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07/25/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 14:1-16:14, Romans 9:1-24, Psalms 19:1-14, Proverbs 20:1

Today is the 25th day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian, and it is wonderful to be here with you today as we continue our journey step-by-step day by day right here around the Global Campfire. And, so, I’m excited that we’re here again and we get to take another step forward. And our next step forward leads us to the place that we left off in the Old Testament that has us navigating our way through the book of second Chronicles. I would say we are pretty near the dead center of the book of second Chronicles. And, so, we will continue that journey as we continue to learn and understand the life and times of the kings of Israel and Judah. Today Second Chronicles chapters 14, 15 and 16.

Commentary:

Okay. So, if we are driving around, let’s say were driving around in the countryside and we get lost, then what we normally want is…is to find our way back to somewhere that we know. And, so, we will consult some sort of map or a GPS or a phone or something to find our way. It gives us instructions for where we’re trying to get. And often times when we’re navigating our spiritual lives we encounter seasons where we feel like we don’t know exactly where we’re at anymore, and if we’re experiencing confusion or circumstances or anxiety or depression, then we want to find something to navigate us away from it, something that navigates us to something familiar, so we can get oriented again. It’s just that the life of faith doesn’t quite work as easily as a recipe or a formula. We’re looking for the formula when life doesn’t always fit inside the formulas. But neatly tucked within our reading from the book of Psalms today are instructions for orientation. If we’re lost in the fog, then remembering these things orients us. It gives us a statement and then tells us where it goes. And, so, I’ll just read this back to us from the book of Psalms. “The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.” So, the law of the Lord is perfect. Where does it go? “Refreshing the soul.” “The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy.” And where does that go? “It makes wise the simple.” “The precepts of the Lord are right.” Where does that go? “It gives joy to the heart.” “The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.” In other words, so that we can see where we’re going. “The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm and all of them are righteous.” And of all these things the Psalm tells us, “they are more precious than gold.” And what is it that’s more precious? The law of the Lord, the statutes of the Lord, the precepts of the Lord, the commands of the Lord, the fear of the Lord, the decrees of the Lord. “They are more precious than gold, then much pure gold. They are sweeter than honey and honey from the honeycomb. By them your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.” And, so, what do we learn here? Trusting the word of the Lord and obeying leads us on a path of wholeness and brings to us what we need. Trusting our Father and not ourselves or anyone else is the way forward. May we spend some time considering that today, inviting the Holy Spirit into how that fleshes out in our own lives.

Prayer:

Father, we do exactly that. We come into Your presence and we come humbly and we declare that we believe what we are reading here in the Psalms, that the law of the Lord is perfect, that the statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, that the precepts of the Lord our right, that the commands of the Lord are radiant, that the fear of the Lord is pure, that the decrees of the Lord are firm. In other words, what You say is right and true and if we would listen and obey we will be headed in the direction walking the path that we are supposed to walk regardless of what the circumstances look like. And, so, we hold on to what You have revealed and what You are teaching us because it is life. Come Holy Spirit and lead us into all truth we ask in Jesus’ name. Not just asking because it’s a nice thing to ask, it’s because we need it. We need to walk in the truth. We need to walk in the light. We need to walk toward wholeness not only for our own good and the good of our families and communities, but for the good of the world. Come Jesus and lead us we pray in Your name. Amen.

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What’s going on around here? Right now, today, today is Ezekiel’s 11th birthday. Today is his birthday. It was all these years ago, 2012, when this little boy came into the world and into our lives and into the Daily Audio Bible family. It was quite a family affair because it was…it was quite a delivery one that had us at…at moments thinking we were going to lose the baby and Ezekiel wouldn’t make it and that maybe his mommy. She was in danger. And yeah, that was the time that I was able to reach out into this community and people were praying all over the world and he was born safely. We had to stay in hospital for a few days and I had to go to the Daily Audio Bible from the back of our van at the time from the hospital parking lot. But it knit us together and it made me love this community so deeply so profoundly. And, so, today is the day that to commemorate that but to commemorate the birth of our son Ezekiel, who has…who has grown up to become 11 and is now reading Daily Audio Bible Kids for the last couple of years. So, happy birthday to Ezekiel and we pray God’s blessing over his life and direction and clarity over him. He’s quite a unique, smart, intuitive young man. So, we are very proud and wish him a happy birthday today.

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

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7/24/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 11:1-13:22, Romans 8:26-39, Psalm 18:37-50, Proverbs 19:27-29

Today is the 24th day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is wonderful to gather again around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward together. So, let’s do that. Let’s step forward together and our next step will lead us, well, obviously to where we left off, that happens to be the book of Second Chronicles right now. And today we will read chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Commentary:

Okay so, as we continue our journey through the book of Romans, Paul is laying out this argument, unpacking, piece-by-piece, laying it all out on the table and sharing the Gospel of the Lord Jesus with his fellow Hebrew people, explaining it in a terminology and in the context that they understand. We’ve reached the point now, in this letter, that for the last couple of days, we’ve been seeing some of the implications and they are not insignificant implications. They are huge. For example, in yesterday’s reading, Paul told us the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us; that’s a pretty big implication. I mean that one thing right there, I don’t know, we could just spend the rest of the day thinking about that. Spend the rest of our lives thinking about that. Paul also told us that God wasn’t accepting us so that we would be His slaves, He accepted us and adopted us into his family, so that we could be His children. Children that are intimate enough that we can come into His presence and say Abba, Father, like this term of endearment that’s Papa, or Daddy. Like this close intimate fellowship of…of a parent and a child. And then he goes on to say, since we’re children, like if we’re God’s children, then we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus. I mean, this massive stuff here. So, in today’s reading, Paul explains that Jesus was the firstborn of many, many to follow. That there is a new thing that God is doing, and Jesus is the first, that mankind and God are no longer separated by sin, through Jesus. Jesus died and was brought back to life, resurrected, re-born into life and those of us who believe are re-born into life again, no longer separated from God by sin but re-born into the family of God were sin has no claim at all. The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, lives in us. And what are the implications of this? According to Paul, if God is for us who can be against us, or I continue to quote from Paul, “who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen, it is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus, who died, more than that, who was raised to life, is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” So, all of us face challenges in our lives. Some of them are big, some of them are small, but we face challenges that we have to endure. And often, when we have to endure, we begin to doubt, we begin to doubt that God is trustworthy. And so, we begin to move away or run away. What actually the move is to run toward. If what the Apostle Paul is saying in this letter to the Romans, if this is true, and I believe that it is, then we are safe and we have found what we were looking for. Our role is to believe and trust, and trusting in faith can be a struggle. And if you are struggling right now, then hear these words from the Apostle Paul, read straight out of the Bible. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” So, my brothers and sisters, this is either true or it’s not. But if it is, the implications are massive and should revolutionize the way that we approach any given day. We have to believe this is the truth and then live as if it’s the truth. God’s not going to abandon us. We have been re-born into the family of God. The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, lives in us. God loves us, may we not spend another moment, wondering about it.

Prayer:

And Father, we come to Your presence in awe of what You have bestowed upon us. What we are reading here, in the letter to the Romans, that Your spirit is within us, that You have adopted us into Your family, that we have intimacy with You, to the point that we even call you papa, that nothing can separate us. These…these gifts are too good. So good that there aren’t words, and so often we ignore these gifts or live as if they aren’t true. Forgive us for that, we’ve slowed ourselves down, when You have offered us the ability to run free. Forgive us for the ways that we do not trust You. And, Holy Spirit, come and make us aware of how intimately involved in our lives You are. We love You and You love us, and You love the world, may our lives reveal You, as we trust You. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if this mission to bring the spoken word of God read fresh every day and offered freely to anyone who will listen, any time of day or night, anywhere on this planet, and to build community around that rhythm, the Global campfire. Showing up for each other every day. If that is life-giving to you, then thank you, humbly for your partnership, as we move through the summertime. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or the mailing address is P.O. Box 1996 Springhill, Tennessee 37174.

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

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

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, everyone. I’m responding to a caller that was played out on the 19th of July. This is for the caller who was calling about his brother who had recently come out of jail. He’d been there for 24 years. I just want to pray that you give this man the support and the help he needs. Him, his family structure, and may him and his brother you know, be absorbed into a good Christian community. Also, I also want to say as well, hearing your call, I can hear that you have so much understanding of your brothers situation. I think that you know, even by you calling in, by the things that you said on the call, God is already blessing you with the wisdom and the knowledge to move forward and be able to, to help your brothers situation. I just pray that you know, you will continue to be a good Christian influence in his life. And to let him know of God’s great power and works will overturn any situation. I pray that he will be you know, embraced by yourself and other Christians around you guys and that, you know, he uses this time that God has given him to turn his life around and to break free of any bondage that, that’s held him back in the past. And today, you know, we declare a new day, a new opening for him in terms of victory, in terms of success and that he will recognize himself compared to his past self. And he’ll be such a testimony for God’s great works and wonder. In Jesus name. Amen.

My name is Videa from Vienne. First time on here, I’m praying because I have an addiction to porn and I feel like a lukewarm Christian. I’ve been having this struggle for years, porn addiction. And going back and forth with my Christian, with my salvation. I just ask that this prayer.

Hi DAB family, my name is Sydney from New Mexico. This is my first time calling. This is a really big step for me. I just wanted to call in response to Ethan from Texas. He called in on June 12th. He was just talking about he’s just had a really hard time breaking away from the things of this world and that Jesus has been working in his heart and he knows what he needs to do but he’s just having a really hard time. The morning I heard that, just so happen to be a morning that my heart was just as heavy as yours, Ethan. And I know exactly what you’re going through. God is transforming my life, hard and fast right now. And there is absolute spiritual, spiritual warfare going on in my life. And I know that to follow Jesus and turn my life over to God, I know what I need to do and I need to make some really difficult decisions. And I’m worried that I will lose somebody that I love very much. But I know that my burden is so light. But it just feels heavy. So, Ethan, I pray for you and DAB family, I ask that you would please continue to pray for Ethan and please pray for me. I just ask that God would continue to transform me and showing me the way. He has given me the ears to hear and the eyes to see, I just need the strength to follow through. So, thank you all so much for your prayers. God bless you.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family. I am so thankful for DAB everyday. This is Starting Over Sister, would you pray for my husband and myself. I’m struggling with starting over and over and over. When we moved to restart our livelihood in business two years ago and it’s been one setback after another. And I fell, while exercising in May and I have half of a faux elbow and I have pain constantly and can do very little with my arm or hand. And it’s gonna be a long recovery. So, I need the Lord to encourage, to heal and to give us wisdom for good decisions in all these things that we’re wrestling with. Thank you so much.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday July 24, 2023 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 11-13

Shemaiah’s Prophecy

11 When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.

2 But the Lord said to Shemaiah, the man of God, 3 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin: 4 ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!’” So they obeyed the message of the Lord and did not fight against Jeroboam.

Rehoboam Fortifies Judah

5 Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and fortified various towns for the defense of Judah. 6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These became the fortified towns of Judah and Benjamin. 11 Rehoboam strengthened their defenses and stationed commanders in them, and he stored supplies of food, olive oil, and wine. 12 He also put shields and spears in these towns as a further safety measure. So only Judah and Benjamin remained under his control.

13 But all the priests and Levites living among the northern tribes of Israel sided with Rehoboam. 14 The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the Lord as priests. 15 Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the pagan shrines, where they worshiped the goat and calf idols he had made. 16 From all the tribes of Israel, those who sincerely wanted to worship the Lord, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 17 This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon, for during those years they faithfully followed in the footsteps of David and Solomon.

Rehoboam’s Family

18 Rehoboam married his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab son of Jesse. 19 Mahalath had three sons—Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

20 Later Rehoboam married another cousin, Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom. Maacah gave birth to Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 Rehoboam loved Maacah more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and they gave birth to twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

22 Rehoboam appointed Maacah’s son Abijah as leader among the princes, making it clear that he would be the next king. 23 Rehoboam also wisely gave responsibilities to his other sons and stationed some of them in the fortified towns throughout the land of Judah and Benjamin. He provided them with generous provisions, and he found many wives for them.

Egypt Invades Judah

12 But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the Lord, and all Israel followed him in this sin. 2 Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign. 3 He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,[a] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.[b] 4 Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.

5 The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah’s leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, “This is what the Lord says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.”

6 Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is right in doing this to us!”

7 When the Lord saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem. 8 But they will become his subjects, so they will know the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.”

9 So King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. 10 King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. 11 Whenever the king went to the Temple of the Lord, the guards would also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom. 12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land of Judah.

Summary of Rehoboam’s Reign

13 King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon. 14 But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the Lord with all his heart.

15 The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other. 16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Abijah became the next king.

Abijah’s War with Jeroboam

13 Abijah began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel. 2 He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah,[c] the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.

Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 Judah, led by King Abijah, fielded 400,000 select warriors, while Jeroboam mustered 800,000 select troops from Israel.

4 When the army of Judah arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim and shouted to Jeroboam and all Israel: “Listen to me! 5 Don’t you realize that the Lord, the God of Israel, made a lasting covenant[d] with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel forever? 6 Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a mere servant of David’s son Solomon, rebelled against his master. 7 Then a whole gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon’s son Rehoboam when he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.

8 “Do you really think you can stand against the kingdom of the Lord that is led by the descendants of David? You may have a vast army, and you have those gold calves that Jeroboam made as your gods. 9 But you have chased away the priests of the Lord (the descendants of Aaron) and the Levites, and you have appointed your own priests, just like the pagan nations. You let anyone become a priest these days! Whoever comes to be dedicated with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of these so-called gods of yours!

10 “But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned him. Only the descendants of Aaron serve the Lord as priests, and the Levites alone may help them in their work. 11 They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the Lord our God, but you have abandoned him. 12 So you see, God is with us. He is our leader. His priests blow their trumpets and lead us into battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”

13 Meanwhile, Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of Judah to ambush them. 14 When Judah realized that they were being attacked from the front and the rear, they cried out to the Lord for help. Then the priests blew the trumpets, 15 and the men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel and routed them before Abijah and the army of Judah.

16 The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat. 17 Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel’s select troops were killed that day. 18 So Judah defeated Israel on that occasion because they trusted in the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 19 Abijah and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages.

20 So Jeroboam of Israel never regained his power during Abijah’s lifetime, and finally the Lord struck him down and he died. 21 Meanwhile, Abijah of Judah grew more and more powerful. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including his words and deeds, are recorded in The Commentary of Iddo the Prophet.

Footnotes:

  1. 12:3a Or charioteers, or horsemen.
  2. 12:3b Hebrew and Cushites.
  3. 13:2 As in most Greek manuscripts and Syriac version (see also 2 Chr 11:20-21; 1 Kgs 15:2); Hebrew reads Micaiah, a variant spelling of Maacah.
  4. 13:5 Hebrew a covenant of salt.
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Romans 8:26-39

26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers[a] in harmony with God’s own will. 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[b] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn[c] among many brothers and sisters. 30 And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[d]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[e] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 8:27 Greek for God’s holy people.
  2. 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
  3. 8:29 Or would be supreme.
  4. 8:36 Ps 44:22.
  5. 8:38 Greek nor rulers.
New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


Psalm 18:37-50

37 I chased my enemies and caught them;
I did not stop until they were conquered.
38 I struck them down so they could not get up;
they fell beneath my feet.
39 You have armed me with strength for the battle;
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
40 You placed my foot on their necks.
I have destroyed all who hated me.
41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
43 You gave me victory over my accusers.
You appointed me ruler over nations;
people I don’t even know now serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they submit;
foreign nations cringe before me.
45 They all lose their courage
and come trembling from their strongholds.

46 The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock!
May the God of my salvation be exalted!
47 He is the God who pays back those who harm me;
he subdues the nations under me
48 and rescues me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me from violent opponents.
49 For this, O Lord, I will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.
50 You give great victories to your king;
you show unfailing love to your anointed,
to David and all his descendants forever.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


Proverbs 19:27-29

27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
you will turn your back on knowledge.

28 A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice;
the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

29 Punishment is made for mockers,
and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.

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Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


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07/23/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 8:11-10:19, Romans 8:9-25, Psalms 18:16-36, Proverbs 19:26

Today is the 23rd day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s great to be here with you today. It’s always great, always, always, always great to be in the presence of brothers and sisters immersing ourselves in the Scriptures. I guess I’d have to say this is about my favorite place to be. So, I’m grateful to be here with you today. Hopefully we’re all grateful to be here together around the Global Campfire beginning a brand-new shiny sparkly week together. And may we remember as we so often do, it’s all out in front of us and we can make of it whatever we want. In fact, we will make of it whatever we want based on the thoughts, words and deeds of our lives in the next coming week. And, so, may we go into it with open hands and grateful hearts living into this gift of life, an experience that God has given to us. And we know these sorts of things because we are taught them from the Scriptures from the word of God. And, so, let’s turn our attention in that direction. This week we will read from the New International Version. And of course, we’ll be picking up where he left off and that leads us back into second Chronicles. And right now, second Chronicles is chronicling the life and reign of King Solomon. So, today second Chronicles chapter 8 verse 11 through 10 verse 19.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for bringing us into this brand-new week, all new, all shiny, all waiting for us. And we look forward to all that You will bring to us in the Scriptures in this coming week and all of the things that we will have an opportunity to talk about and meditate on and consider as the Scriptures are sowed into the soil and tilled into the soil of our hearts. And, so, come Holy Spirit, we open our hearts to You. Make the soil of our hearts fertile for Your word. May the fruit that comes from the time that we spend in the Scriptures, may it grow bountifully and bubble forth out into our lives. May be dispensed into the world, revealing Your glorious love and compassion for us and everyone. Holy Spirit, come. Lead us into all truth. Lead us on the narrow path that leads to life. Make Your word a lamp to our feet and a light to our path in this next week we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi Daily Audio Bible family this is Derek in Oklahoma. I’m requesting prayer for my marriage. My wife has filed for divorce, and it looks like things are moving in that direction. We’ve had some trouble in the past. I think that she’s looking to move on and not wanting to work on where we’re at in our lives. I’ve got a lot of healing and growing to do, and I ask that you pray for me. I know my wife is a Christian and that she loves the Lord, but she seems to be running right now. I would pray that you guys would pray for her and just raise her up to the Lord in this time. Ask the lord to convict her, to touch her heart and to soften her heart and warm it towards me and to the Lord and that she would be brought the right news, the right messages at the right times from the right lips, that she would be open to look at doing things God’s way and to look at reconciliation. I thank you all guys…you guys for being there through this hard time with me and I love you guys and I appreciate hearing everyone’s prayers and I pray with you. Thank you. God…

Hi DABbers this is Kay from Ohio. I just want to pray. I think she said her name…I don’t know if she’s saying Wren or Friend. She didn’t really give details but she’s struggling with alcoholism. And my sister I can’t say I know how you feel but we’ve all had something that we had to be delivered from and give it over to God. And because you put it out in the air it’s so much easier to be free from…the devil can’t hold it over your head because you’ve already opened it up and you have other people praying for you. And when you have the prayers of the righteous there’s nothing God can do…can’t do for you. So, God I ask that You just touch my sister in ways that she hasn’t been touched before, that she will trust You like never before and totally surrender it all to You and let You do what You do best with no help from anyone else God. Be with her. Be with her in the midnight hours when no one else is looking when the struggle is the hardest because no one’s there to tell her no or to stop. Be with her when she sees it in the stores. God I pray that the smell of alcohol makes her literally sick to where she…just the thought of it makes her sick because she doesn’t want the taste on her tongue. And if she gets so far to get it on her tongue God, that she would just regurgitate it all and that she will pick up the word of God and the scriptures will start to flowing out of her mouth and she will be a living testimony of who You are and what You can do God. Keep her in Your blood in Jesus’ name. Amen. God bless you.

Hello DAB family this is Diana from Florida and I want to pray for the man who called in in the July 19th podcast requesting prayer for his brother who’s been released from prison after 24 years and is having trouble acclimating to society and the world around him. Dear God, I lift up this man right now into your hands. Lord God, he has been freed physically from prison but his mind, his heart, his soul, his spirit still remains bound. O Lord God, still remains in chains, still remains in prison. And Father God, I pray that he would have a supernatural encounter with you that would set him free. I pray that he would know the truth, the truth of your gospel, the truth of your word, the truth of who you are and that the truth would set him free. Lord Jesus, I pray O Lord God just as this man was saying that prison in many ways becomes a safe place. Father God, I think about the people of Israel. I think about the fact that they were grumbling and complaining in the wilderness, and they kept saying we want to go back to Egypt, we want to go back to Egypt because there was more variety of food, there was comfort there was the things they knew, there was everything. Even though they were enslaved and bound over there they still wanted to go back, and I think in many ways his brother may be experiencing that same thing because prison provided boundaries that he now no longer has. So, I pray that support would surround this brother or Lord God and this man who has just been released from prison to help him acclimate and get used to the world but at the same time to lead him to the __ grace of Jesus Christ, that he O Lord God would come to the repentance of his sins, turn away from them all and receive Jesus as his Lord and savior. And I pray that he would not be afraid to be vulnerable with God so that he could be set free.

Hey Daily Audio Bible my name is Zach I’m 21 years old. I’m in school. I live in Nashville TN. This is my first time calling actually. I’ve been listening for about a couple months now really trying to dive in and I really enjoy what this app has to offer. I’m calling today because my grandfather, one of the most amazing people I know, a man of God is in the hospital right now because he’s battling lymphoma cancer that we just got word today that has spread all over his body. It’s even to the point where it’s pressing against his brain and he’s not able to talk. He’s non responsive and this has been really really tough on my family over the past couple weeks. And today we just got news of all this new spread and it’s really heavy on us. So, I just…I just want to ask all the all the prayer warriors, all the amazing people out there, God’s people to really just keep my family and my grandfather on their minds. The power of prayer is an incredible thing. I’ve seen it move. I know God is a way maker and He’s a miracle worker. I know that He can do amazing things. So, I just wanna ask if you if you guys could pray for me and my family. That would be amazing. Anything will help. Thank you, guys.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday July 23, 2023 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 8:11-10:19

11 Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David’s palace, for the Ark of the Lord has been there, and it is holy ground.”

12 Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple. 13 He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[a] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.

14 In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God. 15 Solomon did not deviate in any way from David’s commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.

16 So Solomon made sure that all the work related to building the Temple of the Lord was carried out, from the day its foundation was laid to the day of its completion.

17 Later Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Elath,[b] ports along the shore of the Red Sea[c] in the land of Edom. 18 Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers and manned by experienced crews of sailors. These ships sailed to Ophir with Solomon’s men and brought back to Solomon almost seventeen tons[d] of gold.

Visit of the Queen of Sheba

9 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She arrived with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind. 2 Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her. 3 When the queen of Sheba realized how wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built, 4 she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers and their robes, and the burnt offerings[e] Solomon made at the Temple of the Lord.

5 She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[f] and wisdom is true! 6 I didn’t believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not heard the half of your great wisdom! It is far beyond what I was told. 7 How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom! 8 Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”

9 Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds[g] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never before had there been spices as fine as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10 (In addition, the crews of Hiram and Solomon brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought red sandalwood[h] and precious jewels. 11 The king used the sandalwood to make steps[i] for the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before had such beautiful things been seen in Judah.)

12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for—gifts of greater value than the gifts she had given him. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor

13 Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[j] of gold. 14 This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the provinces also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.[k] 16 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds.[l] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

17 Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne. 19 There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it!

20 All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!

21 The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram.[m] Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[n]

22 So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. 23 Kings from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. 24 Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses.[o] He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River[p] in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. 27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[q] 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt[r] and many other countries.

Summary of Solomon’s Reign

29 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat. 30 Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. 31 When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

The Northern Tribes Revolt

10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. 3 The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and all Israel went to speak with Rehoboam. 4 “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”

5 Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people went away.

6 Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”

7 The older counselors replied, “If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers. 9 “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

10 The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist! 11 Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”

12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam’s decision, just as the king had ordered. 13 But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors 14 and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid[s] heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

15 So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the Lord’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

16 When all Israel realized[t] that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,

“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!”

So all the people of Israel returned home. 17 But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

18 King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[u] who was in charge of forced labor, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem. 19 And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.

Footnotes:

  1. 8:13 Or Festival of Weeks.
  2. 8:17a As in Greek version (see also 2 Kgs 14:22; 16:6); Hebrew reads Eloth, a variant spelling of Elath.
  3. 8:17b As in parallel text at 1 Kgs 9:26; Hebrew reads the sea.
  4. 8:18 Hebrew 450 talents [15.3 metric tons].
  5. 9:4 As in Greek and Syriac versions (see also 1 Kgs 10:5); Hebrew reads and the ascent.
  6. 9:5 Hebrew your words.
  7. 9:9 Hebrew 120 talents [4,000 kilograms].
  8. 9:10 Hebrew algum wood (also in 9:11); perhaps a variant spelling of almug. Compare parallel text at 1 Kgs 10:11-12.
  9. 9:11 Or gateways. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  10. 9:13 Hebrew 666 talents [23 metric tons].
  11. 9:15 Hebrew 600 [shekels] of hammered gold [6.8 kilograms].
  12. 9:16 Hebrew 300 [shekels] of gold [3.4 kilograms].
  13. 9:21a Hebrew Huram, a variant spelling of Hiram.
  14. 9:21b Or and baboons.
  15. 9:25 Or 12,000 charioteers.
  16. 9:26 Hebrew the river.
  17. 9:27 Hebrew the Shephelah.
  18. 9:28 Possibly Muzur, a district near Cilicia.
  19. 10:14 As in Greek version and many Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Kgs 12:14); Masoretic Text reads I will lay.
  20. 10:16 As in Syriac version, Latin Vulgate, and many Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Kgs 12:16); Masoretic Text lacks realized.
  21. 10:18 Hebrew Hadoram, a variant spelling of Adoniram; compare 1 Kgs 4:6; 5:14; 12:18.
New Living Translation (NLT)

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Romans 8:9-25

9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life[a] because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters,[b] you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature,[c] you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children[d] of God.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.[e] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[f] 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

The Future Glory

18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,[g] including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope[h] for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

Footnotes:

  1. 8:10 Or your spirit is alive.
  2. 8:12 Greek brothers; also in 8:29.
  3. 8:13 Greek deeds of the body.
  4. 8:14 Greek sons; also in 8:19.
  5. 8:15a Greek you received a spirit of sonship.
  6. 8:15b Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”
  7. 8:23 Greek wait anxiously for sonship.
  8. 8:24 Some manuscripts read wait.
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Psalm 18:16-36

16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
but the Lord supported me.
19 He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me for doing right;
he restored me because of my innocence.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
22 I have followed all his regulations;
I have never abandoned his decrees.
23 I am blameless before God;
I have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord rewarded me for doing right.
He has seen my innocence.

25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
to those with integrity you show integrity.
26 To the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
27 You rescue the humble,
but you humiliate the proud.
28 You light a lamp for me.
The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
29 In your strength I can crush an army;
with my God I can scale any wall.

30 God’s way is perfect.
All the Lord’s promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
32 God arms me with strength,
and he makes my way perfect.
33 He makes me as surefooted as a deer,
enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
34 He trains my hands for battle;
he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
35 You have given me your shield of victory.
Your right hand supports me;
your help[a] has made me great.
36 You have made a wide path for my feet
to keep them from slipping.

Footnotes:

  1. 18:35 Hebrew your humility; compare 2 Sam 22:36.
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Proverbs 19:26

26 Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother
are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.

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7/22/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10, Romans 7:14-8:8, Psalm 18:1-15, Proverbs 19:24-25

Today is the 22nd day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian, it’s wonderful to be here with you today as we reach the conclusion of another one of our weekly journeys, 52 of these little excursions add up to a year, a year of our lives, and that adds up to us being able to read through every single verse and chapter and book of the Bible. And we are, obviously, well underway. So, that was a bunch of words to say it is wonderful to be around the Global Campfire today, and fantastic that we can take the next step forward. And let’s do exactly that, and our next step forward leads us back into the book of Second Chronicles. And at this point, we are moving alongside King Solomon’s reign. So, today Second Chronicles chapter 6 verse 12 through 8 verse 10.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for bringing us through another week, another week that we were able to spend together in the Scriptures, and another week in our lives and all of the issues and dramas of life. You have brought us through, here we stand. Or maybe we feel like we’ve just kind of fallen through this week and we’re barely here, or maybe we’ve walked boldly through this week, and everything is going our way. Probably a combination of all these things, such as the nature of life. But regardless, we are here. You have brought us here. You have gifted us each breath, we have taken and never abandoned us, for even a moment. And so, we are grateful, we stand here by Your grace, each and every day. So, we thank You for this week. And as we release it and let it go, it drifts away slowly behind us, it becomes a part of our past, it becomes this story, and we thank You for this story. And we look forward to the chapters that are ahead of us. And so, we humble ourselves before You, we adore You, we worship You. There is no one else but You. Come, Holy Spirit, and lead us into all truth we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hey, my beautiful DAB fam. This is Kingdom Seeker Daniel and Lady of Victory. And this message is for our brother Morning Lift. Hey bro, I’ve been following your calls and I just wanna just say a couple of words to you real briefly. My wife and I were separated for 8 months, very, very hard time. And I didn’t know how things were gonna go. And I was the one that caused this separation. And so, I’m letting you know, as we sit here on the balcony, looking over the ocean in Porta Biada, Mexico, just taking in the goodness of God, recognizing His grace, His favor. He can do the very same thing for you. And I want you to hold on to that faith, that you have been declaring. And so, be encouraged my brother. And know that we serve a God of restoration. So, I want you to be encouraged as my wife prays for you. Oh Lord, our God, how excellent is You name in all the earth. God, we come before You on behalf of Your son and Your daughter. God, only You and them know exactly what has taken place and what has gone on. You know exactly what has happened and who did what and all the finger pointing and all that. It doesn’t matter what has happened is there’s been a breach in what You have joined together. And You said, when You join together, let no man not even ourselves, put us under. So, we pray for them God, ask that You would give them a forgiving heart to remember how You forgave us, God. And that You would join them back together. Not pointing the finger at each other but asking You God, what can, how can You help them.

This is TD in Texas. And I wanted to reach out to Manita from Lonbottom. Thank her for all your calls, it’s uplifting and encouraging to myself and I’m sure many others. It’s always good to hear your sweet little voice. On one of your calls you stated that you would like to have a home again after being divorced for four years. That was one of your desires and our journeys are very similar. I’ve been divorced for four years as well. And I would definitely like to have a home again. But the housing market where I’m living is very, very high and beyond my price range. So, someone said to me today, well, it’s just not gonna happen. It’s just not gonna happen. And I just sat there thinking, I can’t believe that. I can’t take that in to my heart and soul. And I believe that God is a miracle worker. He makes a way when there seems to be no way. And there really seems to be no way. But I know that if there is, He can make it happen. So, I just wanted to let you know that that will be my prayer for you and myself. And I will look forward to one day, hearing you call in with a praise report that you’ve got a new home. And I really, really, that’s my prayer for you, Manita. And thank you for your calls. It’s always good to hear your voice. It’s so uplifting and encouraging to myself and I’m sure others. So …

Hello, this is my first-time calling in. I would like to go by I Want to See, from Indiana. And I just wanted to say that I have been so inspired by the reading of Romans, the last few days. And especially by Brian’s commentary. Today is July 19th and just the reminder about the grace that God has given us. And I really just wanna pray today for those that are distracted by differences that we see in others and not understanding by intolerance. People that are distracted by hatred and division. And I really just wanna pray that folks that don’t understand different people or different lifestyles, that they can really soften their hearts and can remember the grace that God has given us. And remember that through that grace, we should be giving grace to others. And that really, it’s only through that grace, the reminder of the grace that we’ve been given and giving grace to others, that I think we will really share this message of the Gospel with more and more people. I also want to pray for the people who have been on the other end of not receiving grace and have felt outcast or hatred or intolerance. And so, I really just wanna pray that if you feel that way, you’ve been harmed or you have felt like Christians have not been graceful towards you, I want you to really be able to open up your heart and remember that you are loved. You are so, so loved.

This is Jason in Tennessee. I’ve been listening for several years, on-and-off. First time calling. Playing catch up right now, just listening to June 30th. A young man that called in with Leukemia, praying for this other young man and his family. And man it just pulled on my heartstrings. So, I just wanna lift this young person up and pray God that Your hand will be upon him. You’ll give him peace and health and strength. And also, just join him in prayer for this family that’s struggling with separation and divorce. Just can’t imagine being in those shoes and the pain and hurt that that causes. So, lift all these people up in prayer. People with families, people that are just married together and don’t have children. You know, God’s with us. I just pray for strength in you people. In Jesus name.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday July 22, 2023 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire community of Israel, and he lifted his hands in prayer. 13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7 1⁄2 feet long, 7 1⁄2 feet wide, and 4 1⁄2 feet high[a] and had placed it at the center of the Temple’s outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven. 14 He prayed,

“O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven and earth. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion. 15 You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.

16 “And now, O Lord, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow my Law as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’ 17 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David.

18 “But will God really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built! 19 Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you. 20 May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place. 21 May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.

22 “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar at this Temple, 23 then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Pay back the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.

24 “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn back and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave to them and to their ancestors.

26 “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them, 27 then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.

28 “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is— 29 and if your people Israel pray about their troubles or sorrow, raising their hands toward this Temple, 30 then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart. 31 Then they will fear you and walk in your ways as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.

32 “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands when they hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple, 33 then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.

34 “If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to you by turning toward this city you have chosen and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name, 35 then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.

36 “If they sin against you—and who has never sinned?—you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to a foreign land far away or near. 37 But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.’ 38 If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors—toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name— 39 then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.

40 “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.

41 “And now arise, O Lord God, and enter your resting place,
along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.
May your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation;
may your loyal servants rejoice in your goodness.
42 O Lord God, do not reject the king you have anointed.
Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”

The Dedication of the Temple

7 When Solomon finished praying, fire flashed down from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings and sacrifices, and the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple. 2 The priests could not enter the Temple of the Lord because the glorious presence of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the Lord filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying,

“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices to the Lord. 5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people dedicated the Temple of God. 6 The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, “His faithful love endures forever!” They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the Lord. Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood.

7 Solomon then consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the Lord’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar he had built could not hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrificial fat.

8 For the next seven days Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters.[b] A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south. 9 On the eighth day they had a closing ceremony, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Shelters for seven days. 10 Then at the end of the celebration,[c] Solomon sent the people home. They were all joyful and glad because the Lord had been so good to David and to Solomon and to his people Israel.

The Lord’s Response to Solomon

11 So Solomon finished the Temple of the Lord, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do in the construction of the Temple and the palace. 12 Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said,

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices. 13 At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. 14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place. 16 For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

17 “As for you, if you faithfully follow me as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations, 18 then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said, ‘One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.’

19 “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, 20 then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations. 21 And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?’

22 “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why he has brought all these disasters on them.’”

Solomon’s Many Achievements

8 It took Solomon twenty years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time, 2 Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram[d] had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.

3 Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it. 4 He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers. 5 He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates. 6 He also rebuilt Baalath and other supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses[e] could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.

7 There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 8 These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve as forced laborers to this day. 9 But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers. 10 King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

Footnotes:

  1. 6:13 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters] long, 5 cubits wide, and 3 cubits [1.4 meters] high.
  2. 7:8 Hebrew the festival (also in 7:9); see note on 5:3.
  3. 7:10 Hebrew Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month. This day of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in October or early November.
  4. 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant spelling of Hiram; also in 8:18.
  5. 8:6 Or and charioteers.
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Romans 7:14-8:8

Struggling with Sin

14 So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. 15 I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. 16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. 17 So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.

18 And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] I want to do what is right, but I can’t. 19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. 20 But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.

21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 But there is another power[b] within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.

Life in the Spirit

8 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power[c] of the life-giving Spirit has freed you[d] from the power of sin that leads to death. 3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.[e] So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 4 He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

Footnotes:

  1. 7:18 Greek my flesh; also in 7:25.
  2. 7:23 Greek law; also in 7:23b.
  3. 8:2a Greek the law; also in 8:2b.
  4. 8:2b Some manuscripts read me.
  5. 8:3 Greek our flesh; similarly in 8:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12.
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Psalm 18:1-15

Psalm 18

For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord. He sang this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. He sang:

1 I love you, Lord;
you are my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
and my place of safety.
3 I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and he saved me from my enemies.

4 The ropes of death entangled me;
floods of destruction swept over me.
5 The grave[a] wrapped its ropes around me;
death laid a trap in my path.
6 But in my distress I cried out to the Lord;
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.

7 Then the earth quaked and trembled.
The foundations of the mountains shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
8 Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
9 He opened the heavens and came down;
dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being,[b] he flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.
11 He shrouded himself in darkness,
veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him
and rained down hail and burning coals.[c]
13 The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded
amid the hail and burning coals.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;
great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.
15 Then at your command, O Lord,
at the blast of your breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

Footnotes:

  1. 18:5 Hebrew Sheol.
  2. 18:10 Hebrew a cherub.
  3. 18:12 Or and lightning bolts; also in 18:13.
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Proverbs 19:24-25

24 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.

25 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson;
if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

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07/21/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 4:1-6:11, Romans 7:1-13, Psalms 17:1-15, Proverbs 19:22-23

Today is the 21st day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian, and it is fantastic to be around the Global Campfire together with you here right now as we gather and take the next step forward on our journey through the Scriptures. We started the book of second Chronicles yesterday without a lot of fanfare because…well…first and second Chronicles, they’re not moving us into entirely different territory. We’re just kind of continuing the story forward. The books were broken apart later on after they were written for the ease of finding things. So, we have begun…begun to track along with King Solomon and his intention to build the temple for the name of the most-high God and situated in Jerusalem where king David had established the place. So, let’s pick up the story. Second Chronicles chapter 4 verse 1 through six, verse 11 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we’re far enough into Paul’s letter to the Romans, even though it’s a lengthy letter, we’re in it far enough to know that he is systematically laying out an argument. So, we begin with Abraham and Abraham’s story. Paul takes us back to the beginning and explains through the Scriptures that Abraham’s righteousness came through faith in the promise God had given him, not in him obeying any set of rules. Then he got to that set of rules known as the Mosaic law and began to explain as he’s doing in today’s reading that this is a good law…like what it says is true and right in holy, but it serves a purpose. It reveals sin. It reveals what will destroy us. And everyone was well aware that they could not obey it perfectly to make themselves righteous before God. And Paul is basically saying no one ever will because no one is righteous, and no one can make themselves righteous. But there is a way, and that way is through Jesus who did fulfill the law. And through His work, His death and resurrection, we can all through faith in Jesus be free from sin. Paul uses an example in our reading today and its example…an example that holds true all the way until today. And it’s about the covenant of marriage. He says like look, when a woman gets married, she’s married she’s bound under the law. She’s in a covenantal relationship with her husband. So, if she goes off with another man, she is committing adultery, breaking the law breaking the covenant of marriage. However, if her husband dies, she’s not bound to any covenant with him anymore. He has died. She is free from that law. And then Paul makes his point, and I quote. “You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ and now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead.” So, for a person like a Hebrew who had grown up under the weight of trying to obey the law this is a revolutionary concept that goes all the way back to like the deepest parts of their faith. But that’s one of the points Paul’s trying to make. This deepest bedrock of our faith, the law, should have actually been the bedrock of faith to begin with. So, we can see then with that little bit of a twist, why Paul is constantly, constantly being persecuted. He’s always in an argument. He’s always on the hot seat about this because it would seem as if he’s denigrating or tearing down God’s law and saying like it…it’s not the way, it won’t get us there. And, so he says, and I quote. “Am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful. Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin.” And he uses that example of covetousness that we just read. Like, I wouldn’t have known that covetousness was wrong unless the law told me it was wrong. And now that it’s told me it’s wrong it arouses this curiosity that pulls me toward breaking this law. Paul’s point is that the law is good and perfect and holy, but its purpose is that it exposes the fact that we aren’t righteous, and we cannot achieve it on our own. The law exposes sin. Sin leads to death. Conversely, Jesus fulfilled the law and through Him so do we. Sin isn’t our problem anymore. We’re invited to live free from that, but we have a choice, and we will become the slave of whatever we choose to obey. And, so, we can rejoice in this. This is like fundamental, fundamentals of the Christian faith. And we certainly do rejoice in this. But most of the time, we still think sin is the problem in the same way that the Jewish people thought obeying the law was the thing. We can’t stop sinning any more than the Jewish people could obey the law perfectly. And, so, we tend to think sin is still the problem. It’s just that there’s a difference here. If we were on our own, yes, we could not stop sinning any more than we could obey the law perfectly. It’s just that we’re not on our own anymore. We are in Christ. The thing that changes the equation is Jesus. In Christ sin has no claim. And, so, may we just imagine. May we just go through the day imagining what it would be like to not have that dark cloud over us all of the time that makes us feel as if we’re feeling in every way, knowing that there is a bright Son above us, God’s Son, who has swept the darkness away and invited us into freedom.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit, we invite you into that. Give us a divine imagination of what our lives are supposed to look like and what they can look like. We are certain of our limitations in our own ability to achieve sinlessness. We know that we do not have this ability. We don’t need to have this ability. We need you. And, so, we run to you and put our faith in you, knowing that you are leading us on a path that leads to life, a path that day by day, step by step continually transforms us into your image. And, so, we surrender to that process. Forgive us for the times that we have taken control and led ourselves astray. If it’s true, that sin has no claim to us, then we reject it utterly. We reject anything that would lead us away from you and we just imagine our reality, the one you have provided, the one in which we can come into your presence boldly and stand right before you. This changes everything. Holy Spirit, come. Remind us again of what…how things really are and lead us away from the darkness that we enmesh ourselves in all the time. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Today I pray for a friend of mine who I sadly lost but I pray that he is doing well up there in heaven with God. I also pray for the lord to forgive me for all my sins that I have done for today and I want Him to make sure my friend Brian is up there safe. I also want to pray and tell God that for all the sins that I have done that He forgives me for this one. I know that I’ve been lukewarm but I’m working on not becoming lukewarm and I know that I cuss and do all this. I know I’ve cussed, and I’ve smoked, and I did all this but I’m working on it, and I just want for God to forgive me. And I really wish that God would forgive me from all the sins that I’ve done, especially for those ones. And I pray that…I pray for some good news because I just realized that we got a new puppy a new puppy that God has delivered to me and his name is rusty and I’m really glad that we got him. And I think God has answered my prayer. I’ve been asking for a friend, and this is the friend that He has sent me and I am so glad. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, my heavenly Father. __ in Your name.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family this is Kim from Indy longtime listener don’t call too often but today I just want to call and thank you for the love that you…and support that you always show each other in the community. I just want to lift up in prayer those that are going through so much whether it be marriages, children, just any loved one, just any type of hardship. I just want to pray for all of us today including my family whether it be financial, legal, whatever you’re going through. And I just want to share today with you just some words of encouragement, that we realize that Jesus really is with us, and He has never forsaken us. And even though sometimes life just seems to throw us curves, that I just want you to refer back to psalms 57 1-2 which reads be merciful to me oh God be merciful to me. __ my soul for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings, I take refuge until the storms of destruction pass by. I cry out to God most high for God who fulfills His purpose for me. So, Daily Audio Bible today as we continue to pray for one another and support one another just always help yourself to remember that going to God in prayer and knowing that sometimes times will be difficult there’s a purpose that God has for these difficulties and that if we just stay the course, He really will be there to help us. And thank you all again Daily Audio Bible listeners. I love you. I look forward to listening to you every day. Brian Hardin and family thank you all so much for this awesome podcast. Renzo, it was good hearing from you the other day. Blind Tony as well. Val, haven’t heard from you…

God’s Smile I wanted to thank you for your story of going to the beach that you told the other day. It was funny because I was at work listening to you talking about the seagull soaring in the air and hearing you frame it to way…to a way that’s the way God works, that you can just kind of lean in and soar. But right…right as you were telling me that right…right as you were telling that story…I’m about 100 miles inland and we don’t often get seagulls…but right when you were telling that story there was a seagull that started making a fuss outside at our job site. And every day at different job sites since then I’ve been hearing a seagull squawking away and it keeps reminding me and I just have this vision of just opening my arms and leaning into God and I wanted to thank you for that. Bless you because I think it’s what I needed. I just needed a big hug from God, and you gave that to me. I…I can’t really put my finger on what has been bothering me lately, but I feel some headwinds and it’s OK to just…just soar. And tell Peter I said what’s up and he’s a good man for picking you. He knows. I love all of you guys. And have a wonderful day.

Hey DAB family this is PA Chappy I’ve called in a few times. The last time I called in was just to give a praise regarding the progress I've…that I’ve been making, that the Lord has been making at my church here in central Pennsylvania. Hey, I want to give a praise and a prayer request. The praise is on July 2nd we had 11 baptisms. We had 11 believer’s baptisms on July 2nd at my church. It might have been the first baptisms I believe in…in decades at this church. So, a huge shout out to the Lord for that. Big praise to the Lord. The second thing that I want to give as a…as a prayer request is I’m also, as my name suggests, I’m a chaplain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and I had a soldier that I found out was at a training in Connecticut and he had…he became a heat casualty, which means he overheated while they were doing some training and he is currently in the hospital in Connecticut. And he had to be induced in a coma and he now has doubled pneumonia. And on Thursday I will be driving up through that area and I’ll be stopping in to visit with the soldier and his wife. So, just be praying that I can be a blessing to them, that I can be a support and encouragement to them. And pray for the soldiers healing, that he can be healed, and they could get back to their life as normal. So, thank you very much for praising the Lord with me and for praying for this soldier.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday July 21, 2023 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:1-6:11

Furnishings for the Temple

4 Solomon[a] also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.[b] 2 Then he cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7 1⁄2 feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.[c] 3 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were about six oxen per foot[d] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

4 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them. 5 The walls of the Sea were about three inches[e] thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 16,500 gallons[f] of water.

6 He also made ten smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set five on the south side and five on the north. But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.

7 He then cast ten gold lampstands according to the specifications that had been given, and he put them in the Temple. Five were placed against the south wall, and five were placed against the north wall.

8 He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.

9 He then built a courtyard for the priests, and also the large outer courtyard. He made doors for the courtyard entrances and overlaid them with bronze. 10 The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.

11 Huram-abi also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.

So at last Huram-abi completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of God:

12 the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
13 the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);
14 the water carts holding the basins;
15 the Sea and the twelve oxen under it;
16 the ash buckets, the shovels, the meat hooks, and all the related articles.

Huram-abi made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the Lord, just as King Solomon had directed. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.[g] 18 Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined.

19 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the Temple of God:

the gold altar;
the tables for the Bread of the Presence;
20 the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;
21 the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of the purest gold;
22 the lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners—all of solid gold;
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, overlaid with gold.

5 So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the Lord. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

2 Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion. 3 So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.[h]

4 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark. 5 The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent[i] and all the sacred items that had been in it. 6 There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!

7 Then the priests carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim. 8 The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles. 9 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place,[j] which is in front of the Most Holy Place, but not from the outside. They are still there to this day. 10 Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,[k] where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left Egypt.

11 Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day. 12 And the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and all their sons and brothers—were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres, and harps. They were joined by 120 priests who were playing trumpets. 13 The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the Lord with these words:

“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”

At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the Lord. 14 The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple of God.

Solomon Praises the Lord

6 Then Solomon prayed, “O Lord, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness. 2 Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”

3 Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing: 4 “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father, 5 ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel. 6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.’”

7 Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8 But the Lord told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good, 9 but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’

10 “And now the Lord has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father’s place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 There I have placed the Ark, which contains the covenant that the Lord made with the people of Israel.”

Footnotes:

  1. 4:1a Or Huram-abi; Hebrew reads He.
  2. 4:1b Hebrew 20 cubits [9.2 meters] long, 20 cubits wide, and 10 cubits [4.6 meters] high.
  3. 4:2 Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters] across . . . 5 cubits [2.3 meters] deep and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] in circumference.
  4. 4:3 Or 20 oxen per meter; Hebrew reads 10 per cubit.
  5. 4:5a Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  6. 4:5b Hebrew 3,000 baths [63 kiloliters].
  7. 4:17 As in parallel text at 1 Kgs 7:46; Hebrew reads Zeredah.
  8. 5:3 Hebrew at the festival that is in the seventh month. The Festival of Shelters began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day occurred in late September, October, or early November.
  9. 5:5 Hebrew the Tent of Meeting; i.e., the tent mentioned in 2 Sam 6:17 and 1 Chr 16:1.
  10. 5:9 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Kgs 8:8); Masoretic Text reads from the Ark.
  11. 5:10 Hebrew Horeb, another name for Sinai.
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Romans 7:1-13

No Longer Bound to the Law

7 Now, dear brothers and sisters[a]—you who are familiar with the law—don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living? 2 For example, when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her. 3 So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.

4 So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God. 5 When we were controlled by our old nature,[b] sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.

God’s Law Reveals Our Sin

7 Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”[c] 8 But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power. 9 At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life, 10 and I died. So I discovered that the law’s commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead. 11 Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me. 12 But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.

13 But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.

Footnotes:

  1. 7:1 Greek brothers; also in 7:4.
  2. 7:5 Greek When we were in the flesh.
  3. 7:7 Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21.
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Psalm 17

Psalm 17

A prayer of David.

1 O Lord, hear my plea for justice.
Listen to my cry for help.
Pay attention to my prayer,
for it comes from honest lips.
2 Declare me innocent,
for you see those who do right.

3 You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.
You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.
I am determined not to sin in what I say.
4 I have followed your commands,
which keep me from following cruel and evil people.
5 My steps have stayed on your path;
I have not wavered from following you.

6 I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God.
Bend down and listen as I pray.
7 Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways.
By your mighty power you rescue
those who seek refuge from their enemies.
8 Guard me as you would guard your own eyes.[a]
Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
9 Protect me from wicked people who attack me,
from murderous enemies who surround me.
10 They are without pity.
Listen to their boasting!
11 They track me down and surround me,
watching for the chance to throw me to the ground.
12 They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart—
like young lions hiding in ambush.

13 Arise, O Lord!
Stand against them, and bring them to their knees!
Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!
14 By the power of your hand, O Lord,
destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
May their children have plenty,
leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
15 Because I am righteous, I will see you.
When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.

Footnotes:

  1. 17:8 Hebrew as the pupil of your eye.
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Proverbs 19:22-23

22 Loyalty makes a person attractive.
It is better to be poor than dishonest.

23 Fear of the Lord leads to life,
bringing security and protection from harm.

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7/20/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 1:1-3:17, Romans 6:1-23, Psalm 16:1-11, Proverbs 19:20-21

Today is the 20th day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here. Great to be here with you today, as we gather again and take another step forward together. And our step forward today, like right now, right here in the Old Testament leads us into new territory. There’s not a whole lot for us to talk about, we’re…we’re migrating between First Chronicles and now we will begin Second Chronicles but we’re not moving into an entirely new era, or a completely different genre of writing. We’re just moving from one page to the next. First and Second Chronicles, as well as the books of Kings, First and Second Kings, and the books of Samuel, First and Second Samuel, these were like, all one contiguous document at one point and time. But they were broken apart for the ease of locating things and finding things. So, we’re not moving into a new story, we’re continuing the one we were already in. We will simply now be transitioning between David’s reign and his son Solomon’s reign, and the generations that follow Solomon. A similar thing happens when we migrate between First and Second Kings. So, let's…let’s move into it. Today, Second Chronicles chapters 1, 2 and 3.

Commentary:

Okay, so we have reached a point in the letter to the Romans where we are beginning to see some very profound implications to the Gospel that Paul is laying out in this letter. Implications that are life-changing, implications that have changed our lives, but implications that are supposed to irreversibly change us going forward forever. So, over the last couple of days, we’ve watched Paul go back to Abraham, go back to the beginning of the story, begin laying out the argument that it wasn’t Abraham’s adherence or obedience or anything. It was Abraham’s faith in God’s promise that made him righteous before God. We’ve also learned that, according to Paul, the purpose of the Mosaic law was ultimately to reveal mankind’s inability to obey it perfectly, to make themselves perfect, to perfect or sanctify themselves so that they can come into the presence of God and say I have made myself perfect. You must now accept me as righteous. Paul says that nobody can ever do that. Nobody is righteous and nobody can make themselves righteous. And then, Paul has unveiled the fact that even in that state, that state of complete unrighteousness with nothing that we can do about it, completely estranged from God, God’s enemies, even in that state, He still loved us, and still came for us. Because it is His true desire to be in relationship with us. And the thing that destroys that relationship is sin and its sin, that Paul was talking about today. Basically, with all of this good news that’s being laid out, that we have freedom from sin, and that we can be made right before God by faith. Then, Paul asked the question, should we keep on sinning, like we don’t have to worry about this anymore. Should we keep on sinning, so that God shows us more and more of his wonderful grace. In other words, the more that we sin, the more glory God gets because His grace is on display. Should we keep doing that. And Paul was like absolutely not. We should not keep doing that. And I quote from Paul, “we know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.” Which brings up one of these profound implications. If that’s true, then sin is not supposed to be an ongoing part of our reality. Wow! That there is even a way for that to be true, that we can stand righteous before God, wow! But as Paul is telling us, we don’t have any way to make that happen to make ourselves sinless, any more than the Hebrew people had a chance at completely and perfectly obeying the Mosaic law. This cannot be achieved on our own. But Paul’s point is, we’re not on our own anymore. When we put our faith in Jesus, we were transformed and a major thing happened. We died. The person that we were without God came to an end. Crucified with Christ and we were remade, re-created, read born, born again, into a new life. One that is not separated by sin from God. One that is intertwined with the divine nature of God, through Jesus our Savior, restoring us to the way we were intended to be all along. Sin isn’t the default posture anymore. It just boils down to our choice of who and what we will obey. Or quoting from Paul from the letter to the Romans again, “don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey. You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.” The implication here is that we are not bound to be slaves to sin any longer. We choose to do that. We don’t have to live partially in the dark and try to partially live within the light of God’s kingdom. That’s not what the Gospel of Jesus Christ offers to us. We are invited to end the person that we were, and live as new creations, who no longer have enslavement to the darkness or any ties to the darkness in any way. Those chains have been broken by the work of Christ on our behalf. That’s what we are offered when we put our faith in Jesus. But it is an utter transformation, the old has passed away, the new has come, and we must break ties and move away from anything that would chain…chain us to a former reality without Christ. I mean, we probably all lived long enough to know that we end up in the direction we are going, the direction we are going with Jesus is toward wholeness, that all things are made new. Which means we have to sever the agreements with the darkness that we’ve made throughout our lives that will pull us in any other direction. We will end up where we are going, and the spirit of God is leading us into all truth, leading us into life, leading us on the pathway of sanctification and transformation. All we have to do is believe and walk the path. We will become the slave to whatever it is that we submit ourselves to and obey.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for this, this stark reality, this fantastic way of looking at things. And it makes the choice obvious. It’s very, very clear that where we want to be is wherever You are, and wherever You are leading. And we confess that so often, even though that’s the desire of our hearts, we make choices that lead us in other directions. We choose to obey and enslave ourselves to things that will not free us, forgive us Lord. Forgive us, we become our own worst enemies when this happens. Forgive us Lord. We accept this free gift of righteousness. We acknowledge there’s nothing that we could do to earn this, we received this is a free gift by faith, and now may we live into that faith by severing ties with the darkness that we may live in the light and reveal the pathway that leads to life. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, this is Saved by His Grace in Happy Valley. I was, my grandfather was a Methodist Minister. So, I’ve pretty much gone to church all my life and fancied myself a Christian because of that. I had a few lost years. But I did come back to the church. Even so, until I found this app, and listened not to lofty sermons or cutesie sermons but just to your explanation of what the Bible, what the words in the Bible meant when they were written and what they mean to us today. That’s…that’s what my soul needed. And I wanna thank you Brian and Jill and China for finally bringing me into the fold. I’m 82 now. I can say that perhaps for the last 7 years, I truly understand and I’m still becoming, I understand that. And then a woman, I think Rosanne from Mississippi came on today and she sort of said the same thing. I just, thank you. I just wanna thank you for helping me to truly find the Lord and begin to have a honest relationship with Him. Thank you and God bless you. Bye.

This is Jersey Jane for Jesus. Listening again to Not Shaken. And the awful situation her daughter is in. I pray for Minny Mouse, the children, for Not Shaken. You’ve been ill. The children need a steady home. Father, I ask You to create an umbrella. To place this umbrella over the entire family of Not Shaken. Father, put this umbrella in the hands of Minny Mouse. Father, put this umbrella over the entire DAB Family, as they pray for this family. They are in dyer need of help. They don’t have an attorney that is paying any attention. The court case hasn’t proceeded yet. It needs to be finished, that these people may heal. Father, put this umbrella over all that need Your help. That are desperate for confidence in themselves that they can, with Your trust and belief, go forward with their lives. Put all this behind them. Oh Father, Abbah Father, Jehovah Jirah, Adonai, help these people. Help them now. I ask in Jesus’s name. Amen.

Hello, this is CeCe from North Carolina. I’m just calling in today to give ya’ll some wonderful news that I have to share. My husband of 6 years, has accepted Jesus into his heart. I have prayed so many years for him to come to Jesus. He has always been on the fence about faith. He never really understood it. Never really believed it. But he has known. And recently he had a revelation that God had came to him in a dream and he’s considered that maybe he’s been missing God in his life and that’s why all the things that he has done in his life, either he hasn’t reached full potential or somethings been holding him back. And it’s simply amazing that after all this time of praying and hoping for him to come home to Jesus and he finally did. I am truly thankful for God and Jesus for answering my prayers. I just want to let everyone know that, if you have someone in your life, whether it be a spouse, family member, friend, someone you truly care about, and you know, they’re not fully committed to the Lord or Jesus, never give up on them. Never stop praying. Because God will answer your prayer in His time. It might not be immediate. But if you keep your prayer, God will answer you. And you just gotta keep faith. And I did and I am so happy. Happy Sunday everyone. God bless.

Hi DAB family. This is my first time calling in. And DAB has been such a gift to me. Such a gift. I’m on my third year but this is the first year that I’ve truly been consistent. And I’ve been amazed by the way that God shown up through this podcast and through spending better and more time in His word. I need prayer for my family. We have four kids. All underneath the ages of 10. And it’s really hard right now. My oldest, is full of rebellion and anger and he can be violent toward his siblings and toward me and also his dad. And we’re kind of at our wits end. We don’t know what to do and we want to parent him well and parent him gently. But we just, we’re stuck. And we’re needing Jesus to show up and I’m on my knees praying. And asking for help and asking for the Holy Spirit to show us the way. And I know that He’s faithful. But it’s hard in the meantime. And I want life and life abundant for my kids. And I want kid, my kids to know and love the Lord and to feel safe in their own homes. And I want to be a good mom. And so, we need your prayer. And I know that God is faithful and that He will show up. And I know that He can change hearts. And He does change hearts. So, just lift us up in prayer. Thank you DAB family.