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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...
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:
Good day to you all, dear ones! 🌞
Welcome to another enriching day of our journey through the Scriptures. I hope this email finds you in good spirits as we delve deeper into the Word of God. Today marks the 341st day in our incredible journey, and we are nearing the end of our annual Bible reading plan. It’s an exciting time, and I’m grateful to have each one of you with me on this path of discovery and growth.
📖 Today's Reading: The Book of Philippians (Chapters 1-4)
In today's episode, we journey through the entire book of Philippians. This beloved letter from Paul and Timothy to the believers in Philippi is full of encouragement, joy, and profound truths about living a life committed to Christ.
Here are a few key reflections from today’s reading:
Joy in Partnership: Paul expresses his deep gratitude for the Philippians’ partnership in spreading the Good News (Phil. 1:3-5). He assures them that the good work God began in them will be completed (Phil. 1:6).
Living with Humility: We are reminded to live selflessly, valuing others above ourselves and adopting the same humble attitude as Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:3-8).
Pressing Forward: Paul’s powerful declaration about forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead (Phil. 3:13-14) inspires us to focus on our heavenly calling.
Peace Above All: In the midst of life's worries, Paul encourages us to present our requests to God and experience His peace, which transcends all understanding (Phil. 4:6-7).
📝 Highlights from the Podcast Episode:
Hunter's Insight: Paul teaches the importance of letting go of the past and focusing on the future. Meet God in your past, learn from it, and move forward with grace.
Prayer: A heartfelt prayer reflecting on the themes of Advent, asking for courage and waiting expectantly for the light of Christ.
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We love hearing from you. Reply to this email with your thoughts on today’s reading. How does Paul's message to the Philippians resonate with you? How are you navigating your own journey of faith? Let’s encourage each other!
🙏🏼 Let Us Pray Together:
Lord Jesus, as we walk through these final days of our year-long journey, help us to focus on what lies ahead. Meet us in our past and give us the grace to move forward in Your love. May we live with the same humility, joy, and peace that Paul speaks of in Philippians. Amen.
Thank you for joining me each day in this incredible journey through the Bible. Your presence and participation make this community special.
Until tomorrow, let’s go forward in God’s joy, letting it be our strength, and always remember—you are loved.
Blessings,
Hunter Barnes
Your Bible Reading Coach
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TODAY'S TRANSCRIPT:
Do you wanna know one thing I do that has made all the difference? You might be interested because you've listened to me on this podcast for a while, or you might not give 2¢ for what I do. What I do might not make a whole lot of difference to you one way or the other. But if it were the apostle Paul posing the question about what he has done that has made all the difference, well, my hunch is that you would lean forward.
You would very much like to know that one thing that Paul has done that's made the difference. Well, thankfully, Paul tells us Here in verses 13 and 14, he says, no, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing. Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and to receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. The one thing I do, Paul says, is I forget the past and I stay focused on what lies ahead. If you focus on the past, you'll likely project it into your future. Paul reminds us that we have to stay focused on the right thing. It's not that we deny our past or pretend it didn't happen. Rather, we let god help us to face whatever it is that's haunting us from the past to learn from it and move forward.
Paul had the blood of Christians in his past, but it was his encounter with Jesus that gave him the power to look at things for what they really were, to see clearly the lies that led him to commit such devastating harm, to experience God's grace in the most devastating of places, to deal with the ramifications, and to move forward with grace and love. One reason we struggle to forget our past is because we have never allowed God to meet us there. When you allow god to access your past, he will show you what you need to know. He will not condemn you. No. He will walk with you through the ramifications, and he will restore you. Paul learned this one thing, and he wants to share it with us. Let's allow God to meet us in our past.
He was there already. Whatever it was, it's no shocker to him. Let him show you what you need to see. He will walk with you through the ramifications. All the while, his grace will be mending and restoring and making things new, and we can begin to move forward with him. So let's let him do what he needs to do, freeing you from your past so that you might focus on his good future for you. And that's the prayer that I have for my own soul. That's the prayer that I have for my family, for my wife, and my daughters, and my son. And that's the prayer that I have for you. May it be so. Let's continue now in a time of prayer.
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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