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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart...
One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you.
TODAY'S EPISODE:
Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible, dear ones, on this 11th day of December, as we journey through the scriptures together. I'm Hunter, your Bible reading coach, and today marks day 346 of our shared path through the Bible. As we approach the year’s end, I'm grateful for your continued companionship. Today, we'll dive into the letter of Philemon and the first four chapters of Hebrews.
We reflect on Paul's heartfelt plea to Philemon and explore the profound truths in Hebrews about Jesus' divine nature, His eternal priesthood, and the rest promised to believers. Our focus is on holding firmly to the gospel and coming boldly before the throne of grace, drawing strength from Christ, our High Priest.
Join me in prayer and meditation as we seek courage, grace, and help in our time of need. And as we wrap up today, a special thanks to all who support this ministry. Let's embark on this spiritual journey together, holding firmly to our faith and remembering that we are loved. Let's dive in!
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
Hold firmly. Come boldly. These are the last two instructions given in this reading from verse 14. Since we have a great high priest who has entered heaven, Jesus, the son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. What is it you believe? Do you believe that you have to perform for God in order to find life and favor with God? This is the cornerstone of all religion.
You do this and God will do that quid pro quo, this for that, But the writer wants you to hold firmly to something altogether different. He's not telling you to hold firmly to religion. He wants you to hold firmly to what you believe, and what we believe is the gospel. We believe in Jesus. He is the gospel, and the gospel is not about you. It's not about your performance. It's about him. It's about what Christ has done for us.
It's resting in him, in his performance, if you will, and in his life and work for us, seen ultimately in its culmination in his life, his death, his resurrection, his ascension. When we hold firmly to him, we can come boldly to him to the throne of grace. You can come boldly because you're not coming on the basis of your own merit, but on his. It is there that you will find grace and help in your time of need, and that time is now. We are always in need of the gospel in our lives. We are always in need of grace and help. We are always in need of him. So hold firmly to the gospel and come boldly to him, the one who sits on a throne of grace.
That's a prayer that I have for my own heart today, for my own soul. And that's a prayer that I have for my family, for my wife and my daughters and my son. And that's a prayer that I have for you. May it be so.
TODAY'S PRAYERS:
Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.
Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
And now Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, Joy. Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen
And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray...
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ. Amen.
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