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April 17, 2025 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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Thank you for joining me as we both count the Omer today AND have our daily Bible reading session! As promised, here is the link for a downloadable devotional if you would like to count the Omer for yourself: https://www.shoreshdavid.org/download/counting-the-omer-booklet/
Today we have a double dose of blessing as we learn about the connection between the days of Passover, counting of the Omer, the 50 days later that God gave us the Torah, and the day of Pentecost, the giving of the Holy Spirit to the first disciples 50 days after Jesus rose from the grave!
In our proverbs reading today we will read the topics of: The Words That We Say. We will talk about the importance of how words start off as thoughts in our minds, so we once again need to be mindful about the thoughts we are thinking before they start popping out of our mouths. We will read Ephesians 4:15-32 and see how we are admonished to speak the truth in love, let our minds be transformed, speak only words that are useful for building one another up and remember that we are all part of the body of Christ!
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Introduction and Session Overview
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Good day, everybody. Today is April 17th, 2025. It is Thursday and you are with Robin at In the Family Way Coaching. Thank you for joining me today as we are reading through the Bible and we are here for our daily Bible reading.
Daily Bible Reading with Kids Bible
00:00:18
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If you are just joining us, we are reading through the daily day by day kids Bible, which has been written by Karen Henley. And if you are following along on your calendar, it's time to get that out because you're about to hear the Bible today.
00:00:35
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I have my sticker on there today for Thursday the 17th.
00:00:41
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So thank you so much for joining me today, whether you are listening on your favorite podcasting app or whether you are watching the video. I am so glad that you are listening to the Bible today and that God has led you to be here.
Understanding the Omer Tradition
00:00:52
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If you have been following along regularly, that you know that we are counting the days of the Omer.
00:00:57
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And this is a and counting of 50 days after Passover, which will ah commemorate the ah Feast of the the First Fruits. The Festival of First Fruits, I think, is what it's called. Shavuot. Shavuot.
00:01:12
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And ah in the Old Testament, in Deuteronomy and in Exodus, I think it was, ah we were commanded to count down the days, and that is the 50 days to commemorate the giving of the Torah to Moses.
00:01:28
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Now, in the New Testament, this is fulfilled by the Holy Spirit being given to the first disciples. And so we would call that in the New Testament, Pentecost.
00:01:39
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And an omer is a unit of measurement for for wheat, for flour.
Participation in Omer Ritual and Devotional
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So we are counting down the days of the omer and the Bible says that each one shall count it for himself.
00:01:51
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So if you would like to count the omer for yourself today, please feel free to ah join with me and repeat after me in first the blessing and then the counting of the day.
00:02:06
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Blessed are you, o Lord our God, King of the universe, who has set us apart by your commandments and has commanded us to count the Omer.
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Today is the fourth day of the first week and day four. I have counted the Omer.
00:02:35
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If you are interested in following along with a very short devotional, I will have the link for that in today's description. And this comes to us from shoreshdavid.org, where he has put together, this is a Messianic Jewish congregation, and they have put together an Omer Counting devotional.
00:02:54
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So I love this. It makes it so easy to find and to do and to incorporate into our day. It is so short and easy.
Wisdom in Proverbs: The Power of Words
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Such an easy way to obey God's commands, isn't it?
00:03:07
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So thank you for being here. We are reading in the book of Proverbs. I did a little skipping ahead to see how many more days we have in Proverbs and we will be finishing them on April 22nd.
00:03:18
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So we have almost a week to go and then we will be finished with the Proverbs, just like we read through all of the Psalms.
00:03:27
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Today is a really wonderful selection of Proverbs and we have only one section and it's entitled, The Words We Say. So our whole section today is about how we speak.
00:03:40
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And don't we all need to watch how we speak? I know I do. And first, before the words come out of our mouths, where do they start?
00:03:52
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That's right, they start out as thoughts. Thankfully, we have Jesus who helps transform us so that we will not be conformed to the patterns of this world. So let's head in.
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We have some wonderful wise words to listen to today.
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A fool's words get him into trouble, but a wise person's words keep him safe. A wise person's mind tells his mouth what to say.
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His words teach people.
00:04:27
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My child, will be glad if you have a wise heart. I will show my joy when you say what's right. The words of people who do what's right are like rich silver, but a sinful heart is no good.
00:04:46
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Sinful people get trapped by their sinful words. But a person who does right gets out of trouble.
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People who please God think about what they are going to say.
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But sinful people rush to say bad things.
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Saying the right thing makes everyone happy. word said at the right time is good.
00:05:17
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Wise people are called good thinkers. Happy words help people learn.
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Kind words are like honey. They are sweet to the soul and they keep our bodies well.
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Good words said at the right time are like golden apples on a silver platter.
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Some people are too loud early in the morning. They may say good things, but it sounds bad to their neighbors.
The Impact of Positive Thinking and Speech
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Too many words lead to sin, but people who stay quiet are wise. People who tell the truth are safe, but people who tell lies will be found out.
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A wise person no things knows things, but doesn't show off. A fool talks a lot and says foolish things.
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People who are careful of what they say guard their lives. But people who talk without thinking will get into trouble.
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People will think a fool is wise if he stays quiet. They'll think he knows a lot if he doesn't talk. It's foolish to answer before you listen.
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It shows you're not wise. Be careful of what you say and then you'll stay out of trouble.
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A kind word will take away anger, but a mean word will bring anger.
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Saying too many nice things to a neighbor sets a trap for that neighbor. Some people tell other people's secrets, but people you can trust keep secrets.
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ah so A sinful person starts fights. A person who talks about others turns friends into enemies.
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A fire goes out if there's no wood to burn. And fussing stops when nobody says bad things about others.
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Foolish people say bad things about their neighbors. A wise person keeps quiet.
00:07:43
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Foolish words cut like a sharp sword. But wise words take the hurt away.
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Bad people look for bad things to say. Their words burn like fire.
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The north wind brings rain. Words that hurt bring angry looks.
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Starting a fight is like breaking a dam. So stop before you get into a fight.
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People who like to make a fuss like to sin.
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It's good to stay away from fights. Fools are quick to fuss with each other.
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It's better to be poor than to lie.
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Some people get rich by telling lies, but those riches will fade like smoke. They will be a trap that leads to death.
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And that's the end of our reading today.
00:08:47
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I'm sure you heard at least more than one that you found that was particularly applicable for you today. I have marked off some that I thought were particularly applicable for today.
00:08:58
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And they actually correspond with things we've spoken about in the past.
00:09:04
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A few days ago, we spoke about that. um Oh, I've lost my my words here.
00:09:16
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Bad people look for bad things to say. Their words burn like fire. If you look for bad bad, you will find bad things. But if you look for good, you will find good things.
00:09:30
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And so this is similar to that. people Bad people look for bad things to say, and their words burn like fire. But if you look for good things, then you will have good things to say.
00:09:44
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And that's about thinking in your mind, things that are pleasant, things that are righteous, things that are true, things that are lovely, things that are kind.
00:09:56
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I'm going to go back to the beginning because we had several that were so, so good.
Living Righteously: Lessons from Ephesians
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I especially like for the kids, my child, I will be glad if you have a wise heart.
00:10:09
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I will show my joy when you say what is right.
00:10:15
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And here we remember that God is always supposed to be the most important one in our lives. People who please God think about what they are going to say, but sinful people rush to say bad things.
00:10:29
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So if we want to please God, let's talk with him and ask him what it would be good to say and what would not be good to say. And let's make him the most important one in our lives.
00:10:41
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And we've talked about who is God? What is God? God is love. And in the New Testament, in Ephesians, we are taught to speak and to do things only in love.
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I have that handy right here.
00:11:08
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In Ephesians chapter four,
00:11:21
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Let's see. It moved my space where I was reading from.
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Speaking the truth in love. This is verse starting at verse 15. It says, Speaking the truth in love. We are to grow up in all ways into Messiah, who is the head.
00:11:46
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From him the whole body is fitted and held together by every supporting ligament. The proper working of each individual part produces the body's growth for building itself up in love.
00:12:02
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So I tell you, indeed, I insist on it in the Lord. Walk no longer as the pagans do, stumbling around in their futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance in them due to the hardness of their heart.
00:12:22
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Since they are past feeling, they have turned themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of normality immorality with greed for more. However, you did not learn Messiah in this way.
00:12:37
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If indeed you have heard him and were taught with him as the truth is in Jesus, with respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old corrupted self by its deceitful desires, be renewed in the spirit of your mind and put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
00:13:01
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So lay aside lying And each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, yet do not sin.
00:13:16
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Do not let the sun go down on your anger, nor give the devil a foothold. The one who steals must steal no longer. Instead, he must work, doing something useful with his own hands, so he may have something to share with the one who has need.
00:13:34
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Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it.
00:13:47
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Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness and rage and anger and quarreling and slander, along with all malice,
00:14:00
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Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Jesus also forgave you. And we had a lot of other stuff relating to the words of the mouth.
00:14:16
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But a lot of what that was talking about was what comes out of our mouths.
Mindful Speech and Prayer for Kindness
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And that's what we are reading about today. So let's speak the truth in love and let's speak the truth.
00:14:26
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Let's be slow to speak and fast to listen and especially to listen to God. And that is our daily application today.
00:14:38
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So I hope that you will be mindful as I will be mindful today of what comes out of my mouth. And it can be hard because we are set it said in the Bible who can tame the tongue?
00:14:48
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God can. So let's focus on our words today first coming from our mind, because as Jesus taught us, if you even think about it, you've already committed the sin.
00:15:00
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So let's not entertain angry words, hurtful words. If you start to think about hurtful words, change to the channel. Think about something that is pleasant and kind and lovely, something that is of God.
00:15:15
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Don't let that stronghold be a stronghold in your life. Let's break down bitterness and rage and unforgiveness, and let's instead build up strongholds of compassion and words that build each other up.
00:15:29
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Let us have no unkind words come out of our mouth today if possible. Let's pray for that. Lord, I pray that you control our mouths today and keep us from speaking words that are hurtful to each other, that are unkind.
00:15:43
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Stop those words from even being thoughts in our mind, Lord, because the thoughts are what start the words and out of the mouth comes the overflow of the heart. Transform our heart, Lord, and give us hearts that are soft and tender, not hard, and give us compassion and love and peace and joy and replace the bitterness and the anger and the hurtful words that want to come out of our mouth with love.
00:16:08
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And it's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
00:16:13
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So thank you for joining me today, whether you were listening or whether you were watching. Either way,
Conclusion and Call to Action
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you were here. I'm so glad you were here. And if you feel that God has lit your light today, please click the light button and let's spread the word about reading God's word.
00:16:28
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I hope everybody has a fabulous rest of their day. And I will be here for everybody again tomorrow.