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.
10/23/2025
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00(Theta)Attachment (Isaiah 49:15 & 1 John 4:8)
How do you know your God? How has God revealed His identity to you? What words do you use to describe God’s relationship to you? Take time to explore how you communicate with your Lord, when and why. Share your discoveries with someone you know today.
10/22/2025
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00(Hawaiicast) Jesus Suffers With Us (Jeremiah 32:42; 2 Cor 1:7) (Trust)
The texts for today raise the problem of why we suffer. For all humans, we believe that we bring suffering upon us and it is in some way punishment for our wrong behavior, or our sinful thoughts words or deeds. But today as we consider these verses, we are able to see the light of Jesus who enters the darkness of our suffering and reaches into the world of our confusion with the light of His word, His promise, His presence. Jesus says, “I am with you always” and this includes all our suffering.
10/21/2025
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00(Irishcast) With A:B:E We Are Always Blessed Everyday (Genesis 12v4; Romans 9v24) (Sanctification)
Abraham’s blessing and our blessing both are confirmed through Jesus Christ. The same Lord, who promised to Abraham that he was blessed to be a blessing is our Lord. And we are blessed in Jesus just as Abraham was. So today we are going to use a little acronym called ABE. It is of course Abe and it means “always blessed every day” for that is what we have because of Jesus Christ. What was given to Abraham is given to you. It’s given to me. Trust how the Lord will use you to be a blessing again this day.
10/20/2025
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00(Hawaiicast) Satan Always Lies To Give Us A Feeling Of Dominion (Zech 9:10; Matt 4:8 10) (Sovereignty)
We are in Maui involved in some ministry opportunities as we serve God in the calling to help people discover what it means to give and to receive forgiveness (Table Talk). But we are also enjoying this time together as our GUG team celebrates five years since we first began sending out the “Daily Texts.” Our photo captures the five of us from five years ago in Jill’s mom’s garage in Park Rapids but with the sunset backdrop from Maui last night. We finish this Hawaii time on Reformation Sunday serving a church in Honolulu which gives the “Daily Texts” to its members and also encourages its members to listen to the podcast regularly.
10/19/2025
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00(Sundaycast) We Are All Captives Needing Freedom (Ps 83:1 2; Luke 22:49)
Trapped! Captive! Unfree! That is our human condition. We don’t want to admit it. We pretend to be free but we are free finally only to feel sorry for ourselves and to take matters into our own hands when we get hurt. Christ breaks into our compound to free us. This freedom begins when we die to ourselves. This is the promise in baptism which unites you to the death of Christ who then leads you to walk with Him in His resurrection power of forgivin’ livin’ under His grace and walking in His way, His truth and His life each day. We lay down our swords and take up His cross.
10/18/2025
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00(Mission Cast) Grace And Mercy ( Daniel 9:9 ; Eph 1:7)
Jeff is solo today (Mim is traveling to raise awareness for missions to China). Jeff explores the concepts of Mercy as the compassionate withholding of deserved judgment or punishment as when a person, having wronged another, is met not with retribution but with kindness and understanding instead; and, Grace as the gift of restoration and acceptance upon receiving unearned favor or a second chance (undeserved love), which enables new beginnings and deeper connection. Jeff relates this to a recent experience he had at a graveside memorial, where the pastor spoke of standing before the Lord upon our death. We stand before Christ without merit, but not without being loved. Christ loves us! Jeff then tells a fable fashioned after the style of Paul Bunyan’s “Pilgrims’ Progress,” wherein he imagines Christian meeting Mercy and Grace. Whatever your daily grind may be, know that you are loved and forgiven by Jesus Christ.
10/17/2025
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00(Baldycast) Blessings Come Out Of Our Struggles (Genesis 32:26; Matt 19:13) (Suffering)
Struggles with God make us Israelites. In our old nature all of us struggle with God and discover we cannot win but must let go of our need to control our lives and to try to control God. Jacob wrestled with God and learned that through this struggle, he received a new name, a new identity. This is our calling. When we were baptized, we were buried with Christ so that we might walk with Jesus in newness of life (Romans 6:3-4). But our old nature fights this. Our old nature wants God to bless us in our old ways. But God tells us, “you must deny yourself and take up your cross and follow me” (Mark 8:34). This is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except by dying that Jesus might raise us up again. Today at the Mount Baldy lodge, a handful of us pictured above discuss what it means to let God be God and for us to simply be His blessed children.
10/16/2025
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00(Theta) I'm So Blessed (Genesis 26:24 & Ephesians 1:3) (Trust)
How many times a year do we need to hear “Do not be afraid?” Hmmm. Every day? Yes. And in the Bible, God makes sure we hear we will hear Him proclaim this to us 365 times. And as an added blessing today, there God gives us both a command and a promise. Why should we not be afraid? Because “I am with you.” Emmanuel=God with us. And what promise do we trust until we meet Jesus face to face? Jesus says “go” and “I am with you always.” So…as you go, know God goes before you, behind you, beside you, above you and within you.
10/15/2025
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00(Awaken) Joy, Peace And Names Written In Heaven (Isaiah 55:12; Luke 10:17 18,20)
72 were sent out by Jesus and 72 members of the Greenhouse Collective gathered last January at Mount Carmel. 72! All these young adults came from across America and Canada. And all were involved in training for ministry in their future. Our 5 Awaken members whose message you will hear today are part of this year’s 72 (not pictured today…but next time). Please pray for these young people, for the Theta community you will hear tomorrow and for all the rest of these young people (72 and more) who will to be called into some kind of ministry for our Lord. On Monday I was preaching at my friend Bill Bolm’s funeral. All his memorials are being directed to Mount Carmel. Bill loved raising up young adults for ministry. So I challenged all those present to make their memorial gift to help undergird this important ministry for raising up future leaders for Christ’s Kingdom. What can 72 (or more) of us do to help support these young adults in their training?
10/14/2025
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00(Irishcast) From Death To Life (Ps 116v8; Luke 8v43,44)
In the ancient town of Magdala (just north of Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee) recent archeological discoveries have revealed the ruins of this ancient town. The Roman Catholic Church has created a retreat center next to the archeological site. In the lower level of one of their main buildings, is the Encounter Chapel. The Encounter painting pictured above by Daniel Cariola is a portion of the huge mural that portrays today’s text from Luke. The painting is dedicated to Jesus’ encounter for all of us, whatever our needs may be, that we could touch Him. If you’re interested in getting a copy of the entire mural, you can contact the store at this website. https://magdalashop.com/