From Matthew to John in Revelation, the Lord is calling us to behold Him in His word. He gives each of us eyes to see, but they become clouded by the cares of life, spiritual opposition, distraction, and hardship. If we want clarity in this moment, we must SEE JESUS. If we are struggling and straining, God wants to put His yoke on us…not unto slavery, but actually unto liberation! 

The process of being “known” by the God, through vulnerability and a constant softening of our hearts is what keeps our hearts from growing cold. If we hear His voice, don’t harden our hearts, but actually listen to what He’s calling us out of and into, we are instantly set free! We all need a young heart with matured faith. 

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Matthew 11-17, Revelation 15-21 Tier Two – OT: 2 Samuel 21-24, 1 Kings 1-4, Proverbs 16-21, Amos 3-8

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Often we can’t hear God’s voice because our soul wants one outcome, so we refuse to listen to anything else He may actually be speaking. We can’t use His Word to change His will into our favor. His Word is always sent forth to perform His will. Turning toward His voice is the sign that you’ve heard His voice and that you’re surrendered enough to listen. I will hear His voice when I'm ready to obey His will rather than trying to bend Him to mine. 

The Kingdom of our God is relational. It’s about our Father and you and me. God judges according to the matters of the heart.  We see the mess and think, “This could have been mitigated.” But we don’t need mitigation, we need intercession. We need someone to mediate for us so we can come into the discovery of His heart, the recognition of the condition of our own hearts, and the inheritance of His love and riches laid up for us in union with Him through Jesus Christ. God will take any mess we make and use that conflict as the means for us to find Him.  

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Matthew 5-10, Revelation 8-14 Tier Two – OT: 2 Samuel 13-20, Proverbs 10-15, Hosea 14, Joel 1-3, Amos 1-2

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God’s truth makes us free. How can we know it? We have to park in the Scriptures and invite the Author to read it to us until it gets inside of us. What if we read the Bible to know God more than what’s going on in the world? If we get to know him more, then He can inform us about the world according to His perspective. For instance, read Daniel or Revelation as an encounter to be had inside of the Lord’s rule and reign, rather than as a predictor of end times. They are both, but the former will inform the latter according to His truth. Beholding the Lamb is the information that leads to our transformation to be ready for anything that comes. 

We see the contrast between a heart after God and a heart in self-preservation as we read II Samuel. For David, when he was caught in sin, was when he was found by the Father. God’s intention is to catch and release, but in our humanity and fear, we think being caught is to be killed.   

Truth seen is not yet known. But when Truth is known, it becomes freedom! 

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Matthew 1-4, Acts 26-28, Revelation 1-7 Tier Two – OT: 2 Samuel 4-12, Proverbs 5-9, Hosea 9-13

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Steve and Diana lead into this week’s podcast by discussing how A.I. is merely a mirror of humanity, not of the Creator. It is not a creator, but a reflector. It will have a great role in the last days toward serving the Antichrist, as it has no moral compass because it lacks the heart of God. Hosea states, “My people perish for lack of knowledge.” That knowledge is of God, of His heart, and thus of His ways. Without our submission to His truth and leadership, we reproduce the fruit of a depraved soul—our flesh, which leads to destruction. 

The tall order of God’s Love is revealed in 1 John. Faith cannot exist apart from abiding in God’s love. We cannot love like Jesus until we’ve been loved by Jesus. Our heart is the believer, our soul is the processor.  

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Acts 19-25, 2 Peter 3, 1 John 1-5, 2 John, 3 John, Jude Tier Two – OT: 1 Samuel 27-31, 2 Samuel 1-3, Psalms 149-150, Proverbs 1-4, Hosea 3-8

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A new church, new controversies. Must they circumcise new Gentile believers? What is the significance of salvation in Christ versus works of the flesh? Suffering is inevitable. Will we allow it to bring about a greater dependency upon the Lord, or to embitter our souls? David shows his heart of submission to God and reverence for His holiness as Saul repeatedly tries to kill him time after time, and yet he (David) refuses to take Saul’s life. In our current world, where defamation of character is common fodder for conversation, we do well to take a lesson from Paul and David: faith in the Lord is revealed by honoring those in authority, whether they are deserving or not. 

When we read the Scriptures as law rather than promise, we miss our inheritance in Christ. The Scriptures are to bring us into transformational moments where they begin to shine and open doors as the Spirit brings them to life in our hearts.

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Acts 12-18, James 2-5, 1 Peter 1-5, 2 Peter 1-2 Tier Two – OT: 1 Samuel 18-26, Psalms 144-148, Daniel 10-12, Hosea 1-2

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As Jesus stepped in as our High Priest, the entire priesthood system of Israel seemed to change. Actually, it was fulfilled on a higher level. Our souls can’t keep us in faith. We must return to the Word daily and return to submission to the Lord.  

The kingdom of Israel is ripped from Saul through his act of severe presumption and disobedience and given to a shepherd boy, revealing that the man after God’s heart longs for God’s approval over man’s approval. Prolonged problems in our lives are never resolved by encouragement, but only by conviction.

Pride and arrogance reign in Nebuchadnezzar’s and Belshazar’s kingdoms, but Daniel remains submitted to the Lord God. Lord, locate us, convict us, find us, and turn us to see Jesus: the one and only who can save, heal, and deliver us! 

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Acts 5-11, Hebrews 7-13, James 1 Tier Two – OT: 1 Samuel 10-17, Psalms 138-143, Daniel 4-9

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God’s Word is the highest authority. Steve and Diana talk about how God’s Word has the power to accomplish what it aims for. Even today, Jesus is at the right hand of the Father, interceding so that His Word will be fulfilled in the lives of believers. Even though His disciples were witnesses to the Truth, they could not communicate the Truth without the power of the Holy Spirit. Praise be to God, we have received the Holy Spirit! 

Following Christ is only possible by the power of Holy Spirit. The requirement is death, but flesh cannot kill itself. It must yield to His glory. It is a glory to lose our life to gain Christ. We begin as believers and want to become disciples. Disciples learn to abide and receive the Word residing in them, unto a door of opportunity to become a follower, where we walk in His footsteps, denying ourselves, picking up His cross and following Him. Circumstances have no say over what God says. 

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: John 19-21, Acts 1-4, Titus 2-3, Philemon, Hebrews 1-6 Tier Two – OT: 1 Samuel 1-9, Psalms 133-137, Ezekiel 47-48, Daniel 1-3

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Pure worship is always the simplest sincerity of the heart. Submission and humility, as modeled by both Jesus and Ruth, reveal the character of the Kingdom. If we become sophisticated like the Pharisees, we neglect the grace of God, and our pride fools us into self-righteousness that God will never reward.

God’s ways always prevail, even in the midst of betrayal, denial, persecution, sibling wars, and bitter hopelessness. There’s so much redemption in this week’s reading!
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When we reject the truth, delusion sets in. As I love the truth, I know Him. We are sanctified by the Holy Spirit and believe unto salvation. The Scripture frames what’s true! If I read the Bible before listening to the news, it will shape the way I am impacted by Jesus rather than the world and its concerns.

God does not wait for our situations to be resolved before He calls us forward. Suffering is never an identity. Often, it is in the midst of what seems irresolvable that Jesus calls us to lay down false identities and follow Him unto freedom.

In Judges, we see how confused the people had become in their worship, mixed with idolatry. Idolatry never thinks you are rejecting God. It just believes you are adding a support system to Him. We cannot add a lucky rabbit’s foot to our worship and expect God will respond. He is holy and needs no help from us. We cannot mix our Christian faith with idolatry and hope for a favorable outcome.Call me out of my grave! Take my heart of stone. I want a new heart.

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: John 5-11, I Thessalonians 3-5, 2 Thessalonians 1-3, 1 Timothy 1-3 Tier Two – OT: Judges 10-17, Psalms 122-126, Ezekiel 35-40

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This week, Steve emphasizes that liberty comes in the forgetting: “…forget those things which are behind.” There’s a greater goal for the believer in Christ—the goal of the prize of the upward call in Christ Jesus requires me to cut the ties with the earth that hold my soul captive. The heart is always the issue God’s after. One word from the Lord can bring about our liberty. Jesus’s work was to do the will of the Father. We’re invited to partake of that same delight. It may require suffering as a means to know Jesus and further the Gospel. Humility is the wardrobe of God’s Kingdom. The discipline of the Lord is always to bring us into His holiness. He causes discomfort to break us out of the place our soul is locked into, so He can comfort us and restore us. When we hold God blameless for what we’re going through, humility leads, and freedom comes. True freedom is when we are set free from the tyranny of self, and we are truly surrendered to a life that exalts Jesus Christ in every circumstance. Release = liberty!  

Scripture Readings: Tier One – NT: Luke 22-24, John 1-4, Philippians 1-4, Colossians 1-4, I Thessalonians 1-2 Tier Two – OT: Judges 1-9, Psalms 116-121, Ezekiel 30-34

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