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.
11/25/2025
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00(Irishcast) God’s Good Purpose For You (Psalm 138v8 Hebrews 5v9) (Trust)
Nebuchadnezzar on Monday and Cyrus on Tuesday. Who is the next King God will use for His purpose? It’s not in the Bible and he wasn’t a King but Gorbachev was used by God to allow the wall to come down. He didn’t put up a fight when Eastern Europeans wanted freedom from communism. But here’s what Ezra wrote about God and Cyrus. Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: [2] “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.”
11/24/2025
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00Christ Breaks Through Any Way He Can (Daniel 4:2; Mark 9:40) (Humility)
Jesus was hidden behind plaster for centuries on the walls of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This mosaic had been covered over until recent excavations revealed this image. How many times and places has our Lord’s presence been covered up only to be revealed at a later time? Our texts for today reveal how our Lord encourages us to keep looking deeper in situations to see where He may be hidden. Our tour next October to the land of Turkey will reveal many of these hidden realities of our Lord. For more information on this special tour of Turkey and Greece, click on the prayer journal to get a pdf of the brochure. You can also go to the reformationtours.com/package/rsh26/ and view the tour information online. Consider joining us on a faith adventure that will inspire you and connect you with our Christian outreach in Turkey
11/23/2025
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00(Sundaycast) You Are God’s Light To The Nations (Isaiah 49:6; Acts 16:9 10) (Evangelism)
Our hymn for today is “Beautiful Savior.” Our Heavenly Father wants the world that is covered in darkness shaped by the power of death to know that there is a Savior who is beautiful. Our God has given us this calling to be the light in the darkness to help people see the beauty of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the 1700s refugees who came to live in the village called Herrnhut realized that this was their calling to go into the world and unto the ends of the Earth to share the beauty of their Savior. The Moravian star that you see in the picture for today is a symbol of the willingness of these people to go wherever our Lord called them to be the light of the gospel. How about you? Where is our Lord calling you to be His light to bring salvation to the ends of your neighborhood? Just start with this prayer, “Here I am Lord, send me.”
11/22/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Compassionate Mercy: In Times Of Trials And Suffering (Jeremiah 3:12 13; Matt 6:12) ( Suffering)
Jeff and Mim discuss the themes of “Guilt and Debts” and “Mercy and Forgiveness” in light of current events in China. How can we reflect the nature and character of God in times of intense monitoring and persecution. It does no good to be angry. But how does one learn to continue with resilience and faith and steadfast love and mercy in such times? It requires prayer and humility. We did not discuss this, but I am thinking of Matthew 18:23-35. We are servants of the Most High God. And, as we have received mercy and forgiveness, so we are to extend mercy and forgiveness to others for the sake of Jesus Christ, who died and atoned for the sins of the entire world (past, present, and future). If Jesus prayed while on the cross, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they are doing.” We can pray the same, too. Help us, Lord, to offer to others the same mercy and forgiveness you have offered to us.
11/21/2025
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10Christ’s Word Frees You To Really Live (2 Samuel 7:28; John 8:31 32) (Guidance)
Jesus makes it clear in today’s texts that change requires something real to replace the illusions of our imaginings. The brine of your baptism into Jesus is meant to drown the old you daily. You may think you look cute as a cucumber. But Jesus died for more than your inventions of your cuteness. We all need the pickling brine of Christ’s word to cleanse us deeply and change us daily. How will you soak in Jesus today?
11/20/2025
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00(Theta) My Place (Genesis 2:7 & Galatians 2:20) (Humility)
Nathan, Kiera and Austin walk us through the life and death reality that St. Paul expresses in Galatians 2:20. Paul claims no life in himself. Christ is his life. Paul has died. Martin Luther once was attacked by Satan who demanded Luther to present himself to him. Luther listened to Satan and pointed to himself and said, “Luther doesn’t live here anymore…Christ lives here. If you want Luther, you will find him on that cross.” The cross is where our old person lives. Our new self is the home of God. Today’s podcast, like yesterday’s from the Minneapolis Greenhouse ministry community, confirms the truth that when Christ lives through us we are free. So how do you get free? I wonder what the Holy Spirit has planned for us tomorrow?
11/19/2025
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00(Discipleship) Jesus Followers Serve Out Of Powerlessness (Micah 2:1; Matthew 20:25 26) (Service)
The Discipleship House, serving out of the World Mission Prayer League center in Minneapolis, brings us the podcast again today helping us to understand how serving others grows out of powerlessness. Just like the story of the Good Samaritan, we give when we are free from ourselves. When we no longer carry a need to control the outcome, we are free to take the first step of loving others. This is Jesus. Jesus loves us. Because Jesus loves us we can love others in the same way that we experience His love. How did Mary the mother of Jesus experience this reality in her life? It was in her powerlessness that she became free to let God be God. The four Discipleship House members sing Mary’s song at the end of the podcast. It is “Magnificat”…I mean magnificent. It’s both!
11/18/2025
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00(Irishcast) Take Refuge In The Lord (Ps 18v30 Rom4v18
Places of refuge help us rest in God’s grace. Herrnhut, in the photo, was such a place for hundreds of people seeking this grace. It began in 1722. You can read more about this place of refuge in the back of your “Daily Texts.” This space of grace sent out many people around the world to bring God’s grace wherever they were called. What spaces of grace have you known in your life? What does it mean for you to create a refuge for people you know so they may experience this space of grace in Jesus?
11/17/2025
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00Cabin Conversation On Persecution (Psalm 25:19; Matthew 5:11 12) (Persecution)
The prayer journal for today has a dramatic testimony of a woman in Iran who was afraid of what she might say when persecuted. The story comes from a daily email I receive from pastor Leon Stier. His ministry is called Emailmeditations. It is a devotional website to help you grow closer to Jesus. These meditations on the Christian faith and life are sent daily to subscribers at no cost. He has created over 2500 of these messages and I just looked up the word “persecution” on his web site and found the story I posted in today’s prayer journal. Leon will also be speaking next summer at Mount Carmel. Consider spending a week at this beautiful place enjoying Leon’s messages.
11/16/2025
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