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Christmas Eve 2025: In the middle of our deep darkness, a flame was kindled. A light has dawned, and this light has a name. His name is Jesus.Support the show

Advent Week 4: Love has been God's story from the beginning. From the moment of creation, God's love was part of the fabric of our world. His love turned the world inside out when He sent His Son to live among us—the God of the universe to be born in a stable, to die on the cross, and to rise again from the grave. It took love to disrupt and overturn the power of death and evil.Support the show

Advent Week 3: Jesus wants your joy to be abundant! Jesus' intention is not that you just get enough joy, but that your joy would be so prolific that it spills out and is given away. When we live this joyful life, in a joyless world, it becomes our greatest witness. When others see us sustained in the midst of suffering, they will wonder what sustains us. Our consistent, unshakable joy is a living invitation.Support the show

Advent Week 2: The peace we receive is given to us to give to others. Our lives, marked by the fruit of the Spirit, become evidence that this divine reconciliation is real. We are called to be those who continuously make the announcement: The Prince of Peace has come, the war is over, and His peace is for all the people.Support the show

How long can you wait for a promise before believing it's impossible?This Sermon was given on Nov 30, 2025, to kick off our Advent season.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

https://scf.tv/21daysofprayer/Beginning Sunday January 7th, we at Silver Creek Fellowship will be entering into 21 days of concentrated prayer and fasting. If you sense God has more for your life, 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a great place to start believing Him for all that He has for you. As you practice seeking Him first, He will move on your behalf like never before. You will start to see the power of prayer impact your relationships, work, family, and every area of your life.We use this time to replace a habit, food, routine, or pleasure with prayer, worship, and reading God's Word – and we have seen God do incredible things through this time!For the 21 Days of prayer, we will be providing you with prayer guides, a prayer app, daily prayer devotions and opportunities to pray with others. Before we get started, I hope you will take the time to pray and consider fasting during the 21 Days campaign.Pray First App – Guided prayers, prayer lists, and lots of other resources.Daily Devotionals – Kurt will be giving a live devotional each morning on our FB page.Support the show

Luke 24:25-35On the Road to Emmaus25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Matthew 28:1-10Jesus Has Risen28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you.” 8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Jesus is silent on Saturday.  The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph's tomb.  The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it.  He spoke much on Friday. He will liberate the slaves of death on Sunday.  But on Saturday, Jesus is silent.So is God.  He made himself heard on Friday.  He tore the curtains of the temple, opened the graves of the dead, rocked the earth, blocked the sun of the sky, and sacrificed the Son of Heaven.  Earth heard much of God on Friday.Nothing on Saturday.  Jesus is silent.  God is silent.  Saturday is silent.Easter weekend discussions tend to skip Saturday.  Friday and Sunday get the press.  The crucifixion and resurrection command our thoughts.  But don't ignore Saturday.  You have them, too.Silent Saturdays.  The day between the struggle and the solution; the question and the answer; the offered prayer and the answer thereof.Saturday's silence torments us.  Is God angry?  Did I disappoint him? God knows Jesus is in the tomb, why doesn't He do something?  Or, in your case God knows your career is in the tank, your finances are in the pit, your marriage is in a mess. Why doesn't He act?  What are you supposed to do until He does?You do what Jesus did.  Lie still.  Stay silent.  Trust God.  Jesus died with this conviction: “You will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay” (Acts 2:27 NIV).Jesus knew God would not leave him alone in the grave.  You need to know, God will not leave you alone with your struggles.  His silence is not his absence, inactivity is never apathy.  Saturdays have their purpose. They let us feel the full force of God's strength. Had God raised Jesus fifteen minutes after the death of His son, would we have appreciated the act? Were He to solve your problems the second they appear, would you appreciate His strength?For His reasons, God inserts a Saturday between our Fridays and Sundays.  If today is one for you, be patient.  As one who endured the silent Saturday wrote:  “Be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord” (James 5:7 NKJV).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

John 1919 Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. 2 The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.4 Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.” 5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”6 When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”“Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said. “I find him not guilty.”7 The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”8 When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever. 9 He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer. 10 “Why don't you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don't you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?”11 Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”12 Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.' Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”13 When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha). 14 It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people,[c] “Look, here is your king!”15 “Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!”“What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.“We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.16 Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Luke 22:7-20https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22&version=NLTThe Last Supper7 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”9 “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.10 He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11 say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?' 12 He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.” 13 They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.14 When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat down together at the table. 15 Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. 16 For I tell you now that I won't eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”17 Then he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. 18 For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”19 He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”20 After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT)28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

John 12:37-5037 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:“Lord, who has believed our message     and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[h]39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:40 “He has blinded their eyes     and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes,     nor understand with their hearts,     nor turn—and I would heal them.”[i]41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved human praise more than praise from God.44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Matthew 21:12-17Jesus at the Temple12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.'”14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,“‘From the lips of children and infants     you, Lord, have called forth your praise'?”17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

John 12:12-19Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,“Hosanna!”“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;    see, your king is coming,    seated on a donkey's colt.” 16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.17 Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Matthew 7:24-29The Wise and Foolish Builders24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” 28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Luke 4:1-13Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.'[b]”5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.”8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'[c]”9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written:“‘He will command his angels concerning you    to guard you carefully;11 they will lift you up in their hands,    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'[d]”12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'[e]”13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Matthew 2:1-18The Magi Visit the Messiah2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;for out of you will come a ruler    who will shepherd my people Israel.'”7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.The Escape to Egypt13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,    weeping and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her children    and refusing to be comforted,    because they are no more.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Luke 2:1-20The Birth of JesusIn those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

John 1  (NLT)1 In the beginning the Word already existed.    The Word was with God,    and the Word was God.2 He existed in the beginning with God.3 God created everything through him,    and nothing was created except through him.4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,    and his life brought light to everyone.5 The light shines in the darkness,    and the darkness can never extinguish it.6 God sent a man, John the Baptist, 7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. 8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. 9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn't recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. 12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

https://scf.tv/ukraine-relief/PRAY AND GIVEWhen faced with a terrible unfolding situation like this, it can be difficult to know how to pray. Try these simple ideas:1. Acknowledge God's powerAs humans, we can forget that ultimately, God has created the world and is not absent from it but all-powerful in it:“The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. The world and all who live in it.” – Psalm 242.Pray for God's kingdom to comeThe simplest prayer can be the most powerful:“Your Kingdom Come,Your Will be done,On earth as in heaven”3. Pray for individuals and communitiesWe're called to pray for others in our world facing challenges and difficult situations: “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people…” – 1 Timothy 2:14. Pray for those in powerLeaders across our world are humans, just like us, who need prayer:“… for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way” – 1 Timothy 2:2-35. Pray for the church to continue to bring hopeAs part of the global church, we are connected to our brothers and sisters in Christ that are scattered all over this world and we have a message of hope that can be shared far and wide, no matter what else is happening in our world: “…For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:17-18Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Daniel 33 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.8 At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the Jews. 9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever! 10 Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold, 11 and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. 12 But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.”13 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, 14 and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? 15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us[c] from Your Majesty's hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual 20 and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. 21 So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. 22 The king's command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, 23 and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Daniel 1Daniel's Training in Babylon1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god.3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king's service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. 5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service.6 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, 10 but the official told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your[c] food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.”11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 “Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.” 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Jeremiah 11 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. 2 The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, 3 and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.The Call of Jeremiah4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you,    before you were born I set you apart;    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching[b] to see that my word is fulfilled.”13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”14 The Lord said to me, “From the north disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. 15 I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord.“Their kings will come and set up their thrones    in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;they will come against all her surrounding walls    and against all the towns of Judah.16 I will pronounce my judgments on my people    because of their wickedness in forsaking me,in burning incense to other gods    and in worshiping what their hands have made.17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18 Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

2 Kings 19Hezekiah's Prayer14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.17 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. 19 Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, Lord, are God.”32 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:“‘He will not enter this city    or shoot an arrow here.He will not come before it with shield    or build a siege ramp against it.33 By the way that he came he will return;    he will not enter this city,declares the Lord.34 I will defend this city and save it,    for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.'”35 That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

2 Kings 17:1-2417 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser's vassal and had paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison. 5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods 8 and followed the practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. 9 The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord's anger. 12 They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[b] 13 The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal. 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced. 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

Hosea 11:1-4God's Love for Israel11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,    and out of Egypt I called my son.2 But the more they were called,    the more they went away from me.They sacrificed to the Baals    and they burned incense to images.3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,    taking them by the arms;but they did not realize    it was I who healed them.4 I led them with cords of human kindness,    with ties of love.To them I was like one who lifts    a little child to the cheek,    and I bent down to feed them.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

2 Kings 6:8-23Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans8 Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”9 The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.” 10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”12 “None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”13 “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.” 14 Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.16 “Don't be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.19 Elisha told them, “This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.20 After they entered the city, Elisha said, “Lord, open the eyes of these men so they can see.” Then the Lord opened their eyes and they looked, and there they were, inside Samaria.21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, my father? Shall I kill them?”22 “Do not kill them,” he answered. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master.” 23 So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel's territory.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

The Call of Elisha19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.”“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

1 Kings 19Elijah Flees to Horeb19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.The Lord Appears to ElijahAnd the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)

1 Kings 12:26-3326 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.” 28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” 29 One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other. 31 Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made. 33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.An idol is anything more important to you than God. Anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God. Anything you seek to give you what only God can give. Anything that is so central and essential to your life, that should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living. —Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/yourdailybible)