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.
02/27/2025
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00(Theta) Useful (1 Samuel 12:20 21 & Ephesians 5:17)
“PILGRIM’S PROGRESS” is the book written by John Bunyan about a man named Christian who is suffering from spiritual anguish. The story progresses with different guides whose purpose it is to lead Christian to the Celestial City. Along the way there are many distractions (four of these pictured above) which are useless to his goal but can appear as useful if the goal of the Celestial City is not worth pursuing. For all of us who trust the “Daily Texts” to be our spiritual guide in our pilgrim journey, we also do not need or want useless things to distract us. It is our prayer that as we read and pray through the daily words we hear from our Lord in these texts, that we may live out and fulfill those things that our Lord knows are useful for us. Keep praying through these texts. Our Lord will lead us to those useful things that make “thy Kingdom come” and “thy will be done.”
02/26/2025
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00Moving In The Spirit (Isaiah 40:13; John 3:8)
Today begins our ministry of setting people free from the power of their resentments. We are in Carrington today for our first TABLE TALK luncheon. Pray for us as we reach out to believers who need the power of the Spirit to get free from holding onto their pain. We use our Martin and Katie story to ignite the fire of the Spirit to help them forgive. Thank you for your prayers.
02/25/2025
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00(Irishcast) The Lord My Strength (Psalm 118:14; James 5 1:13)
Above is the Happy Exchange or Sweet Swap that Martin Luther teaches in the “Freedom of the Christian.” It is yours because Christ chooses you to be His bride. The image above is the first part of what Luther says in this paragraph of how Christ trades what is ours with what is His. This follows: “For, if Christ is a husband, he must needs take to himself that which is his wife's, and, at the same time, impart to his wife that which is his. For, in giving her his own body and himself, how can he but give her all that is his? And, in taking to himself the body of his wife, how can he but take to himself all that is hers?” So what does this mean to you? Jesus can say “I am your weakness, I am your insecurity, I am your lostness.” And we can say, BY FAITH, “You are MY STRENGTH, MY MIGHT, MY SALVATION.” So let FAITH step in and speak the words of faith out loud. Speak the words now!
02/24/2025
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00Caring For The Forgotten (Amos 6:6; Ephesians 5:18)
The drawing tells the story of St. Francis and a leper. One day he came across a leper when he was out riding his horse. Usually he was afraid of lepers. He avoided them. If he did meet one on his path, he would turn his head the other way. He grimaced. He would make a face and pinch his nose to avoid the bad smell. But this was not an ordinary day. He got off his horse, gave the leper a silver coin, and kissed his hand. Then he resumed his journey. A few days later, with a pocket full of money, he went to visit a place full of lepers. He called them all together and gave them alms, kissing the hand of each of them. He had overcome his fears. From that time on, he was never afraid of lepers. Where is God asking you to go today to overcome your fears? Do you need some coins?
02/23/2025
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00(Sundaycast) Faithful Encounters (Zech 9:8; Luke 8:24 25)
Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem by Sebastiano Conca in the Prado in Madrid. The unbelievable story of how Alexander was humbled by God and entered the temple to worship is connected to the verse today from Zechariah. How do you see your God encamping around you to protect you? When you are facing your time of need call on your Lord. Discover what God can do to the great Alexanders who are bullying you.
02/22/2025
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00(Mission Cast) What Are You Pursuing (Deut 15:20; Matt 5:6)
The art of mission is to bring the presence of Christ to people, through word and deed, into situations and environments where Christ is not being named, so that people may know and trust in the loving kindness and steadfast love of God in Jesus Christ. Pictured above on the left is Jeff and Mim’s son, Jonathan, who is inviting his community to explore the topic of homelessness within their neighborhoods through conversation and a ZINE (a self-published, original work of appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced by a copy machine and compiled into physical prints for limited distribution to evoke reflection and discussion).
02/21/2025
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00(Recoverycast) Shepherded By Our Good Shepherd
Pastor Frank helps us understand how important it is for shepherds to be shepherded by our Good Shepherd. Our week’s lessons have taught us to let God do what He needs to do. Waiting on our Lord is one of the secrets Frank has learned in his 25 years of ministry at Servant of the Shepherd in River Falls.
02/20/2025
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00(Theta) Vindication (Deuteronomy 32:26 & Luke 18:7)
When we are under attack we seek a way to be protected. Whether it’s masks or shields or something else, we know our survival depends on turning the attack away. So when does vindication by God protect us from attack? When we find ourselves attacked by guilt, shame or resentment, our soul turns inside out seeking a way to find peace. The only peace we receive comes from our God who becomes our guilt, our shame and our resentment. Jesus absorbs the attack and the attacker into himself. And He bears the consequence of the attack. Death. He dies. But in the resurrection, we receive the judgment. It’s this. We are vindicated by the vindicator, Jesus.
02/19/2025
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00Lord Lead Us (Psalm 127:1; Luke 5:5 6)
Peter knows how to fish. He also knows how to obey Jesus. But he didn’t know how to catch as many fish as our Lord provided. When you and I fail at something that we know how to do, it’s hard for us to ask Jesus for help. So we often wait, until we have run out of ideas to ask Jesus for the direction He is ready to give. But sometimes His message is wait, as yesterday’s verse reminded us. And then are we willing to do what our Lord tells us is our purpose now, namely wait, so He can get His work done for us? Try waiting next time. See what good things come to you. This painting by John August Swanson of “The Great Catch” helps us see the abundance of all that God has waiting for us to catch.
02/18/2025
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00(Irishcast) Wait On The Lord (Isaiah 49:23; Luke 12:11 12)
Isaiah 64:4 tells us great news about our God, He loves to work for those who wait for Him. Our photo shows a waiting room. Not a happy place for most of us. But waiting is God’s will. So take this group of hikers. We were on a Camino together. When we wait for God as a community, the wait is part of the gift of our God who loves to work for us. Waiting is not lonely when our Lord’s joy shapes us together.