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.
05/23/2026
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00(Mission Cast) God Is Great To The Ungrateful ( Job 37:5; Matt 5:45) (Grace)
Jeff and Mim discuss the rich word image of 1 Peter 5:7 in which we are to “throw” our anxieties upon Jesus, because he cares for you. We also contemplate Elihu’s redirection of Job’s focus to the skies and weather to stand in awe before the forces of nature. We marvel at God’s common grace and generosity to all, causing the rains of blessing to fall on the good and bad, just and unjust of the world. Through the Spirit, we are being transformed, degree by degree, into the same generous likeness of the Jesus and Father, We marvel at God’s work in the lives of all believers. Our heritage is to bless and renew the face of the earth, just like the Father. Note: You will hear our dog, “ZEKE” (short for Ezekiel 34), going in and out his dog door — he wanted our attention.
05/22/2026
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00Testimony Of Marco Being Led By Our Father Who Loves Us (Deut 10:21; John 16:27) (Hope)
Today’s podcast offers us the testimony of one of our listeners, Marco Ohlin, whose pen name is Marco Andre. His story of following the leading of our Lord has led him on an adventure of faith that is expressed in part in his book, “Bear and Friends - The Great Adventure.” It’s available on Amazon. As you will hear in the podcast it is a heartwarming story that reflects the friendship, courage, and curiosity of the animals in the tale. It is as Marco says a reflection of his own life of faith. As we discuss what it means to follow our Lord in the ups and downs of obedience, you will have a chance to reflect on how our Father’s love has also shaped you. Tell your story to someone today to give hope to people you know that need to hear how our Father’s love is the power that creates hope in us over and over again. For more information on the real estate vision that Marco has helped shape, download the prayer journal for today and also go to the web page, MyLandNow.com.
05/21/2026
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00( Theta) Subversive Singing! (Psalm 150:2 & Colossians 3:16) (Hope)
Paul and Silas are singing in jail. In Acts 16, we read about them being thrown into prison for their beliefs. Instead of despairing, they chose to sing hymns and praise God in spite of their awful circumstances. Their worship led to a miraculous earthquake that ultimately resulted in the salvation of their jailer. We know of many believers whose singing in the face of terrible calamity has created hope for others. You can find many stories of missionaries who sang hymns of praise right up until their death. Singing may not break down the prison walls but it always breaks down our doubts and fears and lets our faith abound.
05/20/2026
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00(Discipleship) Proclaim Good News (Ps 89:1; Mark 16:20) (Grace)
Jenna, Anna, Savannah and Sam give their last words for us today. The call of proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ has been at the heart of their calling in the ministry of the Discipleship House. We are all called by Jesus to announce our hope in Christ wherever we find ourselves in the world. We are disciples also no matter what house we live in. Christ makes His home in us and our lives become a light for Jesus in a dark world. Let your light sparkle on someone today as you proclaim the goodness of God for them.
05/19/2026
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11(Irishcast) In The Hand Of The Potter (Isa 64v8 Rom 9v20) (Trust)
The title chosen for our podcast today, by our Irish friends, is almost identical to the title of the book written by Gretchen Quie. Gretchen was the wife of the former Minnesota Congressman and Governor Al Quie. In her preface to the book, Gretchen writes about the humility she feels by being asked to write an autobiography. You can read this preface by downloading the prayer journal for today. But you’re in for a surprise. In the forward for the book, Chuck and Patty Colson tell how significant their relationship has been with the Quie family. Their testimony reveals the humility of this couple in a way that you will probably never read anywhere else. The Potter’s hand works His humble will in all of us as only God can.
05/18/2026
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00Not To Us (Psalm 115:1; John 7:18) (Repentance)
Who are you staring at? In the mirror? In a Zoom call? In a photo album? It’s us isn’t it. Try to look the other way but you will look back because inside we know it’s all about us. And we like it. Today’s verses make us ask the hard question…how do we get out of the way? The more you try the more you keep staring. This is why Martin Luther described sin as being “turned in on yourself.” We are born into this way of looking and it will always sneak in. So what does it mean “to die to yourself daily and take up your cross and follow me?” Our prayer is that these podcasts may let the Holy Spirit free you from yourself a little more each day. Paul states it in 2 Corinthians 3:18, “as we look at Jesus, we see His glory and we are changed into His image from one degree of glory to another.” The Spirit will help us. Let’s begin now. Look to Jesus.
05/17/2026
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00(Sundaycast) Jesus’ Word Resurrects Us From Deathly Ways (Psalm 30:3; John 11:43 44) (Salvation) 2
God the Father and God the Son are both creators. They were both together at the beginning of creation and they are both together when new creation happens in our world every day. Both of them create with their words. The power of this word breaks through death. Death no longer has the last word over us since the power of God’s word has swallowed up death and it has the victory. Lazarus discovered this centuries ago. But every day, Jesus’ word is breaking into the darkness of people’s lives and bringing up their soul from the pit of destruction. Listen to Jesus, speaking His word to you, declaring life over any darkness in which you may find yourself. And walk away as a resurrected person from the grip of death.
05/16/2026
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00(Mission Cast)Mission Generosity (Job 9:4; 1 Peter 5:5) (Discipleship)
Jeff reflects on God’s wisdom and goodness and power in light of daily, missional living among the newly arrived immigrant, using Jim Eliot’s (missionary to the Waodani people of Ecuador) journal entry, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” The blessings that we have received in Christ enable and empower us to live generous lives for the sake of the gospel, because we entrust our lives to the One who is able to keep them.
05/15/2026
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00Growing In Jesus (Jeremiah 50:5; 2 Peter 1:5 7) (Guidance)
What are some of the habits that you practice that lead you to greater perseverance and endurance in your calling to follow Jesus? One that I forgot to mention is listed above. It’s basically the 12 steps in nine words. These nine words have done more to save my marriage than any bouquets of flowers or boxes of chocolates or acts of kindness that I could’ve done. It’s basically taking responsibility for have said or done something that was wrong. And not trying to pretend I didn’t do it. These nine words help us to stop playing games, get real and build our relationships that have eternal significance. It’s what these verses today are aimed at helping us experience.
05/14/2026
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00(Theta) Continuing Ascension (Proverbs 23:17 & Luke 24:46 48) (Redemption)
Ascension Day raises our biggest spiritual question. Do we want the golden age of our lives restored? Is our best version of the future a restored past? It’s what we know. But Jesus tells us to look ahead. Our future depends on the way Jesus makes our stories work for good. Jesus calls us to a restoried life. A life shaped by the power of the Spirit who will come to the disciples in 10 days and lead them into eternity helping all the lost and broken people in the world to discover how to live restoried lives together as Christ’s body on earth.