Month: March 2022

Numbers 26:52-28:15, Luke 3:1-22, Psalm 61:1-8, Proverbs 11:16-17

Today is March 18th, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you today, today and every day. It’s great to be together, it’s great to even have this place that we can get together. I’m grateful that we have some kind of oasis that we can come to and let the Scriptures just wash over us, speaking into all the little things that are going on today, this week, this month. So, let’s dive in, we’re continuing our journey through the Book of Numbers, today chapter 26 verse 52 through 28 verse 15.

Commentary:

Okay, we have similarities between Numbers and the Gospel of Luke today. Then we have something to think about. So, in Numbers what we are seeing is the, the transition between first-generation and second-generation people who were delivered to freedom from Egypt, who are in the wilderness. And we know that Moses will not be leading the people into the Promised Land he had been excluded from that. And so, the Lord was instructing Moses to prepare a way for his successor, and his successors name is Joshua. And we will get to know Joshua. There is an entire book called Joshua that we will get to soon enough. We’ve now seen Joshua have hands laid upon him and consecrated him as the leader, and so Moses is preparing the way for Joshua’s leadership.

We flip over into the Gospel of Luke and we see another preparing of the way. Now, we’re seeing John the Baptist’s ministry. We’ve gotten some background on how they kind of emerged, where they came from, John and Jesus. But we’ve watched John at the Jordan River speaking a message of repentance and baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We see people from all different walks of life coming in repentance before the Lord. So much so, the people were wondering is he the Christ. And by the way Christ, like when we see Jesus Christ, you probably know this but Christ isn’t Jesus, last name, it’s a descriptive term; Christ means anointed one, the anointed one. So, they began to wonder if John was the anointed one. John of course told them that he is not the anointed one, the anointed one is coming after him. So, John is preparing the way for Jesus. And there is a little bit of an irony here because Joshua and Yehoshua, these are the same names. Which does not make them the same people but does give us another glimpse of that thread that winds its way through the Bible, this thread that reveals that God’s intense and purposes are those of redemption and restoration.

Then lastly, we look at what we read in Proverbs today. A man whose kind, benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself. Again, it’s one sentence but that one sentence speaks a lot about the shape of our lives. Kindness is a benefit to us; cruelty is harmful to us. We might think that we already know that or that it’s elementary level wisdom, but then we have to look at our lives and say, how well am I living into that wisdom. It’s very basic, something we can kind of hold onto, something that if we could kind of get into our minds as a checkpoint before we do things, could really save us from a lot. Kindness is a benefit to ourselves and those around us. Cruelty hurts us and everyone around us; who do we want to be? We’ll end up, we’ll end up wherever the path we choose leads us.
Prayer:

And so, Father once again, this is a crossroads that wisdom brings us to continually were we have a choice to make and it’s simple and we can just blow-by it, like we already know all this stuff. But it’s as simple choice, it’s wisdom at the crossroads with a sign saying go this way, don’t go that way. We do not want to walk the path of cruelty; we do not want to be on that path. So, Holy Spirit, come and show us how to walk the path of kindness. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragement:

Hi, I’m calling in to pray for, I believe her name was Emma, who was calling about her son Joseph, who she found out was soliciting sex. And I just wanted to lift them both up to you right now. God, I just pray for Emma and for Joseph. God, I just pray first of all, that you remove Joseph from this situation. In Jesus name, I pray that you just protect him from these attacks from the evil one, God. And just take him out of this situation. Take people out of his life God, take whatever it is in his mind and his heart that’s prompting him to do it. Just take it away right now, God. In Jesus name. And then I pray that You surround them with Your love and Your protection God, and Your peace. And I just pray that Joseph can now You and that this is gonna be such a redeeming story God. And just thank You for his mother’s faithfulness to pray, I know she said she was praying out of fear God which is totally understandable in such a difficult situation God. So, I just want to lift her up to You God. Take away her fear and replace it with faith God. Help her to see Your faithfulness God and the faithfulness that You’ve shown her, her whole life God. And just remind her of that and that You’ll show her through this hard situation Lord. And I just pray protection, love, peace, yeah, this is just gonna be a testimony Lord, this is gonna be a testimony. You’re gonna restore and You’re gonna redeem God. In Jesus name. Amen.

Hi, this message is for Vicki from Arizona. I just wanted to reach out and let you know that I heard your call for prayer on the 14th, that’s when I was listening to it, it’s when it aired. And you just lost your mom and you’re hurting and you’re asking for prayer to walk through this struggle and find strength and see God moving in all of it. And I don’t know exactly what you’re feeling or what you’re going through. I can only begin to imagine how that would affect your life and the hurt that that would bring, I can only begin to imagine. Just wanted to let you know, I hear you and as I’m driving in today to work in Nebraska, it’s foggy and cold. I can barely see the cars in front of me as you’re talking about the hurt, you’re feeling and what you’re going through. And then you start to talk about how you know your moms in a better place and you know that God holds us and carries us through the struggles and he’s powerful and you believe in Him but you’re hurting. And as you talk about that stuff, not kidding, the fog around me started to lift and I could see 3, 4, 5 cars in front of me. And it’s still cold and it’s still cloudy but the sun is starting to come out as I’m driving. I believe in a powerful God and again and I can’t begin to imagine what you’re going through, but I know He’s here and He’s with you and He’ll walk with you through it and He loves you so very much.

Good morning DAB family, this is Paula calling from Albuquerque. Just finished listening to today’s podcast March 15th and the word itself is very, very convicting but then I heard little Halo call from Colorado. Halo, I have a grandson your age and I want you to know I am so proud of you. And bigger than that I think God is very happy for you because you made that choice. Don’t worry about her response and your response to pray for her is huge. My grandson, who is your age, is in similar situations but instead he acts out of fear. So, maybe you could pray for him. His name is Kimoni and he’s even been suspended from school for beating up on other kids and I know that that is a fear-based response. So, would you please keep him in prayer and I will be praying for you. You are way beyond your years. Love you my little sister in Christ.

Good morning DAB family, this is Helen in Durham, North Carolina and I just want to say how valuable it is to listen to the Scripture being read, year after year. I’m probably on about year six, I’m not totally sure. But if you listen with open years, my goodness, the Lord keeps on telling me more and more, I keep learning more and more. The commentary is so awesome. So, Father, just want to encourage us, encourage me to continue to listen hard because in all the dysfunction of the world, whatever dysfunction is in our lives, the Lord speaks to it and He is good. God bless you all.

This is Lori from Canada. I’m asking for prayer for me to get right with God. To let go of an affair that I had during COVID. And to say thank you for God’s grace that my husband is willing to forgive me. Please pray that I will have the right posture of heart and be willing to seek God in all things. Thank you.  

Numbers 26:1-51, Luke 2:36-52, Psalms 60:1-12, Proverbs 11:15

Today is the 17^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is fantastic to be here with you today as we gather around the Global Campfire, just find our place, exhale, take the next step forward, together. We’re continuing our journey in the book of Numbers. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week and we are indeed watching the emerging generation arise in the wilderness because the first generation out of slavery, they were doomed to wander in the wilderness until they were no more. And, so, we pick up the story. Numbers chapter 26 verses 1 through 51 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in last couple of days we were talking about John the Baptist and how his arrival didn’t just happen in a vacuum. And today we cross territory that helps us understand that Jesus didn’t just happen in a vacuum, either. So, with John the Baptist we certainly have an angelic visitation and enunciation to Zechariah. And we saw Zechariah muted until the baby was born, and then named him John which was an unusual name in the family. And, so, everyone wondered. Because this is the son of a priest, a priest that was in the temple and saw an angelic visitation. So, what’s gonna to become of this kid is something that’s kind of in the fabric of the culture. Jesus also had an angelic annunciation to Mary. She came back. They go to Bethlehem. The baby is born. Angelic announcements. Wiseman following a star. Herod hearing about a new king of the Jews and freaking out. This wasn’t in a vacuum. And then in our reading today, it’s a pretty famous passage where Jesus stays behind in Jerusalem when the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem is over and everybody’s headed back to…to the Galilee region. Jesus stays behind. And it’s such a human picture. If you’re a parent, like you can just imagine how freaked out Mary and Joseph would be to get a day’s journey away from Jerusalem believing that your kid is among the relatives and cousins and friends and everybody going back to the same place, only to find out that he’s not and then have to travel a whole day back to Jerusalem and start a search in one of the metropolitan areas of the world. And, so, when they do find Him, He’s in the temple and what is he doing? He’s sitting with the elite scholars and teachers, and authorities, the religious leaders that interpret what God wants. He’s listening to them. He’s discoursing with them. He’s asking them questions until His parents show up and then he goes back Galilee. But now He’s on the radar. He’s just a little kid, but according to the gospel of Luke, “all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and his answers.” And the “all” here are the religious scholars, the most educated, the most authoritative, the people with the power, the spiritual power over the people. So, they’re not gonna forget this. So, when Jesus does show up in ministry in Galilee the Scriptures tell us the people came all the way from Jerusalem to check out what He was doing and what He was saying. Probably some of the same people were going to hear what this kid had to say all grown-up. Of course, we know how the story goes. It’s a political maneuver. Like it's…the high priest ends up saying it’s better for one…that one man to die than all of us. So, it’s a political maneuver around rejecting Jesus because He is drawing a crowd and moving things forward. But at this point in the story we now have a little bit of context about how John the Baptist emerged and how Jesus emerged in the culture.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for another day, another step forward in Your word. We thank You for Your kindness to us. We thank You for Your grace and we thank You for allowing us to look into these stories and see their context and allow them to kind of unfold like a flower before us, that our understanding may be enlightened and enriched so that our journey with You is fruitful and growing. And we praise You for this and thank You in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello this is Via from the farm. My husband just came home from a very long visit with a neurologist and that it was confirmed that he has Parkinson’s disease and I just been asking for prayer. We need guidance. We need to, you know, just deal with this in s positive a way possible and I imagine it’s going to be a long haul. I just really appreciate prayer and that God will guide me and give me strength and help me understand all the things I can do to support my husband as we enter this stage of life. Thank you all very much.

I love what you all do and this has changed my life….

Sean in the UK this is Retaining Honor in southwest Missouri, and can I tell you I was listening to DAB and I am jumping up and down and celebrating with you in my kitchen. Seven days sober. I am so happy, so proud of you. It’s absolutely amazing. I heard your first prayer request, and I heard the gentleman from Kansas City MO that called in and so many to encourage. I was praying for you, and I am just so happy. I’m elated. Alcohol is not my main vice, but it just wasn’t adding to my life. And I have not had a drink since June 30^th, and it is however my fund husband vice. And, so, I ask that you pray for my husband. He is not a believer and the more that we can have voices raise him up that would be a huge blessing to my family. I know he’s working on that diligently and I’ve just got to let him go through his process. And but tonight I just wanted to give you this encouragement, first Corinthians 13:11. When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man, I put away childish things. And Sean you were just speaking like a man with the authority and bringing the word and the gospel through your request for other people. And I just want to say I’m so happy for you. So, congratulations. I hope that you are way beyond your seven days of sobriety. And if not just start over. One day at a time one second at a time. We are praying for you we are on your team. Love you brother.

Hi this is Victoria Soldier calling to pray for some of the DABbers. I wanted to pray for my precious sister Kate who said that… think she said her dad died. I wanted to pray for that family and really encourage her. I’m sorry for the…for the loss of your precious one.  Gracious Father we just ask You to touch Kate. We just ask You to touch her through it all of what she’s going through right now with her precious loss of this loved one. I just wanna encourage her to let her know that at the time that…that before it was announced he reached his destination to be with the Lord. And I want to comfort with you with the fact that he’s with the Lord and I want to just continue to pray with you and the family that you will be strengthened. Lord, touch my sisters and brothers and I ask You…and of this family Lord, I just ask You to touch them. They lost a precious soul, a precious soul who knew the Lord. Lord, we just ask You to have Your way in that family. We ask You to encourage them. We ask You to help them to remember the good times and the great things that…that he…that he left here on this earth and in our…in their Spirits Lord. And we ask You to bless them in a mighty special way. And Father, we give You the glory and the praise and the honor. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

This is Hannah from Wyoming, and I just recently found the Daily Audio Bible and it has been a huge blessing to my life. So, Brian thank you for your dedication to this. I just wanted to pray for Ricky who just lost her mom. And I can feel the grief and weariness in her voice. And God I just ask that You would be her strength and her comfort. Give her grace for each day and each thing that it requires Lord. I thank You that You are near to the broken hearted and I pray that You would be near to Ricky today. Comfort her heart God. Make Your presence near to her so that she doesn’t feel alone in the loss of her mom. I also pray for the gentleman who called about his marriage. I don't…I don’t remember his name but he’s on my heart as well as he’s struggling in his marriage with his wife and feeling his love not being reciprocated. God, I ask that You would bring healing and restoration to that marriage, that You would do a miracle there, that You’d comfort his heart, that You’d give him wisdom and guidance God. And I ask these things and the mighty name of Jesus who is able to do all immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine. God, I pray that You would do this in this situation…

Hi family this is Dimitri calling from Portland OR. I called a few months back asking for you guys to keep you guys…keep my ex-wife in your prayers. We’ve been divorced now for two years…for about two years now and I just wanted to just continue praying for her for whatever she’s going through. I believe that God has plans for us to get back together and I believe that that’s what’s best for…for the entire situation. So, I’m trying to do my best to keep the faith. And it’s hard some days and easier the other days. And today is a word that Brian read and talked about just to kind of reminded me of keeping the faith. So, if you guys could continue praying for her. I’m also…just wanted to…as you all know the situation in Ukraine and Russia. I come from that area and the…the community here in Portland and the West Coast is very divided in the whole situation. And, so, that just breaks my heart. So, if you guys could just pray for the Slavic community in general, the Russian community, the Ukrainian community, for the situation in the…in the…where the war is going on. If you guys could just pray from them all and that God can give everybody peace, that the war ends and that just everybody just stays calm and doesn’t blame each other and just for the whole situation. So, if you guys can pray. Thank you, like always pastor Brian Hardin for what you do for this family and thank you family for keeping us in your prayers and the entire…the entire Global Campfire. Thank you all. Have a have a blessed day and I hope I talk to you guys later next time.

Numbers 24:1-25:18, Luke 2:1-35, Psalm 59:1-17, Proverbs 11:14

Today is the 16th day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it’s great to be here with you today as we move forward on our journey and we are in the book of Numbers we’re reading the story of King Balak of Moab and this prophet figure who can bless and curse named Balaam. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week. Today, Numbers chapter 24 and 25.

Commentary:

Alright so, in the Book of Numbers we are well, we have worked our way through the story of Balak, who is the King of Moab and Balaam who was summoned to curse the children of Israel on behalf of Moab. And there is much for us in our own human experience and in our motives and the way and the why in what we do what we do that can be found in both of these characters in the story. So, we talked some about Balaam yesterday and the talking donkey and him looking like a fool and him only being able to say what God told him to say, which is what we saw play out. He was only able to bless Israel, but whether or not Balaam had mixed motives, we know he did from this story but we also know and we’ll see this later in the Scriptures that he made some suggestions. He invited the Moabites to consider sending their women into seduce the children of Israel’s men, which is something that we began to see in today’s reading. So maybe Moab isn’t gonna be strong enough to take on Israel militarily but maybe they can undermine the culture by getting within them and starting to destroy them from within. But let’s turn our attention to King Balak today because that’s mostly what we we’re reading. Balaam shows up, Balak wants the children of Israel to be cursed. Altars are made, sacrifices are given, Balaam listens for the word of the Lord. The word of the Lord is to bless and not curse Israel and so, what is Balak do? Let me show you a portion of the camp of Israel from a different place and so they travel to a different peak or a different viewpoint where more sacrifices are made and more listening for the word of the Lord and the word of the Lord hasn’t changed. And so Balak’s like, let’s, let’s go look from another place. Maybe there God will allow you to curse them and so they go to another place, but it’s only blessing that God wants to do to Israel and so the word of the Lord hasn’t changed just the location where there looking at the children of Israel has changed. Where this really does become something in our lives is how we do that, we’re not getting the answer that we want so, we want to reframe the question in a way that we can get the answer that we want. Let’s look at it from over here. Oh, it’s still a no well, let’s look at it from over at this angle, this should be a yes, right Lord. Oh it’s still and no well, let’s look at it from this angle then. Because all we’re doing is looking for the answer that we want, not the answer that we need, not the answer that is the truth. We are looking for what we want and then so often when that doesn’t work out, we blame God for what we’ve done. So, aside from the fact that this story carries us forward in the history of the travels of the children of Israel in the wilderness, it is also a very, very insightful story for us to examine our own hearts posture and motivations for why we do the things that we do. And this the story certainly exposes some of the shadow side of that.

And then in the Gospel of Luke, we must make mention of the fact that what we, what we witness today is the story that we celebrate at Christmas time. The birth of the Savior and the rejoicing and the hope and the peace and goodwill that is offered and all of the people that were waiting for this. And so, I know Christmas is past and is in the future. And so, this is Christmas time but there is no shortage of times to be grateful that God would come for us and become one of us so, that we can see what it looks like to live in this world, as broken as it is, to have this example of being Christlike. An example that lets us know that our lives are headed in that direction when we surrender ourselves to God, we are moving in that direction, Christlike. And if there is any one wise thing that we could do this year, it is not to thwart that in any way. To walk humbly with our God surrendered, that we might be transformed into the image of our Savior. This is the goal and one of the ways that we look at that is to examine the motives of our hearts as we we’re doing in the Book of Numbers.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for Your word, we thank You for another day to take another step forward together. We thank You that each day there’s something for us. It’s like You’re so gracious and not dumping all of the things that we’re doing wrong and all of the things that need to be worked on. We realize in our own strength, we are nothing but You have given us an opportunity day-by-day, step-by-step be challenged and comforted in specific areas of our lives that need to be transformed. And the thoughts and intents of our heart, our motives are definitely one of those things that need to be continually and vigilantly examined. So, we thank You for this story of Balak and Balaam that allows us to enter into that story by viewing it through someone else’s eyes and then applying it to our own lives and in our own hearts. And so, come Holy Spirit, show us what needs to change and give us power to surrender to You in these changes we ask. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Good evening family, it’s Mikayla from Glosser. It’s Sunday the 12th of March. I hope you’re well. I’m just calling with an update really and some advice I suppose. So, on the 1st of December, 2021 I started journaling. So, I’ve attempted before, it’s not a habit that’s ever really stuck or something that I’ve ever really been consistent in. But on the 1st of December I started just because I needed an outlet. I needed to get my thoughts out you know, down onto paper and also to use as a way of crying out to God and getting those things down. And you know, 3 and half months later more or less, I’m still doing that. You know, and I can see the change, going back and reading, you know, those December entries to where I am now. You know, only God, you know, it’s only by God’s grace that I am where I am now. And I can say, at times I’m still struggling, you know, you still battling some negative thoughts or the temptations to pick up previous coping mechanisms. But you know that will, it’s a slippery slope, that you have no control over. So, it’s just, yeah, I coveted advice, if it’s your thing, to try you know, at the end of the day, just talking to God and committing that to paper and see where that goes.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible community. This is Diane Olive Brown with my husband Jeff and it’s about five after six in the morning central time. Shalom, shalom, nothing is missing and nothing is broken. I’m responding this morning to Karen in St. Louis who has wanted a husband all of her life and she, she just wants a husband. And I would like to pray with you Karen because it’s something to want. My husband, we’ve been married, will be 50 years, I think this July. And we’ve married and it’s been such a wonderful marriage. And I would like to pray for you to have a husband by God, given by God who is Jesus with skin on. That’s all I can tell you about my husband. I don’t deserve it. I’ve been a mess all my life. And here he is this farm boy, just does everything right, quiet, steady as you go. And I’m the helium balloon he’s holding on to. But something in me says, if she wants a husband, a good husband. Who’s to say that God can’t give her good husband this late in life. And so, Karen in St. Louis, I am going to believe God for you to get a husband like my husband who is Jesus with skin on.

Hey my tremendous DAB fam, this is Kingdom Seeker Daniel. Family, it’s day 72. I’m praying for marriages. And today, I want to pray for missionaries Bob and Barbara in Nicaragua. You guys didn’t actually request prayer, when I heard you call in. But you just made mention of the fact of the work that you’re doing for the Lord on the mission field and I just felt prompted to pray for you. So, thank you so much for what you guys are doing for the kingdom. Father, I lift up missionaries Bob and Barbara in Nicaragua. God, I thank You so much that they have said here we are Lord, send us. I thank You that they went, Lord, as you sent them and I’m asking Lord, that You would continue to equip Bob and Barbara and I pray that You would give them all the resources that they need. Bless the school that they are over, the children that they are caring for and teaching and instructing in the word of God and all the things that they are administering to the country of Nicaragua. I ask Lord, that You would let Your hand of provisions be upon them. Let Your hand of favor be upon them. Will you cause no good thing to be withheld from them as they continue to walk up right before You on the mission field. Thank You for this precious man and woman, this son and daughter of Yours, Lord. And I’m asking that You will bless their home, bless their family and everything that they put their hands to. In Jesus name. Amen.

Hello precious family, this is Shannon from Salem, Oregon. I would love for you to pray for my husband, he is part of a team that is working in the UK on an evangelistic tour that will be happening throughout the spring and summer. So, my husband Brett is in the area of Sheffield, England. But there are teams located in several cities throughout the UK. And I am so delighted that Sarah from London responded to my recording a little while back. And we’ve been emailing each other and God’s Smile and I have been messaging each other too. So, if any other brothers and sisters from the UK want to connect, I would love to be praying intentionally with you, for you, for your communities and you’re free to, feel free to message me through Facebook, I’m a member of the DAB friends’ group there or my email too. My email is shannon@innocencefound.org. So, like the opposite of innocence lost shannon@innocencefound.org and I would love to connect and pray. Pray also for our family and the many other families of these staff members that right now are away from home, more than they’re home. As their kind of leading up to these events. My husband comes home on Wednesday of this coming week. And he’ll be home for about a week and half and then be off again, back to the UK. So, it’s challenging but the Lord sustains us. So, I would appreciate your prayers everyone. Love you all, bye.

Hello family, my name is Grace. I called before, a year or two ago asking prayer for the bullies in my life. It’s going on three years. I’m to the breaking point. What I don’t have the strength to continue to endure and I don’t feel like I can go back to my work. I don’t have the strength to do it. So, I’m asking you to pray for a solution in my situation that God would just do His will in my life. And I ask you to pray for the bullies in my life to be restored. My desire has been and I have endured so that I can show them the love of Jesus through me. But that has not come to any effectiveness in their life, I don’t see fruit in that but only in the fact that they continue to persecute me. And now I’m just unable to continue family so, I’m begging you please for you pray with me for a resolution. I’m a single lady, I’m 55 now and very little means. So, please pray because I might lose my job and I just don’t know what else to do. I just need my family to be there for me so I’m … thank you Brian, thank you family for this, it has hold me through the most difficult times in my life. I have endured a lot but God is faithful.

Numbers 22:21-23:30, Luke 1:57-80, Psalms 58:1-11, Proverbs 11:12-13

Today is the 15^th day of March welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian, and it is fantastic to be here with you today as we take the next step forward together here around the Global Campfire. And that next step will lead us back out into the book of Numbers which we’ve been traveling through for a while now. The children of Israel have had to go back into the wilderness, and they’ve been trying to pass through different nations and just on the road, like just to get through, just to get somewhere. And that’s been shut down and now they have had some battles and have actually conquered a little bit of territory, which is very much unsettling the land of Moab. And King Balak who was sent for a person named Balaam to curse the Israelites. The first time an envoy was sent to Balaam God told him he can go. And, so, he didn’t go. And, so, a more prestigious envoy has been sent and God has told Balaam he can go with these men, but he is the only say what he hears God tell him to say. And that is where we pick up the story today. Numbers chapter 22 verse 21 through 23 verse 30.

Commentary:

Okay. So, in the book of Numbers we are reading the story of Balaam and Balak. Balak the king of Moab and Balaam the…sort of prophet enchanter, sort of figure who speaks for God and has been called to…well…to put a curse upon God’s people, which he can’t do. But there is so much in that story that we’ll get you today and tomorrow that really really forces us to look at our own motivations and our own lives. So, we have a pretty interesting, very intriguing story today where a donkey speaks to Balaam. His donkey has a conversation with him. Very unusual. But if we go back to the story, we know Balak sent an envoy to Balaam and God told him don’t go. And, so, he sent the envoy back to King Balak who subsequently sent more prestigious people to request of Balaam that he come and take a look at the situation that he’s dealing with. There’s a people he’s afraid of. He needs them to be cursed. They outnumber him. They are intimidating them. Now let’s look at what’s at stake here. If Balaam goes and is able to curse this people that are out in the wilderness, then the payoff is honor and wealth and power. And those are incentives that seem to span millennia. For thousands of years people have definitely been seduced by honor and well and power. Balaam; however, has already been instructed by God that he can’t say anything that God isn’t saying. And he’s already told him he can’t go. So, he inquires of God the second time and this time God says he can go, he should accompany these people back to Balak but he is only to say what God has told him to say. But that opens up a little crack in the door. God’s letting me go with these people. Maybe God is leading me into honor and wealth and power. And, so, he’s got this in the back of his mind as he gets on his donkey to take this journey. If you don’t understand that piece of the story then all Balaam’s doing is obeying God, getting on his donkey, and off he goes. And then there’s an angel whose angry wants to kill him and it doesn’t make any sense. But Balaam’s got the idea that maybe he is moving into something that will make him prosperous, maybe he’ll be allowed to do or say or curse or whatever when he gets there because God has given him permission to go. And, so, he begins to think about these things as he’s riding on his donkey. And his donkey is the one that’s aware that there is an angel with a sword standing in the path. And, so, the donkey moves into a field to avoid the angel which embarrasses Balaam. They get bac on the road and then Balaam’s foot gets smashed on the wall which makes him very, very angry. And then the angel moves into a place with there’s nowhere to go. And, so, the donkey just sits down, and Balaam is furious and beats the donkey, his donkey, the one that he’s had for his life, the one that he knows, the one where they know each other. And then the Lord opens the mouth of the donkey, and a little conversation happens that tells us the rest of the story. So, the donkey says, “what have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?” And then Balaam answers the donkey with the truth, “because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.” So, now we begin to realize that God has given Balaam instructions to only speak what God is spoken but now Balaam is concerned about how he looks and he’s not going to look good when he has to tell King Balak that he cannot curse what God has blessed. And, so, this is all coming out on the journey, reiterating for Balaam that he must only speak with the Lord tells him to speak. He’s not being led into any kind of other alternative. He’s not necessarily being led into power and wealth and honor. He’s being sent on a mission to speak on behalf of God very clearly to King Balak. This is very helpful when we consider our own motivations and the postures of our heart and what we believe God is leading us to do. And we very much like to make things situational so that we can get the kind of answer that we want to hear. But just because we get permission from the Lord to take the next step forward does not mean that he has approved all of our plans. We’ve gotten permission to take the next step forward and we have permission to follow His leading. But so often once we get through the door we’re off and running. And we can make a mess of things and then turn around and blame God for it. And, so, this story that is unfolding before us, and there’s more for us as we continue the story, allows us to look into a situation that quite easily can be looked at through our own eyes in the circumstances of our own lives. But if we go through that door with mixed motives, we have already compromised ourselves. And, so, there’s plenty to think about their today.

And then when we turn over into the gospel of Luke, we have the story of the birth and the naming of John the Baptist. His name will be John, which is not a name that was in Zechariah’s family, but when Zechariah did affirm that his name will be John everyone wondered about that. There was conversation about that. But his mouth was opened, and he worshiped and spoke prophetic worship to God which made all of the people wonder because he hadn’t been able to talk during the entire pregnancy. And, so, now here he is affirming this odd name for his family line and then speaking out prophetic worship to God. And he’s a priest and he’s around the priestly families. And, so, they’re seeing all this, and they begin to talk about it all throughout the countryside according the gospel of Luke. And, so, the birth of John didn’t happen in a vacuum like under some deep cover and nobody even knew. A lot of things happened in the priestly community around the birth of John. This was an unusual pregnancy because Zechariah and Elizabeth were too old to have children. And, so, they do have this child but then Zechariah is in the temple and sees a vision and there’s an angel and a conversation and then he’s struck dumb so he can’t speak throughout the pregnancy. So, there’s all this stuff swirling around this baby in Elizabeth’s womb. So, when this baby is born and named John and his father Zechariah’s mouth is opened and he speaks worship to God everybody is wondering what’s gonna become of this kid. So, it’s not like John the Baptist shows up out of the wilderness at the Jordan River. Nobody’s ever heard of him. He’s just a guy. 18 mile walk from Jerusalem out at the Jordan River outside of Jericho baptizing people randomly. As soon as the word starts spreading about this guy wearing camel’s hair and eating locusts and coming in out of the desert and saying with repent, it wouldn’t have taken too long to put it together, this is that baby. This is Zechariah and Elizabeth’s kid. When all of that stuff was swirling around him when he was born, everyone was wondering what’s gonna become of this kid. Maybe he’s a legitimate prophet. There hasn’t been a prophet for 400 years. And there’s mysterious and even miraculous things swirling around his birth. And now he’s baptizing people, asking them to repent and return to God. That’s what a prophet would do. Return to me. Return to God. Maybe this is what’s gotta happen before God does what God’s gonna do. And, so, John didn’t just show up randomly. Since they knew the story and heard what he was saying they began to believe he was a prophet of God, all except for those who were in religious authority, and they didn’t for the most part. And as we continue the story, we’ll see John and his life and what he went through, but we will also see the same kind of treatment and worse of Jesus, our Savior. And, so, this gives us a little bit of background for where we’re moving in the gospel of Luke.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for another day to be together, centered around the Scriptures and around the Global Campfire around each other. We thank You for these gifts of one another and the Scriptures and every day to take the next step forward. And today we have been challenged in our motives as we look at the story of Balak and Balaam. And, so, Holy Spirit come and help us to examine. Are we following You or are we telegraphing what we want after You’ve given us the next step forward? Come Holy Spirit we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello Daily Audio Bible it’s Sebastian. God my heavenly Father I thank You for releasing me from anxiety, depression, from occasional suicide thoughts. Thank You for releasing me from shame and fear. Thank You for taking care of my mental health. Thank You for taking care of my mental health. I’m grateful God. I’m grateful Jesus. I am grateful heavenly Father. My dear beautiful loving Father, thank You for blessing me and blessing this community and thank You for taking care of my mental health. Thank You. It’s so great, it’s so healthy to believe and fear You and to know that You love me and that You love this entire community way more than anyone can ever understand. So, thank You for loving us, thank You for taking care of us, thank You for blessing this community. I thank all of you for listening to me. God bless all of you. Bye.

Good morning I’ve got an awesome story to tell you all. I was on my treadmill this morning praising God for the walk that I started in my Lenten journey to give up alcohol. I was praising God for freedom. My mind is being cleared and healed. I find myself less fearful and more confident than I’ve ever been before. I feel so much of God’s love in me in a reality I’ve never known before. I started drinking at the age of 10. I would drink to hide. I would drink for courage. I would drink for strength. I would drink to celebrate. I would drink to mourn. Whatever the reason I would drink. As I was on the treadmill I about fell off when I heard Sean’s voice. He was on day 7, praise God. I am on day…I was on day 8. Everything he said I felt. And I thank you Jesus. I thank you Jesus for this wonderful…this wonderful place to be. Hallelujah! I’m 64 and I have freedom and I praise God for Sean’s first testimony because I felt everything that he was going through. I felt it all. And praise God I don’t have to feel that anymore because I have the strength of God through all of you guys, through all of your prayers. I thank you so much. I thank you so much. This is Jerry.

Hi today’s March 11^th my name is Hema I am calling for my son. His name is Joseph. He’s 21 years old. I recently found out that he has been soliciting sex. I’m not sure if with males or females. My heart is broken, and I’ve been frantically looking for help, frantically praying but I don’t think my prayers are being productive because I’m praying in fear. I really don’t wanna lose my son. I want God to reach him. I would appreciate anybody’s prayers. Thank you.

Hi DAB fam this is Halo calling from Colorado. I’m nine and I had a friend, her name is Emma. She was a really bad influence on me. So, I couldn’t handle the way she acted so I told her I didn’t want to be her friend no more. She didn’t take that well and I feel really bad. So, I ask for prayers, so I don’t feel this way. Love you family. Bye.

Good morning, DAB this is Gin in Min calling on Saturday March 12^th regarding the reading today about how the city was being destroyed from the inside. And as I heard that I thought, that’s true of ourselves, that our city, ourselves, we can destroy ourselves from the inside out. And it’s my thought, it’s my intention, it’s my emotions that I need to guard that I can tear down myself. I mean, we have enemies on the outside but sometimes our enemy is ourselves. And it was just kind of enlightening for me. And then Brian confirmed it when he gave his little talk after. And I thought that encouraged my soul because yes, that was the Holy Spirit teaching me at that moment, talking to me and leading me to think…to guard myself. And it just was a glorious morning. It’s 5:00 it’s almost 6:00 o'clock in the morning. I’m out getting ready to go to work and it’s just a nice way to start a day. So, happy Saturday everybody. Bye. This is Gin in Min.

Numbers 21:1-22:20, Luke 1:26-56, Psalm 57:1-11, Proverbs 11:9-11

Today is the 14th day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you today, today and every day as we gather around the Global Campfire and move forward together. So, we encountered some pretty pivotal things yesterday as we began our week in the Book of Numbers which is the story, we’re gonna pick up on in just a couple minutes. We said goodbye to Miriam and Aaron the siblings of Moses, who had traveled alongside of him and we also watched Moses become disqualified, he will not lead the people into the promised land, which is, that’s where we left off and so we’ll be picking that up today. And then we also began the third gospel, the gospel of Luke yesterday and so, getting ourselves moved into the gospel of Luke and we’ll continue that journey today. So, we’re reading from the English Standard Version this week, Numbers chapter 21 verse 1 through 22 verse 20.

Commentary:

Okay, a couple of things from our reading today, first in the Book of Numbers we see the children of Israel, they have had to go back into the wilderness, there’s more to learn in the wilderness and they have 40 years to spend there, they’re not going into the Promised Land, neither is Moses. So, it’s like a next generation thing that is beginning to evolve in the story that we are reading. We are watching the emergence of the next generation. But they have challenges, they’re landlocked in the desert and that’s a bad place to be landlocked. They just need to get somewhere else but to try to get somewhere else, they got to go through land that does not belong to them, that is a nation, that has a king, that has a military. So, like in yesterday’s reading we saw that Moses had sent word to the Edomites asking like, can we just go on the Kings Road right, the main trade route. We won’t leave the road, we won’t eat, we won’t drink we won’t anything we just need to get on the other side of your land. And the Edomites say no, that will not be possible. And they send their army out to their border. And so, it’s like you want to come in here it’s going to be war. We can understand like, if we’re just being pragmatic here, we can understand the nature of things. Why the Edomites wouldn’t want a million people walking along the Kings Road through their territory. Like, that’s not a caravan of traders, that’s a moving city that could present like, once there in the land, if they’re lying it’s going to be war from within the land. So, we can kind of get that. But what we might not quite understand is how big of a decision this is because the Edomites are the brothers of the Israelites. So, let’s pause for second and just kinda reflect back on our journey so far. We remember Abraham right, we remember the child of promise Isaac, we remember Jacob and Esau, and we remember that Jacob’s name was changed to Israel and his children are the children of Israel. The Edomites are the children of Esau and so, although centuries have passed, they are family like, blood family and they have been denied. And so, in today’s reading, we see that another letter is sent to King Sihon of the Amorites with the same request. Just let us, we gotta get through here, can you just let us pass through, we won’t do anything to anybody, we won’t move anything, we just need to get through and they don’t want that either. And so, they come and attack and they lose, Israel defeats them with the edge of the sword, according to the Scriptures. And so, they have taken some land and now they, it’s not the Promised Land but they have a place to be, at least for now. And then that just upsets the Moabites. And so, the Moabites they were in the territory that is now modern-day Jordan and their king’s name was Balak and he’s freaking out and he knows the reputation of the Israelites. So, he needs them to be cursed so that he can defeat them and this introduces us to a man named Balaam, who has the reputation that what he curses, God curses and what he blesses is blessed by God. And so, they Balak sends for Balaam to come and curse the Israelites and we will be moving through that story in the days ahead and that is quite a story for our lives.

In the gospel of Luke we see the scene that we know as the Annunciation, so the angel Gabriel comes to the maiden Mary and announces to her that she will bear a child, a child of the most high God. So, we moved through that story and then Mary goes to stay with Elizabeth basically for her first trimester, Elizabeth is moving into her third trimester and their greeting to one another and then John who will be John the Baptist leaping in his mother Elizabeth’s womb at the nearness of Mary and the baby Jesus within her womb, it’s a beautiful scene, which results in some really beautiful words. Mary’s prayer is known as the Magnificat, very famous, very beautiful and worth reading over and over again. But there are lessons in this story for our own lives. Let’s just look back yesterday when the gospel of Luke is beginning, and we are introduced to a man named Zechariah who will be the father of John the Baptist. He’s a priest and it is his turn to go burn incense before the Lord within the temple. That shouldn’t be extraordinarily foreign to us because we watched all that become inaugurated when we’re moving through the giving of the law with Moses at Mount Sinai. What we have in this whole encapsulated story are two Annunciation’s from the angel Gabriel who stands in the presence of God. It is the response to these announcements or Annunciation’s that really give us an opportunity to examine our own lives. So here is Zechariah a priest of the most high God in the temple of the most high God burning incense before the most high God. When the angel comes to visit him and he’s startled, as anyone would be but a conversation happens in which Zechariah is told that he will have a son in his old age and that he is to be named John and he will and I’m quoting the Bible “he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God and he will go before them in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord, people prepared” those words are very similar to how the Old Testament ends in the book of Malachi. It had been 400 years since then. And so, this is the announcements of another profit, and there had not been a prophetic voice like this for four centuries. This is massive. Zechariah’s response to this is how shall I know this, for I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years, in other words how are you going to prove this. This is not a possibility, that is Zechariah the priest of God in the temple burning incense before God talking to an angel, he’s asking for proof how this can happen. The result is that Gabriel knows that Zechariah doesn’t believe him. So, Zechariah gets shut down. Gabriel tells Zechariah and I quote “behold you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their time”. So basically, Zechariah is not going to be allowed to spout off words of doubt and blanket this miraculous process in doubt. He won’t be able to speak out those things because he’s not allowed to speak. The second Annunciation is to the maiden, Mary. This is a girl, like probably not more than 13 or 14 years old and angel has the Annunciation of a child for her as well. Only this child will be placed in her womb by God, Most High. She has a practical question too. How will this be, since I’m a virgin, that’s a fair biological question. She’s not saying this is impossible and I don’t believe, she saying how can this be and Gabriel explains to her how this can be and she responds I am the servant of the Lord, let it be to me according to your word. These are very, very different responses to an announcement with instructions from the Most High God. Where we get the opportunity to examine ourselves is to consider the times, maybe we’d not met Gabriel I certainly have not met Gabriel yet but when we feel the Lord announcing something with instructions to us, when we feel this sense, are we like this is not possible, how are you going to prove this to me, I’m too old, I’m too young, I’m too this, I’m too that that or will we end up at the place of openhanded surrender, I am the servant of the Lord, let it be to me according to your word. The first response brought silence until the promise was fulfilled. The second is in utter openhanded surrender to the will of God. Who would we be in the story?

Prayer:

And so, Father, we love You and we love Your word and we thank You, with deep, deep gratitude for the way that the Scriptures are alive and can penetrate deep within us to the level of our identity, where all these big decisions are made, we thank You for the gift and we embrace it fully and invite Your Holy Spirit to come and plant the truth within our lives. May we pry our fingers off the death grip that we have on things and open our hands in surrender to You, we ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, if what’s happening here, gathering around the Global Campfire and taking another step forward day-by-day, is life-giving to you, then thank you for being life-giving. Thank you for your partnership, we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t in this together. Thankfully we are in this together and so thank you for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage and 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.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

This is From Treasure to Treasure and after listening to Thursday’s prayer request on the line how encouraging it is to hear a testimony from Sean from London who called in with his praise report that he is seven days sober. I don’t say this for any glory for myself, that’s not the purpose of this call because I try to remain in a very humbled, submissive state to my Father and King but it is very encouraging to hear the difference in the sound of his voice from him calling in sober and free from the addiction from what the sound of his voice is when he called in and to know that here is proof that prayer and the blood of Jesus, the power of God does miraculous things still today, even for the people who didn’t call in but they stood in their homes praying for him, this is just a confirmation of the fervent prayers of God’s righteous people calling out to Him for helping others and I don’t know about you but for me, knowing, I mean we know prayer works but being able to hear a testimony for prayers you prayed for just, it helps strengthen my prayer life knowing that I, I’m not alone in those prayers working but from lifting him up is so powerful to feel…

Sean, when I first heard the first message on March 10 podcast I was so encouraged, I was inspired and I wept with joy for our own son, Justin has struggled with alcohol for years. He is doing much better now and we know how gripping this addiction can be. I listen to so many prayers for you on the March 5th community prayer line and I have prayed for you and many other men by the name of Sean. I pray that you would listen and be inspired to know how much you are cared for and loved. May you be strengthened in your inner man to stay free. And also your prayers for Sarah were heartfelt and encouraging. May you be a force for good to others who struggle with addiction. And Sean, please be aware that the enemy will try to come back to tempt and taunt you, perhaps in other ways. And please stay connected to a good recovery group. And may you prosper in all that you do, keep on hanging in there and fighting the good fight. This is Allen in Southern Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA. God bless you.

Hello DAB family. My name is Nathan from Melbourne, Florida. I’ve been a listener for eight years and this is my first phone call. My marriage is really bad right now, I need prayers for wisdom and how to respond with love to my wife. And I need God’s comfort when she doesn’t return love to me. Thank you for the ministry. It’s been really helpful for me for many years.

Hi, this is Victorious Soldier. Just calling to pray for some of the DABers. I wanted to pray for Treasure to Treasure and the anguish that she’s going through. I want to ask God to have His way in her life and to strengthen her. I want to pray for Dr. John, it’s so good to hear from you Dr. John. I wanted to pray for his patient Joy and Amanda who is pregnant and the husband is going through, or the boyfriend is going through a stronghold. I want to ask that You would heal him and take away the desire and to knock the cob webs of life out of his mind and give him the strength to hold on to your, to the victory. I want to pray for Bob Kelley and his wife who is serving as missionaries and the things they’re going through in Nicaragua. And also, struggling, the daughter that is struggling in Houston with her grades and going through some challenges, I want to pray for her. Gracious Father, we just ask you to have your way. God, we thank You that You are a mighty God. We thank You that You are a Holy God. We thank You that You are a God that all You have to do is speak the word. We thank You that You’re still a miracle working God, that You’re still healing, You’re still delivering and that You’re still forgiving, that You’re still working miracles. We ask You to have your way in the names I’ve called today and those that are going through Lord. Those that are going through challenges. Those that have the strongholds that have overtaken them, those that are going through financial dilemmas, You have Your way. Also, Brian and Jill and China’s life. And I want to say Happy Birthday, happy belated birthday to Brian. And thank you so much for this podcast and the wonderful people of God. Lord, You have Your way, give life and mercy, give life and favor to Your people Lord. Bless them with Your mighty, precious way. People over in the war zone, we ask You to have Your way. Provide provisions for them.

Hi, this is Vicki from Arizona calling today for prayer. Prayer, I lost my mom on, last Thursday. It’s just been very sad and you know, losing so many people in such rapid succession, I just really, you know, even physically, I need prayer. Just how, it just affects every area of your life when somebody you love is taken from you. Even though you know they’re in heaven, even though you know they’re in a better place, it’s just that you miss them. So, just for prayer to walk through this and I know that God is our comforter but I am still hurting. So, if you would just pray for me, I would appreciate it. Thank you, and I pray that each and every one of you have a prosperous day today. Let it all be in God’s hands and He will take us through whatever we got to walk through. It’s just sometimes, it’s hard. I’m just praying for strength and God’s amazing grace to settle over every area of our lives when we have to walk through hard things God would be with us in such a powerful way. That’s my prayer today, that I would actually see His hand on my life. Cause He is a great and powerful God and I know this. Thank you and I appreciate your prayers.

Hi there. Hope all is well with you and yours and that you’re having a great day!

I’m so so sorry for the delayed reply. If you would like a copy of the transcription of the Daily Prayer, please send me an email at johnccorrado@gmail.com. I’d be happy to send it to you…

God bless you and keep you…