Month: October 2022

Jeremiah 28:1-29:32, 1 Timothy 1:1-20, Psalm 86:1-17, Proverbs 25:17

Today is the 16th 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, step into it together and just stand here and look out over all that is to come. We can’t see, it’s not all fleshed out, it’s not all filled in. We’re gonna fill it in and how we fill it in, will be the story of our week and so let’s do it well, with honor, with integrity, with reverence and in lockstep with the leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives. And it will be a beautiful week. So, let’s aim in that direction. We obviously are in a new week, but we’ll be picking up where we left off in the book of Jeremiah. When we get to the New Testament, we’re moving into some new territory. We’re continuing with some letters. These are going to be personal letters, known as the pastoral epistles and so we’ll be moving into first Timothy today and we’ll talk about that when we get there. But first, we’ll read from the Modern English Version this week, Jeremiah chapters 28 and 29.

Introduction to the Book of 1 Timothy:

Okay so, as we were talking about a few minutes ago, we’re moving into some new territory, as we move forward on our journey through the New Testament. And so, we are coming to a collection of three personal letters, that are known as the pastoral epistles. And these letters for centuries have been debated over among biblical…biblical scholars, whether or not, I mean, it’s not, there’s not a debate about whether this should belong in the New Testament, there’s not a debate about whether or not this is something that God wants us to hear and that is incorporated in the Bible for reason, and it’s not as if these were written in the name of Paul but have nothing to do with what Paul thought about and taught. But nevertheless, whether or not was the apostle Paul wrote these pastoral epistles, is a vigorous debate that is ongoing until today. And so, like those favoring the view that Paul did not write these letters, make that assumption by…by looking at these pastoral epistles and then looking at what’s being instructed as the structure of the church and church polity, how things are governed. And then determined that some of these structures, some of the way things are done in the emerging church, in the first century, came after Paul’s lifetime. And others point out that the language in the pastoral epistles, is very different than any of the other Paul-line corpus, any of the other letters from the apostle Paul. On the other hand, those scholars favoring the…the traditional view, that this is these are letters that the apostle wrote, they believe this because the letters authenticate themselves as from Paul and during church history, the early church fathers use these pastoral epistles. So, the Christian faith as an ongoing long-running relationship with the pastoral epistles, that continues until today, we’re about to read them. So, then acknowledging that the language is different in the pastoral epistles, it is assumed that it’s because they’re different kinds of letters, like these are personal letters, the other letters of Paul were sent to churches with the intention that they would be read in front of the entire congregation, as a message directly from Paul, to be dispersed among the congregation and not private personal letters. And that’s fair right, if we’re writing a letter that’s to be read in public, we’re probably gonna write it different than if we’re writing a personal letter to somebody that supposed to be private. Now these, first Timothy, second Timothy and Titus, which is where we’re navigating into now, are known as the pastoral epistles because they’re personal correspondence to, two pastors, Timothy and Titus, who were at that time caring directly for churches that had been established by the apostle Paul. Titus and Timothy had come up under the mentorship, the spiritual fatherhood of the apostle Paul and these churches need strong leaders who understood what Paul was teaching. So, Timothy and Titus were such pastors. And we’ll talk about Titus, when we get to Titus, but were at the letters to Timothy now. And so, Timothy literally grew up in the Lord under the leadership of the apostle Paul. And we met Timothy in the book of Acts. And from the book of Acts, we know that his mom’s name was Eunice and his grandmother’s name was Lois and they were from the city of Lystra, which is part of modern-day Turkey. And Paul introduced Timothy, to the faith, and then Timothy was a loyal follower of the apostle Paul, and they work close enough that Paul called him a son in the faith, a spiritual son and led him into church leadership. And Paul mentions Timothy and six of his other letters that are in the New Testament. Timothy often was like a stand-in for Paul. Paul would send Timothy to places to speak in his name and to give Paul a report on how the church was doing. But these pastoral epistles, 1st, 2nd Timothy and Titus, were reaching the end of Paul’s ministry actually. Actually the…the end of Paul’s life and Timothy was the pastor of the church in Ephesus. Paul writes to him as a father in the faith, as someone offering guidance and counsel to a man doing a very, very difficult job, which is the job of a pastor. And it helps us understand, like if Paul understands that his life is likely to come to an end and these may be some of the last things that he gets to say to Timothy, it shows us what he thought was most important to tell his son in the faith. And this is the letter that teaches us to fight the good fight of faith. So, with that we today begin, first Timothy chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we love You, thank You for bringing us into this brand-new week, thank You for bringing us through all the beginnings, of all the weeks that we’ve been able to encounter in our lifetime, especially in this year. Thank You for Your grace, thank You for your patience and kindness. Thank You for Your comfort and compassion. Thank You for Your correction and rebuke, thank You for continually Fathering us. Father us, in this new week. May we listen to Your voice and be humbled before You and not rebellious. Where you lead, is where we need to go, where You are, is with us always. May we be aware of Your leadership in our lives. We pray in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

This is Patrick from Calgary Alberta, Canada. I just heard a prayer request from Jeremiah, God Gives Good Gifts and I can’t relate to my dad being in the penitentiary. But you know how you go back to your past and you remember, for me, it was being bullied unmercifully. I remember one time I had to clean up human feces in the urinal with a toothbrush. I was forced by some bullies to do it and otherwise, they would have beat me up even worse and it was the most humiliating thing that I’ve ever gone through. I can relate to pain and carrying that pain around for years and years and years. So, I’m just going to pray here for Jeremiah. I just pray Lord that You would release him from his pain, that You would release him from anger and resentment and judgment and blame and all the hurt that he’s been caring for 40+ years. And Lord, You can, You can, You can release him from that pain. So, I just pray Lord, that he can forgive his parents, he could just make a conscious choice to forgive. It’s not easy sometimes, but Lord, I just pray for a conscious choice, just to say, I’m going to forgive and bless them at the same time. So, I pray for Jeremiah, that You would bless him this day, wherever he is, in Jesus name.

Hey guys, it’s Beloved on the Beach, here in Southwest Florida. I am calling because I am tired and weary and exhausted. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in Southwest Florida as I’m sure you all can imagine or are experiencing, along with me, if you are a fellow Floridians. But we moved our family here, just under three months ago from Boston and this is quite a welcome, but we are praising Jesus for our home. There’s minimal damage that can be fixed. And thankful to be here to serve the community here that desperately needs hope and light and supplies and Jesus. But all that to say, last night, our car, one of cars spontaneously lit up on fire in a Dollar Tree parking lot. We are down a car; total loss and I’m currently struggling with a migraine that I’ve had for almost 24 hours. Probably stress related. Part of the reason we moved down here was for my health and the migraines. So, it’s just been a really hard 24 hours. Me and the girls, just got reunited with my husband, Collin, just two nights ago. We were displaced from one-another during the hurricane and all. So, it’s just been hard, I don’t even have the words. We just need prayer, we need prayer, we need a renewing of strength for endurance. But Lord, we thank You and we praise You. And I thank you community for praying for us. I feel it already. Love you.

Hello, Jeremiah, God Gives Good Gifts. This is Joyfully Jo and I just want to lift you up right now in my prayer. Holy Father God, You know all things Lord God, and you hear our cries. Lord God, You see each tear that falls. Lord God, and not only do you see the tears, but You save them up in Your bottle, Lord God, and You remember, Lord God. And you are the God of all comfort, Lord Jesus, You, You are well acquainted with trauma, Lord God, with beatings and verbal abuse. Lord, Holy Spirit, we know that You comfort those in need, Lord God. And my brothers in need of Your comfort, Lord God. I pray as each tear that falls, each wave of emotion that crashes to the shore, Lord God, You would strengthen him and You would heal him. Lord God, You are the God of all healing, Lord. And that You would bring him to a new level of forgiveness, Lord Father. And he just wants to be a great dad to his 8-year-old, Lord God. Father, I just pray that You would reach beyond, I know I’m not the only one that’s gonna pray for him. So, I pray that You would reach well past our prayers, Lord God. Well past the words that can be said. An And You would comfort him, Lord God. And bring him to a place of peace. In Jesus name. Amen.
Take care brother. Praying for you.

Good evening family, it’s Soaring on Eagles Wings from Canada. The prayer requests on October 11th and 12th, some of them touched my heart so deeply. Abba Father, I want to bring them to Your attention. Easy Anna, and You know everything about the situation with the parolee that is living in her building and the abuse and everything you know. She now needs a lawyer to get her evicted. Might God, our Abba, I pray that You bring the right person into her path, to help her through this. And keep her safe from such toxic environment, and through it all, may she exhibit Jesus Christ to those two. And I pray for them, Lord, that You would turn them aside from what they’re doing. May they come to know Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord, their Deliverer. Consider the Lillies, oh Lord, You see her dog Daisey, he’s wetting the carpet so frequently. She herself has fallen and it’s seems like such a big mountain because her dog is losing her sight as well. You know what she needs, You know all. I pray God, that You help her to manage the situation in a way that is best for her and Daisey. God Gives Good Gifts, oh God, Abba Father, You know what he went through with abusive parents and the memories are causing him such pain. Oh God, heal his wounds, deliver him from all that memory that comes and taunts him. And he needs, he wants to forgive them, and the road to forgiveness is not always easy. But You’re holding his hand, walk with him through it, as we pray with …

Jeremiah 28:1-29:32, 1 Timothy 1:1-20, Psalm 86:1-17, Proverbs 25:17

Today is the 16th 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, step into it together and just stand here and look out over all that is to come. We can’t see, it’s not all fleshed out, it’s not all filled in. We’re gonna fill it in and how we fill it in, will be the story of our week and so let’s do it well, with honor, with integrity, with reverence and in lockstep with the leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives. And it will be a beautiful week. So, let’s aim in that direction. We obviously are in a new week, but we’ll be picking up where we left off in the book of Jeremiah. When we get to the New Testament, we’re moving into some new territory. We’re continuing with some letters. These are going to be personal letters, known as the pastoral epistles and so we’ll be moving into first Timothy today and we’ll talk about that when we get there. But first, we’ll read from the Modern English Version this week, Jeremiah chapters 28 and 29.

Introduction to the Book of 1 Timothy:

Okay so, as we were talking about a few minutes ago, we’re moving into some new territory, as we move forward on our journey through the New Testament. And so, we are coming to a collection of three personal letters, that are known as the pastoral epistles. And these letters for centuries have been debated over among biblical…biblical scholars, whether or not, I mean, it’s not, there’s not a debate about whether this should belong in the New Testament, there’s not a debate about whether or not this is something that God wants us to hear and that is incorporated in the Bible for reason, and it’s not as if these were written in the name of Paul but have nothing to do with what Paul thought about and taught. But nevertheless, whether or not was the apostle Paul wrote these pastoral epistles, is a vigorous debate that is ongoing until today. And so, like those favoring the view that Paul did not write these letters, make that assumption by…by looking at these pastoral epistles and then looking at what’s being instructed as the structure of the church and church polity, how things are governed. And then determined that some of these structures, some of the way things are done in the emerging church, in the first century, came after Paul’s lifetime. And others point out that the language in the pastoral epistles, is very different than any of the other Paul-line corpus, any of the other letters from the apostle Paul. On the other hand, those scholars favoring the…the traditional view, that this is these are letters that the apostle wrote, they believe this because the letters authenticate themselves as from Paul and during church history, the early church fathers use these pastoral epistles. So, the Christian faith as an ongoing long-running relationship with the pastoral epistles, that continues until today, we’re about to read them. So, then acknowledging that the language is different in the pastoral epistles, it is assumed that it’s because they’re different kinds of letters, like these are personal letters, the other letters of Paul were sent to churches with the intention that they would be read in front of the entire congregation, as a message directly from Paul, to be dispersed among the congregation and not private personal letters. And that’s fair right, if we’re writing a letter that’s to be read in public, we’re probably gonna write it different than if we’re writing a personal letter to somebody that supposed to be private. Now these, first Timothy, second Timothy and Titus, which is where we’re navigating into now, are known as the pastoral epistles because they’re personal correspondence to, two pastors, Timothy and Titus, who were at that time caring directly for churches that had been established by the apostle Paul. Titus and Timothy had come up under the mentorship, the spiritual fatherhood of the apostle Paul and these churches need strong leaders who understood what Paul was teaching. So, Timothy and Titus were such pastors. And we’ll talk about Titus, when we get to Titus, but were at the letters to Timothy now. And so, Timothy literally grew up in the Lord under the leadership of the apostle Paul. And we met Timothy in the book of Acts. And from the book of Acts, we know that his mom’s name was Eunice and his grandmother’s name was Lois and they were from the city of Lystra, which is part of modern-day Turkey. And Paul introduced Timothy, to the faith, and then Timothy was a loyal follower of the apostle Paul, and they work close enough that Paul called him a son in the faith, a spiritual son and led him into church leadership. And Paul mentions Timothy and six of his other letters that are in the New Testament. Timothy often was like a stand-in for Paul. Paul would send Timothy to places to speak in his name and to give Paul a report on how the church was doing. But these pastoral epistles, 1st, 2nd Timothy and Titus, were reaching the end of Paul’s ministry actually. Actually the…the end of Paul’s life and Timothy was the pastor of the church in Ephesus. Paul writes to him as a father in the faith, as someone offering guidance and counsel to a man doing a very, very difficult job, which is the job of a pastor. And it helps us understand, like if Paul understands that his life is likely to come to an end and these may be some of the last things that he gets to say to Timothy, it shows us what he thought was most important to tell his son in the faith. And this is the letter that teaches us to fight the good fight of faith. So, with that we today begin, first Timothy chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we love You, thank You for bringing us into this brand-new week, thank You for bringing us through all the beginnings, of all the weeks that we’ve been able to encounter in our lifetime, especially in this year. Thank You for Your grace, thank You for your patience and kindness. Thank You for Your comfort and compassion. Thank You for Your correction and rebuke, thank You for continually Fathering us. Father us, in this new week. May we listen to Your voice and be humbled before You and not rebellious. Where you lead, is where we need to go, where You are, is with us always. May we be aware of Your leadership in our lives. We pray in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

This is Patrick from Calgary Alberta, Canada. I just heard a prayer request from Jeremiah, God Gives Good Gifts and I can’t relate to my dad being in the penitentiary. But you know how you go back to your past and you remember, for me, it was being bullied unmercifully. I remember one time I had to clean up human feces in the urinal with a toothbrush. I was forced by some bullies to do it and otherwise, they would have beat me up even worse and it was the most humiliating thing that I’ve ever gone through. I can relate to pain and carrying that pain around for years and years and years. So, I’m just going to pray here for Jeremiah. I just pray Lord that You would release him from his pain, that You would release him from anger and resentment and judgment and blame and all the hurt that he’s been caring for 40+ years. And Lord, You can, You can, You can release him from that pain. So, I just pray Lord, that he can forgive his parents, he could just make a conscious choice to forgive. It’s not easy sometimes, but Lord, I just pray for a conscious choice, just to say, I’m going to forgive and bless them at the same time. So, I pray for Jeremiah, that You would bless him this day, wherever he is, in Jesus name.

Hey guys, it’s Beloved on the Beach, here in Southwest Florida. I am calling because I am tired and weary and exhausted. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in Southwest Florida as I’m sure you all can imagine or are experiencing, along with me, if you are a fellow Floridians. But we moved our family here, just under three months ago from Boston and this is quite a welcome, but we are praising Jesus for our home. There’s minimal damage that can be fixed. And thankful to be here to serve the community here that desperately needs hope and light and supplies and Jesus. But all that to say, last night, our car, one of cars spontaneously lit up on fire in a Dollar Tree parking lot. We are down a car; total loss and I’m currently struggling with a migraine that I’ve had for almost 24 hours. Probably stress related. Part of the reason we moved down here was for my health and the migraines. So, it’s just been a really hard 24 hours. Me and the girls, just got reunited with my husband, Collin, just two nights ago. We were displaced from one-another during the hurricane and all. So, it’s just been hard, I don’t even have the words. We just need prayer, we need prayer, we need a renewing of strength for endurance. But Lord, we thank You and we praise You. And I thank you community for praying for us. I feel it already. Love you.

Hello, Jeremiah, God Gives Good Gifts. This is Joyfully Jo and I just want to lift you up right now in my prayer. Holy Father God, You know all things Lord God, and you hear our cries. Lord God, You see each tear that falls. Lord God, and not only do you see the tears, but You save them up in Your bottle, Lord God, and You remember, Lord God. And you are the God of all comfort, Lord Jesus, You, You are well acquainted with trauma, Lord God, with beatings and verbal abuse. Lord, Holy Spirit, we know that You comfort those in need, Lord God. And my brothers in need of Your comfort, Lord God. I pray as each tear that falls, each wave of emotion that crashes to the shore, Lord God, You would strengthen him and You would heal him. Lord God, You are the God of all healing, Lord. And that You would bring him to a new level of forgiveness, Lord Father. And he just wants to be a great dad to his 8-year-old, Lord God. Father, I just pray that You would reach beyond, I know I’m not the only one that’s gonna pray for him. So, I pray that You would reach well past our prayers, Lord God. Well past the words that can be said. An And You would comfort him, Lord God. And bring him to a place of peace. In Jesus name. Amen.
Take care brother. Praying for you.

Good evening family, it’s Soaring on Eagles Wings from Canada. The prayer requests on October 11th and 12th, some of them touched my heart so deeply. Abba Father, I want to bring them to Your attention. Easy Anna, and You know everything about the situation with the parolee that is living in her building and the abuse and everything you know. She now needs a lawyer to get her evicted. Might God, our Abba, I pray that You bring the right person into her path, to help her through this. And keep her safe from such toxic environment, and through it all, may she exhibit Jesus Christ to those two. And I pray for them, Lord, that You would turn them aside from what they’re doing. May they come to know Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord, their Deliverer. Consider the Lillies, oh Lord, You see her dog Daisey, he’s wetting the carpet so frequently. She herself has fallen and it’s seems like such a big mountain because her dog is losing her sight as well. You know what she needs, You know all. I pray God, that You help her to manage the situation in a way that is best for her and Daisey. God Gives Good Gifts, oh God, Abba Father, You know what he went through with abusive parents and the memories are causing him such pain. Oh God, heal his wounds, deliver him from all that memory that comes and taunts him. And he needs, he wants to forgive them, and the road to forgiveness is not always easy. But You’re holding his hand, walk with him through it, as we pray with …

Jerimiah 26:1-27:22, 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18, Psalms 85:1-13, Proverbs 25:16

Today is the 15^th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian and it is wonderful like every day, wonderful to be here with you as we gather around the Global Campfire and move forward taking the next step together in the Scriptures, and of course in this month and this week and this year. And we’ve been reading from the Christian standard Bible this week, which is what we’ll do today and picking up where we left off, Jeremiah, chapters 26 and 27 today.

Prayer:

Thank You, Father for Your word. Thank You for another week to spend in Your word. Thank You for all that You have revealed to us in the Scriptures. Thank You for all that You have transformed within us through the power of Your Holy Spirit. And we surrender to You. We humble ourselves before You in surrender, declaring You are the only hope, You are the only hope for us and the only hope for the children of the earth, humanity, Your creation. And, so, we need Your leadership and guidance in every way. Come Holy Spirit lead us into all truth we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com that is home base and that is where you can find out what’s going on around here. The Daily Audio Bible app is also perfect for that. And that can be downloaded from the app store of your choice which ever one works with your device, whatever kind of device you might have. So, just  search for Daily Audio Bible and you’ll be able to find it.

Check out the Community section. That is how to get connected on social media. That is where the Prayer Wall lives. Check out the Initiatives section that’s stuff that’s going on. Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop. There are a number of resources in a number of categories that are here for the community as we journey through this grand voyage of moving through the Bible together in community in a year. And, so, check all that out.

And if you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible. Thank you, humbly and sincerely. There is a link on the homepage 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 PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

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

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

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey brothers and sisters I love you DAB this is rich in Arkansas calling in again. I have a monumental task to do before Saturday which all depends on my livelihood in this apartment. You know, I’ve struggled with things, and I’ve been listening to your prayers and I don’t know, I just…you know…I…I recommend anyone to their favorite part. I used to go through these messages and every day just be done with the scripture and then forget about everyone else. I’m so sorry about that because you’re also important to me. And I’m struggling with my apartment, and I don’t know. I know God is going to take care of me I but all of you I love, you know, I can’t say…reel off the names. Renzo, Victoria Soldier, my brother Tony. You know…I…over and over…I never have heard a good word in the past week and I’m still struggling. So, I would appreciate some prayer. Man, help me. Pray for me. Please. I’m kind of desperate. You know, and it’s a good place to be when you’re desperate and you definitely seek God. I mean you’re definitely…definitely the worst human being ever and…

Hello everyone, I’ve been traveling and now I have to catch up on the DAB. Catching up is OK because you get to hear the prayer requests and messages in the past. It’s as if they get heard twice by the people who are caught up and by the slow boats like me. Anyway, a young man called on September 26^th. He did not give his name, but he was, I’d say, really unhappy. He said that to be honest he doesn’t think he’s a Christian. I am 76 years old and when I was 20 or 21, I threw religion away. I was angry at God. I thought Jesus was a weakling. This went on for 43 years and yet as I look back, I realize that my faith was sleep and not dead. God was knocking on my heart in the darkness. I heard him faintly or I denied it, but it was all OK with Him. When I was faithless, He was faithful. In my 60s I picked up my courage and we talked. I emerged a Christian. My dear young man God is always there in the darkness. He stays with us all the time. I respect your struggles. Please remain attentive to His grace.

Hi this is anonymous from California. This is my first year through the Daily Audio Bible. I started in mid-January and caught up and now I’m up to date and it's…it’s a blessing daily. This is my first time calling. Asking for your prayer. Last week my wife informed me that she wanted to separate, and my heart is broken. Two months ago, was our four-year anniversary. We’ve been married for four years. And I’m lost. My mind is spinning. My emotions are all over the place and out of control. Despair is probably a pretty accurate word. So, I’m reaching out to ask all you guys humbly for your prayer that the Holy Spirit would grant me peace and that most of all my marriage would be reconciled, repaired, redeemed, restored. I want to have faith that it will, but I don’t ultimately know what the outcome will be. And…yeah…so I’m just asking you family for your prayer for my marriage. Thank you very much.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family this is Yolanda, longtime listener. I think it’s been about nine or ten years. I’m calling for prayers for my son Al. He’s called in a couple of times before asking for prayers maybe in the 6th and 7th grade for bullies and that they’re hearts would be turned over Jesus. And I also called at a point when he was dealing with thoughts of harming himself, you know because of the bullies and everything. He has started the 9^th grade and things haven’t went so well for him. I believe that because of some issues that he had in middle school with a little girl that I think he had a crush on or had a little I guess relationship with. There were a lot of boys that didn’t like him because of it. So, as a result he’s gotten into fights with all of the friends, you know. One of the friends and middle school and then there was another fight where the friend of the first friend hit him in the face two times and he didn’t hit back because he was afraid, he wouldn’t get to play football because they’re not allowed to get into fights. But most recently he was attacked in the bathroom by the…the oldest or the biggest friend who’s 300 pounds 6 foot four and he was beat down until he was unconscious with twenty boys sitting around watching and recording it on their phones. They eventually made memes out of him being unconscious and also put it on Snapchat and all the social media platforms. So, please pray for my son. We’ve moved him to a new school. But please pray that he gets through this and then pray for me because it’s been very very difficult. We’ve been crying for weeks. Thank you.

Jerimiah 26:1-27:22, 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18, Psalms 85:1-13, Proverbs 25:16

Today is the 15^th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian and it is wonderful like every day, wonderful to be here with you as we gather around the Global Campfire and move forward taking the next step together in the Scriptures, and of course in this month and this week and this year. And we’ve been reading from the Christian standard Bible this week, which is what we’ll do today and picking up where we left off, Jeremiah, chapters 26 and 27 today.

Prayer:

Thank You, Father for Your word. Thank You for another week to spend in Your word. Thank You for all that You have revealed to us in the Scriptures. Thank You for all that You have transformed within us through the power of Your Holy Spirit. And we surrender to You. We humble ourselves before You in surrender, declaring You are the only hope, You are the only hope for us and the only hope for the children of the earth, humanity, Your creation. And, so, we need Your leadership and guidance in every way. Come Holy Spirit lead us into all truth we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com that is home base and that is where you can find out what’s going on around here. The Daily Audio Bible app is also perfect for that. And that can be downloaded from the app store of your choice which ever one works with your device, whatever kind of device you might have. So, just  search for Daily Audio Bible and you’ll be able to find it.

Check out the Community section. That is how to get connected on social media. That is where the Prayer Wall lives. Check out the Initiatives section that’s stuff that’s going on. Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop. There are a number of resources in a number of categories that are here for the community as we journey through this grand voyage of moving through the Bible together in community in a year. And, so, check all that out.

And if you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible. Thank you, humbly and sincerely. There is a link on the homepage 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 PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

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

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

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey brothers and sisters I love you DAB this is rich in Arkansas calling in again. I have a monumental task to do before Saturday which all depends on my livelihood in this apartment. You know, I’ve struggled with things, and I’ve been listening to your prayers and I don’t know, I just…you know…I…I recommend anyone to their favorite part. I used to go through these messages and every day just be done with the scripture and then forget about everyone else. I’m so sorry about that because you’re also important to me. And I’m struggling with my apartment, and I don’t know. I know God is going to take care of me I but all of you I love, you know, I can’t say…reel off the names. Renzo, Victoria Soldier, my brother Tony. You know…I…over and over…I never have heard a good word in the past week and I’m still struggling. So, I would appreciate some prayer. Man, help me. Pray for me. Please. I’m kind of desperate. You know, and it’s a good place to be when you’re desperate and you definitely seek God. I mean you’re definitely…definitely the worst human being ever and…

Hello everyone, I’ve been traveling and now I have to catch up on the DAB. Catching up is OK because you get to hear the prayer requests and messages in the past. It’s as if they get heard twice by the people who are caught up and by the slow boats like me. Anyway, a young man called on September 26^th. He did not give his name, but he was, I’d say, really unhappy. He said that to be honest he doesn’t think he’s a Christian. I am 76 years old and when I was 20 or 21, I threw religion away. I was angry at God. I thought Jesus was a weakling. This went on for 43 years and yet as I look back, I realize that my faith was sleep and not dead. God was knocking on my heart in the darkness. I heard him faintly or I denied it, but it was all OK with Him. When I was faithless, He was faithful. In my 60s I picked up my courage and we talked. I emerged a Christian. My dear young man God is always there in the darkness. He stays with us all the time. I respect your struggles. Please remain attentive to His grace.

Hi this is anonymous from California. This is my first year through the Daily Audio Bible. I started in mid-January and caught up and now I’m up to date and it's…it’s a blessing daily. This is my first time calling. Asking for your prayer. Last week my wife informed me that she wanted to separate, and my heart is broken. Two months ago, was our four-year anniversary. We’ve been married for four years. And I’m lost. My mind is spinning. My emotions are all over the place and out of control. Despair is probably a pretty accurate word. So, I’m reaching out to ask all you guys humbly for your prayer that the Holy Spirit would grant me peace and that most of all my marriage would be reconciled, repaired, redeemed, restored. I want to have faith that it will, but I don’t ultimately know what the outcome will be. And…yeah…so I’m just asking you family for your prayer for my marriage. Thank you very much.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family this is Yolanda, longtime listener. I think it’s been about nine or ten years. I’m calling for prayers for my son Al. He’s called in a couple of times before asking for prayers maybe in the 6th and 7th grade for bullies and that they’re hearts would be turned over Jesus. And I also called at a point when he was dealing with thoughts of harming himself, you know because of the bullies and everything. He has started the 9^th grade and things haven’t went so well for him. I believe that because of some issues that he had in middle school with a little girl that I think he had a crush on or had a little I guess relationship with. There were a lot of boys that didn’t like him because of it. So, as a result he’s gotten into fights with all of the friends, you know. One of the friends and middle school and then there was another fight where the friend of the first friend hit him in the face two times and he didn’t hit back because he was afraid, he wouldn’t get to play football because they’re not allowed to get into fights. But most recently he was attacked in the bathroom by the…the oldest or the biggest friend who’s 300 pounds 6 foot four and he was beat down until he was unconscious with twenty boys sitting around watching and recording it on their phones. They eventually made memes out of him being unconscious and also put it on Snapchat and all the social media platforms. So, please pray for my son. We’ve moved him to a new school. But please pray that he gets through this and then pray for me because it’s been very very difficult. We’ve been crying for weeks. Thank you.

Jeremiah 23:21-25:38, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17, Psalm 84:1-12, Proverbs 25:15

Today is the 14th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it is great to be here with you today, as we gather around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward together in the Scriptures. And of course, we’ll be going right back to the place where we left off, which leads us back into the book of Jeremiah today. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week and today, Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 21 through 25 verse 38.

Commentary:

Okay so, we read the 84th chapter of the book of Psalms today and I love this Psalm, just because of the way that it describes this desire be with God, this awareness that God’s presence is what our…our souls search for. And we fill ourselves with all kinds of things but what we really want is the presence of God. I quote from Psalm 84, “I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.” I love that. People, human beings, we’re passionate people, we get passionate about all kinds of things. But we don’t usually think about this kind of longing, this kind of desire, this passion to be in God’s presence and it gives us an opportunity to just reflect. Is that, is what we’re reading in the Psalms the posture of our heart? We probably are that passionate about any number of things, but are we that passionate about God? We can throw our passions at all kinds of things but is our deepest yearning to be with God, to be aware, to be paying attention? Because we are a passionate people, as a species and our passions lead us in all kinds of directions, all kinds of directions. And if we just take a moment to reflect about where our passions have led us, we have probably gone places that we wish we hadn’t gone. But that can never be true of God, like our longing, our yearning, our passion, our desire toward God is not going to land us where we never wanted to go. It’s going to land is where we’ve always wanted to be and that is what the psalmist is bringing to the surface. And I quote, “better a day in your courts than a thousand days anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than live in the tents of wicked people. For the Lord God is a son and a shield. The Lord grants favor and honor, He does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity. Happy is the person who trusts in You, Lord of armies.” Doesn’t that just awaken something inside of You? That is where we want to be. And yet our passions, pull us in all kinds of directions. So, how do we focus our passion, our yearning, our longing toward God? Intimacy. How does any relationship grow to feel like that; to yearn, to long to be together and how do we practice intimacy with God? Well, we start by making time. Like, that’s an actual thing that we want in our lives, that we actually do long and yearn, we actually do pursue. So often this is simply being aware of God’s presence and being in prayer or being in worship. And like prayer and worship, we know these things and they become cliché. We spend time in prayer because that is communication, that is talking, that is the back-and-forth of a relationship with God. And worship is giving ourselves, opening ourselves, trusting, being wide open and offering our hearts to God and God alone. There is no other, there is no other place that we want to be, there is no other destination we want to arrive at. Our whole lives are aimed in this direction, we just live such distracted lives. The psalmist is essentially saying, I would rather be on your front porch, Lord, on your front porch just there, then anywhere else that would promise me fulfillment. May we consider that today, as we consider where our passions are leading us, because if we follow them, they will lead us somewhere, may they lead us deeper into Jesus today.

Prayer:

And that is our prayer, Holy Spirit, come lead us deeper into Jesus today. May we fall more deeply in love, may we trust more intentionally, may we pay attention. Your presence it isn’t being withheld from us. Often our presence is being withheld from You but you are not withholding from us at all. You are always with us, You would not leave us or forsake us. We’re just not always paying attention to the fact that You are present, You are here and we think that You, the most-high God, would even acknowledge our presence, would even be in our presence, our hearts begin to long and yearn for You. This is how we were made to be together with You. And so, may we passionately pursue this above all. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home base, it’s where you find out what’s happening around here, it’s how to get connected. The Daily Audio Bible app does all that, in the palm of your hand or your tablet which is hard to hold in the palm of your hand, but if you two-fist-it, you can do it and it can all be on whatever device that you use, just search for Daily Audio Bible in the App Store that works with your device. Check out the Community Section, this is where to get connected, this is where the Prayer Wall lives. Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop, there are resources for the journey that we are on through the Bible in a year. And so, certainly check that out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible. Thank you, profoundly, and with all humility, we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t here together. So, thank you 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 ever 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:

Hey guys, how you doing? This is Lazarus, who is fighting hard to not change my name to Legion. But that’s another story. Hey, I just listened to Unashamed, yeah, I’m behind but it doesn’t matter. God’s here. And like him, I’ve been here since the first year, whatever. And you know, that’s another story too. But anyway, over the past few weeks the, years whatever, the subject of abuses come up and hey, guilty as charged man. I have, I was a verbal abuser. I’m an overachiever and I married a really great woman. She was a gift and I outpaced her, the things of this world. And you know, you get what you get, so. After 22 years, I came home and there was a 3.5 card on the counter that said, I can’t do this anymore. I’m leaving. Bye. And I haven’t seen her in 10 years. So, I talked to her a few times and every time I do, I fall in love with her all over again. And I beat myself up. Yeah, there’s a, just a long way back. So, I actually came to an emotion that I tried to come to grips with me. And it’s tough as a self-confessed abuser. What’s wrong with you dude, I mean, you know. You destroyed something, love, that you didn’t even know you were doing it, as you were doing it. I mean, Brian even remarried us, at the falls of Angeti. Come on, man. So, I’m still here, I’m still trying. Broken, broken and trying hard. It’s kind of a cosmic gotcha. And abusers, there isn’t any excuse. Anyway, I love you guys. In a lot of pain and stuff but it doesn’t matter. Pray for you all. God bless.

Hello, it’s a bit noisey here, I’m out on a long walk. My name is Francis from Miltonkeens. And this prayer is for Samantha in California. Samantha, my heart broke for you when I heard your prayer. God, I can’t even imagine what you’re going through. Dealing with one, the betrayal of your boyfriend, now husband. Two being that both you and the lady in question, were pregnant together and you lost yours. I’m __ to the glory of God but it’s hard. Where there’s not way there won’t be a little fraction of jealousy there or anger. And I just pray that the Lord will heal your heart, will give you yours in time. And most of all, that you find in your heart to forgive your husband. And that he and the baby comes safely as well. Mother and baby, we’ll pray that they do well. I pray for your heart cause your heart needs the most healing here. Oh Lord, please heal her heart. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Good afternoon, Daily Audio Bible family. I am Deb of Bleeze calling from the French Antaleze in Guadaloop. I’m a first-time caller, I’ve never succeeded to get my call through. But I’m a long time listener. I listen every day. I’m sometimes a triple DABer. But I’m mostly a double DABer. I listen to Daily Audio Bible and the lovely Bible Chronological. Today, I’m asking for your help with me in prayer. I just got the news of my cousin, who is, has been diagnosed with a brain cancer, stage 4 and has 4 months to live. She doesn’t believe in Jesus as her Savior and as her Lord. She lives like many people, believe that Jesus is a good person, He’s of the Christian religion. But please can you, please help me to pray for her. I have been shocked and touched by this bad news. And I know that God is good and I can come to Him to see me through, in my process of hurting. But thank you for your prayers for her. Her name is Mary. Thank you and God bless.

Hi, this is Laurie from South Carolina. And I am calling because my sister and brother and I, we all three, need prayer. We lost our mom, it will almost be a year in October. And we’re not doing well at all. I am a devout believer and follower of Christ and my sister and brother, both believe in Jesus, but they are, they’ve strayed away from our Father and we just need prayer. Because our mom kept everything put together and kept us together and we three our just huddling together, trying to weather this storm and it’s a horrible storm. My name is Laurie-Ann from South Carolina. Becky and Josh and we lost our mom Anne, to COVID. And we’re trying to take care of all the probate things, take care of all the power. It’s so hard and I trust Jesus for everything, I know that everything in my life, everything good comes from Him. I have been following Him and I just feel like the Devil is attacking us from every corner. That there’s more fear going on all around us. I just pray that all of my sisters and brothers and Brian and China and Jill, that you guys would pray for us and give us the courage to go on without our mom. Thank you so much. We love the Hardin Family. Bye Bye.

Hi, Daily Audio Bible family, this is Cody in Southeast Washington State, in the Alawa area. I left a message a few weeks ago but I think I was very hard to understand. It was very early in the morning and I was very emotionally just trapped. I’ve been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and not receptable, which means it’s not operable. And so therefore, the prognosis is really not good, not good at all. We have three kids, three of them teenagers and one of them 20 who is just starting her junior year at University of Washington. We’re really proud of her, now covering her living expenses in Seattle. Which isn’t very cheap. And it’s just the prognosis is so bad to the traditional and conventional masses, we want to try and do other things, including independent IV infusion, high does vitamin C and I need be taking therapy messages for pain, acupuncture also, etc. And a lot of those are out-of-pocket, all of that is out-of-pocket. Pain management doctors recommending opioids already. Because of the pain, I haven’t been able to eat for almost two months, very much. I’m now getting more than 3-5 hundred calories a day. So, I lost about 40 lbs. in about two months. And so, I’m very weak because of that. Anyway, DAB family, I’ve been nervous, I’ve been a DABer for five years, not consistently but this year, very consistently.

Jeremiah 23:21-25:38, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17, Psalm 84:1-12, Proverbs 25:15

Today is the 14th day of October, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it is great to be here with you today, as we gather around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward together in the Scriptures. And of course, we’ll be going right back to the place where we left off, which leads us back into the book of Jeremiah today. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week and today, Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 21 through 25 verse 38.

Commentary:

Okay so, we read the 84th chapter of the book of Psalms today and I love this Psalm, just because of the way that it describes this desire be with God, this awareness that God’s presence is what our…our souls search for. And we fill ourselves with all kinds of things but what we really want is the presence of God. I quote from Psalm 84, “I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.” I love that. People, human beings, we’re passionate people, we get passionate about all kinds of things. But we don’t usually think about this kind of longing, this kind of desire, this passion to be in God’s presence and it gives us an opportunity to just reflect. Is that, is what we’re reading in the Psalms the posture of our heart? We probably are that passionate about any number of things, but are we that passionate about God? We can throw our passions at all kinds of things but is our deepest yearning to be with God, to be aware, to be paying attention? Because we are a passionate people, as a species and our passions lead us in all kinds of directions, all kinds of directions. And if we just take a moment to reflect about where our passions have led us, we have probably gone places that we wish we hadn’t gone. But that can never be true of God, like our longing, our yearning, our passion, our desire toward God is not going to land us where we never wanted to go. It’s going to land is where we’ve always wanted to be and that is what the psalmist is bringing to the surface. And I quote, “better a day in your courts than a thousand days anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than live in the tents of wicked people. For the Lord God is a son and a shield. The Lord grants favor and honor, He does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity. Happy is the person who trusts in You, Lord of armies.” Doesn’t that just awaken something inside of You? That is where we want to be. And yet our passions, pull us in all kinds of directions. So, how do we focus our passion, our yearning, our longing toward God? Intimacy. How does any relationship grow to feel like that; to yearn, to long to be together and how do we practice intimacy with God? Well, we start by making time. Like, that’s an actual thing that we want in our lives, that we actually do long and yearn, we actually do pursue. So often this is simply being aware of God’s presence and being in prayer or being in worship. And like prayer and worship, we know these things and they become cliché. We spend time in prayer because that is communication, that is talking, that is the back-and-forth of a relationship with God. And worship is giving ourselves, opening ourselves, trusting, being wide open and offering our hearts to God and God alone. There is no other, there is no other place that we want to be, there is no other destination we want to arrive at. Our whole lives are aimed in this direction, we just live such distracted lives. The psalmist is essentially saying, I would rather be on your front porch, Lord, on your front porch just there, then anywhere else that would promise me fulfillment. May we consider that today, as we consider where our passions are leading us, because if we follow them, they will lead us somewhere, may they lead us deeper into Jesus today.

Prayer:

And that is our prayer, Holy Spirit, come lead us deeper into Jesus today. May we fall more deeply in love, may we trust more intentionally, may we pay attention. Your presence it isn’t being withheld from us. Often our presence is being withheld from You but you are not withholding from us at all. You are always with us, You would not leave us or forsake us. We’re just not always paying attention to the fact that You are present, You are here and we think that You, the most-high God, would even acknowledge our presence, would even be in our presence, our hearts begin to long and yearn for You. This is how we were made to be together with You. And so, may we passionately pursue this above all. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home base, it’s where you find out what’s happening around here, it’s how to get connected. The Daily Audio Bible app does all that, in the palm of your hand or your tablet which is hard to hold in the palm of your hand, but if you two-fist-it, you can do it and it can all be on whatever device that you use, just search for Daily Audio Bible in the App Store that works with your device. Check out the Community Section, this is where to get connected, this is where the Prayer Wall lives. Check out the Daily Audio Bible Shop, there are resources for the journey that we are on through the Bible in a year. And so, certainly check that out.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible. Thank you, profoundly, and with all humility, we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t here together. So, thank you 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 ever 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:

Hey guys, how you doing? This is Lazarus, who is fighting hard to not change my name to Legion. But that’s another story. Hey, I just listened to Unashamed, yeah, I’m behind but it doesn’t matter. God’s here. And like him, I’ve been here since the first year, whatever. And you know, that’s another story too. But anyway, over the past few weeks the, years whatever, the subject of abuses come up and hey, guilty as charged man. I have, I was a verbal abuser. I’m an overachiever and I married a really great woman. She was a gift and I outpaced her, the things of this world. And you know, you get what you get, so. After 22 years, I came home and there was a 3.5 card on the counter that said, I can’t do this anymore. I’m leaving. Bye. And I haven’t seen her in 10 years. So, I talked to her a few times and every time I do, I fall in love with her all over again. And I beat myself up. Yeah, there’s a, just a long way back. So, I actually came to an emotion that I tried to come to grips with me. And it’s tough as a self-confessed abuser. What’s wrong with you dude, I mean, you know. You destroyed something, love, that you didn’t even know you were doing it, as you were doing it. I mean, Brian even remarried us, at the falls of Angeti. Come on, man. So, I’m still here, I’m still trying. Broken, broken and trying hard. It’s kind of a cosmic gotcha. And abusers, there isn’t any excuse. Anyway, I love you guys. In a lot of pain and stuff but it doesn’t matter. Pray for you all. God bless.

Hello, it’s a bit noisey here, I’m out on a long walk. My name is Francis from Miltonkeens. And this prayer is for Samantha in California. Samantha, my heart broke for you when I heard your prayer. God, I can’t even imagine what you’re going through. Dealing with one, the betrayal of your boyfriend, now husband. Two being that both you and the lady in question, were pregnant together and you lost yours. I’m __ to the glory of God but it’s hard. Where there’s not way there won’t be a little fraction of jealousy there or anger. And I just pray that the Lord will heal your heart, will give you yours in time. And most of all, that you find in your heart to forgive your husband. And that he and the baby comes safely as well. Mother and baby, we’ll pray that they do well. I pray for your heart cause your heart needs the most healing here. Oh Lord, please heal her heart. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Good afternoon, Daily Audio Bible family. I am Deb of Bleeze calling from the French Antaleze in Guadaloop. I’m a first-time caller, I’ve never succeeded to get my call through. But I’m a long time listener. I listen every day. I’m sometimes a triple DABer. But I’m mostly a double DABer. I listen to Daily Audio Bible and the lovely Bible Chronological. Today, I’m asking for your help with me in prayer. I just got the news of my cousin, who is, has been diagnosed with a brain cancer, stage 4 and has 4 months to live. She doesn’t believe in Jesus as her Savior and as her Lord. She lives like many people, believe that Jesus is a good person, He’s of the Christian religion. But please can you, please help me to pray for her. I have been shocked and touched by this bad news. And I know that God is good and I can come to Him to see me through, in my process of hurting. But thank you for your prayers for her. Her name is Mary. Thank you and God bless.

Hi, this is Laurie from South Carolina. And I am calling because my sister and brother and I, we all three, need prayer. We lost our mom, it will almost be a year in October. And we’re not doing well at all. I am a devout believer and follower of Christ and my sister and brother, both believe in Jesus, but they are, they’ve strayed away from our Father and we just need prayer. Because our mom kept everything put together and kept us together and we three our just huddling together, trying to weather this storm and it’s a horrible storm. My name is Laurie-Ann from South Carolina. Becky and Josh and we lost our mom Anne, to COVID. And we’re trying to take care of all the probate things, take care of all the power. It’s so hard and I trust Jesus for everything, I know that everything in my life, everything good comes from Him. I have been following Him and I just feel like the Devil is attacking us from every corner. That there’s more fear going on all around us. I just pray that all of my sisters and brothers and Brian and China and Jill, that you guys would pray for us and give us the courage to go on without our mom. Thank you so much. We love the Hardin Family. Bye Bye.

Hi, Daily Audio Bible family, this is Cody in Southeast Washington State, in the Alawa area. I left a message a few weeks ago but I think I was very hard to understand. It was very early in the morning and I was very emotionally just trapped. I’ve been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and not receptable, which means it’s not operable. And so therefore, the prognosis is really not good, not good at all. We have three kids, three of them teenagers and one of them 20 who is just starting her junior year at University of Washington. We’re really proud of her, now covering her living expenses in Seattle. Which isn’t very cheap. And it’s just the prognosis is so bad to the traditional and conventional masses, we want to try and do other things, including independent IV infusion, high does vitamin C and I need be taking therapy messages for pain, acupuncture also, etc. And a lot of those are out-of-pocket, all of that is out-of-pocket. Pain management doctors recommending opioids already. Because of the pain, I haven’t been able to eat for almost two months, very much. I’m now getting more than 3-5 hundred calories a day. So, I lost about 40 lbs. in about two months. And so, I’m very weak because of that. Anyway, DAB family, I’ve been nervous, I’ve been a DABer for five years, not consistently but this year, very consistently.