Forgivin' Livin' Daily Podcast
Our podcasts are 5-8 minutes in length. We create these messages using one or two brief verses from the Bible that come from a devotional book. Our purpose is to help you hear the grace of Jesus in these verses so that your life may find its grounding in Christ alone. It is this grounding in grace that makes forgivin’ livin’ your way of freedom.
02/21/2025
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00(Recoverycast) Shepherded By Our Good Shepherd
Pastor Frank helps us understand how important it is for shepherds to be shepherded by our Good Shepherd. Our week’s lessons have taught us to let God do what He needs to do. Waiting on our Lord is one of the secrets Frank has learned in his 25 years of ministry at Servant of the Shepherd in River Falls.
02/20/2025
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00(Theta) Vindication (Deuteronomy 32:26 & Luke 18:7)
When we are under attack we seek a way to be protected. Whether it’s masks or shields or something else, we know our survival depends on turning the attack away. So when does vindication by God protect us from attack? When we find ourselves attacked by guilt, shame or resentment, our soul turns inside out seeking a way to find peace. The only peace we receive comes from our God who becomes our guilt, our shame and our resentment. Jesus absorbs the attack and the attacker into himself. And He bears the consequence of the attack. Death. He dies. But in the resurrection, we receive the judgment. It’s this. We are vindicated by the vindicator, Jesus.
02/19/2025
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00Lord Lead Us (Psalm 127:1; Luke 5:5 6)
Peter knows how to fish. He also knows how to obey Jesus. But he didn’t know how to catch as many fish as our Lord provided. When you and I fail at something that we know how to do, it’s hard for us to ask Jesus for help. So we often wait, until we have run out of ideas to ask Jesus for the direction He is ready to give. But sometimes His message is wait, as yesterday’s verse reminded us. And then are we willing to do what our Lord tells us is our purpose now, namely wait, so He can get His work done for us? Try waiting next time. See what good things come to you. This painting by John August Swanson of “The Great Catch” helps us see the abundance of all that God has waiting for us to catch.
02/18/2025
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00(Irishcast) Wait On The Lord (Isaiah 49:23; Luke 12:11 12)
Isaiah 64:4 tells us great news about our God, He loves to work for those who wait for Him. Our photo shows a waiting room. Not a happy place for most of us. But waiting is God’s will. So take this group of hikers. We were on a Camino together. When we wait for God as a community, the wait is part of the gift of our God who loves to work for us. Waiting is not lonely when our Lord’s joy shapes us together.
02/17/2025
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00(Floridacast) Trusting In Jesus In Tough Times (Psalm 40:10; 1 Thess 2:2)
Today’s podcast is from our Florida family. You have heard them sing for us whenever we visit them in Florida. Alissa and Nels have shared insights from the verses for the day. Now the whole family will be sharing their thoughts on the verses to help you unravel the voice of our Lord that is speaking to your soul. Get ready to hear how you can know the faithfulness of our Lord in those times in your life when you are facing challenges. Look forward to more Floridacasts in the months to come.
02/16/2025
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00(Choircast) Trusting Jesus In Our Powerlessness (Isaiah 40:29; 2 Cor 12:9)
Today is a musical renewal for the Hoffland girls as they have come together in Wisconsin at Dave and Elsa’s home for a choral music festival. This kind of musical event is the kind of ministry that their parents, Kay and Dick Hoffland, created around the United States. Kay and Dick also contributed this kind of music ministry during the summers they served at Mount Carmel. The added blessing today is that the choral director for the event is Brad Holmes, the director who followed Dick at Millikin University. Today, through “live streaming” you can join the Hoffland girls, their husbands and friends along with about 90 other people who will be singing alleluias to the glory of God. Just know that someday the veil will be lifted and the alleluias we sing today will be shared by an eternal choir of saints in light, which include Kay and Dick. Join us to sing along through the streaming link. STREAMING…….you can livestream the event through these links: …..fmclive.faithfoxvalley.org (copy link into your browser)…..https://www.youtube.com/@FaithFoxValley/streams. (The hymn “For all the Saints” will be just one of the overwhelming musical and soulful moments that will bless you.)
02/15/2025
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00(Mission Cast) I Cry Out In Distress (Psalm 22:2; Hebrews 5:7)
Jeff and special guest Alice talk about Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve of his betrayal and crucifixion in such agony that great drops of blood fell to the ground from his forehead. While dying crucified to the cross, Jesus cried out with a loud voice in the words of Psalm 22:1 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Then he cried out again, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” and died. They talk about the difference between distress (being torn apart, unraveling) as different from stress (intense pressure). Too much stress can overwhelm a person. When that happens, where does help come from? Alice shares a personal story of a recent time of distress and how the Lord worked in her and through people to provide help. If you are in grave distress, in which your life is in danger, we encourage you to call a friend or neighbor. Please do not despair, God knows you, hears you, and loves you. Help is on the way.
02/14/2025
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00Beholding Our Lord (Is 53:3; John 19:5)
Despised and rejected! What do you see when you see Jesus? Where do you see Him? How do you live differently because of the way you BEHOLD the Lord Jesus Christ? As you can see from the photo, our brothers and sisters in Gaza have much to behold. What about you? What devastation in your life is your Lord working on to bring something despised and rejected to new life? Ask! Trust! And remember, God is able!
02/13/2025
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00( Theta ) Ancient Paths (Jeremiah 6:16 & Hebrews 6:11 12)
Men are often teased for not asking for directions. But it’s a human problem. Actually not really human, because if you are really human, you will be hum…ble as well. Human and humility; their roots go together. But our pride raises us above our “humus,” earthy self. It gives us illusions about our need to be in control. Our sick secret is you never ask for help when you believe you are in control. Faith changes this. We discover our real humanness when we learn to knock, to seek and to ask. God’s will is to help us to learn to be humble by inviting us to ask Him for help. Then we discover what it truly means to be human. We are free to ask. Free to enjoy the fellowship of people who know they need each other to be earthy, to be real, to be human beings. Practice some of the statements above by asking God for help today. See what happens. Then use one or two of these with someone else. It may be your first discovery of what it means to be human.
02/12/2025
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