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September 1 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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Today's reading will cover Matthew Chapter 8:19-34, Mark Chapter 4:35-41 and Chapter 5:1-20, and Luke Chapters 8:22-25 and 9:57-62.
Today we will read about people claiming to want to follow Jesus but they had other things they wanted to do first. Then we will read about a man who was set free from many bad spirits and wanted to follow Jesus, but Jesus directed him to stay local and be a witness to the people he knew about God's kindness and tell people what God had done for him.
In our discussion for daily application we will talk about the right time to follow and obey Jesus. The time is NOW. God is doing amazing things in EVERYONE's life and every time someone says, "Hello, how are you today?" that is in an invitation to share with them what God has done in our life recently. We can conclude these conversations with people by telling them, "And God can do things like this in YOUR life, too!" EVERYONE is called to be a witness for God. Let's make sure we are telling people about what God has done for us and spread the Word about His love and kindness, assuring people that God can and will love and be kind to whoever we are talking to, too!
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Day by Day Kids Bible'
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Welcome back everybody for today's daily reading of our day by day kids Bible written by Karen Henley. Today is for the reading of September 1st.
Purpose of the Daily Reading
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Thank you so much for joining me whether you are following along on your podcast somewhere or whether you are watching on video.
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And if you are new to this event and are just finding this because it's popped up in your feed, stick around. We are reading through the entire Bible this year in chronological order all the way from Genesis to Revelation and we are getting God's big picture.
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It's not every single detail, but it is important, and we are covering a good deal of the details, enough to give us a complete big picture. And every day we talk about how today's reading can be used in our daily life today.
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So if you are following along on your bookmarking commitment calendar, it's time to get that out and turn it right side up, because you're about to hear the Bible today. If you are just ah tuning in or whether you are new to the event, don't feel like that you can't use that.
Free Calendar for Tracking Readings
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I have that free calendar available for you on my website. That's at
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And you click on the tab for Read the Bible in One Year. You don't click down to a month for audio or video. If you just click on the tab, you will find the calendar there for you to download. You do not need to subscribe to anything. There is no clickbait.
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There is no obligation to do anything. It's just there so that you can download it and have an easy way to keep track of where you are and you're listening for the Bible this year. yeah Also, if you just need a calendar for your refrigerator, it works great for that too.
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So because you don't have a physical Bible that you are reading, you are listening, that will act as your bookmark so that you can keep track of where you were.
When to Follow Jesus?
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So thank you for being here with me.
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I'm going to open with a question today. When is the right time to begin following and obeying Jesus? When in your life is the right time to begin following and obeying Jesus?
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We're going to look at that today with some examples in what we see in our reading today.
Lessons from Jesus's Ministry
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And then we will come back around to that question.
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We are smack in the middle of the Gospels. We are at the point where we are reading about Jesus's ministry. So that takes place in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. And here in October 10th, then we will actually complete Jesus's ministry and begin everything that happens after his resurrection.
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So we only have two short months of reading about Jesus's ministry. So every day is jam packed with lessons. But we are going to be looking at one overall theme in each day of our reading.
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Our first section is entitled Foxes Have Dens.
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A teacher of the law came up to Jesus, and this teacher knew God's law. He said, i will follow you anywhere you go.
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Foxes sleep in dens, said Jesus, and birds sleep in nests. But I do not have a place to sleep.
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Jesus meant that he did not have one centralized area for his missionary, but he was always traveling around.
Faith and Authority of Jesus
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Jesus told another man, follow me. But the man said, Lord, let me wait. I can't come until my father grows old and dies.
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Jesus said, let people whose love for me is dead. Wait for that. You need to follow me. Tell other people about God's kingdom.
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Another man said, will follow you, Lord, but first I want to have some time with my family. Jesus said, You are like a farmer.
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He was getting his field ready for planting and he looked back and wished he had just stayed home. Anyone who thinks that way is not ready to serve in God's kingdom.
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The sun began to go down. Let's go across the lake, Jesus told his friends. So they got into a boat and they left the crowd of people. But some other boats went with him.
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But a roaring storm blew Waves crashed over the boat and water almost filled it. All this time, Jesus was in the back of the boat sleeping on a pillow.
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Now Jesus' special friend woke him up. We're about to die in this water and don't you even care? asked him. Jesus got up. He spoke firmly to the wind.
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He spoke firmly to the waves. He said, be quiet, be still.
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Then the wind died down and everything became still.
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Jesus looked at his friends. Why are you so scared? He said. Could it be that your faith is still very small?
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Jesus's friends were afraid. They said to each other, who is this Jesus? The wind obeys him and the water obeys him.
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Jesus and his friends landed their boat and Jesus got out. A man came up to meet him. This man was controlled by a bad spirit. He lived by the graves where the dead bodies were placed.
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No one could control him. Many times people put chains on his hands and feet, but he just tore the chains off and no one was strong enough to hold him down.
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This man would shout loudly around the graves and the hills. Every day and every night he would call out and he would use stones to cut himself.
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But this man saw Jesus a little way off and he ran to Jesus. Jesus said, you bad spirit, come out of this man. And the man fell down in front of Jesus and he shouted as loudly as he could, Jesus, son of God, most high, what do you want with me?
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Please promise you won't hurt and then Jesus asked the spirit, what is your name? Many answered the spirit.
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There are many of us. The spirits begged Jesus not to send them out of that land. Now pigs were eating on a hill hill nearby.
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Let us go into the pigs, said the bad spirits. So Jesus let them go into the pigs. Now there were about 2,000 pigs, and the spirits went into them.
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Then all the pigs ran down the hill, they jumped into the lake, and they drowned. The people who had been taking care of the pigs saw this.
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They ran to the town right away and they told everyone in the town what had happened. The people went out to see it for themselves. So it wasn't long before they reached Jesus and there was the man sitting with Jesus.
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He had been controlled by bad spirits, but now he was dressed and his mind seemed to be working just fine. The people were scared.
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They begged Jesus to leave their land, and the man asked if he could go with Jesus. Go home to your family, said Jesus, and tell your family what God did for you.
Being Witnesses of God's Kindness
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Tell them about God's kindness. So the man went home. He told people what Jesus had done for him. People were very surprised.
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And that is the end of our reading today.
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So in the beginning of our reading, we saw that there were people who claimed that they would follow Jesus, but they needed to do things. And the first man said, I'll follow you wherever you may go.
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and that man did not end up following Jesus because Jesus did not have a home-based ministry. He was always on the move. So it turns out that that man did not follow Jesus or the accounts would say so.
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Then there was the man, the two different men actually, who said that they wanted to follow Jesus, but there were things that they needed to do first. And then we come to the end where a man was saved from many legions of evil spirits who had been taking up residence within him.
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And he wanted to follow Jesus. But in this case, Jesus said, no, you go home and you tell your family and your friends about what God did for you. Tell them about God's kindness.
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And he obeyed. So he really was following Jesus and obeying Jesus at that time because he did what Jesus told him to do. He was a witness.
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That is what we have spoken about many a time in our reading this year. Jesus calls us to be witnesses, to experience <unk> things with him, and then to tell others about that things, those things.
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Jesus said to tell others about what God had done for him, tell about God's kindness. It's not a hard job to follow Jesus.
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It's hard in the sense that we may feel like we have to give things up, but we need to be able to be witnesses for Jesus right now.
Prioritizing God's Kingdom
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Jesus said, you need to follow me now.
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You need to tell people about God's kingdom. So how about you? What is the right time for you to follow Jesus and obey him?
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Does it matter how young you are? Does it matter how old you are? Diamond, you may be our youngest listener. I don't know, but as far as I know, you are our youngest listener.
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Are you too young to obey and follow Jesus and to tell people about God's kindness and love? No. Are you obeying God and Jesus and telling people about how awesome he is and what God does?
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You see Jesus do many amazing things. Are you telling people about those things? Yes, you do. You are following Jesus. Mickey, you may be our oldest listener.
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Mickey is 90. Mickey, are you too old to follow and obey Jesus? No.
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We have both ends of the spectrum, and then we have those of us who are middle-aged. And it is never too late to follow Jesus. too early to learn to start following Jesus.
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But however old you are when you come to Jesus, the time is now. The future is now. We need to follow Jesus now in our lives.
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If you are just coming to ah a grace in Jesus, then it's important that you learn to follow him from the beginning. and know that we need to tell people about God's kindness and what he has done.
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We need to tell people about God's kingdom. Jesus says that anyone who wants to
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look back, is not ready to serve. We need to be sure that we are ready to serve. We need to put God first. God is supposed to be the most important one in our lives.
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And we've been talking about this year that if we put God's kingdom first, God takes care of everything else. And that is what we need to do first, is to put God and Jesus first.
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And then everything else will be taken care of.
Sharing Stories of Faith
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So I hope that you feel that God has lit your light today and that you are encouraged to tell people about God's kingdom, that you are encouraged to be a witness.
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I know that every single person out here has amazing stories to share with people. Well, who am i going to share them with you say? Ask God to show you every day who he has put into your path because he will bring people for you to witness to.
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We think of witnessing as just going door to door and knocking and saying, hi, can I tell you about Jesus? And people can interpret that as being invasive. But when you are just having conversation with people in your day, then someone says to you, what is the first question everybody always says when you come across somebody?
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Hi, how are you? That's when you have your opening opportunity. That's your knock, knockck k knock, knock. That's when you can say, I am having a fabulous day. Let me tell you about what God did for me today.
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And then they would have no choice but to listen. They asked you how your day was. like do that often. How are you today? I am awesome. am having the most amazing day. Let me tell you what God did today.
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I am having the most incredible experience with God. Let me share with you what happened. Let me tell you what God showed me. I was listening and this is what happened. And then this happened and that happened.
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Believe me, there are plenty of opportunities. How many people do you come across in your day where you say, hi, how are you today? Every single one of those people are invitations for you to tell them something wonderful that God has done and for you in your life, to share about God's kindness and God's love.
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And I like to end the conversation with, and you know what? He'll do the same things in your life too.
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That way people don't just feel like this is something that happened to you only. This is something that can happen for them too. So I hope that you find that encouraging and I hope that you feel God has lit your light today.
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Let's take our lights and shine them high up on the hill. Let's reach down and click that light button. Let's share it with somebody so we can spread the word about reading God's word today so that other people know that today is the day to follow Jesus and to tell somebody about something wonderful God is doing for you in your life.
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So I hope you have a fantastic rest of your day, no matter what day you are listening and following along on your daily commitment calendar. And I will see you in the exact same place tomorrow.
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Until then, have a great day.