Month: October 2022

Jeremiah 49:23-50:46, Titus 1:1-16, Psalm 97:1-98:9, Proverbs 26:13-16

Today is the 26th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian and it’s great to be here with you as we gather around the Global Campfire and find a place and move forward together. Our next step forward will lead us back into the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. When we get to the New Testament, we have come to the pastoral epistle of Titus, and we will talk about that when we get there. But first, we’re reading from the New Living Translation this week, Jeremiah chapter 49 verse 23 through 50 verse 46.

Introduction to the Book of Titus:

Okay, so yesterday we finished second Timothy, thought to be the final writing of Paul’s life and we talked about that and tried to give it the honor that it was due and that now brings us today to the book of Titus. So, we’re like reading Paul’s goodbye letter, but we’re still with Paul as we move into the third of the three pastoral letters, which are first and second Timothy and Titus. And these are pastoral letters because they are written to sons in the faith, who are now leading congregations that were planted by the apostle Paul. So, Titus was an early convert, of the apostle Paul’s ministry and remained in ministry with Paul, after that. And he became a trusted ministry partner. He was, he was trusted enough to…to go with Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem, to attend the Jerusalem Council. And the Jerusalem Council, we talked about aplenty when we were in the book of Acts because that’s where it’s outlined. This is the Council where church leaders are coming together, making a like, an irreversible decision, as it turns out, about how a person is included in the community of faith in Jesus Christ; like do they need to convert to Judaism as a religion and then adhere to the Mosaic Law, including circumcision and all of the other requirements and then be accepted into the community of Jesus, or can they just come to Jesus. Titus was a Gentile, and he was able to be at this Council and that actually mattered, according to the writings of the apostle Paul. The irony is that Titus isn’t mentioned in the book of Acts, we know Titus through Paul’s letters, but getting back to the pastoral epistles. The scenario, the likely scenario and we talked about this before, there’s a ton of conjecture, and it’s not just wild guesses, just to reconstruct history is a scientific process and you reach some places where you don’t have certain evidence and so, you have to make the best guess as you continue to move forward piecing things together. And so, the scenario probably is that Paul was arrested after he appealed to Caesar, but probably was released for a while and was able to travel again. And he traveled to the island of Crete, in order to share about Jesus, a place that had not yet heard the message of the good news. And Cretans were known for their carnality. And so, when Paul comes and brings us new message that hadn’t been heard before, faith springs up. And then Paul left Titus on the island of Crete, to begin to form the congregation, the church on the island of Crete and to kind of navigate leadership in all of the different kind of cultural things that would come against this newly believing congregation. Paul trusted Titus to do this work. Paul had trusted Titus to do all kinds of different types of work, including carrying letters into difficult situations among congregations. So, Paul and Titus do this work in Crete. Paul departs Crete, sends this letter, this pastoral epistle, back to Titus on the island of Crete, probably around the same time that he was writing letters to Timothy. So, by the time this letter does arrive with Titus, on the island of Crete, it would serve a couple of purposes. One, it would be an encouragement from a spiritual father, but also, this would be Paul putting Paul in writing, like his instructions to Titus would be in writing. Paul would be giving Titus authority in the church, in writing. So, if Titus had to make an unpopular decision and people were like Paul would never say we should do these things this way, than Titus would have this letter that would essentially back him up. Because Titus would have work to do, he would need to appoint a pastor and he would need to appoint deacons, he would need to raise up leaders that had respect. So, as we’re going through the letter to Titus here, we’re going to see some of the criteria that we’ve seen in first Timothy. We’ll see some of the criteria for appointing people into leadership in God’s church, this being in written form, Titus would be able to show the Cretans, like this is what Paul says the criteria is, this is how we raise up leaders in the church and he would have this letter to the back that up. And as we said we we’re going through the, well, first Timothy, when we we’re going to first Timothy and there is criteria given there. It mentions like this is where so much criteria for church leadership comes from during the ordination process. So, if you’ve ever sought ordination or been ordained then probably pretty difficult that you didn’t pass through first Timothy and Titus, along the way. And so, with all of that, let’s begin. Titus chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we love You, Lord, we thank You for the Scriptures and their guidance in our lives and the way that they inform everything, if were paying attention. And so, we thank You, as we continue our journey through Jeremiah now, as we’re in the letter to Titus, Holy Spirit, come, as we ask for just about every day, lead us into all truth. We’ve come here to seek the truth; we’ve come here to seek the right way of life and we’ve come here to allow the Scriptures to reveal what You are like to us. So, Holy Spirit, come and lead us into all truth, as we surrender and submit ourselves to You. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Good morning, Daily Audio Bible. This is October the 21st and this is Chris-Ann calling back in. And I am just asking for prayer still, for my marriage and reconciliation with my husband. We’ve been separated for 9 years and 4 years ago we went to court and the Lord intervened and answered prayer of stopping the divorce. And removed the lady out of my husband’s life that he was involved with. And I’m asking again that the Lord and asking for prayers and prayer warriors that the Lord would intervene and would stop this divorce from happening again. That it would not be finalized. We’ve been married for over 32 years; we have one son. And it has just broken my heart in the 9 years I have had so many ups and downs in my life. I never expected to be in the position that I’m in. And while I’ve had some good moments, there’s been some bad moments. This past year, 2022 has been extremely stressful. I had a pet that I dearly loved, had for 17 years and he recently passed away. But the Lord brought another little dog back into my life. It’s just been very difficult being by myself. And I have tried to be really faithful in my prayers. And I am asking for prayer warriors out there to pray for my marriage. And that the Lord would just intervene again. And that He would stop this divorce and that He would reconcile my husband and I to one another. That He would change my husband. I am trusting and believing that this will happen, and I just need all my prayer warriors out there to be praying for this. Thank you and have a good day.

Hey neighbors, it’s Lisa the Encourager. I’m calling today to encourage you in prayer and also just wanted to tell you or share a little story. So, since my mom passed, I definitely have come closer and my attention has grown closer to eternity and you know, what that looks like and what it will be like. And just thinking about my mom in heaven and all of those things. So, one of the things that I also was thinking about is, I always try to, when I start my prayers at home, I try to give God glory for something new, you know that I haven’t thought about, whether that’s food or my health or my kids. Or just try to, each day, try to think of something different and say God, you know, thank You for this. You know, show that true appreciation. One of the things I, I’ve thought about in my life is one day, we’re all going to see God and we’re all gonna have that moment when we see Him and it’s gonna be so, I can’t, I’m sure it’s you know, obviously take your breath away and you just wanna cry and get on your knees and just you know, glorify Him and just, you know, bow down and be like, all the things I should have done, you know, differently. So, I was just trying to bring front and center that to my mind, you know. Think about that day today. Think about what it would be like if God was right there in front of you, what would you do differently today. So, let’s all pray that we will be mindful of that together. Dear Lord God, thank You so much for Your majestic love that You have for us. Thank You for being there and God help us to think about …

Hey fam, it’s Sparky. I’ve got a couple guys here and they were gonna say hi, real quick. Hi, it’s Aiden and Grant. I’m doing good with football, it’s treating me good, I’m playing a lot. So, I’m liking it a lot and schools doing good. Met a lot of friends, so yeah. Yeah, it’s good for me. I met a lot of new friends and I got to come visit which I was really excited. We got to come see my friends and get to hang out. Yeah, DAB fam, I just wanted to tell em to tell ya’ll hello. Cause I told them ya’ll been praying real hard for them. And they’re spreading the love of God up there. So, ya’ll wanna tell them bye? Bye. Bye. Love you guys, thank you for your prayer.

For all the insanity that You’ve already brought me safely through
As well as the many mercies that I still see You every day making new
My spirit cries out, Abba, Father, thank You for loving me so
For holding me tightly and not letting go
For refusing to let anyone or anything snatch me out of Your hand
For surrounding me with love and enabling me to stand
In the face of adversity, heartbreak and stress
Stupidity, rebellion and all the rest of my mess
For taking me out of slavery and setting me free
For giving me a taste of new life in Thee
And even though most of my peers are now all dead
I’ve found myself entertaining visions of new life still ahead
Though at times I’ve asked myself why me
Even in blindness it’s pretty clear to see
That it’s only Your grace, mercy, love and favor shielding me
That has not only kept me alive
But it’s also provided the impetus that has allowed me to thrive
To become more than I ever thought I would be
And I want to thank You Father for loving me
Healer, Deliverer, Sustainer
For me it is a no-brainer
Giving me blessings day after day
As well as new victories all along the way
Blindtony1016@gmail.com I’d like to give a shout out to Sally Young and Tony Parton, I haven’t heard from you in a while. Know you’re often in my thoughts and daily in my prayers. And once again Brian and the Hardin Family, thank you for this wonderful podcast for God’s Holy Spirit to flow. Keep it flowing ya’ll. Alright, bye bye.

Good morning, this is A Woman in Texas. I’d like to thank everybody who prayed for me back in the early parts of the year. My husband was transferred to Arizona, and he was gone 128 days. The Lord had orchestrated it through actually the father of one of my patients, had an opportunity that was perfect for my husband. So, he’s back home, although it’s still a traveling job and I haven’t seen him in 12 days. Cause he’s been in the oil field. But he’s home, he’s here in Texas, he’s not in Arizona anymore. And I’d like to thank everyone for praying for me. I have another prayer request to lift up. I’ve, I was recently in a little fender bender car accident. It did put my car out of commission which all is well. But it’s brought up trauma just from other past car accidents and there’s just, there’s other trauma there that I can feel. And even though the Lord is providing, and all is well, it’s still hard to get out of bed. I’ve cancelled work a lot. I’ve slept all day for like over a week straight. My accident was about a month ago. I could just use your prayers. I know there is so much good and so much to be hopeful and positive about but it’s, it’s really hard to get out of bed. And I would appreciate your prayers. I put a smile on my face but it’s still, it’s hard. I’m sorry, thank you.

Jeremiah 48:1-49:22, 2 Timothy 4:1-22, Psalms 95:1-96:13, Proverbs 26:9-12

Today is the 25^th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we take the next step forward in our journey that leads us through the entire Bible in an entire year. Here we are on the 25^th day of October. So, we kind of know where we are in the year which gives us a good sense of where we are in the Bible. And specifically, where we are in the Bible is in the book of Jeremiah, at least in the Old Testament, and we will conclude the book of Jeremiah during this week and then move forward from there, but we’re not there yet. Today we’re reading from the New Living Translation. Jeremiah chapter 48 verse 1 through 49 verse 22.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we concluded second Timothy today and by many thought to be the final writings of the apostle Paul. We’re not done with the apostle Paul in the New Testament. We have a couple of smaller letters that we’ll finish up before moving forward away from the apostle Paul, but there is certainly a melancholy that exists in second Timothy. We can hear it in the reading, and we can hear an urgency in the letter. And when we reacquaint ourselves with the idea that Paul is in prison, will be judged, the judgment will be life or death, the judgment is likely to be death, which is what it turned out to be, and that there aren’t a lot of people left around Paul. It’s like he gave his wife for this message and in the end, he was mostly alone. And that is so similar to the way Jesus experienced His last days as well. And Paul gives Timothy some charges just in case they don’t get to see each other again Timothy’s supposed to keep his head, keep a clear mind, be ready to share the gospel regardless of what comes against him, which is an example that Paul had modeled for Timothy. And if this opposition turns in the persecution, then Timothy was to face it without fear. And if the people that Timothy was leading abandoned him in search of somebody else to give them…well…giver their itching ears what they wanted to hear, then Timothy was to keep telling the truth regardless of what happened, to continue to be a pastor to those under his care. And then Paul told Timothy, “as for me”, quoting from second Timothy, “as for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.” I know that’s a super popular very very famous passage in the Scriptures. It just always feels so melancholy to me when we come by this territory. It is a like a pit in my stomach even as I’m talking about it. I think honestly it just…it’s probably because it doesn’t seem fair. And that’s what it is. If I’m just being honest, it doesn’t seem fair. We have examples like Jesus or example like the apostle Paul who devote themselves to bringing freedom to people who only end up dead, but they ended up alone before they ended up dead. And I’m in no way saying Jesus didn’t rise. But that’s what we do, right? We just skip over that part and get to the resurrection part, not that Jesus actually had to die alone first, not that Paul…yes her received the crown of life that he was looking for. We believe that. But he still had to sit in the dungeon awaiting his own execution first. And for what? To try to help people? That just feels like injustice. Nothing about it looks like victory, which is one of the scandals of the gospel. It’s that you win by losing. You gain life by giving it away. And yet just kind of listening through what Paul has to say through each of his letters what we realize is that Paul is certainly passionate and very forthright and very direct. He’s all of these things indeed. But underneath it all it seems to have been the honor of Paul’s life to serve Jesus, to consider everything that he learned and understood as filthy rags to lose it all in order to attain Christ. Paul had fought the good fight and finished the race. He did everything he could do and kept the faith. This doesn’t seem like victory based on the cultures that we live in, right? Dominance seems like victory. Crushing your opponent seems like victory. And, so, Paul, he’s the one that gets crushed. Jesus gets crushed. This doesn’t seem like victory, which makes us step back and go, what is victory? And then we begin to realize it really is all backwards. It really is an upside-down world, that the truth really is, if we were able to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and love each other as we love ourselves, then we would stand up and be right side right it can, then we would be back to where we were intended to be. We would humble ourselves and know we are not the sovereign and know we are not in control and not even want to be in control, having surrendered control, having surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus Christ in our lives. And one of the things that we will notice is that Paul endured. He endured his entire ministry and he endured until the end. He believed what he was saying enough to die for what he was saying and did. He followed the example of Jesus and endured until the end. This idea of enduring is certainly all throughout the writings of the apostle Paul, but it is all throughout the New Testament. It’s so ironic that our Savior endured and that people like the apostle Paul endured. And as we continue to read through the rest of the New Testament, we’re going to find out that we’re being encouraged whether it be by James or Peter or Paul that enduring is an important piece of the equation. And it’s like the one thing that subtly inside of our culture and even inside of our own mindset that we think that we get to avoid because of Jesus. Like somehow Jesus makes everything work together for our good, so that we won’t have to endure what is difficult and hard, and maybe even painful. It’s only that that’s not the story that’s in the Bible. All of these stories include endurance and hardship and difficulty. And none of it is purposeless, it is all about advancing a message forward into humanity that there is a better way. In fact, not just a better way. There is a way at all to do this. We were made in a certain way, a way that prefers the other, a way that loves our neighbor as ourselves, a way that we shoulder each other’s burdens, we endure together. And, so, as we leave second Timothy, like I said we still have a couple short letters from the apostle Paul. So, where not leaving Paul just yet, but we will be within days. So, as we’re considering this life, the life of a person who wrote more of the New Testament that’s been handed down to us than any other author, that endurance actually is a category. And even as I’m sitting here talking about this, I know this, and I still don’t like it. I don’t want to endure. It’s hard. It’s painful, it wears us down. It does all kinds of things that are difficult. Like it challenges pride and every other thing that’s selfish within us when we have to endure something by humbling ourselves and walking through it. And yet this is the story of all of the people in the New Testament. This is the story of church history even. And, so, why would endurance not ever touch us? And why do we act like toddlers when it does? We have it better than any of the people in the New Testament had it and we’re carrying the same story forward with us. And, so, hardship, difficulty, pain, endurance are all part of the story. How we embrace that part of the story makes all of the difference. Has it been an honor to serve Jesus? Are we fortunate to be able to join with Him in His suffering in enduring on behalf of and for the sake of others? Or is this whole religion about what we can get and how quickly we can get it? To honor the idea of this being Paul’s final letter and the melancholy that’s in it, like don’t forget my coat that I loaned to him, don’t forget my papers, try to get here before winter, everybody has abandoned me. We’re going to have to consider endurance. It’s gonna have to be an actual category because it reveals for us where our true allegiance lies. And, so, in honoring Paul as we prepare to leave Paul behind for this particular journey through the Scriptures let’s honor Paul by considering endurance in our own lives and what it means to us and how it is we process that when it comes our way.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit, come. We invite You into that. If…if endurance could be a word lifted from our vocabulary and taken away from the human experience, we’d probably sign up immediately. We would rather not go through hard times. We would rather not go through the disruption of it. And yet, in the Scriptures, we see it is nearly unavoidable and has great purpose. And, so, it’s something that we don’t want to sign up for, but it’s something we have to be willing to follow You into wherever You are going for whatever purpose You are going there. And, so, some things are going to have to change in our hearts. And, so, as we approach this and as we approach what’s coming next in the New Testament, as we continue this journey where endurance becomes more and more a part of the story may we see that. May we see how our forebears endured and how they processed, and may we look at our own lives and see just how well we actually have it. We thank You God for Your love. We thank You Jesus for Your sacrifice. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for Your comfort. Lead us into all truth, we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Jeremiah 44:24-47:7, 2 Timothy 2:22-3:17, Psalm 94:1-23, Proverbs 26:6-8

Today is the 24th day of the month of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is a joy and an honor to be here with you today, as we gather and move forward together, day-by-day, step-by-step. And taking the next step forward which leads us to the exact place where we left off yesterday, which leads us back into the book of Jeremiah. And today we will read Jeremiah chapter 44 verse 24 through 47 verse 7 and we’re reading from the New Living Translation this week.

Commentary:

Okay so, in our reading from second Timothy, today we encountered a verse, it’s a famous verse, but it is a verse that, of all of the verses in the Bible, most succinctly describes why it is we come around the Global Campfire every day. And I quote, “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work”. Paul says this to Timothy, because as a pastor, he’s telling him, you have to be faithful to the text and you have to be true to those who taught it to you. So, Paul, Timothy’s father in the faith, is telling his son in the faith, where he needs to focus his energy, what he needs to embrace, what will bring value to the task that he has of leading God’s people in the congregation. And he’s telling Timothy this because he believes that difficult times are on their way. We talked about that when we began the letters, the pastoral epistles, Paul is imprisoned, he is not likely to get out and he doesn’t. But he knows that he is probably going to die, and this isn’t what he thought when he began the journey, he did not see that it was gonna go this way, but he could see that his life was drawing to a close, and that persecution of the congregations that he had planted, seemed not only inevitable but imminent. So, Paul is helping Timothy to focus his attention on where it belongs so that, he and the congregation are not unprepared for the trials and tribulations and persecutions that seem to be right on the horizon. So, Paul is telling Timothy to press into the Scriptures, press into what he has been taught, press into the people that are true and that he can trust. By contrast, there are things that Timothy should not press into and should indeed avoid. And we too must know and avoid these things. Paul says, people will love only themselves and their money, they will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred; they will be unloving and unforgiving. They will slander others and have no self-control, they will be cruel and hate what is good, they will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Paul tells Timothy, stay away from people like that. So, if we would spend some time in second Timothy, or at least spend some time in meditation today, considering we are being told where the truth lies, what to press into, what to hang onto, no matter what comes our way. And in this case, persecution is literally coming their way. So, Paul is saying, this is what you got a hold onto for dear life. The Scriptures, the message you were taught, those who are true. But he’s also being told what to avoid and we look at those characteristics of what to avoid, we realize, okay that wasn’t just in the first century. These things are totally on display at everywhere in our culture today, people are boastful and proud. There are those who definitely love only themselves and their money, there are definitely those who are ungrateful and those who consider nothing sacred and those who are unloving and forgiving, who will slander others and have no self-control. There are those who are cruel and hate what is good, they will betray their friends. They will be reckless and puffed up with pride and love pleasure rather than God. And indeed, they will act religious, but they will ultimately reject the power that could make them Godly. So, the thing is, we read that list of characteristics and go, yeah, you should stay away from people like that, but we should also realize the Bible will never lead us to be that kind of a person. So, if we’re doing what Paul was saying, understanding the value of the Scriptures, understanding that it teaches us what is true and makes us realize what is wrong, that it corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us how to do what is right and that God is using it to prepare and equip us for every good work. We would understand the Bible never lead us to be selfish and ungrateful and to consider nothing sacred and to not be loyal, to be unloving and unforgiving instead. Being willing to slander other people and having no self-control in our lives, and on and on it goes. The Bible will not lead us on that path. So, let’s remember why we come around the Global Campfire every day. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.

Prayer:

And so, Father, as we do every day, but especially today, we thank You for Your word and what it represents in our lives. And as we look back over this year, we see how the Scriptures have been used to transform us in so many ways, on so many levels, and we open ourselves fully to it, doing exactly what Paul is encouraging Timothy to do, to hold on to what we’ve been taught, to hold on to what is true and to trust in what You are teaching us through Your word. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com that is home base, home of the Global Campfire, that is where you find out what’s going on around here, you can also do the same thing by using the Daily Audio Bible app, which you can download from…from whatever app store that you use, so check that out as well. And there are some new things going on around here. In particular, a brand-new resource called Sleep, A Contemplative Journey, will be releasing a week from tomorrow. And this is a resource that I’ve been mentioning at the end, every day here for the last few days, just talking about the story, the need for rest, the need for intentionality around being restful and just how I have had my own challenges in that area, which is part of the inspiration for creating this resource. How do we create a space that is specifically intended to calm us down, to use musical passages that are pleasing and calming and bring a sense of wholeness, to bring Scriptures into the mix, to be spoken over us, words of encouragement, words of rest words, words of hope? And that is what Sleep, A Contemplative Journey is, a journey toward rest. And as we look at the rhythm of any given year, we all kinda know that we are right on the threshold of it getting pretty busy and pretty crazy. And we all kinda know that we’re running around, and our rhythms are disrupted, and our sleep can get scarce and when that happens, any number of anxieties can have free access to steel rest and sleep from us. What if we were intentional about creating space to allow our minds and our hearts to rest and to be bathed in the Scriptures? So, if that sounds like some things that may be a good addition into your toolbox then Sleep, A Contemplative Journey is available for pre-order right now. And so, go grab that from whatever…whatever music store it is that you use to download your music and then it will show up automatically for you on the first day of November. And I look forward to hearing your experience as you navigate towards intentional rest. And so, Sleep, A Contemplative Journey, search for that, search for my name Brian Hardin and you should have no problem finding it, wherever it is that you get your music.

Okay, if you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible. If the mission that we share to bring the spoken word of God, read fresh every day, offered freely to anyone who will listen, anywhere on this planet, any time of day or night and to build community around the rhythm of showing up around the Global Campfire every day. If that is meaningful, if that is life-giving to you, then thank you, humbly for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or the mailing address is 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, that’s the little red button up at the top or you can dial 877-942-4253.

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

Prayer and Encouragements:

Good evening Daily Audio Bible Community. This is Diane Olive and Jeff Brown on October the 16th 2022 at 10 something at night central time. The reading for today was very poignant to me and I just want to say that how important forgiveness is. Jeremiah, we all need to learn how to forgive from our heart. For none of us deserves what Jesus did for us. But if you forgive and if you repent before him humbly, he will change you. He’s changing me, my husband sees it. I don’t know if other people see it yet, but he sees it. So, Father, I pray, I pray for everybody who has been bullied or hurt and this man was certainly bullied and hurt. And he needed to forgive. And is a terrible thing, it’s terrible what those people did. But Jesus got oh, so much worse than we ever could receive. What yet innocent. So, Father, I pray for everybody who’s ever been bullied or hurt, that they’ll find it in their heart to forgive as Jesus forgives, to love as …

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family this is Jazz from the Bay. I’m calling in to request prayer for myself. December 2021 I was attacked by a very drunken man that I knew and was very close with. And ever since, I mentally, have been messed up. But as soon as that happened, the first thing I did get back into the DAB family and listen every day and that’s the only thing that’s kept me sane, so far. But recently, with the coming on to my one-year anniversary, it’s hard. I can’t sleep, if I do, I’m up every 10/15 minutes, every time I hear a noise, I think it’s this person that I’m actually very, very close with. Since I, who I’ve since forgiven, not for him but for myself. My anxiety is just horrible. And to think that somebody so close to me would do something so bad it hurts, and I don’t know, it’s just a constant fear; if somebody so close to me could do it, what makes me think that somebody else that’s a stranger, wouldn’t do it to me. So, I just ask for prayer. I want to be able to sleep peacefully, I want to be able to not have to fake a smile and fake encourage everybody else, it’s not fake but encourage everybody else. And I’m just so broken. So…

Good morning DAB this is Amber for California. I’ve never called in before, but I heard a prayer today from Widow in Montana, calling about her daughter that’s ran away. And I just related to this so much because I also have teenagers that run away and threaten to kill themselves and stuff like this in the past. And I do want to encourage you that it does get easier, and it does get better. Just keep praying for them and praying that God moves on their hearts and I know they just lost their dad, so that’s probably a huge reason why she’s acting out. I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be praying for you and your children and your daughter. And I pray in Jesus name that she would return home safely and that God would give you peace about the whole situation and all the kids would deal with this grief and pain, of losing their dad. I love you all and I’m praying for you all every day. Have a good day.  

Hi DABers, this is Prisoner of Hope calling in to pray for some other DABers. Scottish Tom, you requested prayer for your co-workers; one who lost a grandmother, one who lost everything in a fire and another who lost his father in an accident. Heavenly Father, we just come to You just in brokenness for the tragedies that have struck these people at his work, Lord. I just know that You are the God of all comfort, You are the God who has perfect timing and who see’s everything and You know our hurts and you catch our every tear. I ask that You please bring comfort and healing to all of these people who have lost and their families. Lord, we just know that You are the one that we can turn to, we thank you for that. We thank You for being everything to us. I’m also calling to pray for Kayla, you said you had mitochondrial disease with extremely bad stomach problems, it sounds like. I can’t imagine what that’s like, to be in extreme discomfort each and every day and not finding the relief you need and to suffer with this disease. So, Kayla, I just pray that our Heavenly Father will put His hand on you, that He will bring healing to you. That He will help physicians find what it is you need to find some kind of relief. I just pray for your spirit that you will not be in lowly spirits, that somehow you will still be able to find the joy of the Lord in your life. As He is our strength, it says the joy of the Lord is our strength in, I believe it’s Nehemiah 8: 10. And so, I pray for that. I also pray for this family whose grandchildren were taken, who have been away from their parents and that the father wants them back. I just, Valeria from Arkansas, I am praying for your kids, your grandkids and asking that the will of the Lord be done and that the judge would have wisdom and see what needs to be done. We ask all these in the precious, beautiful name of Jesus. Amen.

Good evening my family, it’s Susan from Canada, God’s Yellow Flower. And yes, it’s evening, I had Bible study this morning and so I’m doing my DAB in the evening, but I’m doing it. So, anyway, I heard Widowed Mom today on todays. And I just need to tell you sweetheart, I was a widow, or I guess I still am, a widowed mom. And but my children were very small, not quite 2 and 3 when their dad passed away. And it’s not easy, I know sweetheart. But you know God provided for me another single mom who was a Christian, or is a Christian, and we were able to sort of blend our families together, spiritually. And oh, it was a God send. So, I’m gonna pray that for you. Lord God, Widowed Mom needs someone to help her with the decisions that she has to make and what she needs to do to know what she needs to do. She needs a good Christian counselor to walk this walk with her. And I pray that You would provide, just like You provided for me. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. And if you would like to contact me through messenger, I’m Susan Jobin, J O B I N. In Belville, Canada, Ontario, Canada. Okay, sweetheart, I know that I will keep praying for you.

Jeremiah 42:1-44:23, 2 Timothy 2:1-21, Psalms 92:1-93:5, Proverbs 26:3-5

Today is the 23^rd day of October welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian and it’s wonderful to be here with you as we greet a brand-new shiny sparkly week, the last full week of the month of October. Crazy, but it’s true. And, so, that’s where we find ourselves. This week we will read from the New Living Translation. And we have been working our way through the book of Jeremiah, which is what we’ll continue to do. We’ll actually finish up the book of Jeremiah before this final week of the month is out. And, so, let’s dive in and pick up where we left off yesterday. Jeremiah chapter 42 verse 1 through 44 verse 23.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for your word and we thank you for every day that we get to spend together, pouring over it, feasting upon it, being lead and informed by it and by the leading of your Holy Spirit in our lives. Thank you for bringing us into this final week of this month, final full week of this month and we look forward to all that is yet before us. Come Holy Spirit as we walk into this shiny sparkly week and lead us in the ways of truth we pray. In Jesus’ name, we ask. Amen.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey family this is Jonathan from Denver it is the 19^th of October today. I just wanted to put out a prayer for my brother Renzo. I heard your prayer request a while ago. I’m way behind, like three weeks behind on the Daily Audio Bible but plugging through it and enjoying hearing all the prayers and everything. But I just heard your prayer request a while ago about the transition that you’re in and moving into a different season of life and that is I know awesome and terrifying. But I just wanted to encourage you and tell you that you are already an incredible brother in Christ. You are doing good things and whatever this next season looks like for you Jesus will carry you through it. And I am honored to have a brother in Christ that’s as caring, as consistent as you. And I know that you’re going to do great things in your music and in your life. So, stay encouraged and I’ll see you all later period love you.

Hi guys it is October 17^th. I’m Winter and I have a praise report as well as a prayer request. Praise report. So, I’ve been praying over my friend Pink who severely…she’s…she’s severely going through a time now of depression and she’s not a Christian. But I fasted for about a day and just under ½ and prayed…prayed at the end of that day and God pretty much just told me it was going to be OK. So, I think she’ll probably go to Christ someday and that’s such an exciting thought. I might as well share it with you all. I’m excited for that day to come. But for the prayer request my friend Dave, she…she texted my friend Pink that she was just hurting all over and then she just stopped answering everything. The last time this happened, something similar like this happened she tried to commit suicide. So, please just pray for her. I don’t know where she is right now and she’s an online friend so I can’t really just, you know, fly across the United States to go see her. But please just pray for her. Alright, thank you guys. I'll…I’ll pray with you all later.

Hi DABbers, this is Slave of Jesus in North Carolina. All right holy roller…Holy Spirit let's…let’s roll. Shawn Rogers…I think it was Shawn Rogers, I think that’s your name from London England who’s battling drinking. I love you calling in with your scriptures. And you mentioned Isaiah 40:31. That is…I call that my energy mix scripture. Whenever I feel tired or feel like I’m getting kind of woozy I say that scripture out loud and bam I get some energy. So, I highly encourage you to go out there and find a scripture that is gonna help you fight this drinking problem, a specific one. Maybe you go to Bible Gateway, type in the word drink or drunk. There’s a bunch in there. And what will pop out for you, it’s called Rama. And you…hey…you wanna talk about memorizing scripture. That’s great. But you want to say this stuff out loud. And, so, the Bible talks about saying scripture out loud every morning, every night, and then every time you’re tempted. So, I encourage you to grab that scripture that’s for you about drinking. Say it in the morning, say it at the night. Hey maybe while you’re drinking you say it. Even if you call that a victory because you only have one, make sure you say that scripture out loud and I promise you you will start to feel less and less draw towards drinking because that scripture is your weapon. Man, even if you go and quote UN quote fail and go on a bender, say that scripture out loud because what you’re doing is you’re letting the evil spirits around you know, oh my God this…this guy knows Jesus Christ. He knows how to fight us. And I…I might not be able to…I’m gonna go find that guy across the street that doesn’t know Jesus that doesn’t know how to use scripture weapons. Highly encourage you to do that and you will find you will have more victories than defeats if you say those scriptures out loud that are specific to what you’re fighting. Specifically, because you’re asked about drinking. Love you brother.

Hey Brian, it’s almost 3:00 AM and I was listening to your podcast where you were talking about the launching of the Rest. So, I went on and I pre-ordered that and I took a chance, and I ordered Heart. Oh, my goodness Brian. That was exactly what I needed. The Lord has been waking me up every night around this time and that…listening to that heart of yours, it was exactly what I need because it put it in…in your mouth the words that I had and my heart. Thank you so much for that Brian. I wanna thank you and Jill for all the wonderful things that you have done in my life. All those years I remember so vividly when you lost your mom and I cried with you. And I thank you and I bless you and I encourage you. Thank you so much for your vulnerability. You and your family are, you know, amazing. Thank you, my brother. God bless you and keep moving on. Thank you.

Jeremiah 39:1-41:18, 2 Timothy 1:1-18, Psalm 90:1-91:16, Proverbs 26:1-2

Today is the 22nd day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian and it’s always wonderful to be here with you. So, it’s wonderful now for us to have a place together around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward. Our next step forward, leads us back into the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament, and then we get to the New Testament, we will move forward in the pastoral epistles. We concluded first Timothy yesterday. And so, we will begin second Timothy today and we’ll talk about second Timothy when we get there. But first Jeremiah chapters 39, 40 and 41 today.

Introduction into the Book of Second Timothy:

Okay, so now we have come to the book, or the letter known as second Timothy, having completed first Timothy yesterday. And second Timothy, notwithstanding the scholarly controversies that have been going on a long time about the pastoral epistles and who wrote them, this letter is written as if it were written by Paul to his son in the faith Timothy, and it appears this is the last thing he ever wrote. He knows now, Paul is back in prison, he’s not being treated well, he knows he’s about to die, very likely, short of a miracle. And we can read that gravity, as we read the letter. So, just remembering, Timothy is a son in the faith to the apostle Paul. Timothy at this time, was the pastor of the church in Ephesus. Paul looked at Timothy as a son, a son in the faith. Now Paul had been under arrest previously, he appealed to Caesar, but it appears he was able to have freedom and was released from custody and traveled once more. And probably, during that last bit of travel, is when the pastoral epistles of first Timothy, second Timothy and Titus were written. But then, Paul was arrested again, with the new Emperor. He was incarcerated under Emperor Nero. And Emperor Nero is historically a pretty bad guy, at least if you’re looking at from a Christian perspective. He was savage to the Christians and inventing just terrible ways to torture people. Like we’ve heard of Roman candles, but this is like to dip somebody in a flammable material, and kind of impale them on up a pole and then set them on fire and make them a human candlelight. Like, lighting roadways, that kind of craziness, that kind of like, who sits down and thinks this awful stuff up, sort of thing. This is when Nero was notorious for during his reign and there’s plenty more, you can search for Nero and find out all about it is if that’s what you want to do. But Paul is incarcerated again, and he is not likely to get a favorable judgment. So, just knowing that and ironically in Rome, there is sort of like the Imperial dungeon, and the dungeon that it is thought that Paul had spent some time in actually, that Peter spent some time in as well. But that Paul, like this is what we’re talking about, this is where Paul was, and I have stood in that dungeon and there’s not a lot of room. I’ve imagined dungeons in my mind, reading the Bible since I was a kid. This was all of that, dark dank, small, zero conveniences you know, no HVAC, no furnace. So, however, it is outside, it’s how it’s going to be in the dungeon, if not worse. Paul talks about that in second Timothy, he wants his coat, he wants his parchments, like there’s so much personal stuff in this letter, that is so bittersweet, to begin to understand what we’re waiting here is thought to be the last letter of Paul. Understanding all that we’ve learned about Paul and all that we’ve gone through with Paul. So, to reach the end, to sort of realize Paul sure would love to see his son again, his son in the faith, he’d sure love to see Timothy again, if it’s possible in any sort of way. If Timothy can get there, if a miracle happens, if he could see him again, that would be really, really wonderful. But for Paul to be sitting in the dungeon, writing a letter that may very well be the last things he gets to say to Timothy, because the timing may not work out and they may never see each other again. That gives us a perspective from which to read this letter. And it wasn’t right, Christians were basically become scapegoats, they were marginalized, and Nero was a lot of, had a lot to do with that marginalizing the Christians and blaming them for things and stereotyping them in such a way that it was looked like they were anti-Roman, they were against the Empire and so persecution had broken out. And Paul is probably not getting out of jail and as we know he doesn’t. And for Paul to be incarcerated, awaiting trial, awaiting likely execution, meant not only that Paul was gonna die, but it also meant that he was gonna have to leave the churches that he planted and the people that he loved. And persecution was truly breaking out, so he would be gone, and they would have to face the persecutions that were descending upon Christian people. So, he tells Timothy to be awake, to be vigilant, to stay true to his faith, to stay true no matter what happens. But this is also the letter where Paul, reflecting upon his own life, says something very famous, that he had fought the good fight of faith and finished the race. And so, with that, we begin; second Timothy chapter 1.

Prayer:

Thank You Father for Your word. Thank You for bringing us safely and successfully through another week to spend together around the Global Campfire. Thank You for bringing us into this territory of second Timothy, may we consider it with deep gravity and allow it to encourage and instruct us. Come, Holy Spirit, and lead us into all truth. We ask this expectantly, knowing that You will, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com that is home base, home of the Global Campfire. It’s where you find out what’s going on around here, unless you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, and that will also tell you what’s going on around here, in the palm of your hand. So, check that out. I have been mentioning this week and told the whole story earlier this week, about a brand-new resource that is coming in just a little over a week on the first day of November. A brand-new resource called Sleep, A Contemplative Journey, will release. And this is part two, that began with Heart, A Contemplative Journey and now Sleep, A Contemplative Journey. And this is the first project I’ve been able to mix using spatial audio or Dolby Atmos and I really wanted to do that. Like I was planning to do that as a plan for this project out, because I really felt like creating a very large, wide, spacious, a warm atmosphere for our rest, which would be appropriate, and it is really beautiful. It is a very lovely space to be in and so that has been very enjoyable although there are a bunch of technical hoops to jump through to kind of sort that out. It is what it needs to be. So, this will be coming on 1 November, but it is available for preorder now, just go to whatever, wherever it is that you get your music and search for Sleep, A Contemplative Journey, or search for my name or whatever, and you should be able to find it and preorder it. And I am very much looking forward to hearing your sleep stories. So, go check that out wherever you get your music.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible. Thank you, humbly, we would not, we would not be here if we were not in this together and so thank you, profoundly for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or the mailing address is 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, that is the little red button up at the top or you can dial 877-942-4253.

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

Prayer and Encouragements:

I am Grateful Gracie from Montana. I’m so pleased to be a member of the DAB family. I don’t call in much, I do listen to the prayers and requests and I just, I don’t know what to say except thank you all for your blessings very much. I’m an old lady and I can’t get my words straight. But God bless you all and my joy is in heaven. Hope to see you there, love you.

Hi, I’ve lived most of my life in addiction. And for about 20 years, I thought that if I would work at a church, that that might help me to overcome my addiction. So, I spent a little over 20 years as a lay minister or a teacher in the churches. And but all that did was lead to me living a dual life. And that dual life became unmanageable about 5 years ago. So, I left the church. The consequences of my addiction and poor choices, led to my arrest and subsequent conviction. While I was in jail, Papa came and sat with me and reframed everything I thought I knew about Him and our faith. Instead of prison, I was gratefully given 10 years of probation and I’ll be 69 years old when I’m finished. As a part of recovery, I wanted to listen to the Bible every day and I found the DAB. The terms of probation make it very difficult for me to go to church or to attend a church. So, my community became a 12 step programs. But when I began to listen to the prayers of the DAB, I found my home church. And I pray for each and every one of you. My spirit is full, and I am well, I’m good. And I have the rush of God that I’ve ever had in my entire life. The one thing that’s been missing for me is a full night’s sleep and I have been praying for the answer. And when I heard Brian’s announcement today, I knew that Papa was answering my prayers. So, thanks to each of you for being a part of my life. And thank you Brian for these resources that you share with us. I am grateful in Tennessee.

Good morning DAB family. This is God’s Little Mud Petal from Maryland. I’m calling for my nephew Jacob. He’s been struggling, trying to sleep and been having really bad dreams. So, as Brian was talking about struggling with sleep, I thought to bring Jacob before you guys and ask that you would just pray for him, that he would have dreams of growing to meet Jesus as Lord and Savior. And he will find rest in the loving arms of Christ. I thank you for your prayers for him. I thank you that you are willing to take the time to lift him up. Thank you.

Hello DAB family it’s your girl Val here in Vegas. I love you, I love you, I love you. Hey, please keep up the prayers, it’s working. Oh, God, I’m expecting a great testimony about my healing ya’ll, my range of motion is increasing, the physical therapy is working, praise God. And speaking of prayer, let’s go after it. That’s what we do here. And family, let’s not just be a family that prays together, and I don’t mean to say “just”, we need to be a family that prays together. Let’s be a family that gives together. Giving to this ministry, our talents, our tithe and our resources. And we thank You Father. God, right now, we want to pray for Mr. Brian Hardin, Lord. Thank You for the vision that You’ve given him, Lord. And thank You that You give him the strength to execute, Lord, thank You, thank You, thank You. As I thank about our word Rooted, Lord, and how rooted in the Word, I have been this year, Lord. And I have to say thank you to this ministry, Father. God, protect him. Lord, continue to give him the style and grace to read the word to us every single day, Lord. Build him up Lord. Whatever he may feel that he’s lacking, God, let his cup overflow, Heavenly Father. God, bless, not only him and the ministry but, Lord, his family. Anyone attached to Brian wins Lord. Thank You Heavenly Father, thank You Lord Jesus. God, thank You for the ability to tithe to this ministry, God, it means so much to me. Lord, provide everything that they need, Lord, in abundance, Heavenly Father. God, I’m sure that if you bless him, they’ll be a blessing to someone else, Lord. So, let it flow Father, let it flow, let it flow, let it flow. I love you all and I’ll see you next month. Stay rooted. Stay strong. We’re just so close to the end. We can do it. In Jesus name, I know we can do it family. I love you all so much. I’ll see you next month.