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.
07/16/2025
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00Praying For Our Leaders And Our Communities (Psalm 127:1; 1 Tim 2:1 2) (Prayer)
God watches over our cities and countries but we are called by God to pray for these place and our leaders who serve us there. We are not to worship them. But prayer is needed for every person who is elected or appointed to public office. There is plenty of temptation for elected officials to serve themselves as they are serving you and me. Your prayers can make a difference in how they use their calling for a higher calling than just what suits them or their group. And when you are praying for them, you will also hold them accountable for the work they are doing on your behalf and on behalf of your city, state or country. So let us pray. Today. And every day.
07/15/2025
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00(Irishcast) The God Of The Highest Heaven Is To Be Worshipped (1 Kings 8v27; John 4v23)
Both these men understand worship. Bob Dylan wrote his song “Gotta serve somebody” where he says, “You’re going to have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord, But you’re going to have to serve somebody.” And CS Lewis writes: “A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.” The texts this week are asking us to consider who or what we worship. Martin Luther once commented on our idol worship by saying, “Your god is whatever makes you anxious when it is absent.” Now it’s up to you. You’ve heard from Bob Dylan, CS Lewis and Martin Luther. Listen to the IRISHCAST and let the Spirit change your mind to worship the most high God.
07/14/2025
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00(Floridacast) Understanding The Temptation Of Idols (Jeremiah 2:28; 1 Cor 10:14) (Trust)
The Florida cast is at Mount Rushmore today. One of the questions that comes up is, how do how are we tempted to idolize and even worship our leaders? Whatever your idea about idolatry might be the real question for each of us is how do we get free from its power when it attempts us away from God? That’s at the heart of life for each of us as we live in a world that is at war with God and we often side with the enemy instead of with God alone. How do we repent of this temptation?
07/13/2025
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00(Sundaycast) Longing For Intimacy With God (Prayer)
How does your spirit or your soul long for God? And how do you experience satisfaction for this longing? That is the theme in today’s texts. One of the Psalms that expresses this same longing is 42. It begins with the image of a deer longing for the fresh water of a river. “As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.” Are you aware of how deeply you long for God? A thirsty animal knows its need to be refreshed. How about you? What is the source of your refreshment in God? As you listen today to the podcast, consider how your soul and your spirit are satisfied with the presence of the living God. Today, share how you receive this nourishment with someone you know.
07/12/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Today Is Your Day (Isaiah 49:8; 2 Cor 6:2) (Salvation)
Jeff and Mim are joined by Claire and Justin from the Theta Community while conducting a camp in Anaheim, CA for children, who have recently arrived in the United States as Chinese immigrants. Together, in this cross-over cast, they discuss the meaning of the word salvation and the imminent nuance of the word today as “right now!’ The picture of Zacchaeus and Jesus (Luke 19:1-10) reminds us how God works his divine encounters. Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector and rich but desired to see and hear Jesus, who stopped to address him, “I must stay at your house today.” Zacchaeus received Jesus with joy. His transformation was so complete and remarkable that Jesus exclaimed, “Today salvation has come to his house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Dear listener, today is your day to welcome Jesus into your life. He wants to be your life.
07/11/2025
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07/10/2025
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00(Carmelcast) God’s Word Keeps Us In Love (Lev 22:31; John 14:23)
When we call someone a “keeper” it means we love them. We want them around us. The Mount Carmel Staff (pictured above) are KEEPERS. But they also keep the words of Jesus. They want those words of our Lord to create God’s love within us and through us, as you will hear today in the podcast. But they also know they are KEPT. Jesus has called them and keeps them close to Himself because our Lord knows us and He knows we will fall short of His word. So Jesus always gets the last word and you will hear it again today as the podcast ends. Remember, Jesus says this to you, “I created you, I died for you, and you are a KEEPER!”
07/09/2025
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00(Familycast) God Takes Care Of Us (Jeremiah 31:28; Titus 2:1 12) (Sovereignty)
What is hidden to our natural eyes, only God can reveal to us supernaturally. Grace is hidden. But God makes His grace appear. And this grace we receive from God changes us. We heard this in the poem from Gaza on Monday. We heard this from the Irishcast on Tuesday. And today, God’s grace is hidden but it is here for you to hear anew. It is God’s will to make HIs grace appear for you. If you have not seen God’s grace, ask Him to open your eyes to see the fullness of HIs grace for you and over you.
07/08/2025
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00(Irishcast) The Deep Ways Of God (Daniel 2 V22 Jn 17v25)
Usually we say “it’s who you know that counts” but turn this thought around and consider “it's not about who you know, it's about who knows you that counts.” Why? People remember you because you are both good at what you do, and fun to work with. When your name comes up it immediately sparks positive statements about you. How does this relate to knowing God or being known by God? We know how important it is to know our Lord. Not just knowing about Him but knowing Him as our Risen Lord who has died for us and now lives in us. But Jesus says more than once that what counts in faith is trusting that we are known by God. God remembers us. God makes connections with us. God works to keep our relationship with Him alive and strong. What counts for us to have a faith that rests in God being for us. Read Romans 8 to renew this faith of being known by God but especially verses 26 to 39. Read it until you can say with all the saints throughout history, “I am known by the Living God!”
07/07/2025
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00Pray For People Preaching The Good News (Psalm 136:Q23; Eph 6:19 20) (Prayer)
St Paul needed help to preach the mystery of the gospel wherever our Lord would lead him. So he asked the Ephesians to pray for him that he could do this work for Jesus. We are members of the body of Christ and one of our opportunities is to pray for the people we know who are proclaiming the gospel. Since you and I are also ambassadors for Christ, we also need one another to pray for us as we fulfill this calling to proclaim the gospel message. So let us pray. Make a list of people you know who are preaching Christ. Pray for them. Then add others. Members of your church. Anyone you know who is called to be an ambassador for Jesus. Just start praying. Add the members of the body of Christ in Gaza to your list. Pray for them. Download the prayer journal poem from one of our brothers that expresses his faith in Christ’s grace in the midst of the terrors of Gaza.