#ForTheHope daily audio Bible

One theme that bubbles up today: God is the all-knowing, always-present Creator who will judge both the righteous and the wicked

One theme that bubbles up today: Judgment must begin with the house of God.

Wherever God places you, be prepared for God-given responsibilities.

Self-reflection: What do we get when we show partiality?

If you shape Scripture to our own liking, you form for yourself a Jesus in your image rather than the other way around.

Even we who are fallible are essential in the revolutionary values of the kingdom of God.

When God in Jesus makes broken lives whole, celebrate joyfully and tell others soberly and wisely what God has done

One theme that bubbles up today: Will you let God subvert and remake your vision of — and relationship with — Him?

Stay focused on the Lord, because renewal happens on God’s timetable, not ours.

Doubt doesn’t have to be antithetical to trusting God to be a promise keeper.

The Good King’s compassion brings life to the dead, awe to the living, and a call to compassion to his disciples.

The proper response to God’s Word is to turn to God with wholehearted devotion.

Jesus can make you new, too.

God is able to extend life in the face of impending death.

God’s promise should compel risk-taking, life-giving, death-defying confidence in our Lord.

Jesus is the Davidic Messiah (Ps. 2:7), the Suffering Servant (Isa. 42:1), and the beloved Son, whom God will offer as a sacrifice for sins (Gen. 22:2)

God judges those who abandon him for idols by withholding his presence…and yet also sent his son on a rescue mission to all peoples everywhere.

God works through history-making governments and anonymous people like shepherds to accomplish his saving purposes. Even through you, if you let him.

God’s purposes will not be thwarted by evildoers.

Wisdom is the ability to approach life from God’s perspective.

As believers, we are called to participate in God’s redemptive plan by being intentionally Christian in our engagements.

One theme that bubbles up today: Truth without grace breeds self-righteous legalism; grace without truth breeds moral indifference. Bible used for reading today: Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020). Other sources consulted, quoted, or mentioned today: Randy Alcorn, The Grace and Truth Paradox: Responding with Christlike Balance, https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Truth-Paradox-Responding-Christlike/dp/1590520653. France B. Brown Jr., “Colossians,” in The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to Revelation, ed. Matthew D. Kim and Scott M. Gibson (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic: A Division of Baker Publishing Group, 2021), 525. Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008). David S. Dockery, ed., Holman Bible Handbook (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 1992), 259. Miles Van Pelt, “1-2 Kings,” in Gospel Transformation Bible: English Standard Version, ed. Bryan Chapell and Dane Ortlund (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013), 456. ♱♱♱ About the #ForTheHope podcasts #ForTheHope’s Daily Audio Bible is (crazy idea!) a daily audio Bible reading. But it’s not just a voice — you can go anywhere and hear a better voice just read the actual text. We read through the New Testament in about 10 months and the Old Testament in about 14 months with a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day. Also showing up in your stream when you subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast software are occasional (and separate) #PracticeTheWay segments for nurturing our spiritual formation and #AlwaysBeReady segments that help you take “a ministry of showing up” to work and culture.

In God’s presence we find our only satisfaction and our primary mission.

Just as Jesus obeyed the Father and suffered for humanity, we share in his sufferings by pursuing holiness and obedience.

Today is Easter, and our practice today will be all reading and no commentary. Because the ultimate relationship is between you and the word — and the word is inseparably both Jesus and the Bible.

Suffering reminds us that the way the world is was never God’s design and that a new heaven and earth are what to set our sights on.

Because somebody had to die for my sins...and it's not me.

There is no better reason for keepin’ on keepin’ on than Jesus.

Maundy Thursday commemoration of the night of “the new command.”

The basis of our confidence as Christians is the fact that we have access to the Most Holy Place because of the death, resurrection of the ascent of Jesus and the fact that he reigns as a great priest over the house of God.

Tomorrow’s judgment is escapable because today’s sin is forgivable.

Jesus ushered in a superior priesthood and a superior covenant, which the old covenant and its earthly priests anticipated.

Disobedience to God’s law results in God’s judgment—no matter who we are

The transcendence, sinlessness, and grace of Christ encourage us to claim his mercy with confidence.

A divided heart leads to a broken life.

By becoming a man and experiencing the trials of temptation and the agony of death, Jesus destroys the power of Satan, helps those being tempted, and provides full atonement for those who trust Him as Lord and Savior

All things have been created by the Son and through the Son—including angels—for the worship and service of the Son.

When Paul exhorts the Philippians to be of one mind, he’s not exhorting them to uniformity. He wants them to experience joy in unity, peace, and contentment.

Our works are a response of gratitude to what Jesus has done, not a means of achieving holiness. Only the Holy Spirit can truly transform us when we surrender to working with him.

Jesus’ example of humility challenges Christians to live a life of unselfishness and unity.

God accomplishes his purposes even though his servants act in morally suspect ways.

We find the strength we need to stand against the devil and live the life God offers us by putting on God’s full armor and by constantly praying for ourselves and for one another.

Submitting to Christ means that the responsibilities of both husband and wife are dramatically opposed to self-interest.

You should live like the person you have become in Christ.

God is a rock, a fortress, a shield and a Savior.

God graciously gives us the gift of life, honor, and purpose by his grace through faith, because we are unable to earn it by our own effort

An essential component of our prayer is — or should be — asking the Holy Spirit to help us grasp the depth of God’s blessing in Christ.

Boast in the cross—it’s the only thing that makes you a new creation.

If Christ has set you free, keep choosing freedom.