. 41:8 Lit “A thing of worthlessness has been poured into him
  2. 41:9 Lit Even a man of my peace

Cross references:

  1. 41:1 : Ps 82:3–4; Pr 14:21
  2. 41:2 : Ps 37:22,28
  3. 41:2 : Ps 27:12
  4. 41:3 : Jr 17:14
  5. 41:4 : Ps 6:2; 51:4
  6. 41:5 : Ps 38:12
  7. 41:6 : Ps 12:2; 62:4; Pr 26:24–26
  8. 41:7 : Ps 56:5
  9. 41:8 : Ps 71:10–11
  10. 41:9 : Jb 19:19; Ps 55:12–13; Jn 13:18
  11. 41:10 : Ps 9:13
  12. 41:11 : Ps 37:23
  13. 41:11 : Ps 25:2
  14. 41:12 : Ps 37:17
  15. 41:12 : Ps 21:6
  16. 41:13 : Ps 72:18–19; 89:52
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Proverbs 10:15-16

15 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

16 The reward of the righteous is life;
the wages of the wicked is punishment.(B)

Cross references:

  1. 10:15 : Ps 52:7; Pr 18:11
  2. 10:16 : Pr 11:19
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02/24/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 15:1-16:28, Mark 7:1-23, Psalms 40:11-17, Proverbs 10:13-14

Today is the 24th day of February welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is great to be here with you today as we come in and gather around the Global Campfire and leave all of the cares of this life at the door. And we and come into this place knowing that that stuff, that stuff is still gonna be there and we can go right back and pick it up and get about our day. But this is a safe place for us for our souls We’ve come here for such simple reasons, to gather in community so that we know that were not alone during the trials of this faith journey and so that every day we can be refreshed, reoriented and instructed by the Scriptures which makes this a place to exhale. And so often what the Scriptures speak to us gives it gives us a different context or perspective about those things that we left at the door. We can go back to them and see them differently and address them differently maybe without all the anxiety, maybe without all of the nervousness. So, it is great to be here with you today around the Global Campfire to take the next step forward. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. We’re working our way in the book of Leviticus are learning about clean and unclean. Leviticus chapter 15 verse 1 through 16 verse 28.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the book of Leviticus we are learning about what is clean and what is unclean and we were able to do that today with a couple of our favorite things to talk about - semen and menstruation. And, so, every time we go through this in the Bible I’m like why can’t there be more of this in the Bible? This is awesome! But we have to talk about what’s in the Bible and we understand biologically about bio hazards. We can understand because of the other examples that we’ve had during this process that there are really practical reasons for clean and unclean in a camp of a million people that have no antibiotics, have no cough medicine, have no Band-Aids for that matter. But interestingly enough, when we flipped the page into the gospel of Mark what did we hear? So, the Pharisees and the scribes asked him why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean hands. And this becomes really really interesting because Jesus was certainly a popular rabbi. People were as we see in the Gospels flocking to him. He’s also being checked out by the religious authorities and they’re asking questions. And so many of their questions about are about why He is breaking the rules and who gave Him authority to do such things. So, let’s go back to Leviticus for second. We’ve been talking about these laws. We’ve been talking about how they have practical human value, especially in a camp like that but that most of these things are still things that we may do them completely differently, but they still can’t be left unclean. They’re going to cause really, really big problems. And we’ve noticed that God has brought His children out of slavery into the wilderness where they have nowhere to run and nowhere to go. They have to learn to depend completely on Him. And this law that is being given, these are the rules. This is what you abide by and this is what you do if you step out of line. This is how you become purified again. But it’s not only external behaviors. All of the external behaviors have correlations, are tied to spiritual truths and realities. What’s being baked in here is a way that this culture is constantly pointed to who they are and where they came from and who God is. Everything about their culture points them in this direction. And, so, everything that they do points them in this direction in one way or another. When we zoom forward a couple of thousand years and we land in the first century at the time of Jesus the rules still exists and people are trying to follow the rules. But over the couple of thousand of years that happened some shifts have taken place. They have begun to think that if they could obey the rules externally, simply just obey the rules they would become righteous. And although that may be true nobody could. But they had sort of lost the plot. The rules existed without the spirit of why they existed. And, so, in the gospel of Mark today Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah. “This people honors me with their lips”, right? “They say the right things, but their heart is far from me.” And then He goes on to say, “it’s not what you put in your body it is what is coming out of your heart that the files you.” And, so, what begin to see is that things had gotten really backward. A clean heart from within, a profound reverence and awe and love for God from within compels a person to fall in alignment with the expectations of the one that we love. We can understand this in marriage. We make all kinds of mistakes in marriage, but we really go back to the marriage license and try to figure out what we did wrong or what he or she did wrong, many of the rules if we want to call the rules of marriage are bound by love from our heart for the one that we have given ourselves to. And again, we make all kinds of mistakes. There are all kinds of seasons when you’re trying to spend your life together with somebody. But it’s love that would compel us to be loyal. It’s love that would compel us to be faithful. It’s love that would compel us to be self-sacrificing. It’s love that would teach us about compromise. It’s love that binds the whole thing together. The relationship isn’t just about what we do with each other physically, right? Like that’s external. But these things come from what is within us. And, so, the law without the spirit of the law, the reason, the orientation is just page full of rules. Maybe good rules. But when things get twisted to be controlling and not to compel a person from within to love God then things get really backward. They were backward in Jesus time. We can still find that in the world today. What Jesus said to the religious leaders of His time, “abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition. You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up your tradition.” And, so, if we’re trying to grit our teeth and all obey God by obeying God’s rules as we understand them then we have to realize that we’re missing the energy or the spark that can allow us to obey at all. And that comes from within, the outpouring of our absolute love for God, our trust in God and our understanding that He is given us some guardrails because He wants us to live free. And when we step outside of those guardrails we are heading toward enslaving ourselves in some way. What God wants is for us to be free and true and who we are and in love with Him as He is in love with us. And so, that gives us some things to think about today as we continue to think about what is clean and what is unclean within us.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit come into that. We can feel a lift in our souls when we speak about freedom, that there is nothing between us and anyone else. Like the offenses that we’ve carried around our whole lives and kept in the basement that’s been cleaned out. We’ve begun to learn to forgive and we’ve begun to learn to release and we’ve become…we’ve begun to look to You for all things, our only hope this changes the way that we do everything. And, so, You have invited us into a dance rather than into a prison cell. Help us to realize that. Help us to realize that when we follow You, even if that means that we have to have the self-discipline to avoid something that will hurt us we are following the path to freedom, to living as we were created to be. So, come Holy Spirit into this. And we pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday February 24, 2022 (NIV)

Leviticus 15:1-16:28

Bodily Discharges

15 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge(A) from his member, he is unclean. 3 This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his member secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge,[a] he is unclean. 4 Any bed the man with the discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. 5 Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 6 Whoever sits on furniture that the man with the discharge was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 7 Whoever touches the body[b] of the man with a discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 8 If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 9 Any saddle the man with the discharge rides on will be unclean.(B) 10 Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 11 If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water,(C) the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 12 Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, while any wooden utensil is to be rinsed with water.(D)

13 “When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean. 14 He must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons on the eighth day, come before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.(E) In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the Lord because of his discharge.

16 “When a man has an emission of semen,(F) he is to bathe himself completely with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 17 Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen is to be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. 18 If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.(G)

19 “When a woman has a discharge, and it consists of blood from her body, she will be unclean because of her menstruation(H) for seven days. Everyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. 20 Anything she lies on during her menstruation will become unclean, and anything she sits on will become unclean. 21 Everyone who touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 22 Everyone who touches any furniture she was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 23 If discharge is on the bed or the furniture she was sitting on, when he touches it he will be unclean until evening. 24 If a man sleeps with her, and blood from her menstruation gets on him, he will be unclean for seven days, and every bed he lies on will become unclean.(I)

25 “When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, though it is not the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, as she is during the days of her menstruation. 26 Any bed she lies on during the days of her discharge will be like her bed during menstrual impurity; any furniture she sits on will be unclean as in her menstrual period. 27 Everyone who touches them will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening. 28 When she is cured of her discharge, she is to count seven days, and after that she will be clean.(J) 29 On the eighth day she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 30 The priest is to sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her before the Lord because of her unclean discharge.

31 “You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle(K) that is among them. 32 This is the law for someone with a discharge: a man who has an emission of semen, becoming unclean by it; 33 a woman who is in her menstrual period; anyone who has a discharge, whether male or female; and a man who sleeps with a woman who is unclean.”

The Day of Atonement

16 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence(L) of[c] the Lord and died.(M) 2 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place(N) behind the curtain(O) in front of the mercy seat(P) on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud(Q) above the mercy seat.(R)

3 “Aaron is to enter the most holy place(S) in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.(T) 4 He is to wear a holy linen tunic, and linen undergarments are to be on his body. He is to tie a linen sash around him and wrap his head with a linen turban.(U) These are holy garments; he must bathe his body with water before he wears them. 5 He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.(V)

6 “Aaron will present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. 7 Next he will take the two goats and place them before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8 After Aaron casts lots(W) for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other for an uninhabitable place,[d][e](X) 9 he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the Lord and sacrifice it as a sin offering.(Y) 10 But the goat chosen by lot for an uninhabitable place is to be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement with it by sending it into the wilderness(Z) for an uninhabitable place.

11 “When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering. 12 Then he is to take a firepan full of blazing coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense,(AA) and bring them inside the curtain.(AB) 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, so that the cloud(AC) of incense covers the mercy seat that is over the testimony,(AD) or else he will die.(AE) 14 He is to take some of the bull’s blood(AF) and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times.(AG)

15 “When he slaughters the male goat for the people’s sin offering and brings its blood inside the curtain, he will do the same with its blood as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. 16 He will make atonement for the most holy place in this way for all their sins because of the Israelites’ impurities and rebellious acts.(AH) He will do the same for the tent of meeting that remains among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities. 17 No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the most holy place until he leaves after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.(AI) 18 Then he will go out to the altar that is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on the horns on all sides of the altar. 19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse and set it apart(AJ) from the Israelites’ impurities.(AK)

20 “When he has finished making atonement for the most holy place, the tent of meeting, and the altar, he is to present the live male goat. 21 Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess(AL) over it all the Israelites’ iniquities(AM) and rebellious acts—all their sins.(AN) He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness(AO) by the man appointed for the task.[f] 22 The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land,(AP) and the man will release it there.

23 “Then Aaron is to enter the tent of meeting, take off the linen garments(AQ) he wore when he entered the most holy place, and leave them there. 24 He will bathe his body with water in a holy place(AR) and put on his clothes.(AS) Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering; he will make atonement for himself and for the people. 25 He is to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar. 26 The man who released the goat for an uninhabitable place is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward he may reenter the camp. 27 The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the most holy place to make atonement, must be brought outside the camp(AT) and their hide,(AU) flesh, and waste burned.(AV) 28 The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.

Footnotes:

  1. 15:3 DSS, Sam, LXX; MT omits he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge
  2. 15:7 Or member, also in v. 13
  3. 16:1 LXX, Tg, Syr, Vg read they brought strange fire before; Nm 3:4
  4. 16:8 Lit for Azazel, also in vv. 10 (2x),26
  5. 16:8 Traditionally “for the scapegoat”; perhaps a term that means “for the goat that departs,” or “for removal,” or “for a rough, difficult place,” or “for a goat-demon”; Hb obscure, also in vv. 10,26
  6. 16:21 Lit wilderness in the hand of a ready man

Cross references:

  1. 15:2 : Lv 15:33; 22:4; Nm 5:2; 2Sm 3:29
  2. 15:9 : Gn 31:34–35
  3. 15:11 : Ex 30:19; Mt 15:2; Mk 7:3
  4. 15:12 : Lv 6:28; 11:33
  5. 15:15 : Gn 22:2; Lv 3:5; Nm 6:11; Jos 8:31; 1Ch 16:1; Ps 20:3; Mc 6:6
  6. 15:16 : Lv 15:32; 19:20; 22:4; Nm 5:13
  7. 15:18 : 2Sm 11:2–4
  8. 15:19 : Lv 12:2,5; 18:19; Ezk 22:10; 36:17
  9. 15:24 : Lv 18:19; 20:18; Ezk 18:6
  10. 15:28 : Lv 15:13; Mt 9:20–22
  11. 15:31 : Ex 25:9; Nm 5:2–3
  12. 16:1 : Gn 4:14
  13. 16:1 : Lv 10:1–2
  14. 16:2 : Heb 6:19
  15. 16:2 : Mk 15:38
  16. 16:2 : Ex 31:7
  17. 16:2 : Ex 16:10
  18. 16:2 : Nm 7:89; 16:42; 1Kg 8:10–12; Heb 9:5
  19. 16:3 : Lv 4:1–12; Heb 9:7,24–25
  20. 16:3 : Gn 22:2; Lv 3:5; Nm 6:11; Jos 8:31; 1Ch 16:1; Ps 20:3; Mc 6:6
  21. 16:4 : Ex 28:42–43; Lv 6:10; 8:7–8; Ezk 44:17–19
  22. 16:5 : Lv 4:23–24; 8:18–21; 9:15
  23. 16:8 : Nm 26:55
  24. 16:8 : Lv 16:26
  25. 16:9 : Nm 29:11
  26. 16:10 : Gn 14:6
  27. 16:12 : Nm 7:14
  28. 16:12 : Mk 15:38
  29. 16:13 : Ex 16:10
  30. 16:13 : Ex 31:18
  31. 16:13 : Lv 10:1; Nm 16:46–48; Ps 141:2; Rv 8:3–5
  32. 16:14 : Heb 9:22
  33. 16:14 : Lv 4:6; Heb 9:4–5
  34. 16:16 : Ex 22:9
  35. 16:17 : 1Tm 2:5; Heb 9:7
  36. 16:19 : Lv 8:10
  37. 16:17–19 : Heb 9:11–14
  38. 16:21 : Lv 5:5; 26:40; Nm 5:7; 2Ch 30:22; Neh 1:6; 9:2; Dn 9:4,20
  39. 16:21 : Lv 5:1
  40. 16:21 : Ezr 10:1; Neh 9:2–3; Dn 9:20; 2Co 5:21; Jms 5:16; 1Jn 1:9
  41. 16:21 : Lv 14:7
  42. 16:22 : Ps 103:12; Is 53:4,6,11–12; Jn 1:29; Heb 9:28; 1Pt 2:24; 1Jn 3:5
  43. 16:23 : Lv 6:11
  44. 16:24 : Ex 29:31; Lv 6:16,26–27; 7:6; 10:13; 24:9; Ec 8:10; Ezk 42:13
  45. 16:24 : Lv 8:6–9
  46. 16:27 : Lv 8:17
  47. 16:27 : Lv 7:8
  48. 16:27 : Lv 4:11–12; Heb 13:11–12
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Mark 7:1-23

The Traditions of the Elders

7 The(A) Pharisees(B) and some of the scribes(C) who had come from Jerusalem(D) gathered around him. 2 They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean(E)—that is, unwashed—hands. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace,(F) they do not eat unless they have washed.(G) And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches.[a](H)) 5 So the Pharisees(I) and the scribes(J) asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live[b] according to the tradition of the elders,(K) instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[c] hands?”

6 He answered them, “Isaiah(L) prophesied(M) correctly about you hypocrites,(N) as it is written: (O)

This people honors(P) me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching(Q) as doctrines(R) human commands.[d](S)

8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.”[e] 9 He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up[f] your tradition! 10 For Moses(T) said: Honor your father and your mother; [g](U) and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.[h](V) 11 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit(W) you might have received from me is corban’” (that is, an offering(X) devoted to God), 12 “you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of God(Y) by your tradition that you have handed(Z) down. And you do many other similar things.”

14 Summoning(AA) the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:(AB) 15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[i]

17 When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? 19 For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach(AC) and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean(AD)). 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities,(AE) thefts, murders,(AF) 22 adulteries,(AG) greed,(AH) evil actions, deceit,(AI) self-indulgence,(AJ) envy,[j] slander,(AK) pride,(AL) and foolishness.(AM) 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

Footnotes:

  1. 7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches
  2. 7:5 Lit walk
  3. 7:5 Other mss read with unwashed
  4. 7:6–7 Is 29:13
  5. 7:8 Other mss add The washing of jugs, and cups, and many other similar things you practice.
  6. 7:9 Or to maintain
  7. 7:10 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
  8. 7:10 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
  9. 7:15 Some mss include v. 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”
  10. 7:22 Or evil eye

Cross references:

  1. 7:1–23 : Mt 15:1–20
  2. 7:1 : Mk 7:3
  3. 7:1 : Mt 2:4
  4. 7:1 : Mt 23:37
  5. 7:2 : Ac 10:28
  6. 7:4 : Mk 6:56
  7. 7:4 : Heb 6:2; 9:10
  8. 7:4 : Lk 5:18
  9. 7:5 : Mk 7:3
  10. 7:5 : Mt 2:4
  11. 7:5 : 3Jn 1
  12. 7:6 : Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17
  13. 7:6 : Jn 11:51
  14. 7:6 : Lk 6:42
  15. 7:6 : Ac 15:15
  16. 7:6 : 1Tm 5:3
  17. 7:7 : Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11
  18. 7:7 : Rm 15:4
  19. 7:7 : Is 29:13; Col 2:22
  20. 7:10 : Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2
  21. 7:10 : Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
  22. 7:10 : Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
  23. 7:11 : Mk 5:26
  24. 7:11 : Heb 5:1; 9:9; 11:4
  25. 7:13 : Mk 4:14; Lk 8:21; Jn 18:32
  26. 7:13 : Jd 3
  27. 7:14 : Lk 18:16
  28. 7:14 : Mt 13:13
  29. 7:19 : Php 3:19
  30. 7:19 : 1Jn 1:7
  31. 7:21 : 1Th 4:3
  32. 7:21 : Pr 1:16
  33. 7:22 : Nm 5:11
  34. 7:22 : Eph 5:3
  35. 7:22 : Ps 10:7
  36. 7:22 : Rm 13:13; 2Co 12:21; Gl 5:19; Eph 4:19; 1Pt 4:3; 2Pt 2:2,7,18
  37. 7:22 : Jn 10:33; Rv 13:6
  38. 7:22 : Ps 17:10
  39. 7:22 : 2Co 11:1
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Psalm 40:11-17

11 Lord, you do not[a] withhold your compassion from me.
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.(A)
12 For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my iniquities have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.(B)
13 Lord, be pleased to rescue me;
hurry to help me, Lord.(C)

14 Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be turned back and humiliated.(D)
15 Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be appalled because of their shame.(E)

16 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
let those who love your salvation continually say,
“The Lord is great!” (F)
17 I am oppressed and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.(G)

Footnotes:

  1. 40:11 Or Lord, do not

Cross references:

  1. 40:11 : Ps 36:5; 57:3; 61:7
  2. 40:12 : Ps 38:4; 65:3
  3. 40:13 : Ps 70:1
  4. 40:14 : Ps 35:4,26; 63:9; 70:2
  5. 40:15 : Ps 35:21,25; 70:3
  6. 40:16 : Ps 35:27; 70:4
  7. 40:17 : Ps 86:1; 109:22
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Proverbs 10:13-14

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.(A)

14 The wise store up knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.(B)

Cross references:

  1. 10:13 : Pr 19:29; 26:3
  2. 10:14 : Pr 10:8; 12:13; 13:3; 18:7
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2/23/2022 DAB Transcript

Leviticus 14:1-57, Mark 6:30-56, Psalm 40:1-10, Proverbs 10:11-12

Today, is the 23rd day of February, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it’s great to be here with you here today around the Global Campfire as we gather and take the next step forward. Which leads us back to where we left off and that is in the Book of Leviticus where the law is being given and we’re learning about clean and unclean. And so, let’s dive in today, Leviticus 14.

Commentary:

Okay so, in the book of Leviticus as we said a few minutes ago, we’re learning about what is clean and what is unclean. And so yesterday, skin…skin diseases, open sores, that sort of thing boils, also fabric and mildew. And then today, we talked about mildew are like mold inside of a dwelling. And once again, we can read these things, think about these things in terms of how many thousands of years old they are, we can even think why is this in the Bible and what is it matter but these things that we are talking about right now, clean and unclean, we still pay attention to all of these things, we just do it differently. So, if mold is in your house, that’s a problem. And depending on what kind of mold it is, it’s a big problem. And if it’s a really, really bad kind of mold and it’s a really, really bad infestation and it’s spreading then it could and probably will affect the health and well-being of the people inside the home. And so, there’s all kinds of things we do to eradicate that but there are situations where that can’t happen and it has to get torn down, sort of like what was being talked about from thousands of years ago in the book of Leviticus today. But as I have been saying as we, we see the wall revealed we begin to understand that everything that they do, everything that they are required to do in their daily lives, roots them to spiritual truths and implications that ultimately remind them who God is, where they came from and who they are. And so, like yesterday, we’re talking about rash or an open sore where the sore has split the skin and so, there’s like raw flesh that appears and we talked about that being biohazard even today, like if there’s, certain correlations that are very relevant even today. One of the things that the priest was supposed to do when observing a skin rash or a sore or something like that was to determine whether or not it was more than skin deep. Like is this something on the surface of the skin or is this going down into the flesh and it’s below the skin, it’s more than skin deep, two different things, two different problems. If it’s gotten below the skin, if it’s more than skin deep it can be very, very serious, a very serious problem for that person. But also, something that they may be able to transmit throughout the camp that could cause devastation to everybody. So, if we think about this, though with a spiritual connection it's…it’s amazing how relevant this is because we are encountering interactions, thoughts, words and deeds, all day, every day, while we are consciously awake. We are continually interacting in some way and something can catch us. So, let’s just imagine, I don’t know, a coworker says something to you, you take it the right way or the wrong way, either way, you are offended by. So, now it’s on the surface of your skin. And if you let that kind of linger in your mind, you chew on and you start having imaginary conversations then it’s beginning to spread and you begin to notice that your morale is plummeting and your energy is affected and you are pouring so much energy into this offense that it is drawing energy from the good things in your life. It’s a problem. And you realize that it’s a problem but if you go on right, if you get consumed with this, it’s making you lose sleep, you are burning up the phones with all of your friends telling about this offense, maybe you’re even posting nasty things on social media, etc. etc. There comes a time where you’re gonna get sick with this thing, it’s going to really affect other relationships in your lives. It is getting to be more than skin deep and that can be serious and that can infect everyone around you. So, you see the Bible can become a mirror so quickly or our dwelling with mold in it, we can’t just leave it alone, it will only get worse. So, think about the places where mold grows right, it’s that dark wet, dank, untouched places where these things can thrive. So, think about your heart, think about the basement of your heart where a lot of these offenses have been stored, a lot of the wounds in life have been shoved, it’s not organized down there, it’s kind of a mess, we kind of don’t go down there unless we have to and when we do we think, I got a clean this out and we make a resolution but we don’t. And so, it just stays dark and dank down there and things can start growing and if we catch them, they can be made clean again. But if we leave them it’s gonna pull the whole thing down on top of our heads. Above all of this though, is what we’re learning, the distinction between what is clean and what is unclean. And we can see that it matters, it matters in the society that is being formed practically so, that people don’t die by catching what each other has. But the implication spiritually, are so profound that we have to pay attention, clean and unclean, they still exist, we actually have intuition about what they are, we typically know when we are stepping into something that is unclean. We typically understand as nuanced as it might be, generally speaking, what we’re doing. So, if we have something that is getting more than skin deep and we let it, that will become a serious disease, whether in our heart, our soul or whether in our body. If we leave things just grow and dwelling the dank, dark places of our dwelling, it’s gonna be a problem spiritually just the same. The goal is to be clean, that is the offer like, that is what they’re being commanded to be, which means that’s possible. And all of these laws, like, if people will remain clean in this context, they don’t ever have to do any of the ritual of purification, they’re already clean. But when a person becomes unclean there are processes to go through that are ritual but that identify that this person has been made clean again, clean is the goal and so let’s open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, on these things.

Prayer:

What is getting more than skin deep, what is growing up the walls in the basement of our hearts. And Holy Spirit, we confess that although even as we’re talking about it, some things may have been identified that we realize, now I really do have to go down in the basement and clean it, I have to deal with this or I can’t just keep letting this thing fester, it’s getting more than skin deep, we may know some of those things but there may be other things that we are just shut off to, it is in a box at the bottom of the pile in the back of the basement and we need Your help because we want to be clean, we want to be true, we want to be free. So, come Holy Spirit and help us as we begin to do the excursion, as we begin to open ourselves to considering things that are nothing more than poison to us and don’t belong in our lives anymore. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com that is home, that is home of the Global Campfire and that is where you go to find out what’s going on around here, as I say pretty much every day. The app is also a way to do that, if you don’t have the Daily Audio Bible app, you can download that for free wherever…wherever your app store is, whatever device is attached to an app store, you’ll find it there. So, just search for Daily Audio Bible. But check it out and while you’re at the web or on the app, check out the Community section, that is so important to know about. that’s were different links to the different social media channels were we participate are but that is also the home of the Prayer Wall and the Prayer Wall is a beautiful resource that is for us around the Global Campfire. We can always reach out no matter what time of day or night it is, we can reach out for prayer and that since we’re kind of a Global Campfire, we’re all over the world that means we’re also in every time zone, which means somebody’s always around praying or listening and it’s just a good thing to know and so we can reach out for prayer if it’s just becoming overwhelming, leave that prayer requests and when we wake up or we check next, it’ possible somebody’s already been there, praying for us. But it’s also the reverse like, the reverse is also very true. We can reach back in prayer, knowing how encouraging that is and pray for our brothers and sisters. Just kind of go through some pages and allow the Holy Spirit just to lead us to what to pray for and encourage some of our brothers and sisters that are going through things. We take turns, sometimes we’re getting crushed and we need our family, our spiritual family, to kind of come and shoulder some of the burden with us. And then at other times we’re strong and we can be the one doing some shouldering, knowing that together, together, we can be strong and so, check out the Prayer Wall. It’s in the Community section.

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

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hey guys, my name is Mary and I live in the United States. I’m a nurse. Hey, this message is specifically for two people from the UK. I apologize, I’m terrible with names but both of your messages really spoke to my heart. First, I wanted to pray for the dad who is the father to Hannah, who is suffering with anorexia nervosa. And secondly, I wanted to pray for the beautiful woman who had to move and now she’s having to move again because somethings going on with her land lady and she’s just really suffering from a lot of depression and anxiety. I just wanted to offer encouragement. I have also suffered with all three of these things, depression, anxiety and anorexia and God has delivered me from all of these things. That’s not to say I don’t still struggle. Sometimes I…I hate eating all over again, it’s just a time when I get back on my knees and ask God for mercy and the same with anxiety and depression. But just know that I am lifting you up in prayer and the Lord is there for you through every trial and every…every circumstance. You know that He never forsakes you and that I am praying for you and interceding for both of you. Love you guys. Bye.

Recindos, Gracandos, Inuendos and drills
It’s like my brother this bird has two bills
So many praises, coming out of one mouth
I haven’t seen anything like this since I’ve been in the South
Human, animal or anything else
When I listen to this songbird all the worldliness just melts
Because His praises continue and he’s bold, God, for thee
I thank You, my Father, for eyes that can see
That all of creation gives glory and praise
To the source of all life, the ancient of days
Multi-active warbles are paused and achieved
A twittly, twittly dee, a chirped and a beep
Stigatto, Legatto, a dot and a dash
Melodious harmonics, slow and then fast
Tremelous, pianist and most,
Swartandos, retarts sweet
His repetware of music if full and complete
This birds little light seems to never grow dim
Help me, my Father, to be more like him
Praising You continuous, empty of me
Yet filled up completely with all that is Thee
Because my cup runneth over, let praise overflow
Reflecting Your goodness wherever I go
And that all men who see me, in me, my Father, see You
Let praise be the trademark of everything I do
And even in darkness be a light shining bright
Praising You Father, from morning till night
A bird unconcerned and truly at peace
Even though necessities and problems don’t cease
Storms still assailing, strong winds still blow
But Your love’s always there, Father, wherever I go
Because when the praises go up, then the blessings come down
So help me to remember to smile and not frown
Because Your love’s always with me and You show me everyday
I thank You for the songbird that You sent my way
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And once again Brian Hardin and Family, thank you

Hi, DAB family, this is Tammy from the Adirondacks. I just got done listening to the February 19th podcast and I didn’t get your name sister but the lady that called in who’s dealing with anxiety and depression and fear of taking medication and has to move again. I get it, I get it, I understand it and just know that, just keep breathing scripture over yourself. Just keep, this too shall pass, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, just keep doing what you’re doing, sister. Because God will never leave us, He will never forsake us, He is with you, even when it doesn’t feel like He is, I know that feeling. You are not alone, you are so not alone. I understand and I pray that Jesus, we ask You Father to just come against this anxiety, to come against this depression, to come against the fear of medication Father, give her an answer. Give her an answer, Father God, to help her know whether to take the medication is what she should or shouldn’t do, Lord. And just come against this anxiety and depression, in Your might name, Jesus. Help her Father to fight this, this that she’s going through. You are our Protector, You are our Healer, You are our Strength, You are our Refuge, You are our Shield and all the glory and the honor and the majesty goes to You, Father God. So, I just lift our sister up to You, Father God and I ask You to just help her in the way that only You can, Father. We thank you Jesus, we give You the praise. Be encouraged my sister, you’re not alone, you’re so not alone. I’ve been where you are. Love you.

Hey everybody, this is John from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I hope you’re doing well. It’s the 20th of February, it is a balmy 15 degrees here in Pennsylvania today. Bright and sunny, I think I’ll get the tanning oil out, probably not really. Family, this call is for Curious George from Georgia, it was great to hear your call George. And it’s also for anyone who’s interested in a resource that I find of tremendous, tremendous value. George, first of all, welcome, glad that you’re here, congratulations on your anniversary. I’ve been a listener since 2012. You’ve landed in a great space; this is an awesome community. You’ve joined a community of believers all over the world and you can already tell that you’re, you know, just really, really enjoying hearing so many different accents. You mentioned that you have a tough time remembering the names so, does everybody else, unless they’re writing them down. And that’s not possible sometimes while you’re listening to the program so, what we’ve got for you is this tremendous resource, The Daily Audio Bible transcripts. These are available both for the Daily Audio Bible and the Daily Audio Bible Chronological. And you can get to them at dailyaudiobible.tumblr.com. dailyaudiobible.t-u-m as in boy, not m as in boy, m as in Mary, b as in boy, l as in Larry, r as in Ralph.com. dailyaudiobible.tumblr.com and what you’ll get there is the daily transcripts. So, Brian’s opening, his commentary, if there’s commentary, his prayer, and then announcements and the best part of all George is that you got the prayer and praise – the community prayer and praise written down for you so, you can go back and look at those names and you can read what’s been spoken and you can reiterate those prayers. And pray them out loud yourself, as well. Listen, I love you family. George, I hope that’s helpful for you. People, I hope that’s helpful for you as well.

Hey, DAB family, this is Leeza calling from the West Coast. I wanted to pray over Julie from the UK and really anyone else who’s suffering from anxiety and depression, right now. I know it’s just such a beast to struggle with and I just wanted to pray for everyone who needs it right now. God, I just pray that You surround Julie and anyone who’s suffering from anxiety and depression. God, I just pray that You surround them with Your love. That you comfort them in those moments where it’s just hard to see the light. God, in those moments where it just seems like the walls are closing in. God, I pray that You push out any thoughts from the enemy of feeling unworthy or feeling hopeless or wondering what’s coming next. And I pray that You help them focus on You God to see Your love, to see how much You’ve protected them, to feel You’re comforting presence and to just feel thankful for one little thing, whether it’s the air in their lungs or the sun shining or the rain in England. God, I just pray that You show them just how much You love them and remind them just how much you’ve done in the past and that Your promises are something that You will fulfill. I pray that You shine a light into their lives on those moments, in those moments where it just seems like there is darkness everywhere and that You guide them to You. God, we love everyone who is calling in and not calling in and especially anyone who’s suffering from anxiety and depression right now. I’m thinking of all of you and I’m praying for each of you. I know how hard it is and I just, I hope that you remember that we are all thinking of you and praying for you. Bye all.