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.
09/27/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Take Courage (Zechariah 8:13; John 16:33) (Hope)
Jeff and Mim discuss courage in the face of persecution. Jeff reviews the historical context of Zechariah. Israel as an independent nation-state is no more. All that is left is a remnant who go return to Jerusalem to rebuilt the temple and restore worship. The remand clings to God’s promises that one day, the Messiah will come and will restore his people. The Messiah is Jesus. Mim reflects on the courage of Chinese Christians who face persecution on a daily basis. Jeff recounts a TED Talk by Brené Brown defining courage as “speaking the deepest truth of the heart” in vulnerable situations. The deepest truth in Jeff’s heart is: “I am a beloved child of God by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and nothing can now separate me from God’s love — not even death. We encourage you to read the Psalms to give expression to your heart, check out Pslam 27.
09/26/2025
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00Testimony Of Martin Luther (Psalm 30:2 3; Luke 17:15) (Justification)
Martin Luther joins us today from his tour of doing “Table Talks” in Texas with Katie. We are always glad to get Luther to proclaim Christ to us with his gospel message even though we have to put up with a little Norwegian accent in him from time to time. But at least he is using his message to accent what a gift it is for us to receive all Christ has given to us. How can we keep from singing?
09/25/2025
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00(Theta) Hallelujah (Amos 4:13 & Revelation 19:6)
Many years ago Sonja and I hiked around Mont Blanc with our friends. In this photo taken in the morning it could be called Mont Pink instead of Blanc (white). We were overwhelmed each day with the amazing vistas and beauty of the various landscapes and peaks that surround this white crown over all the other jagged peaks. As the reading from Amos declares, we were humbled by the majesty of these mountains but more by the almighty glory of the One who created them. For this One also created you. You are created in the image of God. What splendor! What majesty! What mystery God has hidden in you. For when heaven and earth pass away, you will remain with God. Hallelujah!
09/24/2025
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00We Must Preach Forgiveness In Jesus’ Name (Psalm 79:9; Luke 24:47) (Forgiveness)
Today’s texts tell us what we must do. Jesus tells us that this is God’s will. Proclaim repentance and forgiveness in His name. Start with members of your family and see where our Lord leads you. Ask Jesus to make you willing to be willing. Know that you are doing God’s will. And God will help you. Sometimes you may have to ask your Lord to do the forgiving for you. God will help you.
09/23/2025
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00(Irishcast) Living A Holy Life (Ez 36v29; 1 Thess 4v7) (Sanctification)
On the inside back cover of your book you can read our Lord’s voice speaking to in Ezekiel 36:24-28. I thought it was great to find the voice of the Good Shepherd in this passage in Ezekiel. Then in today’s Ezekiel text it is verse 29. And God’s still promising to do something for us that we need. God will clean up all our messes and our impure life. We missed verse 29 when we created this passage in the back of your book. One of our uncleannesses that God is now cleaning up. Thanks be to God.
09/22/2025
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Trusting God’s Word And Not My Works To Make Me Good (Psalm 111:3; Phil 3:9) (Justification)
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09/21/2025
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00(Sundaycast) Imperfect Marriages Give God Glory (Ruth 1:16; Matthew 1:5 6, 16) (Hope)
Mount Carmel hosted 34 guests who were here to deepen their understanding of how God uses imperfect marriages to bless an imperfect world. We reclaimed the powerful biblical heritage of Ruth and Boaz, a very imperfect couple, whose great, great, great (etc) grandchild was Jesus, the perfect son of God. Every believer is assured that Christ’s perfect love casts out all fears that we’re not perfect enough for God to work through us. Each of us needs to be assured that our Bridegroom loves us, his bride, with a perfect, complete and eternal love.
09/20/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Teach Me Your Ways (Psalm 143:10; Romans 8:14) (Discipleship)
Jeff reflects on our need to be taught God’s ways, which are intended for our good, as we learn to live in right relationship with God and with each other. Unfortunately, our sense of right and wrong has been corrupted, distorted and sometimes reversed. We are our own arbiters of our moral code. We view everything that serves the self and sense of self as right and everything that threatens the self or sense of self as wrong. We feel justified in neutralizing these threats to self even if it requires violence against the other. We are indeed dead in our trespasses and sins, lost and enslaved to sin. Our only hope is Jesus Christ whose atoning sacrifice sets us free and rescues us. We receive the Holy Spirit by grace through faith and are empowered to live according to God’s ways, sometimes, but so easily fall back into sin. When Christ returns to claim his own and establish his kingdom; however, we will be transformed and made complete in Christ and then we will be able to always walk his pathways both to his glory and to the blessing of his creation. Until then, we teach and admonish each other with God’s true word to remain steadfast and hopeful for the journey. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
09/19/2025
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00Abiding In The Words Of Jesus Makes Us Fruitful (2 Kings 19:30; John 15:4) (Sanctification)
Our Lord promises us that we will bear fruit as long as we abide in Him. Abiding in Jesus means that we soak in His word. You know how cukes become pickles. That’s one way of seeing how you will bear fruit for God. Keep soaking.
09/18/2025
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00(Theta) Hungry (Isaiah 55:2 & Mark 12:44) (Shepherd’s Voice)
Fresh baked bread can trigger an appetite that we know bread will satisfy our hunger. Our Lord Jesus is the only one who can truly satisfy our deepest hunger. What creates that deep hunger in you? By nature we look for the “food which perishes” instead of the “food which endures to everlasting life”. Satisfaction and meaning are sought in things that ultimately give neither. The widow discovered deep satisfaction in pouring everything that we normally hold onto for satisfaction into the One who truly satisfies. “ I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world” (John 6:35,51). Take time today to ask God to give you a hunger for Jesus only.