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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:
Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible podcast episode for February 18th, 2025. Today marks day 49 in our journey through the Bible. I'm Hunter, your Bible reading coach, here to spend time with you in the pages of Scripture and to let our hearts be directed towards the one true shepherd, Jesus. In today's reading, we delve into Numbers chapters 3 and 4, where we explore the family lines of Aaron and Moses and their responsibilities, as laid out at Mount Sinai. We also dive into Acts chapter 25, where we follow the trials of Paul, foolishly accused of crimes by the Jewish leaders and standing firm in his faith. This episode invites us to draw near to the living Christ and reflect on the purpose and sense that can be found in participating in His life. Join us as we pray, reflect, and find encouragement in His Word. Remember, you are loved. Let's dive in together.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
It makes no sense. As Felix shares with Agrippa, the situation seems baffling: a religion about a dead man named Jesus, whom Paul insists is alive. Why would anyone put themselves through trial, risk their life, and endure suffering for something that seems nonsensical—a dead religion? Felix is not alone in this confusion; Paul once felt the same way. That is until everything changed. It didn't make sense to Paul either—until he encountered the living Christ.
When we truly meet Christ—not as a figure of religion, but as a living, present reality—it all begins to make sense. It’s not about a dead man; it’s about a Risen Savior. That encounter transforms everything. Are you living as though Christ is merely a name in history, or as the living Lord who reigns today? When we engage with the living Christ, our hearts become aligned with His life and purpose. Sufferings, which bewilder us, find context within His sovereignty.
The story makes sense when we experience His living presence. Without it, we’re merely following shadows. Yet, it is not Christ who is elusive. He knows us to our core, and His invitation remains: to step off our own thrones and recognize Him upon His. It is through surrender that we experience true freedom and reconciliation. When we open our hearts, we learn we are known and loved, and our stories begin to fit within His redemptive narrative.
That's a prayer that I have for my own soul. 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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