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.
12/14/2025
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00(Sundaycast) Advent 3 Testimonies Of Trust When Family Members Are Dying (Psalm 28:1; Luke 7:7) (Hope)
How do we see the light of Jesus when we are surrounded by death? In today’s podcast, friends of this ministry share their testimonies of how our Lord was with them when the darkness of death wall all around. The candles for the third Sunday in Advent assure that God is with us in our suffering. May God lead you to someone today who needs to hear the hope of Christ’s presence in the midst of their pain and loss.
12/13/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Restored, Rebuilt, Transformed (Jeremiah 31:38; Revelation 21:2 3) (Sanctification)
Jeff and Mim discuss the hope we have for eternal life. In Christ, we are forgiven and redeemed. In Christ, we are reconciled and restored to right relationship with God. In Christ, we will be transformed into his likeness, receiving new, resurrected bodies, immortal and imperishable and incorruptible. We marvel over the hope of being restored and renewed and transformed into Christ’s image, the first-born of a new creation. We liken it to our friend Denny's restoration/modification project of a 1935 Packard 120 with “suicide doors” and a Chevy 454 cc, 354 HP stock engine (Pictured Above). He is installing new disc brakes, new transmission, new steering mechanism, and air conditioning and has custom built many features on the vehicle. Mim recalls “Do-Overs” in games and likens it to the grace of forgiveness. Jeff recounts toddlers who are disciplined for the first time and wonder if the parent still loves them. We count it a great joy to be messengers of this hope that we have in Christ — restored and transformed into something even better that the original design. You may feel “in process” like this car pictured above, but rest assured, God finishes all of his projects.
12/12/2025
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00God Opens Everything To Come Down (Isaiah 64:1; Luke 1:35 36) (Justification)
Do you remember seeing or experiencing the birth of a child? It was messy. There was pain. And tears. How do the usual images of the birth of Jesus reveal this kind of birth? The little manger scenes always seem very clean and tidy. Not so sure it was that pure. For Jesus to become a human being there had to be tears, pain and it was messy. That’s always how it is when God is born in us. When the old in us dies to make room for Jesus, we need to expect what happened in the stable.
12/11/2025
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10(Theta) Love Begotten (Jeremiah 31:1 & John 3:16) (Shepherd’s Voice)
How can God get through to you that you are greatly beloved? We know that by nature we are suspicious of anyone who shows us too much love. What do they want from us, we think? But over and over the writers of the New Testament want us to know that we are truly beloved of God even with all our wicked ways. But this is because God cannot help it…He overflows with love. And when you and I finally receive this grace filled love of God…we can’t help ourselves either…we love because God first loved us. So….how will you love your world today?
12/10/2025
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00(Awaken) How Great Is A Our God (2 Samuel 7:22; Revelation 22:13) (Sovereignty)
Awaken is on the road this week. They are being trained in outreach ministry for our Lord. They are in Appleton, WI. To be part of Awaken is an experience of letting their mind, body and soul be in service to Jesus. When we were with them at Mount Carmel this fall, it was their mind and their soul we observed being trained under Paul Cross. They will be back at Mount Carmel for more of this kind of education. But this week they are learning things about how their bodies can be used for the Kingdom of God. As we follow them this year on their ministry at Mount Carmel and across the country, we will learn more about how they are partners with Jesus, body, mind and soul.
12/09/2025
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00(Irishcast) Knowing And Showing God’s Care (Isa 46v4 1 Tim 5v3) (Trust)
How long will Jesus need to carry you? Ever since you were a little lamb you have been carried. Now that we are are old and grey, Jesus is still carrying us. And if He is carrying us He is carrying someone else just like us, maybe worse, maybe better, but Jesus didn’t ask us what we thought. He chooses us. He carries us. So guess what we get to do? Invite more people onto His back. He’s big enough for all. Enjoy letting people in on the best ride of all. Jesus.
12/08/2025
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10Jesus Friend Of The Worst Sinners (Hosea 12:6; 1 Tim 1:15 16) (Justification)
Here are a few questions about knowing that Jesus is your friend, a friend of sinners. Here are some questions that you may consider asking based on what you know about Jesus. How do you experience friendship with Jesus? How is this friendship different than earthly friendships? How has your understanding of Jesus as a friend shaped how you view forgiveness and grace in your life? How does knowing Jesus intercedes for you and prepares a place for you affect your daily trust and hope?
12/07/2025
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00(Sundaycast) Advent 2 Jesus Loves To Work Through Our Pain (Ps 146:8; John 16:20) (Humility)
The second Sunday in Advent has the candle for peace. How can you know peace today as you consider what these verses are saying to you? Jesus tells his followers that they will experience pain. Most of the time we think of pain as something we deserve since that is how people around us make us feel. And the devil also uses your painful experience as a way of reminding you that you did something bad to deserve this pain as punishment. The word “Satan” means “accuser.” The devil accuses you of being guilty for the bad things that are happening to you. But what does Jesus say? “Welcome pain! Glad to see you afflicting my brother or sister. You know what I am going to do, I am going to use your pain to help my beloved one reveal my resurrection power to the people around him or her.” So no matter how badly you may feel right now, the Risen Jesus is working behind the scenes to make good of your pain. Trust Him. Sing this verse from “Joy to the world” and know that Jesus’ joy is on the way!
12/06/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Would You Go ( Psalm 118:25; Acts 13:2 3) (Guidance)
Jeff and Mim welcome Cheung Wing “Hosanna” to the mission cast as they discuss Psalm 118:25 and Acts 13:2-3. Much of the mission cast features her story as a child on the mission field in Germany, United States, Hong Kong, China and now the United Kingdom. We discuss how one is called and sent. Would you be willing to be “set apart and sent” like Barnabas and Paul? Just imagine at the next worship service you attend, if the Holy Spirit spoke to all the people that you were supposed to go as Christ’s ambassador to the world? Or, if the Lord spoke to you about someone to set apart and send. Would you go? Would you send and support? The world lives under the heavy veil of sin and needs Christ’s gospel to rescue us from darkness and place us into this glorious kingdom of light. The world cries out. God is listening. You are his answer.
12/05/2025
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