Judges 9:22-10:18, Luke 24:13-53, Psalm 100:1-5, Proverbs 14:11-12
Today is the 29th day of April, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today, as we, man, as we take the next step for the end of this month right, we’re close. Tomorrow’s the last day of the month. But also, as we do what we do, no matter what week or month it is, the next step forward in the Scriptures and our next step leads us back into the Book of Judges. We have spent a couple of days going through the story of Gideon as a judge of Israel who redeemed Israel and we witnessed his death and then the assassination of his sons and the one remaining son that, sort of takes over, his name is Abimelech and we’ll continue with that story today. Judges chapter 9 verse 22 through 10 verse 18.
Commentary:
Okay so, in the Book of Judges, we see that Abimelech, who was the son of Gideon, who had assassinated and murdered his 70 brothers so that he could be in control, finds his end today, when an upper millstone is dropped from a tower and smashes his head and it was a woman who dropped it and he didn’t want to be known as the guy that was killed by a woman in the time that they are in and so, his servant finished the job and killed him. And so, he reaches his end. And once again we see, just kind of how erratic things were in the times of the judges, the times between Joshua’s leadership and the first appointment of an actual king of Israel. And that is actually something to notice as we go through the Book of Judges, just the time, the way that it was, the erratic and disruptive nature of things, the way that the Bible describes it is that everybody did what was right in their own eyes and what we see being right in their eyes quite often, is the worship of other gods, the gods of the regions that were around them. The peoples that were around them. The very thing that they had been warned over and over and over about. They don’t seem to be getting the lesson and that becomes a lesson for us, because how many things are we stiff-necked and hardhearted about and we’re just getting the lesson, and so we’re stuck.
Then, we move to the Gospel of Luke and we concluded the Gospel of Luke today, which means that we have concluded Matthew, Mark and Luke, the three, well, the first three Gospels, but the Gospels known as the synoptic Gospels. And of course, the story ends with Jesus showing up on a walk, to a place called Emmaus. It’s such an interesting story, such an interesting way that Jesus was spending His time after His resurrection. Coming to his friends secretly, they don’t recognize Him. He teaches them, then they asked Him to stay and He’s like, I can’t stay I gotta go. He stays with them and breaks bread and then their eyes are open and they realize, this is the resurrected Christ and poof, Jesus disappears. And then He reappears. It’s almost as if there’s a lesson there, that He is teaching one of the final lessons that He may be teaching to his disciples, and that is, He is there, whether they can see Him or not. And so, as we bring to a close, the third of the four Gospels and prepare to enter the final gospel tomorrow, may our hearts be overwhelmed with joy, He is with us whether we can see Him or not. He is within us, more intimately intertwined with us, then if we could see Him. He is a part of us and we are a part of Him and we are a part of each other and He is the head of the body that we are a part of, and we all belong here and everyone matters.
Prayer:
And so, Jesus, we love You and we thank You for revealing this, showing us that there are other ways to look at things, that we don’t just have to follow the course of the river of humanity, wherever it is leading, that we can actually follow You and You will navigate us where You are going, and that is where we want to be. So, come Holy Spirit and seal what we have read in Matthew, Mark and Luke into our hearts, irreversibly changing us. We pray, in the mighty name of the risen Savior. Amen.
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Prayer and Encouragements:
Hello DAB-C family, it’s Anderson here from South Africa. It’s my first time calling in and I’m calling in with a prayer request. I’m looking for a job and I’ve just returned from the Department of Tourism to submit my job application forms. And I’m praying in to ask you to stand in with me, prayer on this. I have been looking for a job for a while now. And I’m asking for God’s favor in this. It would mean a lot for, for my family and I. And thank you family, I appreciate you all. And it’s such a blessing to be a part of this community. Have a good day everyone, thank you. Bye.
Hi, this is Becky, this is the first time I’m calling in and I just wanted to say, quickly, thank you to Brian and his family for everything you do. And I listen to the prayer requests daily and I pray for you all. And sometimes situations stay in my mind for longer but this is the first time I’ve been prompted to call in. This message is for Aaron who phoned in his, well it was aired, his prayer request on the 8th of April. You said on the 24th of December you’d been diagnosed with Leukemia. And then later you’d found fungi lesions on the brain and that you had to stop chemo. And I just wanted to say to you not for me personally but I’m sure many people, what a huge and incredible witness you are, what a man of faith. In the light of this situation and everything that’s happening to you, you’re not angry or bitter. You say, you know God has a plan for you. And you’re talking about your own life but you say, if it’s God’s will and you accept that no matter what that means. That’s huge, huge faith and an example and I think that we should all follow God’s will for our life. And I’m personally am praying for healing for you, as long as that’s in God’s will. And I feel the need to say it’s gonna be okay. I don’t know what that means but Aaron, it’s all gonna be okay.
Hey DAB family, this is Tammy from the Adirondacks. I’m calling in and asking my DAB family, brother and sisters to, can you please just pray for me. I spend so much time over thinking this journey that I’m on with the Lord. And I just, overthink, am I spending enough time in His word, am I pleasing to Him. I’m my husbands care giver and praise God, I’m a year and two months today actually, it’s the 25th in remission from my ovarian cancer. And God has answered so many of my prayers and I know He’s with me and I know He’s for me. But sometimes I just can’t get it to sink in. I don’t know if any of this is making any sense to anybody. And sometimes, I love my husband but being a care giver is hard. So, I over think and I feel guilty about that and I just want my brain to rest and I just want to rest in the peace that the Lord has given to me or trying to give to me. And know that I am His child and He loves me and He is for me. And even if I make a mistake, I can still come to Him and stop comparing my life to others because my life not like other peoples. And I know all this, it’s just the days of over thinking. I love you all and I pray for you all and I just thank you for your prayers. Love you, God Bless.
Hi family, my beautiful family. This is Jesus’s Worshiper from Del Rae Beach. And I wanted to pray for Josh. For Josh, he’s the young man and his mom, her heart is broken that he might go to jail and I would like to call in for him because I was in his place. My grandmother told me about God and she was bringing me to the church and she was the church. But I wanted to be free from that, I thought that it was a chain that I need to follow some goals and I didn’t really want to do that. But God had mercy on me, even I didn’t deserve it, He showed up and He rescued me in the time of the need. So, I pray and I know that those things are happening to him. So, he will return because this
This is Madison from California. I wanted to pray for the mom who is asking for prayer for her son, Josh. She was asking for God to have great mercy on her son who has been caught up in some things and it sounds like might be, potentially, looking to jail time. I just wanted to pray for you and your son. I have a Josh in my life who also needs great mercy from God. And I’m convinced that it is in God’s will to bring His children home to Him through great mercies, like the one that you’re asking for, for your son. And that one I’m asking for, for my friend. So, Jesus, I just ask that you would have mercy on this young man, who has been caught up in some trouble. I pray that despite any shame or fear, You would speak so directly to his heart. I pray that You would reassure this young man and his mom, that you are with him, regardless of what he’s done. And I pray that You would demonstrate such a great mercy, that it would become a testimony for this young man. That his faith would be so ignited because of the great mercies You have in store. But Lord, above all, I just thank You that You promised to be with us no matter what. You promised to take…