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April 20th, 26: 1 Samuel 23, Psalms 31, 54; Matthew 7; Daily Bible in a Year

April 20th, 26: 1 Samuel 23, Psalms 31, 54; Matthew 7; Daily Bible in a Year

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 Click here for the DRB Daily Sign Up form! TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 23, Psalms 31, 54; Matthew 7.Click HERE to give! One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on the Daily Radio Bible, a daily Bible‑in‑a‑year podcast with 20‑minute Scripture readings, Christ‑centered devotion, and guided prayer.This daily Bible reading and devotional invites you to live as a citizen of Jesus' kingdom, reconciled, renewed, and deeply loved. TODAY'S EPISODE: Welcome to the Daily Radio Bible! On this 20th day of April, join Hunter, your Bible reading coach, as we journey through powerful passages from First Samuel 23, Psalms 31 and 54, and Matthew 7. Together, we'll explore David's flight from Saul, heartfelt prayers for protection, and Jesus' teachings on judgment, persistence, and the narrow way. As Hunter guides us, we'll reflect on God's unfailing love, the gift of grace, and what it truly means to live out the golden rule. Stay tuned for thoughtful prayers, encouragement for your soul, and a reminder that you are deeply loved. TODAY'S DEVOTION: Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the Law and the prophets. That's what we heard in Matthew's gospel today, the heart of it all—the golden rule, so simple, so profound, and yet few truly find it, and only One has truly lived it. He is the door, the gateway, the narrow road that leads to life. The road is narrow because it's a road that requires death to our self and our own efforts. We don't arrive at this life of love through striving or earning. Instead, we come like children—helpless, trusting, in need of a good Father's love and grace. We are to trust that our Father does not give us stones when we ask for bread; he knows how to give good gifts, to shape the very essence of who we are. His life in us, his transforming Spirit, produces good fruit in us—not by our stressed striving, but as a gift. When we abide in him, when we seek, when we knock, when we participate in his life, his joy and his goodness, then we begin to live out this posture of grace, this golden rule, from the inside out. We're able to love as we would want to be loved, extend grace as we would hope to receive it, and bear the kind of fruit that only comes from his Spirit living in us. We do not do this alone. We need eyes open to what our good Father has done for us in Christ. Our lives are hidden in him, and from that place we can rejoice in the new life that is ours. Let us receive the Spirit of Christ, the transforming power, and let his life become the melody of our own, producing the kind of love and grace the world so desperately needs. That's my prayer for my own soul. That's my prayer for my family, for my wife, my daughters, my son. And that's my prayer for you. May it be so. TODAY'S PRAYERS: Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen. Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. And now Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, Joy. Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray... Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ. Amen. OUR WEBSITE: www.dailyradiobible.com We are reading through the New Living Translation. Leave us a voicemail HERE: https://www.speakpipe.com/dailyradiobible Subscribe to us at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dailyradiobible/featured OTHER PODCASTS: Listen with Apple Podcast DAILY BIBLE ...
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