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.
05/30/2026
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00(Mission Cast) Our Father Sees Us And Loves Us ( 2 Chronicles 30:18 19; Luke 15:20) (Salvation)
Jeff and Mim discus the Love of the Father in the Prodigal Son Story (cf. Luke 15). We are enamored with the Father who “sees from afar” and is “watching and waiting” for his son. The Father God, full of love and compassion, sees his children even when his children do not see Him. Such is the extravagant love of God. We marvel that Christ humbled himself, as the obedient son, and suffered shame for our sake so that we might be welcomed by the Father. The greatest mission field is our children. Let us run to them with Christ’s love.
05/29/2026
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00God Is In Charge Of Soul Control (Jeremiah 10:23; Luke 12:19 20) (Repent)
What prayers do you pray to help you surrender control? You will hear the verse of one of these prayers from a hymn in today’s podcast. Sonja and I use a simple prayer that begins our devotions many mornings that was created by a teacher who has blessed us, Father Mark Link. “Father, you created me and put me on earth for a purpose. Jesus, you died for me and called me to complete your work. Holy Spirit, you help me to carry out the work for which I was created and called. In your presence and name— Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—I begin my meditation. May all my thoughts and inspirations have their origin in you and be directed to your glory.” Each of us needs to find a way to express our freedom from our control obsessions. The “Serenity Prayer” pictured above has been used thousands of times by people everywhere but especially for those in recovery. It was created by a theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr. The longer version has a powerful impact for us as well. “Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next.”
05/28/2026
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00( Theta) Because He Lives (Job 19
The hymn “I know that my redeemer lives” carries the image of our Lord coming to us with blessing upon blessing. What blessing do you need to receive from Jesus? Ask him to show you what you need. Then look forward to when your living Redeemer will bring you the very thing you need.
05/27/2026
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00Living Through Jesus Not Through The Law (Exodus 15:11; 1 Cor 8:5 6) (Repentance)
What are you living through? The Gospel proclaims that you and I are dead to what once held us captive…ourselves…our need to be noticed…our need to be enough…our fear of falling short…We no longer have to try to make much of ourselves in our marriages, our children, our work, our sports, our relationships or anything. All these fall under the law. We try to perform well to make ourselves look like we are good enough. The energy spent on ourselves is drowned in baptism. Just like the enemies of God’s people were drowned in the Red Sea. We are no longer slaves to fear. We are slaves to the love of Christ which flows through us into the world (as we learned yesterday). After Saul became Paul, he wanted everyone to enjoy the freedom in Christ which he had. But this freedom to live through Christ was not an easy street. As the picture above reveals, Paul’s life was not a bed of roses…more thorns that roses. Even one in his flesh. So as you discover what it means for you to be dead to the law, consider what it now means for you to live through Christ and for Him. Consider this great verse from 1 John 4:9. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that we might live through Him.” It is God the Father’s will that we live our lives through Jesus. The image above comes from a card we created. You can buy these cards. Write us at noniehinderlie@gmail.com to find out more.
05/26/2026
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00(Irishcast) God’s Love To You And Through You (Psalm 97v10 1 Thess 5v14) (Love)
God’s love to you should flow through you into the world. You are a river of God’s love flowing into lives around you. But you can get damned up. Romans 8:1 says, “there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” But you can feel condemned. And this dams the flow of the water of life and love others need to receive through you. The answer? God’s forgiveness has to break your dam. You get free from whatever is holding you back from freely loving others when you hear the words spoken to you, “in the name of Jesus your sin is forgiven.” When you experience this word of forgiveness, your love is free to flow. This happened at the Last Supper when Jesus spoke to his disciples. He said this word of absolution (forgiveness) in John 13:34, “love one another as I have loved you.” His love is his absolution. Absolution assures us we are loved by God. We can love others by absolving them as we have been absolved by God. Remember to practice the ABC’s again today. A=Absolve those who have hurt you. B=Bless them in all your words about them. C=Constantly do this until any feeling of anger goes away. Your dams will be broken and God’s love will flow to you and through you.
05/25/2026
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00Spirit Led Believers(Psalm 117:2; Acts 2:5,7,11) (Miracles)
The timing of the gift of the Holy Spirit’s coming on the Jewish celebration of Pentecost where they read the 10 Commandments is vital to understanding God’s will. God wants us to fulfill the 10 Commandments (Decalogue)but not by will power but by the power of Holy Spirit. God says in Jeremiah 31:33 “ I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.” The law is written on the hearts of the believers by the power of the Holy Spirit. And all of us believers fulfill the “Decalogue” by that Spirit led power as you will learn in today’s podcast.
05/24/2026
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00(Sundaycast) Freedom Testimonies (Psalm 24:7; Acts 2:2,4) (Repentance)
Freedom from Fear offered 21 people a time apart to discover a new found freedom that comes in the stories of others whose lives are shaped by the power of God’s love and learning how to forgive one another. So much of this weekend centers in the ministry of Forgivin’ Livin’ since we teach people how to practice forgiving those who have hurt us. People come away healed and filled with hope as these testimonies offered in the podcast will reveal to you. Thank you for praying for our time together. As in the previous weekend in April, many of us who were a part of this one experienced spiritual attack that could easily have kept us from being here. Keep praying for others on this day when the Holy Spirit wants to move in us to free us from all that holds us captive.
05/23/2026
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00(Mission Cast) God Is Great To The Ungrateful ( Job 37:5; Matt 5:45) (Grace)
Jeff and Mim discuss the rich word image of 1 Peter 5:7 in which we are to “throw” our anxieties upon Jesus, because he cares for you. We also contemplate Elihu’s redirection of Job’s focus to the skies and weather to stand in awe before the forces of nature. We marvel at God’s common grace and generosity to all, causing the rains of blessing to fall on the good and bad, just and unjust of the world. Through the Spirit, we are being transformed, degree by degree, into the same generous likeness of the Jesus and Father, We marvel at God’s work in the lives of all believers. Our heritage is to bless and renew the face of the earth, just like the Father. Note: You will hear our dog, “ZEKE” (short for Ezekiel 34), going in and out his dog door — he wanted our attention.
05/22/2026
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00Testimony Of Marco Being Led By Our Father Who Loves Us (Deut 10:21; John 16:27) (Hope)
Today’s podcast offers us the testimony of one of our listeners, Marco Ohlin, whose pen name is Marco Andre. His story of following the leading of our Lord has led him on an adventure of faith that is expressed in part in his book, “Bear and Friends - The Great Adventure.” It’s available on Amazon. As you will hear in the podcast it is a heartwarming story that reflects the friendship, courage, and curiosity of the animals in the tale. It is as Marco says a reflection of his own life of faith. As we discuss what it means to follow our Lord in the ups and downs of obedience, you will have a chance to reflect on how our Father’s love has also shaped you. Tell your story to someone today to give hope to people you know that need to hear how our Father’s love is the power that creates hope in us over and over again. For more information on the real estate vision that Marco has helped shape, download the prayer journal for today and also go to the web page, MyLandNow.com.
05/21/2026
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00( Theta) Subversive Singing! (Psalm 150:2 & Colossians 3:16) (Hope)
Paul and Silas are singing in jail. In Acts 16, we read about them being thrown into prison for their beliefs. Instead of despairing, they chose to sing hymns and praise God in spite of their awful circumstances. Their worship led to a miraculous earthquake that ultimately resulted in the salvation of their jailer. We know of many believers whose singing in the face of terrible calamity has created hope for others. You can find many stories of missionaries who sang hymns of praise right up until their death. Singing may not break down the prison walls but it always breaks down our doubts and fears and lets our faith abound.