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.
05/20/2026
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00(Discipleship) Proclaim Good News (Ps 89:1; Mark 16:20) (Grace)
Jenna, Anna, Savannah and Sam give their last words for us today. The call of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ has been at the heart of their calling in the ministry of the Discipleship House. We are all called by Jesus to announce our hope in Christ wherever we find ourselves in the world. We are disciples also no matter what house we live in. Christ makes His home in us and our lives become a light for Jesus in a dark world. Let your light sparkle on someone today as you proclaim the goodness of God for them.
05/19/2026
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11(Irishcast) In The Hand Of The Potter (Isa 64v8 Rom 9v20) (Trust)
The title chosen for our podcast today, by our Irish friends, is almost identical to the title of the book written by Gretchen Quie. Gretchen was the wife of the former Minnesota Congressman and Governor Al Quie. In her preface to the book, Gretchen writes about the humility she feels by being asked to write an autobiography. You can read this preface by downloading the prayer journal for today. But you’re in for a surprise. In the forward for the book, Chuck and Patty Colson tell how significant their relationship has been with the Quie family. Their testimony reveals the humility of this couple in a way that you will probably never read anywhere else. The Potter’s hand works His humble will in all of us as only God can.
05/18/2026
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00Not To Us (Psalm 115:1; John 7:18) (Repentance)
Who are you staring at? In the mirror? In a Zoom call? In a photo album? It’s us isn’t it. Try to look the other way but you will look back because inside we know it’s all about us. And we like it. Today’s verses make us ask the hard question…how do we get out of the way? The more you try the more you keep staring. This is why Martin Luther described sin as being “turned in on yourself.” We are born into this way of looking and it will always sneak in. So what does it mean “to die to yourself daily and take up your cross and follow me?” Our prayer is that these podcasts may let the Holy Spirit free you from yourself a little more each day. Paul states it in 2 Corinthians 3:18, “as we look at Jesus, we see His glory and we are changed into His image from one degree of glory to another.” The Spirit will help us. Let’s begin now. Look to Jesus.
05/17/2026
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00(Sundaycast) Jesus’ Word Resurrects Us From Deathly Ways (Psalm 30:3; John 11:43 44) (Salvation) 2
God the Father and God the Son are both creators. They were both together at the beginning of creation and they are both together when new creation happens in our world every day. Both of them create with their words. The power of this word breaks through death. Death no longer has the last word over us since the power of God’s word has swallowed up death and it has the victory. Lazarus discovered this centuries ago. But every day, Jesus’ word is breaking into the darkness of people’s lives and bringing up their soul from the pit of destruction. Listen to Jesus, speaking His word to you, declaring life over any darkness in which you may find yourself. And walk away as a resurrected person from the grip of death.
05/16/2026
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00(Mission Cast)Mission Generosity (Job 9:4; 1 Peter 5:5) (Discipleship)
Jeff reflects on God’s wisdom and goodness and power in light of daily, missional living among the newly arrived immigrant, using Jim Eliot’s (missionary to the Waodani people of Ecuador) journal entry, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” The blessings that we have received in Christ enable and empower us to live generous lives for the sake of the gospel, because we entrust our lives to the One who is able to keep them.
05/15/2026
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00Growing In Jesus (Jeremiah 50:5; 2 Peter 1:5 7) (Guidance)
What are some of the habits that you practice that lead you to greater perseverance and endurance in your calling to follow Jesus? One that I forgot to mention is listed above. It’s basically the 12 steps in nine words. These nine words have done more to save my marriage than any bouquets of flowers or boxes of chocolates or acts of kindness that I could’ve done. It’s basically taking responsibility for have said or done something that was wrong. And not trying to pretend I didn’t do it. These nine words help us to stop playing games, get real and build our relationships that have eternal significance. It’s what these verses today are aimed at helping us experience.
05/14/2026
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00(Theta) Continuing Ascension (Proverbs 23:17 & Luke 24:46 48) (Redemption)
Ascension Day raises our biggest spiritual question. Do we want the golden age of our lives restored? Is our best version of the future a restored past? It’s what we know. But Jesus tells us to look ahead. Our future depends on the way Jesus makes our stories work for good. Jesus calls us to a restoried life. A life shaped by the power of the Spirit who will come to the disciples in 10 days and lead them into eternity helping all the lost and broken people in the world to discover how to live restoried lives together as Christ’s body on earth.
05/13/2026
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00God Is Life (Job 12:10; Luke 23:46) (Repentance)
We know that God is love and we also know that God is life. How do you receive the life and love of God so that you realize your very breath conveys the life and love of God? Today’s texts challenge our perceptions of power and of performance. We need to repent. We need a second thought. We need to be humble enough to let the life and love of God breathe through us.
05/12/2026
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00(Irishcast) Our Life In Prayer (Psalm 102v17 James 5v16) (Prayer)
Jesus is praying for you. He says this in John 17, “you are a gift given to me by the Father.” You are being prayed for right now. And St Paul says He is praying for you. Romans 8:34 declares that Jesus is praying for you. Hebrews 7:25 also assures us again that Jesus is praying for you. You are surrounded and supported by the prayers of God. So why pray? If prayer means this much to Jesus, the creator of the heavens and the earth, then why not us. We also need to pray for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
05/11/2026
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00(Holycast) Forgiveness Creates Holy Hilarity (1 Sam 2:2; Rev 4:8) (Forgiveness)
Jeff and Mim and Luke and Barb join us today to discuss what it means to be holy. How does the background painting of the laughing Jesus relate to being holy? The title of our podcast connects forgiveness with holy hilarity. Can there be such a thing as holy laughter? A pastor once asked me “how can you tell if the gospel is being preached in a church?” I came up with all the answers that you might find related to Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the Spirit. But my friend pushed a little more. When you live under any kind of expectation for your Christian life, you inevitably fall under the need to perform to meet those expectations. That is life under the law. And the law cannot produce the fruit of the Spirit. But when you are under grace, then you live your life as a result of being chosen by God to be His child. You are free from any need to perform. You relax. You are resting in Jesus only. You are free to laugh at yourself…at your failures…at anything that may cause you to be anxious. So my pastor said, “a church that is hearing the gospel preached has worshipers who are free to laugh.” Laughter is a result of the gospel. God’s holiness produces hilarity in us.