Luke 1:46-55 MSG And Mary said, I’m bursting with God-news; I’m dancing the song of my Savior God. God took one good look at me, and look what happened— I’m the most fortunate woman on earth! What God has done for me will never be forgotten, the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others. His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. He bared his arm and showed his strength, scattered the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled vi...
Dec 14, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Luke 1:5-25 MSG During the rule of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest assigned service in the regiment of Abijah. His name was Zachariah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth. Together they lived honorably before God, careful in keeping to the ways of the commandments and enjoying a clear conscience before God. But they were childless because Elizabeth could never conceive, and now they were quite old. 8-12 It so happened that as Zachariah was ca...
Dec 13, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Isaiah 9:6-7 AMPC For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts w...
Dec 12, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leviticus 26:3-13 MSG 5 “If you live by my decrees and obediently keep my commandments, I will send the rains in their seasons, the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit. You will thresh until the grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting time; you’ll have more than enough to eat and will live safe and secure in your land. 6-10 “I’ll make the country a place of peace—you’ll be able to go to sleep at night without fear; I’ll get rid ...
Dec 09, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 TPT Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary. You were God’s expensive purchase, paid for with tears of blood, so by all means, then, use your body to bring glory to God!
Dec 08, 2022•12 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast Proverbs 27:17 NKJV As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Dec 07, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2 Corinthians 9:10 AMPC And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [[ a ]which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity].
Dec 06, 2022•11 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast Ecclesiastes 11:3-5 GNBUK No matter in which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains. If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never sow anything and never harvest anything. God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman.
Dec 05, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Genesis 1:1-2 MSG First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Dec 02, 2022•13 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast Genesis 2:1-4 CEV So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created. The Seventh Day 2 By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested. 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it special, because on that day he rested from his work. 4 That's how God created the heavens and the earth. The Garden of Eden When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
Dec 01, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Galatians 5:22-23 TPT But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit. Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.
Nov 30, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nehemiah 8:10 NIV Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nov 29, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hebrews 6:19 TPT We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God himself. Our anchor of hope is fastened to the mercy seat in the heavenly realm beyond the sacred threshold
Nov 28, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Romans 10:11 AMPC 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed [in his expectations].”
Nov 25, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Genesis 2:18-25 MSG God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion. 21-22 God put the Man into a deep sleep. A...
Nov 24, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 1 Samuel 30:1-9 KJV And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken...
Nov 23, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Psalm 94:19 ISV - When my anxious inner thoughts become overwhelming, your comfort encourages me.
Nov 22, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Psalm 61:1-3 KJV Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Nov 21, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew 11 ESV - When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[ a ] are cleansed and the deaf hea...
Nov 18, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast John 3:16-17 BSB - For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son....
Nov 17, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Romans 8:1-5 TPT -so now the case is closed . There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One. 2For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death. 3For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothe...
Nov 16, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Philippians 3:13-14 TPT- I don’t depend on my own strength to accomplish this; however, I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead. I run straight for the divine invitation of reaching the heavenly goal and gaining the victory-prize through the anointing of Jesus.
Nov 15, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Isaiah 43:18-19 MSG "Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.
Nov 14, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew 11:28-30 ESV - Come to me, all who labor and are heavily laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Nov 11, 2022•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV - Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Nov 10, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Psalm 27:1-6 NIV - The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked advance against me to devour[ a ] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. 4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days o...
Nov 09, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2 Timothy 1:7 NLT - For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.
Nov 08, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Colossians 3:8 NLT - But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language.
Nov 07, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast John 2:13-17 When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there at full strength. 15-17 Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, and spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your...
Nov 04, 2022•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast John 11:35 Jesus wept.
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