Ezekiel 40:28-41:26, James 4:1-17, Psalms 118:19-29, Proverbs 28:3-5
Today is the 20th day of November welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it’s great to be here with you today as we bring another one of our weeks to a close continuing forward on the journey that will bring us to the end of the year and the end of the Bible. We are at the part of the Bible that is known as the book of Ezekiel and we’re working our way through Ezekiel in the Old Testament. We have been reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Today Ezekiel 40 verse 28 through 41 verse 26.
Prayer:
Father, we thank You for another week in the Scriptures together and this magnificent gift of Your word that You have given us, and that is always available to us. We are humbled. We are grateful and we take to heart what we read from James today, “humble Yourselves before the Lord.” We are told to do this, which means that we can do this, that we may humble ourselves before You and You will exalt us. And, so, we humble ourselves before You and not exalt ourselves. We exalt You and…and You, alone. Only You are worthy of praise. And, so, we worship You ad we pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Community Prayer and Praise:
Good morning DAB family this is Ray I’m calling today about my sister Alice. About 10 days ago the doctor said she had what’s called a stroke of her spine and she’s lost feeling and use of her legs from her waist down. Well, I know how our God works so I’m asking you to pray for healing and the desire to get better and not to settle in this, not to be OK with where she’s at but to work hard. The doctors say that if she rehabs and works at it that she could get her mobility back. And, so, I’m asking for you to pray for that. And also, we want, I want her in her family to get closer to Jesus and not to be caught up in religion but to be caught up in His arms. Thank you so much for praying. We love you very much. Amen.
Lord God, thank You for Your love and faithfulness. Thank You, Lord for where You have placed us. Thank You for our homes and our communities and our various networks and thank You Lord for our families and our friends and our neighbors. And I pray that You would help us to be a shining light in our community. I pray Lord that You would be equipping us and filling us with Your Spirit and helping us to be salt and light to those around us and giving us the tools we need to overcome the hurdles that we face. Thank You, Lord that You are with us and that You help us to face those giants. Lord we lift up our loved ones to You thinking especially of my cousin William and others like him. Thank You, Lord that You are at work. We pray Lord that…that he might come to know You more. Thank You, Lord for his apprenticeship. Thank You, Lord for what…for the opportunities that he has. And thank You Lord that he’s taking them. And I pray Lord that You’d be blessing him greatly. Father God we do lift up those who are searching, whether they’re searching for meaning or searching for their place in the world. And I pray Lord that You would show them the way, that You would be giving them opportunities and equipping them to take them, help them to be the best version of themselves. Thank You, Lord for Your love and Your faithfulness and that we can come to You with these things.
Hi family this is Janice from phoenix AZ. I…I wanted to update you on my husband Dave. He’s back in the hospital for a few days now and the doctor called me today and said that we need to discuss Hospice services. He’s just had one too many strokes. And he tries so hard to come back but thinks the Lords calling him home. And lucky him is all I can say. It’s weird. I feel like I’m gonna throw up and yet I have perfect peace inside. It’s a strange combo but I’m thanking the Lord for that peace. So, if you could just pray that the Lords will be done that Dave won’t have to suffer. He’s a little confused and he thinks he’s in a Mexican jail and he wants me to help him break out. It’s heartbreaking and funny at the same time. He’s a…he’s a funny guy. OK family I’ll keep you posted. God bless you all and thank you…
Hi this is Pug Mum 3 from Georgia I am calling in in response to a prayer request from Blind Angel in Happy Valley. I heard your prayer request today on November 17th. My heart reaches out to you. You have such a full plate, but I know that God never gives us more than we can handle. And that sounds very trite, but I know it is so true because He proves character to us every single day, His intense and unfailing love for us. I pray God would just wrap his arms around you, that your infections would be healed, that your kidney would be functioning and that your transplant is successful. I pray for comfort for you regarding the loss that you’re experiencing in your life and just that you would know deep in your spirit and in your soul and your heart the deep an unending love that God has for you. Thank you. God bless.
Oh, good morning, friends this is Erin in Michigan. Holy moly. It’s Wednesday the 17th but I just finished Monday the 15th and I am shaken, and you’ll see why that is the perfect word for this. I’m listening to Brian talk to God shaking everything that can be shaken and so that everything that remains is unshakable. I’m out for my walk, that’s why I’m breathing heavy friends. Ok, so anyway wow wow wow wow wow. So, I have gone through since April the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do with my life. I ended a 23-year relationship with someone I thought it would be with for the rest of my life. But that’s not exactly true because God told me several years ago that I needed to leave the relationship and I wouldn’t do it. And, so, finally in April I had to and I’m not proud of how I ended it, but I know that I had to end it. I know God told me too. So, fast forward to Monday, the day that this podcast dropped this particular one and I had a feeling of sadness. I had a feeling of missing that person in my life. I had a feeling of wishing I had never left. And now after hearing what Brian said I see that for what it was. That was the Israelites wanting to go back to slavery because they missed cucumbers, right? So, the cool cool thing is that I have this podcast. And friends, God loves us so, so, so much. So, if he’s shaking you as He’s shaking me let us remember forever that He is getting rid of anything that is shakeable and what will be left will be unshakable. Praise you Jesus. Have a great day.