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.
09/04/2026
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00Praising Through Our Self Pity (Psalm 113:3; Revelation 14:7) (Discipleship)
The sun rises and sets on all that God has made. Today’s texts help us claim the promise of praise as we follow Jesus. One of the ways we take up our cross and follow Him is to sacrifice our self-pity with songs of praise. God is able to do far more than anything we can think of or imagine so let God have your pity party by turning it into a banquet of praise. Consider the roses that bloom around the cross in the photo. Remember that their beauty and fragrance is also surrounded by thorns. Christ wore the cross of thorns on His brow for our sakes. Your self-pity becomes His thorns. He wore those for you and for me so that our life can be filled with the fragrance of a rose that overwhelms all with His praise.
09/03/2026
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00(Theta) Victory (Psalm 141:8& 1 Cor 15:55,57) (Justification)
Living by faith that overcomes the world is based on Romans 8:28. To make it personal I would say, I know that in everything Jesus is at work for good for me and any who love Him. That is my faith. This faith overcomes any problem I have in the world that is full of dead ends. But my Lord Jesus has overcome death. He is the God of raising the dead so that death like moments are not the dead end. Christ is risen. That’s our victorious faith.
09/02/2026
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00The Apple Of God’s Eye (Zech 2:8; 1 Cor 1:28) (Trust)
St.Patrick’s Day was not March 17 but instead it was the day he heard God his Father tell him the truth about himself. When he heard the Shepherd’s Voice tell him he was the “apple of God’s eye,” it made his day. Before then he was controlled by the Church of England which told him he was an embezzler and a criminal. Later, the church would put green clothes on his body and a Bishop’s hat (mitre) on his head. But that was much later. He died knowing that he was a saint in God’s eyes before a holiday would be invented for him. That’s all that matters. You and I will die before we get sainted by the church or they make holidays in our honor. But we will also die knowing the same truth that Patrick knew when he was just a priest and an evangelist. God the Father says to you and to me, “You are the apple of my eye.”
09/01/2026
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00(Irishcast) The Lord, The Builder Of All Things (Isa 44v24 Hebrews 3v4) (Sovereignty)
Today’s texts reveal the power of biblical study. In Isaiah, God is declaring what He does for us as our Creator. Then in Hebrews we have a statement of the magnitude of God’s creative impact as the One who builds all things. God in the first person announces what He has done. And then God is described in the third person as the one who for does everything. Yesterday we were encouraged to give testimonies for what God has done in our lives. Today, God tells us what He has done. But you and I get to proclaim this power to anyone who will listen to us. Pray for someone today who might be receptive to what you have to say about how God has formed you, made all that you have, stretched you out to see more of that life can be for you and spread out the world as a place for you to love as God so loved the world.
08/31/2026
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00(Bay Lake Cast) Barbie, Mark, Di, Bill Share Testimonials Of Giving (Stewardship)
We need testimonies. We all know that God is working in our lives. What’s missing is our testimony to others about what God is doing with money. In today’s podcast, we hear four people give testimonies about money. We live in a world where the love of money is making our hearts grow cold. So what is keeping us from telling others what we are giving to and why? People often feel that their giving is between them and God. It is of course. But in America today people need to hear what God and I are doing with the money God has given to me. You of course will need to pray about how you share this. But ask God to help you give your testimony. Remember: a testimony can be a “test o’ monies!” The world needs to hear how we as Christians are passing this test because the world is failing at it.
08/30/2026
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00(Sundaycast) God’s Word Says Eat, Trust And Go (1 Kings 19:7; Acts 27:34) (Trust)
Elijah is fed twice by his Father in Heaven. This image painted by Paul Oman this past summer shows Elijah by the Kerith Ravine where the ravens were ordered to feed him. 1 Kings 17:4 declares, “You will drink from the brook and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.” In today’s reading from 1 Kings 19, Elijah was running from the anger of Jezebel, when he ended up under the broom tree. He prayed that he might die. But an angel of the Lord touched him and told him to “get up and eat.” This happened twice for Elijah. The powerful element of this experience is that Elijah needed both God’s words to encourage him as well as the food that was prepared. Just as Elijah needed help, so also we need a voice from outside ourselves to direct us to do what we need to do. Trust our Lord to speak to you, to touch you and to give you the food you need for the calling ahead of you this day.
08/29/2026
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00(Mission Cast) The Needy Have God To Strengthen Them (Psalm 40:17; Philippians 4:12 13) (Trust)
As your hosts, we are grateful to share life with you. There are many times in our lives when we have felt poor and needy. Loved ones have died. Health has become poor. Financial strain produces stress. Through it all, we are reminded that the Lord loves and cares for us. In this world you will have trouble. Jesus promises to see us through the trouble safely into the Father’s embrace unto eternity. Hardship and suffering is not a sign of God’s lack of love for you. It simply is the condition of a fallen world. But, Jesus has overcome the world and is the way, the truth and the life everlasting. Be encouraged. He loves you. (Today’s Philippians 4:13 image was created by Ground Up Grace to show all the difficult situations that St Paul experienced that helped him know the truth of this promise. Know that when you suffer difficulties like St Paul did, Jesus is there to strengthen you.)
08/28/2026
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00(Familycast) Bringing Words Of Faith And Life (Psalm 119:154; Matthew 9:22) (Trust)
Our GUG CHALLENGE TO RAISE $100 SCHOLARSHIP FOR EACH OF THE 45 PEOPLE GOING ON THIS RETREAT. WE HAVE 12 SCHOLARSHIPS SO FAR. Here is the message from Pastor Ivan. “From September 13 to 18, our church, "Christ for All,"Sumy is organizing a transformative youth camp in the quiet and safe region of Zakarpattia (Carpathian Mountains), themed "Outside of the Box." Who is this camp for? In cooperation with our local city administration, we have invited a new group of teenagers who deeply need emotional and spiritual relief. Together with our team of youth leaders and volunteers, the group total is 45 people. Our Mission: To share the Gospel of Hope with these teens and provide a holistic environment for recovery: ·🌿Emotionally: Step out of the "box" of anxiety, war-related trauma, and constant pressure. ·📖Spiritually: Discover living faith, find inner strength, and get answers to tough life questions. ·🏔️Physically: Rest in the peaceful mountains, sleep in safety, and recharge. 📋Our Key Needs (Total for 45 people): 1.Transportation & Logistics: Covering travel expenses (train/bus tickets) for the kids and leaders to the mountains and back. 2.Music & Technical Equipment: To lead daily worship, evening reflections, and group sessions, we need to acquire: ·3 vocal microphones (with cables); ·An acoustic-electric guitar (with a pickup). 3.Program & Art Therapy Supplies: Materials for interactive team-building and creative activities.”
08/27/2026
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00(Theta) Our God Satisfies (Jeremiah 31:14 & Philippians 4:19) (Peace)
Can’t get no satisfaction? It’s been true all through history even before The Rolling Stones created their song. But the problem is in us. It’s the dopamine molecule in our bodies that makes us chase after solutions that we think will satisfy. We are all dopamine chasers at heart. Our only freedom from this addiction is dying to ourselves. Claim the promise of your baptism where your old self drowned. You were buried with Christ. And your new self was raised up to walk with Jesus in newness of life (Romans 6:3-4). Now discover the satisfaction only God can give.
08/26/2026
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00(Discipleship) Mighty To Save (Psalm 91:14; John 17:15) (Justification)
Asking! Yesterday Jesus told us we needed to ask for what we needed in His Name so that our joy may be complete. Today Jesus is asking our Father to protect us from the evil one. During football season, we know that the person with the football has to be protected from those who want to stop him from running down the field. Jesus has handed off the ball of the Kingdom of God into our hands. Jesus knows we need to be protected for us to fulfill the purpose our Father has for us. We know that our Lord has already won the game but each of us has a purpose to fulfill and there is an enemy who wants to stop us. Remember when you run into the devil’s obstacles that the devil has already lost and he is just looking for ways to make you feel miserable as you run for your Lord. Your Father in heaven will protect you from the evil one. Keep telling the devil this whenever the devil comes against you.