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.
11/19/2024
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00(Irishcast) Jesus Frees Us And Goes With Us (Ps 124:7; Luke 6:18)
This photo was taken during our Ireland pilgrimage in September to learn more about the first Irish evangelist, Patrick. Jesus had to rescue this captive “bird” after six years as a slave in Ireland. Then Jesus walked with him for 200 miles to a strange cruise ship which brought him back to his homeland. This journey included a “luau” (pork bar-b-cue) that came as an answer to Patrick’s prayer when he and the crew were starving, several days after landing the ship. But Patrick’s rescue did not end at his former home since our Lord had more captives in store for this rescued slave to save. 20 years later our Lord took him on a pilgrimage back to his place of captivity…and Ireland has never been the same. How about you? As you listen to our modern day IRISHCAST evangelists, consider this question: Where is the Ireland that Jesus has in your future? Who are the captives that will never be the same after our Lord has helped you set them free? Ask Him to show you today.
11/18/2024
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00Rejoice Always In Good And Bad Times (Psalm 9:2; Philippians 4:4)
St Paul challenges us to rejoice always. He had many moments when he did not feel like rejoicing but as it says in this image, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” included for Paul the privilege of rejoicing. You know how hard it is to rejoice in the face of terrible trauma. Every one of us knows the “valley of the shadow of death” and how hard it is to walk there. But right after this pain, our Lord prepares “a table before us in the presence of our enemies.” (Psalm 23:4-5). Jesus helps us in the midst of our trials and gives us His joy to help us through the darkest hours. There is someone today whom you know that needs your voice and your words to encourage them in this time of their pain. Walk with them through to the table that our Lord will prepare for them.
11/17/2024
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11/16/2024
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00(Mission Cast) Jesus Dwells With Us Now And In The New Jerusalem (Jer 33:9; Matt 21:9)
In this episode, Jeff and Mim discuss the Prophet Jeremiah’s oracle of hope that, one day, the Messiah would come to Jerusalem and that the people would rejoice with gladness. In the New Testament, many images are used to describe the new people of God, created in Christ Jesus. One of those images in Revelation 21 is the bride of Christ adorned like the city of Jerusalem in all of its splendor. After the Cultural Revolution in China, Christian missionaries were expelled from the mainland. Many of them went to Hong Kong and started works there that otherwise would not have started. It is a good reminder that God is always at work in every circumstance to accomplish his purposes.
11/15/2024
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00(Sharecast) Fabi And Juliano Share God’s Travel Plans Even When We Fail Him (Deut 1:31; Luke 24:35)
Today’s guests are from Brazil. Juliano is a pastor in a Lutheran church in Pelotas. But he also is serving as the Executive Director of a mission movement in that area that provides support to clergy and helps expand the outreach of the church. Fabi serves as an English teacher but is very involved in the church and the movement that her husband directs. Isaac and Isabella are their two children. They have been given a four month sabbatical. They were involved for two months in at Faith Lutheran in Hutchinson, MN. Now they are living in Hudson, WI and are connected to Shepherd of the Valley. They will return to their home the day after Thanksgiving. One thing we are thankful for today is their willingness to admit their failures as followers of Jesus. We can all learn from their example how we can be honest with one another and tell the truth when we fall short. When we are weak Jesus is strong.
11/14/2024
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00(Theta) Gloria (Deuteronomy 10
Nathan is joined by Dr. Winfield Bevens (pictured above). He is an Anglican priest, professor, author, church planter, and artist. He is painting “A cloud of witnesses” in the prayer chapel at Trinity in San Pedro. The tilted photo helps us realize that saints are always living a life with their eyes on Jesus just like you do. It’s almost like we as saints have a different center of gravity when our Lord’s eternal presence is at work in us. As you enjoy today’s conversation just know you will be walking with a heavenly tilt the rest of your day.
11/13/2024
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00Weak People Are God’s Winners (1 Samuel 2:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10)
Persecuted Christians who were followers of Jan Hus, found refuge on the estate of Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf in Saxony, in 1722. These refugees built small homes and developed a community of believers who spread the gospel around the world in the next 100 years. It was the most effective world mission since the church began in 33 AD. The “Daily Texts” were carried with these messengers and as a result it is translated into more than 50 languages. You can read more about this on page 176 in your “Daily Texts” book. Our pilgrimage tour next year begins right after Easter on April 21. At the end of our tour, we will spend a night in Herrnhut learning all about this history and how the texts are chosen annually. Then we will go to Prague to discover the foundation of the Moravian’s faith in the message of Jan Hus who was burned as a martyr in July of 1415. When he died he prophesied, “you can burn this goose (Hus) today but 100 years from now God will raise up a swan and him you shall not kill.” That swan was Martin Luther. And he once said about the ministry and message of Hus, “we are all Husites.” To learn more about this amazing adventure next year, go to reformationtours.com and scroll down to the images of Martin and Katy. We would love to have you join us on this great discovery of how weak people change the world with the strength of God.
11/12/2024
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11/11/2024
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00Seek To Fight The Good Fight Of Faith (Hosea 3:5; Matthew 7:8)
Veteran’s Day gives us opportunities to consider how we can make a difference for the soldiers who have served in our armed forces. What can you learn today about the needs of veterans who live near you? Take time to learn about their needs. A few friends of mine want to see how an outreach to patients at the Minneapolis VA hospital could be created that would provide words of encouragement with Bible study. Please pray for this opportunity of ministry to become a reality. And ask, seek and knock to see what our Lord may want you to do.
11/10/2024
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00(Sundaycast) The Sweet Swap: Our Rags For His Robes (Isaiah 61:10; Eph 5:9)
The Forgivin’ Livin’ ministry proclaims the happy exchange or the sweet swap. It is stated in 2 Corinthians 5:21: “For our sake God made Jesus to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” But it is found in many other places in the Bible. Today we discover this sweet swap transaction in Isaiah where God trades his wedding robes of beauty and grace for our filthy rags of sin and shame (Isaiah 61:10 and Isaiah 64:6). None of us likes to think we are that bad that all our good deeds are rags, like a dirty diaper or something similar. But that is the good news message of the Bible. All your goodness stinks. You are impure. You are contaminated. The only detergent that can clean you up is the blood of Christ. His death cleans you up from the inside out. So you are pure. You are holy. It is all a gift of God. And you get new clothes out of the deal. You get to wear Jesus’ hand me downs now and for eternity.